Masterclasses in environmental storytelling and despair.
Characters choose between the "lesser of two evils."
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Describe the smell of decay and the coldness of the wind.
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(Andrzej Sapkowski): Folklore meets gritty realism.
(Glen Cook): Mercenaries working for a dark overlord. Dark Fantasy
Turn "chosen ones" into tragic figures or villains.