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Terraloga

Welcome to Terraloga [p]Terraloga is a science fantasy world setting in a pure, fictional earth. Expect the journey of men, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the incidental chaos of nature...

Ancient Exploration Political Science Fantasy

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

Linebound

Welcome to the Endless Sky! What is Linebound? A new age of exporation has come as the first skyships set sail on the open skies. The maps grow larger and yet the world never gets smaller. Many fantastic things wait...

Exploration Fantasy Soft Magic

Babikiye

Adult 18+ Exploration MagiPunk Science Fantasy

Lost Realms of Ebelar

Long ago, there was nothing but empty blackness. In this blackness existed Horrors, massive creatures, huge and powerful. Then there were Gods, and the gods were immense, infinitely bigger and stronger even than the horrors. The gods created their un...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Calinan Sea

[quote] The Era of Stone has given way to the Era of Bronze. Where once scattered bands of hunters and gatherers wandered the lands, kingdoms, cities and empires now spread across them. It is a time of heroes, ancient kingdoms, magic and legen...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Supernatural

Vernelis

Vernelis is three worlds... The Ancient World was one of majesty. Dragons dominated the lands and the skies. Soul Theory...

Comedy Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk

Creus

Creus is a world undergoing rapid change; social, technological, political, and magical. A pre-industrial society, the citizens are using reciprocating flatrods and mechanical gearing to accomplish the first industrial revolution in history. The rise...

Clockpunk Exploration Fantasy Slice of Life Steampunk

The Meridian Universe

Welcome to the Meridian Universe, just one of countless worlds in the Void. This is a world of mysteries and history in the past, intrugue and control in the present, and building and the unknown in the future. Where if you dig enough, both figera...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic

Adventures Along the Sword Coast

Some say the Sword Coast took its name from the white cliffs that rise up sharply for hundreds of miles along the coastline between the River Dessarin and Baldur's Gate. Traveling author...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Weird

Aetheus

This is my pride and joy of worldbuilding and DnD - set for a campaign I may do, or campaigns. Just ideas and fun stuff to practice on WorldAnvil. Aetheus, a world that has existed since the birth of the Elemental Chaos. Once domina...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

NUGaming's Exiled Lands of Dark Desires

We have created a fantasy world that is set in a fictional timeline. Some aspects of our world have been inspired by our own history, as well as drawing further inspiration from the Conan storyline, the Early Middle Ages all the way up to the...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

It's Game Time!

We start in Leminster, the capital city of Merithel. A landlocked country with friendly neighbours, it seems idilyc here... It isn't.

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Adazuri

Welcome to Adazuri! A high fantasy world in the midst of a magical technology revolution. As an adventurer, your journey may begin as: A student of an adventuring academy, such as @[Alykin Heroes Academy](organization:52882389-...

Child Safe Exploration Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Shōnen

Saleh'Alire

[container:quote1][quote]I don't remember much of the voyage from Bán Ródh. The weather during much of it was abysmal- all keening wind and thunder- once the warm Eimhiran waters gave way to the colder embrace of northern tides... And as I woefully l...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

New Deseret

A planet settled predominately by Mormon settlers. While I imagine a "lore" will evolve, this setting exists mainly to write out and explore the role and consequences of constitutions, laws, and urban development.

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera Urban

The Magic Multiverse

Your vision shifts as the magic takes hold of your dream. It draws you through the air; you feel your consciousness spread across the cosmos and you get short sensations and glimpses of many places: You feel it in the air, a slight tingle as a sin...

Exploration Fantasy Science Fantasy Speculative Young Adult (YA)

Astra Planeta

Astra Planeta is a hopeful exploration of humanity’s future path to the stars, and the connections we may forge with the other peoples and worlds of the local stellar group.

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

D&D 5e Campaigns

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Political Science Fiction

Albarona

'Var' olan her şeyin başlangıcı gibi bu hikaye de aynı şekilde hiçlikten başlıyordu. Zamanın ötesinde, nesillerin uzun kollarının bile erişemeyeceği bir uzaklıktaki bu hiçlik adı verilen gerçeklikte başlamaktaydı bu hikayenin minik olarak algılanabil...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Medieval

The Third Imperium of Mankind.

Welcome to Charted Space Humaniti has reached the stars—and found them crowded. Alien empires, strange life forms, and rival civilizations fill the voids between the stars. Science and technology have advanced far beyond the present day, yet the...

Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera

Exodus

While no one knows the true origin of Exodus, it lies at the center of a massive planar sphere. Composed of many continents, most unexplored, Exodus is home to many mythological wonders and fantasy races. In what is described as the heart of Exodus,...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Mystery Supernatural

Heimr

[quote] At first, there was nothing. There was the Void. There bloomed Eldr and Svell, and where they met screamed Gjall. From Gjall was birthed the first being Brimir. Brimir drifted alone for untold ages in an instant,...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Surreal Weird

The Fabulae Anthology

[spotify:https://open.spotify.com/track/4Fk82bRqcJ5kcunfSVaGXT?si=4db561557c104c47] [p]It has been three hundred years since the Great Sangfroid War, and the world of @[Fabulae](loca...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Tequila Starrise

[p]A thousand years ago, amidst the vast cosmic sea, humanity stirred from a profound slumber. The colossal colony ship U.E.F Paris, a sentinel of their forgotten origins, gently touched down on the en...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction

Les Conquérants de l'Agora

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Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Mal'Gama

Mal'Gama is a world of variety. Drawing inspiration from well known worlds, my focus is to make Mal'Gama an amalgamation of all my favorite worlds. This world will hold many different styles of life depending on where you are on the map and, b...

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

Synthacrosia

The Tower of Souls Created By Stormbril A tower wrought of cold metal and ancient stone stretches upwards into infinity, constru...

Clockpunk Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Daestara

Daestara is a world that lies right on the edge of the veil between the prime material and the other planes. Its position within the multiverse has garnered the attention of many a power, particularly ones lost and seeking a new home, such as sojourn...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Kaigan

Collection of world building articles that started as a pathfinder campaign set in the world of Ae'Yul during World Ember 2020. The articles from December 2020 and January 2021 are all linked to the country of Kaigan which was the country my party wa...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Aroka: Fallen World

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Emynea

This world was once our own but as we continued to place ourselves above nature and destroy our home, these forces came to life. Earth became a playground for the elements given body and mind: the Erlithmanil. These ten entities reshaped...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Hard Magic Romance

Valtena

An Age of Sail high fantasy world. Religion, magic, and politics are closely intertwined. Venturing into untamed lands is rife with danger and glory. The world faces an ever growing darkness, but for the greatest of heroes comes the greatest rewards....

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Historical

World of Stendaaris

The current setting takes place 32 years after the incidents involving the sealing of the Wells of Eternity, the rise and fall of the Silver Shadow Clan, and the restoration of the Dwarven ruins of Rhineforrell. The evil Lich Kardun and his wife Tani...

Adult 18+ Comedy Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Kova

An ancient world

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

Fyria

Fyria was born in the mouth of a hungry forge, fed by the eternal flames of Ether and shaped by the golden hammer of Eeavarin. Fyria is a world of kingdoms and empires, constantly fluctuating between times of peace and war, cha...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Poneren

Magic. The world is held together by magic. From the smallest part of the smallest atom to the multiverse as a whole, everything @[believes](law:1cc2...

Exploration Fantasy Political

Chimera D10

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

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

Sinstram

Sinstram is a tabletop RPG homebrew setting. It is high fantasy, with a splash of Science Fantasy if you look in the right places, with a focus on strange locations and adventure across various cultures and lands. It can lend itself to story dense, o...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Miria

Genesis Light of Life In the beginning, there was the Bright One. A light shone from within His heart and created the vast heavens: Celestia, Stratosphia, and Miria. Miria was a tiny marble in the immense darkness, and ar...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic

Journals of Yesteryear

From the airship's rail you watch a strange creature encircling a distant floating island. As you savour the last bite of a delicious pastry, the captain's bell rings sharply, signalling your arrival in Zendu. Almost there! You marvel at th...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Yonderverse

Explore the endless planets brimming with life in the Yonderverse! Go after creatures, discover new places, and learn about the people you find along the way. Winner of Best World 2024!

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fantasy Solarpunk Speculative Evolution

Fallout: The ATL

Alternative History Exploration Political Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Midterra

The world this story takes place, Midterra, is relatively new. Two factions of gods are responsible for its creation. These factions are called the Eynar and the Vasri. In recent history they find themselves in a war that has started by simple braggi...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Broken Land

The Broken Land is an ancient world, who's civilizations had once reached a technological peak. Unfortunately, once the ancient people's scientists reached a pinnacle achievement of understanding inter-dimensional travel, they opened a door to realms...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban

Athanya

Before the Realms of Athanya aligned and the Age of Balance began, the intelligent races wandered mindless...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Horror Medieval Oriental

Iera

Iera is a massive, ancient world, a place of myths and magic. Abounding with unexplored places and rich resources, adventure is everywhere - but be careful, because in the shadows, danger lurks. [p]Welcome, traveler, to Iera - a world of gods an...

