Horror

Asyur

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Alternative History Comedy Fantasy Historical Horror

Xùyì

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East-Asian Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

Stradus PL47 (Kingsholme)

Stradus PL47, located below Cicatrix Maledictum between the Rock and Lastrati. Being central to the forces moving from Cadia to Ultramaar the system has seen a higher amount of traffic from the forces of the Imperium and Chaos. Previously a Feudal...

Horror Military Post-modern Science Fantasy Transhumanism

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

Curse of Strahd-Prepare To Die Edition

About This World: Curse of Strahd: Prepare to Die Edition is a world for DM's to peruse at their own leisure. Here you will find a collection of resources I have used when running my games. Think of it as a database for the...

Horror 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

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

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

Shadows of Eschaton

Darkness in the State of Despair

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Urban Horror Mystery Supernatural

The Works of Johannes T. Evans

My name is Johannes (Yo-Han-Ehz) T. Evans and I'm a full-time fantasy author from the South of Wales living on the West Coast of Ireland.      My pronouns are he/him/his, and I'm a gay trans man - many of my characters are...

Fantasy Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, Urban Horror Slice of Life

Varnis The Rotting World

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

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

FRONTIERS OF DARKNESS

Horror Science Fiction

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

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

Europa bei Nacht

[quote][p]Ihr wart zu laut![/p] | Roland Färber, Protektor[/quote]

Adult 18+ Alternative History Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror

Project Beyond

Horror Science Fiction Space Opera

Adjurazyn

The dragon world of fighting bloodlines, mysterious assassins, mystical goddesses' and ruthless Kingdom rivalries. All characters, places, items, etc are original content and are owned by Stormwlf8 and aliases and Pyschodragon3 and aliases

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Military Political

Masks of Nyarlathotep

Horror

The Nephalim's Asylum

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Supernatural

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

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

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 Dark Playground

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

Book of the Damned

[quote]"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals. Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you...

Adult 18+ Horror Modern Supernatural

Darkness Moon Chronicles

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Romance Supernatural

Camarilla du Nouveau-Monde

Horror Modern Political

The Rosepetal

[container:badge recol-yellow]Adult 18+[/container] [container:badge recol-violet]Science Fiction[/container] [container:badge recol-violet]Cosmic Horror Lite[/container] [container:badge recol-purple]Soft Science[/container] [container:b...

Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Speculative

The Trench

[p]Throughout history, man has told tales of beings and powers higher than himself that inhabited the world with him. Of magic, monsters, and otherworldly beings, and gods. [/p] [p]As history progressed, humans forgot about all the fantastic beings...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Supernatural

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

The Creedverse

The Creedverse is a fictional universe set in the late 19th century, specifically around the 1870s and 1880s, characterized by a blend of Wild West elements, steampunk aesthetics, and advanced technology. The setting is predominantly in the Un...

Horror Science Fiction Steampunk Western

Lithia

The Age of Cerebus [timeline:f5565795-0753-419d-8cea-276f6abe2830]Timeline of Lithia[/timeline] The old Era of the Three Moons--in which humans, elves, and dwarves each had a kingdom of their own has only recently come t...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Political

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

Atocitera

At a time long ago, a destructive object fell from the stars and through Cataclysm changed the continent of Atocitera. Mountains, containing raw metal which defies gravity when in presence of magical Flow....

Horror Mystery Science Fantasy

Earssea

Somewhere in the outer fringes of the known universe, partially hidden in the Clasmyc shoals in the Astral Sea, is the isolated world of Earssea(pronounced Ersa). Overlooked by many of the powers and factions of the multiverse, Earssea is world brimm...

Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Dark

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

Krigoth

This is the starting world where our beloved protagonists first meet before diving into the Domains of Dread. They will be exploring this world back and forth from the Realms within the Mists.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic 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

Ilyría

What remains of all that came before.

Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

Monster of the Week World

By the end of 2018, we knew the truth. Aliens are among us. Of course, not everyone knows this. And we like it that way. I mean, could you imagine the mass panic if everyone knew? That’s why we at Tesla Technologies have the unexplained forces team....

Horror Science Fiction Urban

Ballad of the Druzhina

The story of the Bogatyr, led by Prince Vasilej Starosta, in their saga of heroism. From airships in the Astral Plane, to the frozen tundra of the Vaasa, these intrepid adventurers tell tales of war, love, brotherhood, and betrayal.

Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Medieval Religious

Die Siegel der Magie

[/col3] [aloud] Was ist DSDM? Dies ist ein Dark-Fantasy Projekt, deren Geschichte und Lore von verschiedenen Autor*innen ergänzt wird. Dafür benutzen wir den unten verlinkten Discord S...

