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Interlude: Downtime in Tollen

During the journey from the Copper Hills to Orenlas and then to Tollen, and during the time in Tollen while work is done on Vindristjarna, the party spends time gathering information.

Questions

  • Is there a kingdom ruled by a vampire on the north coast of the Green Sea? YES
  • Does Rodnya Voknaz currently have a jade piece of Rai’s hand? UNKNOWN
  • Is Radomir’s sister Yelena a member of the Rodnya Voknaz? YES
  • Is Lord Rhodar von Glauer a vampire? YES
  • Are the Vargaldi human? UNCERTAIN

Bastion Information

The map room and the hall of stories can each give you three true facts about something. This can be a legend, any kind of creature, or a famous object for the Hall of Stories; or a legend, a known event or location, a person of significance, a type of creature, or a famous object for the Map Room. You have time to use each room 2-3 times during the journey and Tollen downtime. 

Map Room (Ursk)

  • Ursk is ruled by a council of powerful wizards, the heads of the eight rodnye
  • The rodnye (singular: rodnya) are loose confederations of people, mostly magic-users but not exclusively, bound together by some kind of mysterious ritual
  • Emigration is tightly controlled in Ursk, and the few people who do leave tend to be sickly and weak

Map Room (Land between Ursk and Vostok)

  • This is a land of boreal forests, swift rivers, and rocky coasts, with few people, a dangerous place, where dragon attacks are common
  • Halfling memories do speak of a people who live in the forests, scattered groups related to the people of Vostok and the Sembaran Highlands, who worship animal spirits
  • Rumors claim that once, before the Great War, the giants of the Svinjo Mountains (SHEEF-nyo; meta: the mountains forming the eastern border of Vostok - name might change) provided sanctuary and protection to many people - human, stoneborn, dwarf, and others - against the dangers of the north, but recent tales do not tell what has become of this protection

Hall of Stories (Rodnya Voknaz)

Few, vague, and cryptic are the tales of the Rodnya, but here is what you are able to gather

  • Pragmatism, not dogmatism, is the way of the Voknaz
  • The Rodnya Voknaz is among the weakest and least influential of the Rodnye
  • This does not mean the Rodnya Voknaz are weak: it is said the head of Voknaz can permanently turn boulders into young dragons with magic.

Scrying

Reported here: Scrying Delwath Tollen Downtime

Philosopher’s Guild Information

Mirror Visions

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