Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Aug 2005 to 5 Aug 2005 (#2005-151) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 06/08/2005, 17:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There are 2 messages totalling 209 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Rahasia (2) ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 08:29:27 -0700 From: Joe Kelly Subject: Re: Rahasia Are there any other Hags of note in any of the Mystaran material? I'm = using Queen Geleeda from Calastia in my adventure. She's secretly a hag. = But I have no connection for it. If a hag is a witch, would it plausible = to say she's from Galantri?=20 Joe Kelly >>> jonaecole@PLAUTIANI.FREESERVE.CO.UK 08/04/05 11:22pm >>> I've just finnished running Rahasia - which I set "on the way to Selenica" as implied in B1-9 Anyhow here's how I inserted it into the background (an expansion/plagarism= of text in the module.) Historically I put Elyas' fight with the witches = (a covey of powerful hags) at around the same time as the fall of Nithia:- Ular-Taman also tells the PCs the following story. "Many generations ago, when the land of the vale was still rolling plains, = a wizard named Elyas visited the elven peoples. He asked for a place to = live, where he could work in peace and solitude. Because his heart was true and = he respected the elves and their customs, the elven King Mealiden gave him a place at the edge of the lands that they had claimed, and he built a tremendous tower. For many years they helped him and he protected and = taught them, for his magic and learning was vast. The elves' friendship with = Elyas was passed across the generations and clans until even Elyas grew old. = Then disaster struck. Three horrible witches attacked his tower. They sought a magical gem that Elyas had discovered in his travels for some purpose of their own. None of the witches dared face Elyas alone, but together they were very powerful. In a fiery battle they called down a grey mountain to crush = Elyas. As the mountain slammed down onto his tower Elyas drew the witches inside it, where he trapped them. All then perished in the cataclysm. In his memory, King Mealiden ordered the construction of a shrine to his memory on that mountain. Many years later, dwarves were sent by the King = of Rockhome to the assistance of King Alevar of the Elves to cement a friendship between their two kingdoms, and King Alevar sent them to the = Gray Mountain to erect a great Temple to Ilsundal in the honour of King = Mealiden. The Temple became a place of quiet meditation and learning, and elven scholars would spend a period here studying among the Siswa. Now this mountain is known as the Gray Mountain, and a force of evil has entered = the sacred sanctuaries. I guard the way to Elyas' tower, but I feel in the earth that the Rahib = has found another entrance." Jon ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp=20 The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com=20 To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM=20 with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify me immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, use or disclose it. Please advise us if you do not want to receive unencrypted e-mails. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 02:08:02 +0200 From: Havard Faanes Subject: Re: Rahasia Cant think of any official Hags of Mystara at the moment. Did you read my Witches of Dymrak article at the Vaults? IMC there is a circle of Hags in Dymrak. Only a few of them have been developed though. Having a Hag from Glantri would work well. Any weird creatures could easily hail from that country. What do you have planned for her? Håvard --- Joe Kelly skrev: > Are there any other Hags of note in any of the > Mystaran material? I'm using Queen Geleeda from > Calastia in my adventure. She's secretly a hag. But > I have no connection for it. If a hag is a witch, > would it plausible to say she's from Galantri? > Joe Kelly > > >>> jonaecole@PLAUTIANI.FREESERVE.CO.UK 08/04/05 > 11:22pm >>> > I've just finnished running Rahasia - which I set > "on the way to Selenica" > as implied in B1-9 > > Anyhow here's how I inserted it into the background > (an expansion/plagarism > of text in the module.) Historically I put Elyas' > fight with the witches (a > covey of powerful hags) at around the same time as > the fall of Nithia:- > > > Ular-Taman also tells the PCs the following story. > > "Many generations ago, when the land of the vale was > still rolling plains, a > wizard named Elyas visited the elven peoples. He > asked for a place to live, > where he could work in peace and solitude. Because > his heart was true and he > respected the elves and their customs, the elven > King Mealiden gave him a > place at the edge of the lands that they had > claimed, and he built a > tremendous tower. For many years they helped him and > he protected and taught > them, for his magic and learning was vast. The > elves' friendship with Elyas > was passed across the generations and clans until > even Elyas grew old. Then > disaster struck. Three horrible witches attacked his > tower. They sought a > magical gem that Elyas had discovered in his travels > for some purpose of > their own. > None of the witches dared face Elyas alone, but > together they were very > powerful. In a fiery battle they called down a grey > mountain to crush Elyas. > As the mountain slammed down onto his tower Elyas > drew the witches inside > it, where he trapped them. All then perished in the > cataclysm. > In his memory, King Mealiden ordered the > construction of a shrine to his > memory on that mountain. Many years later, dwarves > were sent by the King of > Rockhome to the assistance of King Alevar of the > Elves to cement a > friendship between their two kingdoms, and King > Alevar sent them to the Gray > Mountain to erect a great Temple to Ilsundal in the > honour of King Mealiden. > The Temple became a place of quiet meditation and > learning, and elven > scholars would spend a period here studying among > the Siswa. Now this > mountain is known as the Gray Mountain, and a force > of evil has entered the > sacred sanctuaries. > I guard the way to Elyas' tower, but I feel in the > earth that the Rahib has > found another entrance." > > Jon > > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com > To unsubscribe, send email to > LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. > > > This e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential > and may be privileged. > If you are not the intended recipient please notify > me immediately by > return e-mail, delete this e-mail and do not copy, > use or disclose it. > Please advise us if you do not want to receive > unencrypted e-mails. > > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: > http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com > To unsubscribe, send email to > LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. > ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 4 Aug 2005 to 5 Aug 2005 (#2005-151) **************************************************************