Dystopia Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror

Songs Of Shadow

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Transhumanism

Kelebane, Celestial Ebony

Welcome to the land of Kelebane. It is an ever-shifting, ever-changing world of magic and violence. Mythic creatures dwell here, dark beings stalk the night. Adventuring is an often lucrative, if deadly, line of work. There are no shortage of ruins,...

Adult 18+ Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

A Tale of Blood & Shadow

Horror

The Fall

Alternative History Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy Supernatural

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

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

Mundo das Trevas

[p]Crônicas do Mundo das Trevas é a nossa Terra no início dos anos 90, mas onde tudo é exagerado e sombrio. Instituições são mais dominadoras e influentes sobre a sociedade, com a Igreja tendo um papel muito importante em prover uma esperança,...

Adult 18+ Horror Supernatural Urban

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

Dawn of Others

Dystopia Horror Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Golarion (Varisia)

The planet Golarion orbits a yellow sun in the far reaches of the Material Plane. Third of eleven in orbit, this blue planet contains vast oceans and lush green lands, the perfect environment for countless cultures to thrive. Indeed, Golarion is the...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Horror Mystery Political

Golarion

Golarion is the main world of the Pathfinder campaign setting on which the events of Rise of the Runelodsetake place. The planet of Golarion orbits a yellow sun in the far reaches of the multiverse among dozens of other worlds. This blue planet conta...

Fantasy Horror Sword & Sorcery

BLACK SUN

Some say that the Age of Kings has ended and the Age of Silence has come to pass. The sun has been blocked out by an eternal eclipse ever since the gods went quiet. Prayers go unanswered, the people are uncertain of the future and...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval Mystery

Inea

Inea è la regione più grande del sud-ovest del continente di Vernissia. La regione è divisa in due da tensioni politiche aperte tra i territori del sud, il Protettorato, e quelli del nord, i Vassalli. Al suo interno intrighi e segreti si spandono c...

Fantasy Horror Medieval Political Sword & Sorcery

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

Viridescence

Through all that is happening, I’ve come to the conclusion that not all great discoveries are good for the progress of humanity. It seemed that way for a long time, basically since 2144 AD, when the purity of man's green techno...

Horror MagiPunk Solarpunk

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

Ardentia

The time of the great spirits has faded. With the last great wolf killed over two decades ago, mankind prepares to take the world stage. The human settlements wage war with each other over who will get lead role. All the while, behind closed curtains...

Fantasy Horror Romance

Eldrispace

Beware the celestial abyss, for it echoes with the harrowing whispers of forgotten terrors and hidden truths. Eldritch relics of unfathomable power lie dormant, waiting to ensnare those who dare seek their forbidden knowledge. You are one of the d...

Horror Science Fiction Space Opera

Launtrel

[color:#c10300]** All articles in Launtrel can be considered rough drafts. Please excuse typos - they will be fixed. **[/color]Deep in the lands of the Feywilds sits an isolated realm hidden to most. As an incredibly large and...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Horror Mystery Political

The Walking Dead: Rewritten

[quote]Welcome, mortal. I see you have found your way to the steps of my altar. The world you now look at is reality. The dead are amongst you, hungry for your flesh. A stranger could be your demise. Or even a once-tamed dog. Survival is key. Unbe...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Hard Magic Horror Post Apocalyptic

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

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

Ferillia

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Horror Surreal

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

A dance of orc's and elves

The Year is 1307 After the Conquest A dance of orc's and elves is a fantasy world that's a mix of sword and sorcery and classic fantasy. In this world orcs are the children of men and elves*. A world of magic, ruled by the blade...

Fantasy Hard Magic Horror Medieval Sword & Sorcery

Aulyre's Eberron Gazetteer

Fantasy Horror Mystery Neo Noir Steampunk

WoD Melbourne

Horror Supernatural

Lorrimor’s Legacy

From the whispering shadows of haunted Ustalav an ancient evil rises to grip the world in a new age of horror! Amid the mists of this land of dark superstition and dread secrets stand both those who would defy the return of evil and those who woul...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

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

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

Thorns

The limited world you think of as "reality" is a facade. It is a wall barely holding back worlds beyond. The Thicket that forms borders between the worlds is home to their own horrors. And its Thorns infects both body and mind. [container:thorny-f...

Horror Modern Soft Magic

Ethan, USA

A modern-day city just east of the Rocky Mountains, Ethan is a mini-metropolis. Home to a variety of supernaturals and a unique cosmology not seen anywhere else, Ethan still maintains a strict policy against transits.

