Vague, Sweeping Overview
The key setting questions are:
What is the limiting factor for Empire?
What differences, cultural, technological, social and historical, would result from real, reliable, repeatable magic?
The key personal questions are:
How do we find ourselves corrupted?
Can we find our way to redemption?
How do individuals change the course of history?
Historical inspirations include:
Proto-Indo European Culture and Mythology
Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese history
Greco-Buddhism and the cultural and commercial traffic connecting Greece, Rome, India, and China
Literary influences include:
David Gemmell, most importantly
Echoes of the Great Song
,
Lion of Macedon
, and ideas drawn from his body of work.
Tom Holt, most importantly
Song for Nero
,
Meadowland
,
Alexander at the World's End
, and
Olympiad
.
Robert Graves,
I, Claudius
and
Claudius the God
Much more to follow.
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