* Symbol of the Imperium ( Warhammer 40, 000 ) in the fictional Warhammer 40, 000 universe

* Marienburg ( Warhammer ), a fictional city in the Warhammer Fantasy world

* Norsca ( Warhammer ), a fictional land in the Warhammer Fantasy game setting

In contrast to many other fictional FTL technologies, such as a " jump drive " or the Infinite Improbability Drive, the warp drive does not permit instantaneous travel between two points ; instead, warp drive technology creates an artificial " bubble " of normal space-time that surrounds the spacecraft ( as opposed to entering a separate realm or dimension like hyperspace, as is used in the Star Wars, Stargate franchise, Warhammer 40, 000, Babylon 5 and Andromeda universes ).

Warhammer 40, 000s space-fantasy setting spans a vast fictional universe set in the far future of the forty-first millennium.

The Eldar are a race of elf like beings who inhabit the fictional universe of the game Warhammer 40, 000, a 1987 tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, set in a dystopian science-fantasy universe.

* Eldar ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), ancient race of elf-like aliens in the Warhammer 40, 000 fictional universe

The Tyranids are a fictional race from the Warhammer 40, 000 tabletop game and its spin-off media.

* Stormtroopers, elite soldiers in the fictional Imperial Guard of Warhammer 40, 000

* Ork ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), a fictional species in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe

In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40, 000 created by Games Workshop, Space Marines are genetically modified superhuman soldiers, the elite warriors of the Imperium of Man.

* Blackstone Fortress, a type of space station in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40, 000

* Cypher ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), a character from the fictional Warhammer 40, 000 universe

* In the Warhammer 40, 000 fictional universe, the Eldar race live and travel aboard interstellar arks, Craftworlds

The fictional Warhammer races and events are described, below, using in-universe tone.

* Space Marines ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), a fictional army in Warhammer 40, 000

* Eisenstein ( spacecraft ), a fictional spacecraft, featured in Flight of the Eisenstein, a 2007 novel by James Swallow for the Horus Heresy series of Warhammer 40, 000.

In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40, 000, the Dark Eldar are a Kindred of the Eldar, an ancient and advanced race of elf-like humanoids.

At least one work of fiction, the film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, uses Gaia philosophy as a central point to the plot, and may arguably represent a fictional parallel to Sir James Lovelock in the character of Dr. Cid, who is met with skepticism from the scientific and social community when he promotes the idea of a " living Earth ".

Fantasy and science fiction subjects are sometimes not considered wargames because there is nothing in the real world to model, however, conflict in a self-consistent fictional world lends itself to exactly the same types of games and game designs as does military history.

The majority of the Fighting Fantasy titles are set in the fictional and medieval world of Titan, which consists of three giant continents.

* The fictional city of Zanarkand in the Final Fantasy series, used Samarkand as inspiration.

* Norad, a fictional town in the Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon videogame

* Cocoon, a fictional world in the video game Final Fantasy XIII

* Terra Branford, a fictional character from Final Fantasy VI

* Terra, a fictional universe in Final Fantasy IX

Category: Fantasy novels by fictional universe

* Blood of the Mantis, a 2009 Fantasy novel by British author Adrian Tchaikovsky ( and set in a fictional universe where different human races are modeled on different insects ) is dedicated to Fabre.

A is a fictional creature from the Final Fantasy video game series by Square and Square Enix.

* Cid ( Final Fantasy ), a series of fictional characters in the Final Fantasy series of computer role-playing games

* Gaia ( Final Fantasy VII ), fictional world

* Gaia, fictional world in Final Fantasy IX

is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Square's ( now Square Enix's ) role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs.

* Carpathia, a fictional Balkan kingdom in the films The Prince and the Showgirl, Ghostbusters II, and Dragon Storm, as well as season 1, episode 14 of the television show Fantasy Island.

A Buster Sword is a fictional blade used in Final Fantasy VII.

is a fictional character and the protagonist of the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

* Irvine Kinneas, fictional character in the 1999 video game Final Fantasy VIII

* Aerith Gainsborough, a fictional character from Final Fantasy VII

* Nero the Sable, member of the fictional Tsviets of Deepground in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

* Grey Mountains in the fictional Warhammer Fantasy setting by Games Workshop

Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events ; others are completely fictional tales set in a familiar setting, such as the American Old West, or the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

Editor Farnsworth Wright subsequently prompted Howard to write an 8, 000 word essay for personal use detailing " the Hyborian Age ," the fictional setting for Conan.

The first book, Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One ( 1932 – 1933 ) ( 2003 ; published in the US as The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian ) includes Howard's notes on his fictional setting, as well as letters and poems concerning the genesis of his ideas.

Typically, each player controls only a single character, which represents an individual in a fictional setting.

Although the Fortune Deck resembles ( and can be used as ) a fortune-telling device, Everway treats the Deck only as a storytelling device and an element of the fictional setting.

The feelies pioneered by text adventure company Infocom include many examples, such as blueprints, maps, documents, and publications designed within the context of each game's fictional setting.

* Ket ( Greyhawk ), a fictional nation in the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting

The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with each other in character.

After the war he was ill for many months, recovering at the family's ancestral home in Duke's Denver, a fictional setting — as is the Duchy of Denver — about 15 miles ( 24 km ) beyond the real Denver in Norfolk, on the A10 near Downham Market.

Known Space is the fictional setting of some dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories written by author Larry Niven.

* Mode magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is the setting for the ABC series Ugly Betty

There are fictional entities, in the same sense in which, setting aside philosophical disputes, there are people, Mondays, numbers and planets.

The Marvel Universe was also notable for setting its central titles in New York City ; by contrast, many DC heroes live in fictional cities.

A role-playing game ( RPG and sometimes roleplaying game ) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

Players are often costumed as their characters and use appropriate props, and the venue may be decorated to resemble the fictional setting.

One common feature of many RPGs is the role of gamemaster, a participant who has special duties to present the fictional setting, arbitrate the results of character actions, and maintain the narrative flow.

The fictional Taft University, where Susan teaches, was also a primary setting for the Spenser novel Playmates, and the non-Spenser novel Love and Glory.

Carrickstown is the fictional setting of the series.

The Enterprise or USS Enterprise ( often referred to as the " Starship Enterprise ") is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek franchise.

The show's name came from its setting, a small, fictional Washington town.

For the weekend the Town of Langley turns into the setting of a fictional murder mystery.

The games also support commands to the game directly ( rather than taking actions within the fictional setting of the game ) such as " save " and " restore ", " script " and " unscript " ( which begin and end a text transcript of the game text ), " restart ", and " quit ".

That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the main characters tend to be fictional.

Many films have been created which attempt to use a historic event or setting as a backdrop and actors portray fictional or historical figures set in these events.