Read On: The Sixth Son Info

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In lieu of starting the actual game tonight I'm going to give some information on it, and hope that sates you until tomorrow =(. As you already know its set in Faerun, the same place all your DnD video games start. The question is where exactly in the wide Forgotten Realms?

The Vast and surrounding areas. To start. You'll be in the city of Tantras, and as these things go, placed in a situation. How will you react? It'll be interesting.

Take a look at the name now. The Sixth Son. How you react to this 'Son' is pivotal. You'll all have heard of him, but by a different name: Alkaios. The name has been tossed around alot lately, especially around the adventuring circles.

The vast majority call him insane. Brain addled by a odd spell or some such ailment. Others, and there are enough of them or there wouldn't be talk all over the Vast, others call him a god. That is unlikely, as the the pantheon is quite filled, but if the stories are to be believed he has performed miracles across the land... stuff even mages and clerics are skeptical of being possible. Blights that have long ravage unchecked by clergy, gone in those villages he grace with his presence, control over weather and elements so meticulous and without limit that the highest practitioners of the Art look at him with more than curiosity... if you believe the stories.

But there is truth in the fact that some villages have sworn fealty to him. That a small but steady stream of individuals flock to him. The nobility sweat. What can they rule if their peasantry are under rule of a God, real or not?

This is only the surface. Plot will unfold the deeper you go. Your strength will be tested... your very alignment will be struggled with. No matter what you do, there is no black and white in my campaigns.

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Tsurlangol


Also known as "The Gateway to the Unapproachable East", or Gateway. Gateway is almost as commonly used as Tsurlangol itself, not only because its a tongue twister, but the city has been sacked, burned and occupied so many times that the people have lost interest in keeping up with all the names. Despite the chaos (indeed it is the reason for the chaos) Tsurlangol's southernmost position in the Vast and its large port allows it to act as a crossroads for trade traders from other City States in the region to Impiltur, Chessenta, Vilhon Reach, and other nations surrounding the Sea of Fallen Stars. This of course givens it a rich tapestry of creatures, effectively erasing the common racism toward Half-Orcs and other breeds. Most notably of these racial additions is the large amount of Dwarves eager to trade precious metals from the Earthspur and Eartheast mountains.

The most common route, and fastest to the city is to catch a ship from one of the many port cities in the vast, including 'Raven's Bluff', but it is not unheard of for the more adventurous folk to take a path over the Eartheast mountains.

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Raven's Bluff

Almost as large a port city as Tsurlangol itself Ravens Bluff is one of the richest cities of the Vast. This is due in part to the stability it offers over Gateway, and its far larger acceptance of adventurers. The Government has made adventuring a sort of income by encouraging shops to deal in rare magical items, temples to offer cheaper rates for revival and healing, and even setting up Bounty Boards for people to post their problems and mysteries so wouldbe adventurers can find their latest quest. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Lord Charles O'Kane, head of the city, was once one himself.

Militarily it relies on the large number of capable mercenaries and adventurers in its city to defend from orcish raiders, while spending most of the gold on maintaining one of the largest and most advanced Navy in the Sea of Fallen Stars, while completely dominating The Dragon Reach.