>Book one of The Dragon Slayer Swordsman's septology

>Book EIGHT of the Dragon Slayer Swordman's steptology

>Rumors abound that an evil lurks within ~The Dark Forest~

>The protagonist is a farm boy whose parents were killed by the evil guy.

>A prince and an unscrupulous rouge travel together, their personalities clash!

>What if we took a fantasy setting... and made it realistic!

>The group of unlikely heroes are almost reaching their final confrontation with the villain, but before the climax one of them must die to build up tension. Probably the black guy, if there's one.

>>9943508

Fuck Rowling and GRRM for popularizing the 7 book fantasy series. More fantasy authors need to write stand-alones.

>>9943622
I'd love to see more sword-and-sorcery short stories.

>>9943634
fantasy people are obsessed with world-building, so this would never happen. or if it did, they would be "tied together" in the same universe and would reference each other constantly

>>9944964
>"tied together" in the same universe and would reference each other constantly
Not starting from zero in a fantasy setting that probably isn't that interesting anyway, naturally leading to the 'action' of the story beginning sooner. maybe even in media ras. References to warriors or kings may actually have their stories told instead of being throw away names in order to make the world and conversations more realistic.
Sounds like world-building done right desu.

every time gaskun comes on here and says he just finished book 17 of his space nascar or whatever series, my heart breaks a little.

It's just so pathetic your heart goes out to him.