pre-islamic arabia · desert setting · tribal politics · honor code · survival · historical rpg · poetry · harsh environment · ancient middle east
The view sweeps across the endless, shifting sands of the Syrian desert, a world before Islam, where the pantheon of old gods is worshiped. A brutal sun scorches the Arabian Peninsula and the northern reaches beyond. Northwestern Arabia lies under Roman control, a province called Arabia Petraea. Clusters of light-hued buildings mark the villages and towns. Figures move through the glare: men in the draped folds of aba or kaftan robes, women with veils guarding their faces, all enduring their daily toil beneath a relentless, blazing sky.