Elven Villages and Architecture

Elves live in all sorts of place where they can be close to nature. Trees, forests, swamps, marshes, waterfalls, rocky mountains...

Elven Village in a Valley

Elven Village in a Swamp

Fantasy Landscapes - Villages

One of the things I like to do on Google Images is browse for fantasy landscapes. And because there are so many different kinds of landscapes (mountains, forests, rivers, swamps, deserts, seascapes, islands, jungles, grottoes, chasms, caves, volcanoes, waterfalls, etc) there is seemingly an infinite number of fantasy landscapes out there to choose from.

This month's landscape of choice is VILLAGES.

Now what I do with these images varies. Often they collect dust in a folder. Sometimes I use them for inspiration for a D&D game. Sometimes I just like looking at them. It varies.

Villages in this case can vary wildly, from the spookier kind to the more peaceful and pastoral, or even a wealthy village with cobblestones and grand architecture, or to the very rustic Viking village. In this case I also get to crosslist this post with Fantasy Architecture. Woot!

Fantasy Architecture in Russia

The following images are from an advertising campaign to promote tourism to Russia - however I think they are great examples of fantasy architecture.

They would fit well into a Dungeons and Dragons campaign...