Robertson Fantasy Works

So, my last post was about how I "faked" world building in  Blood Shadow: A Vera Shadow Mystery . I plan for this to be me documenting how I build this low fantasy world and where my influences are coming from. Let's get stuck in! Alright, so I want this setting to have the feel of Dark Ages Europe (approximately 5th–10th century). This is coming from my love of the sagas (e.g. Beowulf), Norse mythology, and shows like "Vikings" and "The Last Kingdom". Because of this, I've decided to base the main area on Anglo-Saxon Britain, with Pictish/Gaelic/Welsh styled peoples to the north and west, and then having a Scandinavian analogue culture to the northeast. But because I want the main story to take place in the Anglo-Saxon region I'm going to start with that. When I world build the most important thing for me is to get the names/naming traditions right. I could just use random name generators but for this I really want to give the names more m...

Sorry for the "click-baity" title. But this is something I would like to discuss. You may be asking yourself, "Why fake world build?". Thats a good question. Everyone likes to hear about beautifully crafted worlds with an extreme about of lore (e.g. Middle Earth, Westeros, The Forgotten Realms, etc). Something no one tells you, is that these worlds are the result of years and years of world building. Let's say your story is set in a densely populated city like New Angel City in my first book:  Blood Shadow: A Vera Shadow Mystery , and you don't want to map out every single building and location. Thats absolutely okay. I didn't sit down and draw out every street. In fact, I despise world building cities. So here's what I did. I wanted New Angel City to resembled Los Angeles and New York City (hence the name). I knew I wanted key Noir locations such as film studios, rich upper class neighbourhoods, docks, and an entertainment district (perfect for s...