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The thing about villains is that the bad ones are easy to write. Give someone a cruel laugh, a selfish motive, and a habit of harming innocent people and you have a villain. What you do not have is a character. And characters are the whole point.

World-building is one of those things that sounds straightforward until you try it. Then you realise you need to know where the rivers run, why two kingdoms hate each other, what the average person eats for breakfast, and whether magic leaves a mark on the people who use it. All before you have written a single page of your actual story.

If you have ever found yourself standing in the fantasy section of a bookshop feeling slightly overwhelmed, you are not alone. Fantasy is a huge genre with dozens of sub-genres, and epic fantasy is just one of them. But it is a big one, and once you find the right series, it has a habit of changing the way you read.

If you have ever looked at a map of the world and noticed that South America and Africa look like they might fit together like puzzle pieces, you are not imagining things. Around 335 million years ago, all of Earth's landmasses were joined into one vast supercontinent. Scientists call it Pangea, and it is one of the most fascinating stories in the history of our planet.