Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Apr 2003 to 5 Apr 2003 (#2003-95) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 06/04/2003, 18:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There is one message totalling 15 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Carnuilh II ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.dnd.starflung.com/ To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 13:45:56 -0500 From: Chris Cherrington Subject: Carnuilh II The Carnuilh Part Two... >> From an interview with Bensarian the Sage… The Brythoni were not always such savages. At one time they lived all over Wendar and North of here. They had a great oral tradition; many stories of such I have put to paper and had many an elfin bard come to study for a while. The elves of this area were not always here as they like you to believe, and many would have died if not for the Brythoni’s knowledge of these woodlands. The biggest elfin holiday of Wendar is actually a day of thanks for the Brythoni’s friendship, though the elves would not agree to this ancient meaning of Briethanu’s Day. They would have you believe it is a day of thanks for getting rid of such savages, and not at all that it was these savages that saved us all from the same oblivion that awaits the Brythoni of today. The Brythoni was a just a small part of a much larger race of people that lived a nomadic lifestyle all over northern Brun. They followed great animal herds that crossed the northern plains and woodlands. They had exceptional knowledge of the wilderness, and never left a trace of their crossing; except for a few gardens and orchards left for their religious ceremonies. As other races of men moved northward and humanoids encroached into their habitat, they began to dwindle. Many of the Brythoni’s cousins were enslaved or cut off from them. The Brythoni themselves had to settle down, mostly in the area of Wendar and on the Denagoth Plateau. When the elves arrived, they were at once greeted as brothers. The Brythoni at one time believed in spirits of nature and thought the elves were trapped spirits within a dying shell. With the Brythoni’s help in medicinal lore and the woodlands great abundance of natural resources, the elves once again grew in number and much healthie ! r from their former afflictions. Soon even Denagoth was inhospitable to the Brythoni, and they poured over the mountains into Wendar. The elves at first welcomed the refugees, but soon it was apparent that many things were forgotten and the elves decided to rid Wendar of the Brythoni. The surviving Brythoni of today have no recollection of their important role in Wendar’s survival, nor do they recall the Purist Purge that caused their downfall in Wendar. These savage Brythoni have settled in the deep valleys north of Oceansend, far enough away from the Antalians and elves that hunted them down for the last few hundred years. Here their only recollection is evident in their war paint of their silver clay that they cover themselves in before battle. Dancing wildly through their woods like some long and forgotten forest spirit they had at one time revered. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Apr 2003 to 5 Apr 2003 (#2003-95) *************************************************************