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<blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5840310" data-attributes="member: 55680"><p>Here's three new hexes, the first comes from a post by "drek" on rpg.net and the other two are newly written by me to riff off of that. The last is nothing special, but I'm fairly proud of the Treebrush one...</p><p></p><p><strong>The Shattered Citadel of the Verlimes</strong></p><p>Hex 18.07</p><p></p><p>Not far west from the Sundial Inn are the ruined walls of the Shattered Citadel, destroyed by elven siege more than a hundred and fifty years ago. The Verlime were a noble-blooded clan who acted as the protectors of thriving community, eventually claiming for their leader the title of Duke, and willfully provoked the Count of Kingswood with hunting and timbering expeditions into the forest. The elves were slow to respond, but when the inevitable attack came it was overwhelming. The wards the Verlime had arranged were torn like paper, and the stone walls of the Citadel dismantled soon thereafter by a horde of summoned elementals.</p><p></p><p>The Citadel was razed and the Verlimes punished harshly, hunted down to near extinction. It is said that the last few grandmothers of the Verlime purchased life for their family by agreeing to a generational geas -- the family must ever more give up their firstborn infants to the Court at Kingswood.</p><p></p><p>The Citadel itself is haunted by the bitter phantoms of the old Verlime generals, and a few elementals left behind to guard the ruins and ensure that no one ever rebuilds. Stories say the cold-iron enchanted elfslayer swords of the old Verlime were not all captured by the Court, and treasure seekers occasionally visit the ruins in hope of gathering some hint from the phantom generals as to the resting places of the Verlime's lost treasure.</p><p></p><p>Regulus Verlime of the Sundail is long since tired of treasure-seekers trying pummel him for information about the treasure, and so easily suggests any inquirer visit the Citadel, where he expects the elementals and angry wraiths will deal with the curious.</p><p></p><p>The wizard who set up the wards that she promised would keep the elves at bay fled when the elven host arrived rather than stand and fight them with the Verlimes. She and her followers kept on running west away from the forest until they ran into the westward mountains, where she established the village of Cragsend and ruled as the Witch Queen.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-Elves of Kingswood still want human infants. Why?</p><p>-Is the treasure of Verlime, including the elfslayer swords, a real thing? Where is it?</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>The Village of Treebrush</strong></p><p>Hex 20.08</p><p></p><p>The farmers who inhabit the surrounding area avoid the village of Treebrush, but travelers who approach it for the first time see a peaceful and prosperous community with a large inn at the heart of the town.</p><p></p><p>If they choose to stay at the inn, guests will have the opportunity to listen to a fair youth play a sad lament on the lute in the common room. The song tells the story of a local girl named Lisbet whose lover was a man-at-arms at the Verlime Citadel on the day that the elves came out of their forest. When she saw the citadel burning, she took her father's bow and set out after the elves. But despite the tears blurring her vision, her aim was true, and she killed the very elf who slew her lover. But she was only one against an army and she was taken by the elves and tied to a post in front of the inn of Treebrush so that she could watch as the elves set the entire village ablaze in purple flame.</p><p></p><p>As the fair youth finishes the song of Lisbet's Lament he takes a bow and doffs his hat, revealing pointed elven ears, and then disappears along with everything else around the travelers leaving them standing alone in an roofless ruin of the inn surrounded by the weathered remains of a village burnt over a century ago.</p><p></p><p>And the wind that blows through the branches of the trees that now claim the village seems to cry out the tune of Lisbet's Lament.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-What happened to Lisbet? The elves didn't kill her nor did they make any special effort to kill the inhabitants of Treebrush (aside from, of course, burning all of their homes down).</p><p>-What are the words of her song?</p><p></p><p><strong>The Abandoned Beacon</strong></p><p>Hex 21.06</p><p></p><p>Before the elves sacked their hall, the Verlimes had a tall watchtower built here at the edge of the Kingswood. High atop it, a beacon fight was set so as to warn the Duke of the approach of any elven army. On the day that the elves came, that did precious little good for the beacon was never lit and the watchtower was thereafter abandoned to continue its watch over the trees alone. </p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-Does anything live in the watchtower these days?