Setting: The Sword and the Cross

[Proteus]

"Despite the fact that Palestine is a fiend-haunted land, some time in the next century, new cities of Tyre and Sidon will arise."

This seems desperate for a few more words of explanation.

If Tyre and Sidon can rebuild in the middle of a demon-haunted wilderness, that seems to make Granada a lot less scary-sounding.

[Greg 1]

Originally Posted by Proteus

"Despite the fact that Palestine is a fiend-haunted land, some time in the next century, new cities of Tyre and Sidon will arise."

This seems desperate for a few more words of explanation.

If Tyre and Sidon can rebuild in the middle of a demon-haunted wilderness, that seems to make Granada a lot less scary-sounding.

Hoom, hoom. I can see your point. The idea was to make Tyre and Sidon sound scary. The cities of wickedness are the boss-monsters of the region.

I might add something like "How the pagan cities survive the monsters is unknown. It may have to do with the plentiful human sacrifices they offer to their dark gods, or other pagan magics."

It's interesting that all of the comments there have been on this setting have been about the world at the periphery. Maybe that's the most interesting bit, or just the most mysterious.