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Originally posted by johan osterman:
Ulm is inspired by amongst other Teutonic Knights and German Landsknechts. The black forest theme is Ulm an intended shift of style towards central and eastern Europe, Southern- Germany/Bavaria and Tranasylvania. One of the classic ingredients of gothic novels is tainted bloodlines, another feature common amongst the traditional, Anglo Saxon and Protestant, gothic novel is that it takes place in some part of catholic Europe, so making a goethicized fantasy 'Bavarian' Ulm is a natural step, I think.

That is a great post. Comments like this about other themes would be great as well.