World from a Quote: Quote Based Worldbuilding

[JNAProductions]

'What is magic but a tool for those who would seek power?'

-Guardian Talla of the Ziguranth, an organization of mage-hunters

"Once it happened, twice attempted. But never again. We stop it at the source."

[Eldan]

"Once it happened, twice attempted. But never again. We stop it at the source."

-Merkal Sha, Captain of the Third Voyage across the Sea


"The Unnamed Lord stood between a Carrion Bird and a White Serpent, dancing the Dance of Seven Crowns on the petals of a peach blossom. "The Soul", they said, "is a fire, fueled by the kindness of others. Its light shows the imperfection of the world. Only those who quench this fire in tears can walk in the shadows without breaking."

[TheTeaMustFlow]

"The Unnamed Lord stood between a Carrion Bird and a White Serpent, dancing the Dance of Seven Crowns on the petals of a peach blossom. "The Soul", they said, "is a fire, fueled by the kindness of others. Its light shows the imperfection of the world. Only those who quench this fire in tears can walk in the shadows without breaking."

- From the Creed Tenebrous, Book 4: The Truth In Shadow.

"This is the Imperial and Royal Ship Iliana's Embrace. Stand down immediately or we shall conduct Aerial Diplomacy. You will cease your nonsense at once, I repeat, at once."

[ReaderAt2046]

"This is the Imperial and Royal Ship Iliana's Embrace. Stand down immediately or we shall conduct Aerial Diplomacy. You will cease your nonsense at once, I repeat, at once."

The Imperial and Royal Ship Iliana's Embrace, third of the seven Extortionator- class skyships commissioned by Queen Amalia of the Emerald City.

The trick to fighting shimmerlings is that, obviously, they aren't real. Therefore, you cannot fight them with swords of steel or arcane fire. Though the fate of those they Rend is all too real, they are imaginary enemies, and thus can only be harmed by imaginary weapons. If you suspect that there are shimmerlings in the area, you must lay up stockpiles of children's wooden toy swords and drill your soldiers on throwing sock bombs, shooting scrunchies, and similar methods of pseudo-warfare. Alternately, simply draft whatever children you may have on hand, as this is probably faster.

[Jurai]

The trick to fighting shimmerlings is that, obviously, they aren't real. Therefore, you cannot fight them with swords of steel or arcane fire. Though the fate of those they Rend is all too real, they are imaginary enemies, and thus can only be harmed by imaginary weapons. If you suspect that there are shimmerlings in the area, you must lay up stockpiles of children's wooden toy swords and drill your soldiers on throwing sock bombs, shooting scrunchies, and similar methods of pseudo-warfare. Alternately, simply draft whatever children you may have on hand, as this is probably faster.

Codex Sylvanus, on Shimmerlings.

"Why, dear Carvahall, should I surrender? My men far outnumber theirs and are far better trained and equipped. These rabble are nothing more than ants attempting to ruin my picnic, and I have no love for vermin."

[spikeof2010]

Codex Sylvanus, on Shimmerlings.

"Why, dear Carvahall, should I surrender? My men far outnumber theirs and are far better trained and equipped. These rabble are nothing more than ants attempting to ruin my picnic, and I have no love for vermin."

Allhovari Vinceh, Lord of the House of Burchil

"Expect me to come back again. You haven't seen the lower existences until you've met my blade, you pathetic heathen."

[TheTeaMustFlow]

"Expect me to come back again. You haven't seen the lower existences until you've met my blade, you pathetic heathen."

Riker Garrosh, addressing King Talisker of Glengoyne's horse, Glitterhoof, after losing his duel with it.

"You remember it. You remember every bit of it. Because people are going to be talking about this day long after we are dead and gone."

[ReaderAt2046]

"You remember it. You remember every bit of it. Because people are going to be talking about this day long after we are dead and gone."

Ashlon Pentfor, Baron Carvahall, to his son Mensco. Mensco would be discovered hidden in a bolt-hole in Tor Burchill three weeks later, after the Tenebrous cultists had sacked the city and departed.

