From ts97as@badger.ac.brocku.ca Mon Feb 2 16:18:24 1998 Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 05:38:44 -0800 From: kevin shelley To: behegr@brain.uccs.edu Subject: new lands I am not usinhg a Mac, I am on PC and I don't know what could happened to the file. If this does not work then I don't know what I can do. [ Part 2: "Attached Text" ] ÐÏ^Qࡱ^Zá Haven When the true Dwarves found out that some of the Dwarves in remote area^Òs of the empire were still using and teaching the ways of magic they were punished. Those who were responsible were rounded up and they were banished from the main land to live on the sea as nomads. They're were about seven thousand Dwarves who sent away on ships and those on board never expected to see land again. Six weeks into the joinery the Dwarves were almost out of food when they saw land. The land that they spied was filled with lush forests and a mountain range in the distance that was hundred times the size of the Old Kingdom mountain. As the ships drew closer to the land they did not know that there was a huge reef just under the surface of the water. When they where about thousand feet from shore the ships ran aground on the reef. In the confusion about five hundred Dwarves died and another thousand died trying to make it to shore. As they made their way into the forests they lost another six hundred fighting the Kelpie. When they finely made it to the mountains they had found a home that they could call there^Òs, but it would take years to build their empire and in that time strange things were happening to the Dwarves who were banished. That was over six thousand years ago and the Dwarves had since spite apart and they have over time become three species (this means that they can not breed with each other). The first and the biggest race in the Haven kingdom are the Mountain Dwarves, and they have built huge under ground cites in the mountain range that they call the spine of the new world. The next species is the Silver Dwarves and they have chosen to live above ground. The last species are the Gold Dwarves and they are said to have rediscovered the secret of rune weapons. Haven has all most 75% of the total mountains on the new world, it also has some of the largest swamps that means many Kelpie in and around the Dwarves cities. The Dwarves have tried to move the Kelpie (meaning they have killed many of them) but they have unable to do so they have to keep a close eye on them. The Dwarves has also been watching the Black Empire to the north of them, because they have been seeing very odd things across that land. Some of the Silver Dwarves that have been operating forts along that boarder have reported that they have seen hundreds of undead rise and attack towns a long the boarder. The people in those towns refuse the Dwarves help. It is only a matter of time before the Dwarves amass their army to set up a stronger boarder. To the south of Haven is the Ver^Òthur who keep to them selves. The Dwarves have tried to make contact with, but they have never heard any word whether or not they are willing to talk. The Dwarves do not want to push the lizard men, for they have huge forts that they believe they have over fifteen thousand Ver^Òthur per fort and the Dwarves have counted over one hundred forts. Gila Kingdom This is the true home of the Ver^Òthur Lizard race which have set up colonies in the land of damned. Their boarders are protected by huge forts that hold thousands troops and they have over three hundred of these forts. No one gets in above ground or under (the Dwarves tried one day to see how well the forts were and when their tunnel made to the boarder they were attacked by some kind of magic that they have never seen). Not even the Black empire has tried to attack the Ver^Òthur, and they have tried to attack every one who they share a boarder whit. The Ver^Òthur^Òs land is made up of low rolling hills and is filled with forests and has many lakes. The Ver^Òthur are said to have made contact with the Elves and the Humans, and they have done this to get their help with some kind problem they have found. All of this is just a rumor, and may or may not be true. Since no one has ever been into the Gila Kingdom they're is not much that any one can tell about the Ver^Òthur. Here some of the rumors that one will hear through out the land. - They have found an Old One - They are an advanced race that are here to take over the world - They are the last of an ancient race that are seeking to hide. What follows is the history of the Ver^Òthur race and why they are so secretive about their land. If the players read the following section then they will reek some of the mystery that the race has in the world. The Ver;thur race has built huge cities that span hundreds of miles. The Ver^Òthur are an old race and they have been on the Palladium world since the time of the Old Ones. The Ver^Òthur race is as old as the Old Ones, and they come form a place in the galaxy where they were the rulers over hundreds of billions. There has even been a time that they did not fear the Old Ones for they could with stand their might or so they thought. At that time they even thought that they werr better then the Old ones. In that time the Ver^Òthur thought they may have been able to defeat the Old