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The far reaches of Athas?

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#1
zombiegleemax
Jan 30, 2007 8:30:30 I know we already have one massive thread detailing a poster's vision of what the rest of Athas looks like....but have you all done to expand our beloved setting? How have you gone "beyond the maps" and populated the far corners of the world we know and love? Is the Tyr region, Jagged Cliffs region, and the regions ruled by the kreen the only fertile areas on Athas? Or does life cling in the reaches of the world, and civilization extant even in the furthest places?

--as for me, I'll be working on my own Far Reaches of Athas project very soon NB
#2
Sysane
Jan 30, 2007 8:39:33 I've been slowly developing the lands east of the Cerulean Storm which have been dubbed the Sundered Regions. For a map and an outline go to the Sundered Regions link found in my signature.
#3
zombiegleemax
Jan 30, 2007 8:42:50
I've been slowly developing the lands east of the Cerulean Storm which have been dubbed the Sundered Regions. For a map and an outline go to the Sundered Regions link found in my signature.

What are some of the locales in the Sundered Regions?

--do tell! NB
#4
cnahumck
Jan 30, 2007 9:00:12 I have been kicking around ideas about a land north of the kreen empire and another location north of that. I took inspiration from Brian's maps, and I am slowly fleshing out the Empire of Storms. North of that is my little throwback to the end of the Cleansing Wars, Bastion. I have not had the time to work on it lately, being consumed with other projects.
#5
Sysane
Jan 30, 2007 9:36:09
What are some of the locales in the Sundered Regions?

--do tell! NB

There are lots. Try the link (I checked, it works now) ;). If you have any questions about specific locations I'd be glad to answer them.
#6
methvezem
Jan 30, 2007 9:39:11 Brian used my hand-drawn map of a region south-west of the Tablelands/Hinterlands that I begun developping, to draw the areas B6, C6, B7 and C7.

This region is known as the Brown Lands area, and includes the Misty Sea - the ending of the Misty Border - at which bottom sits the old and decadent reggelid kingdom, and the Drake's Tail Peninsula, among others.
#7
kalthandrix
Jan 30, 2007 10:21:04 I had begun working on a region - once again using the maps done by Brian - that would have been the homeland and place of origin for the ti-diyuan, but other projects had placed it on hold and all stuff is currently on hold for me while my family adjusts to having the new baby
#8
dirk00001
Jan 30, 2007 13:13:03 Like Systane (and others, I'm sure), I've got some stuff done on the area east of the Valley of Dust and Fire (no Cerulean Storm in my game; history took a right-angle turn shortly before Kalak tried his metamorphosis), a little written down in game notes and as a map on a large sketch pad but most still residing in my head. In a nutshell, it's home to an "old school" elven empire - the descendants of elves that fled across the sea, during the CWs, back when it still had some water in it - as well as their "nemesis" empire of yuan-ti.
#9
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 6:14:54
I have been kicking around ideas about a land north of the kreen empire and another location north of that. I took inspiration from Brian's maps, and I am slowly fleshing out the Empire of Storms. North of that is my little throwback to the end of the Cleansing Wars, Bastion. I have not had the time to work on it lately, being consumed with other projects.

"Empire of Storms," eh?

--tell me more! NB
#10
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 6:17:18
Brian used my hand-drawn map of a region south-west of the Tablelands/Hinterlands that I begun developping, to draw the areas B6, C6, B7 and C7.

This region is known as the Brown Lands area, and includes the Misty Sea - the ending of the Misty Border - at which bottom sits the old and decadent reggelid kingdom, and the Drake's Tail Peninsula, among others.

Well, I know what this other guy put there, but what did you put there? After all, the whole point of this thread is to generate ideas by seeing what others've done, so I can put these ideas to use, in my own way and with own spin on things!

--I need to get the creative juices flowing! NB
#11
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 6:56:46
There are lots. Try the link (I checked, it works now) ;). If you have any questions about specific locations I'd be glad to answer them.

