The world of ARMORICA was born for the first time when I was in the first grade, through a writing assignment characters of Dusgoroth began to take a rough shape, including knights, my favorite halloween costume, elves of all kinds and daemons from the depths of hell. Then I had no idea what this fantasy would become, not even a clue who J. R. R. Tolken was, who soon became my most prominent influence. Daydreams throughout my middle school career eventually took the form of a complete manuscript one summer vacation of my 5th grade year. At this stage however, writing remained nothing more t more...