The Blades of Iberia

[yeloson]

Desire to play Burning Wheel + reading up on Islamic theological scholars + idea at lunch equals:

The Blades of Iberia

Wuxia in Moorish Spain. A brotherhood across all religions. Warriors, scholars, poets, who fight "The Absence" - monsters whose appearance silence all prayers, all holy books are blank, etc. A literal theological problem- if nothing is more powerful than God, what is this force that can do this? The Blades struggle to put an end to it, while the Caliphate struggles with politics and the holy men refuse to acknowledge it's existence (non-existence?).

I'm seeing sword duels running along high walls, theological debates while circling inner gardens, dueling musicians on rooftops at sunset, and crazy style conflict- a period piece Matrix. You could dial up or down the romanticism vs. the struggles of a multicultural society- the native Iberians, Christians, converts, Jews, the Arabs, the Berbers, the East African soldiers, etc. A secret battle against monsters against a backdrop of struggle, politics and war.

I need to find/make more time in life to play this kind of stuff.

Comments

[maschalismos.livejournal.com]

I've not said anything before now but I [heart] your brain and how it works. That game would be the epitome of cool.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about how Brotherhood of the Wolf is basically cracktastic wuxia for a period piece in France, and that Moorish Spain would be a cool place for that kind of stuff.