Another sidebar in the latest Dragon

Andrew D. Gable

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...states that in a future issue (I believe #307), they're going to feature Westeros (from Martin's series) as a mini-campaign setting. Mebbe like they did with Shannara some issues back, I guess.

Sounds like it might be fun!
 

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There will be poster map with it as well. It will be the May issue, so it should be out in April.

Next month's issue will have a complete novella, "Arms of the Kraken," which is excerpted from the next book in the series, A Feast For Crows.
 

Aitch Eye said:
There will be poster map with it as well. It will be the May issue, so it should be out in April.

Next month's issue will have a complete novella, "Arms of the Kraken," which is excerpted from the next book in the series, A Feast For Crows.

Nice.

So can you get to posting the stuff inside Dragon 304 please Aitch?
 


Of course.

Westeros is a continent made up of seven (IIRC) kingdoms.

* The North: here you find the Wall, where a number of black-clad rangers guard against incursions by wildlings (barbarian tribes) and Others (undead regenerating wights) from even farther north. There's some rumors of what seems to be an elf-like civilization in the north, too. Some of the barbarians are wargs, a sort of mystic warrior able to put their minds inside a wolf's body.
Here you'll also find the castle of Winterfell (home of the Stark family) and the Isles of the Ironmen, which seems (to me at least) to be a vaguely Viking culture.

* The Midlands: this is mostly a narrow bridge between north and south. It's a marshy land, where several rivers converge. The Freys and the Tullys are the main noble families in this area.

* The South: here you find the great kingdoms of Westeros, ruled by a number of noble houses which constantly bicker and squabble and war with each other. The most major of these is the Lannisters and the Baratheons.

Oh, and I didn't mention: there's scarcely any magic in Westeros, except for a few individuals. That seems to be changing as of Book 2 in the series.

Far off to the east are exotic lands that seem to be vaguely akin to Asia. These lands are much more magical than Westeros. Necromancers, priests, assassins, etc. There's a number of free trading cities, too, and also a vaguely Mongol-like horsemen culture. Daenerys Targaryen, who's the last member of the family that used to rule Westeros, wanders these countries. She has with her the last three dragons that exist.

Hope that was enough. ;)
 

Nightfall said:


So can you get to posting the stuff inside Dragon 304 please Aitch?

I will. Soon. Honestly. I've been taking care of a sick daughter (mine, specifically) all day, and been stealing moments here and there to read the issue type things up. However, it's kind of hard to concentrate with Clifford the Titanic Blood-Hued Dire Hound and such on in the background (even on the third time we'd seen it today).

It's still early in the UK, so I'll post it on the boards before I send it to Morrus for the newspage. It'll be five minutes quicker that way.
 

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