Gothic

Nethdria

[p]Nethdria is a world of gods, magic, and strife. Upon the planet of Mara, the continent of Sol has featured as the stage upon which some of its greatest stories have been told and have yet to be told. Nethdria has been threatened many times by divi...

Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Political Religious

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

Agere

With heroes and villains spanning thousands of years, Agere is full of magic, conflict, and flourishing life. This everchanging planet is filled with adventure and history of people's long past and present.

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror Steampunk

Aeia

Welcome to the world of Aeia. A high fantasy D&D universe with some light Gothic horror elements and a lot of homebrew.

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror

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

Ethos

In the beginning, there was The Architect who created the Celestials and tasked them with the job of creating new worlds in the hopes of completing his unknowable plan. The Celestials started doing as such, creating numerous worlds. Somewhere...

Ancient Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic

Outremer

Established in a holocaust of bolter fire and plasma flame during the Damocles Crusade, the realm of Outremer has been abandoned by the wider Imperium but endures under the wise leadership of Melisende, the spiritual guidance of Ghibbelin, and the mi...

Fanfiction Gothic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

Undead Wrath

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Horror

Midrial

The world of Midrial is a vast an diverse expanse of cultures and peoples. The discovered world consists of several large landmasses, each with separate societies and ways of life. In Midrial, there is still much to discover. Deities watch over the p...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political Sword & Sorcery

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Sword & Sorcery

Jordunia

A world of organized countries and nations of evil. Jordunia was once a world of good and positive energy. Most people were generally good, or at the very least willing to help their fellow man. Nations were founded on the virtues of law and order...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Horror

Surviving Midnight

In The Moonlit Depths Of Mississippi Lies A Forgotten Hamlet, Where The Shadows Dance To An Eerie Symphony And The Whispers Of Ancient Secrets Permeate The Stagnant Air. Welcome To Midnight, A Town Steeped In The Tapestry Of Southern Goth...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Modern Supernatural

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

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

Fē̆rden

A setting loosely inspired by fairy tales, Gothic horror and 18th century Europe. Instead of knights, castles and dragons, think highwaymen, pirates and werewolves. Though it is set further in time than medieval fantasy, the firearm never really deve...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

The Hunt

[p]In the depths of the night when the Moons hang low over the city, Hunters and Beasts prowl the streets.[/p] [p][/p] [p][/p]

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Aloth

Aloth is a world of magic and awe, going through a phase of recovery and rediscovery after Dürthang which was an event that took place at the end of the third age 670 years ago. The event shook most of the world, but hit the continent of Tyrania the...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

Warhammer 40,000

It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor of Mankind has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods and master of a million worlds by the might of His inexhaustible a...

Adult 18+ Gothic Science Fiction

Beourjen

Beourjen was built on desperation as much as ambition. In theory, it was a grand idea. Its founders were intelligent and cunning people. They destroyed a tyranny, and ended the reign of their archaic gods. They molded a new dominion on th...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Victorian

Velrune

Welcome to Velrune! And more specifically, the Isle of Norland, an island with a dark past and an even darker future!

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval Victorian

Tarana

The world of Tarana and the Crystal Spire campaign setting are built on D&D 5E with the goal of capturing the texture, flavor, themes, and experiences of Celtic mythology, while including aetherpunk/steampunk flavors and aesthetics on top of it all.

Adult 18+ Ancient Clockpunk Comedy Crime

After The End

[quote] Совершая пожертвование вы участвуете в продолжении развития проекта и получаете доступ к закрытым статьям. Указывайте в комментарии пожертвований свой ник на WorldAnvil, Boosty или ...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Mecha Post Apocalyptic

Halicon Salient

The Halicon Salient is located in the galactic south-east of the Imperium of Man. Part of the larger Ultima Segmentum, and encroaching upon the Charadon Sector, Halicon has been riven by war and strife for millennia. The Salient is but one of h...

Fanfiction Gothic Historical Military Science Fantasy

Kingdom Earth

Welcome to the queer paranormal world of Zavian Glory. The Angelic Blood Chronicles The Angelic Blood Chronicles follows Marshall and Rowan as they come of ag...

Ancient Gothic Historical Religious Supernatural

Kokudo 国土 Project

The Kokudo Project is a community world building project inspired by projects such as Touhou, Len'en, & Nansei. Kokudo is set with a more world wide outlook to include creatures & themes from other cultures & fantasies....

Fantasy Gothic Medieval Oriental Sword & Sorcery

Barovia

The land of sadness

Dystopia Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Zepharog

[aloud]Rakasha is a dark fantasy world torn by politics, war, and inter-racial dispute. Once, the land used to be peaceful. This was before the Godlings wanted to experience more than their divine intentions. Sadly, this became the event know...