ones. The Ver^Òthur had one flaw, they could not match the Old ones magic abilities. When the Old ones found out that the Ver^Òthur dared to challenge their might, the Ver'thur knew they were doomed. A war between the two last for over three thousand years and in the end the Old Ones almost did destroy the Ver^Òthur, but a few million survived. Those who had lived through the war made it to the world where the Old Ones ruled from the prefect hiding spot. During the time the Ver^Òthur where on the planet they had much time to learn magic and they started to help the Old ones' minions to learn the secrets of magic. The Ver^Òthur were the ones who help the early races defeat the Old Ones, and they showed them the ways of magic. So now the Vur^Òthur have been on the Palladium world for along time and they are ready to explore the world again to see what has happened in all this time. They have a plan they will contact the older races first and then move on down the line. This plan however is not to start for another five or six years and it may not happen at all if the Black Empire have and thing to say about it. They have been out of their land because they fear that not all the Old Ones have been put to sleep and they still fear them. If has taken twenty thousand years for them to findly explore the world and it took them nearly as long to start to contact the older races. Black Empire The Black Empire was founded about two thousand years ago when the humans were just starting to master the art of magic. They were fast becoming very good with the magical forces that seemed to flow through them. They soon found that they had one of the greatest amounts of ley line energy around (ley line this part of the world are about three times that of rifts earth). With all this energy around the people who lived around the ley lines started to change, in as little as hundred years the people had became more evil. In the towns the murder rates had increased a hundred percent and they were becoming hostile to outsiders. It seemed like a madness was about to take over the people, but the humans there were still making great leaps in the areas of magic. The humans who learned the ways magic on their own, much to the disappointment of the Elves and the Dwarves. Who tried to warn them of the evil that they would soon get the selves into. In as little as one thousand years the humans had learned all the basic magic arts and they soon found the some lost magic arts (like summoning and wards). The humans in the Black Empire (which was called Forneria at that time) started to create spells and they were now better then any other race at that time. They were starting to miss with things that they had not idea how to control. A wizard known as Keiton tried to do what no other humans wizard had ever tried to do. He had develop a spell that would make him immortal and give him powers that would match the gods. In his haste he did not think of what would happen if he used that much PPE on one spell (said to need about 40,000). The only way to get that much power was to tap into a rift. With the release of that much energy in one spell it caused a back lash that sweeped though the land of the Forneria. This caused the people who where living there to change into a sub-human species who would later be called Hexmen. The spell that Keiton cast cause him to lost all of his evil from the years of living in such a magic rich area, but he saw how evil the other people had become. Keiton went to the magic guild and told them about the spell, but all thew memeber had killed one another in a huge magical fight. Keiton kew that he had to get to his family to save them form this madness, so he left right away. He made his to tell his family all the good news about his spell, and along the way (which took about three months) Keiton saw his people change even fast then before. Most of the people had different colors of skin and their eyes had change to a yellow color. The towns that he stopped in the people were few, for most had been killed or they were now living in the forests or in burned out homes. When Keiton finely made it to his home he found that his wife and kids were killed and his brother was the one who had done it. This drove Keiton mad. He cast a fire ball that destroyed his house and left a forty foot hole in the ground. When he made his way to the village the people tried to attack him, and this only angered him more, and in turn he destroyed the whole town and every one in it. Form then on he went from town to town killing hundreds of the Hexmen. Their number were to great and their deaths only added to the magic energy and made then change faster. Keiton finely knew that he could not destroy all the Hexmen, so he tried one last spell that bound all the Hexmen to the Black Empire, and he cast an Anti-magic cloud over the whole land to slow down the change to the hexmen. It is not known what happened to Keiton, some say that he killed him self. Others think that he left the planet and still other think that the gods killed him for what he had done to his people. Now all the races stay way from this land and those that have to live near the boarder say that they can see huge ley lines and hundreds of monsters making they way some where but they never seem