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<blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5866577" data-attributes="member: 55680"><p>Oh, anybody want to give writing an introductory paragraph for the setting a shot? I've tried a couple times but it doesn't come out sounding right so I'd appreciate some help...</p><p></p><p>Sanglorian: looking over it carefully, just a few nitpicks...</p><p>Compilation and map should be updated tonight Korean time.</p><p></p><p>-What's the passing mention of "destroying angle" relating to Mirror Lake (37.01)?</p><p>-At 18.10 there are many were-men, not one.</p><p>-For the Creche of a Million Young, I left it unclear if it was the bugs that were being worshiped or if they were an avatar of a god or a symbol of a god or whatnot. The theology of the bug cult is vague.</p><p>-The Brothers of the Lake worship Alberon.</p><p>-I wasn't very clear but my intention with the Golden Realm was that they were badly beaten in a battle and had to pay tribute but aren't conquered.</p><p></p><p>Everything else I noted is correct <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The Bolger Freehold</strong></p><p>Hex 11.08</p><p></p><p>The Bolger Freehold is home to the (very) extended family of Bolger halflings. In their lands they raise thoroughbred racing ostriches, vegetables, wheat and large families as well as maintaining their famous giant bee honey meadery (with honey from 10.10).</p><p></p><p>They are a close-knit bunch with most Bolgers marrying distant cousins. This has its benefits, but it also makes Bolger politics incredibly nasty as most local issues soon become overshadowed by what the other party’s aunt did. It eventually got so bad that after the death of Honorius Bolger in the wake of the Great Noodle Scandal, that the halflings began to hire mayors from among the tall folk in order to have neutral arbiters. They are called Plenipotentiaries for the Maintenance of Comity and the Promotion of Weal and have almost unlimited power during their tenure, but they can be impeached and in one case the impeachment proceedings began during the dessert course of the inauguration feast. These Plenipotentiaries can be nearly anyone but are often the younger sons of the nobility of the City of Shuttered Windows (29.14), with which the Bolgers maintain warm relations.</p><p></p><p>Some of the Bolger family has even settled in and around Shuttered most famously Bogarus Bolger, a gladiatorial manager at the Wedding Band (30.15). It seems like there is one child like Bogarus in every Bolger family, a child who is not content with the quiet life at the freehold who cause their parents great stress as they end up doing anything from trying to apprentice themselves to wizards to taking up painting.</p><p></p><p>Currently many of the Bolgers want to hire on a new Plenipotentiary as there is much work to be done. Mead supplies are running low as the ettins (13.06) demand much of it and seldom pay and the giant bees themselves have been dying for some reason that eludes the halfings. In addition, there is much planning to be done before the next Purple Smoke Derby, which is traditionally held before planting so that the dung of the champion ostrich can fertilize the fields.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-Who is the current Plenipotentiary for the Maintenance of Comity and the Promotion of Weal and how close are they to resigning in frustration or being impeached?</p><p>-Aside from Bogarus, who are some of the other black sheep of the Bolger family?</p><p>-Why is the Purple Smoke Derby called that? </p><p>-Does giant bee mead have any special properties?</p><p></p><p><strong>The Temple of the Labyrinth</strong></p><p>Additional information about Hex 29.14</p><p></p><p>Note: this is from Pillsy's last post on the old thread. Only a bare few from me, chutup and drek that haven't been transferred over.</p><p></p><p>In the seediest corner of the Gnomish Quarter of the City, far from the shops of the reputable apothecaries and tinkerers and illusionists, beyond the cozy taverns and smoke shops, and past even the stalls and tents of the most disreputable naga-oil salesmen, pawn shop owners, lie the slums, which have sunk to the point of being half-underground and will be claimed entirely by the Undercity in a man's age or two. Once, when an ancient Doge allowed the construction of the Gnomish Quarter over the heated objections of an ancient Matriarch, these were the row houses build by the first, wealthiest influx of gnomish artisans and traders, and now the low ceilings and narrow halls mean that their occupants are limited to destitute gnomes and halflings. Kobolds and goblins who attempt to defy their geases and remain in the City indefinitely often find their way into these warrens. Occasionally their wasted corpses are found among the trash strewn about the alleys, but rumors persist that there is some way to break the geas, and it can be found in this slum.