Editing Red Cliff Domain

=Red Cliff Domain=

==Background==

===Moon reeds and moon boats===
In distant Darjiin, Bevelatia wears the Heron Mask for her goddess, SurEnslib, and guards her most precious secrets. It is she who must be courted when the Emperor wishes to have a new moonboat constructed. Worse to Dara Happan eyes, it is she who holds the Water Marriage Secret to enthrone the legitimate Emperor. 

Among Dara Happans, it is the leagues of noble families that form alliances and act behind closed doors to decide the future of the Empire. Few of these leagues accept that the Darjiini, who have been conquered many times by Dara Happa and should remain subjugated, have this hold over the Emperor. To seek to break Darjiin, they have unravelled the moon reed secret and have enlisted a league of Dara Happan military familes, the Pure Sky Burnished Kite League, to act as the spear that will pierce the gut of Darjiin. 

General Theophilon Faius Gisto is known for his cunning and willingness to adopt unconventional strategies. Finding agents from among his own troops, he has spent almost a decade manouevring into position. Following the invasion of Heortland, news of the Third Ford Incident reached Raibanth. The plan was finally set in motion.

The General was to engineer a situation in which he would be seen as a liability to the Lunar Army and would be awarded a grant on the Zola Fel in distant Prax and so disappear. There he would grow the moon reed and build the first moon boat with the aid of a magician from the College of Magic, Bellabarisruk. Break the Darjiini monopoly. 

''News of his success is awaited in Raibanth...''

===Timeline===
*'''1602''' - Boldhome sacked by the Lunar Empire - Theophilon Faius Gisto is present in the Lunar forces.
*'''1610''' - Lunar conquest of Pavis.
*'''1615''' - Duke Raus is ceded a land grant on the Zola Fel.
*'''1619''' - Lunar forces invade Heortland. Faius Gisto is present but is held responsible for the Third Ford Incident. Almost simultaneously, activities of the subcult Urvairinus Origine are unearthed within his troops. The General retires from the army, taking up a land grant (the Red Cliffs Domain) on the Zola Fel. By the end of the year, the grant is settled, fortified and irrigation channels have been dug. 
*'''1620''' - Although the land on the Red Cliffs Domain is quickly being turned to agriculture, and alliances formed with an assortment of local groups, Faius Gisto succumbs to the chills and dies, to be succeeded by his daughter Beltis. Shortly afterwards, his wife and son quit the grant.
*'''1621''' - Sea Season saw the first Giant Cradle in centuries pass down the river. It is now Fire Season and the River of Cradles has begun to recede.

===The Red Cliffs Domain grant===
*It is generally understood that it is Fazzur Wideread who was responsible for the recent allottment of land grants to the north and south of Duke Raus' grant. 
*Those in Faius Gisto's inner circle were made well aware, upon his arrival in the Red Cliffs Domain, that the documents in his possession awarded him land north and south of the North Bog but also an equal area extending down to the Great Bog. This land is under Raus' markers, although the Duke refused to show his own papers to the General and has continued to refuse to show these to Beltis. If appropriately irrigated, this land would make excellent rice beds, yet Raus has yet to alot the land to settlers.
*Following the General's untimely demise, ownership of the grant became an important issue. Beltis has not shown the documents awarding the grant to her father to anyone so the nature of the award is unknown, in particular whether it is to be inherited or to return the Governor of Pavis. If inherited, Dara Happan customs would pass the grant to the General's son, but the boy is barely a Dara Happan. Meanwhile, Lunar customs would pass the grant to his eldest daughter, Beltis, though some interpretations might grant one of his wives. By driving her stepmother and brother out, Beltis appears to have resolved the issue for the time being, but the rumours that Erinetha has been associating with Raus in Pavis have generated a lot of speculation and uncertainty.

==Player Characters==
*[[Lok Stok aka the Silver Shadow]] played by Walkie Talkie Noise Decoder

==Non-Player Characters==

===Durulz===

* '''Bullwush Bogsnipers''', '''Illusion and Disorder''' and Durulz bandits who operate out of the North Bog, led by Sleek Goldeneye. Allies of the Red Cliff grant. We help them with their foes and they provide marsh-aware protection and early warning. 
* '''Sleek Goldeneye''' - Durulz bandit, leader of the Bullwush Bogsnipers and arch-rival to Pinfeather. Sleek seems himself as a level above Pinfeather, though he is yet to match his rival's power. Sleek's dream is to fly...
*'''Wendy Wed Beak''' the bandit leader's dame,  from Duck point.

