From 778e255106570a7cab68abb5e2a6698daf100247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: AndrewMurrell Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:49:40 -0500 Subject: converted org to md --- src/apocrypha/region_thenorth.org | 85 --------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 85 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 src/apocrypha/region_thenorth.org (limited to 'src/apocrypha/region_thenorth.org') diff --git a/src/apocrypha/region_thenorth.org b/src/apocrypha/region_thenorth.org deleted file mode 100644 index 15fb961..0000000 --- a/src/apocrypha/region_thenorth.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,85 +0,0 @@ -** Regions of the North -The North is comprised of seven major areas, the White, the Wall, the -Wastes (or Spiritlands), the Chill-Lands, Fort North, the Vast, and -the Sunpeaks. - -*** The White -The White is a region of bitter cold at the northern edge of the -world. It is constantly snowing from an eternal blizzard that swirls -around the edge of the world. It's chilling winds and subzero -temperatures make the White one of the most inhospitable places in -existence. But it is not empty. - -Ice wights roam the icy plane, remnants of those who knew the land -before the coming of the storm. But even these are benign compared to -the greatest danger of the frozen north, The White Death. - -Her lair lies hidden in mountain crag, covered deep with snow. The -greatest of her kind, the White Death is an ice dragon of unspeakable -size and power. It is said that she has seen beyond the boundary of -the world and glimpsed the great beyond. She wants to forget. - -Her presence in the cavern inadvertently protects one of the eight -Shadefalls (the permanent anchor and gateway to one of the eight -shades, in this case, the Icebright), from which she also is able to -draw energy to heal herself and power her Icy Breath, which magnified -by the power of the Shadefall, has the ability to turn creatures fully -caught in it to ice. - -*** The Wall -TODO - Goblins, Giants, and the Throne on the Golden Road - -*** The Wastes (the Spiritlands) -Roving tribes of frost goliath and half-frost goliath barbarians roam -the area known as the Wastes. Drawn to the area by the presence of -the Giants to the north, the barbarians are always alert to the -dangers of the Frozen Throne and regularly form war parties to destroy -whatever designs or advances are made by the Frost Giant kingdom. - -They do not do so out of any loyalty to the empire, but out of a sense -of reverence to the land itself and for some, a sense of paternalist -duty towards the unknowing smallfolk to the south. - -The tribes come together for the biennial meeting at the ancient -circle of stone known as 'gianthome'. It is a sacred location and is -said to be the location of the ancient ritual which created the first -goliath. - -TODO - Gianthome Circle, non-goliath inhabitants, faunus, spirits - -*** The Chill-Lands -TODO - Twelve-Towns - -*** Fort North -The only part of the north which can accurately be described as being -controlled by the Empire. - -TODO - Fort North - -*** The Vast -The mountain plateau of swirling frozen wind and thousands of natural -shifting gateways into the Icebright. The entire area is suffused -with magic, which causes creatures that spend too long inside the area -to grow in size and risk becoming shaded. - -A creature shaded by the Icebright, cannot leave the Icebright or the -Vast without suffering penalties [???]. A creature born in the Vast -which has resistance to either Radiant or Cold damage may be able to -gain the benefits to size given by the Vast without becoming shaded. - -TODO - magic of the vast, geography, peoples - -**** Cities in the Vast: -***** Monastery of the North Wind -TODO -***** City of Glass -Home to a powerful sorcerer [Air Genasai Frozen Heart Sorcerer 18/Patron 5] who TODO - -*** The Sunpeaks -Huge mountains. Connected to the Upperlight. Sun-soul monks and -clerics of Tabor. Conflict with the Coastal Colonies (and Black -Tongues, who have tried to take it over) . Not officially part of the -empire, though not for lack of trying on the part of the Emperor and -the nearby barons. - -TODO - Description of warming due to gateway, sunlight, constant daytime -- cgit v1.2.3