</p><p></p><p>Even if this rumor is true, it would by no means by the most remarkable feature of the slum. For among the half-buried tenements, there is an ancient storefront, which might once have been prosperous but has now fallen into wrack and ruin like everything around it. Its glass windows were long ago replaced with oilskins, and its intricately carved wooden sign has faded and rotted to the point of near-illegibility. It proclaims that this is the Temple of Labyrinth, and it is, indeed, a temple, one which is known as far as the Pirate Kingdoms and Grumluda. When questions arise to why an alien temple is allowed beyond the sanctuary of the Twelve Embassies, (note: I'll add a retcon placing the Creche of a Million Young on land that is technically embassy land in order to be consistent with this passage here) the Priests of the City will usually answer that the Temple of the Labyrinth is so piteous that it makes the glory of Alberon all the more evident by contrast. This is a lie, and it is one of the three lies that Priests of the City are allowed to tell. </p><p></p><p>On the highest floor of the Steeple of Alberon, above the Tabernacle, the Church's coffers and the personal chambers of the Matriarch, there is the Sealed Library. Here, the Church keeps the books that are too dangerous or blasphemous to allow any but the Matriarch to read, but to valuable to destroy. The library contains one of three known copies of the Testament of Weneslas Stannev, the spell book of the Arch-Lich of Naros, and the only un-redacted version of the Scroll of Seven Shadows. It also contains a contract between the first Matriarch of the City and the High Priestess of the Labyrinth, written with dwarven cuneiform stamped into a strange sheet of unsmeltable metal, promising that the Temple of Labyrinth will always have a place in the City of Shuttered Windows.</p><p></p><p>Inside the Temple of the Labyrinth, there is a, single cluttered room, with a low altar, rickety pews, stacks of rotting hymnals and at least a dozen half-empty wrought-iron candelabra. If the pews were full, a wizard could slaughter every congregant with a single fireball, but the pews are always empty. The room is suffused by the odor of filth and decay that is barely concealed by cloying incense.</p><p></p><p>Behind the altar sits High Priestess, a gnome so bent with age that she is as twisted as any Deep Dwarf. It is unknown whether she ever moves from her spot, but no visitor has seen her anywhere else. Her robes are elven silk, embroidered with a maze-like pattern of dizzying intricacy. Once her robes would have been worth more than the herds of the Olmsteds, but now they are ragged and threadbare: apparently not even elven silk lasts forever. This is the highest representative of Chimalia, She Who is Fate, She Who Dwells in the Labyrinth of Law and Chaos, mother and sister of Tiamat. Despite living at the fringe of the Undercity, she is an Elector, making her the equal of the Matriarch or the head of any Great Family, but she has never cast a vote. </p><p></p><p>Supplicants may sit in the pews and wait for her to address them, and those she notices are allowed approach her to ask one whispered question, and receive one whispered answer. It is said that those who get up before she acknowledges them will never be answered. Most give up after a few hours, but some are desperate enough to wait days before they have to leave out of thirst or hunger (this would explain the stench). A few die sitting in the pews waiting for an answer that will never come, including the last Doge. Zeem Olmsted endured the humiliation of the ear-geld and then waited two days for an answer. The last time Drogo the Baldfaced was bold enough to show himself in the City, he visited the Temple, and needed to wait only a few minutes for his answer. It is said that when he left the City, he was pale as a Night Cow, and weeping openly.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>Are the rumors of broken geasa true? What could be breaking them?</p><p>What did the last Doge want to know? How about Zeem and Drogo?</p><p>Why was the Church willing to tolerate the presence of the Temple?</p><p>Why is the Temple of the Labyrinth so impoverished? Are there any other priests of Chimalia out there?