The phrase "The Fields We Know" comes from Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter. He uses it over and over to describe a world much like our own - yet one where "Elfland" exists just beyond the Twilight Border. A world that might be visited occasionally by Elf Princes, Trolls, or other denizens from the place that some call "Faery", and Tolkien called "The Perilous Realm."
While much of contemporary fantasy takes place within the lands beyond The Fields We Know - chock full of dragons and dwarves, giants and goblins - the focus of this blog will be on a more grounded "human-centric" low fantasy setting. Here you'll find no magic shops brimming with enchanted swords and wizard wands. No marauding hordes of humanoids. No hives of scum and villainy filled with every non-human race imaginable.
Rather, you'll find a relatively quiet world of millers and merchants, brewers and bakers. Yet a world where the occasional giant or dragon might appear, and ghosts and ghouls might haunt the night. A world of perfectly ordinary people who on occasion, call out for Adventurers to save the day!
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| Eduard von Grutzner |
Ooh! I'm here for the Ethics of Elfland! Reading everything you've written today :)
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