Gothic Horror Supernatural

Aotra

A barren, starless sky; a dense ring with forty moons; ancient twin suns: Aotra is a world in isolation, a lone planet floating in a dark sea. For ages, Aotrans found security and prosperity in the My...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic Surreal Weird

Theraxis

the world of Theraxis is new to the multiverse. this world is ripe, new and full of potential. most lands have not been discovered by the races of the world.

Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Historical Sword & Sorcery

Kreworis

Evocative description The World Kreworis is a wonderous large planet full of magic and mysteries and is orbited by two and a half moons. It is place full of the history,...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval

Vampirism for Amoral Sociopaths

Useful References: Frenzy, Wassail, and Rötschreck Healing @[Humanity](article:623a6fdf-7...

Gothic

Historitor 40,000

[aloud]It is the 42nd Millenium. Though badly mauled, the Imperium of Mankind has endured the events that transpired in the wake of Abbadon's 13th Black Crusade... but now a new threat looms. The fourth tyrannic war begins in ea...

Dystopia Gothic Science Fiction

Theatre world

This universe is where I(Joel, a World Anvil user) will go in my daydreams to go and escape my problems. It all started as a place to go to do theatre since I grew up in theatre and was unable to recently due to the lack of people around me willing t...

Child Safe Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Religious

Edidia

A grand world with a vast amounts of continents and lands that rest upon the flat lands, being potentially infinite in how great many different ways of living. Possessing grand stories and mythos of everywhere, providing some form of intricate interc...

Adult 18+ Afrofuturism Alternative History Ancient Atompunk

Chasm

Chasm is a mysterious city that spans underneath the entirety of the Void desert. An air of madness surrounds this place, corrupting all that it encompasses, and the possible home and/or cause of the terrifying clockwork beasts. the only part of the...

Clockpunk Fantasy Gothic Horror Post Apocalyptic

Vaskeer

[p]Trapped within a gargantuan ring of ivory rising higher than the tallest mountain, simmering below a horrid scar blocking the sky basking everything in a harsh scarlet light, is Vaskeer. The last remnants of humanity, safe from the apocalypse outs...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Historical Political Sword & Sorcery

Innistrad

When the light fades and the moon rises over Innistrad, humanity becomes the universal prey. Packs of werewolves are drawn out by the moon, their humanity washed away by animal rage. Vampire families bare their fangs at the scent of human blood. Hord...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic

Duros IV

The situation on Duros IV is one of great conflict and danger. The Vengeful Despoilers , a Chaos Warband led by Vaxxos the Deceiver , have launched a f...

Gothic Military Science Fiction Transhumanism

Ravenloft

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Ardrim

[p]No one knows how the world was made, simply that it has been there for as long as the memories of even the gods can recall. Before the gods took control of the cosmos, the world was ruled by primordials and great elementals. In the tens of thousan...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Political Steampunk Victorian

Azzaron

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic MagiPunk

Stories of Darkness

A collection of World of Darkness 5th edition campaign stories and characters.

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Modern Political Supernatural

Barovia

The idyllic valley nestled in the Balinok Mountains was a slice of heaven to those who knew of its existence before Strahd’s arrival. The serenity of the place was forever shattered when Strahd led a bloody crusade against the enemies of his family t...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Sanguine Society

Äußerlich gleicht sie unserer Welt. Das Büro in dem du arbeitest, die Schule in die du als Kind gegangen bist und das Altersheim in dem du deinen Großvater besuchen gehst sind alle gleich, in unserer Welt und der Welt der Dunkelheit. Aber in...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Modern

Barovia

The valley of Barovia was the oldest and best known of the Domains of Dread. Originally a location in a forgotten world of the Prime Material plane, the entire valley was transported to the Shadowfell.

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

AlderVein

Welcome to Aldervein. A continent rich in dark deeds and deception. It’s been 3 years since the destruction of MarrowWeave and nearly 2 years since the assassination of King Adger Ivory III. In the dark corne...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Gothic Supernatural Victorian

Ineris Sector

Written summary of Ineris sector compiled from sources provided from sector Ineris administratum and Adeptus Administratum data vaults. Ineris sector is located in the Segmentum Ultima, near the border of Segmentum Tempestus, situated rela...

Gothic Horror Science Fiction

Wyrmland

[quote] An island nation separated by sea, dotted with eleven great cities that once stood as shining beacons of order and enlightenment, enjoying a platinum age for more than a century. The most brilliant minds among the humans, e...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Horror

Eonnorn

Eonnorn is a fantasy world that is a surreal mix of a fairytale and the Victorian era.

