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Here is the Addendums to the Diners of Amber Article. As I got to add more, and found that I might enjoy telling a few tales about places represented on the cards, I decided to go all out and make an additional book. | Here is the Addendums to the Diners of Amber Article. As I got to add more, and found that I might enjoy telling a few tales about places represented on the cards, I decided to go all out and make an additional book. | ||
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Included with the addendums about the various locations is a Content Addendum. Such as it is. | Included with the addendums about the various locations is a Content Addendum. Such as it is. | ||
− | When | + | When Jeweled Amber had a Geocities page this article was well linked to the Diners of Amber page |
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Compilation of Locations | Compilation of Locations | ||
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− | + | '''1 The Lighthouse of Cabra''' | |
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− | + | '''3 Neal's Diner''' | |
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− | + | '''4 Aglevar's Kitchen ''' | |
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− | + | '''5 Sea View Garden, Amber''' | |
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− | + | '''6 Oracle of Mandalay''' | |
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− | + | '''7 Gutsedvem'''' | |
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− | + | '''8 Racsir Isle''' | |
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− | + | '''9 Tombs of Amber''' | |
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− | + | '''10 Brolic's Tower''' | |
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− | + | '''11 Lou's Market''' | |
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− | + | '''12 Braldig's Tinkery''' | |
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− | + | '''13 Vine River''' | |
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− | + | '''14 Wala Heights, Taxorami''' | |
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− | + | '''15 Mandalay''' | |
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− | + | '''16 Castle Arden''' | |
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− | + | '''17 Adrian's Dramaturgy''' | |
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− | + | '''18 Vale of Rocks''' | |
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− | + | '''19 Phil's Diner''' | |
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− | + | '''20 Church of the Unicorn''' | |
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− | + | '''21 Jeweled Road, Diega''' | |
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− | + | '''22 Halzir, Taxorami''' | |
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− | + | '''23 Berlin Train Station''' | |
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− | + | '''24 Vale of Flowers''' | |
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− | + | 25 Big Tree | |
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− | + | 26 Braldu's Retreat | |
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− | + | 27 Oracle of Drisna | |
− | + | 28 Calrabon, Eurth | |
− | + | 29 Salisgir, Unari | |
− | + | 30 Fantalin, Thelusia | |
− | + | 31 Ang Ri | |
− | + | 32 Beleriand | |
− | + | 33 Falri, Mandalay | |
− | + | 34 Fane of Zila | |
− | + | 35 Ganras Galleries, Vies | |
− | + | 36 King's Retreat | |
− | + | 37 Gerard's Hunting Lodge | |
− | + | 38 Oracle of Night | |
− | + | 39 Tower of Grief | |
− | + | 40 Tir Mar Gala | |
− | + | 41 Moondance Cafe | |
− | + | 42 Rebma | |
− | + | 43 Sardis, Ny, NY | |
− | + | 44 Gugenhiem, NY, NY | |
− | + | 45 Footman's Garage. Ny.Ny | |
− | + | 46 Alrus, Begma | |
− | + | 47 Church of the Serpent | |
− | + | 48 Lighthouse of Hiemnal | |
− | + | 49 The Garden | |
− | + | 50 Vulsar Base | |
− | + | 51 Jack Rabbit Slim's | |
− | + | 52 Domain of the King Bar & Grill | |
− | + | 53 Milliways | |
− | + | 54 St. Masvir of Arkens Links | |
− | + | 55. The Stone of Skulls | |
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− | + | '''56 Willie's Tavern''' | |
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− | + | '''57. Camelot''' | |
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− | + | '''58. Field of Gold''' | |
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− | + | '''59. Twilight''' | |
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− | + | '''60 Nu Yark, Nu Yark''' | |
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− | + | '''61. Moins''' | |
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− | + | '''62 Forever Gate''' | |
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− | + | '''63. Paris''' | |
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− | + | '''64 Vagalorat''' | |
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− | + | '''65. Temple of Resolve''' | |
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− | + | '''66. Tomb of the Ancestor's of Darkness''' | |
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+ | '''67. Rebmaras''' | ||
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+ | '''68. Calmir''' | ||
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+ | '''69. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon''' | ||
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+ | '''70. Gilley's Club ''' | ||
