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6A subgenre of HistoricalFiction, Historical Fantasy is similar to UrbanFantasy, except the setting will be a time and place in the past rather than modern times.
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8Historical fantasy novels will be set in an actually historic and geographic location on our own Earth. Although fantastic elements exist in the novel, these are implied not to have made it into the history books because of TheMasquerade or else were dismissed as myth and superstition by more modern historians. Books of this type are typically LowFantasy, since disguising the epic scope of HighFantasy to {{muggles}} in a real world setting would be very implausible.
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10Alternately, the world may be obviously meant to be a real, historical place, but names may have been slightly changed and fantastic elements added. This is a subjective area, so please only add examples where a very clear parallel can be drawn between the real and fantasy world.
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12There can be some overlap with AlternateHistory (particularly Alien Space Bats) if the fantastic elements are shown to have actually changed history as we know it. Expect the throwing in of fantastic elements to lead to a {{Historical Hero|Upgrade}} or [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Villain Upgrade]]. May overlap with WeirdHistoricalWar in stories set during historical conflicts. Essentially the inverse of {{Demythification}}, which is a genre that takes the supernatural elements out of an existing myth or legend. GaslampFantasy and MedievalEuropeanFantasy are subtropes.
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14!!Examples:
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16[[index]]
17[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18* ''Manga/BlackButler'' is set in Victorian England, but the titular butler is a demon and there are other supernatural elements such as [[{{Shinigami}} Grim Reapers]].
19* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortalBakumatsuArc'' takes place during the Bakumatsu era in Japan and partly follows political leaders of the time, such as the Shinsengumi.
20* ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'' largely takes place in a 1970s Japan that looks very much like the real world deal...except for the aforementioned vampires running around.
21* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' is set in the 1920s in America, and features a [[ChurchMilitant nun-with-a-gun]] and [[DealWithTheDevil the demon she's contracted to]] fighting demons and other supernatural threats. The manga also fits under AlternateHistory towards the end, but the anime makes a point of working in the 1981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt into the finale of the show.
22* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' takes place in Japan at some point during the Taisho Era (1912-1926), where things are mostly unchanged from history aside from there being [[{{Oni}} demons]] who secretly prey on humans.
23* ''Manga/{{Dororo}}''
24** ''Anime/Dororo2019''
25* Near the end of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', the protagonist travels from a seemingly-ConstructedWorld [[spoiler:to real world Europe in the 1930s]]. This would be the primary setting for ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa Conqueror of Shamballa]]''
26* ''Manga/TheElusiveSamurai'' is set during 1330s Japan, with the protagonist Hojo Tokiyuki and much of the cast being {{Historical Domain Character}}s. Divine power is shown as demonstrably real, and even aside the literal magic the story abounds with CharlesAtlasSuperpower and deliberately absurdist elements.
27* ''VideoGame/{{Gatekeepers}}'' likewise is set a bit further back, in 1969-70 Tokyo, with a dash of AlternateHistory. Aside from the Invaders and superpowered heroes, it does manage to capture the real economic and social changes in Japan during that time.
28* ''Manga/HoshinEngi''
29* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is set in Sengoku-era Japan but with {{youkai}} and magic, and yet the timeline appears to be unchanged.
30* ''Manga/MariaTheVirginWitch'' takes place during the Hundred Years War.
31* ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' is set in the 16th century during Spain's exploration/exploitation of the New World, but with [[LostTechnology Lost]] {{Magitek}}.
32* ''Manga/OujaNoYuugi'' is a fantasy retelling of the ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' and the Three Kingdoms history.
33* ''Manga/RedRiver1995'', set in the Hittite Empire.
34* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' takes place during [[JidaiGeki the Bakumatsu era]] of Japan, and it has some minor fantastical elements, like the existence of ki. Zombies, however, are most likely [[MushroomSamba mushroom-induced hallucinations]].
35* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' is set in Sengoku Japan with a truckload of FunctionalMagic and LensmanArmsRace levels of new hidden powers coming to the forefront.
36* ''Manga/ShutHell'', set in the early 13th century, during UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's time.
37* ''Manga/TougeOni'', set in 7th century Japan.
38* ''Anime/{{Yasuke}}'' is set in the Sengoku period and features real historical figures like UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, but also has magic and HumongousMecha.
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41[[folder:Audio Plays]]
42* ''Podcast/TheSpringheelSaga'' takes place between 1837 and 1904 (spanning the entire [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian]] era) and gives a fantasy-adventure twist to the real-life Spring-Heeled Jack phenomenon.
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45[[folder:Comic Books]]
46* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'':
47** ''ComicBook/{{Defoe}}'' follows a motley group of adventurers as they fight [[ZombieApocalypse zombie hordes]] in the 17th century.
48** ''ComicBook/{{Aquila}}'' is set in a Roman Empire filled with gods and monsters and follows an immortal gladiator hunting the wicked to take their souls to hell.
49* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' is set in Gaul under Roman rule, the Gauls' village is the last one not to fall to the Romans because their druid is able to provide them with a magic potion that grants them super strength.
50* ''ComicBook/BrothersDracul'' is set during the childhood of the historical UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler as his Ottoman captors train him to kill vampires.
51* ''ComicBook/{{Hound|2014}}'' is set in mythical ancient Ireland.
52* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''.
53* ''ComicBook/{{Papyrus}}'' take place in AncientEgypt. The cast interact with historical characters from that era, but Gods and monsters also present.
54* ''ComicBook/RebelDeadRevenge'' is set during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and deals with Satan's scheme to unleash a zombie Confederate army.
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57[[folder:Fanfiction]]
58* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' places the events of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' in 1040 AD, showing what happens to history when 1) a Norse colony learns how to tame and ride dragons and 2) the son of said colony's chief, who showed his people how to train dragons in the first place, is a genius engineer who kicks off a OneManIndustrialRevolution. The description provided on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10408971/chapters/22985466 the Archive Of Our Own page]] for the story says it all:
59-->''Take History. Add Dragons. Stir until a Genius makes friends with them and things explode. Take the resulting stock of Hiccup and tamed dragons and set it to simmering in 1040 AD, in the Scottish Hebrides. Add more Kings, Emperors, Romans, Vikings, Conquerors, Spies, Warriors, Thieves, Knights, and Nobles, to taste. Take cover, and sit back to watch the fireworks.''
