Horror

Crux Umbra

[container:primer][p]Earth is no longer the world of the living.[/p] [p]Thirty years ago, the mages burned it in their fury.[/p] [p]Now, the vampires reign supreme in blood and ash.[/p] [p]As for humanity?[/p] [p]What little remains is hunted through...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Supernatural

Stollrun's Folly

Var wants to conquer the realm of mortals for its vris before his loaded vris runs out but is having difficulty using his mortal cabalists in this realm because of infighting and greed. Theme: Teamwork and Sacrifice will prevail over Greed. The a...

Fantasy, Dark Hard Magic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Barovia

Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of a long-standing castle. A pale figure stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Stealth

Curiosity and Satisfaction

Welcome to Curiosity and Satisfaction. A curious but satisfying Call of Cthulhu game set in 1950's Massachusetts where feline and canine sleuths investigate and battle against the horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. [/cen...

Alternative History Horror Mystery Supernatural Weird

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

Afterlight

[p]Monsters and Magic are real! They exist in the shadows of our world, all the legends of boogeymen are true.[/p] [p][/p] [p]Step into Afterlight, a realm where neon pulses against the darkness, and secrets dance in the shadows. In the year 2050, th...

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Horror Science Fantasy

The Centurion's Riddle

A Riddle is Given It has been roughly three-hundred years since the end of the Gap, a mysterious phenomenon that wiped the history of Golarion from existence, and befuddled the minds of mortals for several millennia. While researchers have...

Cyberpunk Horror Science Fantasy Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Independent Short Stories

This is a place for me to publish independent short stories and information about worldbuilding challenges I'm doing.

Fantasy Fantasy, Romantic Horror Romance Science Fantasy

Druskenvald

[p]Somewhere, lost in the shrouded realms of death, lies a land of endless night where long‑forgotten horrors are revealed to those who travel through the mist.[/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Horror

EverCore

[p]In the realm of EVERCORE, magic can be found at every corner. Be it the clanking of gears and whirring of machinery intermingled with the crackling of arcane energy and the glow of spell-casting; the air infused with the sweet aroma of bloo...

Ancient Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror MagiPunk

The Sirius Galaxy

The cold, dark, reaches of space beyond the Sirius Galaxy are just that; no light of a twinkling star, no noise to be picked up by the most advanced equipment. It would be terrifying if the systems filling Sirius had an official, public count, and ha...

Dystopia Hard Science Horror Science Fiction Space Opera

Schattrand

Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval

Dawn of Others

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

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

Tanari

Biopunk Crime Cyberpunk Horror Science Fiction

Lands of Lemuria

Exploration Horror Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery Weird

Age of Starmetal

The Age of Starmetal takes place in a future version of our Earth after a mysterious meteor storm hits it, causing a strange and corruptive magic to take root. Most people have hope for the future. But the world is messy, complex and, in places, hor...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Eizoth

Eizoth has two moons one being larger than Earth’s moon and one being smaller but still faintly visible. This world contains unexplored locations and mainly consists of oceans besides the two main continents and the islands. This world is currently i...

Ancient Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Horror Supernatural

Barovia

This was a Curse of Strahd campaign that I had made for my friend, who is no longer able to play. In short I wont be updating this anymore. If you have questions about the work that has been done you can leave a comment, but dont expect a fast reply....

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

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

Ávra

CRAFT YOUR STORY IN THE REALM OF ÁVRA There is only darkness...Suddenly, a small light! A candle has been lit, by what hands, unknown... As the shock of the flickering flames sudden light fades from your eyes, you can now see what lays...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Science Fantasy Sword & Sorcery

Lambda Sector

Cyberpunk Horror Political Science Fiction Slice of Life

Changing Stars

A world outside it's intended place in time and space. Filled with wonders and terrors and everything in between. A place where people find themselves, or choose to become who they were always meant to be. Filled with options for all kinds of...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, High Magic Horror Literature RPG Science Fantasy

Cascadia Asunder

[p]Ah, The West[/p] [p]That heavy-handed noun used with reverence and animosity for it’s caprice promise of untold discovery. Just remember it was never clearly stated said to who or what that promise was made.[/p] [p]Ye...

Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Weird Western

Dusk City by Night

Dusk City by Night is a Play by Email game where you play as one of the Awakened, vampires who live among and apart from humanity. You will be thrust into the midst of a competition to prove your worthiness to lead, while also tangling wit...

Fantasy, Urban Horror

Trilogy

[p]At first, there is nothing. Slowly you become aware of your surroundings: a vast chamber, featureless and apparently endless with the only break in the monotony a single door, slightly ajar.[/p] [p]You get the impression of incompleteness, not ju...

