Jürgen Hubert
First Post
This is yet another location I've developed for Urbis. But I think that something like this could easily be put in any other setting that includes yuan-ti. The adventure possibilities should be obvious...
"Valley of Thorns: The Snake Kindoms are built on slave labor. The life of a slave is harsh, and they tend to be worked to near-death by their yuan-ti masters - and once they cannot work any longer, their life energies are drained by nexus towers. This creates a constant demand for new slaves, and many yuan-ti solved this by raiding their neighbors - even other yuan-ti communities. This eventually got so out of hand that the priesthood of Sarush intervened, and instituted the "Thorn Wars", annual mock battles that take place in the Valley of Thorns. All cities of the Snake Kingdoms participate, as well as many smaller groups and individuals. The goal is to capture as many yuan-ti of opposing forces as possible. Any living yuan-ti prisoners are exchanged for a ransom after the Thorn Wars are over - the groups whose members were captured are obligated to exchange humanoid slaves for them - 10 for a pureblood, 20 for a halfblood, and 50 for a yuan-ti abomination. It is perfectly acceptable for any participants to use human slaves or mercenaries as soldiers in the Thorn Wars - but whoever manages to capture those gets to keep them."
Any thoughts?
"Valley of Thorns: The Snake Kindoms are built on slave labor. The life of a slave is harsh, and they tend to be worked to near-death by their yuan-ti masters - and once they cannot work any longer, their life energies are drained by nexus towers. This creates a constant demand for new slaves, and many yuan-ti solved this by raiding their neighbors - even other yuan-ti communities. This eventually got so out of hand that the priesthood of Sarush intervened, and instituted the "Thorn Wars", annual mock battles that take place in the Valley of Thorns. All cities of the Snake Kingdoms participate, as well as many smaller groups and individuals. The goal is to capture as many yuan-ti of opposing forces as possible. Any living yuan-ti prisoners are exchanged for a ransom after the Thorn Wars are over - the groups whose members were captured are obligated to exchange humanoid slaves for them - 10 for a pureblood, 20 for a halfblood, and 50 for a yuan-ti abomination. It is perfectly acceptable for any participants to use human slaves or mercenaries as soldiers in the Thorn Wars - but whoever manages to capture those gets to keep them."
Any thoughts?