There is nothing like a good game of Dawn's Candles to reveal who and what you truly are. The other day, for example, my daughter violated the Taboo of Triangles during a close match. Nobody had seen her do it, but when she realized what she'd done she called touchback on herself. Moreover, it turned out that that one docked point turned what would have been a narrow victory by her into a tie with her younger brother. He won the tiebreaker round at pretzel over rutabaga, so that one act of honesty lost her the match. Gained her something far more valuable, though, at least in my opinion.

[Molemanking]

There is nothing like a good game of Dawn's Candles to reveal who and what you truly are. The other day, for example, my daughter violated the Taboo of Triangles during a close match. Nobody had seen her do it, but when she realized what she'd done she called touchback on herself. Moreover, it turned out that that one docked point turned what would have been a narrow victory by her into a tie with her younger brother. He won the tiebreaker round at pretzel over rutabaga, so that one act of honesty lost her the match. Gained her something far more valuable, though, at least in my opinion.

Father Edmund Everlight, Priest of the Spell Lord and Headmaster of the Mercy's Gift Orphanage.


You think my magic is any more unnatural than the whim of your gods? I merely make use of something that would have just been buried or burned anyway. The dead are still dead under my power, I simply puppet their remains to perform tasks on my behalf. But your gods? Simply slip them some coin and a prayer and you'll see the dead returned as though nothing happened. That is what I detest about your kind, you refuse to see the hypocrisy of it all.

[TheTeaMustFlow]

You think my magic is any more unnatural than the whim of your gods? I merely make use of something that would have just been buried or burned anyway. The dead are still dead under my power, I simply puppet their remains to perform tasks on my behalf. But your gods? Simply slip them some coin and a prayer and you'll see the dead returned as though nothing happened. That is what I detest about your kind, you refuse to see the hypocrisy of it all.

Jake Tinderwick, leader of the Second Arcane Right, at the Desecration of Yuvata.

"You asked us to give you the eyes of an eagle, and so we did. The beak and the feathers are free."

[Jurai]

Afara Izamar, Shamaness of White Thunder Clan, to Allhovar Vinceh's best general.

"Sire, these 'rabble' have one thing to say to you."

"And what might that be, fool?"

"You are nothing now. Not a lord, not a peasant, nothing but dust in the wind."

[Justicar]

~Eidel Schwartz, Grand Inquisitor of the Court Tenebrous to Ashlon Pentfor, Baron of Carvahall after sacking the city

"Everything seeks freedom. The wind, the sea, the wind beasts, but especially magic. There is nothing that can truly master or contain it.

