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<blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5860633" data-attributes="member: 55680"><p><strong>The Wives of the Doge</strong></p><p>Additional Information about Hexes 29.14 and 30.03.</p><p></p><p>Note: if you haven't read the deeply <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />ed-up Italian version of <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html#basile" target="_blank">Sleeping Beauty</a> you really should, this entry is very tangentially inspired by it.</p><p></p><p>When the twin daughters Lord Tristifer Bartley of Blackhorn Keep (30.03, one of the Keeps of the night men, see the entry for Hex 27.04 et. al.) came of age they were such beauties that all men wondered if they had elven blood. Considering the history of the second Lady Bartley, it is easy to see how people could come to such a misapprehension, but the girls were human. But such humans they were! Seline was as pale as the moon and with hair as dark as the night sky, but nevertheless it shone brighter than a thousand stars. Her sister Eliana had such skin that, even though she led the sunless life of the night men, it remained golden but not near as golden as the bright and curling wreath of her hair.</p><p></p><p>For long years Lord Bartley refused all suitors, cleverly playing the other lords of the Lands of the Night Cattle off against each other until many, his brother chief among them, feared that he sought to name one of them his heir, for he had no sons. But then, during one Long Night some years past, the great Doge of the City of Shuttered Windows itself (29.14) paid a visit to the market pits and, blind though he was and is, he was enchanted by the sisters. </p><p></p><p>The thought of his house allied to Shuttered itself brought great joy to Lord Bartley but precious little to the Doge or his daughters. How could the Doge choose either one of the beauties and how could the twins be separated by the lonely miles between Blackhorn Keep and the Shuttered City? Finally a priest of the God of the City of Shuttered Windows who traveled in the Doge's revenue arrived at a solution: by his interpretation of the laws of the Temple Invisible the sisters had but one soul and thus the Doge was free to marry both of them, which he did in the greatest festivity that Blackhorn Keep had ever seen.</p><p></p><p>At first the Great Families seethed at the presence of the twin wives and some in the Temple Invisible muttered darkly, but Eliana soon won them over with her bright smiles and ready charm. Soon the entire city was following the fashion of the feather dresses that she favored, though few could match her firebird dresses in which the feathers of the firebirds (04.05) were so freshly plucked that they yet glowed. Under even the pale sun that shines on the Shuttered City Eliana blossomed, her beauty seeming to grow greater by the day.</p><p></p><p>Celine fared differently. The face of the sun, which she had never before seen, filled her with terror and she had the windows of her apartments replaced with the solid walls of home. Yet that was not enough, for she thought that she could smell the sun on the people who surrounded here and soon took to stalking the lonely halls of the Doge's palace by night. Her only comfort was her husband and, as he often worked through the night, Celine soon became his secretary. She had a quick mind and a sharper nose for lies, which pleased the Doge. But Celine, found that the reports of assassins, cults and mad wizards that she now read nightly bred with her mad fear of the sun and produced a brood of a thousand terrors. Chief among them is her fear of the Whispering Sisters, who she is convinced are dedicated to her destruction above all else.</p><p></p><p>Thus, while it is Eliana who speaks about organizing a company of female warriors to attack to citadel of the Whispering Sisters (32.22), she does it out of love for her sister as when they meet at every dawn and every dusk Celine never fails to speak of the peril of the Sisters.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-Why would the history of the second Lady Bartley make people suspect that she has elven blood? What happened to the first Lady Bartley?</p><p>-Do the Whispering Sisters truly seek to destroy Celine? </p><p>-What other fashions has Eliana popularized?</p><p>-What is life like within the keeps of the Land of the Night Cattle?</p><p>-What other paranoid whisperings is Celine engaged in?</p><p>-Have either of the twins had children by the blind Doge?</p><p>-Was the priest's ruling that the twins share one soul true? What temple law is he basing that interpretation on?</p><p></p><p><strong>The Waterworks of Shuttered</strong></p><p>Yes, even MORE information about hex 29.14</p><p></p><p>Note: this entry is from "drek" and has been lightly edited and adapted by me.