Fantasy, Dark

Allucimere

[p]Nihil durat in aeternum...[/p] [p]...not even [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/w/allucimere-nikoyokin/a/caleian-empire-organization]Caleia.[/p] [p]It is the 16th year of this Dark Age, and the warm Summer breeze fails to rid th...

Ancient Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk

The Silver Sea

Fantasy, Dark Military Science Fantasy Space Opera

Ragged Lands

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Sword & Sorcery

The World

Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Irredin

Fantasy, Dark

Bärentatze

Em um mundo onde a guerra expansionista de um reino traz desgraça para muitos e riqueza para poucos, mercenários abandonados pela máquina da guerra encontram na bandidagem, pilhéria e saque de tumbas seu sustento. Quando as forças do reino não são su...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval

Myr

After experimenting with the creation of living beings, a group of gods born on earth decided the only way to create truly independent beings was to simulate their own creation, evolution. They guided life on Myr into their own image, forming a world...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Fantasy, Romantic Historical Sword & Sorcery

Theria

[p][/p] [p]A hundred years have passed since the end of Arc 5, and the continent of Ellara slumbers beneath a shroud of endless winter. Once, the skies cracked with fire and fury as the last great black dragon Aru’thamar clashed with the mages of Um...

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Not Forgotten Realms

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

Belthuran

Within the sphere of Belthuran resides the world Habrea (Ha-Bray-Ah) the center of the sphere of Belthuran, the linchpin of the Great Binding that orders the planes of the cosmos, and more importantly,...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

The Brass Realms

Welcome to the Brass Realms, my personal Setting for playing a variety of TTRPG's. It is a dark fantasy / horror setting. Check out the Setting Primer and if you are interested, or brows...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

The Age of Swords

Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Dystoria

A world at the precipice of utter annihilation. An immortal prince determined to stop the mastermind at all costs. And a band of adventurers whose actions will dictate the outcome of this ancient struggle once and for all. "We're told to learn fro...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

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

Grennaris

An ancient world formed from the elemental and arcane energies of the multiverse, Grennaris

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

Etharis

From its deep and forbidding forests, where horrible beasts lurk, to the hulking and impenetrable mountains ranges where lost legacies lie, the landscape of Etharis is formidable. However, the true monsters of this land can be found i...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Provenire

[p]The Old Gods are locked away, and the New Gods have departed of their own volition. For many, prayer to their vanished deities is their last hope to avoid the bloody power struggle gripping the already decimated landscapes. Provenire is still fres...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic

Spirit of the Age

[p]Spirit of the Age (name changing whenever I come up with something I feel is more fitting) is my own tabletop RPG setting that I've been slowly adding to for about eight years. I started with a huge map, and have been slowly filling it up, mostly...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban

Nainoxia

[quote]Let it be known by all who are, and all who will ever be, this world, and all within it, belong to the Empire and her people, so have the Gods willed it. |--Unnamed Schollar[/quote] [p]Welcome fellow scribe, the f...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Political

Aluth

[h3|062f7db0-4184-49bd-904d-40915967ffdc]WHERE IMPERNANCE IS INFINITE [h3|091d8275-0748-42f4-b431-e1754e93e00f] [p]A planet that had once been but a barren, desolate wasteland is now a thriving, fractured archipelago. With...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Political Religious

The Broken World of Vectrus

[h2|3dccc97c-f396-43ea-9d54-4b4717546b30]Preface [p]Welcome to the Broken World of Vectrus. In this world, stories will be told through the finesse of tragedy, perseverance, and the goal of captivating a group of players to the likes will tell s...

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

M'Brell

[quote]To live in Nehwon is to feel the breath of ancient, forgotten gods on your neck. The air is thick with the scent of old blood and older secrets. Settlements rise like rotted teeth from the wilderness, isolated and wary, where superstition s...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Aurelia

[quote]"You think this is cruelty? No, child. This is mercy—measured, precise. True cruelty would be leaving you with hope."|Naxene DuLac, to a pleading prisoner[/quote] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark

Arethel

Arethel is the world, filled with many people and places. A world of possibility and wonder. The adventures that take place here, often tales told around the campfire, will henceforth be recorded in this place, so that the heroes and deeds for which...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

Armea

Armea was once the home of the gods, who dwelt in the massive, spanning continent of Norstir before recorded time. With the Shattering of the Tower of Katib, the gods were severed from the mortal plane, and mortals began to spread out ac...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

Faerun

This is the World Anvil record of my Forgotten Realms campaign world. This is to organize the information from multiple sources, all of which belong to their respective copyright owners, as well as the modifications and original content that makes...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

The Awakening Dream

Stare into the shiftless black abyss of the midnight sky. What do you see? The stars and moon, distant galaxies, perhaps strange, manufactured satellites which twinkle pale red flashes to the mother world. The future thrives in this nothingn...