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Alpha Rodnick, the First Arcane Right Leader
Admiral-Dictator Eidel Schwartz
Afara Izamar, Shamaness of White Thunder Clan
Allhovar Vinceh
Allhovari Vinceh, Lord of the House of Burchil
Alukax, the first Harbinger of the Second Plane
Alzan Barul, Cibomancer of the Tarbean Dominion
Angus McPherson, Witch-General of the First Legion of the Krieger army
Ashlon Pentfor, Baron of Carvahall
Baramos and his erudite alter ego, Baravos
Bard-Priest Nira Hornsmith of the fire goddess Tanoia
Carrida Thon
Cavalier Captain Rodrick, retired
Dalendo the Stitched, Captain of the City Guard in the city of Steamspire
Don Fische of the Gnome Mafia
Eidel Schwartz, Grand Inquisitor of the Court Tenebrous
Elteier, former knight of Nessa, current leader of the Firescourged mercenaries
Emilios tu Varanos, Rat King of Talakhan, defender of the Kingdom
Enot, the Sunforger
Father Edmund Everlight, Priest of the Spell Lord and Headmaster of the Mercy's Gift Orphanage
Felix of Fereign Forest
Fell Knight Ridley
Fey Knight Varadros Allazzar
General Leonart of the Golden Legions
General Phento
General Providence Arndelford of the Free People
Gorrandiun Alle, Sage
Guardian Talla of the Ziguranth
Hamish Greenthumb
Haros Almazra, Knight Commander of the Agrarian Guard
Hathoger, chief Nessa guard
Hector DeBrewlidard, High Priest of "Bloody" Claxnax
High Baron Yenno of House G'kal
Irnbjald Flagonsmasher, barkeep
Itanan Bladescorn
Jake Tinderwick, self proclaimed "Wisdom Wizard" and Leader leader of the Second Arcane Right
John Tinderwick, prophet of the Transhumanist Society
Julya, pre-teen citizen of Adalla (later axiomancer-in-training)
Karolus Xavir IV the Decadent
Karolus Xavir VI
Karolus Xavir VII, Emperor of the Tarbean Dominion
Killian Anglerstrangler
King Amelhan XV
King Iop
King Talisker
Kirranah Berribuckle, Owner of the Mystic Magister
Knight-Commandant Mirulax
Kt'zk Kt'gvan, a jinn trapped within an ancient clay spittoon
Lazlo Skeiner
Lib Hourglass-Wielder, Archwizard of the Crimson Towers
Lord Salvadore Perissus
Magnus the Magnificent, rogue alchemist and artificer of Groogalorian descent
Melior the Grim
Mensco Pentfor
Merkal Sha, Captain of the Third Voyage across the Sea
Michael the Seer
Noranon, Acolyte of the Myst Disciples of Klendagon
Omar Garrosh, GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!
Prince Rigel of the Dust
Princess Ima
Queen Amalia of the Emerald City
Queen Golinian II
Queen Oma
Raza, Low Magus of Vorad
Riker Garrosh, madman prophet
Rizael, the Divine Lactomancer
Shriknu Barkip, Prophet of the New Heaven
Skrillan, the Undead Theurge of the Umbra
Sual, adventurer extraordinaire
Tavain the Omnicidal (previously Tavain the Heroic)
Tellurian the Unsung, Folk Hero of the Little Dales
The Acolyte of Varadosh
The Umbra, Vigilante of Yuvata
Thork the Ogre
Uluthak Darenkas
Urban Druid Ki'aanu Rihvs
Valzadaim, Wyrm of the East
Varadros Allazzar, Fey Knight Of Winter
Vazak'ti, Shaman of Black Storm Clan
Vilskar Hrimskr, Mountain-King of the Gornwast Barbarians
Vorad VII, the Damned
Wesley Garrosh, Riker Garrosh' rebellious brother and the Sultan of Beggars in Yuvata
Yavadr'samaxi, Blade Dragon

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Adalla
Bulford
Empire of Valtara
Little Dales
Nessa
Suzerainty of Yuvata
Talakhan
Tarbean Dominion

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Black Storm Clan
Drow
Gornwast Barbarians
Groogalorian
Jungle Tribes of Ferric
Talorians
Voradorsh
Vorgu'nosh
White Thunder Clan
Winter Fae

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Black Dunes of Barza Daros
City of Steamspire
Emerald City
Fereign Forest
Hall of Cephalophores
High Sun Tavern
Jungles of Ferric
Mercy's Gift Orphanage
Mirrored Halls of Tam-Shorath
Mount Terrador
Mountains of Heridor
Mystic Magister
Outer Gates of the Far Realms
Plains of Atallah
Tor Burchill

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Agrarian Guard
At least three iterations of the Arcane Rights
Black Riders
Court Tenebrous
Firescourged Mercenaries
First Legion of the Krieger army
Gnome Mafia
Golden Legions
House of Burchil
Luminar Knights of the Occult Shine
Myst Disciples of Klendagon
Seer of Olkhembo
Talakhan Parliament of Rats
The Free People
Transhumanist Society
Wizards of the Crimson Towers
Ziguranth, an organization of mage-hunters

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Claxnax
Luminar
Iliana, goddess of love
Outsiders (Atarka World-Render and Night's Sorrow)
Spell Lord
Tanoia, fire goddess
Varadosh
Three Gods (either some or none of the above)

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Battle-Tested, Inorganic Firmament Familiar, or B.I.F.F
Glengoyne's horse, Glitterhoof
Jinns
Magnus's sentient dog, Spot
Riker's pet lizard, Fluffy
Sand Elementals
Shimmerlings
Warbeasts of Nessa

