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People
Crescenti family / house
an organisation run by the eye of discord that operates as an inter-planar trade organisation. They certainly seem to trade in quite high-end goods, but they also seem to have a lot of political interests and the like. Plainly its the eye of discords spy network / income / power and the like. Behind the Ogre attacks.
Crescenti family are based around Rome, north of it. They are associated with an Etruscan line No one knows who the family is, some suspect they are the part of the Tarquin, believed to have been closely associated with the last Exarch of Ravena. Ravena was a member of a 5 city conglomerate, but was recently annexed by the Duke of Lombardy. The Exarch is rumored to have died a year later, he was a eunuch.
Giacomo Pullini
Factor of the Crescenti family. Wears a lot of dark green, silks and brocades, with glossy black hair and pale skin (eats arsenic). Based in Ravena.
Count (Grafin) Ganalon
Encounter him in Eisenkirche. He is handing around Bishop Turpen. Wears chainmail and has a huge broadsword on his hip.
Exarch
The Exarch was from Constantinople. Rumored to have died a year after territory was annexed by the Duke of Lombardy.
Duke of Lombardy
Annexed a five city conglomerate. The Duke of Lombardy's Dutchy has since been usurped by the Holy Roman empire. The Emperor of the holy roman empire had a younger brother who is married the daughter of the Duke of Lombard. He is pursuing the title of Duke. The title is the key to securing the rest of the Italian peninsula.
Black Dragon
Located in the crater. A Greater Summoner - killed
Apricot Blossom
A princess from the courts, travels with an entourage. An avatar of beauty. Hair falls around her face like a dragons wing, white pale skin, scarlet mark on her face. She has powerful over mirrors, armor, martial enchanting and enchantments. He powers include;
- provide protections against breath weapons.
- bonus to attacking a dragon
- bonus to penetrating its MR
To communicate with her sent a letter to the court of the seven suns.
A Tall Gaunt man
Lives near the mountain range where the peach tree is found. Looking for the peach tree. Makes hybrid animals and controls them.
Places
Sweden
Gothenburg
Large city with enormous library. Thriving fish trade. The most significant import is grain and alcohol. priest of different religious here. A fantastic library. about 8K people
- Redshield – a contact of the Bishop. He is a tailor and spy with extensive contacts.
- Long Annie – a witch who lives on the outskirts of Gottenburg. She is 6.5 and her joints are big. human and in her 40s
- Alchemist – lives under a bridge in Gottenburg. Can make potions of youth. We hired him a housekeeper for a year.
Trondheim
small town a few days sailing north of Gothenburg. A friendly bishop looks after the town and occasionally hunts vampires.
Östersund
small village to the east of Trondheim, across the mountain range. Preyed upon by vampires.
Bear Island
small windswept island a week out of Gothenburg. Was the headquarters of the Ogres
Svalbard Island
a difficult to find island 1-2 weeks out of Gothenburg.
- Library – strange trapezoidal shape. Wooden frame and dark glass. Significantly larger on the inside. The lower level leads to the abyss, the top level to the astral. It contains an enormous number of scrolls written in a multitude of languages. With enough research, much knowledge can be located here. Rooms are magically lit upon entrance.
Italy
Venice
We notice some odd threads in the canal's that are made from the currents. Investigation reveals that there are multiple currents woven and held in place by extra-dimensional weft threads. They seem to carry something (not information and not transporting)
Ravenna
factor there is Taodora Felamini. Deals with dyes, tanning products, paints, leather, enamels for colouring glass etc
Yemen
Socotra
Obtain polar coordinates from the library on Svalbard Island- island past great sea. Growing there are 'Dragon' trees, who's sap is 'Dragons Blood'.
Other Places
Eternal City
There are a number of quarters in the city
- Ironchurch
- Throne of the Empress
Has a nexus to Seagate
Eisenkirche
a large city in the County Palatine
- Peter - contact who arranged food deliveries for Unterkiel.
- Centrum Orbis - a metropolis many leagues south of Isenkirk
Has a nexus to Eternal City
During the Days of Chaos there is a twelve day festival.
Three villages in the bay near the city
- Unterkiel - about 1800 people
- Eichelhorn - about 1200 people. Attacked by the Ogres. Short of food for winter.
third village???
To the far east
Crater
- Black dragon, who is a summoner - sits on angular "coins" that are from Carcosa
- 20 frost giants
- 6 ogre magi
- Yellow writing – a Propitiation to "The King in Yellow" (Hastor). Stops the use of his name, in the area from having a negative effect on his disposition towards the utterer.
- Shadow of the black sun
- Lair contains two dias, both three dimensional summoning circles – one to Carcosa and the other to ???
- Building a gigantic cross plane summoning portal, it will take a year or more.
Kunlun mountains
Near the Crater. Contains peach trees whose peaches will kil you if eaten, but will make you undying.
Crater Village
small village, no others with 25 miles. Grows pigs, small cow like creatures. Dried apples. The land is not suitable for wheat. Destroyed by Dragon.
Town
About five hours flight south of the crater.
Walled city with a river running through, the prominent bridges crossing over it.
Population of about 2,500 people.
Other large city westward and southern. Very far away
interested in wool, textiles and spices
Sell furs, exotic leather and zinc
Kazakhstan
Bustling markets with many exotic goods; mirror, Jade (white and blue), stat drafts, 'magical' carpets and four leaf clovers
Asquelon
Thriving trade in Grimores