Tove Gimbles in The Gyre

Game threads: Recruitment | OOC | IC

Player Characters

• Ralor the Blackblade (Atlictoatl) | Vothian Warrior/Mageslayer | HP: 22/22, System Strain: 1/14, AC: 14, Init: +0
• Brother Iyashi (Chronicler) | Darian-Kistian Healer/Vowed | HP: 12/12, System Strain: 0/11, AC: 16, Init: +2
• Minna the Pale (NightGoblyn) | Khalan High Mage/Necromancer | HP: 7/7, System Strain: 0/14, AC: 13, Init: +0
• Alchidai the Hunter (Seandemonium) | Olokian Expert/Maqqatban Knight | HP: 20/20, System Strain: 0/14, AC: 14 , Init: +1

Maps

Areas ringed in yellow are mostly farmlands, ruled by independent kings, princes, nobles, and primates. Cities control the farmlands within two leagues of their walls. Areas not ringed in yellow within the borders of Llaigis, including river commerce are, according to law and custom, the peoples' lands ("people" meaning nobility), which are protected by the king. At this time, the king's protection outside of Gathis means little.

The Gyre

Llaigis

Population

Approximately 800,000. Gathis, its largest and most decadent city, has 40,000 inhabitants.

Government

King Hulit of Gathis is the foremost of a half-dozen kings, princes, and primates. In practice, the law belongs to whatever warlord is nearest to hand.

Problems

Llaigis’ government is unstable and constantly subject to disruption by ambitious warlords. Anakim and monsters from Emed-Dar are forever crossing the southern border. Numerous vile cults and loathsome groups operate with relative impunity within Llaigis’ borders.

Important NPCs

Neutral

• A few surviving worshippers of the Bleeding God (non-combatant villagers) (Minna) (Llaigis: Southwestern foothills)
• A few surviving followers of Divik Han (Minna) (Llaigis: Southwestern foothills)
• Silverspurs Company horsemen (Minna) (Llaigis: Gathis)
• Tarsha Silverspurs (Minna) (Whereabouts unknown. Possibly deceased.)
• Fikrin Boarspear, a warlord-in-the-making who offers minor support to Ralor in exchange for pointing the Blackblade at the Boarspear's enemies (Ralor) (Llaigis: ?)

Allies

• Monastic order of the Jihin-Te (Iyashi) (Emed-Kist: Yukai environs)
• Urdok Clan villagers (non-combatants) & Naheli Clan villagers (non-combatant) (Iyashi) (Llaigis: Nov Lands)
• Bix and Querias (Alchidai) (Refugees. Previously hunters of the Usuldarum Riverbanks prior to the annexation of those lands by House Zernunol) (Whereabouts uncertain)
• Ur of Maqqatba (Alchidai's mentor) (Llaigis: Usuldarum Riverbank hamlet without a name)
• Varsh Nail-bringer, a traveling tinker known for having nails and bolts of every size one could desire, a news-bringer (Ralor) (Llaigis and the New Voth hinterlands)
• the Blackblades (Ralor) (dwindling magekiller faction in the New Voth and Lliagis hinterlands)

Enemies

• Baroness-Autocra Ydress (Alchidai) (Llaigris: Zernunol Lands)
• Earl of the Northern Byrne - Golt Ice Maker (Ralor) (Llaigis: northeastern river lands)
• Akirr Beast-walker, an Olok skinchanger climbing the ladder in Gathis (Ralor) (Llaigis: Gathis)

Hench-Persons & Creatures

• Cat (Minna - she just calls it "Cat")
• Hroth, a Gathis local who sees Minna as a spiritual leader worthy of loyalty (Minna)

Lore

• Llaigis: Nov Lands: The titled ruler of the Nov lands, Prince Jaeydn, is young and weak. Like the King of Llaigis in miniature, the prince is helpless to halt internal power struggles. A dozen hamlets and villages have engaged in a years-long feud of neighboring clans over grudges from decades past. When the mood strikes them, bands of armed men of the Urdok Clan gallop through the villages of the Naheli Clan, killing as they go. The next week or month, warriors of the Naheli Clan band together and visit murderous reprisals upon the Urdoks. It is a never-ending cycle of violence.
• Llaigis: Usuldarum River between Acitor and Thuvad: Hunting grouds for ducks and geese, antelope, and the occasional bison. Heavy river commerce. For centuries, the river has been under the king’s protection. The king's power has faded in recent years until several months ago, House Zernunol, under the Baroness-Autocra Ydress, claimed the Riverlands adjoining hers, levying a tariff on river traffic and banning hunters, not of-house. Two dozen hunters requested a hearing with the Baroness-Autocra to argue the point. The Baroness-Autocra’s soldiers massacred the petitioners.