60* ''Fanfic/EarthARendezvousWithDestiny'' is set in an alternate Cold War mixing the hard sci-fi technology of the [[TheFifties 50s]] and [[TheSixties 60s]] with the ScienceFantasy and the SpaceOpera trappings of ''Franchise/StarWars'', specifically that of [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic the Old Republic era]].
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63[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
64* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' imagines that the famous Romanov heiress was really the target of a magical plot, and Rasputin was really an evil sorcerer (something which many people believed at the time). Fox took care to market the film as a 'historical fairy tale' in Russia not to be taken as fact. It worked and [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales they loved it]].
65* ''WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio'' moves [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the source material]] a few decades forward to use UsefulNotes/FascistItaly as a major backdrop. The equivalent of the Coachman is a fascist official who wants to make the eponymous [[ResurrectiveImmortality immortal]] puppet a SuperSoldier, while the showman has Pinocchio perform for Mussolini himself.
66* ''WesternAnimation/IrishFolkloreTrilogy'':
67** ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'' takes place at some point during the 9th century, when Ireland was frequently raided by Vikings, and it focuses on the making of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells Book of Kells]], a real illuminated manuscript. It's also a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory highly fictionalized account]] of the making of said book, including fantasy elements like fairies and an ancient Irish god.
68** ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' is set against a much more recent historical backdrop - the great storm of 1987 - but still qualifies, featuring selkies, fairies, an owl-witch, and a petrified giant, in Ireland a generation before its 2014 release.
69** ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'' takes place in Ireland in the year 1650, during UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell's rule over the United Kingdom (though in this film, he's [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only known as "the Lord Protector"]], which is the title he went under instead of "King"). The fantasy elements all revolve around the titular Wolfwalkers, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf-like beings]] whose spirits leave their bodies and become wolves whenever they sleep.
70* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' is based on the ballad of Hua Mulan, a Chinese legendary figure. It's in a LowFantasy version of Ancient China, where the only supernatural elements are the spirits of Mulan's ancestors and her talking dragon sidekick.
71* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pachamama}}'' is set in the Inca Empire, but with shamanic magic being real.
72* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' takes place in a Virginia that has talking willow trees, with the titular heroine having distinct shamanic powers. Filmmakers stressed that they were merely adapting a legend rather than what really happened.
73* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' takes place in [[TheBigEasy New Orleans]] during TheRoaringTwenties, as obvious by the aesthetic and the music style. It also features magic in the form of HollywoodVoodoo, including the villain making a DealWithTheDevil and performing ForcedTransformation on the two protagonists.
74* ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' is set in a version of Muromachi-era Japan where spirits and gods openly walk the earth.
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77[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
78* ''Film/FortySevenRonin'' is set in Japan during the Edo period but the country is teeming with witches, demons, dragons, and other fantastical creatures.
79* ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone'', about a ghost haunting an orphanage in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. ''Pan's Labyrinth'' below is [[WordOfGod officially]] part of the same universe.
80* ''Film/{{Errementari}}'', loosely based on a Basque folktale about a blacksmith who makes a DealWithTheDevil, set in the aftermath of the First Carlist War.
81* ''Film/FairyTaleATrueStory'' is a fantasy version of a real-life event where two girls took photos of fairies in their garden (they later confessed that they had faked the photos). The film shows that the fairies are indeed real, with guardian angels implied to exist too.
82* ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' showcases JK Rowling's magical community in 1920s New York, putting the movie squarely between this and UrbanFantasy.
83* The ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' films focus on an order of people called the Immortals, who have appeared at various points throughout history.
84* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': The movies take place in the 1930s and 50s where Indy has to encounter various mythical artefacts such as TheArkOfTheCovenant and the HolyGrail.
85* ''Film/{{Irati}}'': A fictional origin story of Eneko Aritza, the first King of Pamplona (later Navarre) about whom very little precise information is known, featuring the 8th century Battle of Roncevaux along with the gods and creatures of Basque Mythology.
86* ''Film/TheNorthman'', a retelling of the story of Amleth from the ''Literature/GestaDanorum'' that is at once firmly rooted in the Viking Age and featuring magic and Myth/NorseMythology.
87* ''Film/PansLabyrinth'': An 'adult fairy tale' about a girl who discovers she is a princess from a magical kingdom in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
88* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' was set in a loose early 18th century setting until the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides fourth movie]] set the year in 1750 and introduced historical characters such as Blackbeard[[note]]He's still alive thanks to Voodoo[[/note]], George II of Britain and Ferdinand VI of Spain.
89* ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'' takes place at the dawning of the 19th century, and deals with a WickedWitch summoning the Headless Horseman from the depths of Hell as part of a revenge plot. This is in contrast to the book, where the Horseman is only a trick organised by the locals.
90* ''Film/LesVisiteurs'' and its sequels are TimeTravel stories set in various eras of French history, with the two protagonists coming from the 12th century. Time travels are made possible by at least one lineage of wizards, and there were witches around in the 12th century.
91* ''Film/TheWitch'' follows a family of [[NewEnglandPuritan New England Puritans]] in the 17th century who live in fear of witches in the woods... and the witches are completely real, with their portrayal lifted from [[DeliberateValuesDissonance writings of the time]], instead of portraying the protagonists as MedievalMorons and coming up with some explanation based on ergot or mass hysteria like other works would.
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94[[folder:Literature]]
95* ''Literature/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter''.
96** And ''Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter''.
97** And ''King Henry VIII: Wolfman''.
98** And ''Dawn of the Dreadfuls''.
99** And ''Pride & Prejudice & Zombies''.
100** And ''Dreadfully Ever After''.
