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Isane the Beauty's Treatise on Salt (19.31) Isane the Beauty recently published a historical and scientific treatise on salt, drawing on her snake library to find obscure details. She starts by examining ancient poems that employ salt as a metaphor for purity. This jars the folk in the Shrouded...

Ah, thanks, Sanglorian! 01.03.02 Shrine of the Hilt The Knife of Jarmond's hilt lies in a small shrine atop Mount Lorca, one of the clouded mountains surrounding Everdark. Alberon, in the form of a squire, commanded the archmage Vilenius Arkhouse to keep the hilt of the prophet's knife in a...

Glad to see this is still going! Unfortunately, I made a mistake about Melikot's location. I wanted it to be at 45.18, not 44.20. I tried to edit the location in the Wiki, but I couldn't figure out how. Do we have to make an entirely new page, or is there a way around it?

45.18 Melikot The human town of Melikot is notorious for its annual human sacrifice to Yith, the goddess of nets and lovers. It survives at the end of Geryon's Finger, a grey stone that emerges from the shore of the Keening Sea and extends a mile into the water, rising gradually until it points...

St. Birgit's Spring (12.18) When St. Birgit roamed the world, performing wondrous deeds for the Green Lady, men often accosted her, begging for her hand in marriage. She was desired because she was a miracle worker, a niece of Duke Ulthar the Loved, and a true beauty. But she had to rebuff...

The Fisherspiders (7.16) Here, waterfalls issue majestically from a cliff-face and spill into a lake. But not even the thirstiest venture towards them for a drink because they swarm with enormous spiders. Their webs entangle birds and beasts that are subsequently entombed in silk and devoured...

Runcitor's Redoubt 15.22 Sir Halmut Runcitor, a rogue half-orc knight of Thring, has not given into the despair of exile, and seeks to scrape together a holding in these wild hills with the help of his friend, the halfling druid Belinda Codd, and a handful of depressed retainers. As of now, his...

Melda the Boneless (19.31) This slight, fetching girl is the sorceress Noor the Asp's greatest pupil. Melda is unique among all magic users in the Shrouded Lands because she casts spells by contorting her body into glyphs. She returned to Jahur after five years of tutelage under Noor after...

Toadvine's Bog (30.09) Here, the Kingswood's beauty gives way to a foul-smelling quagmire. In places, beings of water and fire boil the mud into soup and spit steam at passerby. Giant dragonflies that the quicklings (31.09) capture and use as mounts flit about. Though it's possible to avoid the...

The Only Elephant in the North (37.05) Upon hearing that elves cannot approach a painted elephant (43.27) with a white dot on its forehead and white dots around its eyes, Harrakim ib Zuhri connived to ride one into the heart of the Kingswood and use it to demand a boon from a fey. Ever since...

Dyson, I'm a huge fan! I've used your maps extensively since I found a link to your website last year. Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work.

Iocannus of the Glass Eye (1.23) Sometime during Gore's long history, the gnomes of Ninbolm (5.24) created an unusual observatory as tribute to a king. The Glass Eye, as it is now called, is a needle-like tower that rises from a hilltop along the rugged coast. It is crowned with a glass dome...

Werewolf Nuns of St. Birgit (10.17) The Abbey of St. Birgit appears to be a haven of security on the perilous Gore-Thring border. Ivy covers its high walls, and golden lamps shine in its windows. But like everything in these strange hills, it is a place that the wise avoid. Years ago, the...

Wing's face twists into a gargoyleish grimace as he watches the sucking, vile mass slither back down the stairwell. He loads a fragmentation grenade into his launcher. "Thuddar, that was a roaring good trick!" he says with a laugh. His show of joy betrays his worry at what could have caused...

"Whatever happens," Sukri says, "I prefer we stay together." He begins to follow Eban down the path.

Sukri's fatigue, and the soreness of last night's wounds caught up with him as he picked through the campsite. But at the sight of the strange rider, he instinctively touches his dagger. "We should leave," he whispers. "But this could be a trap."

I'm back from South America, and ready to get back into this game.

Wing, invigorated by the light of a new day, dons his armor and gathers his weapons while whistling an upbeat tune. Or he thinks it's a tune, because he's hopelessly tone deaf. "I'm going to take some air," he says, turning to Melina. "Now, little one, what can we expect to see here when the...

I'm cool with continuing. I long to open the mystery box and loot some treasure!

Inspired by my travels in Peru and the Andes. Cloud Halflings (2.09) Connected to Hex 8.12 The Cavengows of Hurlstone Hill (8.12) followed the Bitter Coast north until they reached this cloudy stretch of mountains. Unlike humans, halflings are unaffected by the Ocean's melancholy breezes, so...