The Fields We Know

Large serpent-like creatures are a common motif in European heraldry. If the have legs, the number of legs can vary. If they have wings thos...

The aged Wizard searching through ancient tomes of great proportion. The Sorcerer's Apprentice, secretly learning his master's secre...

"Syncretism: The practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilatio...

Just as The Church is an inescapable archetype when reading European folklore, The Devil himself appears again and again. Note this is not ...

 It seems every other fantasy world that was published after J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings has a variation on his orcs as armies o...

Fantasy is rooted in archetype. And there is arguably no greater historical archetype than The Church . Priests, monks, and friars fill the ...

 Some may argue that Low Fantasy settings are not defined by heroism, but by gritty realism. And while this can certainly be the case, it le...