Zul Daire
Mongoose
A little over a year ago on these boards someone recommended some reading to me for some Giant King inspiration.
It's called From the Ashes of Angels, The Forbidden Legacy of a Fallen Race by Andrew Collins.
The book speaks of texts that were omitted from the Canonized bible (Enoch in particular) telling of fallen angels of god who mated with mortal women to produce giants. These "Watchers" (Fallen Angels) also teach to man certain sciences that God would have rather man not be burdened with.:evil:
It also looks at these "Giants and pre-winged Angels" in many ways suggesting that these stories were dirived from older middle eastern mythos which is possibly based on an actual advanced race that predates our own.
The book talks of a few of the prophets of the old testament as described as having qualities similiar to that of the Angels; tall, glowing eyes, and other angelic types with shining skin, aquiline or serpentine-like though human features, and shamanistic or sorcerous talents.
Sound familiar? In a post way back someone mentioned that REH based the Giant Kings after the eastern divine beings called Asuhra's (misspell?)who would later become a templete for the angels of biblical texts.
Now weather you beleive this kind of stuff or not is not the point but rather I found it an awesome inspiration for GM's wishing to weave plots of remenents of ancient Acheron and/ or Elder Stygia into their games.
The book may get dry for some as it also examines various zealous cults throughout history whose texts and rituals might give creedence to this theory of an actual advanced race that predates our own that came down from the mountains to the plains of Mesopotamia to teach the barbarians to read, write, farm, craft, architecture, heal etc... but I enjoy this type of reading so its cool. 8)
I laughed outloud when the author talks of being in middle eastern country ( I forget which) and on his way to a supposed vast underground ruin (shelter form a great flood?) that appears to have construced for those bigger than man size. The author actually says the landscape on the way there reminds him of the film "Conan the Barbarian".
Keep in mind this book has nothing to do with REH writings on Giant Kings and was purely coincidental though it kind of seemed a sign.
At any rate it was an interesting read if your into speculative histories/ civilizations, refrences to religious texts or divine beings such as angels and thier possible origins in Atlantis but also a great read if your looking for Giant King source material.
I remember hearing that there was a write up and game statistics for Acheronians in one of the S&P mags. Was this true, was it a feat, any chance I can get a copy some where :?: Help :!:
Any one else read this book? It was easy to find at my local B&N.
It's called From the Ashes of Angels, The Forbidden Legacy of a Fallen Race by Andrew Collins.
The book speaks of texts that were omitted from the Canonized bible (Enoch in particular) telling of fallen angels of god who mated with mortal women to produce giants. These "Watchers" (Fallen Angels) also teach to man certain sciences that God would have rather man not be burdened with.:evil:
It also looks at these "Giants and pre-winged Angels" in many ways suggesting that these stories were dirived from older middle eastern mythos which is possibly based on an actual advanced race that predates our own.
The book talks of a few of the prophets of the old testament as described as having qualities similiar to that of the Angels; tall, glowing eyes, and other angelic types with shining skin, aquiline or serpentine-like though human features, and shamanistic or sorcerous talents.
Sound familiar? In a post way back someone mentioned that REH based the Giant Kings after the eastern divine beings called Asuhra's (misspell?)who would later become a templete for the angels of biblical texts.
Now weather you beleive this kind of stuff or not is not the point but rather I found it an awesome inspiration for GM's wishing to weave plots of remenents of ancient Acheron and/ or Elder Stygia into their games.
The book may get dry for some as it also examines various zealous cults throughout history whose texts and rituals might give creedence to this theory of an actual advanced race that predates our own that came down from the mountains to the plains of Mesopotamia to teach the barbarians to read, write, farm, craft, architecture, heal etc... but I enjoy this type of reading so its cool. 8)
I laughed outloud when the author talks of being in middle eastern country ( I forget which) and on his way to a supposed vast underground ruin (shelter form a great flood?) that appears to have construced for those bigger than man size. The author actually says the landscape on the way there reminds him of the film "Conan the Barbarian".
Keep in mind this book has nothing to do with REH writings on Giant Kings and was purely coincidental though it kind of seemed a sign.
At any rate it was an interesting read if your into speculative histories/ civilizations, refrences to religious texts or divine beings such as angels and thier possible origins in Atlantis but also a great read if your looking for Giant King source material.
I remember hearing that there was a write up and game statistics for Acheronians in one of the S&P mags. Was this true, was it a feat, any chance I can get a copy some where :?: Help :!:
Any one else read this book? It was easy to find at my local B&N.
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