donor or can somehow ca
Enemies: Hjorig has fought war after war
against the Gnoll Fells and another may start
a chief enemies, however,
C
of CerruaaFoaot%ranrc Szorgig serves as Feuerscorn’s bodyguard
They consider those e.and strongman, leadin a small band o
somewbat wfulbut Ghus&nscd&tmoppo
e established himself rebdlious gnoll faadons; Szorgig
fakb intcUipent Tor a troll. She hardly eve
as a hardy firrhter before “twins!t.a Yeeno-
Normally, each unit of Gnoll Marauders re-
mains in its home province (one per province
with the exception of Nys Annwn). If Ghus,
Szorgig, or Kuruhs travels to a province, the
units can move into other provinces without
incident. However, if a goo11 unit goes from
one province to another without one of these
leaders, trouble could arise. Battles could
break out between the gno
could destroy each other.
The two Troll Legions (
Mickelbraun and Schless
vith one of them.
Sits: Something must be said of Nys he ausing more than their share of
Ananmnwent,raonr s"lDateeasth. 'sUFnitnifeGrhnuass the province trou 1disruptin bhddinge. Ghus hiw
Feuerscorn place ward on t e head of each adven-
began establishing himself as a leader of turer ( oods and fwoer aapnyonbsrowuogrhtthinabaoliuvet.500
gnolls, this province in gp)- dlouble that
Bthe GnoU FeUs-po n-
gcr- DM's Secreta: The GnoU Fells have a some-
sters and humanoi s
ous than any other. what patchy history,but the DM can ullc this
advantage when constructinga&turcs
main actions that involve Ghus Feuer-
chief captured many
the fight (leavingthe
eir known enembs, not
and won accolades from
using his new popular-
icious application of
as Kodxnik became
the first &at Khanate of Kal Kalathor and
leader of the now “civilizedtribes. He had the
longest tenure of any Great Khanate in Kal
Kalathor’s history-nearly ten years. In the
millenia since, Kal Kalathor has alwap had a
F“ fiGreat Khanate rdlng over its many oblin
tribes, though the ition has lost mnc of its
luster since those ust, golden days.
nt tribes in the land, since the fo&e
blin tribes rise and fall seasonally and
provinces were named years ago.
re humans came to Cerilia, during
id wars, Kal Kalathor became a
him- their nature (warlike yet rubrervient), Kal
Kafathor’s goblins can raise a large standing
rets,or army m a timc ofcrisii at hrlfthe cost suesludaollmy
naiaed in ha&
.: But casual o ot survive well in
b&€b.r ludiawms title belies her fierce-
influential goblin chieftains and could be neighbors, the Great Khanate has offere
planning to kill the Great Khanate's Coun- deal to the Tsar of Molochev. He will
cil, chieftain by chieftain and shaman by three units of goblin infantry to se
shaman,until chaos ensues. Molochev's army for two years (the Gr
While most heroes hardly care whether Khanate will pay the maintenance costs)
Kal Kalathor remains stable, it should be exchange, Molochev will cede possessi
noted that, with the exception of the recent Kurmansk and Zuluk to the goblins bu
invasion of Molochev and the occasional tsar will be allowed to keep his law hol
raid into neighboring lands, the large goblin in those provinces.
Prealm has remained amazingl neutral Over
It seems, on the surface, unlikely that th
the last several centuries. I tribal chiefs tsar willaccept these terms. But he may ne
start turning up dead at the hands of a gotiate. The Great Khanate, at the very min
human a,ssleaassdiinn,gththeesiur rwviavrorirosrcsoaugldaignostoannya imum, wants to gain Kurmansk, and d
rampa not mind spending a few goblin lives on
and Xeighboring nations. project. The tsar, on the other hand, m'
The Goblin Market has become somewhat be willing to cede control of the province
famous (and infamous) throughout the re- for now then decimate them later when
gion as the place to acquire anything (or builds up his magical power. In the me
anybody). Goblin thieves offer their services time, he would gain the service of three g
openly at the market and can be hired to lin military units.
perform their trade in any nearby realm.
