{"id":14,"date":"2013-09-27T03:19:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T03:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-10-23T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:45:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"PROLEGOMENA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"14-c1\" class=\"style-184 style-local-14-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"14-c2\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-284 style-local-14-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"14-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-285 style-local-14-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-286-outer style-local-14-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"14-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-286 style-local-14-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"14-c5\" class=\"d-block style-288 style-local-14-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/intro-2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-57 style-288-image style-local-14-c5-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/intro-2.jpg 634w, https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/intro-2-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-288-frameImage style-local-14-c5-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-287-outer style-local-14-c6-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"14-c6\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-287 style-local-14-c6 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"14-c7\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-289 style-local-14-c7 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Welcome to&nbsp;<strong>Sword &amp; Barrow<\/strong>, the official web site for a series of interconnected projects exploring a fantasy setting called simply The Known World: a comic book and graphic novel series titled<em>&nbsp;<\/em><strong>ARTESIA<\/strong>                      that I first started working on in 1997 and first saw publication in 1999; novels titled&nbsp;<strong>THE BARROW<\/strong> and the three-volume&nbsp;<strong>BLACK HEART<\/strong>, which act as prequels to the graphic novels; a roleplaying\n                      game that accompanies the graphic novels and books (with a planned second edition); and a sourcebook or two. 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