[UA] Demourgy: GM comments

[Mario Magallanes]

Peter Hindman escribió:
> 

>    I am, unsurprisingly, strongly interested in comments, particularly on
> the historical aspects of the school.

> Many Demourgists
> perished in the Spanish Civil War fighting against the
> Nationalists, indeed, Spain was nearly the graveyard of
> Demourgy.
>      (Option One: Spain was the graveyard of Demourgy, since
> 1938 Demourgic Magick simply does not work any more.  This is
> the option used in the current campaign that I am playing a
> Demourgist in.)

The spanish Civil War has been described as "the last romantic war",
and   for some people, it was the last attempt to build a society who
truly represent the interests of the common people. 


>      (Option Two: Demourgy is a dead school in the West,
> democracy has become so boringly routine in the First World that
> the passion that drives this school cannot be maintained.  Only in
> the former Soviet Union, China and the Third World are the
> passions, and the stakes, high enough to sustain Demourgists.)

I strongly like this idea. 


>      Some people believe that the air crash that killed General
> Sanjurjo (the original leader of the Nationalists in the Spanish
> Civil War) was caused by this spell.

You may find interesting that a week after Sanjurjo's death, General
Mola, one of the Nationalist ideologues, was killed in an air accident,
too. IIRC, in one of these two accidents, the plane only flew a few
meters before crashing. It's also interesting to know that during his
rule, Franco always feared attempts at his life. He never travelled in
plane if he could avoid it, and he only left his residence when
necessary, and always with a heavy escort.

(As far as real world conspiracy theory goes, Franco would be prime
suspect for Mola and Sanjurjo accidents, rather than republicans. Mola
and Sanjurjo were the senior generals, and Franco only got the command
of Nationalist forces after their deaths)

-Mario Magallanes.

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