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<blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5899014" data-attributes="member: 55680"><p>Hmmmm, I'm realizing that Tarrasque blood is a bit like spice in Dune (my subconscious must've been telling me that what with giving a guy the epithet "of the knife"). So...the blood must flow!</p><p></p><p>I like the apocalypse, a whole damn sea moving is sufficiently epic without being setting-destroying.</p><p></p><p><em>And when I fall in age, </em></p><p><em>In the sore necessity of death,</em></p><p><em>May I not be smiling,</em></p><p><em>If I praise not Urien.</em></p><p>From the Llyfr Taliesin</p><p></p><p>For the compilation, I’m working on welding the lands SW of Thring into a coherent region, so what I’ll do here is take the older post “The Jester Prince,” and incorporate it into this post about that old capital of the ruined kingdom which is now controlled by the Lords Sanguine (which I’m calling Gore since that is a kingdom in Arthurian legend and its name fits with all of the blood, also the MST3K episode about Outlaws of Gor was funny <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ).</p><p></p><p><strong>The Bastion of Rhegard</strong></p><p>Hex 05.20</p><p></p><p>The old High Kings of Gore once looked from the windows of the high mountain towers of the Bastion of Rhegard out upon the lakes and hills of their kingdom. In those days, they alone drank the blood of the Tarrasque of Bergolast (38.28) and ruled the land with wisdom. But last of their line was Turien of the King of Fools and now the castle is home only to mice and ravens. </p><p></p><p>Before it fell, every year without fail the kings who sat on the falcon throne would hold a festival where people traded roles for a week: freemen paraded around in their wives’ dresses, kings wore fool’s motley and – in the last year of the kingdom – twelve butchers acted as the king’s council of ministers. These were snidely called the Lords Sanguine, for they wore their robes of state beneath their bloody aprons. </p><p></p><p>When the week had passed, the Lords Sanguine realized that they preferred the work of ministers to that of butchers and guzzled down the blood of the Tarrasque. They cast the king and his family from the south and Turien, still in tattered motley, begged the vassal kings of Thring for help in winning back his throne. But they were far too busy fighting the Lords Sanguine and each other and neither they nor the Verlimes (18.07) opened their gates of him. In the chaos Ulthar the Loved, the first Duke of Thring, was able to conquer the banks of the River of Crystal Waters and proclaim the Duchy of Thring.</p><p></p><p>The Sanguine Lords keep the festival to this day, though they are careful to trade roles only with their wives. As for Turien, the King of Fools, he lived out his days Castle Tarengael (16.16.01) as court jester as did he son and his grandson after him. </p><p></p><p>Today the Jester Prince (16.16.01) can often be found at the side of the Duke of Thring. In memory of the lost kingdom of Gore, the Jester Prince has the sigil of the Tarrasque rampant emblazoned on his shield and often accompanies the Duke on his hunts for the great beast.</p><p></p><p>As for the Lords Sanguine they soon fell to fighting among themselves and soon the land of Gore was as stained with blood as the aprons of the first bloody lords. They rule still in the lands southwest of Thring, but the blood of the Tarrasque has given them more madness than wisdom.</p><p></p><p>Hooks: </p><p>-Why was it called the falcon throne?</p><p>-Why did King Turien agree to be Duke Ulthar’s jester?</p><p>-Is there anything worth exploring in the Bastion of Rhegard?</p><p>-Who are the various Lords Sanguine today?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daztur, post: 5899014, member: 55680"] Hmmmm, I'm realizing that Tarrasque blood is a bit like spice in Dune (my subconscious must've been telling me that what with giving a guy the epithet "of the knife"). So...the blood must flow! I like the apocalypse, a whole damn sea moving is sufficiently epic without being setting-destroying. [i]And when I fall in age, In the sore necessity of death, May I not be smiling, If I praise not Urien.[/i] From the Llyfr Taliesin For the compilation, I’m working on welding the lands SW of Thring into a coherent region, so what I’ll do here is take the older post “The Jester Prince,” and incorporate it into this post about that old capital of the ruined kingdom which is now controlled by the Lords Sanguine (which I’m calling Gore since that is a kingdom in Arthurian legend and its name fits with all of the blood, also the MST3K episode about Outlaws of Gor was funny :) ). [b]The Bastion of Rhegard[/b] Hex 05.20 The old High Kings of Gore once looked from the windows of the high mountain towers of the Bastion of Rhegard out upon the lakes and hills of their kingdom. In those days, they alone drank the blood of the Tarrasque of Bergolast (38.28) and ruled the land with wisdom. But last of their line was Turien of the King of Fools and now the castle is home only to mice and ravens. Before it fell, every year without fail the kings who sat on the falcon throne would hold a festival where people traded roles for a week: freemen paraded around in their wives’ dresses, kings wore fool’s motley and – in the last year of the kingdom – twelve butchers acted as the king’s council of ministers. These were snidely called the Lords Sanguine, for they wore their robes of state beneath their bloody aprons. When the week had passed, the Lords Sanguine realized that they preferred the work of ministers to that of butchers and guzzled down the blood of the Tarrasque. They cast the king and his family from the south and Turien, still in tattered motley, begged the vassal kings of Thring for help in winning back his throne. But they were far too busy fighting the Lords Sanguine and each other and neither they nor the Verlimes (18.07) opened their gates of him. In the chaos Ulthar the Loved, the first Duke of Thring, was able to conquer the banks of the River of Crystal Waters and proclaim the Duchy of Thring. The Sanguine Lords keep the festival to this day, though they are careful to trade roles only with their wives. As for Turien, the King of Fools, he lived out his days Castle Tarengael (16.16.01) as court jester as did he son and his grandson after him. Today the Jester Prince (16.16.01) can often be found at the side of the Duke of Thring. In memory of the lost kingdom of Gore, the Jester Prince has the sigil of the Tarrasque rampant emblazoned on his shield and often accompanies the Duke on his hunts for the great beast. As for the Lords Sanguine they soon fell to fighting among themselves and soon the land of Gore was as stained with blood as the aprons of the first bloody lords. They rule still in the lands southwest of Thring, but the blood of the Tarrasque has given them more madness than wisdom. Hooks: -Why was it called the falcon throne? -Why did King Turien agree to be Duke Ulthar’s jester? -Is there anything worth exploring in the Bastion of Rhegard? -Who are the various Lords Sanguine today? [/QUOTE]
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