Many gods of myth became trapped on Earth as freak rifts brought them here and the collapse of efficient riftmancy prevented them from coming home. Many tried to dominate Earth by force of arms. Some, like Anubis, succeeded. Others became depressed and went into hiding. But for Odin and Thor, trapped on Earth while their …
In the shadow of the Cataclysm and the Empire, monsters ravaged the land. Entire cities were left defenseless as their police and military guardians were embroiled in a brutal civil war. This left all manner of undead, demons and beasts to run rampant. All this was exacerbated by the use of vampires and monsters by …
The tale of Goldfield starts on the 18th of November 1993, after 156 protesters were killed by occupying Zulu Empire forces after protesting the annexation of South Africa and the slaughter of not only the government, but the leaders of many liberation movements and political parties. After the massacre of protesters, the surviving leadership of …
While Odin was elected democratically to what became the Scandinavian League, and most of the Greek gods trapped on Earth have kept quiet, the Egyptian god Anubis was not content to live as equals with the denizens of Earth. While a relatively benign god of death in the Egyptian pantheon, the Anubis of post-Cataclysm Earth …
An army of God under a red flag, bearing the symbol of a shield, a spear, and the flames of the divine right of a king. The Zulu Empire is many things. But a force to ignore it is not. The largest nation left in Africa, stretching from the shores of the Eastern Cape all …
Throughout our history, we have recognised the existence of gods, from the Olympians of Ancient Greece, the Asgardians of Norse mythology and the countless pantheons of our forebears. Much of these tales of heroes, gods and legend are mere mythology, but all myth has a grain of truth. After the Cataclysm, this grain of truth …
The vast majority of the Kat Drummond series is set in the State of Good Hope, often seen as the last democracy in Southern Africa. It is located in what was the Western Cape, a province of the Republic of South Africa. After a coup in 1993, the South African government was taken over by …
What if we didn’t need to travel to Hogwarts or Middle Earth? What if we could find fantasy on Earth, on every street corner and in every shop? No secret world. No portal to another realm. But on Earth, blending seamlessly with the modern… Epic Modern Fantasy (EMF) aims to bring the world-building, scale and …
It started with a spark. Nobody knows where this spark came from. Sure, they know it comes from the Vortex – the colossal tower of pure magical energy that sprung up in the Siberian tundra, giving way for the Cataclysm to occur – but where did it come from before then? Some say it was …
“Even as I spoke, an immense shape Materialised in the night air, Grotesque and enormous stature With heavy jowls, and an unkempt beard Scowling from shrunken, hollow eyes Its complexion earthy and pale, Its hair grizzled and matted with clay, Its mouth coal black, teeth yellow with decay.” – Camoes, The Lusiads, Book V, describing …