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

Nights of Destiny

“In 734, the Vikings landed, and everything changed.” The year is 1000AD, 300 years, give or take a couple, after the Vikings landed in Vinland, launching the Years of Terror upon the Vinlanders who dwelled her...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Historical Horror Speculative

Kindevion

[quote]“A godless land in a dire age… where the fantastical truths of its creation have faded into obscurity… where man has ruled for untold millenia… where great evil lurks just beyond the veil."|Sortis, Elven Scholar of the Royal Academy of Vush[/q...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

The History and Future of Golarion

Fantasy, Dark

Game of Tomes

[container:text-black] [aloud]Game of Tomes[section:fa-solid fa-trademark] [/section] is a team-based event set in a modern, urban-fantasy world. Writers choose a House to be their team and turn in word counts throughout t...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

Massaolo

Welcome to Massaolo, "The Long Dream" in the language of the Elves, a world abounding in beauty and horror. Massaolo is said to have been created by @[the gods](organization:c61d9262-39c3-472a-90a0-ce...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic

Thedas

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval

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

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

The Golden Guild Saga

Welcome to the Golden Guild Saga Ingia, sebuah benua di material plane. Di pojok barat benua itu, terdapat sebuah kota pelabuhan kecil bernama Halseamer. Sebuah guild cabang bernama Golden Wool berdiri...

Fantasy, Dark Shōnen Sword & Sorcery

Kobos

[p]The ancient world of Kobos exists in a web of cracks of the multiverse. Gods do not tread on its soil, most of them are distant and nameless to the people there, and humans are far from the rulers of the world. The exception to this pertains to th...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Sword & Sorcery

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

Vampire/Fae Universe

A world where both vampires and fae exist alongside the human world. The fae are more known to the human world at large thanks to their attempts to gain equal status, while the vampires are largely unknown except to the humans who work in vampire law...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Young Adult (YA)

Barovia - Ravenloft

Under raging storm clouds, the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. Rumbling thunder pounds the castle spires. The wind’s howling increases as he turns his gaze down toward the village of...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror

Thea

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Hyr [The Forbidden Isles]

The world of the Forbidden Ones is one you could consider" Low Fantasy", for magic is rarely if ever present, but its old impacts are still to be seen in terms of the monsters that live alongside men, and while the past isn’t certain, the future is e...

Crime Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Political

Terrestrisan

The World of Terrestrisan is a place of Innovation that of the Magical and the more Technological that bring joy and makes the lives of most immeasurably better. But it is also a place of harsh realities from those that are wondering if they will be...

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

Prodigium

This is a conversion of the PTU 1.5 system into the genesys system. A medieval world that is a mix of classic fantasy RPGs, Pokemon, and A Song of Ice and Fire. You'll fight in pokemon battles against other PokeKnights, co...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Medieval Political

Leveus

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic

Alluvia

Reborn from the Ashes Alluvia is a world that has seen many trials and tribulations; its history is drenched in blood and strife, pain and suffering. Even though the natural laws of this...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk Mystery Political

Tairos

A ruined land. The bounty that Tairos had to offer wasn't lost to disaster or destiny. It was squandered. Bought and sold, mined... depleted. Only when it was too late to reverse course did the people of Tairos fight back. All they succeeded in d...

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

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 of st...

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

Kraelkar

Fantasy, Dark

Urbûn

[p]Created by me, with the help of many; inspired by everything.[/p] [h1|6a2d5ced-6203-4cb8-88aa-9935d2a89713]Welcome to Urbûn! [p]The Realm of Urbûn is a land full of people, magic, wonders, an...

