| Re: History in Fantasy
History is an integral part of any story and it has to pop up sooner or later. i don't mean that on page 237 the author should kill the action and start prosing about the 1000 generations of glorious royalty and the 100 wars of the past. it would be enough to insert some little facts that would convince the reader that the people in the story did not just drop out of the sky; they were molded by the environment around them which in turn was shaped by the current world's history.
the same goes for culture. in many stories the general populace seem to be lacking in artistic pursuits. that sounds like a boring place to be, sort of like an ecomonic symposium for middle management. there should be renowned storytellers, famous stories and bits of gossip, paintings and/or sculptures, buildings and whatnot.
if the author cannot be bothered to prop up a decent background for his/her story then i'm sure s/he'll muck up the rest too. |