A final note on the setting ethos and genre

To finish the opening, before moving onto Reputation and Story Hooks, I'd like to list some suitable viewing and reading, things that fit the setting tropes and general ethos of Enoa. It's a way of making sure people don't walk into the setting with different expectations (much like someone suggesting a sci-fi game and those listening think of Alien and Star Wars, respectively, which have completely different setting conceits and genres within science fiction).

Suggested Reading: Jack Vance's Lyonesse-trilogy is a good start, though the general magic level is much higher than in Enoa, it is a fairly lighthearted, old-fashioned fairytale with evil kings, good kings, alien non-human humanoids and Fair Folk that doesn't bring Tolkien to mind. Tad Williams Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, while somewhat dark and depressing at times, is also a good choice. For a more Arthurian spin, there's Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, about a bunch of college students drawn into a very Tolkienesque Arthurian alternate universe, it's uneven and can be very grim, but is also a very nice example of Good Triumphs. Neil Gaiman's Stardust is an excellent example of the setting tropes and ethos of Enoa, both book and movie.

Suggested Viewing: Dragonslayer has a very medieval world, that feels real without everyone having facial boils or dying at the end, it's also at times very funny and very scary. It works very well with Enoa, some of the newer Western Kingdoms are very much like the kingdom depicted in Dragonslayer (clumsily built castles, self-absorbed kings who have no real hold on their people without their soldiers, and a common folk who're already wondering why they went with monarchy). Krull is a weird romp through a very odd fantasy world, and the whole magitech aspect of the setting is very reminiscent of the Old World of Enoa. The Princess Bride (based on a somewhat more cynical yarn by William Goldman) is an excellent example of the whole Enoa vibe, heroes who are good but not stupid, bad guys who are evil but not boring, and Good Triumps alongside Love Conquers All. The old miniseries Merlin, starring Sam Neill, is another good watch, it's light, fluffy and not too challenging, and has a surprisingly good cast (even Martin Short as a Fair Folk!). Finally, Dragonheart has a medieval kingdom where the common folk have surprisingly good dental plans, the bad guys are mostly ugly, and the dragon talks like Sean Connery (well, he is Sean Connery, so...). But it also has, at points, oddly accurate dialect placement (the bad guy's chief thug is an Irish viking who speaks with an Old Norse accent, Dennis Quaid's hero Bowen is an Irishman, and the king is a Northerner). Now, in some cases this is to explain the lack of accents on some of them (David Thewlis is a Northerner and Quaid is from the US), but in the case of Brian Thompson's oafish viking it's pure actor skill. Don't watch it expecting anything like historical accuracy, though.

Suggested Listening: Epic opera metal like Nightwish (before they switched out their lead singer for a decidedly lesser voice) or the likes works well, all bombast, fluff and not so much content but lots of heart and most importantly, fun. Other than that and various bombastic motion picture scores (start with Dragonheart and go from there), I'd suggest music from video and computer games such as Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, World of Warcraft, the Fable games (the main theme of the first one was written by Danny Elfman), and most of Bill Brown's work in fantasy games (he has free, legal samples for download on his website).