101** And ''Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters''.[[/index]]
102* Modern retellings of Myth/ArthurianLegend often overlap with HistoricalFiction to show the writer's version of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_basis_for_King_Arthur "true story" behind the legend]]. These are set in a more or less historical Europe in the [[DarkAgeEurope Dark Ages]] (or TheLowMiddleAges) instead of the fantasyland Europe of ChivalricRomance, usually depicted as HighMiddleAges. These may trade the glittering castles and [[KnightinShiningArmor knights in shining plate armor]] for [[{{Demythification}} wooden hill-forts and horsemen in leather and chain mail]]. But magic and other fantastic elements may remain, thus falling under this trope. Other retellings (listed under {{Demythification}}) play it straight and omit all fantastic elements.
103** Gillian Bradshaw's ''Literature/DownTheLongWind'' trilogy. The fantasy elements are strongest in the first book, wherein Gwalchmai (Gawain) receives [[{{Excalibur}} Caledfwlch]] from the Celtic Otherworld and opposes the Dark sorcery of his mother Morgause as a servant of the Light. These elements are less pronounced in the sequels - possibly because of [[SwitchingPOV different narrators]] in each book: Gwalchmai, then his [[KidSidekick Teen Sidekick]] or "squire", then Gwynhwyfar (Guinevere).
104** ''Literature/ThePendragonCycle'' by Creator/StephenRLawhead contains virtually no "flashy" magic like spell-casting, etc. But Merlin is descended from [[{{Atlantis}} Atlanteans]], who are treated like Tolkien's Elves - including their longevity and application of magic.
105** Joan Wolf's ''Literature/TheRoadToAvalon'' has no magical elements except for Arthur and Morgan le Fay (portrayed as Arthur's true love) sharing a telepathic link. Merlin is a Roman-trained engineer.
106** Courtway Jones' ''Literature/InTheShadowOfTheOakKing'' similarly strips out the magic except for making Arthur and his half-brother Pelleas telepaths. Pelleas also [[BondCreatures bonds with]] a pack of wolves. Merlin is a blacksmith and general wise man.[[index]]
107** ''Literature/TheWarlordChronicles'' by Creator/BernardCornwell, which casts Arthur as a Celtic pagan king during the Anglo-Saxon settlement and Christianization of Britain, takes the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane route for the first two books, but the waters get muddy in the third book due to some {{Contrived Coincidence}}s. It also has an UnreliableNarrator.[[/index]]
108** Creator/DavidGemmell's [[index]]''Literature/GhostKing'' and ''The Last Sword of Power'', much more akin to "fantasy" than "historical" fiction though they're set in post-Roman Britain.
109** ''[[Literature/{{Gwenhwyfar}} Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit]]'' by Creator/MercedesLackey.
110** ''Literature/MadMerlin'' by J. Robert King and its sequels.
111** ''Literature/TheComingOfTheKing'' by Nikolai Tolstoy.
112** The ''Literature/{{Arthor}}'' series by A. A. Attanasio.
113** ''Literature/TheMistsOfAvalon'' by Creator/MarionZimmerBradley. It has a series of prequels set in Britain co-authored with, and then (after Bradley's death) solely written by, Diana L. Paxson.
114** ''Literature/TheWhiteRaven'', a retelling of Tristan and Isolde by Diana L. Paxson. Followed by ''The Hallowed Isle'' series, her own retelling of the Arthurian legends.
115** Mary Stewart's ''Literature/MerlinTrilogy'' (later expanded to five) is mostly realistic but has some magical elements.[[/index]]
116** Lavie Tidhar's ''Literature/ByForceAlone'' is a [[{{SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism}} fairly cynical]], DarkerAndEdgier take on the legend (with Arthur being less of a romanticized [[{{KnightInShiningArmor}} Once and Future King]] and more of a medieval mob boss and TheDungAges are in full effect), while simultaneously being heavier on the "fantasy" and lighter on the "historical" side. It is a loose adaptation through the lens of {{Postmodernism}}, with a smattering of the FantasyKitchenSink (just two examples: Lancelot, in this version, is a [[TwoferTokenMinority Black Jewish]] member of some sort of [[{{NinjaPirateZombieRobot}} semi-magical ninjaesque order]]; as a minor sideline of the plot, but still quite central to two chapters, [[{{AliensInCardiff}} aliens show up for some reason]]). All of this is very much in line with Tidhar's usual style.[[index]]
117** ''Literature/MordredsHeirs'' by Creator/JoelRosenberg.
118** ''Literature/HereLiesArthur'' by Creator/PhilipReeve.
119* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' injects [[HermeticMagic alchemy]] (specifically, the [[ImmortalityInducer Elixir of Life]] and [[ArtificialHuman homunculi]]) into the [[{{Gangsterland}} organized crime world]] of the 1930s.
120* ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' takes place in an early 2000s[[note]]Chronologically, but the tech level is lower due to reliance on magic.[[/note]] Britain, ruled by a {{Magocracy}}. It's briefly mentioned that among other deviations from real life history, the American Revolution hasn't happened yet: that is, the North American colonies are still British possessions that are only now gearing up to break free.
121* ''Literature/TheBlackDouglas'': Werewolves in fifteenth century Scotland and France. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Or not.]] (But probably.)
122* ''Literature/BrideOfTheRatGod'', also by Hambly, about a cursed artifact that winds up being a prop in a Hollywood film.
123* In ''Literature/{{Campione}}'' the modern myths of King Arthur were created and perpetuated by Guinevere. The original story is far different, with "Artos" being a god the British worshipped after he killed a [[HistoricalInJoke Roman general who had become a Campione]] and became their land's protector.
124* ''Literature/TheCardinalsBlades'' series by Pierre Pevel is Creator/AlexandreDumas with dragons and dragon-kin, and also a PerspectiveFlip since the heroes are agents of Richelieu.
