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<blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 5907303" data-attributes="member: 83822"><p>Erratum: The entry for the Warbling Coast has the word 'next' when it should be 'nest'.</p><p></p><p>My first entry is another attempt to explain a discrepancy: whether the Pirate Kings are cloud giants or storm giants. </p><p></p><p><strong>The Chalk Cliffs Overlooking The Stormhead (01.04)</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> Why do the Pirate Kings so restlessly patrol the Ocean of Bitter Regrets? By now, their coffers must overflow with spies, gemstones and all other riches of the world. Indeed, the Pirate Kings have been seen to jettison treasures just minutes after looting them. </p><p> </p><p>While it is true that the Pirate Kings are madly covetous, their raiding serves another purpose. Each cloud giant searches for their ‘spark’, something that reveals to them the tremendous beauty of the world. One King wept over an altar of the Green Lady, another sniffed deeply from a bottle of Narosi perfume resting on the tip of his finger. </p><p> </p><p>When a cloud giant is ignited in this way, he or she must craft a wooden ship and sail or row it to the Stormhead, a perpetual storm that rages in the heart of the Ocean of Bitter Regrets. As soon as he or she casts the spark into the sea, he or she is struck by a single bolt of lightning that transforms the cloud giant into a storm giant.</p><p> </p><p>The boat then burns beneath the giant and he or she must swim away from the storm. Most will stop at the islands that dot the Ocean, some staying for good, although it is said that the King of Salt and Brine—before his infection—swam straight back to the Shrouded Lands.</p><p> </p><p>In a cave along these cliffs, a Pirate King has stashed her spark. It was too beautiful for her to relinquish, and so she built a fortress to protect it in readiness for the day when she steels herself to sail to the Stormhead.</p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>Hooks:</em></p><p> What is the spark?</p><p>Is there anything within the Stormhead? What causes it?</p><p>What causes the perpetual storm?</p><p> What were the sparks for other storm giants?</p><p> What are the Islands of Bitter Regret like?</p><p> Who makes perfume now Naros has fallen?</p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Down to a Sunless Sea</strong> (do we know roughly which hexes the Sunless Sea is in?)</p><p></p><p>When you travel through the deep and hidden passages beneath the earth, the current finally bears you to the Sunless Sea. Though the underground rivers are fresh, the waters of the sea are salty—and not with the melancholy salt of the Ocean of Bitter Regrets.</p><p> </p><p>One enormous cavern of the Sea is filled by a white whale, larger than any found in the Ocean. The whale—trapped long ago by its extraordinary growth—is now motionless, its calloused back dry except when a chance tide splashes it.</p><p> The whale sings, and its moans echo around the Sunless Sea like a grating dirge. The agony of this mighty beast also tarnishes the Dreamsong, sending nightmares across the Shrouded Lands. </p><p> <em></em></p><p><em>Hooks</em></p><p> Is this whale Old Leviathan?</p><p> What effect does this whale have on the Dreamsong?</p><p> What are the properties of the salt of the Sunless Sea?</p><p> How did the whale make it down to the Sunless Sea in the first place?</p><p> What do the aboleths make of the whale?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sanglorian, post: 5907303, member: 83822"] Erratum: The entry for the Warbling Coast has the word 'next' when it should be 'nest'. My first entry is another attempt to explain a discrepancy: whether the Pirate Kings are cloud giants or storm giants. [B]The Chalk Cliffs Overlooking The Stormhead (01.04) [/B] Why do the Pirate Kings so restlessly patrol the Ocean of Bitter Regrets? By now, their coffers must overflow with spies, gemstones and all other riches of the world. Indeed, the Pirate Kings have been seen to jettison treasures just minutes after looting them. While it is true that the Pirate Kings are madly covetous, their raiding serves another purpose. Each cloud giant searches for their ‘spark’, something that reveals to them the tremendous beauty of the world. One King wept over an altar of the Green Lady, another sniffed deeply from a bottle of Narosi perfume resting on the tip of his finger. When a cloud giant is ignited in this way, he or she must craft a wooden ship and sail or row it to the Stormhead, a perpetual storm that rages in the heart of the Ocean of Bitter Regrets. As soon as he or she casts the spark into the sea, he or she is struck by a single bolt of lightning that transforms the cloud giant into a storm giant. The boat then burns beneath the giant and he or she must swim away from the storm. Most will stop at the islands that dot the Ocean, some staying for good, although it is said that the King of Salt and Brine—before his infection—swam straight back to the Shrouded Lands. In a cave along these cliffs, a Pirate King has stashed her spark. It was too beautiful for her to relinquish, and so she built a fortress to protect it in readiness for the day when she steels herself to sail to the Stormhead. [I] Hooks:[/I] What is the spark? Is there anything within the Stormhead? What causes it? What causes the perpetual storm? What were the sparks for other storm giants? What are the Islands of Bitter Regret like? Who makes perfume now Naros has fallen? [B] Down to a Sunless Sea[/B] (do we know roughly which hexes the Sunless Sea is in?) When you travel through the deep and hidden passages beneath the earth, the current finally bears you to the Sunless Sea. Though the underground rivers are fresh, the waters of the sea are salty—and not with the melancholy salt of the Ocean of Bitter Regrets. One enormous cavern of the Sea is filled by a white whale, larger than any found in the Ocean. The whale—trapped long ago by its extraordinary growth—is now motionless, its calloused back dry except when a chance tide splashes it. The whale sings, and its moans echo around the Sunless Sea like a grating dirge. The agony of this mighty beast also tarnishes the Dreamsong, sending nightmares across the Shrouded Lands. [I] Hooks[/I] Is this whale Old Leviathan? What effect does this whale have on the Dreamsong? What are the properties of the salt of the Sunless Sea? How did the whale make it down to the Sunless Sea in the first place? What do the aboleths make of the whale? [/QUOTE]
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