Fairy tale Horror Science Fantasy Superheroic Weird

The Fragmentation Experiment

The Fragmentation Experiment follows the journey of Tsuyoi and his friends, Kenzo and Asami, as they strive to stop the Fragmented and the scientist obsessed with uncovering the secret of the fabled Original Spell. Along their path, the trio travels...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Hard Magic Horror

SIGNAL Campaign Setting

“They awoke to a hum, a vibration that enticed their basest instincts enough to rouse them from their hibernation. The hiveship came alive with agitation, what anomaly would so rouse the hosts to awaken from hibernation without comma...

Adult 18+ Exploration Horror Space Opera 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 Fall

Alternative History Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

Tales From Eternal Dusk

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Sword & Sorcery

The Azure Sea

The lands encompassing The Azure Sea are a wild and dangerous place. Islands of civilisation offer some protection from the wildlands, but most of the continent remains unexplored and maps show only t...

Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Mystery Political Sword & Sorcery

Bygones

Crime Horror Supernatural Urban

Duurn

Duurn is a dark fantasy world, fresh out of an industrial revolution and a worldwide military conflict, called the Last War. The world is in the throes of societal upheaval, fueled by the devastation of the Last War, economic depression, and fear of...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Surreal

Bellyem

[container:intro]Under the Reign of the Cieux, between Shadow and Light, the inhabitants of Bellyem tread a fragile line between devotion and survival, ever at the mercy of the nightmarish echoes of the past and the promises of the divine. [/contain...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Political

Ellistown Landing Forever

“All roads lead to Rome” - Alain de Lille

Biopunk Horror Political Post Apocalyptic

The Golden Frontier

We find ourselves in the world of Drakenelm, in a time of great change. What was once thought to be an unending ocean of simple islands, one discovery is going to change the course of history forever: The discovery of the golden frontier. A strange a...

Exploration Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Aer

Three realms intertwine—Aether, the realm of light and purity; Erebos, the shadowed land of darkness and decay; and Aer, the mortal plane where humans and Fey coexist. At the heart of it all stands the Life Tree, an ancient, mystical force that susta...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fantasy Subversion

A'arde

[quote] A’arde is a world like many others in the infinite unknowns of the overlapping cosmos, but it is also different; a place where some rules are rewritten, and others are broken completely. It is a world where Material and Magic meet; a plac...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Horror Sword & Sorcery

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 throughou...

Comedy Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror

Ortari

Millenia ago, the Prime Dragon Ortus created the universe and the many galaxies within. Ortari is one such galaxy—home to the Pan-Astral Federation, the Veltic Space Coilition, and the Novoraskr Empire—it is where our journey begins. The Empire is...

Horror Science Fantasy

Etharis

Grim Hollow Dark Fantasy Pre-Apocalypse

Fantasy Horror Medieval

Jenathia

An island amidst a sea of elemental energy. They live on a fusion of all four elements and it is here that they build their kingdoms and wage their mortal wars. It is said that if you fly high enough, sail far enough, or dig deep enough you can reach...

Horror Medieval

Expedition Demeter

special thanks to Oneriwien for his awesome work on the theme! [quote] Do you know him? Old Whisper?  He dwells within all of us. You feel it, I know you do. That emptiness inside you, that's him... I wonder: Have you heard the...

Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

The Elysium Archipelago

In an alternate dimension, a martial arts world champion and playboy billionaire named Kenneth Masters murdered most of his friends. Through a crossover event, he was possessed by two primordial spirits who battled for influence over his soul. In the...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Horror Literature RPG Science Fiction

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

War of Darkness

War of Darkness is a captivating and expansive chronicle setting supplement for the Chronicles of Darkness role-playing game. Focused on the Pacific Northwest region, it presents a rich and foreboding world where various supernatural factions find th...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

Shadows of Eschaton

Darkness in the State of Despair

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

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

Crescent City By Night

Crescent City in the World of Darkness is a coastal metropolis built on the foundation of wealth, influence, and supernatural machinations. Unlike the sleepy real-world Crescent City, this darkened reflection is a sprawling urban labyrinth shaped by...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

Uthilith

Deep beneath shifting sands of a golden desert sleeps a wyrm of azure... An isle of crushed jewel shimmers and confounds with magical radiance... From a gigantic toadstool steps an elf of striking beauty... Fire burns at the Great Sea's heart...[/...

