Théah is the fictional world created for the 7th Sea

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and collectible card game, created by

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and Jennifer Wick. It is based on an alternate version of early modern Europe with nations matching different periods and legends. There is also an undercurrent of

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based on real world and fictional sources. The 7th Sea role-playing game is centered on the swashbuckling genre.

Nations of Théah

; Avalon : The England of Théah is based equally on

Elizabethan England The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia (a female personific ...

and the

Arthurian King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In the earliest traditions, Arthur appears as a ...

legends. Queen Elaine rules the Three Kingdoms (Avalon, Innismore, and the Highland Marches) from the mystical city of Carleon using the symbol of the Graal to represent her unified rule. ; Castille : The Spain of Théah is the stronghold of the Vaticine church (more

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than

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

) where the masked El Vago fights the injustice of the

Inquisition The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics. Studies of the records have found that the overwhelming majority of sentences consisted of penances, ...

. ; Eisen : The Seven Kingdoms of Théah's equivalent to the various nation-states that would become Germany were once united into a

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...

but now lie war-torn and divided after a religious-based civil war equivalent to the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle ...

. ; Montaigne : The France of Théah was home to the decadent empire of the glorious

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Leon Alexandre du Montaigne but now having gone through the throes of a bloody

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

is the first republic in Théah. ; Ussura : The icy parable of Russia lies on the brink of modernisation and the transition from the iron grip of the Gaius (like Ivan the Terrible) to the reformation of Catherine the Great. ; Vendel : The Dutch and Scandinavian cultures are in schism between the merchant Guilds and the ancient warrior traditions of the Vestenmannavnjar (

Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

s). ; Vodacce : The Italian

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s are represented by the fracture and fractious islands of the scheming Merchant Princes all following the tenets of

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. ; Cathay : Théah's parallel to China and the Orient is separated from the rest of the world by the mysterious Wall of Fire. ; Crescent Empire : Sand,

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s and other archetypal Middle Eastern fare.

Secret societies

; The Knights of the Rose & Cross : A mixture of the Knights Templar with the Rosicrucians and a touch of the Masons, they try to inspire the populace with their heroic deeds. ; Die Kreuzritter : The Black Crosses are the successors to the

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who fought in the

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and now fight a shadowy war against an alien threat. ; Explorer's Society : The archaeologists and explorers of Théah are for any budding " Indiana Jones" as they explore the ancient Syrneth cultures that predate mankind. ; Invisible College : Based on the real-world association of scholars that became the

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, they work in secret due to the rise of the

. ; Los Vagos : The followers of

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) help to uphold justice and freedom in Castille under the persecution of the

; The Rilasciare : Seen as small collections of anarchists and troublemakers, the group is far older and more organised than anyone realises. ; Sophia's Daughters : Descendants of an ancient Sidhe bloodline, the group are secret guardians of Théah with powers of foresight and manipulation. ; Novus Ordum Mundi : The evil overlord club is a collection of some of the most villainous members of Théan society who have schemed and manipulated for many centuries. ; The Rye Grin : A new organization founded during the Montaigne Revolution trying to save innocents from the

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