Dan Horstman

Stories and Worldbuilding

The Creative Archive

Over the past few years I have been keeping notes on the setting for a fantasy world. I have been a fan of the genre since I first started reading and have always wanted to contribute my own stories to the genre as well. This website is meant to share those ideas and stories with people and motivate myself to continue writing in this world.

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  • Progress in All Directions

    Most of the notes I have in my binder are now up on the web pages. I finished out the East and then did the South. I still have some other sets of notes to go through and figure out where to put them. I might do a separate section for the games I created,…

  • Started on the East

    Did a closeup map with city names and wrote up the regional history for the eastern lands. Started on the descriptions of the cities. Will add more later. Need a break. https://danhorstman.com/worldbuilding/east/

  • Westward Expansion

    Added some info on the western part of the continent. https://danhorstman.com/worldbuilding/west/ For a visual comparison, I think of this as kinda Minas Tirith in the desert, but full of religious fanatics that love sculpting. I think it is kinda funny that I expected to start with the East and the South since I have the…

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  • Islands

    Made an image and added some bits about the islands south of the mainland and the large island to the west. I haven’t thought much about this area as far as culture goes, but I do have an outline for a story about a shipwreck down here.

  • Northward we go!

    I did a closeup on the northern part of the map and added some text to show the major points of interest. This is the section I have the least notes about, so it was pretty easy to compile. I have more notes on Lake Post and Volcanic Vale that I will incorporate but I…