Forum Replies Created
-
Yeah, it’s always fun to use things in ways they weren’t meant to be used. Thanks man.
Agreed! And you’re great at finding uses for those things.
Thanks a bunch, guys! I’ve never played Dishonored, but I’ve been meaning to check it out. Only problem is I suck at stealth games.
The Floating Archipelago
About a hundred massive rocks are floating in the air over the Azure Sea. No one knows exactly why, which of course means that there are hundreds of theories explaining it (such as: The Flying Isles contain a unique mineral that is, under certain circumstances, lighter than air; They are frozen in time and have simply remained at their altitude as the rock below them has slowly eroded away; They were enchanted by some long-forgotten ancient magician; The very rock is alive and it is very hydrophopic).
Except for the island that homes The Dragon Turtle none of the islands are settled by any civilized species, though one of them contains the one remaining laboratory of Herpu the Preposterous and the Opal Guard regiments assigned to protect it.
Herpu the Preposterous was a professor of the University of Kar-Sharyk. Despite the objections of his fellow faculty members he established laboratories on two of the islands in an attempt to learn the secret of their levitation. Apparently he succeded, since after years of study one of the islands promptly fell out of the sky, (presumably) killing Herpu and his many assistants. The resulting tsunamis wrecked untold havoc on cities and villages all around the Azure Coast, most famously destroying the Jade City of Lengsh.
The majority of the Kar-Sharyk University faculty was executed by the Opal Dynasty for being insufficient in preventing the catastrophe, their defence of, “We told him it was a stupid [redacted] idea!” falling on deaf ears.
The Ruination of Lengsh, as seen from the Moonstone Library
On the island of Lengsh lie the ruins of The Jade City. Once the greatest city in the world, now only a few corroded spires and the head of the Bronze Titan can be seen over the surface of the marshlands. Most, if not all, of the legendary artefacts of the city must have been consumed by the marsh at this point, but hopeful treasure hunters still probe the waters for Tabatat’s Diamond Egg, The Sceptre of Thunder, The Secrets of the Eleven Songs, The Blue Korridor of the Moonstone Library, The Tear-polished Demon Sword of Bebetare and the Eleventh Astral Gate, among many others.
But the Lengshian marshlands are home to many dangerous creatures and spirits; it’s not unusual that exepeditions never return (though in fairness, that is also because few of them never arrive. To quote professor Penia the Honest: “If we did all the things we said we were going to do we would never get anything done”).
Honu-po’o-kea the Dragon Turtle
Honu-po’o-kea is in many ways unique among dragons; she is by far the largest of them, being almost 400 feet long, and she is the only (known) specimen with the peculiar turtle shape. Unlike most other dragons she also doesn’t seem to associate with either man or fae, though she’s not outright hostile unless provoced.
The Dragon Turtle spends most of her time on her island home, floating over the Azure Sea, but she can occasionally be spotted in the physical world in the vicinity of Hawai’i.
