Major Themes in Remia

Epic, Myth-making Fantasy

Simply put, Fantasy is based primarily in old myths. To us, it's the stories of Beowulf, or the grand poetry of the Iliad. The grand scope of the Lord of the Rings, or the virtuous truth of the Arthur Legend.

Remia is a setting in which we have that opportunity to create stories of mythic proportions. The -legends - of Achilles, of Beowulf, of Hercules, and of King Arthur and Jason and the Argonauts.

It's like that Star Trek episode, when you say "Shaka, when the walls fell" it's a reference to a story. Or when you say "Romeo and Juliet on the balcony." When you mention a name, you know the story because it has an intense depth and a very clear-cut image ingrained into your memory.

Remia is about heroes who become far above and beyond normal man and the world around them. Often they are the chosen few of the Gods like Achilles, or the children of the divine like Hercules, and even the gods themselves (i.e. the Titans War). And sometimes, they are simply mortals who become far more than their mundane birth would have normally attributed them.

Remia is about the Quest, or the Journey that these people undertake that changes their lives and the world around them. The quest of the hero is vivid, descriptive in the way that images are burned into the mind of the reader. This quest is often unique, a search for a magical object or even a person, and has spiritual, even religous undertones. Along the way, the heroes must find allies, overcome great tests that challenge their mind and body, and must accomplish their task or else their world becomes undone or destroyed.

Lord of the Rings, Jason's search for the Golden Fleece, the Trial of Hercules, the Iliad and the Oddyssey. These are classic legends and myths, and it is this sort of story we are going to be telling in Remia.