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<blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 2317176" data-attributes="member: 14041">Ryan, Can you define &quot;eastern Europe&quot; for us?&nbsp; If you are talking Poland, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, etc.&nbsp; then if you know somethign about &quot;European&quot; magic in general you know about &quot;magic&quot; in that area.&nbsp; A few things to remember:- The first golem was supposedly created in the Jewish getto of Prague. So golems as E. European.- Kolshak (Sp?) the Deathless is a character in Russian folklore.&nbsp; A poweful wizard, he hid his heart in a nut so no one could kill him.&nbsp; Sounds like a lich to me.&nbsp; Some tales, however have him as a dragon or other mosterous spirit.- Baba Yaga, of the chicken legged hut, is the prototypical child-eating witch of the woods.&nbsp; Think Hansel and Gretal.- a lot of modern imagery of the undead is from eastern Europe.&nbsp; Nosferatu rather than the cool Dracula of&nbsp; Stoker, but it finds its origins there nonetheless.Beliefs in folk lore, wood and earth spirits, etc. persisted in the east a long time, and are stronger today than in the west.&nbsp; Generally the people there seem more mystic or spiritual IME (I lived in Kiev for nearlly 2 years, so I know a little, very little, about it).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormborn, post: 2317176, member: 14041"] Ryan, Can you define "eastern Europe" for us? If you are talking Poland, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, etc. then if you know somethign about "European" magic in general you know about "magic" in that area. A few things to remember: - The first golem was supposedly created in the Jewish getto of Prague. So golems as E. European. - Kolshak (Sp?) the Deathless is a character in Russian folklore. A poweful wizard, he hid his heart in a nut so no one could kill him. Sounds like a lich to me. Some tales, however have him as a dragon or other mosterous spirit. - Baba Yaga, of the chicken legged hut, is the prototypical child-eating witch of the woods. Think Hansel and Gretal. - a lot of modern imagery of the undead is from eastern Europe. Nosferatu rather than the cool Dracula of Stoker, but it finds its origins there nonetheless. Beliefs in folk lore, wood and earth spirits, etc. persisted in the east a long time, and are stronger today than in the west. Generally the people there seem more mystic or spiritual IME (I lived in Kiev for nearlly 2 years, so I know a little, very little, about it). [/QUOTE]

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