Items from Brechttir, Vos aard, and the This could 've Molochev some interest
a i a s i lands amear in KafMurthan on a ing options. IFgobliin raiders attacked Koz
regular basis a i d even treasures from far- lovnyy, Berhagen, Rheulgard, or even In
away Anuire and Rjorik can be acquired by nishiere, how could the tsar's fellow regent
theRceacreenftulyl ,shaoKprleinr.asi noblewoman and her blame him? Even if the goblins came out c
entouraee disarmeared while traveline Molochev's territory and attacked its ene
mies, the tsar could claim that his fo
tried to stop them but were surprised.
Dra o could use these forces to raid
weafen his neighbors and test their
fenses with little risk to himself.
factions in the "civilized" Vos realms dis-
posed of them, but rumor has it that the en-
tourage survives and its members will be
auctioned off at the Goblin Market. The
to engineer an escape or exercise some
coothuerrtieorpst.io;n if they are to free her and her
their nonorog neigbbora, IPO estaMlshed
trade guilds exist within the Sword Rust
L ----in the Orlemekyy Mountains have banded to- mbM.
pgaerietmhmedarclyrrea(taahlsmeurs6utrhoamlalynthhfiegahwptipledeac~,hanoIdthohfearnvoeforhtrheeswrunn- l e*Sourcw:NearherholncintheGrovnekevic
Vosgaard.Wbntherths Sword Rust Tribes can FcSoloenrctkerstortla,0nFdoEso;noWew1i7ss;sfAumnr,prisreeda3ltnhsla.rstchNFrji&rohsakE
m0int.b their Udtyr@mitM tu lu
Tusoelszirmeaklumr'msaogriocgtso, make life difliidt for
but he has begun to
strike back by polluting or destroying h r
source m d t k ~ h t i o ~ .
hepllotRlhbthree
e law holdings
s, Tolzimkur rules
the northern mountainran-.
ned oft tho= days (thc population of the Sword Rust Tribes grows
as tmhesilrryVyossraainddedgoebalicnhnoetihgeh slowlyand Tohimkw cannot hope to expand
and brutal, the raids helped each
territorial borders and ke t + h&&quickly
Lieutenants: Soon after ac uiring the re-
ts+hhreuptoptoulntoinoontsogofnetihgehbcolarns.s low and of li e gency of the Sword Rust T&s, T o l z i i
stepped down as chieftain of the Redfoot
.Tolzintktlr decided one dav that this had orogs. His successor, along with the chief-
7goneonb enough. tains of the Blackspire and Bloodclaw
The Rad oot orogs successfully defended
their territory again& the Pitchblack tribe and
tbn cauntattocked. They did not raid their
neighbon, h v e t - - t h e y e*tcmtinwd &m.
At great cost ktoiMhiesvearymPwitacrhrbiolrasc,k%whaimrrkiourr,
managed to
prim, aadc*. men,before his tribeoouldbe
+ the pmvince in the chiefs name.
Cwmt Huns: As much as he would li o
tihmekuLrastthSencreslalmlcadnhdimapseplof possible. If he EM do this and rule his prw-
inces to maximumlevels, he mav be able to
tains for the two surviving tribes. He n : build an army tl :odd a more
them to him as vas- land.
d the Sword Rust
+Tribes e v a r k .
Stmngk Amazingly resilient and long-lived
rfor an omhhgmi,soprlrdeimiTgend,azshimreehavcnest.edeImnsetavheteorfabklesctohfenawlly-
nlpl to& rule (Mdirea and indirect)
--
Important Sites:A few important secret
iites exist in the Sword Rust Tribes'realm,but
inly if the orops have not found them fM.
.., .
.. .
*PreariecdHNeeludtirnagl gaw:'dD.etailed fully in the remain uncontrolled.
