Credits

Authors: Niall Christie (Intro & Saga, History, Arabia, Mesopotamia, Appendix), Erik Dahl (Order of Suleiman), Lachie Hayes (Intro & Saga, Jinn, Arabia, Silk Road), Mark Shirley (Mesopotamia, Persia, Appendix), Alex White (Zoroastrians)

Development, Editing, & Project Management: David Chart

Layout & Art Direction: Michelle Nephew

Proofreading & Art Direction Assistance: Jessica Banks

Publisher: John Nephew

Cover Illustration: Grey Thornberry

Cartography: Sean Macdonald, Jesse Mohn, Michelle Nephew, Andrew Smith

Interior Art: Jason Cole, Kelley Hensing, Jeff Menges, Grey Thornberry Additional Art: John Leighton, 1,100 Designs and Motifs from Historic Sources; Ernst and Johanna Lehner, Astrology and Astronomy; Gustave Doré, The Doré Bible Illustrations, Doré's Illustrations of the Crusades, Doré's Dragons Demons and Monsters, The Doré Gallery; Jean Lêon Gêrôme, Great Men & Famous Women III; Matthäus Merian, 1300 Real and Fanciful Animals; Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Treasury of Bible Illustrations

Ars Magica Fifth Edition Trade Dress: J. Scott Reeves

Publisher's Special Thanks: Jerry Corrick & the gang at the Source.

First Round Playtesters: Pelle Kofod, Christian Rosenkjaer Andersen; Jason Brennan, Justin Brennan, Elisha Campbell, Robert Major; Donna Giltrap, Malcolm Harbrow, Aaron Hicks, Richard Love; Angus MacDonald, Brian Watson, Quetta Watson, Sarah MacDonald, Wendell "BSP" Joyner; Paul Briscoe, Bryan Jacques, Erik Johnson, Kurt Konegen, John Post; Matt Ryan, Alexis Kristan Heinz, Daniel Ilut, Robert W.B. Llwyd; Christoph Safferling, Jan Sprenger; Sean Winslow

Second Round Playtesters: Pelle Kofod, Christian Rosenkjaer Andersen; Mark Barltrop, Alex Coyne-Turner, Mark Lawford, David Staveley, Simon Turner; Jason Brennan, Justin Brennan, Elisha Campbell, Robert Major; Leon Bullock, Peter Ryan, Chris Barrett; Paul Briscoe, Bryan Jacques, Erik Johnson, Kurt Konegen, John Post

Third Round Playtesters: Jason Brennan, Justin Brennan, Elisha Campbell, Robert Major; Leon Bullock, Peter Ryan, Chris Barrett; Christoph Safferling, Jan Sprenger

Author Biographies

Niall Christie is (still) a medieval Islam historian who lives in Vancouver, Canada. He likes books, history (no surprise there), roleplaying, tyranids, singing, and tormenting his students with antiquated pop-culture references that they don't get. Niall would like to thank his co-authors and the line editor for all their help, and in particular for picking up the magic lamp that he dropped; and also Guy Le Strange and Muhammad ibn Jubayr, invaluable guides through the desert. He would like to dedicate his portion of this book to three people: to Matt Ryan, for setting this genie free; to Angus MacDonald, for much sheik, rattle, and roll; and to Steph van Willigenburg, for being his Water of Life.

Erik Dahl lives in a strange, far-off land with its own rules of magic and its own order of exotic wizards who are surely secretly plotting to take over Mythic Europe. His contributions to this book were inspired by and dedicated to the participants of Grand Tribunal America 2008, which took place August 15–17 in Berkeley, California, and included: Jerry Braverman, Paul Briscoe, Toshi Casey, Niall Christie, Mark Faulkner, Sally Hutchinson, Kurt Konegen, Angus MacDonald, Mark Pascual, John Post, Thomas Scott, Chris Van Horn, Eric Vesbit, and Debbi Winslow. Many thanks to all of you, for your help in establishing such a memorable and enjoyable magical tradition! ARS MAGICA AWESOME EST.

The jinni known as Jarkman (Lachie Hayes) hails from far beyond the Mountains of Qaf, in a city where it always rains and seasons change within a day. Perhaps one day he'll master the Travel magic to attend a Grand Tribunal, but until then he'll stick to Storytelling. Lachie thanks Niall for summoning him into this circle, then letting him loose to make mischief. He also thanks his other co-authors Alex, Erik, and Mark for their help and support along the way. Special thanks to Timothy Ferguson for inspiring Lachie to start writing seriously and helping him understanding faeries, which was invaluable for the Jinn and Silk Road chapters. Apologies to Marko and the Light of Andorra crowd for disappearing without explanation just as the saga got going — now you know why. Lachie would most like to thank his wife, for putting up with Middle Eastern medieval madness. This is his first book for Ars Magica.

Mark Shirley is the descendent of Robert Shirley who, with his brothers, sold cannons to Shah Abbas of Persia on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I. Robert married the Shah's ward, Teresia, a Circassian princess, and became the shah's ambassador to Christendom. Mark feels his Persian bloodline, though many generations diluted, enhanced his enjoyment of writing for this project.

Alexander White has an Honours degree in medieval and classical history, and a Master of Public Policy and Management from the University of Melbourne. In between occasionally publishing Sub Rosa (an Ars Magica fan magazine), Alex works as the campaigns coordinator for the National Tertiary Education Union in Melbourne, Australia.

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