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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5951113" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Enter Carrion Hill commonly called "The Wart"</strong></p><p></p><p>The City has several names but most commonly the wart or the boil or other such pleasant labels. It raises from the surrounding swamplands very much like an infected pimple, it’s head usually called the crown has the nicer buildings sometimes made of marble or other agreeable material while the slopes of the hill called the tangle has a mixture of baser materials and a high percentage of Middenstone buildings. The bottom of the hill practically all the buildings are made of middenstone and it’s probably this which causes the names as much as anything.</p><p></p><p>Middenstone is a mixture of several ingredients like brick stone, gravel, bone and a ground up local beetle called carrion roaches. This produces a sickeningly mauve material similar to a mix of adobe and concrete and can be formed into many shapes which harden when it dries. However when it dries it takes on a vivid violet hue which from a distance would make the hill seem to have an angry violet base with a paler crown.</p><p></p><p>Carrion Hill is also often called the city of 10,000 temples; while this is blatantly false there is certainly close to 200 temples and shines within the city. Many just a cupboard in someone’s house but still a shrine and someone’s holy place. However the grandest temple on the hill is the Ossuary Church which is a church dedicated to Pharasma.</p><p></p><p>The party is met at the banks of the river by a short balding fellow who seems to be constantly washing his admittedly dirty looking hands. Grinning a gap toothed smile that never reaches his eyes he enquires if they would like to cross on his barge; he gestures with one hand towards several logs which have been loosely held together and several large looking men lounging nearby before returning his hand to the dry washing. His eyes quickly scan the group counting horses and people and any obvious signs of wealth. Liking what he see’s he demands an outrageous price which is quickly accepted by the party and they are safely ferried to the other side of the river.</p><p></p><p>They travel up the road towards the main gate where they expect to be stopped by the guards; however these guards are not really paying that much attention being too interested in looking at their own feet and staying out of the incessant rain. However once they pass through into the city they are met with something they certainly did not expect. The city looks mostly abandoned; there are very few people actually in the streets even on the main thoroughfare which admittedly is only slightly wider than the wagons being pulled along it. Looking around they do however notice several windows have people staring out at them with frightened eyes.</p><p></p><p>Soon after passing through the city gates however they get some inkling that not all is right with this speck of a city as a town crier stutters into a cry. “Carrion Hill needs Heroes! Men of stout heart and bravery are asked to come to Crown Manor with all haste, there to receive a task worthy of their skill and talents and a reward of suitable magnificence. Make haste to Crown Manor! Make Haste!” The party looks at each other and wonder; who in their right mind would answer to such a desperate plea. Hope some gullible adventurers come along quickly to deal with this before it gets out of hand. They make their way to the top of the hill where the majority of the better temples reside and soon find their way to the local Desnan Temple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5951113, member: 52403"] [b]Enter Carrion Hill commonly called "The Wart"[/b] The City has several names but most commonly the wart or the boil or other such pleasant labels. It raises from the surrounding swamplands very much like an infected pimple, it’s head usually called the crown has the nicer buildings sometimes made of marble or other agreeable material while the slopes of the hill called the tangle has a mixture of baser materials and a high percentage of Middenstone buildings. The bottom of the hill practically all the buildings are made of middenstone and it’s probably this which causes the names as much as anything. Middenstone is a mixture of several ingredients like brick stone, gravel, bone and a ground up local beetle called carrion roaches. This produces a sickeningly mauve material similar to a mix of adobe and concrete and can be formed into many shapes which harden when it dries. However when it dries it takes on a vivid violet hue which from a distance would make the hill seem to have an angry violet base with a paler crown. Carrion Hill is also often called the city of 10,000 temples; while this is blatantly false there is certainly close to 200 temples and shines within the city. Many just a cupboard in someone’s house but still a shrine and someone’s holy place. However the grandest temple on the hill is the Ossuary Church which is a church dedicated to Pharasma. The party is met at the banks of the river by a short balding fellow who seems to be constantly washing his admittedly dirty looking hands. Grinning a gap toothed smile that never reaches his eyes he enquires if they would like to cross on his barge; he gestures with one hand towards several logs which have been loosely held together and several large looking men lounging nearby before returning his hand to the dry washing. His eyes quickly scan the group counting horses and people and any obvious signs of wealth. Liking what he see’s he demands an outrageous price which is quickly accepted by the party and they are safely ferried to the other side of the river. They travel up the road towards the main gate where they expect to be stopped by the guards; however these guards are not really paying that much attention being too interested in looking at their own feet and staying out of the incessant rain. However once they pass through into the city they are met with something they certainly did not expect. The city looks mostly abandoned; there are very few people actually in the streets even on the main thoroughfare which admittedly is only slightly wider than the wagons being pulled along it. Looking around they do however notice several windows have people staring out at them with frightened eyes. Soon after passing through the city gates however they get some inkling that not all is right with this speck of a city as a town crier stutters into a cry. “Carrion Hill needs Heroes! Men of stout heart and bravery are asked to come to Crown Manor with all haste, there to receive a task worthy of their skill and talents and a reward of suitable magnificence. Make haste to Crown Manor! Make Haste!” The party looks at each other and wonder; who in their right mind would answer to such a desperate plea. Hope some gullible adventurers come along quickly to deal with this before it gets out of hand. They make their way to the top of the hill where the majority of the better temples reside and soon find their way to the local Desnan Temple. [/QUOTE]
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