125* ''Literature/TheCatsOfSeroster'' by Creator/RobertWestall is set in a fairly realistic version of 16th Century France, with the tactics, weaponry and technology of the era preserved intact. It's just that there also happen to be [[{{telepathy}} telepathic]] cats and mystical knives that grant immortality to the wielder.[[/index]]
126* ''Literature/ChildOfTheEagle'' by Creator/EstherFriesner. [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Venus]] appears to [[AncientRome Marcus Brutus]] and convinces him to thwart the assassination of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.[[index]]
127* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'' is a ''prehistoric'' fantasy series, set in Stone Age northern Europe (WordOfGod puts it at about 6000 years ago) but with demons, {{Nature Spirit}}s, and shamanism.
128* Takashi Matsuoka's ''Literature/CloudOfSparrows'' and ''Autumn Bridge'' are set in 19th century Japan, but some members of the Okumichi clan can see the future.
129* ''Literature/ACurseDarkAsGold'' by Elizabeth Bunce focuses on a miller's problems with the shifting industry during the UsefulNotes/IndustrialRevolution... and also the uncooperative GeniusLoci mill, a few visits from TheFairFolk, and the titular curse.
130* Colleen [=McCullough's=] novels set in {{ancient Rome}} are all considered historical fiction, but feature a few ambiguous fantastical elements such as various prophecies coming true and omens almost always being accurate. Accurate prophecies and omens are fairly common in "realist" fiction, and frequently are not considered fantastical elements. After all, lots of people in the [[RealLife real world]] believes those things to be true. It should also be noted that the Romans themselves placed great stock in fortunetelling and divination.
131* Sylvain Hotte's ''Literature/{{Darhan}}'' series takes place in the time of Genghis Khan.
132* [[/index]]Creator/DavidGemmell:[[index]]
133** The ''Literature/StonesOfPower'' sequence includes a few series like this, one set in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece around the time of Philip II and Alexander the Great (''Literature/LionOfMacedon''), and another in Arthurian Britain (''Literature/GhostKing'').
134** He's also got one set during the siege of Troy, ''Literature/TheTroySaga'', though this one is presented in such a way that almost all of the supernatural things apart from [[CassandraTruth Kassandra's precognition]] have obvious natural explanations.
135* ''Literature/{{Deathless}}'' retells the Russian folk tale ''Literature/TheDeathOfKoscheiTheDeathless'' against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.
136* ''Literature/DevilsTower'' and ''Devil's Engine'' by Mark Sumner: a combination of the fantasy and western genres. The Battle of Shiloh released magic into the world. A generation later the United States and the Confederacy are confined to the east and the western half of the country is broken up into isolated communities run by sheriffs who've mastered some magical powers.
137* The ''Literature/DiogenesClub'' stories are set roughly between 1900 and 1980, mostly in the UK, and feature magic rituals, ghosts, zombies, golems, extradimensional horrors, and Dark Lords. (And possibly also aliens, although the characters [[OutsideContextProblem aren't sure what to make of the aliens]], and suspect they actually fall under extradimensional horrors.)
138* The ''Literature/{{Dragonkeeper}}'' books are set in Ancient China, in which fantastical elements of Chinese mythology and folklore are presented as very real, albeit uncommon. The prequel is set in 282 BC, the first trilogy is set in the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) and the second trilogy begins in 328 AD.
139* ''Literature/EarlAndFairy''
140* The ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series, which doesn't quite fit into [[GenreBusting any one genre]], sometimes has fantastical elements, although technically it would be '''pre'''historical fantasy in this case, the series being set in Europe during the last Ice Age. It's downplayed on account of a heavy dose of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane; it's never made clear if the characters in the setting really do have psychic powers or extrasensory abilities, or if it's all just coincidence, people mistaking phenomena or abilities they don't understand [[DoingInTheWizard for magic]], or the result of [[MushroomSamba really good drugs]] (or heck, maybe a mix of both). Likewise, it's never confirmed if the [[PowersThatBe spirits and deities]] people believe in are real or not, though as with the supposed powers people have, certain occurrences do lead the reader to wonder...
141* ''Literature/TheFactoryWitchesOfLowell'' takes place in the mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts in the 1830s, featuring a passel of mill girls who unionize in the face of deplorable working conditions and unsustainable rent increases. They make use of witchcraft to see their strike to fruition.
142* ''Literature/FengshenYanyi''
143* ''Literature/TheFeyAndTheFallen'' duology overlaps with UrbanFantasy by taking place in the 1970s Ireland during the UsefulNotes/TheTroubles.
144* ''Literature/ForgottenGods'' has TheFairFolk returning to 18th century Britain.
145* Ben Kane's ''Literature/TheForgottenLegion'' trilogy, set during the last decades of the Roman Republic. One of the main characters is the Etruscan seer Tarquinius, one of the few such genuine ones in the books. His divination skills help his friends, fugitive gladiators Romulus and Brennus, survive various escapades -- from Crassus' defeat in Parthia to serving as mercenaries further East (hence the title), to serving with Caesar in Egypt, leading all the way to the Ides of March. Romulus' twin sister Fabiola, sold to a brothel instead of a ludus, also occasionally has accurate visions regarding her brother.
146* ''Literature/GodsAndWarriors'', by the same author as ''Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'', is set in archaic Greece (before the Trojan War and the fall of the Minoan civilization, and before most of the Greek gods had the names we know them by). It has similar elements of mysterious gods or spirits, and communication with animals.
147* ''Literature/TheGolemAndTheJinni'' features its titular characters in late-19th-century New York.
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149* Creator/GuyGavrielKay is a specialist of the variant, with:[[index]]
150** ''Literature/{{Tigana}}'', an obvious stand in for Renaissance era Italy.
151** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' for Spain at the time of the Reconquista.
152** ''Literature/TheSarantineMosaic'' for the Byzantine Empire under Justinian.
153** ''Literature/ASongForArbonne'' for France at the time of the Albigenoise Crusade.
154** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'', based on 9th-century England.
155** ''Literature/UnderHeaven'', based on the An Lushan Rebellion in Tang dynasty China.
156* Herodotus's ''Literature/TheHistories'' can come across as this due to ValuesDissonance - though its intent is strictly a historical recounting of the Persian War, in the Classical Greek sense, that meant adding things like gods appearing on the battlefield.
