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'''Adrios''': If the last number on the map really is elevation, then this manse is almost a half-mile under water. | '''Adrios''': If the last number on the map really is an elevation, then this manse is almost a half-mile under water. | ||
'''Stag''': | '''Stag''': Somewhere out in the middle of the southwestern ocean lay the remnants of an undersea civilization of hybrids, humans altered to survive underwater (and breed true), called the pelagials. During the First Age, they ruled a vast empire across the ocean floor. They have dwindled to nothing now, but the ruins of their civilization probably still holds caches of First Age technology, particularly the empire's capital, known as the [[City of the Shining Reefs]]. Since the Usurpation, the sidereals have gone to great lengths to hide the location of this city from the world in general, and the Scarlet Empire in particular. When you were in the Imperial City, one of your (minor) standing orders was to mess with and/or supress any information about the pelagials that you found, though you never ran across any. Supposedly Yu-Shan gate #44 floats on the surface of the water, above the [[City of the Shining Reefs]], but passage through that gate is restricted. You're not sure of the location of the city, but the Pelagial Empire was so large that any action going on in the depths of that part of the ocean is likely to encounter its ruins. | ||
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'''Gutts''': You're pretty sure that Wavecrest has a decent navy, but otherwise have heard very little about the west in general. | '''Gutts''': You're pretty sure that Wavecrest has a decent navy, but otherwise have heard very little about the west in general. | ||
'''Varden''': Circus freak show barkers are always exaggerating the origins of the weird curiosities. You remember that any weird thing that was remotely aquatic was always said to come from the "mysterious | '''Varden''': Circus freak show barkers are always exaggerating the origins of the weird curiosities. You remember that any weird thing that was remotely aquatic was always said to come from the "mysterious Pelagial Empire", supposedly and ancient (but extinct) underwater nation of mutant fish men or some such, that was supposed to be in the southwestern ocean. | ||
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'''Guen''': This area on the map | '''Guen''': This area on the map lies past the southern edge of the territory of a legendary lunar known as Leviathan (sometimes Admiral Leviathan), an orca-totem who was a dominant general in the First Age, and still lives today, though he no longer makes much contact with the Silver Pact. | ||
'''Juuken''': Wavecrest is a technically a tributary of the Realm, but is ruled by locals, who give yearly tribute. | '''Juuken''': Wavecrest is a technically a tributary of the Realm, but is ruled by locals, who give yearly tribute. | ||
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'''Jorias''': | '''Jorias''': Jorias has heard of the Pelagial Empire, but doesn't know much about it. | ||
'''Regret''': | '''Regret''': The whispers inside Regret's head sometimes babble the word "pelagials", but he doesn't know what that means. | ||
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'''Varden''': You've been to Gethamane before. The locals eat a fungus that | '''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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== Starmetal manse == | == Starmetal manse == | ||
This manse appears to be in or near the city of [[Yane]], one of the more important of the eight city-states making up the [[Varang confederacy]]. Varangia is a strange little nation, known for its rigid caste system, inscrutable customs, xenobphobia, and a fixation on astrology. | |||
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'''Juuken''': | '''Juuken''': Varang sends spies to Harborhead. The White Queen has a "side project" to destabilize Varang, | ||
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Revision as of 22:06, 18 June 2009
As you look at the map, you realize that finding and restarting all these manses may take a while. The five manses are scattered all over creation. It's pretty clear that the moon icon represents the moonsilver manse, the sun the orihcalcum manse, the star the starmetal manse and the skull the soulsteel manse. The symbol near the center is a common symbol used for jade, so that is probably the jade manse. Your guess is that the eye icon represents where you are now, that is, where the Eye is right now.
Some things you notice about the various manses, in alphabetical order:
Jade manse
The jade manse is very near the center of the map, but not exactly at the center. It appears to be on the spot of the Imperial Mountain, also called Mount Meru. This mountain rises six hundred miles high and is both the literal and symbolic heart of Creation. It can be seen from every part of the Blessed Isle and, on a clear day, even from the Threshold. Though called the Imperial Mountain, the Imperial City is actually far away on the east cost of the Isle.
Orichalcum manse
The orichalcum manse looks to be suspiciously close to Rathess. As you will recall, though now in ruins, Rathess once was the capital of Creation, possibly the oldest city ever. In the Wyld, you also learned that the city was the center of dragon king culture.
You have been told by Sundial that the sword Soul Mirror is somewhere in Rathess, and have recovered the memories of the two terrestrials that hid it. Stag was chosen to view those memories. After doing so, he told each of you a step on the path to locating the sword. With Jorias' help, he eliminated all knowledge of the path except the proper ordering of your hints, placing it into a sorcerous gem, which was then destroyed.
Moonsilver manse
The moonsilver manse appears to be in the middle of the western ocean, way south of the Wavecrest Archipelago, the largest nation in the West. Wavecrest itself is relatively peaceful, though it is often a target for pirates, and the citizens are known to appease the gods of the local volcanoes with human sacrifices.
Its possible the Lintha pirates would be that far south the Wavecrest, but since it is far out of shipping lanes, this would be unlikely.
Soulsteel manse
This location looks to be close the city of Gethamane, a large city built into a mountain in the frozen north.
Starmetal manse
This manse appears to be in or near the city of Yane, one of the more important of the eight city-states making up the Varang confederacy. Varangia is a strange little nation, known for its rigid caste system, inscrutable customs, xenobphobia, and a fixation on astrology.