</p><p></p><p>It's not a far jog from the South Gate of the City proper to the shore of Keening Sea -- a massive freshwater body that serves a fishery, bread basket, water-source, and sewage outtake for the City of Shuttered Windows. The underground canals leading and out of the city have access points to allow the Priests of the Temple Invisible to bless and purify the waters, as well as allowing for crews to patrol the waterways for the relatively infrequent monster incursion.</p><p></p><p>Fish and turtles coming in from the Sea must also be blessed and purified before it can be brought into the city. The numerous warfs lining the shores are dominated by fisher-priests, who are responsible for keeping order on the docks and inspecting the catch of the day for taint. Each cluster of docks is practically it's own village, and most residents have rare reason to enter the city proper.</p><p></p><p>Dwarf-made pumps pull water from the canal up into the highest spires of the city, powered by the labors of heretics found guilty of worshiping forbidden gods (usually, the Green Lady of the elves). In practice, the heresy charges are brought against undesirables with the flimsiest of evidence, whenever a new crew of workers is needed. If a heretical prisoner should die while serving his penance, his flesh is stripped and his skeleton animated to complete his full sentence. This is one of the few examples of necromatic animation allowed by City law and temple. A sentence of a few hundred years has become not uncommon and there is speculation that the undead now outnumber living workers.</p><p></p><p>Originally, the waterworks were powered by summoned elementals, and some sections of the complicated system still have their original water-spirit dutifully pumping water upward. However, even spirits eventually fade, and since the Green Lady's divorce, summoning replacements has become not only illegal but fairly dangerous (also, the arcane art of summoning is a much more guarded secret than as it was when the waterworks were first constructed).</p><p></p><p>From the heights of tallest buildings, the water falls in several open air streams, where it is diverted by sleeves to fall into homes and public cisterns. There are few more elaborate fountains throughout the various tiers of the city as well, particularly in shrines. They tend to be fed directly by water being pumped upward. The largest of the waterfalls powers a system of waterwheels, which have a variety of purposes.</p><p></p><p>The Guild of the Waterworks, the Plumbers, dutifully maintain and expand the system. They are also responsible for the grueling task of raising the canal's ever-sinking basin. The Guild traditionally employs dwarven citizens, but there are humans and halflings on the rolls as well. Those that make it past the apprenticeship of working on pipes in the occasionally dangerous lower levels enjoy very well-paided positions in the forges and upper tiers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daztur, post: 5860633, member: 55680"] [b]The Wives of the Doge[/b] Additional Information about Hexes 29.14 and 30.03. Note: if you haven't read the deeply :):):):)ed-up Italian version of [url=http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html#basile]Sleeping Beauty[/url] you really should, this entry is very tangentially inspired by it. When the twin daughters Lord Tristifer Bartley of Blackhorn Keep (30.03, one of the Keeps of the night men, see the entry for Hex 27.04 et. al.) came of age they were such beauties that all men wondered if they had elven blood. Considering the history of the second Lady Bartley, it is easy to see how people could come to such a misapprehension, but the girls were human. But such humans they were! Seline was as pale as the moon and with hair as dark as the night sky, but nevertheless it shone brighter than a thousand stars. Her sister Eliana had such skin that, even though she led the sunless life of the night men, it remained golden but not near as golden as the bright and curling wreath of her hair. For long years Lord Bartley refused all suitors, cleverly playing the other lords of the Lands of the Night Cattle off against each other until many, his brother chief among them, feared that he sought to name one of them his heir, for he had no sons. But then, during one Long Night some years past, the great Doge of the City of Shuttered Windows itself (29.14) paid a visit to the market pits and, blind though he was and is, he was enchanted by the sisters. The thought of his house allied to Shuttered itself brought great joy to Lord Bartley but precious little to the Doge or his daughters. How could the Doge choose either one of the beauties and how could the twins be separated by the lonely miles between Blackhorn Keep and the Shuttered City? Finally a priest of the God of the City of Shuttered Windows who traveled in the Doge's revenue arrived at a solution: by his interpretation of the laws of the Temple Invisible the sisters had but one soul and thus the Doge was free to marry both of them, which he did in the greatest festivity that Blackhorn Keep had ever seen. At first the Great Families seethed at the presence of the twin wives and some in the Temple Invisible muttered darkly, but Eliana soon won them over with her bright smiles and ready