Fantasy Horror Political Sword & Sorcery Weird

Ravenhurst, Connecticut

A fictional city in the World of Darkness, set during the early 1990s. The Kindred of the Camarilla control the city from behind the scenes as a means to insure their survival and to hide their ex...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Urban

Realms of Wrath

The world where groups of adventures work together and against each other to figure out why they keep jumping from realm to realm. Each group sent out to find the items that will bring the realms back into stability and save them from merging togethe...

Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

The City of Monsters

The Story of Monsters [p] Urban fantasy shared world anthology, featuring an alternate world run by monsters! [/p]

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Speculative Supernatural

World of Darkness

My version of White Wolf's world of Darkness used in our VTM campaign. The Players are the vampires of the city of venice in the Victorain eara.

Historical Horror Supernatural

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

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

Eternal Court Of Lordaeron

Based on the World Of Warcraft canon lore setting of Azeroth, the Eastern Kingdoms. Specifically, focus on the fallen Kingdom of Lordearon.

Historical Horror Sword & Sorcery

Cairne

A broken world with a broken soul, where magic is a myth and the Gods have disappeared. An age has passed since the Empire of Bechtlaruun brought down the Stygian blight upon the now lost races of the Seanachaisian Isles. Using the combined magic of...

Clockpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Post Apocalyptic

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

Eternium

Eternium is a stunningly real virtual-reality world created by the Evoke Corporation. A split focus company, they focus both on the gaming world, and secretive government contracts that lean into the scientific research and invention side.

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Literature RPG

Discordia

A world plagued by monsters and torn asunder by the war with a fascist government.

Dieselpunk Dystopia Horror

Tir a Goth

The world of Tir A Goth, its history, and its denizens. The current focus of the our game is the continent of Ombre; a locale modeled after the European medieval era.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Cimmerian Shade

/*UserLogOut Start*/ [userstate:loggedout] This is a Divergant World of Darkness Campaign Site. This world starts its timeline during Dark Medieval era and continues into a diseal/steampunk influenced future. To be able to use this site...

Alternative History Horror Political Steampunk Supernatural

Rokugan

The Emerald Empire, where Honor is stronger than steel. The Emerald Lands, or “Rokugan” in the tongue of its people, comprise a vast, majestic countryside that stretches nine hundred miles fro...

Exploration Horror Oriental Political Supernatural

Chicago by Night

Chicago is the gleaming city of the Camarilla in North America. Pulled from the brink of chaos by Prince Kevin Jackson in the wake of a Sabbat and Lupine incursion. Now the Sabbat are long gone and the Lupines have retreated. In the wake of Anarch up...

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

Guide to the Wastes

An Unofficial In-Character Guide to the Setting of Dystopia Rising, assembled by Players, for Players. [aloud]To contribute to the Wasteland Guide as an Author, Click [url:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScly5KG4NQmmLBnTIbtgWBY...

Biopunk Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic

Thylea

Thylea is located across a great expanse of ocean, far beyond the borders of the known world. It is a land of great beauty and ancient splendor, untouched and unspoiled by civilization since the dawn of time. Thylea is sometimes called “the Lost L...

Fantasy, High Magic Horror Science Fantasy

Hollow Knight: Hivewing

Hollow Knight: Hivewing is a fictional kingdom set in the world of Hollow Knight. Located in the kingdom of Cornerstone, this land is built at the root of a mountain near the open sea. Home to bugs of all walks of life, from the hard-working ants to...

Exploration Fanfiction Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

Lost Luyarnha

You awaken to a nightmare. No memory of who you are, or why you're armed for war. The city in which you wake is besieged by twisted monstrocities, lit by the shine of a cursed moon. When darkness falls, the streets are overrun by hideous creatures, a...

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror Steampunk Victorian

Under an Iron Sky

[quote] Mortals exists at the pleasure of the dragons and no one mortal can hope to kill a dragon. - Dragon saying[/quote] The dragons are in charge and have a live-and-let-live relationship with the mortals that they allow t...

Cyberpunk Fantasy, Urban Horror Literature RPG Religious

The Fields Beyond

[p]"Through the mud I trudge to protect a future I'll never see, on a planet I no longer recognise, in a galaxy that will not remember my name" - final communication Uvs Aimag, Shinekhen Tal[/p] [p][/p]

Hard Science Horror Military Science Fiction Trenchpunk

Velomorne

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Yarth

[p]Congratulations! what you have found here is your one stop shop for all your survival needs now that youve gone topside![/p] [p]My name is Frank. I do a lot of travelling and my companion Edhi says I should start writing what we see down. I thoug...