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

The Annals Of Ordu

It is a time of majesty and decay. When great kings and heroes in their mighty golden halls grow bloated in their hubris. When the once dormant gods of the ancients awaken and take back that which rightfully belongs to them. T...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Weird

In The Red and White Mansion

[p]A series of interlinked stories that all culminate in the events that occur in a certain red and white mansion on a hillside.[/p] [p]       [/p] [h3|9fefc6ff-b556-4125-b70f-2b902b8e125a]In The Red and White Mansion [p]There...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Urban Weird

Generic McFantasy Land

Welcome to the WorldAnvil page for Generic McFantasy Land! What started as a small college D&D game in 2016 has evolved into an ever-expanding homebrew campaign setting for almost every game me and my partner run as Dungeon Masters. This ency...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Post Apocalyptic

Crown of the Forgotten Frontier

[youtube:https://youtu.be/oDN11TslEHI?si=uaSMVVijDgRZMDY9] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Adult 18+ Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy

Warhammer Fantacy

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Fantasy, Dark

The Immortal World of Altwaus

Humanity's rebellion against the Alvain has failed, and from the ashes of a decade of battle a New World Order has risen. Long Live The Empress. Long Live The Alvain. Long Live The Eternal Empire.

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

Thedas

Battle lines are being drawn. The recent destruction of Ferelden's Circle of Magi has brought chaos to the lives of mages and Templars throughout Thedas. Calls for rebellions and secessions are beginning on both sides. Whispers tell that soon a war b...

Fantasy, Dark

Known World of the Spellster Universe

[p]Due to wars and the lack of documentation, characters within the spellster series know of two continents. Only one has been populated as the frozen wasteland to the north is considered entirely uninhabitable. The sole habitable continent is called...

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

Ken'Ser

SOURCE All of our legends say the first thing we did was explore. We left the harsh desert and walked to meet the other gods. It was our restless hearts and feet that led us to t...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Dawn of harmony

Welcome to the world of mlp 50 years after My Little Pony G4 ended! When i say world i mean WORLD! Check out the map!

Fanfiction Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

TamerlaneRP Player Guide

[p]Our community is a welcoming space for everyone, whether in Second Life, Discord, or both. TamerlaneRP maintains a [url://www.worldanvil.com/w/tamerlanerp-player-guide-inara-reynolds/a/disclaimer2C-anti-bullying2C-and-content...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Steampunk Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Apostle of the Dark Goddess

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Sword & Sorcery

Auroria & Eldarra

[quote] “Beyond existence, in that which surrounds the nothing, is the source. What that is cannot be said, for it is beyond the reach of any linguistic toolbox. However, what can certainly be presumed is that it, which obviously does not...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Sword & Sorcery

The Weavers of Farue

In worlds separated by the blackness of the cosmos, of space and time and queer differences, the Weave of Farue ensures that all is connected and intertwined.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark MagiPunk Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Caelum Prime

Prophecy of Caelum Prime [quote]When the Shadowsong Messenger lands and speaks the words “The Night of Lightning,” the Dust Rain shal...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Supernatural

ESPEN

You are in the world of Espen. It's a magical world in which most of the races live together in peace, but religious tensions are high as the old gods have given way to the new (Gods of Earth, Sea, Sky, Fire) but an echo of the old gods remains. You...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic

Battle Mage

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Modern Supernatural

The Chronicles of Beathan

My dear friends, you find yourself on the great northern continent of Beathan. Named after the old elven word for white hills, it is a land of snowy mountaintops and icy valleys, of roaring steppes and ancient forests, of dreary swamps and titanic lo...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Gothic Steampunk Victorian

Florenic Worlds

The Florenic Worlds are a loose collection of worlds and settings that all take part in the same universe. Starting with Florenelle, next came Faunerro, Arturias, and Duovia as the major core settings. What these worlds all have in common is that Kor...

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

Foscor

Adult 18+ Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Mystery

Chronicles of Solia

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Romantic Medieval

Kósmos

[quote] "In an old world, there was once a great calamity dubbed by scholars of the modern day as "The Collision". Theory decrees the continents of Tellus were conjoined in their origin. And though many superstitions claim understanding of the mo...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

The World of Angfaulith

[p][/p] [h2|f8a4579d-6f9d-4eac-8340-4ca1a2cd20f6]The first age is forgotten [p][/p] [p][/p] [h2|86e73a78-4d87-4978-b85d-e982ac1351a3]The second was lost [p][/p] [p][/p] [h2|a1c84788-03ac-4df6-870e-237ac09418a7]The third age was war [p]...