to cross over the black cloud. It has been about two hundred years since the days of Keiton, and the Hexmen have been able to leave the area. Their new king is starting to amass an army that is said to be marching towards the Dwarves land of Haven to crush them and expand their land. Isle of the Tri-Clops This island is inhabited by the race of giant race of three eyed men and women known to the out side world as Tri-Clops. Not much is known about this island, because of its two hundredfoot coast line, so no one has ever found out mach about the land. As for the land above the cliffs no one knows for sure what^Òs there, it is believed that the Island is made up of all mountains. In these mountains there are said to be huge cities that are far greater than anything that the Mountain Dwarves have built. The only race that has been to the island are the humans, and they have not been able to tell the other races anything because they said they were drugged and then only allowed to stay in their rooms. Why the humans went to the Isle of the Tri-Clops, is something the humans don^Òt like to talk about. The Elves believe it was to seek out their vast mystic knowledge. Over the years there has been rumors that the Tri-Clops are the long lost brothers to the Cyclops, but this rumor can not be confirmed because no one has ever been able to study the bodies of a Tri-Clops and a Cyclops at the same time. The only thing that is known is the fact that the Tri-Clops do not have the ability to make lightning weapons. The giant men and women of the island do not like to have anyone on their island and they^Òve been known to sink ships that come to close to the island. It seems for now the Tri-Clops only like to sent out their people to seek out knowledge that way. The only race that has every made the Tri-Clops stop and worry are the humans, because the humans have almost made it onto the island, but it cost them three thousand troops. After the humans defeat at the hands of the Tri-Clops they never tried to set foot on the island again. Night Lands The Dark Elves are the last of the under ground Elves, which makes them hated by their lighter skinned brothers, the Elves. Dark Elves hardly ever venture beyond their boarders unless they are at war (which is most of the time) or if they need to get more slaves. Their under ground cities are said to be even more impressive then the Mountain Dwarves, which has made the Mountain Dwarves hate the Dark Elves even more. The land that the Dark Elves have claimed as there own is some of the richest in the new world. Their have been many races that have tried to settle there, but the Dark Elves have come up and killed them all. Another feature of the Night lands is the huge fresh water lakes that are the largest in the world, and the Dark Elves defend these lake at all costs. All the land that is around the lake is wood lands, and the Night lands have the most forests second only too the Great Southern wilderness. The Dark Elves are said to be amassing a large army that there are rumors that they are going to attack Chandor. This course of action is one that the Dark Elves may not wish to start a war with the Chandorian Knights just yet. In the past the Dark Elves tried to test the Knights strength and they lost in their first encounter with the Knights of Chandor, but that was over fifty years ago. Now the Dark Elves are trying to keep people off there land and they are in a constant fights with races that try to settle on their land. For now the Dark Elves seem to have no interest in starting any wars with Chandor, but this could chance if the Skiffen show them that together they could crush the Chandor Kingdom. The Great Southern Wilderness The Great Southern Wilderness is claim by two very strange races that seem to be in a constant state of war with each other. The two races are known as the Dryads and the Lithins and they have been at war of more than five thousand years. In the past five years the Lithins seem to be pulling back and their war has not been as big as it has been in the past. The following is a report that the humans from New Timiro have on the two races. "My men and I have been in the Great Southern Wilderness for three days and we have been hearing strange noises but we have not seen anything.^Ô ^Ó Then it happen on the third night, the trees that surrounded us came to life and walked toward us. We were in such shock that we did nothing but stair at them. The biggest of the tree men came forward and told us that we were in danger form the Lithins. We asked ^Ówho are the Lithins?