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...
Indeed. And other reasons, heh.
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ReplyDeleteWhere are you moving to? Still in Texas?
ReplyDeleteA fiery hell: Phoenix:(
ReplyDeleteKids and Danna move July 1. I’m here finishing up work in Austin until the end of August.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously I have just boxes and boxes of stuff.
Hey, I grew up there!
ReplyDeleteI lived in Phoenix for 4 months in 1975. We got out with our lives in June.
ReplyDeleteBrad Ncube ha some of it might be stuff you gave me!
ReplyDeleteSeveral boxes of old Dragon magazine are likely not going with me. Plus need to weed out the war games.
Alexa and I have been meaning to do a road trip out West for a while, and I haven't been in the SW since I was about 15.
ReplyDeleteAnd now that Adam Thornton's in Tuscon...
ReplyDeleteAny of y’all are always welcome. We are getting a place with a spare bedroom—and pool.
ReplyDeleteApologies in advance re: McCain and Arpaio.
ReplyDeleteLive in DFW. Might be in or around the Austin area some time over the summer if it matters.
ReplyDeleteKate's got family in Arizona. I'm not sure if any are still in Phoenix or not. When her dad moved down towards the border, I think some of her siblings ended up down by Tucson.
ReplyDeleteArizona is actually on the list of places I wouldn't mind relocating to. But that's years down the road. I need to get my license and Analytic training before I leave NY.
Chris P. And I’m often up in Arlington visiting my mom and sister.
ReplyDeleteI'll brt.
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