Re: Another historical period to mine for ideas

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:36:51 +0000 (GMT)

> The '20's in China saw the rising-up of numerous
> warlords after the
> breakdown of the Imperial government.

> Wikipedia has a number of articles, you might start
> at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War.

Looks good.

> Plenty of backstabbing, marching and
> countermarching, fire and fury. It's
> not the way KoS describes the era, but may be more
> fun :-).

Sounds spot on to me.

"Argrath was at first only one of many contestants who wished to rule Sartar. Indeed, it appeared that the land would once again disintegrate into its tribes and become another easy conquest for the Empire, which would surely muster its tremendous resources again."

And that's the version of history written by the winner.                 



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