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

Survive

Here you will not find tales of perilous adventurers, the eternal war between good and evil, or bustling capital cities. Here you will find the cruel reality of man versus the wilderness. Feel the hunger pangs as starvation b...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Low Magic Horror

Ullthwaygon

[container:Intrestbox]Welcome to the last age [p]When the Towers fell long ago, there was time enough for gods and nations. But now they fall like rain.[/p][/container] [spoiler] [p]From between the stars, grea...

Horror MagiPunk Post Apocalyptic Science Fantasy

Aegir

Embark on a journey through the reawakening realm of Aegir, where dormant magic whispers of forgotten gods stirring in slumber.

Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

The Aurelian Empire

Past the gleaming Alabaster Peaks that bisect the continent of Seraphix lies the great and powerful Aurelian Empire. Home to volatile politics, varied terrains, and dark secrets, the Empire's major territories are governed by it's Four Great Noble Ho...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Political Supernatural Victorian

VTM: Stuck in a Dark Place

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Asgard

Dwarves and Gnomes have been wiped from the Realm. [p]Overrun by Goblins attacks, the remaining members of Humanity, Elves, and Halflings face extinction as they fight to survive in the last city of the Realm.[/p] In these uncertain times – innoc...

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Horror Medieval

Karagatan: A World Of Legends

Replacing the distant gods, the Elemental Lords now wield authority, each presiding over one of the essential elements—Air, Fire, Earth, and Water. Acknowledging the gods' remoteness, the inhabitants of Karagatan redirect their devotion towards the E...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic

Numenera North West

A billion years in the future, humanity lives in the Ninth World. There have been eight wondrous worlds before, but all have fallen and left behind only inscrutable mysteries and powerful relics. The area we focus on is the north-west part of the...

Exploration Horror Science Fantasy Weird Western

Children of Tantalus

Cyberpunk Dystopia Horror Science Fiction

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

Ziruna Uletl

In the world-plane of Zirúna Ülétl, there are no gods and dragons. In the nine-fold twelfth year of the nine-fold reign of our Lord, Gor-Rok the Alabaster King, the skies lay in twilight and stars began to fall from the sky. Every oracle and t...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fantasy

Dreia

[quote] En el mundo de Dreia, el feudalismo está viviendo sus últimos días. Las órdenes de caballería y las huestes decaen ante los ejércitos mejor organizados, los gremios están teniendo que ceder el paso a economías másava...

Fantasy, Dark Historical Horror Military Religious

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

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

Caelum Prime

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

Alternative History Fantasy, Dark Horror Science Fiction Supernatural

Dar'Koth

A land filled with mystical creatures of every kind, filled with magic and darkness. With dark lands, bogs, mountains, tiny villages, sprawling cities, huge forests, huge lakes, dark webs, and great cities by the sea. From the dark and dismal Ash Pla...

Ancient Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Horror Supernatural

Daemon Nexus

Fantasy, Dark Horror

Trapper

An Alternate History in which Paranormal Creatures, Cryptids, and Bedtime Horrors of our world no longer fall into the land of 'fiction'. Combining Voodoo, Paganism, and Pioneer/Indigenous American Folklore [br...

Gothic Horror Neo Noir Weird Western

Reason's End

The majority of Mankind lives blissfully unaware of how incredibly hostile the universe is. Thanks to the Censor's Veil, they never learn about the alien and incomprehensible Powers governing Reality. About monsters, spirits, eldritch horror...

Fantasy, Urban Horror Literature RPG Religious Supernatural

Vespera

Gothic Horror Science Fantasy Supernatural Urban

Värlathen

A dark fantasy world where Noble Lords squabble with might, politics, and intrigue while the lands are swallowed by an increasing Darkness.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Horror Medieval

Veil Lands

Smoke billowed once more from the large chimneys of the industrial complex of Port Dimar. From her perch upon the cliffs north of the city, one could see the carriages heading to and fro through the streets, as if nothing had ever happened. Gone wa...

Horror Steampunk Victorian

Hearth

The world is lost. An unending mass of evil have been wandering your world for the last few centuries. Life has been doing its best to survive but these are the last days of the resistance. A new rumor has been recently spreading around the ward, tha...

Fantasy, Dark Horror

The Rochester Society

[p]The year is [url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900]1900 and the location is [url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York]Rochester, New York. The [url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution]Second Indust...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Victorian

Tense River Basin

Nearly a thousand years have passed since the last great war of the Tense River Basin. Now stuff isn't so bad. The undead still rise and roam the hills. But thats just life in the Basin. As long as you listen for the screamers, you should be able to...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Sword & Sorcery

Ruins of Drakkenheim

My (modified) version of Dungeons of Drakkenheim. Among other changes, I have changed the city into a hex crawl. What else have I changed? You'll have to play to find out! Wondering where to start? I suggest reading about the @[Factions...

Fantasy, Dark Horror Post Apocalyptic