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...
I mean that purely in the legalistic sense. No comment on the moldy walls.
ReplyDeleteMarek gives you the same look he gave Vilkatis after fucking up his cloak.
ReplyDeleteLook Marika spent a lot of time getting that place presentable. You can't scam someone into thinking you're regal and dignified if you've got mold all the way up the walls.
ReplyDeleteIt's down to the lower foot now at least.
But actually, in all seriousness, I would like to know how I can your money into the tavern to enhance it's more eyes making ability.
ReplyDeleteAll that mold just speaks to the ancient and pure breeding that inhabits said "squalor."
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