The Otherworld is a composite of all the far-off lands from various myths and legends of the real world. I've pulled inspiration from everything from the Arthurian cycles to the Mahabharata. The setting itself takes place in the late 15th century, and all of my sources of inspiration date from that century to anything prior. This is to preserve the distinctly medieval and classical feel of the setting, which I feel early modern and modern folklore deviates from. I've strived to keep as true to the original mythos as closely as possible, whilst also expanding off of it where I deem appropriate in order to make it more exciting and compatible with the format of a ttrpg (the setting is for D&D). It is not wholly accurate for this reason, and there are many pieces of lore that are stitched together from multiple unrelated sources or even entirely made up by myself, but it is accurate in the ways I wish it to be.

Art by Donald A. Makenzie