Fantasy Fortifications Part 2: Technology and Materials
This article is part 2 of a series on Fantasy Fortifications by Toni Šušnjar. This section, being technical, depends a lot on the nature of the fantasy in question. Is it low […]
Worldbuilding problems – Westeros
POPULATION DENSITY Technology depends a lot on population density. Without enough people, there will not be enough concentration of resources for certain societal and thus technological developments. And in Westeros, […]
Navy in Middle-Earth
Introduction Despite not featuring prominently, navy and naval operations play a significant role in Tolkien’s Middle Earth. In the First Age, elves of Feanor come to Middle Earth from Valinor […]
Fantasy Fortifications — Part 1: Strategy
Fantasy Fortifications — Part 1: StrategyThis article is part 1 of a series on Fantasy Fortifications by Toni Šušnjar Fortifications are one of major parts of fantasy fiction, especially high fantasy. […]
Minas Tirith and Constantinople – defences overview
Minas Tirith is likely one of best defended fantasy cities. Its defences consist of seven semi-circular walls. These walls, thanks to city being built on a hill, rise above each […]
New Acquisitions: How It Wasn’t: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages, Part I
A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry The following post is the first part of a three part series where we look at the question “how medieval is Game of Thrones?” and […]
Denethoring the Lannisters
(Originally posted at Forum of Ice and Fire) In war between Gondor and Mordor we see (in the books, not so much the movies) outright Byzantine layered defense-in-depth strategy. Now, […]
War at Sea – Northern Cog
Overview After Roman hull-first construction techniques were abandoned and replaced with ribs-first construction, battering ram became useless as a weapon. As a result, naval action came to depend on missile […]
War at Sea – Galley vs Sailing Ship
In much fantasy, authors opt to use either galleys, sailing ships, or even both, without understanding how these two configurations interact. This post looks at that question.
Aegon Targaryen as a ruler – case of Matthias Corvinus
It is a common belief (or at least that is my impression) that Aegon VI Targaryen / Young Griff will not be a good ruler because he lacks experience, while […]