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At least four events called a Voyage Across the Sea
At least three Gornwast-Krieger Wars
Battle of Baskhal
Culling of the Three Gods' clergy
Fall of the Court Tenebrous
Genocide of the Talorians
Tenebrous cultists sack of Carvahall
The Desecration of Yuvata
The Invasion of Nessa
The Year of Death's Overtime

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7 Conscripts of the Sanctified Lords
Codex Sylvanus
The Creed Tenebrous, Book 4: The Truth In Shadow
The Doomsday Iphil
The Lives and Times of the Blind Yeoman
The Winderkind Elves
Threats Transcending Borders, a treatise written for all kingdoms

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Ancient clay spittoon Jinn-trap
Game of Dawn's Candles
Garrosh's Honeymoon Carriage
Imperial and Royal Ship Iliana's Embrace, third of the seven Extortionator-class skyships
Magnus' Potion of Clarity
Thork's magical frying pan

[ReaderAt2046]

"Everything seeks freedom. The wind, the sea, the wind beasts, but especially magic. There is nothing that can truly master or contain it."

The opening lines of the speech given each year by Jaya Ballard, Mistress Anarchomancer, to her novice acolytes.

There is power in abandon, but far more in control.

[Justicar]

The opening lines of the speech given each year by Jaya Ballard, Mistress Anarchomancer, to her novice acolytes.

There is power in abandon, but far more in control.

~Alpha Rodnick, former Anarchomancer, at the founding of the First Arcane Right

"Fear is always the answer"

[JNAProductions]

"Fear is always the answer"

-Jason Irons, famed coward

"Fear not the enemy-fear me."

[ReaderAt2046]

"Fear not the enemy-fear me."

Thog, Orcish Warboss.

Manipulation is at the heart of every social interaction. When two old friends sit down and swap stories, what are they doing but trying to manipulate each other into being impressed? When a man grooms himself and dons fine clothes to speak with a woman, is he not seeking to manipulate her into regarding him more favorably? Society is a tissue of manipulations. All that sets those like me apart is that we're a little more honest about what we are doing. We also do have a certain...advantage. But is it really that much more potent than a charismatic personality or fine teeth? I think not.

[spikeof2010]

"Fear not the enemy-fear me."

-Rook Garook, Now Deceased Amateur Impersonator.

"You have your day of the stars, and then you have the falling of the night, the day of the nobles."

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Do you think someone could index important locations, events, characters and such in a seperate thread?

[RogueishScholar]

Big list of things so far incoming!