^Ô They told us that they were a very old race called the Dryads and their were made of plant matter, a carbon based life form, what ever a carbon based life form was, I have no idea. They told us that the Lithins was based on silicon and they too were a very old race. The tree men, I mean the Dryads told us their whole story of their constant war with the Lithins for the trees in the forest. It seems that both races need the trees to live and they do not want to share or I think there is not enough trees for both races. "I must admit that I have never seen anything like the Dryads in all my two hundred years, but they are real and they are made out of plants." The leader of the Dryad force showed us how they feed on the soil that made most of us sick. It looks like they turn into some kind of living root system that allows them to feed on the soil much the same as a tree does. After they told us about their history (I will include a mystic pigeon with all the details as soon as the mage has the spell ready) we dicieded to help them in their war. Later the next day as they were leading us of the war zone they came, the Lithins, right out of the ground and surrounded us. The Dryads and the Lithins locked into combat even before we know what was going on. In the end the Dryads has won but it had cost them three men (I do not know if they has genders). I must say the way this creature has lived in this forest and they have never been found before is beyond me. When the Dryad dies they are reclaimed by the soil almost as if they had been on quick sand. The next day they lead us out of the forest and told not to come back until they let us know that it would be safe to entire the forest again, so we left are new friends until they send for are help. "We never got a sign for five days and are supplies were getting low so we are heading back home which should take about three weeks.^Ô - Yansel Trusibon - In the Great Southern Wilderness there are trees that stand over three hundred feet in height on average, and the largest tree is said to stand over six hundred feet. The Dryads say the tree has been standing since the dawn of time. In all the time the that the Humans, Elves and the rest of the races have been in the new world they have never ventured into the Southern Wilderness. The Dryads and the Lithins have never seen any other races in all the time they have been on the planet. The whole land that is the Great Southern Wilderness is cover in trees with only one a few mountains and the only other thing that is on the land is Mount Ofpee that is the largest mountain on the whole planet it stands about forty thousand feet above the ground. Not much is known about the wild life on this huge forest island, but form what has been seen from the shore and those that have stayed for a little while say they are very big and they are very deadly. The Humans of New Timiro have offered their help in the Dryads war with the Lithins and they have said to the Dryads that they will send in one thousand troops to help them. This has made the Dryads friendly towards the humans, because they are willing to send troops to their doom to help the under dog. The reason for this action is because the humans think the Dryad race is about to die out and they don^Òt want that to happen. In fact the Dryads are doing very well. It is the Lithins that are in trouble of dying out. With their numbers only around ten thousand or so the Dryads believe ( The Lithins still out numbered the Dryads, but the Lithins don^Òt have the land to feed all their people so most are in a deep sleep ). The truth behind the two races is that they come from another dimension, than has no manals on their planet. The Dryads came to the Palladium world to find a new home that was not so crowded, but the Lithins followed them here. Over four thousand years with the last few years of peace because the Lithins seem to be on the retreat. Who knows when the next war will break out? The Dryads told the humans that they are greatful for their offer of troops, but they do not need them just yet. Nog^ÒRyn Empire The Nog^ÒRyn Empire is not that large, but this his not stopped them from threatening all thoughs who have tried to settle on there land. There land is covered in mountians with very little in the way of land to plant food on, but the Nog^ÒRyn have no need to plant food. The Nog^ÒRyn are some kind of bat like speices that lives in huge cave cities and they eat only insets which they raise them selves. Just because no one sets foot on their land does not mean that they do not like the other races, in fact the Nog^ÒRyn have dealings with the Humans and the Elves as well as the Dryads and the Gromek. The one true ally of the Nog^ÒRyn people have been the Vur^Òthur who have helped them in the past with troubles they have had. On the island there are some very active volcanos and the island is always growing do to the fact that at least one volcano in erupting every few years. No one knows why the Nog^ÒRyn will not allow any one on the island, but it has some thing to do with all the strange lights that can be seen on the island at night. Another thing that the Humans have seen in the Nog^ÒRyn is the fact that they have very bad eye sight. They have the ability to fly and they do it in caves that have many twists and turns that only some one with sight could fly through. The Nog^ÒRyn that have left the land have told others that the cities of the Nog^ÒRyn empire are huge and they have all kinds of strange things, the likes of which no has seen. The Nog^ÒRyn race dislikes the Skiffen and the Grotto Trolls and in the past they have had small wars which they have always won, which has added to the dislike that the two races have towards each other. This dislike does not mean they will not help each other if their is some comman threat to both nations. Just ten years ago the two races joined together the destroy a huge monster that had come out of a giant rift over the bay of Nagar which lays