Re: [DL] Re: European Sourcebooks

["Magician" <magician@bc1.com>]

> I would be very keen to see these but they would be
> hard to do well. On the other hand the history write
> up in Weird wars was done very well which is
> encouraging.
>
> One plea though, try NOT to use the Germans as the bad
> guys. This has been done to death and is imposing the
> 20th century on the 19th. I would use the French
> instead, maybe the Russians. Remember that Britain's
> closeness to France is a modern (roughly post
> 1900)development, they might just as well have allied
> with Germany (they nearly did first, but the Germans
> did not think they were serious). Anglo-German naval
> rivalry (battleship envy?) came about because the
> Kaiser was an honorary British admiral, and he became
> jealous of his granny's fleet.
>
> Off the top of my head:
> Spain. A spent force, very troubled with internal
> political problems. In Deadlands who knows what the
> Conquistadors brought home...
> Portugal. Small what with wide spread foreign
> possessions.
> Italy. A new state.
> The Ottoman Empire. Vast but decaying. Very
> interesting setting. See 'Travelling with the Dead' by
> Barbara Hambley.
> Austria-Hungary. Internal political problems.
> Basically too many nationalities in one empire.
> Germany. Recently unified, helmed by the magnificent
> Bismarck.
> Belgium. Not sure about when this began but Leopold's
> private property - the Congo was really, really
> unpleasant.
>
> Michael


Yes this is a good idea, But One of my ideas with the source books is that I
would show in detail the Royal families of the Countries that I feature in
each book, In my view the Reckoners are purposely messing up the families.
Since they control most of the land in Europe but the simple reason is there
Blood. This Blood theory of mind has to do with a book called Holy Blood
Holy Grail, A theory that states that the Bloodline of Jesus survives in
most of the modern day Royal families houses.