Fairy tale Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Surreal Victorian

Bracken's Barovia

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Taarna

Fantasy Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Old Echo

An endless sea, stretching beyond the lighthouses' reach. A murdered sun, lying at the bottom of the Echo. An artificial light, constantly vigilance against the darkness. A city sacrificed to save the life of a loved one. ...

Gothic Steampunk Weird

Mists of Barovia

Welcome to Barovia UNDER RAGING STORM CLOUDS, A LONE figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead lea...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Misthaven

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Supernatural

Elednom

This World Anvil is still new to me, I'm slowly converting my hand-written Elednom Campaign Setting to this format, and it will grow slowly. Gratitude Thanks to the Odd Veritas: "Aiden", "Skrit", and "Axel". Appre...

Fantasy Gothic Supernatural Sword & Sorcery Weird

Solspire Chronicles

[p]The World is flooded, most of the people living in it are gone. What survives is a victorian steampunk society of airships, brass automata, mystical societies, a struggle for equality in a world trying to return to the past and a world so altered...

Gothic MagiPunk Science Fantasy Speculative Steampunk

Curse of Jason

[p]Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. A cold, bitter wind spins dead leaves about him, billo...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Dread Realms (Ravenloft)

The Dread Realms is a world of despair and fright in which the monsters of everyone's nightmares are only yards away at any given time. This is the world of the archetypical Dracula, Frankenstein, Van Helsing, and so on. In this realm you do not ente...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

The Chronicles of Drakkenheim

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

Nainoxia

[p]The world of Nainoxia is a world I have created as a practice of creative writing and a setting for my own DnD games. The world is based off of the Forgotten Realms with some inspiration from Warhammer and World of Darkness. Additional in...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Political

Ivranai

Ivranai is a lush and magical world, filled with wistful landscapes and dangerous monsters.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Historical Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Lugeste

"Cosmic Gods watch over this star-cursed land."

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic Weird

Atterlandus

Atterlandus is a sprawling, lush realm teeming with fantastical creatures born from the wildest reaches of imagination and nightmarish monstrosities that haunt the darkest recesses of human fears. As vast as it is, this ancient world exudes an aura o...

Ancient Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Supernatural

Khorinis

ADVENTURE PATH 1 OF 3: GOTHIC SHADOW BLADES OF THE DEMON LORD D&D Homebrew By John M. Bergstrom With Inspiration from: o Gothic 1 (Video Game) o Shadow of the Demon Lord RPG o Destiny RPG o Blades in the Dark RPG o Iron Heroes (Alterna...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

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

Aukt'rn

Ancient Fantasy, Dark Gothic Hard Magic Horror

Arathos

The world of Arathos is a realm shrouded in mystery and wrought with peril. From the whispering depths of its silent seas to the towering peaks of its forbidding mountains, Arathos is a land of diverse landscapes and untold secrets waiting to be unco...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery

Ardestin

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Medieval Soft Magic

Theme Test

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Mirror: Fangfinder

[p]All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Tears for Fears - Mad World[/p] [aloud] [p][justif...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Supernatural

Eidamir

It is a world that has long since lost hope, a world of cold hearts and hollow souls. Years after the great mage war the dust had cleared and and the light mages, the masters, had prevailed. But they did not know the consequences of their deeds. The...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Gothic Weird

Aegimius

Current Date Milleadh (MC): 61 Cyna, 703 Current Date For Storia (FSC): 2 Vromisk, 914

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval

Skhädell

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romantic Gothic Post Apocalyptic Young Adult (YA)

Crescent City By Night

[p]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...

Adult 18+ Gothic Horror Political Supernatural

TEST WORLD

to test features and try to break Dimitris's work (Sorry pal, it's for your own good :D ) ----- Please create a note with the description of the bug and how it happened if you can. Something like: I had an article crash with error 500....

Adult 18+ Alternative History Ancient Atompunk Biopunk

Albion at Night

[p]A bunch of God-fearing vermin staking their claims on an inhospitable world. [/p] [p][/p]

Fairy tale Fantasy, Dark Gothic Medieval Post Apocalyptic

Doskvol

The Dark Jewel of Akoros The city of Doskvol was established over 1000 years ago as a coal mining settlement on the cold north coast of Akoros. It has withstood the breaking of the world, an attack by a titanic leviathan, massive fires, a p...

