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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eosin the Red" data-source="post: 266373" data-attributes="member: 168">1) Yes2) A previous poster mentioned some of what Kay has done. I think it is actually a fairly well thought out parable.A) "Christians" believed the divine creator was symbolized by the sun. It was fragmented by various sects that believed or not in the sacrafice of his Apallo like son who used a chariot to fly behind the sun.B) Islam was symbolized by the followers of the moons (3). C) Pagan/Heathen was symbolized by the multitude of stars.It worked quite well - check out the previously mentioned books (Sailing into Sarantium & Lions).Harlan also writes some decent historical fantasy involving Roman/Byzantine plots. He also wrote a module that I liked in Dungeon that involved the true cross.In my homebrew which is loose history - the church has been replaced by the Synod, an organization of magic users that closely parallels the nastier aspects of the catholic church. Goverments are forced to pony up a state tax for protection against arcane threats. Wizards may not be tried except by peers. The Synod has deemed all those who pratice magic without the proper training to be heritics, ect..... A decadent empire in its last throes is staple fantasy - it is fairly easy to adapt from the more often used model of the western to the eastern empire.</blockquote>