157* ''Literature/TheInvisibleLifeOfAddieLaRue'' revolves around a woman who became immortal in the early 1700s, with several sections of the novel detailing her life experiences in different time periods (though some sections are set in the modern day).
158* ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'' by Susanna Clarke is set in RegencyEngland, with TheFairFolk and [[FunctionalMagic magicians]].
159* ''Literature/KatIncorrigible'' features an alternate Regency, with magic.
160* ''Literature/KeturahAndLordDeath'' is a romance with Death taking place in the Middle ages.[[/index]]
161* Creator/EricFlint and Creator/DaveFreer's ''Krim Pyramids" books may qualify, taking place largely in Greek and Egyptian myths.
162* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' by Creator/JacquelineCarey stretches the definition towards ConstructedWorld, but is essentially a late Middle-Ages/early Renaissance Europe where Literature/TheFourGospels were literally true, but took a very different turn: His blood shed on the earth at the crucifixion spawned a second messianic figure, Elua, who called a group of angels to leave heaven and follow him; they interbred with humans in the setting's France-equivalent Terre d'Ange. There's workings of high magic and {{Physical God}}s, but little small-scale magic. Skaldia (Germany) and Alba (Britain) are still tribal at the start of the series, while Italy is in its Renaissance-era city-states stage.
163* ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff'' follows "[[JesusTheEarlyYears Josh]]" on his travels to Afghanistan, India, and Tibet to visit TheThreeWiseMen.
164* Paul Kearney's ''Literature/MachtTrilogy''. The first novel, ''The Ten Thousand '' retells Creator/{{Xenophon}}'s ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}''; the remaining novels, ''Corvus'' and ''Kings of Morning'', loosely follow the life of UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat.
165* ''Literature/TheMagiciansAndMrsQuent'': a somewhat barefaced hodgepodge of Creator/JaneAusten, Creator/CharlesDickens, Creator/HenryJames, ''Literature/JaneEyre'', and a couple other 19th century British greats, set in a parallel universe with a really odd sun cycle where magic provides a rationale for some of the gender roles that century is famous for. Clearly evoking the kind of RegencyEngland fantasy Susannah Clarke achieved, but with considerably less subtlety, grace, or prose style.
166* Creator/MercedesLackey's [[UrbanFantasy urban fantasies]] have a series of books in the same universe set in various time periods in Europe.
167* Creator/MercedesLackey, Creator/EricFlint and Creator/DaveFreer wrote the novels ''Literature/TheShadowOfTheLion'' and ''Literature/ThisRoughMagic'', which are set in [[CityOfCanals Venice]] in the 1530s but contain [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], elemental spirits, and FunctionalMagic.[[index]]
168* ''Literature/TheMermaid'' is set in 1842 and has a mermaid hired as an attraction by P.T. Barnum.
169* ''Literature/TheMermansChildren'' is set in the middle ages and follows a group of merfolk as they search for a place where they can live without being cast out by an exorcism.
170* ''Literature/TheMoonAndTheSun'' has a captured mermaid brought to the court of King Louis XIV.
171* Marie Brennan's ''Literature/OnyxCourt'' series recounts the secret history of London and the faeries living beneath it, from Elizabethan times through the Victorian era.
172* ''Literature/{{Portlandtown}}'' takes place in late 19th century Portland, with subtle magic and unsubtle zombies.
173* ''Literature/ProspersDemon'' takes place during the Renaissance in a world where demons are real and exorcists are commonly hired out to get rid of them.
174* Megan Whalen Turner's ''Literature/TheQueensThief'' series is an interesting case. It's set somewhere on the Mediterranean in a culture that's heavily Byzantine, but the countries mentioned are entirely fictional. Turner goes to great pains to make the story feel like real historical fiction. The fantasy comes from the highly active pantheon of gods directing events.
175* ''Literature/QueenOfZazzau'' is based on the life of the semi-legendary Hausa queen [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina Amina]], and combines the historical events with aspects of EpicFantasy: Amina is empowered by a DealWithTheDevil she makes with the Hausa WarGod, and fights enemies who weaponize West African witchcraft as Islam encroaches on her lands from the north.
176* ''Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons'', a 13th century saga that mixes history and fantasy in its portrayal of the 9th century Viking Age.
177* ''Literature/TheSeaOfTrolls'' and sequels by Nancy Farmer.
178* ''Literature/ScholarlyMagics'' is set in an AlternateHistory early twentieth century with FunctionalMagic.
179* ''Literature/ShadesOfMilkAndHoney'': Mary Robinette Kowal's sweet evocation of Creator/JaneAusten and her own art of puppetry (recast as the magic of illusions). Quietly focused on characterization and a slow-burn romance, but with the magical talents an integral, trivial yet all-pervasive force, building to a quite exciting climax. It's RegencyEngland [[InSPACE with Magic!]].
180* ''Literature/TheShadowOfBlackWings'' series by James Calbraith, a steam fantasy set in alternative version of 19th century Wales and Japan.
181* ''Literature/SheWhoBecameTheSun'': While the plot may focus on a real ruler from Chinese history, it completely alters the events of the Hongwu Emperor's life by making the Mandate of Heaven a genuine cosmic force, as well as implying that multiple rulers have supernatural powers. While the fantasy is very much of the [[LowFantasy low]] variety, it's clear that there are fantastical things subtly at work, whether real or perceived.
182* [[/index]]Creator/PatriciaCWrede and Creator/CarolineStevermer's [[index]]''Literature/SorceryAndCecelia'' and its sequels (RegencyEngland, but with [[FunctionalMagic mages]]!).
183** Also, [[/index]]Creator/PatriciaCWrede's[[index]] ''Literature/MairelonTheMagician'' and ''Magician's Ward''.
184* The setting of ''Literature/TheSpiritRing'' by Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold is the fictional city-state of Montefoglia in Renaissance Italy (which co-exists alongside such real-world places as Rome, Milan, and Florence) and where the main difference is the presence of magic, whose use is policed by the Catholic Church. Magic is mostly restricted to enchanted items, allowing certain conveniences but keeping it from being a war-winning superweapon.
