About

The Project

Why?

Because I can.

This is mostly just a fun worldbuilding passion project with no real goal. The world may not be as massive as some other Anvilite's worlds, but it is ever growing. I don't know where this project will lead, but I will enjoy continuing to build the world for it.

This website (hosted by World Anvil) serves as a Wikipedia for the world and hosts the manuscripts themselves. Legends of the Dragonguard is created and written by Nulcheck, a random generic dude.

Inspirations
This world of mine is heavily inspired by many things, such as How to Train Your Dragon, Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, and more.

Story
What little story there is follows some members of the Dragonguard tasked with defending their city and the world from various significant threats. Trust me, the worldbuilding is more developed than the story, haha.

The Setting

Analog Solarpunk technology with dragons!

Legends of the Dragonguard (LotD) is an epic fantasy world that has an analog solarpunk technology setting teaming with dragons of all kinds, some of which have been assimilated into human society.

Technology Level
The technology level in this world is similar to modern technology, albeit more analog. Think of the end of the Cold War era, before everything went digital. That being said, that doesn't mean there aren't impressive scientific advances.

Solarpunk is speculative fiction that incorporates the progression of technology alongside the environment. And in a world without the same processes for producing large amounts of crude oil and coal as in our reality, the people of this world would need to find alternative methods to generate electricity.

Now, how fun would it be to have a world like this with dragons instead of another medieval setting? :D That's why I created this world when the idea popped into my head.

Learn more about the content on this site.

Genres of this world: Epic Fantasy Dark Fantasy Dragon Fantasy Solarpunk

Sensitive content in this world: Violence Drugs / Alcohol Animal Abuse Profanity

The Origins

It all started after I finished the Dreamwork's Dragons: The Nine Realms show on Hulu; it seemed to me that the HTTYD franchise was finally done, and that made me kinda sad. (Despite the low rating of the final show)

When I went to bed that night, a few scenes played out in my head, but they were not of the HTTYD franchise; they were my own characters, style, technologies, and locations. The next day (March 25, 2024), I made an account on World Anvil and created my world. Luckily, I was still able to remember the scenes that played out in my head from the previous night. I eventually wrote them down and continued to expand the world. Next thing I knew, several months had passed, and the Summer Camp event was starting. The rest is history.

I have archived the few original scenes in their first state as they were at the time, on this site. It is garbage writing, but it's what started this whole thing.
Pilot / Intro
Zella & Sabretail
Battle of Rayhaven

To learn more about the world and its setting, check out the introduction page.

Information Brief

About the Author

Nulcheck's has no expertise in anything. I'm not even so much as a "Jack of all trades," and certainly not a master of anything, let alone one thing. I have made some electronic music before, but I also enjoy worldbuilding. At one point, my friends and I had ideas for making video games, but it never panned out for various reasons.

Hailing from the midwest United States, I grew up in a military family. I enjoy analog technology, am intrigued by the concept of null (hence the username), appreciate both solarpunk and steampunk aesthetics, and, of course, I like almost anything that features dragons. My favorite movie, How to Train Your Dragon, along with the Elder Scrolls franchise, inspired me to create this world.

I'm not a writer; I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I had an idea for a thing, expanded on it a bit, and here it is.
Also, I think I have Early-Onset Worldbuilder's Disease. help

— Nulcheck

Sage Nulcheck

                   

My Worlds

> Root Directory is my hub world <
Legends of the Dragonguard • /dev/null

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Summer Camp 2026

Fly high, Guardian. o7

— Nulcheck

LotD

History

Milestones

July

New character/species article design launched.

June 20

Homepage 3.0 launched.

May 22

First sketch of dragonkin — Pygmy Wyvern

May 20

100 followers!

April 9

Community Achievements / Medals feature launched.

April 6

Postcards feature launched.

2026

January 3

14.4k words written for 2nd WorldEmber.

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November 13

150k words in articles
(After technical articles were moved to Root Directory)

November 8

250 total articles

September 12

75 followers

August 2

9 new articles created during 2nd Summer Camp.

June 12

Homepage 2.2 launched.

March 20

50 followers

March 11

Dragonguard article featured on World Anvil!

March 1

Homepage 2.1 launched.

Feburary 11

Homepage 2.0 launched.

2025

January 4

~17k words written for 1st WorldEmber.

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November 30

18k words in Book 1 manuscript at the end of NovelEmber.

November 15

25 followers

November 15

10k words in Book 1 manuscript.

November 13

100k words in articles
(A lot were technical articles before they were moved to Root Directory)

November 1

NovelEmber starts - Writing the Manuscript for Book 1 begins.

October 19

200 total articles

August 3

64 new articles created during 1st Summer Camp.

July 13

Manuscript for the "History of the Dragonguard" is created.

July 12

50k words in articles

June 28

First 10 followers

April 19

The official name is set to Legends of the Dragonguard.

April 5

Manuscript for Book 1 is created.

April

Custom CSS theme created.

March 30

10k words in articles

2024

March 25

Dragon Defenders is created.