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It was not such a large town. Some few dozen stone houses with sharply angled roofs had been built between the rivulets, and beyond them was a large structure three stories high in staggered floors like the steps of a pyramid. To the left was a narrow tower, likely a hundred feet high or more and built to resemble the spiral horn of a narwal. In the distance, fading into the haze, Voss saw another town built on bridges and streams, with another stepped structure and another tower. In the opposite direction, he saw yet another town. In the few short seconds before Corbyn and Halaren appeared, he counted eight towns, and dim, distant lights suggested many more beyond those.{{zioth> | It was not such a large town. Some few dozen stone houses with sharply angled roofs had been built between the rivulets, and beyond them was a large structure three stories high in staggered floors like the steps of a pyramid. To the left was a narrow tower, likely a hundred feet high or more and built to resemble the spiral horn of a narwal. In the distance, fading into the haze, Voss saw another town built on bridges and streams, with another stepped structure and another tower. In the opposite direction, he saw yet another town. In the few short seconds before Corbyn and Halaren appeared, he counted eight towns, and dim, distant lights suggested many more beyond those.{{zioth> | ||
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+ | They passed a small stone house with light coming out of the windows, but a strange nothingness inside. It was as if the windows themselves were made from thick, impenetrable light.{{zioth> | ||
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+ | ===== Places ===== | ||
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+ | ==== The Portal ==== | ||
+ | A magical portal on a hill outside of town is the only commonly known way to get in and out of Brundash. The hill is closely monitored by magic, in case someone unwanted figures out how to teleport there. | ||
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+ | ==== The Pyramid ==== | ||
+ | Fovery was quiet for a minute, until the large, stepped building emerged from the mist. Like the other structures, it was made from stone, green-red granite cut in uneven rectangles and polished smooth. Fovery waved a hand and a door appeared in the wall. When he opened it, an inviting warmth wafted out.{{zioth> | ||
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+ | Inside: a room of soft couches, a wide stone table, and warmth and light that seemed to come from everywhere at once.{{zioth> | ||
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In the year 577, Fovery is High Mage of Brundash. He is a roguish fellow, and friendly but not always the most socially adept. | In the year 577, Fovery is High Mage of Brundash. He is a roguish fellow, and friendly but not always the most socially adept. | ||
- | Hard-soled traveling boots, baggy, maroon trousers, loose, dark purple shirt, tall staff topped with a large crystalline carving of wood, and wide-brimmed black hat above the face of an older, clean-shaven man. Subtle, gilded carvings around the head of his staff.{{zioth> | + | "Hard-soled traveling boots, baggy, maroon trousers, loose, dark purple shirt, tall staff topped with a large crystalline carving of wood, and wide-brimmed black hat above the face of an older, clean-shaven man. Subtle, gilded carvings around the head of his staff."{{zioth> |
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+ | ==== Belazan ==== | ||
+ | Widely considered to be the most powerful mage in the world, many of the magi believe he should have been High Mage instead of Fovery.{{zioth> | ||
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+ | An image of Belazan appears to Ziedon: " | ||
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+ | While Belazan is described as an old man in Ziedon' | ||
==== Cailenajurenthile ==== | ==== Cailenajurenthile ==== | ||
- | Cailena, as she is most commonly known, is a very tall, spindly woman in her sixties. Born in Brundash, she strongly adheres to tradition, and does not approve of Fovery' | + | Cailena, as she is most commonly known, is a very tall, spindly woman in her sixties. Born in Brundash, she strongly adheres to tradition, and does not approve of Fovery' |
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==== Other wizards ==== | ==== Other wizards ==== | ||
- | Other wizards: Two women, then another man. While all wore nearly identical clothing, their ages ranged from fifty to seventy, and no two were of the same skin tone, hair style or build | + | Other wizards: Two women, then another man. While all wore nearly identical clothing, their ages ranged from fifty to seventy, and no two were of the same skin tone, hair style or build.{{zioth> |
==== Balewans ==== | ==== Balewans ==== | ||
- | Three more people emerged from the portal, very tall, broad of build and heavily muscled if lightly armored, each with a bow, multiple swords and daggers. All three were covered in artistic scars and had a complexion much like Voss’s.{{zioth> | + | "Three more people emerged from the portal, very tall, broad of build and heavily muscled if lightly armored, each with a bow, multiple swords and daggers. All three were covered in artistic scars and had a complexion much like Voss's."{{zioth> |
Balewans are warriors from the east, who serve the wizards of Brundash as loyal bodyguards. | Balewans are warriors from the east, who serve the wizards of Brundash as loyal bodyguards. | ||
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+ | ===== Place in the World ===== | ||
+ | Fovery says: "The wizards of Brundash have long served as advisors to kings and others of power who request our services. The desire to have people like us around waxes and wanes, both over time and geographically. We're kind of a traveling fad." | ||
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+ | "Our place has always been to help from the sidelines, not to rule. Watch your step. The marsh light can be deceiving. Of course, we have our own hierarchy among ourselves, with the greater, or sometimes just less adventurous, | ||
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+ | "So as you can see, there are no grand castles here, no hordes of stolen gold, just the basic comforts, and far too many bridges. You'd think that magic could fill in the marsh somehow, but those who've lived here their whole lives actually like the damp." | ||
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