185* [[/index]]Creator/NeilGaiman's[[index]] ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' is an odd example, since most of the action takes place outside of historical England. The majority of the mystical parts are contained within the land beyond the wall. The wall is just a low stone wall running across the bottom of a village, which happens to contain a gate to the world that is spoken of in fairy tales. The part of England in that world is full of living stars and lightning smugglers. The real world, however, is so mundane that any part of the fairy realm that isn't at least partly from the real world would not survive the trip, turning into lifeless matter.
186* ''Literature/TheStrangelyBeautifulSeries'' involves the guard facing off against Hades, the ruler of the whisper world, during the Victorian era.
187* ''Literature/TalesOfTheOtori'' by Lian Hearn is insistently set in a fantasy world that is only based on Japan… which means Warring States Japan with the serial numbers filed off and ninja magic.
188* ''Literature/TallTaleAmerica'': a retelling of American history, but focusing less on tariffs and more on people dmedigging the Grand Canyon with their bare hands.
189* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' is set during the Napoleonic wars... with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] as air support!
190* Half of ''Literature/TheresMagicInBread'' takes place during the Holocaust and explores the very real persecution faced by Jewish communities in Eastern Europe at the time. The fantasy element comes into play when a Jewish baker grieving her murdered father [[spoiler:accidentally creates a golem out of bread dough]].
191* ''Literature/TheThieftakerChronicles'' take place in a pre-Revolutionary War era Boston where magic exists, but it's rare, and[[BurnTheWitch witch hangings]] and {{Church Militant}}s make it a dangerous profession.
192* ''Literature/ThoseWhoHuntTheNight'' and its sequels, by Creator/BarbaraHambly, features vampires in TheEdwardianEra.
193* ''Literature/UlyssesJeanneDArcAndTheAlchemistKnights'' takes place in the 15th century during the Hundred Years' War, but it also has a lot of fantasy elements, including the main character Montmorency being an alchemist.
194* The books in [[/index]]Creator/AnneRice's[[index]] [[Literature/TheVampireChronicles Vampire cycle]] that are set in the past qualify since they are depictions of history - except with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]].
195** The same is true of the ''Vampire Plagues'' series.
196* [[/index]]Most of Andrzej Sapkowski's newer, post-''[[Literature/TheWitcher Witcher]]'' works fall into this category. This includes the [[index]]"Literature/HussiteTrilogy", a series of historical fantasy adventure novels taking place in 15th century Silesia and the Kingdom of Bohemia [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin during the time of the Hussite Wars]].
197* The ''Literature/{{Wolfsangel}}'' Cycle by M.D. Lachlan.
198* ''Literature/WhenTheAngelsLeftTheOldCountry'' is about a Jewish angel and demon emigrating from Poland to New York in the late 19th or early 20th century.
199* ''Literature/AWidowInWaiting'' by [[Creator/AnneBWalsh Anne B. Walsh]] takes place in 18th century England and Ireland. There's a hidden village of people who have magical powers.
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203* ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'': Fantastic things happened during TheGreatDepression.
204* ''Series/Cursed2020'': The series is set in a version of TheLowMiddleAges in which magic is real and Fey, (several species of {{demihuman}} beings) are actively hunted by the Church, which views them as demons.
205* ''Series/DaVincisDemons'': A young Leonardo da Vinci defends Medici-controlled Florence and combats a Papal conspiracy with the ancient Sons of Mithras.
206* ''Series/{{Faith|2012}}'': Most of the series is set in Goryeo (ancient Korea), many of the characters are {{Historical Domain Character}}s, but time travel and magical powers exist.
207* ''Series/Merlin2008'' adapts and retells the ''{{Myth/Arthurian Legend}}s'' about Merlin, and the entire shiw takes place in Great Britain hundreds of years ago.
208* ''Series/ShakaZulu'': Some of the flashbacks of Shaka's early life seem to take the supernatural myths surrounding him seriously. Justified, since this is set within a FramingDevice where one of the European hostages is putting the embellished stories from the Zulu tribesmen about the king down to paper.
209* ''Series/TheTerror'': The 1845 Lost Franklin Expedition is slowly destroyed by a supernatural monster and meets Inuit shamans that are mystically connected to it.
210* ''Series/TheTerrorInfamy'': A ghost haunts a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.
211* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': Season 1 was set in World War II, albeit a World War II that included Paradise Island and Wonder Woman defeating Nazis all the time.
212* ''Series/YoungBlades'': The Musketeers during the time of Louis XIV, and Cardinal Mazarin is the leader of an evil magical cult.
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216* [[/index]]The PowerMetal RockOpera project Music/{{Avantasia}}'s ''The Metal Opera'' duology tells a story of an early 1600s Dominican monk named Gabriel who in an attempt to save his sister from a WitchHunt ends up discovering a gateway to another dimension called Avantasia.
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220* ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica''
221* ''Maelstrom'' takes place in Tudor England, with some magic and mostly superstitions to guide the players.
222* White Wolf's ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' features a detailed alternate history of the world, in which powerful supernatural forces rage behind the scenes of most major historical events.
223* Any of the ''TabletopGame/{{Gurps}}'' historical volumes can be fantasized to discretion and many contain information on the mythology of the time period as a guide to doing this. One common trick is to assume the [=PCs=] think they are in a fantasy world, the way average people in the time period might, and not tell the players running the characters whether or not the GM is running a fantasy world until after the game is over.
224* ''TabletopGame/LamentationsOfTheFlamePrincess'': While not officially given a setting; the corebook implies, and several official adventures take place in, a LowFantasy version of 17th century Europe.
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228* ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' is a musical about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria Empress Elisabeth]], posthumously narrated by her assassin, with [[TheGrimReaper Death]] as her StalkerWithACrush.
229* ''Theatre/PrinceKaguya'' takes place in ancient Japan and centers around a child with supernatural powers sent from the Moon.