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• John Tinderwick, prophet of the Transhumanist Society
• Alpha Rodnick, First Arcane Right Leader & Founder
• Cavalier Captain Rodrick
• Seer of Olkhembo, Age 1239
• Alukax, first Harbinger of the Second Plane
• Knight-Commandant Mirulax
• High Baron Yenno of House G'kal
• Shriknu Barkip, Prophet of the New Heaven
• Lord Salvadore Perissus, wealthy patron of the Fourth Voyage Across the Sea
• Irnbjald Flagonsmasher, barkeep
• Eidel Schwartz, Grand Inquisitor of the Court Tenebrous
• Noranon, Acolyte of the Myst Disciples of Klendagon
• Vilskar Hrimskr, Mountain King of the Gornwast Barbarians
• Vorad VII, the Damned
• Lib Hourglass, Wielder, Archwizard of the Crimson Towers
• Melior the Grim
• Kirranah Berribuckle, Owner of the Mystic Magister
• Jake Tinderwick, self-proclaimed "Wisdom Wizard," well-known psychopath, and Leader of the Second Arcane Right
• Yavadr'samaxi, Blade Dragon
• Tellurian the Unsung, Folk Hero of the Little Dales (known to be tired of the local nobility)
• Forsalkian Knight (participated in the Genocide of the Talorians)
• Talorian Lord of the Ether
• Elteier, former Knight of Nessa, now leader of the Firescourged Mercenaries
• Magnus the Magnificent, rogue alchemist and artificer of Groogalgorian descent
• Tavian the Omnicidal, formerly known as Tavian the Heroic
• Baramos and his erudite alter ego Baravos, both of whom participated in the Battle of Baskhal
• Fell Knight Ridley of the Empire of Valtara
• Julya, former pre-teen citizen of Adalla, now teen-aged axiomancer-in-training
• Riker Garrosh, madman prophet and adventurer, owner of Fluffy, his pet lizard
• Lady-General of Talakhan
• Emilios tu Varanos, wererat, Rat King of Talakhan, defender of the kingdom
• King Amelhan XV
• Queen Golinian II
• Sual, adventurer extraordinaire
• Omar Garrosh, GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!
• The Umbra, Vigilante of Yuvata
• Spot, Magnus the Magnificent's sentient dog
• Wesley Garrosh, Riker Garrosh's rebellious brother, renowned morning-hater, and Sultan of Beggers in Yuvata
• Iliana, local goddess of love
• Skrillan, the Undead Theurge of the Umbra
• Killian Anglerstrangler
• Don Fische of the Gnome Mafia
• Bard-Priest Nira Hornsmith of the fire goddess Tanoia
• Tanoia, fire goddess
• Lord-Cleric of Gl'morshapa
• Lazlo Skeiner
• The many (often confused) companions of Riker Garrosh, various occasions
• Karolus Xavir VII, Emporer of the Tarbean Dominion, estranged brother to Magnus the Magnificent, also known as "Karolus the Decadent" for his legendary accumulation of wealth and luxuries
• General Leonart of the Golden Legions
• Fey Knight of Winter Varadoros Allazzar, traveling companion of Riker Garrosh before their paths separated
• Acolyte of Varadosh [Ed.- Voradorsh?]
• Alzan Barul, Cibomancer of the Tarbean Dominion
• Queen Oma and her daughter, Princess Ima
• Carrida Thon
• Haros Almazra, Knight Commander of the Agrarian Guard
• Ki'aanu Rihvs, Urban Druid
• Angus McPherson, Witch-General of the First Legion of the Krieger army
• Itanan Bladescorn and his axewife
• Rikter Garrosh, hater of cats
• General Phento, victim of a sand elemental attack
• Vazak'ti, Shaman of the Black Storm Clan
• Atarka World-Render, titan, destroyed by all Gods working as one in its destruction
• Night's Sorrow, outsider, whose touch cannot be fully eradicated from the multiverse
• Karolus Xavir VI, whose death quickly followed his first words as Emporer of the Tarbean Dominion
• Gnomish salesman under the influence of Night's Sorrow
• Hamish Greenthumb, gardener in Bulford, once teleported to the throne room of the Tarbean Emporers
• General Providence Arndelford of the Free People
• Gorrandiun Alle, great Sage
• Valzadaim, Wyrm of the East, teacher
• Liminar Knight of the Occult Shrine
• Prince Rigel of the Dust
• Thork the Ogre
• Michael the Seer
• Uluthak Darenkas
• Enot, the Sunforger
• Felix of Fereign Forest
• Queen Amalia of the Emerald City circa 2739
• King Iop circa 2739
• Raza, Low Magus of Vorad
• Rizael, the Divine Lactomancer, known to be a few carriages short of a caravan
• Bloody Claxnax, deity
• Hector DeBrewlidard, High Priest of "Bloody" Claxnax
• Kt'xk Kt'gvan, a jinn trapped within an ancient clay spittoon
• Admiral-Dictator Eidel Schwartz
• Dalendo the Stitched, Captain of the City Guard of Steamspire, and sometime reanimated corpse
• Hathoger, chief Nessa guard circa 2739
• Taal N'zaa, high Captain of the Royal Guard of the Eastern Holy Empire
• Guardian Talla of the Ziguranth
• Merkal Sha, Captain of the Third Voyage Across the Sea
• The Imperial and Royal Ship Iliana's Embrace, 3rd of the 7 Extortionator-class skyships commissioned by Queen Amalia of the Emerald City
• Shimmerlings, monsters born of the imagination
• Allhovari Vinceh, Lord of the house of Burchil
• King Talisker of Glengoyne and his horse, Glitterhoof
• Ashlon Pentfor, Baron Carvahall
• Baron Carvahall's son, Mensco
• Father Edmund Everlight, Priest of the Spell Lord and Headmaster of the Mercy's Gift Orphanage
• Afara Izamar, Shamaness of the White Thunder Clan
• Jaya Ballard, Mistress Anarchomancer
• Jason Irons, famed Coward
• Rook Garook, Now Deceased Amateur Impersonator

