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Con:
So in terms of wars in history. Saladin was a Knight of the Cross, Ebenezar, LTW and The Merlin were involved in the Seven Years War. Simon Pietrovich caused/ was involved in the Russian Revolution. We know WW1 was Kemmler, his disciples and allies, We know Klaus the Toymaker fought Nazi's in WW2 and that Luccio doubted how evil Nazi's were, Necro Bob had a defence set up reminiscent of the Nazi's, Kemmlers was killed in the 60s by an all out White Council attack, It's implied both Michael and Marcone were in Vietnam.

Jim has understandably stayed away from 9/11, as much as possible but it's known White Council has a strict policy of not getting involved.

Is there any other historical wars with supernatural elements?

123Chikadee:
I think it's implied that the Battle of Hastings involved the fae, but I dunno if that counts as a war per se.
Oh, and there are the Sidhe Wars that Bob talked about in 'Ghost Story', about how they fought against the Fomor. So that one'll be plot relevant at least.

Bad Alias:

--- Quote ---Luccio doubted how evil Nazi's were
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I think it's important that we add the qualifier "at the time."

The original Merlin established the English monarchy. That probably involved mortal wars, but King Arthur is ahistorical.

Vlad Dracula was involved in several armed conflicts. He lost a few. That implies, but doesn't necessitate, supernatural forces on the opposing side.

I'd be supernatural elements were involved in most historical wars to one degree or another. If nothing else, blamps thrive when there's a bunch of death to cover their feeding. I'm sure it's similar for a lot of supernatural predators.

I'd also bet that any large or long lasting historical war is going to draw supernatural elements in as their interests are inevitably affected. Whites, at least with Raiths leading them, would probably push peace or a decisive victory as peace benefits their feeding habits more than chaos. It would be hard for a German wizard to not be drawn into the Thirty Years' War as conflict was so widespread. The question would be more the scale of the involvement than the fact of it.

Another possibility is that parallel supernatural wars take place during the chaos of the mortal wars. Supernatural factions could use the chaos of a war as a cover to move more openly. That alone might be enough to set off a conflict.

Arjan:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on June 30, 2020, 08:42:29 PM ---I think it's important that we add the qualifier "at the time."

The original Merlin established the English monarchy. That probably involved mortal wars, but King Arthur is ahistorical.

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The original Merlin defended a British kingdom against the English.

--- Quote ---Vlad Dracula was involved in several armed conflicts. He lost a few. That implies, but doesn't necessitate, supernatural forces on the opposing side.

I'd be supernatural elements were involved in most historical wars to one degree or another. If nothing else, blamps thrive when there's a bunch of death to cover their feeding. I'm sure it's similar for a lot of supernatural predators.

I'd also bet that any large or long lasting historical war is going to draw supernatural elements in as their interests are inevitably affected. Whites, at least with Raiths leading them, would probably push peace or a decisive victory as peace benefits their feeding habits more than chaos. It would be hard for a German wizard to not be drawn into the Thirty Years' War as conflict was so widespread. The question would be more the scale of the involvement than the fact of it.

Another possibility is that parallel supernatural wars take place during the chaos of the mortal wars. Supernatural factions could use the chaos of a war as a cover to move more openly. That alone might be enough to set off a conflict.

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Bad Alias:

--- Quote from: Arjan on July 01, 2020, 01:40:39 AM ---The original Merlin defended a British kingdom against the English.

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I guess it all ended in failure then.  ;)

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