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+ | '''71. The Newsstand.''' | ||
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+ | '''72. Frank's Burgers ''' | ||
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+ | '''73. La Bisalta''' | ||
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+ | '''74. Mc Hood's Roadhouse''' | ||
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+ | '''75. The Blighted Land ''' | ||
+ | '''76. Hasik Station ''' | ||
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+ | ''''77.Lisel’s Teahouse Lisel’s Teashouse ''' | ||
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+ | '''78. Talosaril''' | ||
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+ | '''79.Adzikis in Winter''' | ||
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+ | '''80. Café Americana ''' | ||
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+ | '''81. Kizabat, Ancona ''' | ||
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+ | '''82. The Mall at Caladoon ''' | ||
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This idyllic place has fallen out of favor of late. The association with Doria has soured its romantic appeal. There are a number of small private shrines here. Most to the unicorn of course. It was at one of these shrines Doria committed suicide. Luckily while she died, her death was not a final one. | This idyllic place has fallen out of favor of late. The association with Doria has soured its romantic appeal. There are a number of small private shrines here. Most to the unicorn of course. It was at one of these shrines Doria committed suicide. Luckily while she died, her death was not a final one. | ||
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'''Tir Mar Gala''' | '''Tir Mar Gala''' | ||
− | + | Don not come here if you are evading escape and want a place to plan. You fall directly into a dreamless slumber once the stair fades away. | |
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'''68. Calmir''' | '''68. Calmir''' | ||
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+ | '''70. Gilley's Club ''' | ||
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− | + | '''71. The Newsstand.''' | |
− | + | '''72. Frank's Burgers ''' | |
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− | + | '''73. La Bisalta''' | |
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+ | '''75. The Blighted Land ''' | ||
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+ | ''''77.Lisel’s Tea House ''' | ||
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+ | Well it comes as no surprise to me to find that this calm and benevolent woman is admirably able to defend herself. It should surprise no one who is familiar with Amber that this woman has a past. She hales from an Amber where she once sat the throne of Amber. She bears a might strong Shade Imprint and a respectable Broken Pattern Imprint. She is also a skilled adapt of Mal at Riess wizardry as well as a few dozen other magical disciplines. She told me recently that her Amber was destroyed in the distant past of my own Amber and that she once traveled with Oberon, though entirely platonicly. I'm not buying it. I knew Oberon. | ||
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+ | As for her companions, they too have there pasts. None were born hobbits. One is a weapons master, another a defrocked arch-druid. I'll let you guess which is which. | ||
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+ | Of the many animals that travel with her the most dynamic is the Cat Shaharazar. A large black and white beast with an extremely good nature. Do not be fooled though. This cat speaks many languages, if not aloud, and knows a few spells as well. | ||
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+ | Vonny is a frightened creature. Quiet, haunted, and uncommunicative. She effeciently tends the animals, the array of herbs, and the tea pot fires. She avoids conversation at nearly all costs save a ''yes,sir.'' or a ''No, ma'am'' or ''I'll get Lissel, Sir''. Let it go at that. If you catch her eye, even for a moment, you will sense as i did that this poor dear has suffered greatly. | ||
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+ | '''78. Talosaril''' | ||
+ | This desolate place is a vast desert landscape is in a region under a very crowded sky. | ||
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+ | '''79.Adzikis in Winter''' | ||
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− | + | '''80. Café Americana ''' | |
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− | + | '''82. The Mall at Caladoon ''' | |
+ | Addendum | ||
+ | '''Content Addendum''' | ||
+ | '''The Cousins''': Fifty years after Random assumed the throne of Amber her made a startling decree. He ordered all of his siblings to produce the childreen they hid in Shadow. Merlin was around a lot in those days, as was Martin. Jurt and Despil, Merlin's brothers, sons of Dara and Great grandchildren of Benedict had both moved to Amber. Despil as the Ambasador to Amber from Chaos, and Jurt as Thin Whip, patron of a disreputable rave bar in the industrial district of the City of Amber. By this time we also knew about Dalt and Rinaldo and Coral. Dalt was a sibling of Random's of course as was Coral, but Rinaldo was a child of Brand. We had also heard rumors of a child of Eric's names Derek and Warrick, a child of Coral and Corwins. | ||
