Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that focuses on medieval times and settings like kingdoms, villages, magical forests, and dragons' keeps. Recurring roles in this genre are the (Evil) King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Wizard, Magician, Dark Sorcerer, Jester, (Black) Knight, Noble, and Thief. Fantasy is the most common genre for a run-of-the-mill story as it's easy to write in its settings, many of its recurring roles like the ones listed earlier are easy to fill with generic characters, and plots don't demand too much depth for a solid story to be written. Even roles that aren't strictly fantasy such as the Hero and Villain might often be instantly imagined as fantasy characters. For example, the Hero might be an ordinary Knight whose enemy, the Villain, is a bad Dragon, Evil King, or Dark Sorcerer who lacks just as much originality as the Hero.