[@Lumiere] If it helps, I was starting to think of an idea for just mildly more advanced fantasy. Basically, the most advanced weapon would be a flintlock, which the dude I had in mind wouldn't use anyway, and the guy I was thinking of making was a dubiously legal man turned hero of the realm due to him stopping the Cult of Slattur, but then he was tragically defeated by King Kazzok. How does that idea sound?

Edit - He's also a fire and animation mage. Fire pertains to flames, explosions, and heat, but animation basically brings things into a sort of nonthinking but obedient life. Animation doesn't work on already living materials and is heavily regulated and licensed in the world of Cavenia, or at least was.