Fantasy, Dark

Tera

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Malkora

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Ciraculum

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Fantasy, Dark Science Fantasy

Mystimon Saga

Mystimon Saga is an epic tale that spans many ages and focuses on the drama of character's lives, their exploration of the world around them, and the political intrigue that entails. It features epic battles and bold action between the mystical creat...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Astaeria

[quote]"Astaeria. A region of curiosity, diversity and culture. A region shrouded in mystery and intrigue, yet riddled with conflict, revolution, and betrayal. At the centre of this region, the Malvarron Empire stands proud and victorious,...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Political

Mythrailia

Fantasy, Dark

Nehwon

M'Brell, also known as Nehwon, is a diminutive planet orbiting an orange dwarf star named Sonne. This world has two moons: a prominent, visible one nam...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

VISCERIUM

VISCERIUM is a tale of eternal struggle, a grim verse under constant threat of abominable incursions. [container:intro]In the shadow-veiled realm of the Degel System, humani...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Science Fantasy

Aegimius

Current Date Milleadh (MC): 61 Cyna, 703 Current Date For Storia (FSC): 2 Vromisk, 914

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

The Sagas

The World of Terus has always been unique in its own aspect. From the tundras of Norria to the Savannas of the Dark Continent . It was once so peaceful before the races came and used the land as they...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Political

Crimson Court

A dark fantasy world (with an isekai element), focused on court intrigue, complicated relationships and even more complicated personalities. Alliances and betrayals, stories of love and war, espionage and epic heroism both large and small-sca...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Isekai Romance

Iphars

This is a world of change, of devastation and recovery. Its working ecosystem has been thrown off balance by the introduction of magic, by the unstables portals scattered around the world, and by the lands changing. New people appeared around the glo...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic

Subsolem Septem

[quote]One would here imaginethe story of a world to begin with its creation; with tales of a creator or the simple yet miraculously coalescent combinationof mere chance and chemistry. The story o...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Flintlock Literature RPG

Gokrenxia

[container:meta]After nearly a millenium of rule under the oppressive thumb of the haughty Elves, the enslaved races united under the grand ideal of freedom. Eight years of bitter fighting decimated the once great Empire. Lacking t...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Military Sword & Sorcery

Warhammer Fantacy

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Fantasy, Dark

Triberia

Fantasy, Dark Steampunk

Legacy of the Bound

"No-one is free until they kill their gods" - Goliath proverb Aeons ago, after the Age of Dragons and the Age of Giants had both passed, and the Great Glaciers had melted and sculpted the world anew, then ca...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark

Agrabeth

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Sword & Sorcery

Eldarr

Fantasy, Dark

the Fae Realm

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic

Midrial

The world of Midrial is a vast an diverse expanse of cultures and peoples. The discovered world consists of several large landmasses, each with separate societies and ways of life. In Midrial, there is still much to discover. Deities watch over the p...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

The City of Luyarnha

In Luyarnha, even the most terrifying nightmares pale compared to the horrors of the waking world. The moon reigns eternal over a terrified populace, and even the smallest creatures pose a deadly threat. None can escape the dangers that lurk around e...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Surreal

Valley of Man

An expansive high altitude valley bordered by the ever mountainous Brine Marshes to the west, the Bad Step to the east, the Northern Range and the Floodlands in the south. This is a story of the end of human civilization as the Sang know it. The...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Political

Aloth

Aloth is a world of magic and awe, going through a phase of recovery and rediscovery after Dürthang which was an event that took place at the end of the third age 670 years ago. The event shook most of the world, but hit the continent of Tyrania the...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

The Wheel

Autumna is a world in decline. Millennia ago she was a paradise for all races, she is now transforming inexorably into a Hell, as all ancient worlds must. As she drifts ever further from the centre of Iae’s Dream, dark and terrible beings grow i...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic

Ikanaros

Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy

Terra

[p]The Creation of Terra: [/p][p] In the age before memory, the gods and primordial forces shaped the cosmos, forging the world of Terra from the raw chaos of existence. It was a place of breathtaking beauty and delicate balance, w...

