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Culture Composites: Gejara
Even though the Imperial Heartlands culture composites are just one step from finished, I’ve decided to pass beyond the borders to write up the independent nation of Gejara instead. The last Imperial province, after all, is Daecia and the Palace…
Culture Composites: Averogne
Second-to-last of the Imperial provinces and protectorates is this quiet little place, sited in the shadow of the Rift and a vassal of the Empire for decades before the Empire invaded any other western territory. Averogne yielded easily to the … Continue reading
Culture Composites: Muria
Continuing the Culture Composites series, this will be a short one! And require the use of a rather haphazard map. The target this time is Muria, the hidden homeland of the silver elementals (or Muriae) and their Primordial, Brancir. Muria … Continue reading
Culture Composites: Darronwy
Six years later, I return to the Culture Composites series! I’d always planned to make more, I just…never did. With this installment, we’re only one step away from finishing up all the Risen Phoenix Empire’s vassal provinces and protectorates. Darronwy … Continue reading
Trope Roulette: My Instincts Are Showing
It’s been a while, but I’m ready for a second installment of Trope Roulette! The idea is to visit that evil time-sink of a site, TVTropes, and hit the Random button until I find something I can talk about. This … Continue reading
Tough Traveling with Fantasy Review Barn — Shapeshifting
Now this one, I can do! Once again, I’m taking a cue from Nathan over at Fantasy Review Barn and babbling about one of the tropes in my writing, as identified in Diana Wynne Jones’ satiric take on fantasy worlds. … Continue reading
Halion Creatures 3
I’d meant to do this post a while back, but I never got around to finishing the write-up. Alas. Anyway, since I have nothing to say for today’s Tough Traveling with Fantasy Review Barn, I decided to drag this one … Continue reading
Tough Traveling with Fantasy Review Barn — Northern Barbarians
In this installment of Tough Traveling, I’ll be talking a bit about a culture that has had a lot of impact on the main setting of my story — but all externally. What trope is this? It’s the Northern Barbarians! … Continue reading
Tough Traveling with Fantasy Review Barn — Necromancy
Today on Tough Traveling with Fantasy Review Barn, we deal with a topic close to my heart: necromancy! It should be no secret that I’m fond of necromancers, because I say it all the dang time. I have to mention, … Continue reading
Tough Traveling with Fantasy Review Barn — Minions
This week, Fantasy Review Barn has chosen Minions for their Tough Traveling topic. And I have a few of those, heh. Heh heh heh… Though, after considering the details of the entry for a while and checking out Nathan’s selections, … Continue reading
The War of Memory Project 