Creative Exercise--Aleasana

[Conaill]

Rhialto - since you own the place, could you give me a ruling on whether my iron / cold iron contribution above is acceptable?

 

[Rhialto]

Sounds good to me.

 

[Dancer]

The being Lord Nithus is trying to awaken is called Neroshimon, the sleeper, a fallen angel. He was bound ages ago with magic and cold iron in a vault far beneath the city of Cazar. He feeds upon fear and the fear of the dying is the sweetest to him. His dreams causes madness in mortals and Nithus has been infected. Even if Nithus awakens him, much of his power still lies in his sword, Armothal, which was hidden when he was first bound.

 

[Tonguez]

Aleasana is a frozen, inhospitable world.
No, just kidding!!
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Aleasana is very mountainous with the city states occupying the narrow valleys between the high mountain divides. These mountains can be inhospitable and wracked by snowstorms however it also means the valleys are well watered and temperatures warmn in summer though icy cold in winter.
Control of the mountain passes often means control of Aleasana

 

[Jdvn1]

Ironically, the food supply is rich in iron. This may be an untapped, unknown resource.

 

[Andor]

Idea

The Dragons of Aeasana form their own society seperate from other races with their own laws and customs. Little is known of their rulers except that they are called The Council of Elements. The dragons are holding themselves aloof from the current conflict, and claim to be forbidden from contracting as mercenaries although it is know they have done this in the past. Dragons are feared because the death of a dragon is often met with organized and ruthless reprisals, other times the Dragons have investigated and declared the death just. No non-dragon knows what criteria they use to judge...

 

[Arkhandus]

The city-state of Altania is ruled by Larisa, the High Enchantress of Altania. She and her arcanists represent a magocratic faction that hopes to use their arcane prowess to gain control of the crown. The reason that Altania has so many arcane casters in one place is that the vast majority of arcane casters from the old kingdom, being comparitively friendly and amicable with each other over the other factions (including most of the brawny, physically-focused warlords who started the civil-war), chose to side together in the conflict, creating a territory with vastly more wizards than are usual

In direct opposition to Altania, and to a lesser extent Cassant, is the large-but-lightly-populated city-state of Dromas, situated on one of the lower plateaus of mountainous Aleasana, near the lowlands of the valleys. Dromas' walls encompass a large plot of fertile land with an agrarian society, primarily humans and half-elves, who are ruled by the druid-monks of the Dromasi Council. The people of Dromas see arcane magic as an evil perversion of nature, and have given sanctuary to several fey creatures within their walls, allowing no iron to pass their gates. Thanks to its druids, Dromas' wall is literally grown out of the plateau's underlying rock and rises 20 feet into the air.

 

[Rhialto]

Ironically, the food supply is rich in iron. This may be an untapped, unknown resource.

Hmmm--you know I'm going to have to say no on this, simply because it seems a bit too silly.

And now--another contribution.

Of all the various warlords involved in the present troubles, few are as colorful as the former mercenary Broken Stone. A barbarian from the North, Broken Stone's path has led him from a simple sellsword serving in various armies to having become Lord of the City-State of Travask, and a major player in the war. He has also enfranchised numerous of his Northern kindred and mercenary comardes to support his rule, making Travask's nobility one of the most varied in all Aleasana. Though Broken Stone has chosen only competent men to support his rule, much of the city's old nobility rankles to serve such an upstart rabble. Only Broken Stone's cagy wits have kept him in power.

 

[Gomez]

The nomadic and cannibalistic tribes of the Juni are beginning to move out of the Sun's Anvil Desert and into the southern grasslands. Rumor has it that some unknown threat from the deep desert is pushing them out of their normal range.

 

[Conaill]

Aleasana is very mountainous with the city states occupying the narrow valleys between the high mountain divides. These mountains can be inhospitable and wracked by snowstorms however it also means the valleys are well watered and temperatures warmn in summer though icy cold in winter.
Control of the mountain passes often means control of Aleasana

Of all the various warlords involved in the present troubles, few are as colorful as the former mercenary Broken Stone. A barbarian from the North, Broken Stone's path has led him from a simple sellsword serving in various armies to having become Lord of the City-State of Travask, and a major player in the war. He has also enfranchised numerous of his Northern kindred and mercenary comardes to support his rule, making Travask's nobility one of the most varied in all Aleasana.

The nomadic and cannibalistic tribes of the Juni are beginning to move out of the Sun's Anvil Desert and into the southern grasslands. Rumor has it that some unknown threat from the deep desert is pushing them out of their normal range.

Let's tie down some more geography...

Aleasana's Southern border is the Sun's Anvil Desert. Rumors abound of what lies beyond, but nobody has ever ventured there and come back alive. Between the mountains and the desert lies a strip of arid grasslands. On the far Northern border, the mountains blend into a frozen wasteland of ice and stone. On the East and West, Aleasana is flanked by two large oceans.