Fantasy, Dark Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Melior

Fifty years ago, the world of Melior was forcefully introduced to magic during an apocalyptic invasion. Folks are questioning their old traditions and faiths as they struggle to rebuild amidst the new dangers of everyday life.

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Post Apocalyptic

Numidius

/*A Persistent World Building Project*/ [container:homepage-start] [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/numidius/meta][section:book-meta]Introduction[/section] [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/numidius/c/compendium-category][...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Steampunk

The Scarlet Theater

[p]They call it a theme park. A world of pure sexual delight where nothing is off-limits. The mecha look and feel just like any other person. Their bodies are soft and they are warm, but they are easily repaired. They know how to scream in pai...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Science Fiction, Modern Surreal

Orrus

"We all come from the same blood. I’m not sure why we fight as much as we do. I guess over many centuries, people start to have different ideas of what is important. Take the Jutan for example. I can see why they’re always so dour. When you live i...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Political Supernatural

HEMERA

“En la vastedad del Multiverso, donde los hilos del destino son tejidos por manos invisibles, Hemera se alza como una sinfonía de mundos entrelazados, donde el eco de los dioses aún resuena y las sombras del tiempo nunca mueren.”[/c...

Fantasy, Dark Medieval Science Fantasy Space Opera

Game of Tomes

The Game of Tomes is an event for writers in the Twitch community. It is a team-based game in which the players choose a house to represent and counts their word counts towards their houses over the course of the month. This game runs three ti...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

Waking Materia

[p][/p] [aloud]I do not know where to find in any literature—ancient or modern—an adequate account of that nature with which I am acquainted. Mythology comes nearest to it of any. — Henry David ThoreauThe Journal[...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic

Terralba

A world sculpted by the Gods, now lost or dead in the aftermath of a celestial war, the Twilight Cataclysm. This world has no one to look over it. No one to guide it to and from the right and wrong decisions. No one to save it from the power...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political

Astoria

Astoria is the world that exists just across the veil from our own. Its time period bears strong similarities to 16th Century Europe; specifically, the late Renaissance in terms of science. That is where the resemblance stops. Where our world chose t...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Sword & Sorcery

Cathedris

Three-thousand-year-old dead gods roam the planet as husks of their former selves, wandering broken loops of their past lives; they bring danger and ruin, magic and myth. Humanity ha...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Speculative Weird

Muum

The year is 473 of the Emperor's Calendar, and Muum is a fantasy world on the cusp of upheaval. On the continent of Estana, a powerful empire is disrupted by a single villain who seeks to shake down the pillars of a temple tradition that...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk

Syrik

The planet of Syrik, realm of gods, and home to mortals is a planet designed by each pantheon as an embassy of peace between them, it is here where they have sent their creations--the mortals--to work and live in their name. Though this peace woul...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Political Sword & Sorcery

After The End

[quote] Совершить пожертвование для продолжения развития проекта:[/quote] [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7W1gCz0JFM&t=1s] After The End...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Mecha Post Apocalyptic

Sormyth (Formerly, Starfall)

Starfall began as a homebrew setting for a small group of Pathfinder players in a local library. The name has been changed to Sormyth for the purposes of avoiding confusion with other existing properties by the title of Starfall. Meta-setting used...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock

Araea

[aloud][/aloud] [quote]Mankind are not masters of this world, but children fumbling in the dark.[/quote] Araea is a weird-fantasy setting in a world where humanity has been forced to survive deep underground since time immemorial....