</p><p></p><p>Note: I'll add in hex references when I add that last post into the compilation, got to run now, but it's such a wonderful entry I couldn't resist adding it in...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daztur, post: 5866577, member: 55680"] Oh, anybody want to give writing an introductory paragraph for the setting a shot? I've tried a couple times but it doesn't come out sounding right so I'd appreciate some help... Sanglorian: looking over it carefully, just a few nitpicks... Compilation and map should be updated tonight Korean time. -What's the passing mention of "destroying angle" relating to Mirror Lake (37.01)? -At 18.10 there are many were-men, not one. -For the Creche of a Million Young, I left it unclear if it was the bugs that were being worshiped or if they were an avatar of a god or a symbol of a god or whatnot. The theology of the bug cult is vague. -The Brothers of the Lake worship Alberon. -I wasn't very clear but my intention with the Golden Realm was that they were badly beaten in a battle and had to pay tribute but aren't conquered. Everything else I noted is correct :) [b]The Bolger Freehold[/b] Hex 11.08 The Bolger Freehold is home to the (very) extended family of Bolger halflings. In their lands they raise thoroughbred racing ostriches, vegetables, wheat and large families as well as maintaining their famous giant bee honey meadery (with honey from 10.10). They are a close-knit bunch with most Bolgers marrying distant cousins. This has its benefits, but it also makes Bolger politics incredibly nasty as most local issues soon become overshadowed by what the other party’s aunt did. It eventually got so bad that after the death of Honorius Bolger in the wake of the Great Noodle Scandal, that the halflings began to hire mayors from among the tall folk in order to have neutral arbiters. They are called Plenipotentiaries for the Maintenance of Comity and the Promotion of Weal and have almost unlimited power during their tenure, but they can be impeached and in one case the impeachment proceedings began during the dessert course of the inauguration feast. These Plenipotentiaries can be nearly anyone but are often the younger sons of the nobility of the City of Shuttered Windows (29.14), with which the Bolgers maintain warm relations. Some of the Bolger family has even settled in and around Shuttered most famously Bogarus Bolger, a gladiatorial manager at the Wedding Band (30.15). It seems like there is one child like Bogarus in every Bolger family, a child who is not content with the quiet life at the freehold who cause their parents great stress as they end up doing anything from trying to apprentice themselves to wizards to taking up painting. Currently many of the Bolgers want to hire on a new Plenipotentiary as there is much work to be done. Mead supplies are running low as the ettins (13.06) demand much of it and seldom pay and the giant bees themselves have been dying for some reason that eludes the halfings. In addition, there is much planning to be done before the next Purple Smoke Derby, which is traditionally held before planting so that the dung of the champion ostrich can fertilize the fields. Hooks: -Who is the current Plenipotentiary for the Maintenance of Comity and the Promotion of Weal and how close are they to resigning in frustration or being impeached? -Aside from Bogarus, who are some of the other black sheep of the Bolger family? -Why is the Purple Smoke Derby called that? -Does giant bee mead have any special properties? [b]The Temple of the Labyrinth[/b] Additional information about Hex 29.14 Note: this is from Pillsy's last post on the old thread. Only a bare few from me, chutup and drek that haven't been transferred over. In the seediest corner of the Gnomish Quarter of the City, far from the shops of the reputable apothecaries and tinkerers and illusionists, beyond the cozy taverns and smoke shops, and past even the stalls and tents of the most disreputable naga-oil salesmen, pawn shop owners, lie the slums, which have sunk to the point of being half-underground and will be claimed entirely by the Undercity in a man's age or two. Once, when an ancient Doge allowed the construction of the Gnomish Quarter over the heated objections of an ancient Matriarch, these were the row houses build by the first, wealthiest influx of gnomish artisans and traders, and now the low ceilings and narrow halls mean that their occupants are limited to destitute gnomes and halflings. Kobolds and goblins who attempt to defy their geases and remain in the City