List of fantasy worlds
Further information: List of fictional location types
This is a partial list of fictional fantasy worlds, according to the medium they appear in:
Novels and short stories
Unknown
- Unnamed world of Glen Cook's The Black Company
A
- The Abarat - Clive Barker's Abarat series
- Abeir-Toril - Planet on which the Dungeons and Dragons' campaign settings and novels, Forgotten Realms, Maztica, and Al Qadim are set.
- Alagaësia – Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle
- Alternia - Andrew Hussie's Homestuck
- All-World – Stephen King's The Dark Tower
- Amber – Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber novels
- Amtor – Edgar Rice Burroughs' Venus series
- Averoigne - Clark Ashton Smith stories
- Arbre - Neal Stephenson novel Anathem
- Arborea - Tera Online
- Arda – J. R. R. Tolkien novels
- Asgard - Marvel Comics
- Atlantis
- Avalon- Aprilynne Pike's wings series
- Azeroth - Warcraft series
B
- Barsoom – Edgar Rice Burroughs novels
- Bas-Lag – China Miéville novels
- Bedrock - Hanna Barbera's The Flintstones >> The FPGA on the P2 emulation / development board
- Bellezza – Mary Hoffman novels
- Blest - Diana Wynne Jones Magid novels
- Brief History of the Dead - Kevin Brockmeier
- Broken Empire - Mark Lawrence (author) novels
C
- Calaspia – Insanity Saga novels by Suresh and Jyoti Guptara
- Camelot
- Camp Half-Blood - by Rick Riordan
- Charn – C. S. Lewis novels
- Cloud - novels by Greer Gilman
- Cittàgazze – His Dark Materials series
- Planet Claire — The subject of a song by the music group The B-52's. Claire is described as having pink air, and trees that are all red. The lifeforms do not have heads, and all live forever.
- The Continent - Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series
- Corona – R.A. Salvatore (The DemonWars Saga and The Highwayman)
- City of Bones- Cassandra Clare- The The Mortal Instruments (series) Saga
D
- Damar - Robin McKinley novels
- Dalemark - Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones
- Darkover – Marion Zimmer Bradley novels
- Demonata - the Darren Shan novels
- Discworld – Terry Pratchett novels (also 3 video games)
- Dinotopia – James Gurney novels
- Deltora – Emily Rodda novels
- The Dream Archipelago - Christopher Priest (novelist)`s novels (The Affirmation, The Islanders) and stories (The Dream Archipelago)
- Dreamlands – stories by H. P. Lovecraft and others
- Drool – The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
- Dying Earth – Jack Vance novels
- Davy Jones' Locker
- Disney - Walt Disney's Creations
E
- Earthsea – Ursula K. Le Guin novels
- Eärwa - R. Scott Bakker novels
- The Edge Chronicles – Paul Stewart
- Eidolon – Jane Johnson novels
- Elendel - Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn
- Ellesméra - Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle
- Ember - The City of Ember
- Emelan – Tamora Pierce novels
- Empire of the Celestial Dragons - Alison Goodman's Eon
- Equestria - My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic TV series
- Erdas - Spirit Animals - Various Authors Novel Series
- Erde - L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Spellsong Cycle novels
- Essos - A Song Of Ice And Fire
- Eternia - Setting of the Masters of the Universe series
- Everworld – K. A. Applegate novels
F
- Fairyland-[Daisy Meadows'] ""Rainbow Magic Series""
- Faltha – Russell Kirkpatrick's Fire of Heaven Trilogy
- Fantasia – Never-Ending Story novel and movies
- Fantastica – Michael Ende's novel
- Fionavar – Guy Gavriel Kay novels
- The Four Lands – Terry Brooks novels
- Forgotten Realms - Dungeons and Dragons
- Fillory - Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" Trilogy
G
- Gezeitenwelt – Magus Magellan novels
- Green–sky – Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels
- Glorantha - Greg Stafford's setting used by board games, roleplaying games, novels and a computer game.
