Re: [WW] Crete, Knossos and the Minotaur

[Vang <kao@hamilton.net>]

Hmm, I think this might be based on a HP Lovecraft story.  I'll try and
track it down.

Keith "Vang" Oberschulte

Michael Robert Blair wrote:
> 
> I heard the start of a play on BBC Radio 4 yesterday
> about Arthur Evans and Knossos. The play opened with
> Evans as an old man, sitting in his garden and hearing
> that the Germans had invaded Crete.
> 
> This seems to offer some promise for a Weirdwars
> scenario.
> 
> SS blood mages are investigating the palace at
> Knossos. An allied team will be sent in to stop them
> ("We don't know what they want but we can be
> certain it would be better if they don't get it"),
> the PCs. They must interview Evans before they go -
> possibly encountering an assassin after the old man
> ("But why would the Nazis want to kill such a
> harmless old man?") - he may tell them something
> important, something secret.
> 
> I really have little idea what the secret is. An
> imprisoned creature/demon/god seems likely. A link
> with earthquakes seems natural as well - perhaps they
> hope to harness the Minotaur's power to create
> earthquakes (I know I am mixing myths here)?
> 
> I imagine there will be a firefight in the palace at
> Knossos and other high jinks.
> 
> I have not done any reaserch for this idea but I am
> aware that they fond evidence of human sacrifice,
> possibly in an (unsuccessful) attempt to ward off an
> earthquake. Add in the bestiality inherent in the myth
> and you have a heady mix.
> 
> References
> http://www.lfc.edu/academics/greece/KnosTour.html
> 
> Michael
> 
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