Btwd &mias: Ahinations of Cnilia source-
ta stand between
domain.With his
But Qandar the Manticore grew + Weaknesses: If it becomes public lolowled
became apparent when he capture
that Yurre is a practitioner of true magrc,
Guinsky (MHlf; T10;Br,minor, IS; the loyalty of the re
tricked the regent of the 0 fall immediately. Al
reason he can m
lnanagdnstaturif*dpwrntpoprlace: lrven ance against Y'urre burns away, what
Whether d g decent remains UI the
Manticore's twisted heart or he simply feels a wi he be left with? His sometime ally,
need for bloody vengeance, Qandar has de-
*cided to make Y'urre pay for hh tmwhq. He Darec, does his best to cheer the Manticore
made a deal with Dane,convincing the half- and prompt h i to action, but Qandar has
ling to put hh hw h o l d b (--
tfreireidngtoitrttroent&hecnMahinstihcooldreo)n. Tthheenm,aag~icY'oufrtrhee + sspent so much time alone and engaging in
land, the two reduced many of the wizard's self-loathin that he may not be able to
+other holdings. maintain his ocus for long.
Lieutenants: Y'urre's only lieutenant is his
Stmgtbs: Pum h.s his wife, Nchel. She often rules or speaks in hb
Mh'dCWl&ig,dhb stead. When he departed to create source
.she oversaw the management of
tofdhackon. He il$o k * t h crumomand thhoefdrie% S i c e that time period coincided
awith the Manticore's rise from inactivit~and
his attack on Y'urre's holdings, she has le=
than stellar recordas substitute regent.
while the Manticore neems to have allied
r and couklaPae apt of
I
e.that seem#
R4mDemriptkucAamaIlrerlmc;Prvadout Morita appeared in the Manticore’sdomain
%,the,ftehaer mort’V have ofthe terrible awn- FJutPfter Qandar. She has he1 d those p a y
ants who’ve iuffered from t e Manticore a
Manticore’#domain survives as a (and Y’um’s) nolm,but she
+L & r t . t e - n t h ~ m ~ \ r c t m p . has not taken predatiom in the
Capital: Since the rift mnnife4ted between an active hand in the politics of
Yum and the Manticore, the awnrhcghhas tlihkeerYeaulmm,ohnaesweasytaobrbahneodthaenr.hSeorbmterandaeywshiteh,
Land
outside the Manticore’s realm, perhaps
one through Dhrec. Few have ever seen
ceased visiting the capitd ci of Morrins
roefmhaiisnrseimn haiinadinrgiki.nYf.untmzy stationed
units in the brown-haired elf personally,
uopftihtealpcroitvyin(wcehoifchthlieensaamtetnhaemwee) h m edge however, and those who receive her services
to defend
1it h u m the M.nticorcattack~a, nd to kee S C e m pertups UnrMbtOd
a watch on the worded populace. A ama here-~-tsinAmmnmith.
c*, the upitalofthe reaLn could not SLU-
vive a maas e&. The Manticore’s Mi,” DM’r k r e t r : Ohavvsretbheeglua&n feiv years,dl of
thepartoftheciht.wce&eauentedbvthe Y’urre’s p h i crashing down
around hhn. Ht “pet awnahegh”h a
from ~ : r e l € - d r s t m c t i vaetumr.an
(9) 4
en has seven tsarevo
the same orders: con-
t hir borders, and wl-
neb from Akar Bluffs tgthe Manticore’s d d
tmhiasiniswbiathwousht eevaevnoicdosmthinegRuapvfeonr’satirro. Popersh. aM’
4 Site: Gregori Hand1 (W;R8; Ma, mu@, 3
NsiGnc)e has bten a thorn in the Raven’s sid
the awnshegh’s rule
the beginning of
but the Raven doesn’t seem to notice. Cur-
rently, Cregori’s base of operations lies in
the corners of the keen- and. .k.e.nt alive Ayoa, just north of the Atka Mountains,
tbraagh the ~avegsma& They>iXitii hidden from the small army camp stationed
be heard howling in their mad torment on Fin the north of the rovince. Dug out of a
particularly dark2ghts. lgorwassh,iltlhaendRahviednd’esnpartoromlsshigahvtebwy alloknegd, wilt
.The f m l legend is the most frightenin ove
Handl’s headquarters more times than ht
Once, the pine forest around the keep of- can count. Currentl Handl uses this south
fered good hunting and an excellent source e m lair mostly to fide or funnel refugee
1from Ust Atka-those eople who have got
of lumber. Now,emanations from Zaruk-
ten on the awnsheghs ad side.
