What Ba Chim's spy tells you about Il Tasi'in Il Tasi'in, a thick-walled town of 3000, is the seat of power for one of the the most isolated of the borderland satrapies of the Scarlet Sultanate. Located on the east coast just after the shoreline turns south, it is a bare 60 miles from the Xobi, the cold rocky southern desert in the Weird. The town which is dominated by the two raised quartz-dome hills called the Teats of Manat was formerly called Manawat and was deeply associated with the worship of that chthonic goddess (who is said to have ruled over fate itself and “sapped the self-will and value of Men”). The ruling satrap is like other borderlands satraps both a highly-positioned courtier and necromancer, an important role in the maintenance of the undead-worked plantation system (more about Industrial Necromancy in a blog post). Ul-Namihirra is generally considered to be a deeply incompetent in both his expected roles but survives politically by his ability to shift...
This seems reasonable, but I am reluctant to start fomenting our happy little war until we actually get some scouting in on the Southlands and see what's going on there. Right now all we have is a point on a map and some scant information.
ReplyDeleteDogmen? I must be having trouble keeping up with the new communities posts..
ReplyDeleteMichael Moscrip well you did inadvertently co-create their involvement. See the last Hill Cantons page post.
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