Can you tell us a little about the author behind Black Prophecys story, Michael Marrak?
How did he get involved with this MMO, and why did Reakktor choose him? Timo Krahl: Michal Marrak is a German sci-fi author who has been awarded several genre prizes. His best known-books are Lord Gamma and Imagon, which unfortunately have only been released in the German language. In the planning phase of Black Prophecy we were looking for an appropriate author and Michael Marrak had immediately been placed on our shortlist. Michael then developed the Black Prophecy story from scratch and also did his bit to assist the game design and graphics departments in designing the Black Prophecy universe so that it would be consistent and atmospheric. ZAM: What we know of Black Prophecy’s story so far seems to be pretty deep, existential and metaphorical; almost similar to some of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work… Krahl: The Black Prophecy story is certainly written very deep and lavishly but does not claim to be highly intellectual literature which ranks on the same level with Nietzsche’s writings.
