Subject: Maps, places, and such 1,011 views

[Shiv]

Here is where I'll post maps as you buy/find them. I'll probably be using imageshack for these, since photobucket compression is [explenetives deleted].

I'll also use this as a repository for tidbits of infomration about any places you visit during your travels. I'll try to keep them updated with any information that you gather along the way.

First things first, here is the map of the current campaign area "the world". Be aware that most charactes that arn't schooled/sages will not know everything on this map. Maybe a few villages and the capitols, but the knowldge beyond "The sylvans live in a big forest in the south east" is not common.

Geography of the world: yfrog.com/4pgame2ej

[Shiv]

Here is a "recreation" of the map you bought from the aged dwarf Isgu. His map is a lot prettier and detailed, and will confer a +2 survival bonus for any attempts to find your way when in the area designated.

The points worthy of note is Ningjorns rest, the village where you currently reside and Vasgurs post, the dwarven fort near high pass.
Yrm's crossing is a temple to the dwarven snake-god that is situated near a ravine through the mountains. The ravine was created by Yrm himself and is a holy place for the dwarves.

You do not know what "the lean-to" is, though Isgur has marked it on the map.


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[Shiv]

Torm:

Torm is a small village near the mountain range that separates the dwarven lads of Skarvidda and those of Kaer Maeghol, the lads of the dark elves. The village itself is small, with less than a hundred dwarves on permanent residence, and the only thing that makes the hamlet worthy of note is its proximity to Yrms crossing, a long crevasse that forms a natural pass across the mountains. This pass is a holy site for the dwarves and a temple to Yrm has been constructed at the dwarven side of the mountains at the edge of the pass. Torm therefore also serves as a supply-point for the clergy of the temple and a place to rest for any pilgrims that come to visit the holy grounds. The village itself is more or less self sustaining, the nearby trollwoods give enough hunting and fishing opportunities for the village, and during summer smaller crops will be tended to. Logging, woodcutting and the occasional pilgrim allows commerce to flow slowly through the hamlet and the acquisition of new materials from the outside world.

[Shiv]

Ningjorns rest:

Ningjorns rest is a small village in northern Skarvidda. "Safely" placed along one of the major trade routes going north into Kaer Maeghol, and only a few days away from the dwarven fort Vasgurs post, the village enjoys a relatively sheltered position for one placed so far into the frontiers of the orc infested mountains. The inhabitants number roughly 700 -mostly dwarves- with a sprinkling of the other civilized races having residence within the village proper.

[Shiv]

The Temple of Yrm:

This is a temple standing at Yrms crossing, a large crevace that runs thorugh the northern mountains of the dwarves and out of their lands. It is considered a holy place for the short people, and it marks a place where their god of fate and magic, Yrm, passed into or out of their lands at some point. A temple has been erected at the opening of the crevace, though when you arrive it seems oddly empty....

((Also, I never intended to make a map for this area, so don't get used to it. This is something I threw together in MS-paint in roughly five minutes just so you'd get your bearings.))

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