Brian Tickler writes:
> Steve Perrin writes:
> >What I find amazing is that the BKC described herein is full of vampires.
> >That was exactly what we faced during the climactic last runs in BKC--up to
> >and including the duck vampire (but not the gorp vampire). Brian Tickler
> >must be an "astral brother" of Warren James.
>
> No, just a careful reader with a good memory for minor details. There
> are many references to Blind King's Hill and the buildings that sit on it
> in various publications. Almost enough to make a full "Rumor List" on
> the subject...six of which spring to mind almost immediately:
>
> 1. The Castle is constructed of a reddish stone found nowhere else in
> Pavis (and probably Prax) [Big Rubble]
>
> 2. Vampires, including Duck and Centaur Vampires, have been seen in the area
> [Big Rubble]
>
> 3. Bandits sometimes hide out there [Big Rubble?]
>
> 4. There is an entrance to the Hero Plane somewhere near the Old
> Flintnail Fort (which is on Blind King's Hill) [Wyrm's Footnotes #?, in
> the Rurik advice column...]
>
> 5. Nobody knows who the Blind King was, or if he was really blind... [Big
> Rubble]
>
> 6. Nobody is quite sure when the Castle was constructed... [don't
> remember where I saw this...]
>
Don't forget the rumor in TOTRM which stated that the 'Blind King'
is a vampire Mistress Race troll. Of course we are told that this rumor
has a substantially false component.
David A Blizzard
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