How to create fantasy novels: Choose an interesting time period, especially a period of great turmoil: war, religious conflict, political oppression, revolution, etc., Throw your protagonist into this witch's crucible, let him find a way out, let him make a choice, let him suffer for wrong choices, let him be baptized, let him mature, let him find or lose his true love, conscience, ideals and humanity. ——Andrei Sparkworski
