As much as I love Pathfinder, the rules heaviness is kinda beginning to fatigue me as a DM so I'm looking to try something new.
So I picked up a random indie RPG called Sword Noir that emphasizes quick, deadly combat where PCs can even die to random mooks if they are outnumbered and magic that takes a long time to cast and then drives the user insane. It's pretty low powered, especially compared to Pathfinder. The system itself is also really simplistic. I've seen some people compare it to FATE, but as I never played that so I can't say if that's accurate or not. Sounds pretty cool to me. I want to try running a game like that!
But there's an issue. As the name of the game suggests, it is meant to be a mix between noir and sword & sorcery in terms of feel, but the little bit of provided setting doesn't really do much for me.
So I'm looking for a setting that's well suited toward a game with a grittier, medieval, low fantasy/low magic feel, preferably urban and without steampunk... well at least not a ton of steampunk.
Game system the setting is based on itself doesn't really matter. Any suggestions?
Westeros?
As per Game of Thrones? The issue there is that I've never read the series and all my potential players have.