Though C. S. Lewis apparently had a hatred for small cats (look at Ginger’s fate in The Last Battle) he admired the larger species. Aslan was a lion, after all, and his attendants were leopards, panthers, and other (unnamed) species of big cats; a cat-a-mount is mentioned as being one of the statues in the …
It’s been a whole year since Narniaworld, the theme park and resort based on C. S. Lewis’ famous book series, was introduced to the public on this blog. Let’s see what new features and activities are planned for this summer. Previous Narniaworld posts are here. Narniaworld, Part 1 (Food) Narniaworld, Part 2 (Rides) Narniaworld, Part …
A few more for the adventurers’ library. More Unusual Magic Books Arven’s Guide to Quick Calculation: Written for merchants, bankers, traders, and anyone else working with cash. Reading this magic book once will allow the character to forever eschew the use of an abacus or other calculating instrument, for they can now do simple …
The more I got into last week’s Worldbuilding Wednesday post the more I realized how convoluted the history of Harley Quinn really is. For one thing, she wasn’t the Joker’s first female sidekick. That honor belongs to Duela Dent, who originated in 1976. She claimed to be the Joker’s daughter and wanted to join the …
In this post I’m going to do something I’ve wanted to do for a while: analyze Batman villain names. Batman has been all over the place for the past three decades, and plenty of folks have seen the shows, the movies, the parodies, the comics (which comprise only a small part of the franchise now), …
“To a know a dinosaur, you must first know a chicken.” These common farmyard birds, developed from Asian junglefowl around 8,000 years ago, show many of the same characteristics of the prehistoric creatures they are descended from. They strut about on two legs, have plumage, scaled, robust clawed feet, are warm-blooded, and lay eggs, They …
In the AD&D universe one of the most prized treasure items a magic-user character could discover was a book of magic, because it gained access to a range of spells and not just the one or two that the player gained with each level. That’s the way it started out, anyway. Things might have changed. …
Tolkien’s work is full of evil fortresses, towers, and strongholds. My favorite among them is Angmar. Isn’t that an evocative name! It just oozes evil. Others are Thangorodrim, Minas Morgul, Durthang, and Barad-Dur. Unpleasant-sounding names, all of them. In that vein, here’s some evil place names that would fit very well into Middle-earth, all randomgenned …
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