230* ''Theatre/WitchesTheMusical''
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234* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
235** Subverted with the "Trials of the Gods" segment in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins''. Although it appears that Bayek is fighting the Egyptian gods Anubis, Sobek, and Sekhmet, this is caused by an emotional sensor overload in Layla Hassan's Animus. Zigzagged with the ''Curse of the Pharaohs'' DLC which seemingly incorporates explicitly magical elements in the ''Assassin's Creed'' franchise with Bayek fighting the ghosts of Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Akhenaten, and Ramses II, [[spoiler:but at least some are explicitly illusions created by Akhenaten's Apple of Eden.]] The Duat areas, on the other hand, are far more ambiguous.
236** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'' contains multiple nods to Myth/NorseMythology (right down to its title) as well as elements of the mythical Myth/ArthurianLegend such as the appearance of the legendary {{Excalibur}}. [[spoiler:The game goes even further to have entire segments set in Asgard, not to mention that Eivor, Sigurd, and Basim are the human reincarnations of Odin, Tyr, and Loki respectively]].
237* ''VideoGame/BannerOfTheMaid'' takes place in an AlternateHistory of 19th century France, where Queen Antoinette nearly changed the course of history by using magical powers to predict the future. In the end, [[InSpiteOfANail the Revolution takes place]] as historical and fictional women (especially Napoleon's real-life sister) are turned into witch-generals leading an independent strike team into the heart of the nation.
238* ''VideoGame/TheBastardOfKosigan'', a mod for ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', revolves around a fictionalized version of 14th-century France combined with the StandardFantasySetting inherent in the D&D rules, leading to things like the King of France having a red dragon or two as personal pets. Most of the wider setting isn't detailed, but the Duke of Burgundy seems to have incorporated magic into his court pretty effectively.
239* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' is set across the greater part of a millennia and then some, featuring the [[BadassFamily Belmont lineage]] of [[VampireHunter Vampire Hunters]]' generational conflict between the EternalVillain Dracula. The chronologically first game in the series, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' is [[TheMiddleAges even set in 1094 A.D.]], and the history of the Belmont family taking them across numerous points of time all the way up to TheNineties, when [[Characters/CastlevaniaDracula Dracula]] was ''[[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally]]'' put down.
240* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'' is set in medieval Europe from 769 to 1412. It had some fantasy elements from the beginning but until ''The Reaper's Due'' DLC tended to take the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane route (in the sense that what the characters believed to be supernatural events may have had perfectly mundane explanations, such as peasants telling tall tales about giants and dragons). ''The Reaper's Due'' has a couple of event chains that let characters become [[TheAgeless immortal]], and ''Monks and Mystics'' added secret societies that can accomplish blatantly magical feats. The game also has an optional AlternateHistory DLC, ''Sunset Invasion'', where Western Europe is invaded by the Aztec Empire (the Aztecs didn't exist until nearly the end of the playable time period, and no Native American/Indigenous culture ever built ships that could survive a transatlantic voyage).
241* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' is very loosely based on ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and features Creator/DanteAlighieri [[HistoricalBadassUpgrade as a Crusader]] returning home from war to find his wife dead and DraggedOffToHell after making a DealWithTheDevil. How does he respond? By going into hell himself and fighting through [[DemonSlayer countless demons]] and {{Satan}} himself in order to get her back. Along the way, he bumps into demonic versions of UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII and UsefulNotes/MarkAntony, and [[ArchnemesisDad his own father, Alighiero]].
242* ''VideoGame/{{Darklands}}'' is a fantasy RPG set in the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire during the 15th century, with various elements from local folklore used to flesh out the fantasy aspects.
243* ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' follows William Adams, an English sailor who became one of the few foreigners to become a samurai. The game's story is set in the final years of the Sengoku period interwoven with creatures and figures from Myth/JapaneseMythology.
244* ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' follows a semi-historical person (Hidemitsu Samanosuke Akechi is based on a real person, but very loosely) in games one and three, and a heavily fictionalized UsefulNotes/YagyuJubei in the second. UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga was obviously real, although not fueled by demons in real life.
245* ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'' and [[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon its sequel]] are set in Taisho-era Japan, and well, you play as a devil summoner. You summon demons.
246* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' is 1920s Japan/France/[[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove America]] but with demons -- it's also somewhat AlternateHistory, although the [[SchizoTech crazy steam technology]] and demonic presence doesn't seem to have affected the timeline too much outside of canceling UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
247* ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' takes place in late Sengoku period Japan (around the end of the 1500s or so), where a ''very'' fictionalized Ashina clan, on the verge of being nearly destroyed by the forces of the Interior Ministry (all but outright stated to be the armies of the Tokugawa), has turned to [[PowerAtAPrice "heretical arts"]] in a bid to make their forces immortal. Additionally, the more isolated corners of Ashina territory are filled with giant snakes, gun-wielding monkeys, bug-infested Buddhist monks, undead spirits, etc. Even the relatively more grounded forces of the Ashina themselves include ogre-men and the like among their ranks. And that's without mentioning that the main character is an immortal shinobi with a ''very'' advanced prosthetic limb. That said, it's implied that Ashina is a rather strange land compared to the rest of Japan.
248* The ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' trilogy is set around and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. You even get to recruit Princess Anastasia Romanov as a party member in ''Covenant'', and meet historical figures like Al Capone in ''From The New World''.
249* The ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' is a bunch of fighting games set in 16th-century Eurasia, pitting various warriors from all over the world against one another in search of the {{Living Weapon}}s Soul Calibur and Soul Edge. Expect to see such characters as a Spartan-turned [[LizardFolk lizard]], a GorgeousGreek chosen by the gods who wears AwesomeAnachronisticApparel, a GhostPirate, and an [[AlchemyIsMagic alchemist]] MagicKnight.
250* ''VideoGame/APlagueTaleInnocence'' is set during UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar in 14th century France amidst the rapid spread of TheBlackDeath across the cities and the countryside. With rats swarming by the thousands from underground, eating everything in their paths, and one of the main characters having a supernatural condition that has historical records going back to Roman times. [[spoiler:With this condition, said character unintentionally summons the rats and learns to control it by the end of the game.]]