on both nations. In the end they defeated the monster, but it had took it toll on both peoples. There land is filled with hundreds of mountains which have been called the little spine which has attracted many Dragons. This has got the Nog^ÒRyn upset so they asked the Dragons to leave there land, and some did. Some did not want to leave so the Nog^ÒRyn army of loopers as the humans have come to call them attacked the Dragons and they managed to get rid of them but they lost hundreds of loopers ( they are called looper because they loop and dive as they attack their enemy ). GM^Òs do not allow the players to read this section about the Nog^ÒRyn unless they are player a Nog^ÒRyn. The following are the reasons why the Nog^Òryn do not allow others into their lands. The Nog^ÒRyn in the past have fought the Splugorth and they have had some major victories over them and this had made them the number one enemy of the Splugorth. This is the reason why they do not allow anyone to come and visit them, because they have no idea who could be working for the Splugorth, so they are not taking any chances. The one war that Nog^ÒRyn had with the Splugorth was just before the Splugorth saved the Kittani form the Mechaniods, the Nog^ÒRyn found out where the Splugorth intellegance was and they launched a huge attack on that spot. The Splugorth thought that it was be safe its palace and that it forces could crush the Nog^ÒRyn and they would be gone forever. The Nog^ÒRyn were far more clever than the Splugorth thought and in the end the Splugorth was died and his planet was now under the control of a race that had never been seen before. When word got back, that a Splugorth had died the other Splugorths launched and all out attack on the winged bat people to recalm their planet. The war lasted of three years and in the end the Splugorth won, but it had cost them much in the way of trade opportunities and this opened the door for the Naruni weapon dealers to take some of the action away for the Splugorth. This is the reason why the Nog^ÒRyn came to this world and they also thought that the Splugorth would not come to the planet where the Old ones are said to be inpersoned. The Nog^ÒRyn on there way to the planet lost most of their technology and they also found that this planet tech level is very low so they figured that it was better to blend in with those live here. For this reason the Nog^ÒRyn have abanded lasers for swords and magic items. The reason for the strange light is the Nog^Ôryn have been developing a laser to use to defend their land and the light is the tests on the laser. It will not be ready for another three years. Chandor The Chandor Kingdom is populuted with mostly humans and Elves. The land of Chandor has much of the same terrian as the Night lands and that is why Lord Chandor finded this Kingdom all those years ago. The land has a good combination of hills, low land and mountains, which is the training ground for the Chandorian Knights. The land has thousands of castles and little kingdoms, but everything is under the control of lord Chandor, and the castles serve as forts to protect the land. Most of the forts are found along the Tombi boarder and the Night lands, and each fort has a total of hundred knights at any given time in the year. The Skiffin are the only race that has tried to invade the Land of Chandor and every time they have tried they have failed. In the last war that the Skiffen have tried on Chandor it lasted for years and Lord Kildor defeated the Skiffen army with little lost in Knight life and this is what makes the Skiffen so mad, that they can^Òt score a major win over the Knights. Lord Chandor has madde it his goal in his remaining years to keep all the Skiffen out of his Knigdom and they have started to kill Skiffen that come into there land and this has made some of the other Knights in different lands upset at the action of the Chandorian Knights. It seems that the Knights of Chandor have not been following all the code of the Knights and this has made others start to fear and hate them for what they have done in the past. There have been rumors that the Knights during the Kildor campaign killed whole towns of woman and childern that did not even have any male Skiffen in them. Some other things have started to come out about that war, it seems that some Knights have started to use evil gods to help them cast spells that the good gods would not give them ( Chandor Knights gain the ability to cast spells as the grow in experience ). Lord Chandor has tried to tell others that they have no Knights that use evil magic but even he does not know everything that happen during those times. Now where ever the Knights go they are meet with fear and most people have started to hate the Chandorian Knights. The thing that the Chandorian Knights have started to worry about is the involvement of the Grotto Trolls who are said to be the best magic user in the known world. It seems that the Skiffen have been trying to enlist their help in a new war that is about to start soon. If the Grotto Trolls enter the war the Chandorian Knights may not over come the Skiffen and the Grotto Trolls, and now the Dark Elves seem to be amassing troops on the surface for some thing and this had made the Knights very nervous. The Knights have