In the beginning...

"In the beginning God created the heavens and earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." - Genesis 1: 1-2

That's how the bible starts, and, although definitely NOT the bible - or even anywhere near it for that matter - this blog is all about world building. So why not start off the tale of my world being created with the same passage used to tell the story of Earth's creation? Pwah, God can smite me later.

OK, so the world has gone completely chaotic lately and I kind of don't want to stay in it. But it's the only world I have, right? Right? WRONG! I decided to create myself a new one. A world I can escape to every once in a while. I blame Window's Vista not allowing me to install The Sims. That would have made life easier!

Anyway, I've been a storyteller quite literally as long as I can remember. I play RPGs. Ever since I met my fiance I've been absorbed into the world of D&D. I am becoming a larger and larger fan of fantasy literature and movies. I have become entranced with this glorious idea of creating such a detailed world that all who enter feel like it is a real place - even for a little bit.

I started creating my first world about two years ago. I had invested so much in the creation of my D&D character that I wanted to expand her use into that of fiction. Making that decision led me to create a world for her. I got as far as one country, and even that remains incomplete. I stalled - mainly in my attempt to accurately populate the region. I haven't attempted to conquer world building again in months now.

So why start up again now? Well, out of inspiration as well as a need for escapism. This particular world I'm attempting for now wasn't originally going to be made - per say. This world started with a simple love for a game and a desire to write FanFiction for it.

Back in college I played the Big Blue Box premiere game Fable. I fell in love with the world of Albion, and thought of the multiple stories one could create with the Hero. After playing around with it a little, I wanted to include my favorite video game franchise: The Legend of Zelda. I then sat down and spliced together Albion and Hyrule, the Hero and Link, Jack of Blades and Ganondorf. The story progressed, but I was also strongly influenced by the animes Inu Yasha and The Vision of Escaflowne. Now my Link/Hero hybrid was also handed traits from InuYasha and Van. The show heroines Kagome and Hitomi were melded together. And a whole new breed of story was put together. Now I wasn't writing a weird Fable-hybrid fanfic anymore. Now I threw in the popular Anime element of "someone from our world is magically thrown into a new one and chaos ensues." I needed to figure out how my female lead ended up in this Albion/Hyrule hybrid world. I also needed to figure out how the two worlds could possibly be connected in the first place. This was a whole new beast and I decided that my answers could only sound plausible if I knew more about my world.

My world was still Albion, and Hyrule, and yet not. It was something more. If I was going to continue on my task of writing a story about this place I needed to learn about it. That was when I decided to start this blog. I'll slowly build the world here. Hoping to take you on a journey of discovery with me. Perhaps, once all of this is done I will continue this blog by posting plot elements and character descriptions. Following that, perhaps I'll post chapters for my story. Who knows how long I'll continue this.

If you don't like this world, create your own. ;-)