In my story the sea is lava, the currency is gold coins, people fight with swords and travel on ships, and there is modern day technology. I have been told the modern day technology doesn't fit my world, but I can't write historical!
I have an idea about how to make the modern day technology less jarring, but I'm not sure if it'll work. Here's my idea:
The world was like a 1500 century world with magic, but one day a portal opened from another world in the middle of the ocean. Lava, along with modern day technology, poured out of the portal. The lava only touched the sea (the sea was magical), making it lava, and the modern technology hit the land. People considered this a good thing, but are afraid if they forget their old ways of sword fighting and other traditions, that they will end up like the world where the lava and technology came from. So therefore, they continue their old ways but embrace the new technology. (all this happens way before my story)
Is this a good story for how my world came to be this way? If not, what can I change?
I have an idea about how to make the modern day technology less jarring, but I'm not sure if it'll work. Here's my idea:
The world was like a 1500 century world with magic, but one day a portal opened from another world in the middle of the ocean. Lava, along with modern day technology, poured out of the portal. The lava only touched the sea (the sea was magical), making it lava, and the modern technology hit the land. People considered this a good thing, but are afraid if they forget their old ways of sword fighting and other traditions, that they will end up like the world where the lava and technology came from. So therefore, they continue their old ways but embrace the new technology. (all this happens way before my story)
Is this a good story for how my world came to be this way? If not, what can I change?