Marsden is Here

So I was lying awake at 5am one morning (quite a while ago now) and my muse decided to get stuck into the fact that most fantasy races have the same sexual binary as humans, despite in a world with magic and elementals and active gods and so forth the options are far broader. This is the fourth in a short series.

These are written with a lot of D&Disms but the principles should hold elsewhere.

Possible trigger warning for child abuse themes.

( Goblins, a desperate and diminishing race )
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I originally wrote this article thinking of goblins, then it occurred to me that it made very similar sense for halflings, those carefree and likeable folk who get to make their way through human society at will, generally well liked and generally also overlooked ....
( The halfling (or other small folk) take )

So I was lying awake at 5am one morning and my muse decided to get stuck into the fact that most fantasy races have the same sexual binary as humans, despite in a world with magic and elementals and active gods and so forth the options are far broader. This is the third in a short series, previous entries: Dwarves Orcs

These are written with a lot of D&Disms but the principles should hold elsewhere.

This is less of a full article and more short jottings on a variety of the woodland inhabitants.

( Elves )
( Fey )

So I was lying awake at 5am this morning and my muse decided to get stuck into the fact that most fantasy races have the same sexual binary as humans, despite in a world with magic and elementals and active gods and so forth the options are far broader. This will probably be one of a short series.

This is written with a lot of D&Disms but the principles should hold elsewhere.

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Moradin forged the first dwarves from elemental earth and stone and imbued them with the spark of life. Dwarven reproduction is analogous to this process.
( A stone in the oven )