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Xi'anlin<br />
As Asians, we get CCTV (Chinese<br />
Central Television) even on cable. The idea for<br />
this winter domain came from watching a<br />
cultural documentary on CCTV one day. Even if<br />
I couldn't understand a word that was being said,<br />
the small village being presented gave me the<br />
idea to create an Oriental domain UNLIKE the<br />
canon I'Cath, which so severely limits the<br />
imagination of Oriental horror gamers. I wanted<br />
to create a domain where Oriental (and nonnative,<br />
of course) characters could find some<br />
degree of peace and downtime, and at the same<br />
time create a haven for players tired of the usual<br />
Japanese flair of conventional Oriental gaming.<br />
Xi'anlin is not your typical Ravenloft<br />
story where a domain lord is done in by his or<br />
her own evil. I wanted to give a more sinister<br />
aspect to the dark powers, taking in completely<br />
innocent people and granting them their own<br />
domain. Again I'd like to thank Joël for helping<br />
me create Xi'anlin's tragic domain lady.<br />
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This won’t be the last installment of the<br />
"Worlds of Ravenloft" series. There were<br />
supposed to be fourteen domains presented in<br />
this compilation, but I'm currently drained out of<br />
ideas.<br />
So now, you could discover ten new<br />
domains in "Uncharted: Worlds of Ravenloft 2,"<br />
which I promise would come out on or before<br />
the end of April 2002. Finally, the unfinished<br />
domains of Hiva Motu, Nonchalant, Session<br />
Road, Chamhok Mun, Ukhu Pacha, Issutôq, and<br />
Meza Chimindu will be given their time to bask<br />
in the spotlight.<br />
Dion Fernandez<br />
Baguio City, Philippines<br />
February 28, 2002<br />
souragne@yahoo.com<br />
The Midway Haven Alchemical Observatory<br />
http://on.to/midwayhaven<br />
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