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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 5868391" data-attributes="member: 83822">Titan's Rest (33.01)   The valley that the Welt Road follows into Titan’s Skull is called Titan’s Rest. According to legend, the brother-sister of the Drinker of Iron – the Speaker to Bronze, who taught artifice to the dwarves – fell here and his-her bones turned to silver as they sunk into the earth. His-her head, hacked off by the Drinker of Iron, rolled to rest upon the mountain where the dwarves now make their settlement. Bands of dwarves patrol the Titan’s Rest in numbers greater than necessary to ward off wolves or bandits. Some merchants report the strange sounds echoing from the earth beneath the Welt Road, sounds like battle or sport.  So much of the old lore has been forgotten that the Burghers of Titan’s Skull are ordering vast quantities of arms and armour from emigré dwarves and even human blacksmiths.    Hooks Why have the dwarves forgotten the old ways? Why are the dwarves mobilising? What makes the strange sounds beneath the earth? Why did the Drinker of Iron cut off the head of his-her sibling?  ---And since you mentioned dwarf elephants ...THE GRAVEYARD OF THE PAINTED ELEPHANTS (43.27)(Inspired by the elephants described by Charles Ferguson and Ryan St in <a href="http://yearoflivingfree.info/elephant-soldiers" target="_blank">The Great Hundred</a> project.)When the Painted Elephants of the Burning Lands feel their steps faltering and their eyesight blurring, they travel to the Elephant Graveyard where they gracefully die.  Painted elephants are small – about five feet high at the shoulder – and have four tusks. Their name comes from the brilliantly-coloured fur and feathers that cover their hide. They are known to decorate their skin with ochres and clays; the elves report that they are forbidden by ancient pact from approaching an elephant with a white dot on its forehead and white circles around each eye.  The gnolls of the Burning Lands hold the elephants in high esteem. It is taught that if the elephants bury someone beneath moss and dirt as if he or she were an elephant, that person will enjoy great prosperity in the afterlife – even if they have undergone the heart ritual.  The Mother has great ambition to eat an elephant heart.  Hooks Why does she want to eat the heart of an elephant?  Who wants their afterlife ensured?  Who will pay for painted ivory?  ---Ah yep, those points both make sense. So the Grey Mountains should extend at least to 39.01 and 40.02, and may also fill the light green area.Ah, I do remember them discussing a few options for assassins. I've just finished the second book.Oh, we think he's dead ...---UPDATESIs this the best way for me to let you know what needs to be added? I'm also happy to edit the Google Doc directly. Or we could set up a wiki and store the appendices there. Monster updates:Stirges (31.15)Minotaurs (18.02)Orcs (18.02)Wolves (33.01)Dwarves (33.01)Elephants, painted (43.27)Elves (43.27)Gnolls (43.27) Deity updates:-Delete 'Goddess of the Labyrinth'.-Add '/Goddess of the Labyrinth' to Chimalia.-Add 'Paladin of Chimalia' to the list of priests of Chimalia. Twelve Nations updates:-Add '[minotaur nation]'</blockquote>

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