A Land of Contrast and Conflict
From the lofty mountains of Asia Minor to the luxuriant green of the Nile valley, from ageless cities to young kingdoms, from bustling sea ports to impregnable castles; the Levant is a land torn between religious wars and tortuous politics, theater of the clash between East and West. It is a land of wonders, haunted by stone memories of lost civilizations, inhabited by powerful sorcerers and inscrutable jinn, home to the finest scholars of both worlds. It is a land where the lucky and strong can achieve fame and riches beyond measure, but where the corpses of the weak and the slow litter the ground.
Blood & Sand is the indispensible guide to the Hermetic Tribunal of the Levant. It details the mundane and Hermetic geography and history of the area, shaped by Islam and the Crusades. It describes the inhabitants of the region, be they emirs in mighty castles or traders in the Latin states, magi of Hermes or Muslim sorcerers, jinn or naddahas. From the Ark of the Covenant to the criminal underworld of Acre, this book provides everything you need for a saga set in this most volatile of Hermetic tribunals. |
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