What Fantasy Subgenre Are You?

Published: 23 Apr 2025 | Updated: 23 Apr 2025

How we imagine magic, adventure, and wonder varies uniquely for each of us. This quiz will reveal which fantasy subgenre resonates most with your essence.

Answer honestly. The ancient scrolls don't judge, and neither do I.

As with all personality quizzes, this is more enchantment than divination!

What draws you most to a fantasy world?

Sweeping landscapes, ancient kingdoms, and maps that invite exploration.
Enchanted forests, hidden cottages, and places where transformation happens.
The familiar modern world with secret magical elements hiding in plain sight.
Meticulously researched historical settings with magical twists.
Everyday reality where unexplained events occur without fanfare.
Primal landscapes shaped by gods and cosmic forces beyond human understanding.

Which characters appeal to you most?

Heroes with destiny, wise mentors, and clearly defined villains.
Tricksters, transformed beings, and those who must solve magical riddles.
Modern people with magical abilities, supernatural creatures in disguise.
Historical figures interacting with fictional magical characters.
Ordinary people experiencing extraordinary circumstances they accept without question.
Mortals walking among gods, characters embodying primeval forces.

How do you prefer magic to work in stories?

Clear systems with established rules, often wielded by special individuals.
Whimsical, transformative, and often following poetic rules of three or seven.
Hidden beneath the surface of modern life, with secret organizations and magical communities.
Connected to historical beliefs and practices, feeling authentic to the period.
Subtle and unexplained, woven into reality without drawing attention to itself.
Primal forces tied to creation myths, often manifesting through rituals or divine intervention.

What tone do you gravitate toward in stories?

Epic and inspiring, with clear moral lessons.
Enchanting and symbolic, with hidden meanings.
Fast-paced and contemporary, with touches of humor amid danger.
Immersive and detailed, blending historical fact with fantasy.
Matter-of-fact about the extraordinary, often with lyrical prose.
Profound and sometimes enigmatic, touching on universal truths.

Which themes resonate most with you?

Good versus evil, coming of age, the hero's journey.
Transformation, the power of kindness, hidden wisdom in simple packages.
Balance between mundane and magical worlds, finding one's place between realms.
How history might have been, cultural identity, forgotten knowledge.
The extraordinary within ordinary life, family legacies, cultural memory.
Humanity's relationship with divine forces, archetypal journeys, cycles of existence.

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Zachary Kai is a space fantasy writer, offbeat queer, traveler, zinester, and avowed generalist. The internet is his livelihood and lifeline.

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