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• Transhumanist Society
• First and Second Arcane Right
• Vorgu'nosh
• Myst Disciples of Klendagon
• House G'kal
• New Heaven
• Court Tenebrous
• Cavaliers
• Gornwast Barbarians
• Kriegers
• Crimson Towers
• Firescourged Mercenaries
• Jungle tribes of Ferric
• the Umbra
• Gl'morshapah
• Tarbean Dominion/Dynasty
• Golden Legions
• Talakhan Parliament of Rats
• the Agrarian Guard
• Black Storm Clan
• the Black Riders, the elite troops of the Winter Fae
• the Ziguranth, an Organization of mage-hunters
• White Thunder Clan

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• Empire of Valtara
• Suzerainty of Yuvata
• Klendagon
• Nessa
• Voradorsh
• Mirrored Halls of Tam'Shorath
• Mystic Magister (store)
• Little Dales
• Adalla
• Jungles of Ferric
• Elemental Citadel of Fire
• Black dunes of Barza Daros
• Bulford
• Mount Terrador
• the Occult Shrine
• Fereign Forest
• High Sun Tavern
• Vorad
• Glengoyne
• Tor Burchill
• Mercy's Gift Orphanage

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• The Seven conscripts of the Sanctified Lords
• Journal of Noranon, Acolyte of the Myst Disciples of Klendagon
• "The Lives and Times of the Blind Yeoman"
• Jake Tinderwick's recipe for a potion that promotes hair growth, and exerpt from his book
• Threats Transcending Borders by Wesley Garrosh, a treatise written for all kingdoms
• The Winderkind Elves, a book by Gorrandium Alle
• The Doomsday Iphil
• Raza's journal of amusing nonsenses, palatitudes, and half-heard conversation
• Creed Tenebrous, Book 4: The Truth in Shadow
• Codex Sylvanus

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• At least three Gornwast-Krieger Wars
• Invasion of Nessa by Voradorsh sappers
• at least four expeditions entitled Voyage Across the Sea
• tavern conversation about underestimating wizards cornered in their studies
• attempted Peace Council of the Third Gornwast-Krieger War
• Execution of Irnbjald Flagonsmasher for crimes against Nessa
• Genocide of the Talorians
• Tavian the Omnicidal's slaying of the entire clergies of three gods
• Battle of Baskhal
• Debut of Magnus the Magnificent's "Wizard's Battle-Tested, Inorganic Firmament Familiar, or B.I.F.F."
• The Fall of Fell Kight Ridley of the Empire of Valtara
• Magnus' creation of the Wizard's New Pet, considered to be more dangerous than any four young dragons
• The turning and crowning of wererat Emilios tu Varanos as Rat King
• Wesley Garrosh's disowning of Riker Garrosh, following a debate between Riker and Magnus the Magnificent
• the attempted capturing of Riker Garrosh by a drow slaver
• Expulsion of all foreign diplomats by the Tarbean dynasty
• Sacking of the Hall of Cephalophores during the First Gornwast-Krieger War
• The defeat of Itanan Bladescorn at the hands of the axewife, who went on to have three children with him
• Julya's discovery of the academy headmaster's secret collusion with the Tarbean Dominion, thus undermining their defenses in the subsequent war
• The flooding of the entire Plains of Atallah, achieved single-handedly by Magnus the Magnificent, Viewed by Vazak'ti, Shaman of Black Storm Clan
• Riker Garrosh's long year of drinking after losing his wife
• Fall of the Court Tenebrous to the Second Arcane Right
• Riker's tracking down of the assassin that blew up Garrosh's Honeymoon Carriage
• Attack of Guerilla forces in Nessa against the Eastern Holy Empire
• Riker Garrosh's duel with the horse Glitterhoof
• The sacking of Tor Burchill by Tenebrous cultists
• The desecration of Yuvata