sent out a warning to the Grotto Trolls not to interfear with the Skiffen or them, but those in command fear that this will not help. If war does break out then the Knights may fall, because they have asked for help form New Timiro and they have said no and those in other lands have said that they will not help them if war bearks out, which mean that they could fall. The only race that is willing to help the Knights is the Mountian Dwarves who are said to be senting over hundreds of Rune warriors to the land of Chandor, and this rumor may be enought to stop the Dark Elves for attacking the Knights until they can battle the Skiffen one on one. All the sub-Dwarves seem to be senting over help as well and this could be the tide that may save the land of Chandor form it enemies. New Timiro The Timiro govervment has claimed a new peice of land for them selves and they hope to make their persent known to the new world. The land that they settled has great fram and cattle land and the area is protect on the west side by the mountians and on the east the Timiro officals have set up many fort to defend the land beyond them. The people of new Timiro have started to build a new empire that in only a few years they have become equil in size the the others cities in the old lands of Timiro and they have started to expand their holdings of land and they have even layed claim to the small islands and they have started to move closer and closer to the Gila kingdom, but they still have not been able to talk to the lizard men. Another big thing the people of New Timiro have done is they have made contact with the races in the Great Southern Wilderness, which no other race has every done, and now they have the Dryads as friends and the New Timiro army has even offered to help the Dryads in their fight with the Lithins but so far the Dryads have declined the offer. They have discovered in the spine mountians that there is a lot of gold and they have started to mine the ore, which has made the New Timiro government one of the richest in the new and the old world and these richs have also made the Timiro kingdom very rich as well. The only problem the government of New Timiro has is the small island, which have a lot of pirates and they raid the main land and the New Timiro ships are having trouble with this problem. The prirates seem to know every move the navy is going to make so they has been planing their raids around the navy movements and this has now become a major problem. Dispite this fact people form all over the world come to this land for a hope at making a new life here. New Timiro is one of the fast growning kingdoms in the land and they have no intensions of giving that up because of the pirate problem. Tombi Most this land is filled with swamps and a race of beings called the Skiffen, which are a race of rat men and women who are very war like, and keep all races out of their land. The only city that the Skiffen have is a giant hill that has been hollowed out and the clan elders live and rule form the hill. Most of the other Skiffen live in clans and each clan has it own area of land where they live. A full seventy percent of the land in Tombi is swamps or marshes with very little land at all and the land that is their is the best farm land in the world, and this is why people form the Chandor Kingdom have been moving and they have been setting up settlements there to grow food for the Knights. This has caused some wars in the past but nothing like the Kildor campaign where the Knights and the Skiffen war clans meet. The war lasted three years and the Skiffen lost over twenty thousand individuals and they had lost 10% of the land to the Chandorian Knights. Since that defeat the Skiffen have been trying to make a deal with the Grotto Trolls so they can learn some magic. They have said they with give the Grotto Troll something of great value to them if they help them in their quest to destroy the Chandorian Knights. The only word the Skiffen have back from the Grotto Trolls is they are considering the request and they will send word soon. Trodas This land is very strange indeed, if one visits this land they will find that it is the same as the Chandor Kingdom, with only Grotto Trolls and Trolls living there. It is the only land on the whole planet that one can find that amount of Trolls in one spot. The Grotto Trolls are the leaders of the land and the Trolls are the warriors. They do not stop any race from coming into their land, and want people to come to their cities. So they can see what the Trolls have built (If someone ends missing then one assumes that they have become someone^Òs meal of that day). The Laws in the land are that anyone cought doing something bad to a Troll or a Troll ally (that is, Goblins, Koblods, etc) they ask to come in for questioning then told to live the city. If a Troll dies then those who did the killings have to pay the family back for the loss of their member, which usually means the killers become as slave or a meal. If a Troll kills someone then they're are find 100 gold. Then sent on their way, no questions asked. For this reason most people do not go to Trodas. The only reason why anyone would go to Trodas is for the magic items and weapons found only here. It was the Grotto Trolls that have