Dieselpunk Horror Surreal

Ikwento & The Determinate Saga

A mixtape disguised as a work of fiction.

Horror Shōnen Space Opera Sword & Sorcery Western

Ancient Thedas

Ancient Thedas is the setting for the Dragon Age tabletop RPG campaign "Ancient Shadows" set in the years of the First Blight in the Tevinter Imperium. The story revolves around a group of travellers from all across the continent, each one following...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Historical Horror

Theme Test

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Az-Atla Realm of the Lost Moon

For over 50,000 years, Az-Atla has existed. Never fallen and ever-growing under the care of the Devouring Mother. She has crafted civilization from the ruins of time. She has nurtured the discovery of wisdom, technology and magical wonders for her ci...

Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

The Dusk - A World of Fear

For the great continent of Soln, darkness and the things that hide within are nothing new. For thousands of years, inhabitants have combated the warped creatures that stalk the woodlands and valleys, they hunted the dwellers of the deep that lurked i...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Supernatural Victorian

The Web

Cover Image from adobe stock, Assets used in manipulation are credited [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/i/604984]Here! [container: panelA] Bear with me, dear reader. I want you to take a look aroun...

Exploration Fantasy, Urban Horror Speculative Supernatural

The Everwuld

The Everwuld is an ancient realm, born of chaos and magic, forged by gods and kings. Technology and magic lived in harmony and under the careful guidance of the gods, all life flourished and technology thrived. Then it all ended. No-one knows w...

Clockpunk Dieselpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Gothic

Points of Radiance

_________________________________________________________________________________ A Short Introduction This introductory series features three short articles that will allow you to explore the different parts of this sunle...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Animus Extortus

Our world and the Spirit world have collided and the two realities now bleed into each other. The land has become twisted and strange. Corruption of mind and body is widespread. Chaos runs rampant and the balance must be restored. But how? A tale...

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

The Rune-Lands of Tellurica

[container:sidebit] Call it a love-letter to a 20th century that never was; an intrepid, impossible future as envisioned by an imaginary past. Designed as a companion to the Runelanders podcast, it’s a continuous story universe which pa...

Horror MagiPunk Steampunk

Fallen London: What Is & Is Not

[p]Throughout history have been 4 everlasting mysteries lingering among the collective curiosities of the ivory tower of academia. The “Missing Cities:” 4 curiously absent cities from their location. Records...

Fanfiction Gothic Horror Religious Science Fantasy

Where the Sidewalk Ends

In an effort to stop Gehenna The Teacher has summoned you and several other Neonates to his Domain. Whether you're here out of curiosity, coercion, cowardice. or commitment you have answered The Teacher's call and followed the black and white cobbles...

Horror

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

Colonial Marines: Frosted Assets - an Alien RPG Game

The players are members of the 7982nd Defense Squadron dedicated to the safety and security of this star system and support to any larger divisions that may need their assistance. The game was pl...

Horror Military Science Fantasy

Shattered Earth LARP

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Supernatural

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

Utumn: Age of Pharanox

For the past 900 years the empire has brought stability to the savage world of Utumn. A dragon, by the name of Pharanox, leads this empire. It's citizens are Human , @[Jotunn](species:7e1b688d-b6dc...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Horror

Edda

This is Edda. A pangean landmass surrounded on all sides by wide, chaotic oceans and butted against on all sides by chaotic zones where the laws of reality are made nill. In this world, and the 10 countries that make it up, there are two undeni...

Child Safe Horror MagiPunk Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Hexerei, the Three Witches of Würzburg - Malleus Maleficarum

A war fated to endure for decades is smothering the Holy Roman Empire. The Coven rises! Blood drenches the cromlechs, and litanies call for the Devil’s boon. They are answered! Three Witches rise, three Witches to be vanquishe...

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Horror

Blood Spirits of the Smokies

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Horror Supernatural

Amalthea

[quote]A little over 20 years ago, Grand Inquisitor Abrazan Koss betrayed the Sybilite Church and summoned the eldritch Scourge. Anchora Magna, once the greatest city of the known world, is no more, in its place the twisted Scourgel...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Steampunk

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

Onigma V

Viides Onigma on maailma, jossa kiivas kehitys on koittanut pitää kasvavat kauhut poissa, mutta on epäonnistunut siinä kerta toisensa jälkeen. Rikkaat ja sivistyneet keksivät aina uusia keinoja hyödyntää voimia, joita kohti kenenkään ei tulisi katsoa...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Science Fantasy Steampunk

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

Ullthwaygon

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Horror MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy