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imported>Wordman: /* Soulsteel manse */

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Soulsteel manse

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	== Soulsteel manse ==		== Soulsteel manse ==

	This location looks to be close the city of Gethamane, a large city built into a mountain in the frozen north.		This location looks to be close the city of [[Gethamane]], a large city built into a mountain in the frozen north. The city is self-supporting, making its inhabitants practical and fairly patriotic. Being buried under a mountain, the city is easily defended, and so has not had to bow to the Realm. It tries to remain neutral and has strong ties to the Guild, but this sometimes pulls it into conflict. This happened most recently about 200 years ago, when disagreements between Gethamane's neighbor to the north, the [[Haslanti League]], and the Guild led to the League occupying the lands surrounding Gethamane for a time.

			Gethamane is ruled by a hereditary ruler, known as the Master, advised by a council of 15 citizens representing various vocations (hunter, farmer, merchant, etc.) within the city.

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	'''Adrios''':		'''Adrios''': Having spent most of your life in the South, you know very little about Gethamane.

	'''Stag''': Yu-Shan gate #31 supposedly opens on a very deep level of Gethamane, but you've never heard of anyone using it.		'''Stag''': Yu-Shan gate #31 supposedly opens on a very deep level of Gethamane, but you've never heard of anyone using it. Gethamane was built during the First Age, but something happened to it after the Usurpation that killed all of the inhabitants, even the gods. The current population didn't begin until several hundred years later.
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	'''Gutts''':		'''Gutts''': You know next to nothing Gethamane.

	'''Varden''': You've been to Gethamane before. The locals eat a fungus that they grow inside. The city gets less civilized the deeper you go. You were warned not to go down too far because "dark things lurk down there".		'''Varden''': You've been to Gethamane before. The locals eat a fungus that they grow inside. The city gets less civilized the deeper you go. You were warned not to go down too far because "dark things lurk down there".
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	'''Guen''':		'''Guen''': You don't know of any lunars in Gethamane; however, it is an open secret in the Silver Pact that one lunar or another has been involved in shaping the Haslanti League to the north for a long time.

	'''Juuken''':		'''Juuken''': You know very little about Gethamane.
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	'''Juuken''': Your combined Intelligence + Lore score of 3 tells you that the numbers next to the icons are probably some kind of coordinate system, but you are not sure how it works.		'''Juuken''': Your combined Intelligence + Lore score of 3 tells you that the numbers next to the icons are probably some kind of coordinate system, but you are not sure how it works.
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	'''Cruxis''': Your combined Intelligence + Lore score of 6 tells you that the numbers next to the icons are a radial coordinate system, pinpointing the location of the manses. The first number is clearly an angle, measured relative to an imaginary line between the centerpoint of the map and the middle of the far right edge (representing the line between the elemental poles of earth and wood). The second number is obviously a distance from the center of the map to the manse. These are really big numbers, so you guess that they are measured in yards. You're not sure about the last number.		'''Cruxis''': Your combined Intelligence + Lore score of 6 tells you that the numbers next to the icons are a radial coordinate system, pinpointing the location of the manses. The first number is clearly an angle, measured relative to an imaginary line between the centerpoint of the map and the middle of the far right edge (representing the line between the elemental poles of earth and wood). The second number is obviously a distance from the center of the map to the manse. These are really big numbers, so you guess that they are measured in yards. You're not sure about the last number.

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	'''Juuken''': Every year, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to the Imperial Mountain, walking a path called the Spine of the Amaranthine Dragon. This begins at the foot of the mountain four days outside of Juche, at an Immaculate monastery called the Steady Foundation Pagoda. Healthy mortals can make the trip to the Victorious Ascendance of Mankind (a temple at the highest point mortals are allowed to go) in about a month. Exalted are allowed to travel a few weeks higher through the cold, to the Immaculate Temple of Ivory Resplendence, just below the summit.		'''Juuken''': Every year, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to the Imperial Mountain, walking a path called the Spine of the Amaranthine Dragon. This begins at the foot of the mountain four days outside of Juche, at an Immaculate monastery called the Steady Foundation Pagoda. Healthy mortals can make the trip to the Victorious Ascendance of Mankind (a temple at the highest point mortals are allowed to go) in about a month. Exalted are allowed to travel a few weeks higher through the cold, to the Immaculate Temple of Ivory Resplendence, just below the summit.
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	'''Cruxis''': Cruxis once attempted to make the pilgrimage up the mountain, largely at the behest of Tela, someone Cruxis was sweet on. Tela's friend was a strong follower of Pasiap, and convinced Tela to go with her. Tela and Cruxis followed for about a week, then got "distracted" and spent the rest of the month wandering around the Blessed Isle.		'''Cruxis''': Cruxis once attempted to make the pilgrimage up the mountain, largely at the behest of Tela, someone Cruxis was sweet on. Tela's friend was a strong follower of Pasiap, and convinced Tela to go with her. Tela and Cruxis followed for about a week, then got "distracted" and spent the rest of the month wandering around the Blessed Isle.

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	'''Juuken''': Though Rathess is several thousand miles away from Harborhead, the nation that occupies the attention of the White Queen, that is still fairly "close" by the standards of Creation. You remember overhearing a report made to the White Queen about a scouting party sent out to the deep East having been ambushed on the way by an organized band of goblins near Rathess. Only three men survived, describing the attackers as "fanatical zealots" and "cannibals".		'''Juuken''': Though Rathess is several thousand miles away from Harborhead, the nation that occupies the attention of the White Queen, that is still fairly "close" by the standards of Creation. You remember overhearing a report made to the White Queen about a scouting party sent out to the deep East having been ambushed on the way by an organized band of goblins near Rathess. Only three men survived, describing the attackers as "fanatical zealots" and "cannibals".
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	'''Cruxis''': A long time ago, when you were back on the ship headed to Lap, you remember Jorias telling that one of those gates to Yu-Shan (heaven) is somewhere in Rathess.		'''Cruxis''': A long time ago, when you were back on the ship headed to Lap, you remember Jorias telling that one of those gates to Yu-Shan (heaven) is somewhere in Rathess.

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	'''Juuken''': Wavecrest is a technically a tributary of the Realm, but is ruled by locals, who give yearly tribute. Still, this location seems too far away for Wavecrest to really be that interested in it. The only other you you notice about it is that it is only a couple thousand miles away from the water manse where you learned Celestial Monkey style from [[Serene Tail]].		'''Juuken''': Wavecrest is a technically a tributary of the Realm, but is ruled by locals, who give yearly tribute. Still, this location seems too far away for Wavecrest to really be that interested in it. The only other you you notice about it is that it is only a couple thousand miles away from the water manse where you learned Celestial Monkey style from [[Serene Tail]].
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	Varang is an ally of the Realm, but not an official Imperial holding the way Harborhead is. The ambassador to the Empire resides in Yane, taking advantage of of a clause in the alliance agreement that allows Imperial officials to enter the city. The Immaculate Order also maintains a temple there.		Varang is an ally of the Realm, but not an official Imperial holding the way Harborhead is. The ambassador to the Empire resides in Yane, taking advantage of of a clause in the alliance agreement that allows Imperial officials to enter the city. The Immaculate Order also maintains a temple there.
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	'''Cruxis''': Has stashed money in both Kriss and Talt, but has never been to Yane.		'''Cruxis''': Has stashed money in both Kriss and Talt, but has never been to Yane.