+ | The final straw was Rebma sending Rene, a erudite aristocrat, to Amber as its Ambassador then casually announcing he was the son of Moire and, oh yes, Corwin. | ||
+ | Random had a cow. Not literally, he didn't shape shift well at the time. | ||
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+ | So Random had a fit and drank a bunch. Then he called us all together and said this: | ||
− | ' | + | "Ok folks. Its time to shake the trees. Out there in shadow are our children. Some hate us, some love us, some don't know about us. Its intolerable. Its dangerous. I cant have siblings and kinsman come rambling into Amber , pissed at all creation and out for blood. Its had on my nerves and hard on the battlements. |
− | + | I know some of you have kids you have been guarding. I know there are siblings of ours out there in hiding. Thats over. Bring them in. I want to meet every branch of the family tree. I don't care what grudges they bear and i don't care if they run off into shadow never to return after i interview them. | |
− | + | So, go get them. Fail me not" | |
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− | + | This place has a vast collection of periodicals despite the rise of different types of more accessed media. Among this plethora of magazines are a series of comics called graphic novels. They are a step between comic books and novels designed for people who can read but like the pretty pictures better. The availability of certain titles in the serialized works is spotty at best. Just as well. Among them I recently found a title called “The Red Prince.” Disturbingly they turned out to be a comic based on my own recent adventures. Now I know the whole deal about fiction/travel guides. And I know that many of our adventures find their way into fiction works in shadow. But I am not comfortable to have them available to collector at some place you can get to by trump. | |
− | + | Is there no privacy? | |
− | + | 72. Franks Burgers | |
− | + | 73. La Bisalta | |
− | + | 74. Mc Hood's Roadhouse | |
− | + | Gunpowder and Stear Locomotion. Tallin Gum and Wind Power. Sandill and Flow Crust. | |
− | + | Its all the same. Weapons and movement of cargo. Its about the confluence of violence and commerce. Everywhere you go. Guns make the trains run faster. | |
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− | + | 75. Blighted Land | |
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+ | Caine brought me here once. He said he wanted to find a world that had taken consumerism and militarism to the extremes. Someplace he could get a vehicle built for dangerous work. He found it. I spent a bit of time learning the hows and whys of this place and it makes no sense at all. It is a conflict of paradoxes. | ||
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+ | This world is one of the most stupid violent worlds I ever found. But it keeps you on your toes. | ||
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+ | 76. Hasik Station | ||
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+ | This shadow is somewhere in the middle and has no clear evidence of any influential sways. There are clean, happy realms near chaos, dirty industrial ones near Mandalay, and overcrowdred messy places near Amber. In this galaxy there are hundereds of empires, nations, corporations, conglomerates and other funky arrangements. They all have vast trade arrangements and complicated political situations. There are several competeing religious movements, a untold number of races and a fair amount of wierdness. This is a technological world where several powerful forms of magic systems work. | ||
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+ | The only clue to where this realm is in the swirling muck of shadow is that one of the vastly popular religious/cultural movements is a form of the Amber Cults. | ||
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+ | This is not the Amber Cults as shown in the Fane of Zila. This is a vast collection of largely inacurate portrayals of Amber, Mandalayan, Chaosian, and Avalonian peoples. The following is called The Cults. Capital T. It has all the main people in it. Random, Benedict, me. It also has Swayvil, Hendrakes, Helgrams, Lastis, and a host of chaos folk. It has referances to all of the Lords of Mandalay. It also, shockingly, includes many nobles of Amber. Feldanes, Chantris, Norwolf, etc. There is a whole girly following of the Kesht family. As if we really need that. | ||
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+ | The thing is, and its why i write about it, is that many of the stories carry details from my own articles on the family trumps, the nobles of the various realms, and collections of information most of which came to light after Patternfall opened actual relations between Amber and Chaos. The Amber Cults began after Patternfall, true. Before Patternfall many of us in Amber had either no experience with Chaos itself or only a few brief encounters. One of the reasons that the cabel Fiona, Brand and I was dangerous is that we sought out Chaos for knowladge, power, and alliances. Much to our peril and regret. | ||
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+ | There were no embassies, no tourist visas, no fostering programs, no skips to the home countrry to have tea with the kinfolk. | ||
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+ | The Amber Cults were supressed for a time in Chaos because of the danger such worship risked for the Lords of Chaos. Recent events have made that prohibition somewhat pointless. | ||
