Fractured Tales
Dark Fairy Tale
Happily ever after is a lie. Once, this was a world of enchanted forests and perfect kingdoms. Now the magic is broken, the stories twisted, and reality itself is fragmented into a patchwork of failed narratives.
The Fractured Realms
The world of fairy tales has collapsed. The Whispering Woods are now a tangled knot of shifting paths and twisted creatures. The Gilded Kingdom remains perfect on the surface, but decay festers beneath. The Glass Coast is silent and shattered, its cities broken into razor-sharp fragments.
Across these fractured regions, ancient magic still stirs"”wild, unpredictable, and hungry. Remnants of old stories clash with new nightmares. The inhabitants struggle to make sense of their unraveling reality, gathering fragments of failed tales to survive.
Key Regions
- → Whispering Woods - Tangled paths and paranoid creatures
- → Gilded Kingdom - Perfection hiding hidden decay
- → Glass Coast - Shattered shores and broken memories
- → Iron Peaks - Groaning mountains and lost kingdoms
- → Patchwork Hamlet - Cobbled together from other stories
Broken Magic
Magic no longer follows rules. It's wild, desperate, and imitative"”trying to rebuild normalcy from shattered pieces of failed narratives.
Twisted Inhabitants
Once-friendly creatures have become paranoid reflections of themselves. NPCs trapped in fractured stories struggle with incomplete narratives.
Discovery
Explore the ruins of ancient kingdoms, find fragments of broken spells, and uncover what really happened to the perfect world.
Play Fractured Tales With
RPGAnywhere Classic
For quick adventures through twisted fairy tale scenarios. Perfect for one-shots exploring individual fractured regions.
Learn about Classic →Infinite Horizons
For campaigns unraveling the mystery of how the fairy tale world shattered and whether it can be restored.
Learn about Infinite Horizons →