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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 6119346" data-attributes="member: 55680">This one’s inspired by my students and Ninjago.  The Terror of the Su-GiraffeHex 49.04 Of all of the strange beasts that live in the jungles beyond the World’s Edge one of the most famous is the su-giraffe. Juveniles of this breed appear much like those giraffes found in other lands except of darker color and with even longer limbs.  However, su-giraffes never start stop growing as they age and eventually their massive legs become so large that they plant themselves in the dirt and are difficult to distinguish from the trunks of great trees. Older su-giraffes also sprout additional heads and necks and begin to indulge in more ecumenical diets in order to sustain their great bulk. In this hex lives one of the greatest of all su-giraffes with a full twenty necks and heads. It greatly desires fresh meat and its long necks slither among nearby treetops looking for prey. Its necks are so long that it finds it difficult to swallow its meals so its victims slowly decompose in its throats and nutrients slowly leech down into its central stomach. The remaining ordure is then vomited up, often on creatures that one of the heads is trying to eat. The following mini-entries will be added to the appropriate entries since they’re not really long enough to warrant full sub-hexes. They’re all inspired by Clark Ashton Smith. The Doge Wears Not a CrownAddendum to Hex 29.14.51 It is true that the flesh, bones and entrails of the great Doge Simone the Fowl were interred in a jewel-encrusted casket but another fate awaited his skin, feathers and beak. They were expertly stuffed and attached to a gold circlet that even now the Doges wear instead of a crown. It is said that if any Doge is truly unworthy of his office, the bird on his head will flap its winds and fly off. Considering the quality of some of the past Doges of the City of the Shuttered Windows it is a wonder that this has not already happened. Hook:-Why do the Doges wear a bird on their heads?-Will the bird really fly off if the Doge is unworthy? The Black Robes of the EverdarkAddendum to Hex 01.03 Like so much else about the people of the borough of Everdark their clothes are not like those of other men. They wear black robes woven from the long vanes of the feathers of great rocs (01.01) which are not only waterproof but quite warm and comfortable. Hooks:-Any living rocs about?-Do roc robes have another other useful properties? The Observatory of the Bastard Prince Addendum to Hex 34.04 The top floor of the Tower of the Bastard Prince contains a great observatory that allows the prince to observe the motions of the stars. This room contains an illusion that makes it seem that the roof is down and the floor is up so that intruders perceive the sky to yawn eternally beneath their feet, which often results in a case of distracting vertigo.</blockquote>

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