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Lab Reading List: Alchemy & Mysticism by Alexander Roob
Alchemy has permeated the fantasy genre so deeply that it’s become a stock element, from alchemist shops in Dungeons & Dragons to the Alchemy skill in The Elder Scrolls. It was even a central element of Season 4 of the Castlevania animated series, which focused on a character directly inspired by the alchemical figure of
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Worldbuilding: Togorun & the Immortality Schools
Learn more about OROBORO’s immortality schools and Togorun, the headless scholar known as the Crownless King.
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Reflections on OROBORO: No-Eyes
This is part of a series of essays reflecting on my writing and my dark fantasy setting, called OROBORO. Some of the earliest stories I set in the world of OROBORO were about a character called No-Eyes, who was a conman and necromancer. I imagined him as a kind of Cenobite astronaut—his head would be encased