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+ | But The Cults is different. It’s a cross between a wide spread Amber Cult that includes Mandalay, Avalon and the Courts, and a daytime soap opera. With some hero-worship, fantasy romances, outright obssesion tossed in for the sake of confusion. | ||
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+ | It sort of pisses me off. | ||
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+ | Its not bad enough that we have real dirt to worry about. Now we have to worry about big budget movies featuring love affairs between Amberites and Pattern ghosts and superheros and other such nonesences. Makes being an archetype very difficult. | ||
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+ | 77.Lisel’s Teahouse | ||
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+ | If you have come to see Lisel by trump or by the Jeweled Road you are savy enough about the nature of the universe to not be surprised that Lisel is not just some vegan romani wandering in the big city with her vardo. | ||
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+ | She told me exactly what I could say about her without pissing her off. She looked at my Akilowan Black Tea leaves and told me I would not over step my bounds with her because I would not like purple bursting boils on parts of my body meant for sharing. | ||
− | She’s right | + | She’s right. But I wouldn’t call that high art fortune telling. |
− | + | So here it is. If you read this you are probably not going to blow her cover on the world she is so amused by. She is a retired archdruid from an extremely combative world and she came by her power fair and square. Tea was always her hobby and now its her livelyhood as far as the mehum of this world are concerned. That she knows the burial spots of a hundered treasure hoards and has enough money stashed in numbered accounts to live a life of luxery. | |
− | So why is she living in a over-sized | + | So why is she living in a over-sized mobilehome with milk cows, goats, yaks, cats, two hobbits and a leprechaun? |
Her companions are friends who are for the most part on the lam. Antil was once a druid and a devout follower of Lisels in times of war and he followed her into self-exile. He really knows his teas. He can do coffees too but they are not really to his taste. Also, he does not drink any form of alcohol for reasons he won’t discuss. | Her companions are friends who are for the most part on the lam. Antil was once a druid and a devout follower of Lisels in times of war and he followed her into self-exile. He really knows his teas. He can do coffees too but they are not really to his taste. Also, he does not drink any form of alcohol for reasons he won’t discuss. | ||
− | Largo is a fine cook and can make a fine feast out of meager pickings. He was clearly some kind of warrior once, as can be felt from his language and his | + | Largo is a fine cook and can make a fine feast out of meager pickings. He was clearly some kind of warrior once, as can be felt from his language and his referances. He is clearly knowladgable about knives and their tending. He might know something of the burgler trade. He now tends the multitudes of pots hanging all over the vardo, growing herbs and vegitables of all kinds. He has an obsession with Spam, but won’t serve it to others. |
− | Vonny | + | Vonny is a leprehchaun with a problem. She long ago fled to Dame Lisel for protection from a suitor who would not take no for an answer and he fathered two children on her despite her protests. I can understand her reluctance. Who wants Yog-Soth as a boyfriend? If Lisel can make the old beast look elsewhere for paramours it makes me think she is uncommonly skilled in magical arts. |
− | She also has a bunch of cats, goats, yaks, mules, and a variety of both caged and free birds. Wherever she goes animals flock to her, | + | She also has a bunch of cats, goats, yaks, mules, and a variety of both caged and free birds. Wherever she goes animals flock to her, understanably. |
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− | + | 79. Adzikis in Winter | |
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So this world took a serious walloping. | So this world took a serious walloping. | ||
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The areas 25 degrees to 45 degrees north and 30 degrees to 50 degrees south had almost 70% of the landmasses. Temperatures plummeted. Worldwide populations suffered dramatically. The long cold winter set in for good. | The areas 25 degrees to 45 degrees north and 30 degrees to 50 degrees south had almost 70% of the landmasses. Temperatures plummeted. Worldwide populations suffered dramatically. The long cold winter set in for good. | ||
− | One major effect of this global | + | One major effect of this global calamite is that about 50% of the world’s population of animal and plant life perished, including people. |
− | Go Brand. Chalk up another shadow screwed by my mad | + | Go Brand. Chalk up another shadow screwed by my mad sad and ought to be dead brother. |
− | Adzikis has much to recommend it | + | Adzikis has much to recommend it. They have survived a terrible tragedy on their world and by embracing life have become at once one people, regardless of appearances, and embraced creation of life. The change of the world’s name is a sign of their resiliency. Before the big shaking the place was called Adzikis. A poem about the new world called it Adzikis in Winter. The name stuck and became a rally point for the survivors. |
