Introductions & Bonds

Which way goes the road to the empire? Are we at the extreme north or NE? NW? Or is this something we get to decide as a group?

1 - Oxana has been as far as the closest large settlement. It is inland, a number handful of days to the southwest southeast, depending upon the weather, through a gap in the hills and is home to several thousand inhabitants. has rammed earthen ramparts and towers of stone. Some of the walls are stone while others are wood.

2 - Not far from town is a small gorge with thermal springs. Warm water bubbles up through fissures in the rocks and the locals have built a small cobblestone wall to create a pool. This makes the waters of the stream that flows around the southern edge of town vaguely tepid year round.

3 - Off the coast a ways is a craggy island with a ruined tower. The tower is old and decrepit and rumours in the village are that it is haunted by the fae. While not directly visible from the village there's a headland to the north where one can easily spot the ruin.

1) Johnsan has traveled two days from the town (with two days back).

2) Johnson usually travels to the South of the town to hunt. There are moutains there where he can occasionally find wandering game, and a few small streams where he can usually collect enough water to make it through the day.

3) From Johnsan's hunting perch at the top of the smallest mountain by the town, he can see the peaks of the rest of the mountains looming taller in the distance. He has never been there, but has occasionally seen smoke drifting up from the tallest peak, as if someone was tending a fire. Could there be another settlement in the mountains? How were they faring?

1) I have travelled north into the forest nearly half a day's journey. (10 hours)

2) I sat at the foot of the The Great Oak, the one that can be seen even from the village, grandmother says it is only a small bud of the great world tree. Those who visit the great oak, like I did, are sometimes granted a vision. I do not speak to anyone of my vision or if I even had one. Such things are personal and private.

3) I climbed up some of the branches of the Great Oak, high indeed, and from there I saw the edge of the Great Ice. Grandmother said that the Great Ice extends forever, that it is the realm of the frost giants and of death. I have not explored there, and she begged me to heed her warning to never venture that far north ever, lest I be frozen solid.

Okay, so I'll modify my thing a bit to reflect west coast. Where it's raining.

1) Jorgen has traveled for a half-day to the caravanserai to deal with the traders

2) In the swamp to the south-west Jorgen has caught immature eels which are served in the tavern's speciality soup. He often explores the swamps, finding strange water creatures which fascinate him. He spends many hours, or wasted if his employer is listened too, just sitting by the swamp.

3) The traders talk of the great river, but Jorgen only knows of it thru their tales. He so very much wants to see it for himself, and the barges that travel along it.