From nv91-asa@nada.kth.se Fri Dec 19 19:19:59 1995 Status: RO X-Status: Received: from kth.se (kth.se [130.237.72.201]) by mail.nada.kth.se (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id TAA22908 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 19:19:53 +0100 Received: from mail6.netcom.com (root@mail6.netcom.com [192.100.81.142]) by kth.se (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id TAA18783 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 19:19:51 +0100 Received: by mail6.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id OAA13308; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:02:41 -0800 Received: from atc.boeing.com by mail6 (8.6.12/Netcom) id OAA12785; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:00:19 -0800 Received: by atc.boeing.com (5.65/splinter.boeing.com) id AA22609; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:07:02 -0800 Received: from runt.ca.boeing.com by splinter.boeing.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA102934237; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:03:57 -0800 Received: by runt.ca.boeing.com (940816.SGI.8.6.9/931108.SGI.ANONFTP) id OAA08028; Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:02:19 -0800 From: "Corwyn J. Alambar" Message-Id: <9512181402.ZM8026@runt.ca.boeing.com> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:02:14 -0800 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 26oct94 MediaMail) To: wod-l@netcom.com Subject: New Realms from the Archaeology series Cc: gm-l@netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-wod-l@netcom.com Precedence: list Reply-To: wod-l@netcom.com Okay, that's all of the IC posts for the time being. This post will begin to detail the Realms, both known and unknown, that have come from the Archaeology series. Also explained in this document is the Maze of Dreams, a relic from the time before even the great Lost Empires. Near Umbra Realms: Pangaea - This is one of the shard Realms of Lemuria after the Fall. This realm represents the primitive beings of the Lemurian culture, and the more priimitive but life-laden worlds they discovered. It approximates the scientific era known as the Cenozoic, though nothing more specific than this. Battleground - This Realm was created by the Dying Curse of the High Queen of Lemuria, and by the death-cries of those around her as they fell in the landfall battle with the Atlantean forces. As such, many of the battles that may be encountered here will be great magical duels, seemingly fantastic battles that seem to be the underpinning of this place. Characters will not, however, see any shade of the Queen, as her shade was spared imprisonment in this place. Aquaria - This Realm is composed entirely of water, though any creature that enters it can breathe normally. THe waters are tteming with life, and kelps and fish grow to unnatural sizes and flourish in these warm waters. This Realm contains any and all aquatic animals that were discovered by the Lemurian people, and includes four sentient races with some semblance of civilization: Dolphins, Selkies (not to be confused with the fae of the same name), Merfolk, and Troglodytes (again not to be confused with Fae of the same name) Arborea - A manifestation of the forested areas of Lemuria, particularly those near the garden, this Realm is covered in lush forests, ranging from deep, steamy tropical valleys to high and arctic taigas. Wildlife again is very abundant, and many Garou are here, mistakenly believing that this Realm is in fact Wolfhome. The Abyss - This great chasm is in fact the hole that was created by the Great Crystal dishcharging through the center of the Gaian Tellurian towards the Lemurian home Realm. The pit literally goes onward down to the primal nothingness that lies beneath existence. It is believed by some hat the City of Pyramids was once a Lemurian holy site at the edge of the garden, but this cannot be decided for certain (Kudos to Anders Sandberg for that idea... Sory for co-opting it) Deep Umbra The Shard Realms - Atlantis's slow decay and dissolution was the result of them seperating and categorizing the various essences of their culture and their world into discreet packages. As they began to compartmentalize more, the land slowly split and broke into these twined Realms. They have only partial links to the Planetary Telluria that they are supposed to be attached to, being attached more firmly to the Gaian Tellurian. Within the Realms, if one is careful to look, there lay evidence of the Atlantean culture, though it is often mistaken for mere geologic debris. Oddly enough, no form of retrocognition will reveal the nature of the people who came before, almost as though they were erased from history. The Garden - Only rumors exist of this place, the ultimate paradise. It is believed to have spawned the legend of the Garden of Eden, though it has truly little to do with the Judeo-Christian myth of the same name. THe Garden itself is only about 70 miles in radius, with a single ivory tower in the center, formerly the heart of the Lemurian civilization. The creatures that live here are all intelligent, and possess great charms, plus knowledge of the spheres of Life (3), Prime (2), Forces and Entropy (1). Characters will find themselves meeting more powerful and less friendly creatures the closer to the tower they get, though hunting animals for food is allowed without supernatural resistance. Attempts to use Correspondence are resisted by the Realm, but not via paradox. All Correspondence effects that move characters closer to the Tower will be at -3 successes, and all those moing away from the Tower (but not out of the Realm) will be at +3 successes (i.e. almost impossible to botch). Any character "fortunate" enough to gain access will find it guarded by two spirits, near Incarna level, who will guard the Tower with their life. If these are somehow circumvented, inside the Tower lay all the knowledge of the Lemurian people. (Note to STs: This should NEVER occur!!!! The Lemurians knew magics that make the Oracles look like apprentices. You may wish a small scrap of knowledge out, as the center point of an adventure) Malfeas - Malfeas is the archetypical home of the Wyrm, the location stumbled upon by the Lemurians in their travels. It is as dark a palce as imagined by the Garou, and moreso. It has slowly drifted toward the Gaian Tellurian as the Wyrm grows in strength here. Parallel Telluria - There are many, many more Telluria than Gaia, distributed about the space known as the Deep Umbra. Malfeas lies within the Tellurian known as Tarterus, and Arcadia lies closer in toward the "center" of existence. Each of these various Telluria have their own properties, and many of them have a Celestine (or rarely two) at the ceter of them, though they tend to be dormant in the middle realm, where Gaia is located. The Maze of Dreams - As new Telluria form, they tend to gain creatures that shape small Realms around them. These Realms grow, slowly, merging with others, some passageways forming between them that stabilize from time to time, sometime permanent. Occasionally, after a Realm has been around for some time, there is an "artifact" of this earlier period left around, a collection of small, almost microscopic realms that are interconected by a webwork of pathways. The Maze of Dreams is one such area in the Gaian Tellurian. A collection of small nodes and interconecting passageways, the Maze is movable, and shapable by the wills of more adept magi. The Maze of Dreams cuttently lies in the Bay Area of California, though some think the micro-network extends as ar north as Seattle and British Columbia, and as far south as Central America, though few believe this. The Maze is jealously guarded by the Garou and Tradition magi that know of it, as it could be a very powerful weapon in the hands of their enemies. (Well, again, that's another chunk. Tell me what you think!) -Corey