Matters West

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_voyager.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:13:02 +1200 (NZST)


Michael Cule:

>Many thanks for those (esp Nick Brooke) who sent in stuff about the Church
>in Jonatela. The Genertela book seems to imply that there is a seperate
>Jonating sect. Was there a conscious decision for HtWWO to change this?

I was under the impression that the Syanoran Church is the Jonating Sect. I think the difference in names is merely recognition that the churches exist in seperate countries (much like the anglican church divides itself into the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Episcopalian Church etc).

>Can anyone tell me where I might find copies of the maps of Fronela
>before the Ban fell? It occurs to me that as I'm about to start
>something involving a small principality emerging from isolation it
>might be an idea to have some idea of what they expect to find when the
>borders suddenly open.

The only map that I know of is the 2nd age Uz Lore map of Genertela. It shows three mountain ranges in Fronela and the approximate location of the coastline (which isn't much admittedly). The 2nd age map in the Sog City Guidebook implies the Erontree coastline is the same as it is then, but I think that's a mistake.

Only two of the mountain ranges are shown in the 3rd age map in Uz Lore. IMO the leftmost range is the Maidstone Mountains (which of the edge of the map in the 3rd age Uz Lore map) and the rightmost range is the Grey Mountains. The identity of the central range is unknown and appears to be under the glacier in the Fronelan map of Genertela in the vicinity of Zoria or Rathorela. It could be the Tastolari uplands but that is too far west IMO.

Lastly the shape of Ozur's bay has changed from the second age but whether this was due to the closing or the ban is murky question.

Ian Whitechurch:

>You'd better believe[St Rokar's Blessing is] one for the power gamers.

>My reading of this makes Rokari troops who are in receipt of St Rokar's
>Blessing immune to morale checks ... no matter how bad the situation,
>Everything Is Going To Be Alright.

On the other hand, the said troops may just wait quiescently for their deaths as they are being chopped to pieces. In which case the blessing value is of little military worth.

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