02 - Iron Kingdoms W.. - Captain Spud Is Amazing

108.1.141.197
Baroness, but he was unable to pull the trigger. He has
allowed Lady Ganelyn to retain her position within the
city, for he believes he can make peace with the woman
as well as a home for himself in Elsinberg despite
the petulance of the locals. Soon enough they will
come to recognize they are better off as Khadorans.
Kommander Tarovic is certain of it.
Locales of Elsinberg
Elsinberg Library: This sturdy marble building
not only contains one of the most comprehensive
collections of written histories in the Iron Kingdoms,
but the building itself is also a historical monument.
Asc. Angellia herself founded the original library in
1033 BR six years before her death and ascension. The
oldest part of the building is a simple stone vault in
the heart of the current structure and now houses the
library’s most valuable tomes.
With each passing century, the library’s collection
grew and new rooms were added. During the Orgoth
Occupation, monks took the entire collection out
of the library and squirreled it away in hundreds of
different hidden caches to preserve it. The library
building itself housed the soldiers of their oppressors.
After the liberation of Elsinberg, the books returned to
the building which continued to grow as the collection
did. The library is staffed and guarded by erudite
monks and clerics who have chosen Angellia as their
patroness. These monks were prepared to defend the
library with their lives during the recent invasion, but
the Khadorans never attacked the building.
The chief curator is Ion Badescu (male Umbrean
Exp5/Mnk4) who is very protective of the library’s
collection and particular about whom he will allow
to peruse it. He is more than willing to share his own
knowledge over drinks at the local pub.
Reliquary and Monastery of Ascendant Angellia:
Elsinberg’s Morrowan monastery has weathered the
centuries well. It did not suffer much during the
occupation, as its minaret was useful to the Orgoth
as a watchtower. After the liberation the monastery
was repaired and re-sanctified. As with the Elsinberg
Library, Kommander Tarovic made certain not to risk
damage to this sacred site during the invasion, and he
occasionally visits.
The most important part of the monastery is not
made of stone but of bone. The marble sarcophagus
in its shrine holds the mortal remains of Asc. Angellia,
the Patroness of History and Knowledge. She lay
undisturbed for generations until the coming of
the Orgoth. At that time her bones and dust were
placed in an ironbound reliquary and entrusted to an
Umbrean paladin named Alexei Tzentesci who took
a vow of celibacy and the title “Husband of Angellia.”
He carried the iron box on his back out into the
wilderness where he protected the sacred remains for
nearly thirty years in lonely isolation. The reliquary
passed from one paladin to another in secret for 180
years until the ascendant could return to her proper
resting place.
Today Asc. Angellia sleeps soundly in her
sarcophagus encircled and guarded by her nine
“husbands,” all of whom lie interred in the floor of
her shrine in honor of their dedication and sacrifice.
Their names are inscribed in the marble for all
to read. Several monks of the Order of Keeping
always protect the grounds, and while numerous
old churches and shrines exist in Elsinberg, most of
these are humble and small so as not to detract from
Angellia’s Reliquary. The town’s clergy are overseen by
Prelate Mara Lynyse (female Ryn Clr8).
Tomb of the Orgoth: An elaborate spiked fence of
black wrought iron surrounds this small courtyard. In
the center lies a blackened patch of earth in the shape
of a human silhouette where an Orgoth warwitch fell
in 181 AR during the liberation of Elsinberg. The
unnamed Orgoth was the last of its kind to set foot in
the city. Nothing has grown here since and no one will
build over the spot. In recent years during the March
of the Dead, the specter of Ghan Gallowey and three
of his men have been seen standing over the spot and
staring intently at it. Liberation Day is celebrated every
spring and revelers often pass by this spot to make
rude gestures at the scorched silhouette and break
their wine bottles against the fence.
Laedry
In Power: The Council of Lords, subservient to
Viscount Barak Ushka, vassal of the Great Prince
Vladimir Tzepesci of Umbresk.
Population: 130,000 (almost all human, some few
ogrun, dwarves, very few trollkin)
Military: Laedry once housed one of the largest
World Guide 249