− | Despite the massive destruction, many elements of the growing industrial age survived. But their development was diverted down unusual paths. Intercity transportation occurs on a well-designed maglev rail system. Yet most travel in the city is on foot | + | Despite the massive destruction, many elements of the growing industrial age survived. But their development was diverted down unusual paths. Intercity transportation occurs on a well-designed maglev rail system. Yet most travel in the city is on foot, or in horse drawn carriages. Some magtrav wagons and vehicles exist but they are mostly used for official governmental travel and for cargo. There are some magtrav bus systems. Mainly on long cross-city and regional routes. |
− | The | + | The Sugar of Adzikis |
− | + | This world has a plant called the Sweet Flora. Really. The Sweet Flora. There is no linguistic reason for either word, or for ‘The’ to be put in front of it. It’s just spoken of that way. | |
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− | This world has a plant called the Sweet Flora. Really. | ||
“Hey, Jed, what’s that plant over there? It sure smells good. “ | “Hey, Jed, what’s that plant over there? It sure smells good. “ | ||
− | “Well, Zeke, that’s The Sweet Flora.” | + | “Well, Zeke, that’s The Sweet Flora.” |
− | Linguistically it is pronounced ‘thesweetflora.” In | + | Linguistically it is pronounced ‘thesweetflora.” In thari it comes out as The Sweet Flora and that’s the common pronunciation. You’re not kidding anyone, sister. |
This is a plant like a sunflower. Tall and thick stalked, with a gigantic pale yellow flower with bright purple seeds in the middle. It blossoms when the sun rises and follows the sun through its passage. | This is a plant like a sunflower. Tall and thick stalked, with a gigantic pale yellow flower with bright purple seeds in the middle. It blossoms when the sun rises and follows the sun through its passage. | ||
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The leaves can be dried and cut and seeped in hot water and makes a very nice tea. It is the base of a wide variety of floral teas. | The leaves can be dried and cut and seeped in hot water and makes a very nice tea. It is the base of a wide variety of floral teas. | ||
− | The leaves can also be cut into chunks and chewed to produce a slightly hallucinogenic and euphoric effect. A lot like | + | The leaves can also be cut into chunks and chewed to produce a slightly hallucinogenic and euphoric effect. A lot like coca leaves. This process is extremely common in the industry though frowned on and is thought to be a drug of the lower classes. It is also a bit disgusting, involving large oily wads of chaw and lots of sweet tarry spittle. It does, however, get around and is often found at fashionable soirées in a modified form. |
Usually the tubers are harvested in warmer weather. They have a texture like potatoes and can be used like them. That is if you like your mashed potatoes to taste like pureed maple candies. That said, there is an extremely large volume of culinary lore that uses the Flora Tubers. Many of the dishes are extremely tasty if a bit too sweet for my taste. | Usually the tubers are harvested in warmer weather. They have a texture like potatoes and can be used like them. That is if you like your mashed potatoes to taste like pureed maple candies. That said, there is an extremely large volume of culinary lore that uses the Flora Tubers. Many of the dishes are extremely tasty if a bit too sweet for my taste. | ||
− | The bulbs can grow to be 8” to 12” in diameters and can be harvested year round. They grow quickly. A clipped bulb leaves a stem attached to the main stalk that can be replaced in 10 to 15 days in a cool and watery climate. This is the main source of sugar on this world. The sap is easy to process and easy to store. It does not freeze in survivable temperatures, becoming a slow and thick syrup. Barrels are filled with the rendered sap and shipped off for refining. The bulb husks are considered a perk of the growers and harvesters and has plenty of culinary uses. These uses do not rise to the level of respectability though | + | The bulbs can grow to be 8” to 12” in diameters and can be harvested year round. They grow quickly. A clipped bulb leaves a stem attached to the main stalk that can be replaced in 10 to 15 days in a cool and watery climate. This is the main source of sugar on this world. The sap is easy to process and easy to store. It does not freeze in survivable temperatures, becoming a slow and thick syrup. Barrels are filled with the rendered sap and shipped off for refining. The bulb husks are considered a perk of the growers and harvesters and has plenty of culinary uses. These uses do not rise to the level of respectability though. |
− | The flower petals are easy to render into both sugar and scents. It has a very strong and pleasant smell. The seeds can be | + | The flower petals are easy to render into both sugar and scents. It has a very strong and pleasant smell. The seeds can be roasts and eaten whole; shell and all. It is nutty and sweet. A common preparation of flora seeds is roasting them and coating them in ginger sugar. A clove and pepper coating is also quite good. |