Dieselpunk Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic

Malkora

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Valakadyn

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Scourged Lands of Valenor

Valenor is an extraordinary world, populated by myriad of different races, with a rich and intricate history. Over the millennia, many empires and kingdoms have risen and fallen, and powerful gods, rulers, wizards, and legendary creatures have helped...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic

Rolara

The Resurgence of Light in the Realm of Rolara The Astral Apex of Mount Origin In the heart of Rolara, where the veil between realms is gossamer-thin, stands [b...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Wuxia-Fantasy

Eresia

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Exploration Fantasy

Eldûra

Amongst the ruins of a Sorcerer Queen's tyrannical rule, the continent of Aegéfaer has recovered much from the damage she inflicted. A wise and fair king rules upon the throne of Talnor, a kingdom that dwarfs its neighbours and is looke...

Exploration Fantasy Soft Magic Speculative Surreal

The Chronicles of Tanit

[p]"Systems! Get me Systems! Systems! Protocol Closed Harbour! I say again! Protocol Closed Harbour Now! Sensors detect radiation and thermal spikes consistent with multiple supernovas! We have a complete loss of communications with HSTG! PROTOCOL...

Afrofuturism Biopunk Exploration Science Fiction Solarpunk

Altaros

Your generic fantasy world in the turmoils of the War of The Gods. Will this be the last war to end the cycle that has repeated itself since the time immemorial, or is there still hope for all the living before the higher powers abandon this world an...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Medieval Political

Tahuum Itaqiin

[url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/tahuum-itaqiin-eldknighterrant/a/synopsis3A-tahuum-itaqiin-enters-its-third-age-article]Full synopsis: Tahuum Itaqiin Enters its Third Age Tahuum Itaqiin is a vast continent, a world in recover...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery Wuxia-Fantasy

Ceramet

Ceramet was an amazing world of abounding magic and splendor. On the day of The Sundering, the world of Ceramet was broken beyond recognition. A terrible cataclysmic event shook the world and changed the landscape until it was unrecognizable. And...

Exploration Fantasy

Egera

The world that lies beyond the walls of the isolated city of Haeje is a complete mystery to the trio of dissidents freshly exiled. It is a world know only to them as The Darklands - supposedly a place without order, without enlightenment, and without...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval

Gates of Eternity

This world is a field of a battle that is older than time, that exists in its current form as form of a compromise between beings that escape human comprehension. Beings that permanently try to recreate reality itself to suit their needs, fo...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Starkeeper

The future is a strange, yet familiar place. Humanity has achieved its dream of space colonization, going interstellar with wormhole stargates. Over a century after a terrible dark age ended, civilization enjoys an age of peace united in the Commonal...

Exploration Political Science Fiction Space Opera Transhumanism

Primatis

A world created from the void, made from godly essences combined. The planes leak into the realm to create strange environments. This world has seen much turmoil as the demons of the abyss charged through the material to attack everything and ever...

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

Terra Caelum Legacy

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Gothic

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

The Reach

The Reach is the first world that I've ever created. I'm creating it for a DnD campaign that I'll run, but I have no clue how the campaign will be effected by the world it's in. Right now, I've never run a DnD campaign. When you're reading this, I've...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic

Aberiam

A world created for the Shining Nights Roleplay Group.

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Latter Earth

Latter Earth is a sword and sorcery fantasy setting for [url:https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/348809/worlds-without-number-free-edition]Worlds Without Number. It's a place of gritty, hard-edged adventure in the fathomless future....

Exploration Fantasy Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Calethos

[p]Welcome to Calethos: a homebrew DnD fantasy campaign setting, rich with its own history and unique geography, varied cultures and societies, mystical sites, deities and folklore, myths, monsters and magic. Learn about @[Veil magic...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic

A Strange New World

This world takes its inspiration from classic Rifts from before the war for Tolkeen. I've taken extensive liberty to modify the source material to make this my own world, adding geography, religion, races and lore that do not exist in either the orig...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Ædeos

[quote]The Evergreen Garden we called it for generations, for the sensations and shapes, and forms bloomed generously and withered silently. But [tooltip:The tribe best versed in travelling to Ædeos.]Tæn-ĭ-Sáveni[/tooltip], ventured to this wor...

Ancient Exploration Mystery Soft Magic

Ispérion

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Exploration Fantasy Religious Science Fiction

Cerilia

The campaign setting of Birthright. I don't own it, just using it to play with friends. Birthright (and my flavour of it) is a dark and harsh world. In this world blood is power, the blood of dead gods has settled onto the material plane, absorbed...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Medieval Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Ethrosa

Currently reworking parts of Ethrosa. There may be some inconsistencies along the way.

Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Hastened Delight

[container:article-content] /*How-dee-doo, Constable? Why yes, o'course you're busy, but I have an issue I would like to be noted, if it isn't a bother. I happen to have a small sip...