- Golarion - Paizo's setting for Pathfinder roleplaying game
- Gondwane - Lin Carter fantasy series
- Gallifrey - Doctor Who TV
H
- Halla – D. J. MacHale novels
- Helliconia – Brian Aldiss series of novels
- Hyborian Age – Robert E. Howard novels and short stories
- The Hidden Land - Pamela Dean's Secret Country trilogy
- Hyrule - Nintendo's Legend of Zelda
I
- Iberia - 4Story
- Ithania - Trudi Canavan - the Age of the Five Saga
- Idris - Cassandra Clare - the Mortal Instruments trilogy
- Inkworld - Cornelia Funke - the Inkheart trilogy
- Ithersta - Fran Bow - the Fran Bow Game
J
- Jumanji- Jumanji
K
- Karse - Mercedes Lackey - Valdemar Novels
- Kelewan – Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts – Empire Trilogy
- Keltia - Patricia Kennealy-Morrison - The Keltiad novels
- Krynn - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, and numerous others - Dragonlance novels
- Kyralia - Trudi Canavan - The Black Magician trilogy
L
- Lavondyss - Journey to an Unknown Region - Robert Holdstock
- The Land – Stephen R. Donaldson novels
- Landover – Terry Brooks novels
- Lilliput and Blefuscu - Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels
- Lodoss - Ryo Mizuno - novels
M
- Malazan World – Steven Erikson novels
- Magic Moon - Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein's Magic Moon novels
- Matoran Universe - Bionicle
- Midcyru - Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy
- Middle-earth – J. R. R. Tolkien novels
- MiddleGate - Rae Bridgman children's novels
- Midkemia – Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar saga novels
- Mid-World - Stephen King - The Dark Tower (series)
- Mistmantle island - M.I. McAllister - Mistmantle Chronicles novels
- Mithgar - Dennis L. McKiernan novels
- Moonacre Valley - Elizabeth Goudge - The Little White Horse novel
- Mossflower - Brian Jacques - Redwall novels
- Muddle Earth – Paul Stewart
- The Multiverse – Michael Moorcock novels
- The Mushroom Kingdom- Nintendo's Super Mario series
N
- Narnia – C. S. Lewis novels
- Nehwon – Fritz Leiber stories
- Neverland – J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan novel
- Nevèryon - The setting of Samuel R. Delany`s Return To Nevèryon series
- The New and Old Worlds – Terry Goodkind novels
- Nirn – The Elder Scrolls video game series
- Nyumbani – Charles R. Saunders novels
- Nyusigrube – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes novels
O
- Oerth - Gary Gygax and others - Greyhawk novels
- Og – novel by Pierre Burton
- Osten Ard – Tad Williams novels
- Oz – novels by L. Frank Baum and others
- Oompa - Loompa Land - Roald Dahl novels
- Ooo - Adventure Time TV series
P
- Panem – Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games novels
- Pellucidar – Edgar Rice Burroughs novels
- Pegana – stories by Lord Dunsany
- Pelamar - Through the Dragon's Eye
- Pern – Anne McCaffrey novels
- Pop Star - Kirby
- Prydain – Lloyd Alexander novel
- Pyrrhia - Tui Sutherland novels
Q
- Quahog - Family Guy
R
- Randland – Robert Jordan novels (The Wheel of Time series)
- Rapture - a fictitious underwater city - The Bioshock Video games
- The Realm - Wayne Thomas Batson's The Door Within Trilogy
- The Realm of the Elderlings - Robin Hobb novels
- Riverdale (Archie Comics) - Archie Comics
- Riverworld – Philip Jose Farmer novels Riverworld series
- Rokugan – Legend of the Five Rings
- Rondo- Emily Rodda's The Rondo Trilogy
- Runaterra - League of Legends
S
- Shannara - Terry Brooks novels
- Sartorias-deles – Sherwood Smith novels
- Seven Realms novels – Cinda Williams Chima
- Spiderwick- Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black's novels
- The Shadow Isles - League of Legends
- Shadowrealm - The Secret of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
- Summoner's Rift - League of Legends
T
- Terabithia – Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia
- Thieves World – stories by Robert Lynn Asprin and others
- Thra - The Dark Crystal
- Tir - Cecilia Dart-Thornton's Crowthistle Chronicles
- Toontown - Home of all the cartoon characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Tortall – Tamora Pierce novels
- Tralfamadore - Slaughterhouse-Five
- Thedas - Dragon Age
- Triumvia - Tales of Triumvia novel series.