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• Age 1239
• Year 2739, later known as "The year of Death's overtime"

[RogueishScholar]

Manipulation is at the heart of every social interaction. When two old friends sit down and swap stories, what are they doing but trying to manipulate each other into being impressed? When a man grooms himself and dons fine clothes to speak with a woman, is he not seeking to manipulate her into regarding him more favorably? Society is a tissue of manipulations. All that sets those like me apart is that we're a little more honest about what we are doing. We also do have a certain...advantage. But is it really that much more potent than a charismatic personality or fine teeth? I think not.

-Exerpt from The Face of Iliana: How it can be Yours, a book that sold many copies to would-be suitors before an orthodox sect of the Church of Iliana called for a mass burning of the book.

"You have your day of the stars, and then you have the falling of the night, the day of the nobles."

-Engraving above the door to the Emporer's throne room of the Tarbean Dominion


"Oh yes... Oh gods yes."

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Should I just copy and paste my last post into a new thread for the index?

[Prince Zahn]

"Oh yes... Oh gods yes."

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Should I just copy and paste my last post into a new thread for the index?

–A slogan for of the infamousul spiritual freedom campaign, "doummemvivre". Coined circa-year 1762, following the imprisonment of a local pastor who began to worship inanimate objects. Though the man was murdered soon after by his cellmate, and his name and records disappeared, he sparked an era of animistic extremist worship that set technological and magical innovation back for decades.

"When I reach the moon, I will name the first star I can find in your honor. Thus I swear."

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I read only your above two posts and you instantly became an idol in my eyes. The foresight and organization (and effort!) To do all that is uncanny! RoguishScholar, You are amazing.

[JNAProductions]

"When I reach the moon, I will name the first star I can find in your honor. Thus I swear."

-Turnball Wright, the first known lich

"Why of course, milady-if you're willing to pay the price."

[TheTeaMustFlow]

-Turnball Wright, the first known lich

"Why of course, milady-if you're willing to pay the price."

Magnus the Magnificent to Grand Axiomancer Julya of Adalla, vis a vis an unknown request concerning the latter's dog.

"Trust? Trust's got nothing to do with it. I just don't want the bastards out of my sight."

[Jendekit]

Magnus the Magnificent to Grand Axiomancer Julya of Adalla, vis a vis an unknown request concerning the latter's dog.

"Trust? Trust's got nothing to do with it. I just don't want the bastards out of my sight."

Too many people to count about Riker and any number of his siblings when more than one Garrosh were in the vicinity.

"When I was a little boy, there was this recurring nightmare I'd have. I'd be looking at a cage, and inside was some king of monster constantly trying to get out. It didn't have any physical features that I could see, not even a silhouette, but all the same I just knew that if the monster escaped its cage nothing short of its destruction would ever stop it from hurting people.

"I had that dream for most of my childhood and a good part of my teens. I stopped having it when I was fourteen. One night I was in the middle of it, when something happened that hadn't before. I walked closer to the cage and for the first time I got a good, horrifying look at the monster. It was me.

"The monster is still here with me, but don't worry. I have had long practice in keeping it locked up. All the same, there's a reason I don't leave this mountaintop."

[ReaderAt2046]

Too many people to count about Riker and any number of his siblings when more than one Garrosh were in the vicinity.

"When I was a little boy, there was this recurring nightmare I'd have. I'd be looking at a cage, and inside was some king of monster constantly trying to get out. It didn't have any physical features that I could see, not even a silhouette, but all the same I just knew that if the monster escaped its cage nothing short of its destruction would ever stop it from hurting people.

"I had that dream for most of my childhood and a good part of my teens. I stopped having it when I was fourteen. One night I was in the middle of it, when something happened that hadn't before. I walked closer to the cage and for the first time I got a good, horrifying look at the monster. It was me.

"The monster is still here with me, but don't worry. I have had long practice in keeping it locked up. All the same, there's a reason I don't leave this mountaintop."

