duskmay

Duskmay is a fantasy world created by American author and game designer K. Tempest Bradford. The world is known for its complex web of interconnected ecosystems, cultures, and mythologies. It serves as the backdrop for a series of fantasy stories, including those set in the Duskmay nations, which are partitioned by terrain features such as canyons, drylands, rivers, and mountains.

The Duskmay is primarily a grimdark world, characterized by a string of authoritarian regimes, colonialist world powers, bandit kingdoms, and powerful magical practitioners. These are the actions of powerful individuals and groups who are manipulating the world for their own gain. Bradford's works in the Duskmay universe explore the human condition, highlighting darker themes such as empire-building, colonialism, and power dynamics.

Duskmay has been the subject of various short stories and essays by Bradford, as well as open-source doc-films and transmedia projects that explore the world's many mysteries and subplots. The world's creator has stated that while stories within the Duskmay universe share certain mythology, the different peoples and organizations that inhabit this world come from various points in time, they share a varied number of cultural practices.

While some sci-fi fans have compared Duskmay to Cairo, descriptions by game designers and fiction writers have noted more fantastical aspects. Duskmay's development and narrative builds heavily off of experiences like world faire atmosphere.