Flora seeds and petal are often used to flavor the filtered pure alcohol made from the bulb sugar. Sort of floral rum. Also quite tasty. | Flora seeds and petal are often used to flavor the filtered pure alcohol made from the bulb sugar. Sort of floral rum. Also quite tasty. | ||
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In the front article I commented that a base alcohol could be made by filtering the pruno-pure alcohol made from almost any vegetable matter through a scented charcoal. This is the charcoal made from the woody stalks of the Sweet Flora plant. | In the front article I commented that a base alcohol could be made by filtering the pruno-pure alcohol made from almost any vegetable matter through a scented charcoal. This is the charcoal made from the woody stalks of the Sweet Flora plant. | ||
− | A bit time consuming, and not the easiest way to make alcohol, it is still a common practice | + | A bit time consuming, and not the easiest way to make alcohol, it is still a common practice with a wide following on this make do with less-waste nothing world. |
− | Recycling is not as fanatical here as on Taxorami | + | Recycling is not as fanatical here as on Taxorami, but the Adziks would understand and admire the Taxorami thriftiness with understanding. |
− | + | 80. Café Americana | |
Ya, this one is my fault. | Ya, this one is my fault. | ||
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So this trump tends to jump around to this particular epoch and so sometimes I get there and Rick knows me and sometimes he doesn’t. Things like that keeps a prince on his toes. The irritating thing is that since Dworkin swiped this trump from my deck, now anyone with a penchant for champagne cocktails can come mess up one of the most interesting watering holes in the desert. | So this trump tends to jump around to this particular epoch and so sometimes I get there and Rick knows me and sometimes he doesn’t. Things like that keeps a prince on his toes. The irritating thing is that since Dworkin swiped this trump from my deck, now anyone with a penchant for champagne cocktails can come mess up one of the most interesting watering holes in the desert. | ||
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Caladoon is a major trade city on the world of Trentarn. Its lodged in a very high tech world and the most amazing technologies can be found there. Oddly enough a lot of this tech works up to and even in some cases, into Amber. The personal computer has not quite made it to Amber but some of this stuff does make it to Thelusia. Hence the reason why a vast number of the Empire of Amber’s governmental agencies are situated in Thelusia. (see Thelusia’s Addendum for more on that.) | Caladoon is a major trade city on the world of Trentarn. Its lodged in a very high tech world and the most amazing technologies can be found there. Oddly enough a lot of this tech works up to and even in some cases, into Amber. The personal computer has not quite made it to Amber but some of this stuff does make it to Thelusia. Hence the reason why a vast number of the Empire of Amber’s governmental agencies are situated in Thelusia. (see Thelusia’s Addendum for more on that.) | ||
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The nation of Turna, of which Caladoon is a major industrial center, has large urban areas and lands on 4 of this worlds continents, three gigantic space stations in the circling Trojan points, and several large regions on each of the 3 inhabitable planets in this solar system. It also operates several dozen gigantic colonies on planets reached by massive hypergates. Construction facilities in the orbit of these outlaying worlds are massive. | The nation of Turna, of which Caladoon is a major industrial center, has large urban areas and lands on 4 of this worlds continents, three gigantic space stations in the circling Trojan points, and several large regions on each of the 3 inhabitable planets in this solar system. It also operates several dozen gigantic colonies on planets reached by massive hypergates. Construction facilities in the orbit of these outlaying worlds are massive. | ||
− | They do not have warp capacity in this shadow but I have brought ships here to scope out distances. The natives would be horrified to find that despite the perceived connection with the hypergate | + | They do not have warp capacity in this shadow but I have brought ships here to scope out distances. The natives would be horrified to find that despite the perceived connection with the hypergate reached worlds, they are nowhere near each other. Lose the Hypergates and these planets will not communicate with each other again in a hundred thousand years. Even if someone imported starships from Vulsar Base the distances are prohibitively huge. Some of these colonies are not in the same galaxies. |
Luckily, the hypergates are stable. | Luckily, the hypergates are stable. | ||
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This place has everything. Literally everything. It is a shopping center so large that it has rest areas for overnight shoppers. It has hotels and residential areas for visitors from all over their shadow. | This place has everything. Literally everything. It is a shopping center so large that it has rest areas for overnight shoppers. It has hotels and residential areas for visitors from all over their shadow. | ||
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