Time Period
You'll have to do a lot of research for the time period of your story. Here are some reference web sites:
Medieval/Middle Ages
Medieval/Middle Ages
- Labyrinth - The Big Fat Medieval Information Finding Resource (Use it to search for sites and books on just about anything Medieval)
- The Orb.net (Another Medieval reference finding site)
- The Online Medieval and Classical Library
- Medieval SourceBook (Find more references!)
- HourGlass (Use Google Chrome to translate this. It has information about the Middle Ages)
Scenery Elements
If you're going to have background art - you'll need to know how to draw buildings, forests, cities, etc. Look up reference images according to your place/time.
Castles
Castles