Adapting the Story for Your Saga

This scenario assumes that the events take place in the Lombardy region of the Roman Tribunal, but the events of the story can be relocated with a little adaptation.

The Hibernian Tribunal presents another ideal setting given the existing tensions between the native Irish magi and magi recently arrived from the continent, and the culture of a rough and robust life provides Lucia with a justification for her actions. Hibernia has other qualities that help support the story too, in that the kings of Breifne, like others in Ireland, are selected by the elders of the prominent families; the election scene early in this scenario would find a natural home. And finally, the prevalence of supernatural powers in the lives of the Irish presents the threatened city later in the story with a reason to approach magi for protection.

Beyond Hibernia, sagas set near the Levant present multiple kingdoms, claimed by Western nobles, being taken back by a reconquering Muslim population. In Iberia, the situation is reversed, with Islamic rulers being driven back to North Africa by reconquering Christian knights. The Byzantine Empire in the east is still falling in upon itself and loyalties change seemingly with the wind. Aquitaine and the surrounding areas in the Normandy Tribunal were, until recently, in English hands and loyalties still run deep on both sides. In England itself, John is dead and a new king wears the crown. But he is young and inexpe-