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Horror Weird

Isekai

Isekai is a nobledim fantasy setting that includes elements of Lovecraftian horror, steampunk, and other genres. In a world of tragedy and triumph, anyone with enough skill and determination can make a difference amongst the magic and technol...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Historical Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Doskvol

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Victorian

The Cage

The Cage is a place of mistakes. When the Great Pantheon of Gods created the Earth and the Universe, the gods' mishaps and accidents of creation were placed in this dimension. Little did they know that the Cage would develop into its own world. Afte...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Soft Magic Supernatural

Southern Sun

On the western shores under the southern sun lies Alari, the blessed kingdom. Once the jewel of the High Elvin empire, the center of Elvin architecture, and a place of high culture now possessed by a human monarchy where the king is both head of stat...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Sword & Sorcery Weird

Kornax

Welcome to Kornax, a realm where the echoes of draconic roars still resonate through the mountains, and the divine presence is as real as the ground underfoot. This land of myth and might, where towering dragons once held dominion, now witnesses gods...

Ancient Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Supernatural

Vitallia

Vitallia is one of the Prime Material Worlds from the Universe of Radrum. It was created by a Meteor strike originating from the distant plane of Pantheon and was later inhabited by outcast Gods who were lured by the Meteor's essence.[/...

Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Literature RPG Sword & Sorcery

The World of Coelestis Terra

This world is heavily based on and inspired by Arknights, Genshin Impact, Destiny, Halo, and Mass Effect. In the year 1910, the world of Coelestis Terra entered a state of change. For over 200 years, the world had been at peace. Almo...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Dromaria

A pact between the dragons and the gods shapes the magic, politics, and daily life of Dromaria. Within is a detailed RPG fantasy setting including interactive maps, unique classes, races, monsters, and spells. Featuring regular updates.

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Sword & Sorcery

The Badlands

The Age of Kingdoms has come to an end. 30 years ago a demonic plague ravaged the lands. You are the descendants of the survivors that fled into the badlands. These lands were previously ignored by the civilized folk due to the savage inhabitants, nu...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political

Agodale

The world of Agodale is ruled over by many powerful ancient dragons, with the exception of the Free Cities. Some are well-loved, benevolent rulers, while others are merciless tyrants only seeking power. The world is separated into three major regions...

Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

The Feran Hegemony

Steampunk Fantasy in a broken world fractured by gateways to alternate universes.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Steampunk Victorian

Engarlands

Welcome to the Engarlands This fantasy empire serves as the Holy Roman Empire analog for the setting, though also draws inspiration from such sources as War Hammer Fantasy and The Prince of Thorns series. This faux Germanic society takes up the ma...

Fantasy, Dark Medieval Political Religious Subversion

Impero

Benvenuti nelle terre dell'[url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/impero-unsorsodibirra/a/introduzione-article]Impero Siamo nell'anno Sessantaquattresimo del dominio di Klaus Franz Danor, Imperatore degli uomini e dominatore di tutte le terre compre...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Arathos

The world of Arathos is a realm shrouded in mystery and wrought with peril. From the whispering depths of its silent seas to the towering peaks of its forbidding mountains, Arathos is a land of diverse landscapes and untold secrets waiting to be unco...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery

Austera

A world once ruled by the Lord of Demons until the great mages of the Magus Magnificat drove them back leading to 5000 years of relative peace.

Fantasy, Dark

Ara

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Sword & Sorcery

Caldaryn

[p]Caldaryn is a realm of divided kingdoms, sprawling wilds, and ancient ruins whispered about in stories. Most folk live simple lives in small villages, toiling the fields and keeping to old traditions. Beyond the safety of the village, the world is...

Fantasy, Dark Medieval

Comeria

Die Länder von Comeria existieren schon seit fast 30000 Jahren, wobei die ersten Menschen etwa vor 9000 auf dem Angesicht der Welt erschienen sind. Aus dem Land selbst strömt magische Energie und es gibt allerlei fantastisch kuriose Rassen und Wesen...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Creation

The Shadow War Across Creation The Tapestry of Creation was once whole and perfect at the dawn of all tales. Now the Shattered Worlds of mortals are separated from the Realms Beyond, fallen like a wounded star from the First War. Whispers o...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

The Realms of Aorlis Fantasy Setting

[color:#800000]The Realms of Aorlis Fantasy Setting is designed for epic adventure, brutal combat, daring exploration, and intrigue. It is good equally for old-fashioned, crunchy dungeon crawls, or the sweeping narrative campaigns that are...