- Tyria - Guild Wars
U
- Underland - The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
- Unified Realm - Blood Song by Anthony Ryan [1]
- Uriel - Wrinkle in Time by madeleine l'engle
V
- Valdemar - Mercedes Lackey novels
- Velgarth – Mercedes Lackey novels
- Videssos – Harry Turtledove, The Misplaced Legion novels
- Viriconium - empire-city in the works of M. John Harrison
W
- Whandoodleland - Julie Andrews' The last of the Really Great Whangdoodles novel
- Westeros – George R. R. Martin novels
- Wonderland – Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking–Glass (Looking-Glass Land is part of Wonderland)
- The Wizarding World – Harry Potter series
- World of the Three Moons – stories by Bradley, May, and Norton
- Whoville – Stories by Dr. Seuss
- Widge - Through the Dragon's Eye
X
- Xanadu – Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan
- Xanth – Piers Anthony novels
Z
- Zimiamvia – from the Zimiamvian Trilogy novels by Eric Rücker Eddison
- Zamonia - from The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear, The City of Dreaming Books, and The Alchemaster's Apprentice; all novels by Walter Moers
- Zothique - Clark Ashton Smith stories
Comics and graphic novels
Film and television
- Andalasia - Enchanted film
- Atlantika, from the Filipino television series of the same name
- Avila "Mulawin" - Filipino television series
- Caprica - Caprica (TV series) scyfy channel
- Crematoria - Prison world in The Chronicles of Riddick
- Cybertron - Home planet of the Transformers
- Cuckoo Land - from the children's TV series Jamie and the Magic Torch.
- Encantadia - Philippines television series
- The Enchanted Forest/Misthaven - ABC's Once Upon a Time
- Etheria - The mythical world of the She-Ra: Princess of Power animated series.
- Eternia - The mythical world of the Masters of the Universe animated series.
- Far Far Away, Duloc, and San RiCardo are examples of fantasy lands, which are known from the Shrek franchise.
- Gallifrey - The mythical world of the Time Lords in the BBC TV series Doctor Who
- Guk - The home planet of the Alien Robots in Terrahawks
- Helion Prime - Primary planet in the Helion system which the Capital is New Mecca and the main location in the movie The Chronicles of Riddick
- Mewni - Star Butterfly's home dimension in Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Moonacre Valley - The Secret of Moonacre film
- Naboo - Star Wars
- New Texas - Home of BraveStarr.
- Ooo - The land in which the Adventure Time cartoon series takes place 1,000 thousand years after event of "The Mushroom War".
- The Other Realm - Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV Series)
- Pandora - Avatar
- Pylea - Angel television series
- Prysmos - Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light television series
- Storybrooke - ABC's Once Upon a Time
- Tatooine - featured in most of the Star Wars saga
- Third Earth - Adopted home of the Thundercats from the children's TV series
- Thra - The Dark Crystal film
- The Uncharted Territories - Farscape television series
- "The Verse" - informal name for the colonized universe from Firefly
- Wheelie World - From the children's TV series Chorlton and the Wheelies
Table-top gaming
A
- Abeir-Toril – Forgotten Realms novels and Dungeons & Dragons RPG (includes Faerûn, Kara-Tur, Maztica and Zakhara)
- Angeous - Lost Heritage novels and Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Aldrazar - Hackmaster RPG
- Aldea - Blue Rose RPG; d20 system
- Archaeus - Talislanta RPG and d20 system
- Aebrynis - Birthright novels and Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Athas – Dark Sun; Dungeons & Dragons RPG
B
C
- Creation – Exalted RPG
- Catan - Settlers of Catan
D
- Demacia - Riot;League of Legends
- Demiplane of Dread - Ravenloft; Dungeons & Dragons RPG - dimension of gothic horror
