Jan 24 2023 59 mins 4
Join two of our Keepers of Mysteries as they examine The First Book of Swords, by Fred Saberhagen. The books are set far into the future. Approximately 50,000 years before the story, sometime during the third millennium, mankind was almost driven to extinction by a global apocalypse brought on by a nuclear World War prior to the events in Empire of the East. By the time the events recorded in The Books of the Swords occur, ARDNEH has passed into legend, worshiped as a benevolent god. The gods of the Swords universe are based on various mythological deities, with most coming from the Greco-Roman and Hindu pantheons. They are elements of human hope and imagination that were made real approximately one thousand years after the destruction of ARDNEH, when a group of humans donned Mark VII suits created by ARDNEH and a djinn as a possible defense against demons. The gods, having become bored with mankind, created Twelve Swords of Power, and scattered them throughout the world, as a grand game of survival of the fittest to be played out on earth. For those wishing to support Ashraf Braden’s first RPG release – click here! Plus, tune in for our latest fantasy book give away! Originally broadcast live on the Goodman Games twitch channel on January 24, 2023. Joan Spicci’s dog Tuffard, the living inspiration for Draffut.
