Saturday, May 28, 2016

Region: The Doll House:

Northeast of Glasbaile and southwest of The Blind Brook, the haunted region known as The Doll House rest.  Rather, unrest seems to be its typical state, as few living beings survive travel into it, given how dense the various specter populations are.  While the manor itself is rather large, with a large forest, massive hedge maze, huge graveyard, underground catacombs, and rumors of hidden chambers, the mansion itself is the most known, and hence why people refer to the region itself as The Doll House.  The mansion is as haunted as the rest of the manor grounds, however, unlike the majority of forgotten specter density elsewhere, those within the mansion itself are extremely stable, almost mirrors of the beings they once echoed.

The Doll House itself was once part of a small village with a golem-maker being its mayor.  When the hobgoblin Weiland Shars rose to power as a fierce warlock tactician a few centuries after The Great Fey Exodus, he claimed the village and manor as his chief reward.  Some rumor that he was born in the village, though record of his early life has been lost to history.  Regardless, for a time he was a living legend, and though there were many attempts upon his life, none succeeded, and eventually the mayor accepted his courtship and marriage.  The two had a daughter who grew into a fine puppeteer and bard who traveled the world, before word came of her death at the hands of a cult of The Shrouded One.  Enraged, he and his spouse rallied their village to reclaim her body, and to reap vengeance upon the cult.  It is not know all in all what occurred during their battle, but all the villagers were lost in the battle, and though it seems his spouse disappeared, Weiland returned to the manor with his daughter's corpse, not heard from again for nearly a decade.

When next Weiland left the manor, he had become a lich, and a stable specter of his daughter was bound to a golem.  Together the two and their army of specters and other terrifying entities razed across Lenida for a thousand years, snuffing out many villages on different continents before word arose of his new state and rage.  However, when armies were raised to seek him out during this time, he seemed to vanish from a continent and word would come months later of another village slaughtered elsewhere.  This continued during this time before his army simply disappeared, though rumor spread of his influence behind the scenes during a great many other wars and odd circumstances.  Eventually rumor came that Quinn Xhen and their allies seemed to have defeated him, though his daughter remained in The Doll House, as well as the other spectral inhabitants of the region, and rumors have occasionally risen about his continuing influence and possible return after his supposed defeat...

Friday, May 20, 2016

Region: Blind Brook

South of the Nelab Mountain on Lucorene's northern-most island, deep in the forested land is the Blind Brook.  While Tearful Violets grow wild there, its waters are shrouded in strange mist that causes massive irritation of the eyes, throat, tongue, nostrils and ears, though it takes longer to wear off in the eyes, giving the region its name.  Additionally, its waters may not be very wide, but much of the region's geology is laced in obsidian from the dormant Nelab Mountain's former volcanic activity, and those who are not wary of the mist may find themselves falling onto the stone and perhaps crashing through a pocket of trapped air and become trapped or worse, the den of one of the many creatures to call the region home.  There are a few brave souls who dare to live in the region proper, known as the mist-walkers, they tend to harvest the wild tearful violets in order to sell their bountiful baskets off at port, as tearful violet is harder to grow outside of its native habitat, and they can thus sell it for less than those cultivating it in Tauceann.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Population Center: Tauceann

On the far northeast tip of Lucorene, Tauceann stands.  North of the twin peaks of Nelab Mountain, Tauceann is built at its base and within it, with massive fields and meadows running from its northeast side to the ocean shore.  The gitwerg and goblin citizens are few there, but the gnomes and pixies make up the majority of the population, with a few residences of other species built onto the mountain and by the shore.  Due to the primary population being smaller in stature, the majority of the city is designed with open spaces, but small buildings which do not allow larger beings to walk freely within them.  As such, most buildings intended for public access have a side which opens to the street for browsing and purchasing items, rather than having as much interior space.  The major export of Tauceann are its magical crops, followed by some mundane flowers including the Tearful Violet, which thrives there under the care of its citizens.

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Lucorene Continent: City Locations:



East of Hokare the continent of Lucorene stands.  A once barren land devoid of resources to make it of value to the residents of Lenida, during The Great Fey Exodus most of the fey to arrive on Lenida arrived on its shores.  While guarded, The Rose Door still stands to limit access to the rift portal to Tirae, to ensure that they fey still have a way to check up on their home realm.  After a millennium, the region on the other side has shown recovery, but the fey courts on Lenida are cautious to explore it, as the sprite Queen Mab of The Mad Court still rules the ruins of what they left behind.  Most fey trust their courts decision regarding seeking other regions of Tirae to return to via expensive but brief portal creation, but there are some who question why Queen Mab is supposedly barring the the refugees and their descendants from returning home.  Though Lucorene is the birthright of all fey on Lenida, as supported by The Great Suarn Empire and The Vissex Republic as an ally, few goblins or gitwerg reside on it, the majority of its populous being pixies, gnomes, humans descended from those left on its shores before it became a fertile land, and other assorted species in smaller numbers.  Lucorene is not part of any other governmental body, but the territories on it are ruled by the various fey courts, most of whom agree at least that it behooves their people to ally with other governments, even if there is little else which they agree upon.