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Metamorphoses: St. Louis

The Chess Set of Charlemagne

So, you want to know about the Chess Set of Charlemagne? Well, while we did start to create a history explaining the background of the chess set, it's travels throughout the world, potential "mystical powers" for each of the pieces, how they could be used (both individually and as a set) to perform occult actions, and so on, it was never finished -- mainly because it wasn't entirely relevant for the LARP. All that mattered, really, was the facts that the pieces were gathering in St. Louis -- now how they got there and what their back story was.

However, we still have the breakdown of what pieces were what, and those are presented here:

The Light Set (Heavenly Forces)

King's Rook: Charlemagne
King's Knight: St. John the Baptist
King's Bishop: The Pontiff
King: Jesus
Queen: The Virgin Mary
Queen's Bishop: Mary Magdalene
Queen's Knight: St. Sebastian
Queen's Rook: St. Joseph

Pawns: The Seven Heavenly Virtues (Charity, Faith, Fortitude, Hope, Justice, Prudence, and Temperance) and Eve, Mother of Mankind

The Dark Set (Infernal Forces):

King's Rook: Beelzebub
King's Knight: Herod
King's Bishop: The False Prophet
King: Lucifer
Queen: The Whore of Babylon
Queen's Bishop: Mammon
Queen's Knight: Belial
Queen's Rook: Azazel

Pawns: The Seven Deadly Sins (Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth) and Lilith, Mother of Demons

Do with this information what you will -- but now you know!