Alternative History Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Historical

Chronicles of Hysal

Filled with dangerous and powerful magic, deadly secrets and mysterious political plots, the world of Hysal is a extensively large, dark and fantastical realm, set in a similar time period as Europe's Renaisance era. Here we will follow the a...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Medieval Supernatural

Shar

Nearly a thousand years ago, a coalition of demons known as the Greater Nine, disaffected with the futile struggle against the divine order or disenchanted with meaninglessness dominion over layers of the Abyss, resolved to take some of the Prime Mat...

Fantasy, Dark

Abholos

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Chronicles of Solia

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Medieval

Panorica

Há apenas um continente conhecido em Asgalon: Panorica. Seus habitantes o chamam simplesmente de "o Continente". Ao seu redor dançam Sandall, a fonte de toda luz e calor, e Ellaren, o véu que, a cada crepúsculo, retira Sand...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Sword & Sorcery

Everwinter

[quote] "The Everwinter is coming, the spell will be broken, the champions must appointed and the ritual protected, for if their duty is failed, we will all die, run for the hills, find the champions, bring them together and protect all that is good...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Mists of Barovia

Welcome to Barovia UNDER RAGING STORM CLOUDS, A LONE figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead lea...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Pekkola

What is Pekkola? Pekkola is a gritty dark-ages low fantasy world set in a small cold corner of the globe. A land where the privileges of a peaceful and prosperous civilisation have been swept away and societies have had to d...

Fantasy, Dark Medieval

Curse of Strahd

Under raging stormclouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, bil...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery

KELLDORIA (DRAGON REALMS)

The Continent of Kelldoria... The main focus is on the Continent of Kelldoria, upon the World of Kelios, A great landmass that is thousands upon thousands of miles in size. In the north the con...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Unbecause

Welcome to the Unbecause! A lot goin on here!

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Naphus

Naphus is a world in where magic is seen as a dangerous reminder of darker times, monsters and ravanous beasts threaten the folk of every kingdom, and ideologies battle for supremacy on the world stage. This world is harsh and difficult to prosper in...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Proteia Miterra

Willkommen auf Proteia Miterra! [quote]Du, werter und potenziell weltfremder Leser, hast also mein Lexikon dieser Welt in die Hände bekommen! Mein Name ist August Finklebottom...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Tertara

It is a dark time indeed. Ever since the failed Crusade of Light, the world has been poisoned, as if the cosmic balance of the plains has been shaken to their very core. Bloody wars are fought across the world, innocents are preyed upon by their so c...

Fantasy, Dark

Elae Meltaea

Somewhere, a wouldbe king makes his way home, but questions why he seeks to return. Somewhere, a girl with a tender heart struggles with the reality that she can't help everyone who needs it. Somewhere, a dragon held to a city by black contract...

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

The Fragments of Aethyrim

Before the foundation of the world, there was the Void Above. First to appear in the Void were the eggs of the Celestial Dragons. As they grew within their shells, those empyrean serpents dreamed, and their dreams created the myriad worlds of the co...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Survival

World of Darkness

The world is not like you once thought. You know better now. It is a dark place. The bedtime monsters you once thought fantasy are real. Not just a few of them, no, all of them. They all exist. The gods and goddesses that you were once told in histor...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Modern Science Fiction, Modern Supernatural

Nascindor

Nascindor acts as the stage for an original dark fantasy setting titled Eternal Hymn. Some subject matter is not suitable for younger readers. [container: box-contain box-white][soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/shaama...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

The True Dark Ages

The world is now in the 9th Century, and the Early Middle Ages is in full swing. Adventurers are constantly in demand. Some act as mercenaries, others follow the path of magic and bolster their respective nations. Groups scattered here and there long...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

