Creative Exercise: The Sovereign Dominion of Eyros

[Nellisir]

Halflings have escaped the Dominion of Eyros by turning to the sea- they now have gargantuan floating colonies of latched-together ships, rafts, and boats that drift with the currents.

Warlike goblinoid clans make frequent raids into Eryos' northern territory.

 

[ajanders]

Shift

Halflings have escaped the Dominion of Eyros by turning to the sea- they now have gargantuan floating colonies of latched-together ships, rafts, and boats that drift with the currents.

Eyros is a militant society: the half-orcs in power fear it is one in decline, for they are not the iron warriors their forefathers were.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Eyros is a militant society: the half-orcs in power fear it is one in decline, for they are not the iron warriors their forefathers were.

Government hegemony is enforced by a cadre of gnomish necromancers known as Praes Thanatos. Insurgent groups such as the Jagged Eye, and sympathisers, are suppressed by summoning small armies of undead from the ambient corpses due to sacrifical rituals. As such, dwarves and gnomes tend not to get along, as many dwarves have friends or relatives who have been pacificed by Praes Thanatos.

 

[Breakstone]

By the way, Mouse, I just wanted to say that this is a terrific idea for a new thread, and I'm loving the results so far!

 

[Fate Lawson]

Because only a TRUE first-generation half-orc may ascend the Thone, the Noble families are very strict about the purity of their House lineages. There are 6 of these families, known collectively as "The Pillars". Three are Human, and Three are Orcish. The greatest political wrangling consists of arranging marriages between Orc and Human children, striving for that one first-generation child that will next take the throne. Needless to say, those half-orc noble childern that don't make the throne find themselves very,very expendable.

 

[Sargon the Kassadian]

The underground trade in narcotics, which are often purchased by dilettante nobles, is secretly funded by the Jagged Eye

 

[Eosin the Red]

The planet of Eyros circles a blue sun in a slightly erratic and ellipical orbit both winters and summers vary greatly from year to year (some winters are mild while others nearly snuff the life from the land). The sun appears about 75% of the size of Sol and a year is significantly longer than an Earth year.

 

[Phineas Crow]

Piracy has become the backbone of halfling society, without the plunder obtained from raids along the coastlines of Eyros the halflings in their cities of floating flotsam could not survive. The most notorious of the halfling pirate gangs is the Bloodsong Buccaneers, led by the pirate-bard Captain Darrenback.

 

[jayaint]

Dragons, though they feature prominently in fairy tales and children's bedtime stories, are suspicously absent from modern history.

-jay

 

[Rystil Arden]

Dragons, though they feature prominently in fairy tales and children's bedtime stories, are suspicously absent from modern history.

-jay

Felra Raj-Tinar (the dashed name indicates her connection to both her orc and human House lineages) is an intelligent and well-liked young half orc who is expected by many to take the throne when the aging ruler abdicates (half-orcs have such a low life-expectancy...) Little does anyone suspect that Felra is secretly involved in a forbidden love affair with the notorious pirate captain Darrenback!