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254* ''Franchise/FateSeries'':
255** The series in general takes a considerable amount of references from [[HistoricalBadassUpgrade historical figures being summoned and given superpowers]] to fight in a [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne Holy Grail War]], taking [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Heroic Spirits]] to act as [[TheMagocracy Magi]]'s [[{{Familiar}} familiar]] to [[MakeAWish win the Holy Grail and it's omnipotent wishing powers]]. [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Historical figures]] from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare William Shakespeare]] to [[UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} Nero Claudius]] ([[HistoricalGenderFlip who's a girl here]]) to [[UsefulNotes/SirFrancisDrake Sir Francis Drake]] ([[RunningGag who's also a girl here]]), to even [[AllMythsAreTrue mythological figures who were historical individuals in-universe]] like [[Myth/CelticMythology Cu Chulainn]], [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]] or [[Myth/ArthurianLegend King Arthur]] ([[RuleOfThree who's]] ''[[RuleOfThree also]]'' [[RuleOfThree a girl here]]). It should be noted however (as if the GenderBentAlternateUniverse examples didn't clue you in) that ''Fate'' takes a truly ''[[HollywoodHistory absurd]]'' amount of creative liberties in both [[ArtisticLicenseHistory history]] and [[SadlyMythtaken mythology]], with some of the more egregious inaccuracies being stuff like Gilgamesh being a [[BlingOfWar blonde, faired-skinned knight in golden armor]]. [[WatsonianVersusDoylist The series has attempted to explain away]] these massive inaccuracies to text as Servants being [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve distortions of popular perception]] which in turn [[PopularHistory warps actual history to be a reflection of this]] ([[ShownTheirWork which is actually the case]] for Servants whom [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade their real-world counterparts weren't evil, but they were]] ''[[HistoricalVillainUpgrade seen]]'' [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade as evil]], netting them the Innocent Monster trait), but the Doylist answer was that King Arthur (also known as Artoria[=/=]Altria) [[SexSells had to be a waifu]] to fit the eroge nature of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight the original visual novel]].
256** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' in particular is a [[TimeTravelTales time travel story]] involving the [[HeroesRUs Chaldea Security Organization]] helping fix [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong points in the timeline that were irrevocably altered]], as to which their adventures has taken them across a truly variant number of points in time, up to and including AlternateHistory sub-universes known as Lostbelts.
257** ''VideoGame/FateSamuraiRemnant'' is in particular a HackAndSlash ActionRPG set during [[{{Jidaigeki}} the Edo period]] and shortly after [[UsefulNotes/AmakusaShiro the Shimabara Rebellion]], in a universe diverged from [[TheConstant The Constants]] of proper human history enough [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse that it's set to be pruned]]. In it, seven Masters and Servants alongside eight Masterless Stray Servants are summoned to fight for the Waxing Moon, an omnipotent wish-granting device much like the Holy Grail in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
258* ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' is mostly UrbanFantasy but switches to Historical Fantasy during some of the flashbacks and side stories. The spinoff novel ''VisualNovel/DiesIraeInterviewWithKazikluBey'' however is fully a Historical Fantasy, being set during World War II featuring things such as RealityWarping vampires, magical golden castles and a god of darkness among many other things.
259* ''VisualNovel/LandsOfFire'' takes place in a vague pre-colonial Australia, likely in the last 5000 years due to Budj Bim aquaculture and character names being in Pama-Nyungan languages. [[spoiler:Through HollywoodDreamtime we learn time is very much recursive, complicating things.]]
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263* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'' is set in Seoul, Korea, in 1968, adding an AsianFoxSpirit to the otherwise realistic setting.
264* ''Webcomic/MayonakaDensha'' follows the adventures of a [[ButNotTooForeign British-Japanese girl]] named Hatsune Rondo who is transported back from modern day Japan to VictorianLondon of 1888 and ends up joining the [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Baker Street Irregulars]] to fight against UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper and many other criminals of London.
265* In ''Webcomic/TheRedStar'', despite the heavy use of {{Magitek}}, the story is about the war between the United Republics of the Red Star and Al'istaan, with maps making the parallels clear.
266* ''Webcomic/VapnthjofrSaga'' is a LowFantasy set in the 10th-century Scandinavian kingdom of Jamtaland [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals populated by funny animals]] which is being plunged into a religious civil war. It features themes of norse mythology, with one character being a jotun.
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270%%* ''Roleplay/MarkedRP''.
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274* The general gist of ''WebAnimation/UnbiasedHistory'' is that it tells a very {{propagand|a}}ized version of history - as in, looking like a moving propaganda poster. This often includes adding fantastic element, such as making the Romans a [[SemiDivine race of demigods]], making Cleopatra both a witch and a reincarnation of Dido, making Attila a SorcerousOverlord, making the Germanic tribes an AlwaysChaoticEvil horde, and generally adding some magic to the setting.
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278* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' is a Historical DarkFantasy show set in the 15th century, in which southeastern Europe (and apparently other regions of the Old World as well) were infested with and terrorized by {{evil sorcerer}}s, [[VampireMonarch vampire warlords]], and their [[TheLegionsOfHell armies of undead demonic monsters]], with some of those vampire warlords having conquered and ruled their own personal fiefdoms with enslaved human subjects. Also, the famous fictional vampire {{Dracula}} seems to exist in this world in place of the real [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad Dracula Tepes]].
279** ''WesternAnimation/CastlevaniaNocturne'' is set to follow Trevor Belmont’s descendent Ricter Belmont as he continues the family legacy of vampire hunting in the French Revolution.
280* ''WesternAnimation/OnyxEquinox'' takes place in a vague post-classical Mesoamerican time period. Ruins of the Olmecs and old Maya cities abound, and the many rises and falls of Mesoamerican civilisations are actually partly justified with the gods creating and destroying the world as they please.
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