At 9:23 AM +0100 5/6/04, Paul Andrew King wrote:
> >
>>> If you want somewhere completely different and are prepared to wing
>>> it, then Spol has a lot of potential dealing with the machinations
>>of
>>> the Darkness-worshipping nobility up to and including the dreaded
>>> "Taloned Countess"
>>
>>OOOHH... that sounds odd. Do tell me more.
>
>Spol is briefly covered under the Western Reaches in ILH-1. There is
>really not a lot published yet. We do have a few tantalising
>tidbits, such as the existence of "Umbarism" - a darkness-based form
>of Illumination*. Also, Gerra, the Suffering Goddess (worshipped by
>ritual self-mutilation) is recognised as one of the Red Goddesses
>previous forms.
>
>Spol was previously under Carmanian rule so I think that there is
>some material around the web linked with writeups of Carmania. It
>isn't a nice place at all. Which is one of the reasons that it could
>be a good area to use in a game.
Wasn't their an "evil" Spolite empire that existed before Carmania
and the suppression of which is cited as one of the things that
justifies the Carmanian rule?
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