Fantasy, Dark Medieval Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Remaining Realm (Old)

Introduction Amalgam - what remains of the Remaining Realm - is a weird and wonderful world that was created as a result of the wish of Eyrs Thonich. A wish that the Gravebound never existed. This wish was granted by Limonar the Light, who...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery

Adventures in Valerick

A World of Fractures & Wonders [quote][p]What happens when the lights of a world, a reality almost get shut out? What happens when reality does not break entirely, but strains against itself, even whilst trying to heal.[/p] [p]Vale...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Flintlock Steampunk

Inside the Bag

What if the space in a Bag of Holding was linked to a whole dimension? What happens In-Between those extradimensional spaces? What if this dimension was dominated by an ever hungering, ever growing, all consuming demigod? When the Bagman comes in...

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

Orienta

Orienta in the 3rd Century Over two centuries have now passed since the Human Rebellion cast down the Elven Kingdoms of Lorintha and Halentha. Led by Alerio, once a slave of no distinction, the rising swept away the old dominion in...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Political

GRAVEN MOON

Dis. A continent of dead gods, a failed revolution, evil empires, and a monstrous contagion born of the blood of divinity. The darkness in this world took you, and killed you, but a cabal of monstrous rejects tragged you back. Raised as an amne...

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror

Wilde Blue

Something stirs beneath the Depths. Echoes of an ancient conflict, whose scars are the foundations of the modern world, still reverberate through the bones of that toxic sky. The worlds floating above have not yet noticed, but all have...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic MagiPunk Science Fiction

Tythin

Tythin is a world awash in politics and war, with adventure and heroism found throughout. After the outbreak of one such war, magic returned to the lands for the first time in a thousand years. Now many eyes have turned to this new power: some using...

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

The Earthly Realm

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

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 of this worl...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Flintlock Literature RPG

Anacra

[quote] Learn the Lore of Kingdoms Four: The Sky World, far above The Fairy Land, close at hand The Home we know and love The Realm Below, where all souls go When life comes to an end Know the roads to each abode Their signs, an...

Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Supernatural

The World Of 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

Torika

I use chatGPT for better text flow. i write my text as i would normally but send it through ai to "improve" it. The ai doesn’t help me finding ideas or create concepts. This is only a hobby for me. More than 1000 years since the last of the powerful...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Military

The Deathless Realms

[p]Welcome to your eternal life, hope you can make it last.[/p] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Realm of Tezia

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Torn Quest

Introduction This is a sort of world bible I am using for my planned fictional series „Torn Quest“. It's still a work in progress and may take a long time to realize it, but I hope once it reaches a...

Fantasy, Dark MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Arcanterra

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic MagiPunk

Barsaive

Du magst Shadowrun, Lord of the Rings und Fallout? Wie wäre es, wenn du alles gleichzeitig haben könntest? Willkommen bei EarthDawn! Dies ist die Geschichte einer deutschen Spielrunde, wie wir unser er...

Fantasy, Dark Post Apocalyptic

Elladia

[youtube:https://youtu.be/4Z9NPkLrK_I] Elladia is a world of magic, dragons, political intrigue and demons. Consisting of 5 continents, The world in the present day is racked by a war between two superpowers and the numerous Races and alliances unde...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Military

Iodrynn

For the countries that the players can start in, this is a post apocalyptic world. The Darkening happened more than 3 centuries ago, but it shapes everything about the world that the players find themselves in. The old Empire of Oklomos fell to dark...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Post Apocalyptic

Dark Fairytale Realm

Once Upon a time... In a world that is not our own... There were living a lot of well known characters. Their stories are well-known, but is this really what happened to them.

Fantasy, Dark

Thelara

[p]Thelara lays in a unusual Universe where most gods of the multiverse had no interest in due to the fact that to become powerful in this world, sentient life needs to believe in you.[/p] [p]Therefor...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic

Aetates Obscurae Verae

[p]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 l...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

Avalon: The Clockwork Planet

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark

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

Lankhmar

Welcome to the shadows. The city of Lankhmar, the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smokes, the City of the Black Toga, is the center of civilization. At least, that’s what most Lankhmarts think, and who's going to argue with them? It is a great metropoli...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Sword & Sorcery

Calmóran

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Medieval