Gather round, kids. It's time for a story.
As we've mentioned, Obsidian Sun is set in an Aztec-inspired world. Almost every aspect of the story is heavily based on mythology or historical details from ancient Mesoamerica, and researching the various elements we've used will reveal exactly how much we made up and what we just plain stole. The plot of OS is stand-alone and is not part of a sequential series, although we are interested in developing other projects that take place within the larger story arc (what Sagan calls the "Fifth Age" series). The Fifth Age arc extends from the creation of the universes that came before ours, all the way to a robot-infested future; but before we try to get all Osamu Tezuka, we'll stick with OS for now.
As we've mentioned, Obsidian Sun is set in an Aztec-inspired world. Almost every aspect of the story is heavily based on mythology or historical details from ancient Mesoamerica, and researching the various elements we've used will reveal exactly how much we made up and what we just plain stole. The plot of OS is stand-alone and is not part of a sequential series, although we are interested in developing other projects that take place within the larger story arc (what Sagan calls the "Fifth Age" series). The Fifth Age arc extends from the creation of the universes that came before ours, all the way to a robot-infested future; but before we try to get all Osamu Tezuka, we'll stick with OS for now.
Much of the background of OS is steeped in the ancient Aztec notion that humans and gods live in a cyclical universe, fueled by blood and shrouded in dualities: Light and dark, war and peace, death and rebirth. We were interested in developing the philosophical implications of a world in which powerful deities existed, but who were constantly struggling to define their relationship with mortals. There are two well-known gods in particular that we decided to focus on, but there are others- Ixtab, the Mayan goddess of suicide, for example- that we may explore later.
OS touches a little of this dark realm, but our main goal was to create something entertaining as first-year students while we still had the spare time. Hopefully the result will be coherent enough for readers to get a glimpse of the overall picture, or at least let them know there is an overall picture behind the madness.
An introduction to the most lyrical kind of fear and loathing.
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