Archive for the Men Category

The Druids of Maiah

Posted in Maiah, Men, Orcs, The Shadow Road, The Sherriff on June 11, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

The Druids, also known as the Court of the Nine Stars, also known collectively as the Wreathers are the most important trans-political organization in the Greater Sorado, and nowhere is this more demonstrated than the rural capital of Maiah.

Just one mile out of the woodlands of Maiah you will find a barren landscape, known by the orcs as Poolis Fyr, the most important druidic magic-site in the Dreamwater. Burials of those who have fallen in battles line the lake like an infinite number of memorials. Druids are essentially, Gatekeepers. They keep natives here and keep outsiders out. That is their primary purpose and the orcs of Ethilistyr have always been the inheritors of this tradition.

Kyralla, daughter of Hearthys, is the leader of the Orcish druids of Maiah. Hearthys died last summer and she is having a hard time adjusting to her new found responsibiliity.

Mahc’Eldynn is an eladrin druid who some believe is over two thousand years old. You can find Mahc’Eldynn at The Fellow Song pub in downtown Maiah every afternoon at two o’clock for a shot of Oba Whiskey.

The Dark Cloak druids, the military force of the Wreathers, helped liberate the Shadowroad, along with Tim Tigean, 25 years ago. There are over three hundred Dark Cloaks who camp around Poolis Fyr and keep the waters of the lake safe.

Aukon and the Urban Wilderness

Posted in Gavin Wel, Men, The Mice Eyes on February 16, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

Aukon is a razorclaw. Within him flows the vicious blood of his lycanthropic ancestors. Men fear his people. The wide planes and dense woods his tribe called home were invaded, tamed and ultimately broken. Aukon’s people chose to abandon the shade of the woods of the Dreamwater and take refuge in the great city of Gavin Wel. Not long after, Aukon’s mother fell ill.  The night after she died in her sleep, Aukon’s father preformed a mourning ceremony and  began training Aukon in the ways of  his forefathers, the ways of a druid, the ways of the court of the Nine Stars. Later that summer, his father was killed by the Raven guard. Aukon was a fast learner and in only 8 solstices, his training was finished under the tutelage of Laria Relthathik, Aumbaure of the Dark Wings. Aukon is an urban druid, as much at home in the wilderness of the City as he is in the wilds of tree and root. A reader of signs, Aukon has taken pact with the Dark Wings, who finds his talents invaluable.

Lord Brogan the Immortal

Posted in Men, The Farway on February 13, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

Lord Brogan was born to his first body about 2000 years ago, in the fourth age of the world. An agent of Io, the Concordant Dragon, he is largely a mystery to himself; reborn once an age for one purpose or another. His knowledge of this Kharmic Wheel is only revealed to him in dreams and those he is attached to, Lord Springfield of Oaxala and Lordmage Azinon of Isselyth. In the year 1136 of the Seventh Age, Brogan’s find himself as a young sword for hire serving aboard the Farway with more questions than answers.

Spiryldon, Isselyth

Posted in Men on February 11, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

Over the metropolis of Isselyth intrepid students of magic can submit to be trained by the legendary archmage Azinon, who founded the Tower of High Wizardry, otherwise known as Spiryldon, over a hundred years ago and remains its regent governor. There are upwards of three hundred students of magic at any given to at Spiryldon.

Haddenfel

Posted in Men, Orcs, The North on February 8, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

Haddenfel is the homeland of Fjorn Kendricksson. Baerlil is the port where the Farway was built. The Farway is the chief source of income for the people of Haddenfel.

Hadden Fel. Pop. 6,250. towns of BaerLil, Cowermere and Bessel.

The Witchers are a hoarde of  Goblinkin from the Overmere mountains.

The militia of Haddenfel consists of 700 men and women called Spearmeet. Their leader is Anee Oarfao, Fjorn’s cousin.

The dwarves of Mons Porthos, the Icehammers, a mercenary team help with defense of the City. It is has been bad and expansive.

3000 gold a month to keep up the military effort.

click here to link to the post regarding Amanafyr

The Warriors of the South

Posted in Gavin Wel, Men on December 10, 2010 by coyoteandthunder

The Black. Knights of ancient, supernal code stand in legion at defense of the Municipal Kingdom of Gavin Wel

Maiah, rural utopia in the year 1111

Posted in Maiah, Men, Orcs, The Sherriff on August 3, 2010 by coyoteandthunder

a rural map of the farms and wilds around Maiah, click to enlarge

More notes on the culture of the community of Maiah

1. The leaf of the Oba tree is brewed to make a caffeinated beverage that is most regularly served with milk and honey

2. The Center of Maiahn culture is a large festival hall called “The Fellow Song”. The structure is over a hundred years old and run by Eric Besallyn, father of Ari and Judicia. pictured below

3. Orcs are deeply integrated into Maiahn culture.

4. PoolisTyr is a henge for the worship practice of druids. The leader of the Maiahn orcs is called Hearthys and is a wise although grim elder of the community.

5. The head druid is named Gareth, a man, a good friend of the sherriff. Gareth is also the chief vintner and head brewer of the town.

6. Maiah is the ritual center of the human population in the South Dreamwater and festivals are common. Every two weeks or so there is an astologically significant date which means that a party will happen.

7. The most common breed of dog in Maiah is the wolf hound.

8. Carl the Red has been mayor of Maiah for over forty years and he is now bed ridden and not expected to survive the winter of 1111.

Cities of the Dead Legions

Posted in Lesivith, Men, Niskantel, the Fey Dark, The Sherriff, the Talisman on August 2, 2010 by coyoteandthunder

From beneath you it devours. With the Ebon Boon, the Feydark has invaded Ethilistyr. Under the City of Copper and Gold, Niskantel, the ancient eladrin masoleum of Marukel has opened and from its horrid maw comes fire, plague and dread warriors who know nothing but violence.

The Ebon Boon was not successfully completed, much to the torturous frustration of the Horned King. There were suppossed to be ten necropoli that sprouted wrathful terror across the Dreamwater. There would have been but not for the efforts of the Sherriff and the risen Revanant, Valen Gildensong, and the deconstruction of Rendgray…a story for another entry. Suffice it to say, that only five cities were able to rise. Bessenthia was closed by the Paladins Zarconus and Ferrus, leaving four cities alive with necotic energy at the coming of winter, year 1111, when the Crew of the Talisman needs to decide where best to put there resources as the sherriff scrambles to muster a defensive strategy against the burning of the cities of men.

Mogdin, City of Silver, Arborea County

Posted in Men, The Sherriff on July 24, 2010 by coyoteandthunder

click to enlarge

The old, human city of Mogdin on Silver Lake is a beautiful but wild place where only the most stout hearted go to find their wealth in the precious earthen mines that litter the land.

Flyn Clondel, cousin of Tim Tigean, is the Farwalker of Arborea and lives in Mogdin

Dael Fort, the Sherriff’s Hold

Posted in Men, The Sherriff on July 24, 2010 by coyoteandthunder

Dael Fort, a city of men that lies just west of the border with Gavin Wel, lies presently under a thin layer of ash that moves from the Oesenthia, the new necropolis that has risen to become a new power in the region. After the battles of Sindoe, Rockir and Bissle, Dael For resembles more of a military stronghold than the busy marketplace it was just a few short months ago.