Apparently it is appendix-n-day on September 8th and a good reason as any to mention the media touch stones of my Mythic Bastionland campaign. Grab a spoonful of halva and a strong tea from a samovar, listen to pilentse pee by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir and get into the right mindset for Barowia
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| Costume by Agnieszka Osipa |
My Realm is distinctively not pseudo-Arthurian England but rather pseudo East-European pagan middle ages without roads. My houses are Szalai, Karpat, Barow, Masur and Urban
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
Ok, there is also Kranach and Altenburg to spice things up but they all get Slavic given names. Also my version of Mythic Bastionland is heavily informed by the way German Romanticism hallucinated the middle ages.
Literature
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzifal
Hans Bemmann: The Stone and the Flute
A story about a young man who is given a mysterious stone and a magic flute. Lauscher (listener) travels the world to find happiness. Full of stories within stories and dreams and songs. He is cursed and turned into a statue for ten years and later lives as a faun. Not particular well written and with 800 pages quite the challenge but beautifully captures the fairytale vibes of Mythic Bastionland.
Movies
Eric Rohmer: Perceval LeGallois
Sergej Parajanov: The Color of Pomegranates
The Green Knight is always mentioned and for good reasons but I just love the look of these films, the stage design and the colours. Parajaov's film has exactly one knight but the vibes are 100% Barowia
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| Costume by Agnieszka Osipa |
Fashion: Agnieszka Osipa
Illustrations: ValinMattheis
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