What is and what is in the Palace of Shifting Sands? And what is and what is in the Dark Cupola?

--thank you NB
#12
Sysane
Jan 31, 2007 8:14:48
What is and what is in the Palace of Shifting Sands? And what is and what is in the Dark Cupola?

--thank you NB

The Palace of Shifting Sand is a castle like structure thats constructed of sand. The Palace is never in the same location for more than a day. Those who have dared entered it are never seen from again .

The Dark Cupola is an enormous dome of shadow which covers the Lands of Eternal Dusk. Its rumored that the LoED is populated with nightmarish humanoids with tentacled faces (do the math).

For fluff/story on the Cupola check out this link:

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=415018
#13
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 8:25:10 In your version of Athas, where do mind flayers come from? The Pristine Tower? Lifeshaping gone wild? Another plane of existence?

--where do they come from? NB
#14
Sysane
Jan 31, 2007 8:31:57
In your version of Athas, where do mind flayers come from? The Pristine Tower? Lifeshaping gone wild? Another plane of existence?

--where do they come from? NB

Remnants of the plane spanning Illithid Empire found in other campaign worlds.
#15
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 8:40:06
Remnants of the plane spanning Illithid Empire found in other campaign worlds.

Oh. Well, I can't use your Sundered Regions, then. I want to keep my version of Athas free of the "taint" of other cosmologies. On my version of Athas, other multiverses're utterly unreachable, save by the gate artifact Dregoth has in New Giustenal.

--one tiny portal is hardly enough for massive illithid migrations NB
#16
Sysane
Jan 31, 2007 9:06:11
Oh. Well, I can't use your Sundered Regions, then. I want to keep my version of Athas free of the "taint" of other cosmologies. On my version of Athas, other multiverses're utterly unreachable, save by the gate artifact Dregoth has in New Giustenal.

--one tiny portal is hardly enough for massive illithid migrations NB

IMO It only makes sense that of all creatures in the multiverse that the illithid could reach Athas. In my campaign its the reason why the githiyanki of Yathazor are on Athas. That being that they established Yathazor as a staging point in wiping out the last organized remnant of the original empire found in the Sundered Regions.
#17
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 9:13:19
It only makes sense that of all creatures in the multiverse that the illithid could reach Athas. In my campaign its the reason why the githiyanki of Yathazor are on Athas. That being that they established Yathazor as a staging point in wiping out the last organized remnant of the original empire found in the Sundered Regions.

In my version of Athas, mind flayers're lifeshaped items gone rogue. Created and used as mindless slave-drones during the late Blue Age, illithids became sentient and psionic during the Rebirth. Obsessed with the Blue Age via unconquerable rhulist programming, Athasian illithids serve the aboleth, which're in turn rhulisti that warped their own bodies. Both aboleths and illithids serve Rajaat.

Githyanki in my version of Athas were humans experimented on in an attempt by Rajaat to render humanity harmless. Obviously, the secret experiments backfired, and the githyanki fled to the Astral Plane. Those githyanki later tried to invade twice (the first invasion faltered and created the gith splinter-race).

--see? No need for other cosmologies NB
#18
Sysane
Jan 31, 2007 9:35:29 I had it that the rhulisti had some how came across and experimented on illithid tadpoles (don't recall the real name of their young) early in the Blue Age. Through this experimentation the rhulisti solidified the basics of life-shaping. This also attracted the attention of the Illithid Empire to Athas and caused a lengthy war with the rhulisti themselves.
#19
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 10:15:33 Ehhhhh. No thanks.

--looks like I'm on my own for devising the far east of the Sea of Silt NB
#20
Sysane
Jan 31, 2007 10:18:01
Ehhhhh. No thanks.