charm. Soon the entire city was following the fashion of the feather dresses that she favored, though few could match her firebird dresses in which the feathers of the firebirds (04.05) were so freshly plucked that they yet glowed. Under even the pale sun that shines on the Shuttered City Eliana blossomed, her beauty seeming to grow greater by the day. Celine fared differently. The face of the sun, which she had never before seen, filled her with terror and she had the windows of her apartments replaced with the solid walls of home. Yet that was not enough, for she thought that she could smell the sun on the people who surrounded here and soon took to stalking the lonely halls of the Doge's palace by night. Her only comfort was her husband and, as he often worked through the night, Celine soon became his secretary. She had a quick mind and a sharper nose for lies, which pleased the Doge. But Celine, found that the reports of assassins, cults and mad wizards that she now read nightly bred with her mad fear of the sun and produced a brood of a thousand terrors. Chief among them is her fear of the Whispering Sisters, who she is convinced are dedicated to her destruction above all else. Thus, while it is Eliana who speaks about organizing a company of female warriors to attack to citadel of the Whispering Sisters (32.22), she does it out of love for her sister as when they meet at every dawn and every dusk Celine never fails to speak of the peril of the Sisters. Hooks: -Why would the history of the second Lady Bartley make people suspect that she has elven blood? What happened to the first Lady Bartley? -Do the Whispering Sisters truly seek to destroy Celine? -What other fashions has Eliana popularized? -What is life like within the keeps of the Land of the Night Cattle? -What other paranoid whisperings is Celine engaged in? -Have either of the twins had children by the blind Doge? -Was the priest's ruling that the twins share one soul true? What temple law is he basing that interpretation on? [b]The Waterworks of Shuttered[/b] Yes, even MORE information about hex 29.14 Note: this entry is from "drek" and has been lightly edited and adapted by me. It's not a far jog from the South Gate of the City proper to the shore of Keening Sea -- a massive freshwater body that serves a fishery, bread basket, water-source, and sewage outtake for the City of Shuttered Windows. The underground canals leading and out of the city have access points to allow the Priests of the Temple Invisible to bless and purify the waters, as well as allowing for crews to patrol the waterways for the relatively infrequent monster incursion. Fish and turtles coming in from the Sea must also be blessed and purified before it can be brought into the city. The numerous warfs lining the shores are dominated by fisher-priests, who are responsible for keeping order on the docks and inspecting the catch of the day for taint. Each cluster of docks is practically it's own village, and most residents have rare reason to enter the city proper. Dwarf-made pumps pull water from the canal up into the highest spires of the city, powered by the labors of heretics found guilty of worshiping forbidden gods (usually, the Green Lady of the elves). In practice, the heresy charges are brought against undesirables with the flimsiest of evidence, whenever a new crew of workers is needed. If a heretical prisoner should die while serving his penance, his flesh is stripped and his skeleton animated to complete his full sentence. This is one of the few examples of necromatic animation allowed by City law and temple. A sentence of a few hundred years has become not uncommon and there is speculation that the undead now outnumber living workers. Originally, the waterworks were powered by summoned elementals, and some sections of the complicated system still have their original water-spirit dutifully pumping water upward. However, even spirits eventually fade, and since the Green Lady's divorce, summoning replacements has become not only illegal but fairly dangerous (also, the arcane art of summoning is a much more guarded secret than as it was when the waterworks were first constructed). From the heights of tallest buildings, the water falls in several open air streams, where it is diverted by sleeves to fall into homes and public cisterns. There are few more elaborate fountains throughout the various tiers of the city as well, particularly in shrines. They tend to be fed directly by water being pumped upward. The largest of the waterfalls powers a system of waterwheels, which have a variety of purposes. The Guild of the Waterworks, the Plumbers, dutifully maintain and expand the system. They are also responsible for the grueling task of raising the canal's ever-sinking basin. The Guild traditionally employs dwarven citizens, but there are humans and halflings on the rolls as well. Those that make it past the apprenticeship of working on pipes in the occasionally dangerous lower levels enjoy very well-paided positions in the forges and upper tiers. [/QUOTE]
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