Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding Quotes

“The apocalyptic nature of fantasy also carries with it the implied statement that the current setting is diminished. That this is a lesser world, living in the shadows cast by the monuments of the past, and that the achievements of its heroes are reduced in the process.”
― Jeff Grubb, Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

“Apocalypses and Ragnaroks, large and small, litter the past of fantasy worlds, and the landscape is a scar tissue of these previous fallen times.”
― Jeff Grubb, Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

“For there to be ancient tombs, there must have been ancient tomb-builders. And these tomb-builders were relatively powerful, in that they built structures that could withstand the test of time.
...Further, these precursors probably met rather sudden ends, as they didn't have much chance to pass along their secrets to succeeding generations and races.”
― Jeff Grubb, Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding