
Do you know about Noblebright Fantasy?
Noblebright Fantasy is a term that has been around for a while. It was first coined among the gaming community as a counterpart for their considered "grimdark" game, WarHammer 40,000.
Unlike Dark Fantasy, which was meant to categorize fantasy that contained traces of Horror genre, Grimdark Fantasy referred instead to fantasy stories

with grittier, more violent plot-lines, in which the views of the world and the motivations of the characters where often darker, amoral and more violent. As a response to this grimdark trend, the gaming community, and later the fantasy community in general, introduced the term Noblebright.
So what is Noblebright Fantasy?

Author C.J. Brightley, who first defined the term in the recent years in a literary environment , describes it as:
Noblebright fantasy has at least one important character with noble, idealistic motives who does the right thing out of principle. The character is flawed, but his or her actions are generally defined by honesty, integrity, sacrifice, love, and kindness. The story upholds the goodness of the character; the character’s good qualities are not held up as naiveté, cluelessness, or stupidity, but rather shown to be worthwhile. Good characters can make a difference.
Heroes and Swords: A Noblebright Fantasy Collection.

In the spirit of the classic fantasy of Tolkien, Terry Pratchett and Brandon Sanderson, authors of Noblebright Fantasy all around the world have come together in this E-book giveaway. With stories that are uplifting and full of hope, and heroes who strive for goodness and fight to save their worlds, Heroes and Swords will transport readers back to the glory of heroic fantasies, fabulous quests and characters full of charisma and courage.
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