Tales of the World

This started in the late 1980s as my reaction to all those roleplaying campaigns set in a feudal/dark ages like world with a polytheistic society exactly like the monotheistic feudal/dark ages Europe and on a planet more or less like earth.

Fantasy doesn't have to be like that.

So, I sat down and started working out my own world. It is not based on Europe, but more on the world of classical Greece and Rome, but with bits of medieval technology tossed in. It is a polytheistic society built on the model of the religions in the classical world -- also a polytheistic society. And, it is NOT set on a planet orbiting a star, etc. Instead it is set upon an island of reality created by the Gods out of primal chaos. It is flat, and it does have an edge.

The first thing I wrote was the basic creation mythology. And, from that, a few related myths. And then, between roleplaying, and after the campaign more or less folded, stories set in the world.

This is not a complete archive. Two major stories ("Kor's Journey" and "Pricing Immortality" (aka The Adventures of Illisri) are not here. The first one was an outline of an novel for which I got the first 6 or so chapters done. I doubt I'll ever get the rest done. The second is a novel, or even a pair of novels, that I am going to finish and will try to be published. Hence I can't post it here.

But everything else is!

THE CREATION MYTH
The Creation (20k)	As written in the Third Age, the basic myth of The World

THE FIRST AGE
A Father's Love (2000) (24k)	REMOVED FOR POSSIBLE PUBLICATION A prequel to Pricing Immortality/The Tales of Illisri. Illisri and her father have their last meeting. REMOVED FOR POSSIBLE PUBLICATION

THE SECOND AGE
Lies and Truths (1999) (31k)	A human hero awakens in the woods and has to discover the truth about his past.
Beornwyn's Love (1994/rev 2005) (24k)	The myth of The Weeping Mountains. A legend of the Second Age told in the Third Age.

THE THIRD AGE

Two Gods and a Faerie (2000) (15k)	A Faerie from the First Age awakens in the Third Age
Will of the Goddess (1994) (25k)	An old mage finds out the truth behind a sacrifice.
To Run and Play (2000) (14k)	A direct prequel to Pricing Immortality introduces Illisri as she is viewed in the Third Age.
Of Love and Hate (1999) (32k)	A creature is sent to guard a young girl.
Of Love and Dreams (1989/rev 1999) (160k)	A rescuer follows his dreams to his true love.
Swimming from the Dragon (1999) (25k)	A fun story about Elves and Nuclear Weapons.


THE END
The End of All Things (1999) (22k)	The final fate of The World and all upon it.