</p><p>-How did the elves get past the watchtower?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daztur, post: 5840310, member: 55680"] Here's three new hexes, the first comes from a post by "drek" on rpg.net and the other two are newly written by me to riff off of that. The last is nothing special, but I'm fairly proud of the Treebrush one... [b]The Shattered Citadel of the Verlimes[/b] Hex 18.07 Not far west from the Sundial Inn are the ruined walls of the Shattered Citadel, destroyed by elven siege more than a hundred and fifty years ago. The Verlime were a noble-blooded clan who acted as the protectors of thriving community, eventually claiming for their leader the title of Duke, and willfully provoked the Count of Kingswood with hunting and timbering expeditions into the forest. The elves were slow to respond, but when the inevitable attack came it was overwhelming. The wards the Verlime had arranged were torn like paper, and the stone walls of the Citadel dismantled soon thereafter by a horde of summoned elementals. The Citadel was razed and the Verlimes punished harshly, hunted down to near extinction. It is said that the last few grandmothers of the Verlime purchased life for their family by agreeing to a generational geas -- the family must ever more give up their firstborn infants to the Court at Kingswood. The Citadel itself is haunted by the bitter phantoms of the old Verlime generals, and a few elementals left behind to guard the ruins and ensure that no one ever rebuilds. Stories say the cold-iron enchanted elfslayer swords of the old Verlime were not all captured by the Court, and treasure seekers occasionally visit the ruins in hope of gathering some hint from the phantom generals as to the resting places of the Verlime's lost treasure. Regulus Verlime of the Sundail is long since tired of treasure-seekers trying pummel him for information about the treasure, and so easily suggests any inquirer visit the Citadel, where he expects the elementals and angry wraiths will deal with the curious. The wizard who set up the wards that she promised would keep the elves at bay fled when the elven host arrived rather than stand and fight them with the Verlimes. She and her followers kept on running west away from the forest until they ran into the westward mountains, where she established the village of Cragsend and ruled as the Witch Queen. Hooks: -Elves of Kingswood still want human infants. Why? -Is the treasure of Verlime, including the elfslayer swords, a real thing? Where is it? [b]The Village of Treebrush[/b] Hex 20.08 The farmers who inhabit the surrounding area avoid the village of Treebrush, but travelers who approach it for the first time see a peaceful and prosperous community with a large inn at the heart of the town. If they choose to stay at the inn, guests will have the opportunity to listen to a fair youth play a sad lament on the lute in the common room. The song tells the story of a local girl named Lisbet whose lover was a man-at-arms at the Verlime Citadel on the day that the elves came out of their forest. When she saw the citadel burning, she took her father's bow and set out after the elves. But despite the tears blurring her vision, her aim was true, and she killed the very elf who slew her lover. But she was only one against an army and she was taken by the elves and tied to a post in front of the inn of Treebrush so that she could watch as the elves set the entire village ablaze in purple flame. As the fair youth finishes the song of Lisbet's Lament he takes a bow and doffs his hat, revealing pointed elven ears, and then disappears along with everything else around the travelers leaving them standing alone in an roofless ruin of the inn surrounded by the weathered remains of a village burnt over a century ago. And the wind that blows through the branches of the trees that now claim the village seems to cry out the tune of Lisbet's Lament. Hooks: -What happened to Lisbet? The elves didn't kill her nor did they make any special effort to kill the inhabitants of Treebrush (aside from, of course, burning all of their homes down). -What are the words of her song? [b]The Abandoned Beacon[/b] Hex 21.06 Before the elves sacked their hall, the Verlimes had a tall watchtower built here at the edge of the Kingswood. High atop it, a beacon fight was set so as to warn the Duke of the approach of any elven army. On the day that the elves came, that did precious little good for the beacon was never lit and the watchtower was thereafter abandoned to continue its watch over the trees alone. Hooks: -Does anything live in the watchtower these days? -How did the elves get past the watchtower? [/QUOTE]
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