tzan have polluted the forest; it seems to
exist simultaneously in both Cerilia and the Important NPCs: Posing as a guard in the
Shadow World. The locals, even the Raven’s service of the army stationed at Ayon, Gregori
most loyal soldiers, call it Kurzcatbca, “the chapsto assume any guise neces-
cursed wood.” a cembii-
r psaknackfordis
Raven also seems tc.
Grwri(or “Pietro,”
df and his holdings are con-
las..slqgjy established a fev
Ust Atka‘s provinces wid
ion of the province o Us
, of the Raven’s strong-
two
4 Site: ‘Hunter‘s Peak, on
c -1
.
I.
R '.
tnttocamanpVoswurto stritc
enemies or to denote &tun 01
,the &<The spelltattoo has a spe.
cid ayeic that commands more respect that
an'y&sp**d.tattoos,~ .
iupssapmbellepl btaeytttdohdeoybweiatrhe,rpc.ower,
imbued with magic
prbats can imbue
e'
and priesta can order the creation of the
ion is heavier than the Khinasi
but it is no less effective.
Ice borer) Combat: Ice borers are believed to be blind
/ but have a superior ability to sense vibrations.
When a pack of ice borers senses a disturbance
CLIMMWIERRAIN: Arctic to subarc- in the snow nearby, the group burrows t,
within about a foot of the surface to investi
gate. If they discover prey overhead, they
swarm beneath the victim from below and
move in like sharks. Working together, a num-
ber of the creatures can quickly melt the snow
imming nonweapon
SPECIAL DEFENSES: blood icMy Meat and fat are-digested @ a matter
Resistant to cold minutes and moved directly into the blood-
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Nil stream or stored in the form of fat reserves. &
SIZE soon as the creature stops feeding, all digested
food is converted to fat stores. Tht.creatures
xMeOVRAALLEU:E are believed to have several stomachs which
can hold food stores for later digestion. One oj
A unique rac , the skuhlzecki. these appears to be a blood%ac that swelli
or hotiheaded ice borer, lives only on the cold after the creature feeds: whether the blood
plains and steppes of Vosgaard. Living within stored here is the c
the thick permafrost of northern Cerilia, the victim remains the su
ice borer spends its life hunting for food. Battling an ice
Reaching a maximum length of 2 feet at proposition. Because
adulthood, the they cannot be det
gaard's most dangerous When they strike, th
segmented worm has a chance to surprise
R,to of its head and a useless against an ice borer,
It s no visible eyes,ears, or nose. The crea- AC deduction when applicable.
ture's skin is as tough as cowhide but is entire-
ly hairless. most piercing melee weapons can
Ice borers move by burrowin in snow or to effectivelv fieht skuhlzecki. but as
ilpermafrost. They cannot burrow rough solid
ice. Because 06 a concentration of blood ves-
sels beneath the bony plate in its head, a
skuhlzeckican cause the date to mow exceed-
ingly hot (any creature
tains Id4 points of dama
bum). The heated pla
of the ice borer'to sl
I
Mow:2 we:2
fense: 5
‘-Mre:ombX4 MorakX 1 &
I2arask Infanti 4
love: 1
Mense: 4
1
:2
ae: 4
EX1C
Defense:
Morale: 1
scouts
Move: 3
Defense:2
Mnrala. X