Eberron

[aloud]Эберрон - мир магии и интриг. Но более всего, это мир, который отчаянно нуждается в героях. Изучаете ли вы разгромленные города Ксен’Дрика, служите ли в качестве шпиона на одну из Пяти Наций, или же пы¬таетесь разоблачить коварство драконов и...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban MagiPunk Steampunk

pèryl

The multiverse was created by Annen, Goddess of Time, to answer the question: "What does it mean 'to exist?'" PÈRYL was the first world created to attem...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post-modern Sword & Sorcery

Icewind Dale

[quote] "If I could choose what life would be mine, it would be this life that I now have, at this time. I am at peace, and yet, the world around me swirls with turmoil... The reality of existence here in Icewind Dale is harsh indeed, an environm...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery

Not Forgotten Realms

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Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Fantasy, Urban

The Forgotten Realms

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic

A world of broken gears

Our world... Is not a real world. This world was never meant to be our home. It was never meant to be a place where we can live and thrive. It was meant to be a prison. To monsters and nightmares. To be sealed a...

Fantasy, Dark Steampunk Victorian

Legends of the Dragonguard

[quote]Corruption bleeds into every corner of the world, nurtured by those who thrive in its shadows. Cults whisper of a long-forgotten power, while rumors of Ancient Dragonkin returning resonate throughout the land.Here are the stories told from...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Military Solarpunk

Zameen

Zameen is a world in decline. Entropy reigns. The empires of old are long dead, and the nations formed from their corpses have in turn crumbled into city-states with loose affiliations with each other. Vast stretches of wilderness exist in the spa...

Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Ardu

A classical Fantasy world on the cover, it's secrets run deep and go back millennia. As players discover more and more of the world, they also uncover these facts, and must decide if they want to make them their truth, and what to do with the knowled...

Fantasy, Dark Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Barovia

Its a dark World.Its a grim World.

Fantasy, Dark

Coriolis - der 3te Horizont

[userstate:loggedout] Coriolis ist ein Science-Fiction-Rollenspiel, das in einem abgelegenen Sternensystem namens "Der 3te Horizont" spielt. Es ist ein von Konflikten und Krieg verwüsteter Ort, aber auch die Heimat stolzer Zivilisationen, sowohl der...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fantasy Space Opera Supernatural

Faery

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Istralar

[container:worldintro]Where else would a party of adventurers wander but a world full of elves, dragons, and mystery? So did the Champions ask themselves, at the beginning of their journey. Four years on, the world shudders in the wake of deific m...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Taridad

Welcome to Taridad, a world of magic, adventures, and mystery. Whether you are aboard an airship or a caravan, you can embark on a thrilling campaign!

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Hallowed Legacy

There are a thousand thousand worlds, each existing in its own realm of space and time. Yet they are all connected in a complex web of cosmic energy and there are rare entities who can travel between them. The very con...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic

Mirthae

In a small corner of the universe, there exists a galaxy stuck in a perpetual loop. Lady Merthicz, fearing how her creations will use advanced technology to harm the ivierae and demons, resets the world every so often to prevent any attempts of genoc...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Ravare

[container: homepage-intro] Throughout these Realms, mortal Sophonts seek to survive against the brutal realities dictated by the cruel Divines, wildly promoted by the volatile Elementals, or simp...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Supernatural Weird

Jamina IV

Jamina IV is the forth planet orbiting the star Jamin Alpha, it is home to a vast array of flora and fauna and is dominated by three species of intelligent life: Jamina IV has three continental landmasses, an icy northern continent w...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political

Taerth

The material plane is in relative chaos. A golden era of trade and knowledge has been abruptly ended by the War of Amenity. The grove, being a region of anti-celestialism, has attracted refugees from all over. Continents Agoria[/...

Fantasy, Dark Political Religious Slice of Life Sword & Sorcery