What classic fantasy place would you not want to go to? And why?

Arelarti in Karl Edward Wagners Bloodstone . Ruined City with a sleeping 100 yard evil crystal entity known as The Bloodstone, guarded by 9 foot tall fanged Toads knows as the Rillyti , They love to sacrifice any unwary vistors to their crystal God. It's the perfect vacation spot. :D
 
The Night Land. The monsters and the darkness are bad enough, but worse bumping into some boring traveler who gives a running commentary on the the food tablets he has taken, how long he slept, etc.
 
The Chaos Wastes in the Warhammer fantasy universe . In particular the Gotrek and Felix Saga. If you go there it, corrupts you mentally and physically The air, land and water there are all contaminated with Warp stone. It's a horrifying place, populated by monsters some who used to be people.
 
2 places I can think of....

Midian
Ravenloft


there are (obviously) a LOT more but those'll do for staters!




Eni6ma said:
I would hate to be lost in the Soikan Grove from the Dragon-Lance series, not fond of being chased by a dracolich! (a dead skeletal dragon) :rolleyes:
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I can't remember this :(


Vince W said:
Gor. In the name of all that is holy never send me to Gor.
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I would imagine that being male there might be some (misogynistic) advantages - but no, not my cuppa TBH


Ogma said:
The Night Land. The monsters and the darkness are bad enough, but worse bumping into some boring traveler who gives a running commentary on the the food tablets he has taken, how long he slept, etc.
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where's that from?
 
Ogma said:
The Night Land. The monsters and the darkness are bad enough, but worse bumping into some boring traveler who gives a running commentary on the the food tablets he has taken, how long he slept, etc.
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Ah, come on I was only being informative! Ya meet some one in the Night Land and they aren't a monster you would think they want to chat! :LOL:
 
The mugwamp marshes in Narnia, as side from being peopled by the most depressing people I've ever read about, the land itself seems depressingly dull. + I'm not a fan of marshes in general, being mostly sugar, I'm the tastiest meal biting insects ever get, and they all seem to know it.
That upland with the giants doesn't sound much better... Playing with your food, telling it stories and dressing it up...
Lone islands, too bureaucratic.

Leaving Narnia, I have to mention the other marsh I'd never want to visit (although tbh I don't know there's a marsh imagined that I would want to visit.) the Dead one.
The rest of middle earth seems pleasant enough since by the time I got their murkwood would be back to being the Greenwood, and Mordor empty and uninhabited.

Normally I would pass on deserts as well but in Melanie Rawn's Dragon series the people in the desert would completely reconcile me to their choice of habitat. Especially as their castles are all equipped to deal with the dry heat of their environment. Might get a few nosebleeds, but it would be worth it. (I'd probably settle in Meadowlord or Princemarch though. Once my cottage is up and established, my desert friends could come visit me.) Snowcoves I might visit in summer, but unless I'm inured in a castle with friends I'd hate to spend a winter there.

Let's see, where else have I been...

Um. That's all I can think of before breakfast, I'm sure there are others.
 
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Eni6ma said:
Ah, come on I was only being informative! Ya meet some one in the Night Land and they aren't a monster you would think they want to chat! :LOL:
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Okay, I admit you did make the effort with the game of I Spy, but seriously must F always be fire-hole and S always be giant slug every time... :sneaky:
 
Ogma said:
Okay, I admit you did make the effort with the game of I Spy, but seriously must F always be fire-hole and S always be giant slug every time... :sneaky:
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I am comfortable with those letters, they have never steered me wrong! Once I was lost in my apartment and had to make a choice which 2 letters could help me escape those two did (f)ire (s)tarter! :rolleyes:
 
hopewrites said:
The mugwamp marshes in Narnia, as side from being peopled by the most depressing people I've ever read about, the land itself seems depressingly dull. + I'm not a fan of marshes in general, being mostly sugar, I'm the tastiest meal biting insects ever get, and they all seem to know it.
That upland with the giants doesn't sound much better... Playing with your food, telling it stories and dressing it up...
Lone islands, too bureaucratic.

Leaving Narnia, I have to mention the other marsh I'd never want to visit (although tbh I don't know there's a marsh imagined that I would want to visit.) the Dead one.
The rest of middle earth seems pleasant enough since by the time I got their murkwood would be back to being the Greenwood, and Mordor empty and uninhabited.

Normally I would pass on deserts as well but in Melanie Rawn's Dragon series the people in the desert would completely reconcile me to their choice of habitat. Especially as their castles are all equipped to deal with the dry heat of their environment. Might get a few nosebleeds, but it would be worth it. (I'd probably settle in Meadowlord or Princemarch though. Once my cottage is up and established, my desert friends could come visit me.) Snowcoves I might visit in summer, but unless I'm inured in a castle with friends I'd hate to spend a winter their.

Let's see, where else have I been...

Um. That's all I can think of before breakfast, I'm sure there are others.
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I like marsh mellows, oh not those types of marshes! :D
 
Shadar Logoth in Robert Jordan's Wheel of time series. a city corrupted by darkness, not safe in day and really not safe at night . One rule to remember never take anything with you from the city or you get tainted by darkness and Pray you never encounter a man named Mordeth dwells in the city and is the official spokesman for the dankness.:)
 
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nixie said:
I would hate to wake up in Donaldson's The Land, love to meet some of the people but to visit no. Gor and Westros would also be on the avoid list.
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Another place I would not want to visit In the The Thomas Covenant Chronicles is Morinmoss Forest. :eek:
 
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