indefinitely often find their way into these warrens. Occasionally their wasted corpses are found among the trash strewn about the alleys, but rumors persist that there is some way to break the geas, and it can be found in this slum. Even if this rumor is true, it would by no means by the most remarkable feature of the slum. For among the half-buried tenements, there is an ancient storefront, which might once have been prosperous but has now fallen into wrack and ruin like everything around it. Its glass windows were long ago replaced with oilskins, and its intricately carved wooden sign has faded and rotted to the point of near-illegibility. It proclaims that this is the Temple of Labyrinth, and it is, indeed, a temple, one which is known as far as the Pirate Kingdoms and Grumluda. When questions arise to why an alien temple is allowed beyond the sanctuary of the Twelve Embassies, (note: I'll add a retcon placing the Creche of a Million Young on land that is technically embassy land in order to be consistent with this passage here) the Priests of the City will usually answer that the Temple of the Labyrinth is so piteous that it makes the glory of Alberon all the more evident by contrast. This is a lie, and it is one of the three lies that Priests of the City are allowed to tell. On the highest floor of the Steeple of Alberon, above the Tabernacle, the Church's coffers and the personal chambers of the Matriarch, there is the Sealed Library. Here, the Church keeps the books that are too dangerous or blasphemous to allow any but the Matriarch to read, but to valuable to destroy. The library contains one of three known copies of the Testament of Weneslas Stannev, the spell book of the Arch-Lich of Naros, and the only un-redacted version of the Scroll of Seven Shadows. It also contains a contract between the first Matriarch of the City and the High Priestess of the Labyrinth, written with dwarven cuneiform stamped into a strange sheet of unsmeltable metal, promising that the Temple of Labyrinth will always have a place in the City of Shuttered Windows. Inside the Temple of the Labyrinth, there is a, single cluttered room, with a low altar, rickety pews, stacks of rotting hymnals and at least a dozen half-empty wrought-iron candelabra. If the pews were full, a wizard could slaughter every congregant with a single fireball, but the pews are always empty. The room is suffused by the odor of filth and decay that is barely concealed by cloying incense. Behind the altar sits High Priestess, a gnome so bent with age that she is as twisted as any Deep Dwarf. It is unknown whether she ever moves from her spot, but no visitor has seen her anywhere else. Her robes are elven silk, embroidered with a maze-like pattern of dizzying intricacy. Once her robes would have been worth more than the herds of the Olmsteds, but now they are ragged and threadbare: apparently not even elven silk lasts forever. This is the highest representative of Chimalia, She Who is Fate, She Who Dwells in the Labyrinth of Law and Chaos, mother and sister of Tiamat. Despite living at the fringe of the Undercity, she is an Elector, making her the equal of the Matriarch or the head of any Great Family, but she has never cast a vote. Supplicants may sit in the pews and wait for her to address them, and those she notices are allowed approach her to ask one whispered question, and receive one whispered answer. It is said that those who get up before she acknowledges them will never be answered. Most give up after a few hours, but some are desperate enough to wait days before they have to leave out of thirst or hunger (this would explain the stench). A few die sitting in the pews waiting for an answer that will never come, including the last Doge. Zeem Olmsted endured the humiliation of the ear-geld and then waited two days for an answer. The last time Drogo the Baldfaced was bold enough to show himself in the City, he visited the Temple, and needed to wait only a few minutes for his answer. It is said that when he left the City, he was pale as a Night Cow, and weeping openly. Hooks: Are the rumors of broken geasa true? What could be breaking them? What did the last Doge want to know? How about Zeem and Drogo? Why was the Church willing to tolerate the presence of the Temple? Why is the Temple of the Labyrinth so impoverished? Are there any other priests of Chimalia out there? Note: I'll add in hex references when I add that last post into the compilation, got to run now, but it's such a wonderful entry I couldn't resist adding it in... [/QUOTE]
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