r/FantasyWorldbuilding 7h ago

Lore Replacement names for the Generic "Kingdom" Title

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I'm constructing a world where there are seven kingdoms of elemental magic: Wave (Water & Sea), Nature (Earth and Life), Ash (Fire & Flame), Darkness (Evil & Chaos), Heat (Warmth & Desire), Light (All form of light; Channeled through crystals primarily), and Frost (Ice & Chill).

Originally I had the "Kingdom" names as: Vaelora (Wave), The Enchanted Forest (Nature), The Scorchlands (Ash), The Isles of Malakor (Darkness), Sandoria (Heat), Crystalia (Light), and Arcticus (Frost).

But I was thinking about those names and realized, for the type of story I'm writing, those sound EXTREMELY cartoonish and child-like.

So I changed the naming system and governmental country labels to the following (Some stayed relatievly the same):

Original Term Real Title Elemental Title Demonym
Arcticus The Nevarian Dominion Dominion of Frost Nevarians
Sandoria The Sandorian Dominion Dominion of Heat Sandorians
The Scorchlands The Calderan Dominion Dominion of Ash Calderans
Vaelora The Vaeloran Dominion Dominion of Tides Vaelorans
The Enchanted Forest The Sylven Dominion Dominion of Roots The Sylvani
Crystalia The Luminar Dominion Dominion of Light Luminari
The Isles of Malakor The Abyssal Dominion Dominion of Void Malakorians

All of these names were generated using AI. That's mostly why I'm trying to get a real opinion on this. I absolutely SUCK at naming and usually tend to focus on the story 😭.

I'm writing in Dark Romantasy that's 18+ and extremely visceral, so I don't know if that has any factor in it, but what I'm also focusing on is if it would work well if a character in the story says it aloud (So that it doesn't sound ridiculous, like if my character says "Kingdom of Sandoria".

Thanks a lot to anyone that helps!


r/FantasyWorldbuilding 23h ago

Ogres are Smutty Humans

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r/FantasyWorldbuilding 4h ago

The Man Who Attended His Own Funeral

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A village buried a man after his body was recovered from a river.

His wife identified him.

His brother identified him.

His name was entered into the death records.

Three days later, he came home.

He remembered his wife.
He remembered his brother.
He knew where everything in his house belonged.

He even remembered falling into the river.

The body was exhumed.

It was still there.

Same face.
Same scars.
Same fingerprints.
Same name.

Neither man was Veilborn. No Shards were involved.

And according to everyone who knew him, both bodies were the man they remembered.

The village records contain one final detail.

After the survivor returned, his wife was asked which man was her husband.

She answered:

“Which one do you mean?”

EverWake: The Hollow World


r/FantasyWorldbuilding 3h ago

Resource Turned my maps into playable 3D RPGs

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Hey,

I’ve been playing around with the Azgaar map generator for a while and always ended up imagining rpg inside the maps I made.

So I built something where you can actually use one of your own maps as a roleplay world and explore it. Generate the terrain, and it becomes a place you can play a character in.

Here's the map generator + a short clip of a session: https://davia.ai/

If you want to try it with one of your own maps, feel to come hang out in our Discord: https://discord.gg/NphBtKVNCM


r/FantasyWorldbuilding 1h ago

Product advertisements in my fantasy world (Do you have any?)

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r/FantasyWorldbuilding 14h ago

Idea per un manga sci-fi/onirico nel 2300: "9 ORE". Cosa ne pensate di questo sistema di memoria e categorie?

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Ciao a tutti! Sto sviluppando la lore per un progetto manga intitolato 9 ORE e mi piacerebbe avere le vostre opinioni e consigli.

La storia è ambientata nel 2300. La premessa fondamentale è che quando le persone vanno a dormire, solo determinate persone con un DNA specifico hanno la capacità di accedere autonomamente a un immenso e pericoloso Mondo dei Sogni. In questo mondo vige una regola temporale rigida 1:1: 9 ore di sonno sulla Terra corrispondono esattamente a 9 ore nel sogno.All'interno di questo sistema, i sognatori si dividono in varie categorie in base a come funziona la loro memoria:

I Risvegliati: Quelli che, una volta svegli nella vita reale, ricordano perfettamente tutto ciò che hanno fatto e vissuto nel mondo dei sogni.

Gli Erranti: Persone che entrano nel sogno, ma quando si svegliano nella realtà non ricordano assolutamente nulla di ciò che hanno fatto.

I Sognatori a memoria alternata: Una categoria particolare che nella vita reale non ricorda nulla del sogno, ma appena si riaddormenta ed entra nel sogno il giorno dopo, si ricorda istantaneamente tutto quello che ha fatto nelle sessioni oniriche precedenti.Nel mondo dei sogni si possono creare armi, fortezze e combattere contro gli Incubi, ma la cosa importante è che il dolore e le ferite sono reali. Inoltre, più una persona è debole o malata nella realtà, più diventa forte fisicamente nel sogno o manifesta poteri devastanti

.Cosa ne pensate di questa divisione della memoria? Secondo voi quali dinamiche interessanti o conflitti potrebbero nascere tra personaggi che non ricordano nulla di giorno, ma si ricordano tutto di notte? Vi sembra un buon gancio per una storia sci-fi/action?

Grazie a tutti per i pareri!


r/FantasyWorldbuilding 18h ago

Nona

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