===Faius Gisto family and entourage===

* '''Beltis Mageera''' Eldest daughter of General Faius Gisto, travelled to the Red Cliff Domain with her family. When her father died she took on the mantle of running the colony, stating that her father's soul had not departed but was now resident in his unit's standard and that she was taking instruction from him. She soon entered into conflict with her stepmother and half-brother. Eventually these were driven out. On more formal occasions, Beltis wears the headress and robes of a Hon-eel acolyte. 

* '''Erinetha of Alda-Chur''' A tribeswoman of the Tovtaros, Erinetha took up with Theophilon some two-score years ago and travelled with him on his campaigns until his death. Something of a wild woman, her exotic dress and her insistence on going barefoot to show off her blue tattoed feet only contributed to Faius Gisto's ever-spiralling reputation. Although Erinetha seemed to get on with Theophilon's daughter Beltis, the two began arguing after his death, eventually leading to Erinetha quitting the grantland with her son in tow. Traders have brought rumours that she has since been seen frequenting Duke Raus' townhouse in Pavis, sporting fine silks and leather shoes of all things. No-one knows quite what to make of it, while none have dared broach the subject with Betis. (Erinetha's epithet was given her by her husband's men, though naturally she is not from Alda-Chur and in fact always despised the place).

* '''Theophilon Faius Gisto III (deceased)''' Dara Happan General, hero of the invasions of Sartar and Heortland, father to Beltis and holder of the Red Cliff Domain grantland before his death. While Theophilon was on campaign, his wife (Beltis' mother, a minor noble) and daughters remained in their native Raibanth. During the Sartar campaign, he took a tribeswoman from the uplands near Alda-Chur to his bed. She was named Erinetha and with their two sons travelled with Theophilon on his subsequent campaigns, though the elder of the boys was killed by a river spirit while boating.  After the Third Ford Incident, a disastrous manouevre that led to the loss of almost an entire polemarch, Theophilon retired to take up the Red Cliff Domain on the Zola Fel. He died of the chills some three seasons later. According to Beltis, his soul now resides in his unit's standard, that she keeps in her house. 

* '''Theophilon Faius Gisto IV''' Son of Faius Gisto and Erinetha, driven out by Beltis with his mother.

* '''Bellabarisruk, Warden of the Seven Keys''' Lunar Magician who stole the moon reed secret from the Darjiini. The secret alone is not enough, so he rode the Crimson Bat to the moon to steal the reeds too.

* '''Clan Cangachero'''. '''Earth, Life, Disorder.'''Rice farmers and ...erm...bandits. In that order...possibly. We are not a war clan, but a Take your resources clan.

===Other groups===

* Red Cliff Newtlings. Help out with the reed beds and run the ferry between the beds (East bank) and the main steading (West bank). A clutch of extendde families (as far as anyone can tell at least) who were recruited from the Zebraside newtling population on promise of food and security (it's tough being a newtling). 
** Fee'renzzoon (Fee) Nominal leader/spokesnewt and ferryman
** Ss'ulmakro Frog Woman cultist and Wise Newt.

* The Ten Tall Men, Fire, Movement, Death. Agimori Mercenaries.
** Baba Gul 
** Fanazi 


* '''NAMES''' Lunar Priests/Priestesses. Tend the Seven Mothers shrine and have been promised a temple sponsorship upon successful completion.

* '''Weeders''' A few Darjiini, worshippers of Vargar, who came to the Domain with (DHG). They keep to themsleves. Includes our Moonboat pilot and a competent healer-witch.

==Places of Interest==

*'''Red cliffs''' - Enclosing the tributary to the Zola Fel, these cliffs light the sky red, an effect visible all the way up to the Sun Dome.

*Paddy fields.
**Rice: known as the Eggs of Biselenslib.

==Organizations==
* [[Red Cliff Domain:Anusiya of Urvairinus Origine|Anusiya of Urvairinus Origine]] A small unit of Sworn Companions in the Lunar subcult Urvairinus Origine. Dedicated to revitalising the Imperial Army through novel tactics and strategies. Disbanded when their subcult became known to a Dara Happan Staff Officer, Temar SixPens. They were given the option of trial on charges of Heresy and Unsanctioned Scriptural Innovation or taking early retirement without benefits.

*'''Pure Sky Burnished Kite League''' - A Dara Happan League, of which Faius Gisto was a member, that harks back to the days when Dara Happa was prominent. It is this league that is financing operations in the Red Cliff Domain.