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The Complete Guide to Magical Fantasy Forests

The fantasy forest is popular trope found in fantasy stories and D&D campaigns. These posts will teach you all about them!

The 13 Essential Features of Every Fantasy Forest and How to Make Yours Magical

Fantasy forests are dark, dense, alive, old, wild, dangerous, uncivilized, mysterious, magical, alien, inspiring, and liminal.

How to Make Magical Trees: Exploring Everything About Enchanted Forests in Fantasy

Learn how the dark, ancient forests of Europe inspired the fantasy forest.

What’s the Science Behind “The Peace” People Experience in Forests?

Science has proven that spending time in nature brings physical, mental, emotional benefits. Forests make people happy!

What’s The Magical Feeling of “Taking In” The Trees?

We bring our experiences of forests with us into the text, video game, D&D session, movie, etc., involving a feeling - Waldeinsamkeit.

Fairy Forests: The Victorian World Turned Upside Down

Victorian Europe rediscovered the forests and then re-enchanting them by filling them with a safe, fun world of fairies.

“Down with Industry!” The Two Movements That Saved Europe's Beautiful Forests for Fantasy

Romanticism and Transcendentalism reacted to the rationality of modernity and created a new perspective on the beauty and power of forests.

How Modern Industry and Reason Nearly Killed the Fantasy Forest

The modern world caused people to stop being afraid of forests. Reason and science disenchanted them, industry caused people to move away.

Mythic Forests: Where Heaven Meets Earth And Heroes Triumph

The forests have always been a place that is dark, wild, old and untouched by humanity….as reflected in the in the mythology…

The European History Behind Your Favorite Fantasy Forests

Learn how people in the past understood forests… so we can dive into "what makes a fantasy forest"!

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