Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak - Property Is Theft!

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Drome Lok
Translated as “Lake of Dreams,” Drome Lok is extensively sailed by
the navies of Witch Hill and Nolmedron. Two powerful currents cut
through the entire length of its
Lok Finwane’s Healing Properties otherwise still waters, revealing a
Drinking the lake’s waters cures 1 point of pair of mysterious extensions of the
damage per cup consumed. If the subject River of Fire stretching to the lake’s
bathes in it, the water cure 2 hit points of southern shore. Each then forms
damage per hour of immersion. Additionally, into several rivers that continue
soaking for 8 hours can cure disease as per
southwards. Myths proclaim a
a remove disease spell. Furthermore, any holy
boomless sha leads to the plane
water made from the lake’s contents is deals
an additional 2 points of damage against of dreams exists at the center of the
creatures vulnerable to holy water.
lake, some 1,000 feet down—hence
Creatures commonly found in or near Lok the lake’s name. None of the voesti
Finwane include: nymphs, dryads, corrupted explorers or dwarven or goblin
fairies, centaurs, kav, demons, drow, eercaps, submersibles investigating this
and fresh-water races.
place has ever returned.
Creatures commonly found
in or near Drome Lok include: skum, nixies, dwarves, Witch Hill
goblins, and fresh-water races.
Fristian Grasslands
A pastoral expanse, the grasslands are almost unbroken and flat,
making it almost impossible for anyone to sneak up on others unless
they hide, unmoving, within the tall grass. The tactical difficulties
of stealth and combat inherent to such a flat region mean the
grasslands are usually calm, other than the occasional open bale
where subtlety is not necessary.
Nonetheless, this fertile land does have a history of spawning
kav and humanoid rebels who sally forth from time to time to
cause trouble. The flats are also home to several halfling burrow
communities, protected by palisades and defended by wary lionriding
outriders and skilled snipers.
Creatures commonly found in the Fristian Grasslands include:
kav, orcs, hobgoblins, wild goblins, Faedian wildmen, and halflings.
Kraephos Island
Gied with wide, green expanses, much of Kraephos’ northern end is
a penal colony, where criminals can reduce their sentence by serving
set periods at the island’s farms. Enough of the bounties grown here,
including a large selection of fruits, remain to feed the colony, with the
rest shipping back to SpirosBlaak. During the winter months, convicts
cut stone at the coastal quarries to sell throughout the Archduchy.
The colony has no wall but is under heavy guard and watched by a
massive fort and a regular patrol of ships.
The other half of the island is off limits and those few convicts that
tried to escape in that direction vanish. Large cave networks in the
cliffs at the southernmost tip have been sighted by passing ships and
believed to be home to a sea-dwelling evil also likely responsible for
this portion of the island remaining a forbidden zone.
Creatures commonly found on or near Kraephos Island include:
sahuagin, sharks, and sea-faring races.
Laervas Island
A craggy, desolate island of almost unbroken browns and grays, a
network of crumbling walls, ruined keeps, dilapidated castles, and
other decaying structures predating the fall of the Rilgoth Empire
covers it. All of the ruins seem to share the same antiquated origin
and fatal result for the curious. Most avoid this island, for it is
thought to be haunted, and indeed unexplained lights appear in the
Chapter Four: Customs, Communities, and Geography
towers, raging bright enough to be seen across the channel in Dreij.
Many people, the Archduchy’s admiralty among them, speculate
Midwyn pirates have taken to using the island’s hidden bays
and ruins as a supply and raiding base, explaining the lights and
disappearances, but no Midwyn pirate vessels have ever actually
been sighted doing so.
Creatures commonly found on or near Laervas Island include:
locathah, dire sharks, sahuagin, undead, Midwyn pirates, and other
seafaring races.
Lok Finwane (Ghost Lake)
This lake, nearly 15 feet at the deepest, is clear enough to see the
sandy boom. Local legend claims one of the gods, likely Gamia or
Sycleese, fell to the mortal plane within it, instilling its clear waters
with healing properties. Oddly, the rivers and streams running to and
from the lake are not as clean, although a brave person could aempt
to bole or barrel the lake’s water for storage and/or sale elsewhere.
Because of the lake’s healing qualities (see Lok Finwane’s Healing
Properties sidebar), several of the area’s more powerful (and greedy)
creatures claim the lake as their own and guard it fervently. This
makes pilgrimages to the area extremely rare and dangerous.
Pharran Vode
Like the Barbas Vode to the west, Pharran Vode shelters the Rilgoth
raiders that filter down through it, although most use only the
coastal and western paths. Far larger than the neighboring forest,
Pharran Vode stretches north along the coast and into the heart
of the northmens’ territory by almost 100 miles. The woods’ dark
depths shelter all manner of fell creatures haunting the treetops and
forest floor alike.
Even worse are the rumors of a dark, despairing sickness at the
forest’s heart. Whatever it is that lies at the center of Pharran Vode—
feeding off the living and unstoppably spreading its influence
further with each year—predates Gods’ Fall and has been known to
give even them pause.
Creatures commonly found in the Pharran Vode include: eercaps,
giant spiders, Rilgothian northmen, centaurs, kanershee, stirges,
girallon, harpies, medusae, shambling mounds, and winter wolves.
River of Fire
The north end of this river stinks of sulfur and is hot enough to
scald flesh, due to subterranean tributaries passing beneath Fire Eye
Mountain. It isn’t until a few miles or so away that the waters return
fully to normal temperatures, but the smell lingers all the way to
Drome Lok. This fast-flowing, wide river is home to many aquatic
monstrosities, and they plague those who travel it.
Inexplicably, once the river reaches the lake’s shore, it splits into
two primary tributaries that continue through the lake as powerful,
diverging currents that then branch further and revert into rivers
upon reaching the southern shore. The cause of this phenomenon
has never been explained, but the currents are used extensively
by the navies of Nolmedron and Witch Hill to travel at enhanced
speeds to and from their respective homeports.
Creatures commonly found in or near the River of Fire include:
salamanders, azer, magmin, and hell hounds.
Roaming Plains
Bues, struggling creeks, sparse waterholes, sudden ravines, and
ruins of dead cities and crumbling statues of soaring proportions
dot this mostly arid plain. Nomadic tribes of kav and humanoids
call the Roaming Plains home, making it a dangerous place for
travelers. Even large groups of merchants and military units are