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<blockquote data-quote="chutup" data-source="post: 5894577" data-attributes="member: 6690844"><p><strong>Skeleton of a Great Bird, Sunken in Sand (11.32)</strong></p><p></p><p>At the far southern edge of the Shrouded Lands, there is a region of harsh desert where even the hardiest of nomads rarely venture. It is said that somewhere in this arid landscape there is to be found the skeleton of an enormous bird, with a wingspan of five hundred feet or more. In the shadow of its ribcage, small flowers grow, similar to those in the footprints of the Tarrasque (48.24) but dark blue instead of yellow. Inside its skull, which is cracked as if from a mighty blow, there dwells a man, shaggy-bearded and ancient, bearing a talisman which displays the twin faces of the Lion and the King. If questioned, he will claim to be the last keeper of the World's Edge Lighthouse (46.10).</p><p></p><p>All around the bird skeleton there are drawn images in the sand, the same two over and over. The first, which the hermit refers to as 'despair', is an image of a hammer; the latter, which he calls 'hope', is that of an egg.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>- Is this the skeleton of Ziz, the third great beast to go alongside Old Leviathan and the Tarrasque?</p><p>- What are the properties of the blue flowers?</p><p>- If so, how will this affect the prophesised banquet that the lion priests are awaiting?</p><p>- Is the hermit really Nikos Farver, last of the lighthouse keepers? How did he get all the way from the lighthouse to here?</p><p>- What is the significance of the hammer and the egg?</p><p></p><p><strong>The Piss-and-S*** Castle (13.12)</strong></p><p></p><p>This ruined castle in the west of Thring is caked with grime and smells appalling. Only the most miserable beggars dwell here, picking over the scraps of rubbish which are dumped here by Thringish folk for miles around. Indeed, once a year, the major castles including Tarengael send out a cartload of their most repulsive garbage and dump it in the castle's putrid halls.</p><p></p><p>The story of the Piss-and-S*** Castle is this: long ago, when the Stannevs dwelled in Thring, they were joined by marriage to another family of sun-worshippers, the Tellevs. This alliance came to an end when the Tellevs adopted a divergent religious view, claiming that there was no division between King and Lion, and that His light was immanent in all things. The Stannevs regarded this as a vile heresy, an insult to the King in Splendour that implicitly denied his god-nature. A vicious religious war was fought, and the Tellevs were supposedly wiped out to the last man.</p><p></p><p>Thereafter, the Lord Stannev decreed that all the former serfs and bannermen of the Tellevs would dump their waste in the old castle, and after this practice continued for one year and a day, it passed into law. In these latter days, the Stannevs are a much smaller house, and dwell far from Thring, yet the lords of the Duchy wisely continue to make their annual delivery to the castle. As a result, much of the castle's interior is now filled with waste, ranging from feces and food scraps to discarded objects and papers. The deeper one delves, the further back in history the rubbish goes...</p><p></p><p>Recently, a hedge-wizardess named Taliah Bartleby, allegedly an illegitimate child of one the Foolish Sages (20.18) has begun snooping around the outskirts of the castle. Rumour has it she is looking for something specific.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>- Did any of the Tellevs survive? Does their heresy live on anywhere in the Shrouded Lands?</p><p>- Why did the Stannevs leave Thring, and what made them a smaller house?</p><p>- Has anything valuable or interesting been thrown away along with the general waste?</p><p>- Why is it wise to keep up the annual 'tribute' of rubbish?</p><p>- What is Taliah Bartleby looking for?</p><p></p><p>(Think of a fantasy version of this: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers" target="_blank">Collyer brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chutup, post: 5894577, member: 6690844"] [B]Skeleton of a Great Bird, Sunken in Sand (11.32)[/B] At the far southern edge of the Shrouded Lands, there is a region of harsh desert where even the hardiest of nomads rarely venture. It is said that somewhere in this arid landscape there is to be found the skeleton of an enormous bird, with a wingspan of five hundred feet or more. In the shadow of its ribcage, small flowers grow, similar to those in the footprints of the Tarrasque (48.24) but dark blue instead of yellow. Inside its skull, which is cracked as if from a mighty blow, there dwells a man, shaggy-bearded and ancient, bearing a talisman which displays the twin faces of the Lion and the King. If questioned, he will claim to be the last keeper of the World's Edge Lighthouse (46.10). All around the bird skeleton there are drawn images in the sand, the same two over and over. The first, which the hermit refers to as 'despair', is an image of a hammer; the latter, which he calls 'hope', is that of an egg. Hooks: - Is this the skeleton of Ziz, the third great beast to go alongside Old Leviathan and the Tarrasque? - What are the properties of the blue flowers? - If so, how will this affect the prophesised banquet that the lion priests are awaiting? - Is the hermit really Nikos Farver, last of the lighthouse keepers? How did he get all the way from the lighthouse to here? - What is the significance of the hammer and the egg? [B]The Piss-and-S*** Castle (13.12)[/B] This ruined castle in the west of Thring is caked with grime and smells appalling. Only the most miserable beggars dwell here, picking over the scraps of rubbish which are dumped here by Thringish folk for miles around. Indeed, once a year, the major castles including Tarengael send out a cartload of their most repulsive garbage and dump it in the castle's putrid halls. The story of the Piss-and-S*** Castle is this: long ago, when the Stannevs dwelled in Thring, they were joined by marriage to another family of sun-worshippers, the Tellevs. This alliance came to an end when the Tellevs adopted a divergent religious view, claiming that there was no division between King and Lion, and that His light was immanent in all things. The Stannevs regarded this as a vile heresy, an insult to the King in Splendour that implicitly denied his god-nature. A vicious religious war was fought, and the Tellevs were supposedly wiped out to the last man. Thereafter, the Lord Stannev decreed that all the former serfs and bannermen of the Tellevs would dump their waste in the old castle, and after this practice continued for one year and a day, it passed into law. In these latter days, the Stannevs are a much smaller house, and dwell far from Thring, yet the lords of the Duchy wisely continue to make their annual delivery to the castle. As a result, much of the castle's interior is now filled with waste, ranging from feces and food scraps to discarded objects and papers. The deeper one delves, the further back in history the rubbish goes... Recently, a hedge-wizardess named Taliah Bartleby, allegedly an illegitimate child of one the Foolish Sages (20.18) has begun snooping around the outskirts of the castle. Rumour has it she is looking for something specific. Hooks: - Did any of the Tellevs survive? Does their heresy live on anywhere in the Shrouded Lands? - Why did the Stannevs leave Thring, and what made them a smaller house? - Has anything valuable or interesting been thrown away along with the general waste? - Why is it wise to keep up the annual 'tribute' of rubbish? - What is Taliah Bartleby looking for? (Think of a fantasy version of this: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers"]Collyer brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] ) [/QUOTE]
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