User talk:Gringo300

Analogs
I'm trying to learn more about the Forgotten Realms setting. I'm under the impression that it has analogs to every real world location.

I also get the impression that it has a lot of just pure fantasy without any real world analog.

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I come to the conclusion more and more that a lot of fantasy has no real world analog or analogs, and is just plain alien to any place, culture, or historical period in the real world.

For example, when I'm at a book store, I'll look through fantasy role-playing game rule-books, see pictures of swords, axes, etc. and think, "It wouldn't have even OCCURRED to people in ancient, Medieval, etc. times to design swords or axes this way.". — User:Gringo300


 * Hi, welcome to the Forgotten Realms Wiki. I've set up your user page and transferred the above discussion from you to your talk page so we can have a conversation.


 * The Forgotten Realms setting(s) vary widely in terms of how much they match the real world. Some places very closely match real-world areas, to the point of borrowing historical events or place names, while more just adopt imagery, words, and themes to evoke a real place; but many others are completely and utterly different, whether being more generic European-style fantasy, or being completely alien. It depends on the designers: some find inspiration in real-world history and mythology, others pull new things out of the air. Sometimes it all gets mixed up in weird ways. There's usually something in the Realms for all tastes. But the fantasy can go way beyond reality. — BadCatMan (talk) 07:28, March 22, 2013 (UTC)