- Dominaria – Magic: The Gathering card game
- d20 System - various whole and partially described worlds including:
- Aereth (Gazetteer of the Known Realms)
- Arcanis
- Freeport (a seaport with pirates)
- Khemti (Hamunaptra; an Egyptian setting)
- Naranjan (Mindshadows; an Indian setting with psionics)
- Nyambe-Tanda (Nyambe; an African setting)
- Scythae (Maidenheim)
- Xcrawl Earth (Xcrawl)
- Land of Shadow (Midnight)
E
- Eberron – Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Elrios-Elsword MMORPG
- Ethra - The Dark Eye RPG (includes Aventuria, Myranor, Uthuria and Vaestenland)
F
- Far-The-Earth - Night Wizard RPG
- Fatlend-Edwin A. Abbott
G
- Glorantha – Runequest and HeroQuest RPGs
- Golarion - Paizo's Setting for Pathfinder Roleplaying game, Multi-Massive Roleplaying computer game
H
J
- Jorune - Skyrealms of Jorune roleplaying game
- Jund - Magic: The Gathering card game
K
- Kamigawa - Magic: The Gathering card game
- Kelestia - Harn RPG
- Krynn – Dragonlance games and novels, Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Kulthea (Shadow World) - Rolemaster RPG
L
- Lands of the Diamond Throne - Arcana Evolved; d20 system
- Layonara – Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Lejendary Earth - Lejendary Adventure RPG
- Legend - Dragon Warriors RPG
- Lore - Dragon Fable RPG
M
- Mad Lands - GURPS Fantasy II; GURPS RPG
- Magnamund – Lone Wolf gamebooks and d20 system
- Mirrodin - Magic: The Gathering card game
- Mystara – Dungeons & Dragons RPG
N
- New Europa - Castle Falkenstein and GURPS RPGs
O
- Oerth – Greyhawk; Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Old World and other places in the world of Warhammer – Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and other tabletop miniature games by Games Workshop
R
- Ravnica – Magic: The Gathering card game
S
- Space - Spelljammer; Dungeons & Dragons and Hackmaster RPGs
- Shandalar - Magic: The Gathering
- Skyrim
- Stormhold-Stardust
T
- Tarth - Evernight; Savage Worlds RPG
- Tellene - Kingdoms of Kalamar; Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Terra de Santa Cruz - Desafio dos Bandeirantes a Brazilian RPG published by GSA Ltda, a Brazilian folklore setting.
- Tékumel – Empire of the Petal Throne RPG
- Titan – Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and RPG
U
- Uresia - Big Eyes, Small Mouth and d20 system RPGs
W
Y
- Yrth - GURPS setting
- Ynev - world of Hungarian tabletop RPG "M.A.G.U.S."
- The Young Kingdoms - Michael Moorcock - Elric of Melnibone
Z
- Zendikar - Magic: The Gathering
Computer and video games
A
- Albion - Fable video game series
- Antaloor - Two Worlds video game series
- Arcadia/Stark - two parallel worlds in Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Argus - Warcraft series of computer games
- Ashan – Might and Magic (Ubisoft continuity)
- Atreia - Aion: The Tower of Eternity MMORPG
- Auldurant - Tales of the Abyss
- Aurbis (Nirn, Aetherius, and Oblivion) – the realm in which The Elder Scrolls game series takes place
- Avalar - Spyro the Dragon series of video games
- Axeoth - Heroes of Might and Magic IV - the world, to which the inhabitants of Enroth had to move after the Reckoning
- Azeroth – Warcraft series of computer games
B
- Berge - Hexyz Force
- Boletaria--Demon's Souls
C
- Caelestia - AdventureQuest
- Corneria, the main planet of the Lylat System in Nintendo's Star Fox series of video games.
- Cronos - Heretic / Hexen series of relative DOOM engine computer games by ID Software
D
- Drakan – computer game series
- Draenor - Warcraft series of computer games
- Dereth - Asheron's Call mmorpg computer Game
E
- Edenia, Outworld, Netherrealm - Mortal Kombat games
- Enroth - Heroes of Might and Magic III - the world, where most of events from Heroes of Might and Magic I, II and III take place.
