Locations in A Fantasy Setting (Pt. 2)
I really enjoyed making the last part-- I'll try my hand once more, maybe with things a bit more ambitious. I might update this post with some extra ideas if something good comes to mind but don't bet on it:
A town that fits in a singular building, everything in town from the grocery store to the mayors office is in this building.
The border or transition between two countries that differ in extreme ways (whether it be laws, culture, belief) and rarely interact. If it's a transition what norms are carried over and slowly lost, is it frowned upon to cross the border? (Additionally, are the two counties opposing, or peaceful?)
A forest with trees made entirely of shimmering crystal or other unorthodox material native to several unique flora and fauna, perhaps fairies, spellcasters or dragons inhabit this land. Why is the local flora so strange, was it always like this or did something cause it? Additionally, perhaps the crystal trees carry something important, such as memories or potential fortunes.
An unstable terrain, ever moving (perhaps it's magic, the ground itself, or other natural or unnatural factors)
A massive volcano that never erupts but constantly emits a bright flame from its mouth. The flame is said to be magical in nature and is rumoured to grant immense power to those brave enough to harness it.
A once desolate location turned tropical forest by magical means in which the terrain (whether it be rocks, trees, the ground, or other mundane surroundings) attempt to guard the sanctuary of the spellcaster that restored the land by any means necessary.
Try turning something like Penrose stairs or the impossible waterfall (ie, basically any impossible shape) into the layout of a location. Then figure out why it's made that way, and if anyone inhabits this location.
A paradise in the middle of a desert, where everyone is happy. That is until someone discovers large gold reserves (or any other valuable equivalent). (Does the group know about the outside land, do they fear it, or see it as freedom? Are they truly perfect, or is the paradise secretly under corrupt rule?)
A literal ghost town: pretty simplistic on the surface, just a town full of ghosts, but why are they dead?