Fantasy, Dark Flintlock Gothic Post Apocalyptic Victorian

Lanternfall

[p][/p] [p]The world of Lanternfall is one on the brink of annihilation. Four hundred years ago an unknown magical event destroyed the barriers that kept spirits, demons, devils, Yugoloths, and other entities from entering the Material World. With...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Post Apocalyptic Supernatural

The Ethodawn

[p] The Ethodawn, a Realm of interconnected worlds and cultures, spread thin among an ocean of treachery. None can confirm to have found the edges of the world, nor if one exists. Dark magics twist over the sprawl of the Greater Kingdom, deep tyr...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Steampunk Victorian

Lothien

☙ The Lothien Empire ❧ Lothien is the largest consolidated empire on the world of Eru. The individual kingdoms that make up Lothien were some of the first to develop a written language and...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

ORPHAN

It started with a death. Nobody is quite sure how it happened. The few surviving accounts of the event are fragmented, third- or fourth-hand, and rife with baseless speculation. After all, what can kill a god? What injury, what i...

Fantasy Gothic Steampunk Sword & Sorcery

Tevdola

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Gothic Mystery Political

Oikos

Ten continents of which ten unexplored. Humanity is beholden to it's own mortality where the elements control it's expanse. Vast lands live freely without natural hands to mold them, only time has such luxury. Through conquest of technology their...

Dieselpunk Gothic Western

Sleipner sector

The ultimate compendium for everything that is linked to this little area of the Imperium. For three centuries, the Sleipner Sector has been dominated by the mighty Ork warlord @[Grimskul](person:7...

Gothic Military Science Fiction

Era'guya

What if you knew how things came to be? What if dragons, gods and men are lost toys dropped in a box by a fickle superpower? What if the dirt was magic? What if you were dropped in this world with no context and no way home? Era'guya is a world wh...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Ancient Atompunk Biopunk

Imperium Praeteritus

Upon the edge of the Nephilim Sector of the Ultima Segmentum, a sub-sector, a mere footnote in Imperial history, struggles for survival. Once thought to be another victim of the Archtraitor’s betrayal, it was rediscovered in the 38th Millenium b...

Gothic Military Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera

The World of Othlorias

“You can feel the change in the wind, in your bones. You can feel a weight, a feeling of despair creeping over the mountains. Look east lad, do you feel it? Some darkness rises over those peaks, and not for the first time. Are we ready? Our warrio...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Sword & Sorcery

Dragon Hammer

Welcome to the world of Dragon Hammer, a dark fantasy realm born from the chaos of a great war between powerful deities. It is a world of magic and mystery, where the delicate power between light and darkness hangs in the balance. Filled with fantast...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Medieval

DigiDonkeyverse

The chronicles of a persistent D&D Universe. Currently running a Ravenloft Strahd campaign, now in its second year.

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror

Forgotten Realms

Set in the world of Faerun, this homebrewed take on the legacy world is twisted. The world is constantly at war. Racism is a never-ending issue. The 12 Prime deities have all but disappeared, taking the Betrayer Gods with them, only appearing in the...

Fantasy, High Magic Gothic Medieval Religious Sword & Sorcery

Gotham City by Night

Gotham City! It was once referred to as "...a refuge! A stronghold! A fortress!" by judge Solomone Zebediah Wayne as he described his vision of the future of the city to architect Cyrus Pinkney. Pinkney than designed the characteristic skys...

Adult 18+ Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Mystery

Mondi Infranti

[p]Mondi Infranti è un'abientazione che si adatta un grande numero di Sistemi di Gioco in quanto include un vastissimo numero di mondi e realtà parallele.[/p] [p]Mondi Infranti è ambientato nel @[Megaverso](location:cb1bd...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Magic Gothic Hard Magic Post Apocalyptic

Ages

The foundation of a new and prosperous age can only be the corpse of another.

Adult 18+ Exploration Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Gothic

Eramon

A world once ruled by the primordial might of Giants and Dragons. A world saved by the @[Gods of the Wheel](organization:91cdcc04-a812-4307-bf...

Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

D.C Waterworld (Earth 19)

In 1986-1988, the world was hit by a series of floods that increased the water level to over 1500 meters above sea level. The mass displacement of people, the casualties caused by the incident and the PTSD that some still suffer is a constant reminde...

Alternative History Gothic Political Post Apocalyptic Superheroic

Karondea

The future of the human race is enshrouded in uncertainty. After a powerful human being with power beyond mortal comprehension took their place as the Emperor of Mankind, humanity took to the st...

Dystopia Gothic Science Fantasy Solarpunk Space Opera

Hyperia

A world where the war between Orcs and Humans have ended and the Orcs have won now they rule the world and the remaining Humans have been forced to seek sanctuary amongst the elves and dwarves as The ruling Orc King as labeled all humans as slaves an...

Clockpunk Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, High Magic Gothic

Roma Sector

+++ Welcome, Inquisitor This is the database available to you and your trusted Throne Agents. It contains historical information on planets and organizations within the Sector, and live reports of notable events. All notes taken will be saved...

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Political Science Fiction

Duskmire

BIG WORK IN PROGRESS spooky town built around swampland

Fantasy, Dark Gothic Horror Mystery Supernatural

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