Portals

There follow some thoughts on setting, inspired by the earlier discussion on corridors. Setting is a character in fantasy and SF, or should be if the author knows what he’s doing.  This is particularly true in fantasy, where the setting can become this big, unwieldy character with which the protagonists have to wrestle in practically every scene.  The setting in fantasy has rules (there are elves, there are dragons, there is magic, there are Portals), and the setting itself can have personal...