Mythic Europe (book)

Summary

From the back cover:

World of Mystery

Your covenant is one of power and authority, control and mastery. To reach this pinnacle you have seized the lands around you, dominating all their meek inhabitants. You are lord of all you survey. However, there is a much greater world beyond the not-so-far horizon, a world controlled by others beyond your so-called power, a world waiting to put you under its heel. That world is Mythic Europe, and you are but a spark of light before its ominous shadow.

World of Myth

Mythic Europe is a story supplement that presents the official setting of the Ars Magica Third Edition storytelling game. indeed, this volume provides extensive and precise detail about the harsh medieval realm of your bold Saga. Storyguides will find this book invaluable for describing every worldly facet from Church intrigue to the machinations of petty kings. Ars Magica players will find this book essential to understanding the world in which spells are woven and steel is raised. Mythic Europe is the world in which you must persevere and survive, or falter and perish.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Early History of Mythic Europe

Chapter Two: Society

Chapter Three: The Church

Chapter Four: The Crusades

Chapter Five: Iberian Peninsula

Chapter Six: British Isles

Chapter Seven: France

Chapter Eight: Northern Mythic Europe

Chapter Nine: Eastern Mythic Europe

Chapter Ten: Italy

Chapter Eleven: Eastern Empires

Chapter Twelve: Islam

Appendix A

List of Emperors and Kings from A.D. 284.

Appendix B

List of Popes from A.D. 767.

Index

Background Information

The book is basically a shorthand Historical book on Europe for use with Ars Magica. And can be easily used for other game settings that take place within this time.

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