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Tritonis Rising
Another growing menace for the civilized nations of
the Middle Sea is the eastern isle of Tritonis.
Once the center of a mighty sea-empire, this
kingdom had, like Atlantis to the west, lain dormant
for the past four or five centuries…
But now the Sea Princes of Acharnia have started to
rebuild a mighty fleet and are apparently trying to
resume diplomatic contacts with the Land of the Sun
and, according to some rumors, with the accursed
Stygian Empire ot the far south.
Could these events be the prelude to a great war
between the East and the West?
The Centaur archers from Sicania use very long arrows
Centaurs vs Amazons
Some 20 years ago, another very different war
broke out in the vicinity of the Middle Sea: a war
between the proud queendom of Amazonia and the
impetuous Centaurs of Sicania, who apparently tried
to push west into the territory of the Amazons.
The war is still going on, as more Centaur raiders
from Sicania venture on the borders of Amazonia.
The wise Centaur sage Chiron has recently sent
several of his former pupils to the Land of the Three
Cities, in the hope of persuading the noble rulers of
Thena to assist him in his peace-keeping efforts.
As if the situation wasn’t bad enough already, an
alliance of seafaring Barbarians from Hyperborea
has started to attack Amazonia on its west, hoping
to exploit the war against the Centaurs to invade,
plunder and sack the sacred queendom.
Flanked on both sides by equally ferocious foes, the
Queen of Amazonia has finally decided to send her
own emissaries to the Land of the Three Cities, in
the hope of enlisting the help of valiant adventurers
(preferrably female ones) against her enemies.
The Sybaris Situation
To the west, the fallen sea-empire of Atlantis seems
to have awoken from centuries of decay and
decadence and is apparently trying to re-establish
control over its former colony of Sybaris.
As war is brewing between the princes of Sybaris
and their former overlords, the rulers of the Land of
the Three Cities and Seriphos are still unsure about
what they should do: either intervene and help
Sybaris to push back the Atlantean forces, running
the risk of a full-fledged war with Atlantis (about
which so little is known nowadays) or stand back
and observe… running the risk of an Atlantean
victory, with potentially disastrous consequences for
all the nations of the Middle Sea.
2007 Edition Notes & Comments
The World of Mythika
Ah, the glory that was Mythika…
Over the years, Mythika evolved from the very
brief overview presented in the original rules to
‘a mythic tapestry of many colors’ (quote from
an unknown gamer from the Letters page of
Griffin magazine).
Every adventure module published by LGS
added an extra bit of depth, substance or
atmosphere (or just a few new maps) to the
‘official’ M&M world… but the most important
contribution came from Griffin magazine.
From 1975 to 1982, the monthly Mythika
Gazetteer column detailed specific regions,
kingdoms, islands or cities of the mythikal
world. Most of these contributions came from
individual gamers, who eventually transformed
Mythika into the first pen & paper wiki RPG
setting. Back then, all-important concepts like
metaplots or official continuity were nonexistent.
Those were the days… Ooops, looks like I’ve
failed my saving roll against Nostalgia… again.
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