Feternath, Eye of Night's Sorrow.

If grass were short,
And trees were tall
As in some crazy tale
If azure sky
Stretched over all
And boats on water sailed

Then indeed could I believe
Javeh my sins once bore
For in world of wonders vast
What is one wonder more?

[spikeof2010]

Feternath, Eye of Night's Sorrow.

If grass were short,
And trees were tall
As in some crazy tale
If azure sky
Stretched over all
And boats on water sailed

Then indeed could I believe
Javeh my sins once bore
For in world of wonders vast
What is one wonder more?

Oerta Bound, a poem by the Prophet of Ablehammi

"Turn your heads at the horrible abomination thst is the city of Muz'dahim!"

[JNAProductions]

"Turn your heads at the horrible abomination that is the city of Muz'dahim!"

Muz'dahim, the living city.

"Come inside, for you are cold and weary."

[spikeof2010]

Muz'dahim, the living city.

"Come inside, for you are cold and weary."

Rheshodia Faskoin, Owner of the Brew and Brine in Northern Weskadoskia

"War is a result of Power and Ownership, this isn't a war, this is a slaughter."

[Eldan]

"War is a result of Power and Ownership, this isn't a war, this is a slaughter."

Selgar Pentfor-Aesh, Third Baron of Carvahall-in-Exile

"As I see it, "Garrosh" is as much a concept as it is the name of a person. This becomes more clear if one considers a few facts. No one knows, exactly, how many people named "Garrosh" there are. Their names, their personalities, and what they look like is inconsistent, as far as I could determine in my studies. They have been seen from black-crowned Terrador to Valtara, from Ferric to Adalla. Even when they live or lived is uncertain, they have, after all, fought in all three Gornwast-Krieger Wars, have fought both with and against the Court Tenebrous before it fell, they were at the battles of Bashkall and Talor and Iata. Events thousands of years apart, on both sides of the veil, in shadow and in light.

Things become clearer, I think, if one considers a concept from very old southern mythology, from before the dunes swallowed Barzata and Dar: the Hollow Hero. As the Barzan believed, the gods would create a mortal shell and take turns incorporating into it, to interact with the world. The same shell could appear across times and dimensions. A shell always had a similar personaliy, but they were more like the same character played by different actors, with subtle differences. There were nine shells, they thought, and only six were known, with three yet to come.

Yes. I firmly believe Riker Garrosh is a joke the gods play on us.

[Jurai]

"As I see it, "Garrosh" is as much a concept as it is the name of a person. This becomes more clear if one considers a few facts. No one knows, exactly, how many people named "Garrosh" there are. Their names, their personalities, and what they look like is inconsistent, as far as I could determine in my studies. They have been seen from black-crowned Terrador to Valtara, from Ferric to Adalla. Even when they live or lived is uncertain, they have, after all, fought in all three Gornwast-Krieger Wars, have fought both with and against the Court Tenebrous before it fell, they were at the battles of Bashkall and Talor and Iata. Events thousands of years apart, on both sides of the veil, in shadow and in light.

Things become clearer, I think, if one considers a concept from very old southern mythology, from before the dunes swallowed Barzata and Dar: the Hollow Hero. As the Barzan believed, the gods would create a mortal shell and take turns incorporating into it, to interact with the world. The same shell could appear across times and dimensions. A shell always had a similar personaliy, but they were more like the same character played by different actors, with subtle differences. There were nine shells, they thought, and only six were known, with three yet to come.

Yes. I firmly believe Riker Garrosh is a joke the gods play on us.

A well-researched pamphlet by Toyin Zakat, called Hollow Heroes and Divine Drollery. Toyin was last seen hanging from the steeple of the Temple of Tarakat for heresy.

"These days, I wonder if the world will ever see peace, much less my ledgers see red ink."

[JNAProductions]

"These days, I wonder if the world will ever see peace, much less my ledgers see red ink."

Vestin Fischer, war-profiteer of the Jundland Wastes

"When I said 'look out for number one', I meant me!"

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So would anyone consider running a game based in this world? I'd play if it's 5E or some free system online, because I like this world.