Ba'al and Bael and Yahweh: and essay on Anthropological Worship (written for the Trench Crusade community)
In a recent post, Trench Crusade lore canon states: Built of rotten wood and tarnished jewels, the Hungering Throne of Gluttony has seen many contenders since Beelzebub abdicated in favour of his ruinous plaguecraft. However, some semblance of stability has returned since Bael, the Uncrowned King of Stolen Land, took the throne. Once a revered Canaanite storm god, Bael’s prophets were humiliated by those of YHWH on Mount Carmel, an injustice unforgiven by the Uncrowned King. https://www.trenchcrusade.com/lore/the-seven-heads-of-the-serpent This stuck out to me for one reason: Ba'al is YHWH... according to certain modes of analysis. I'll elaborate more later, but the purpose of this post is to make aware the relationship between reality and fiction. I wish to bring context to the inspiration of the game, and help the community guide the lore, the gameplay, and let Trench Crusade emerge, undefined, out of the mutually exclusive Gaming/Painting/Lore practices. TL;DR: fiction is ...