The Realm #1

[history79]

"We find ourselves saying “It’s Mad Max meets Lord Of The Rings” or “The Walking Dead for the D&D crowd”. Seth and I were into a lot of the same stuff. We both read Stephen King’s Dark Tower books throughout our teenage years into adulthood. We grew up with that series. THE REALM draws inspiration from a lot of places and very much becomes its own thing along the way."

- Jeremy Haun

"For me I’d say that the biggest influences were Mad Max and Dungeons & Dragons. Along with that, there are a lot of other things that probably inspired me as well. I don’t read a ton of fantasy novels, but I love Joe Abercrombie’s work. His books are phenomenal, gritty fantasy with a very realistic tone."

- Seth Peck




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Comments

[zachbeacon]

Was listening to a recent Word Balloon podcast where Haun mentions that the forboding tower in the background is in the same spot as one of the Trump buildings. Make of that what you will.

[cainofdreaming]

Trump is the mouth (well, an orifice anyway) of Sauron?

[dcbanacek]

To go into something more recent... Its one of the faces of the Dark Tower... Trump, the avatar of the Crimson King on this world...

[zachbeacon]

More of an Orange King, right?

[dcbanacek]

Orange Julius Caesar?

[zachbeacon]

Well it does seem like most of his political allies a pretty close to stabbing him in the back since they know he'd do the same...

[jeremyp]

Thanks for sharing this!

Two little details I like:

Valuing toothbrushes (very practical, especially assuming there aren't many dentists!) and when he and his friend hug. Those are nice touches.