F
- Final Fantasy worlds – Blue Planet (Final Fantasy IV), World of Balance/World of Chaos (Final Fantasy VI), Terra/Gaia (Final Fantasy IX), Spira (Final Fantasy X), Ivalice (Final Fantasy XII), Gran Pulse (Final Fantasy XIII)
G
- Gensokyo - Touhou Project computer game series
- Gielinor – RuneScape MMORPG.
- Glorianna – Quest for Glory computer game
- Great Sea - The Legend of Zelda video game series
H
- Hillys - Beyond Good & Evil
- Hoenn - Region in the Pokémon series of games
- Hydaelyn - world of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn MMORPG
- Hydeland - Dragon's Crown
- Hyrule – The Legend of Zelda video game series
I
J
- Jade Empire - Jade Empire - video game
- Johto - region in the Pokémon series of games
K
- K'aresh - Warcraft series of computer games
- Kanto and Kalos - regions in the Pokémon series of games
- The Key of Destiny - Kingdom Hearts series from the creators of final fantasy
L
- Lordran - Dark Souls
- Lore - AdventureQuest, AdventureQuest Worlds, DragonFable
- Lyndbaum - Summon Night RPG
M
- Mushroom Kingdom - Super Mario video game series
- Myrthana - Gothic video game series
N
- Nexus - WildStar (video game)
- New Earth - (Final Fantasy VIII)
- New Eden - EVE Online
- Norrath – Computer games EverQuest and EverQuest II
- Nosgoth – Legacy of Kain
O
- Oddworld – video game series
- Oblivion - the name of the four realms: Solum, Aquis, Aetha and Volca, in Primal
- Orience - Final Fantasy Type-0
P
- Parthorus - Heretic / Hexen series of relative DOOM engine computer games by ID Software
Q
R
- Runeterra - League of Legends
S
- Sacred Realm, also known as The Golden Land, or Dark World - The Legend of Zelda video game series
- Sanctuary - Diablo video game series
- Sylvarant & Tethe'alla – Tales of Symphonia
- Spira (Final Fantasy) - The world in which Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2 takes place
- Sinnoh - region in the Pokémon series of games
- Strangereal - The world in which the Ace Combat series takes place
T
- Tamriel - The Elder Scrolls
- Termina - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask video game
- Terca Lumireis - Tales of Vesperia
- Thedas - Dragon Age video game series
- Thyrion - Heretic / Hexen series of relative DOOM engine computer games by ID Software
- Twilight Realm - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess video game
- Tyria - Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 computer games (both the name of planet and one of its continents)
U
- Urak – Lords of Magic computer game
- Utopia (morpg)
- The Underground - Undertale
- Unova - region in the Pokémon series of games
V
- Vana'diel - Final Fantasy XI MMORPG
- Videlectrix game world - Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
- The Void / Valoran - League of Legends, Game
W
- Warhammer world - Warhammer - Tabletop miniature game (with a few video-games based upon it)
- Weyard - Golden Sun - Nintendo video-game series
- The World - The planet in Jak & Daxter, consisting of the fantasy centered Old World, multicultural yet dystopian Haven City, and the post-apocalyptic Wasteland.
X
- Xoroth - Warcraft series of computer games
- Xen - Half-Life series of video games
Z
- ZanZarah – computer game
- Zeal - Ancient kingdom in Chrono Trigger
Music
- Avantasia, from the Edguy symphonic metal project
- Blashyrkh from the lyrics of the Black Metal band Immortal
- Enchanted Lands, from Rhapsody of Fire
Anime/Manga
- Death City - Soul Eater Anime/manga
- Earth (Dragon Ball) - Akira Toriyama's anime/manga franchise
- Earthland - Fairy Tail
- Edolas - Fairy Tail
- Fiore - Fairy Tale
- The Four Nations - Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra
- Hueco Mundo - Bleach (manga)
- MÄR Heaven - MÄR
- Orario - Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Anime/manga
- Soul Society - Bleach (manga)
- World of the Living - Bleach (manga)
See also
References
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