Re: Orathorn

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_Tkr2b9i72QSyUBPQGoTrc42nmuwP7sHTGXePiAFXUHfkjeQwYoMj0HK704oUfqpr0RDoiJ6>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:44:09 +0100

Almost everybody wound up in one Hell or another during the God's war, so it's not that surprising. Having enough self control to retain a sense of idenitiy while there is.

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:59 AM, <hcarteau_at_ZsX6BYet_760FgRqrAnp2aHj24wJ0LbIKpjnYlSCsS2qjD67g2N22RKmzHkGEvvrwCxiNqremw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> Fascinating stuff as usual ! Where do these necromancers come from ? You suggest
> they escaped from Hell and made a deal with the local to control other undead
> and dead, fine. But how did they come to hell ?
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> Selon Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_x9xqLt9Y36Y8BxrswKiWPeRS6JBGr0PinjKUVNbBuLjSvc_x8I32lTx42rPEYnU0R2VmzKus7g-yFWk6Q3ELdxESyzU.yahoo.invalid>:
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>> I interpret Orathorn as being similar to the Hellcrack in that
>> it was a large cavernous land of the dead that rose near the surface
>> during the Gods War.  The way to Orathorn is through a simple tunnel
>> which is guarded by a magical tower.  The sorcerors are necromancers
>> that deal with the dead of Orathorn (who are quite happy to work with
>> them with the knowledge they can be sent to much worse places than where
>> they currently are).
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>> Many Pentans, in particular Bad Ones, send many treasures to Orathorn to
>> purchase a comfortable afterlife rather than one which they deserve.
>> Other Pentans, particularly many of Seleris's henchmen, simply have
>> carved out vast pleasure-domes where they still reside waiting for their
>> master's return.  The sorcerors are too intimidated by their power to
>> punish the Selerans but they will permit adventurers to sneak into the
>> Seleran tombs and steal what they can provided they receive a fair share.
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>> --Peter Metcalfe
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