rediscovered most of the new magic in the last hundred years and it is the Grotto Trolls that have been making all the new magical item and weapons. Trodas is the center for all magic in the new world and this makes some magic users nervus, that the Trolls have too much power. So far the Grotto Trolls have not caused too much trouble in the world so nothing is going to done about them for now. Ghost Islands It is said that this is the meeting place of the dragon, where they come to talk things over, about what has been happening. No one knows when these meetings are and they do not know how often they come only that the dragons meet here. The reason for the name the ghost islands is due to the fact that most of the island seem to hunted and they have been known to disappear sometimes and anyone on the island when it disappears never comes back. Some believe that island to be in some kind of tempral flux and that the islands are part of several worlds not just this one. The ley lines in this area are very powerful and are second only to the Black empire and this is because the Black empires ley lines feed the Ghost islands lines. It is said that this is where the wizard Arcane came to and then never came back and there has been no trace of him since that time. There is one island that not even the Dragons go and that is the centre island and the only thing on the island is a huge black tower that when you approch it is seems to be made out of pure evil. Those that have seen the tower of doom (a name the Dwarves gave it) have always came back changed in some way. Note: this cause player to slip one alignment level per day they stay near the tower, until they are evil. Some believe the tower to be some kind of prison, or a resting place for some evil god, but no one has ever been in side to see what is in there. The only other island that has something strange on it is the island of the bones. On the island it is said that the bones of hundreds of dragons rest, it is some kind of grave yard for dargons. One would think this is a great source fo dragon bones, but they would be wrong. If one bones is removed fom the island then a huge undead Iron Dragon will rise out of the bones and kill any who take the bones. One salior recorded this about what he saw at the island of bones ^Ó As I stood there on the island I saw hundreds of bones and just as I was about to pick one up saw a huge ball of light. When I could see again there stood a twenty foot tall man and he had this glow around him, it must have been a god. At first I thought he was here to pay his respects to one of the piles then he started to take them. Then all hell broke loose and this huge sixty foot tall bones dragon rose out of the middle pile and said ^Ñ All who take the bones of my ancestors will die.^Ò Then the god said ^ÑDo you know who I am, you thing ^Ñ. Then the god let loose with some kind of spell or something, and the spell had little effect on the undead dragon. The battle lasted for about an hour and in the end the bone dragon had kicked the shit out of the god. The only thing left of the god was his still smokeing shoes which I am wearing now.^Ô -- Franc Willostin -- Land of Ice No one goes to this area of the new world because there is nothing up there but ice and snow. This is not ture their is one race that lives in the frozen north and they are called the Nonox, a race of half men and half bission. The only other thing that lives here are the Ice Dragons who come to this land to have bare childern here. The land is mostly flat with only the occsional large chunk of ice sticking out of the land. Some race that have come to this land report that the Nonx live in a huge city made of ice, but always came back with very little prove so most are dismisted. In ths last three years the Dark Elves have been going into the Ice lands for some reason, and they have comeing back with Nonox slaves and they have also find something else in the ice but no one knows what it is. The Nonox have been killing all who come into their land if the are with any Elf, and they have started to show them selves more and more. Small Islands So name becuse each of the island in this chain are less them a half mile big, and there is no life on any of the island other then the pirates who use them of stopping grounds to lunch attacks. Lein Isle Not much is know about this island only that they have had no contact with any other race and they have made it claer that they want to be left only. King Lein does not allow any one to come with in one hundred mile of the island and has been known to sent out ship to turn away those who got to close. Those that live on the island are human and they have been on the island for about three hundred years and in that time they have had little to do with the out side world. Tere is rumor out that says the people on the isle are form the westren empire and they have been sent there to spy on the Dwarves and the Ver^Òthur who have dealings with in the past. Another thing that adds to the rumor is there have been the feared Demon Black ship sailing aroung the islands and this ahve made the Dwarves in Haven very worried. ^Z÷°¼^A^C|ì|ì|ì|ì|ì|ìrew Saunders^PC:\RPG\LANDS.DOC^?@Canon BJC-250^Co^Hdo^Hê o^Hê ^Co^Hdo^Hê o^Hê The New World--------------15F746EC34CC--