Alternative History Dieselpunk Exploration Medieval Victorian

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

Vasara

Adventure had always fascinated you. Storybooks from your homeland contained tales of a once-powerful god-king from a far off, now desecrated land; an entity with a will to rival the Architects. Such power—lost and fabled as it may have...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Post Apocalyptic

Leyendas del Pasado

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jDgrvaAP2A] EXPLORA EL ANTIGUO REINO Redescubre todo el Reino de Azeroth años antes de la Primera Guerra. Sumérgete en la frondosidad del Bosque Ra...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval

Fiven Chronicles

[container:cover-subheading] I stare at the paper and I just don't know. Turning the key on the lantern, I hear the soft ticks pick up in pace and a gentle white glow fills the room. The solarium batteries got a full recharge i...

Clockpunk Exploration Science Fantasy

Forgotten Realms A574

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Macalgra

[aloud]Macalgra is a post-scarcity High Fantasy Aetherpunk setting, featuring a diverse cast of mortals and (largely) insane gods. It borrows heavily from real-world myth and folklore, with a smattering of other influences, and has a...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Midgard

The Galaxy has changed!! Well about 190 years ago it did. Gods are real and live. Monsters and other species exist? Elves are a thing? Dwarves are a thing too?! The Norse Gods came through a rift on Earth and tried to save it. Humans have spread to o...

Exploration Science Fantasy Science Fiction

Manifold Sky

In the finite confines of the Manifold, a five-dimensional world laid out across the inner surfaces of a penteract, factions vie for access to the limited arable land and mineral resources required to keep feeding civilization. Mercenary airships, a...

Dieselpunk Exploration Military Speculative Surreal

Dune

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Adult 18+ Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera

Middle-Earth: Arda, Endor

The Fellowship of Renewal was active throughout Arnor beginning in 1356 T.A. in the Sack of Rhudaur and Siege of Amon-Sûl in 1376 T.A.. Following a brief respite of peace and adventures across Eriador the Fellowship continued their battles against th...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic

Alloy planetarium

The world of crystals and stolen chicken demons, this is the place where I nerd out over world building unnecessarily .. . cus its fun lol. Beginning lore In the Alloy Plane about 2 years...

Comedy Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

World of Seven Seas

The humans of this world don't remember a before, though there must have been one; most of them are too focused on the now. They are, as humans ever are, a hodgepodge of everything; from the most warlike and powerhungry to...

Exploration Fantasy Literature RPG Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Prethoria

A wild jumble of different races and societies, striving to find their own place in a crazy world. At first glance, Prethoria could have seemed a god-gifted refuge for those who stumble upon it, but that impression is illusive. The world...

Exploration Fantasy Medieval

Xyto

From the frontiers of the Infinity, the demise of a star brought forth the realm of wonders known as Xyto... As time passed, primordial beings and wanderers from distant other realms descended upon the w...

Exploration Fantasy Literature RPG Political Sword & Sorcery

Pathfinder Pirates

When the Rose of the Tides set sail for the last time, no one could have predicted its tragic and untimely destiny. Indeed, some may not even believe it now, as the truth is the sort of stuff whispered about in legends. But unlike many...

Comedy Crime Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Supernatural

Terrellian (expired)

Exploration Fantasy Medieval

Frantumare

[quote] It would be fun to have our stories read by the world. That would take a while, sure, but I want them to be something worth sharing. - TheDarkenedRose[/quote] Frantumare is a world where the elements of o...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery Young Adult (YA)

Rakuen

The universe began as it always did, with a vibrant creation of chemical particles that fused into a stable space. The celestial beings and foul ones that entered the space afterward distanced themselves and began to toil. The beings who created Raku...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Political

The Wraith Globe

[quote]"And so the first age began, a testimony to the birth of corruption. One shadow stood higher among the many monoliths, mere darkness among tangible reality. What a fool that shadow was, for it did not realize how much pain and torment...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval Soft Magic

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

The Archipelago of Adventure

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

The New World of Astaragon

Exploration Fantasy Political Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Ménicéa

[container:meniceaintro]The void. All that was left of the Menicean civilization after the Clan War. Sitting alone in a world they once thought to be only for themselves, Gérouns started anew. Those who ended the neverending blood...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Supernatural

Anareta : Chronicles of the Stream

Welcome to Tau Elpis For 15000 years, the interstellar community of the Pyxis Globula galaxy thrived, soaring on the back of powerful and esoteric @[FTL drives](technology:838a0b89-3238-...

Exploration MagiPunk Science Fantasy Science Fiction

I.D.E.A.

200 years ago, a dimensional rift opened in the middle of Terra. A genius of his time, Hernst Van Glosten, managed to stabilize the phenomenon to visit this parallel dimension, thus creating what will become the InterDimensional Exploration Agency. C...

Exploration Political Post-modern Science Fantasy Science Fiction

The Forgotten Realms

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Slice of Life