--looks like I'm on my own for devising the far east of the Sea of Silt NB

To each their own. I personally don't like tying every race to the Rebirth. Makes for bland history IMO.
#21
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 17:47:56 Well, I created this region based off of a world map of Athas I once saw. It is of a kingdom ruled by an Avagion.

http://www.geocities.com/raloftyr/EoAIntro.html

Geocities banned me for some strange reason so I can't finish it.
#22
zombiegleemax
Jan 31, 2007 17:54:27 Also, I have an unfinished map of Irbal, a trading town located in that region.

http://img11.picsplace.to/img10/22/Irbal.gif

Here's the Merchant's section.

http://img11.picsplace.to/img10/22/IrbalMerch.gif

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Jan 30, 2007 8:30:30	I know we already have one massive thread detailing a poster's vision of what the rest of Athas looks like....but have you all done to expand our beloved setting? How have you gone "beyond the maps" and populated the far corners of the world we know and love? Is the Tyr region, Jagged Cliffs region, and the regions ruled by the kreen the only fertile areas on Athas? Or does life cling in the reaches of the world, and civilization extant even in the furthest places? --as for me, I'll be working on my own Far Reaches of Athas project very soon NB
#2 Sysane Jan 30, 2007 8:39:33	I've been slowly developing the lands east of the Cerulean Storm which have been dubbed the Sundered Regions. For a map and an outline go to the Sundered Regions link found in my signature.
#3 zombiegleemax Jan 30, 2007 8:42:50	I've been slowly developing the lands east of the Cerulean Storm which have been dubbed the Sundered Regions. For a map and an outline go to the Sundered Regions link found in my signature. What are some of the locales in the Sundered Regions? --do tell! NB
#4 cnahumck Jan 30, 2007 9:00:12	I have been kicking around ideas about a land north of the kreen empire and another location north of that. I took inspiration from Brian's maps, and I am slowly fleshing out the Empire of Storms. North of that is my little throwback to the end of the Cleansing Wars, Bastion. I have not had the time to work on it lately, being consumed with other projects.
#5 Sysane Jan 30, 2007 9:36:09	What are some of the locales in the Sundered Regions? --do tell! NB There are lots. Try the link (I checked, it works now) ;). If you have any questions about specific locations I'd be glad to answer them.
#6 methvezem Jan 30, 2007 9:39:11	Brian used my hand-drawn map of a region south-west of the Tablelands/Hinterlands that I begun developping, to draw the areas B6, C6, B7 and C7. This region is known as the Brown Lands area, and includes the Misty Sea - the ending of the Misty Border - at which bottom sits the old and decadent reggelid kingdom, and the Drake's Tail Peninsula, among others.
#7 kalthandrix Jan 30, 2007 10:21:04	I had begun working on a region - once again using the maps done by Brian - that would have been the homeland and place of origin for the ti-diyuan, but other projects had placed it on hold and all stuff is currently on hold for me while my family adjusts to having the new baby
#8 dirk00001 Jan 30, 2007 13:13:03	Like Systane (and others, I'm sure), I've got some stuff done on the area east of the Valley of Dust and Fire (no Cerulean Storm in my game; history took a right-angle turn shortly before Kalak tried his metamorphosis), a little written down in game notes and as a map on a large sketch pad but most still residing in my head. In a nutshell, it's home to an "old school" elven empire - the descendants of elves that fled across the sea, during the CWs, back when it still had some water in it - as well as their "nemesis" empire of yuan-ti.
#9 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 6:14:54	I have been kicking around ideas about a land north of the kreen empire and another location north of that. I took inspiration from Brian's maps, and I am slowly fleshing out the Empire of Storms. North of that is my little throwback to the end of the Cleansing Wars, Bastion. I have not had the time to work on it lately, being consumed with other projects. "Empire of Storms," eh? --tell me more! NB
#10 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 6:17:18	Brian used my hand-drawn map of a region south-west of the Tablelands/Hinterlands that I begun developping, to draw the areas B6, C6, B7 and C7. This region is known as the Brown Lands area, and includes the Misty Sea - the ending of the Misty Border - at which bottom sits the old and decadent reggelid kingdom, and the Drake's Tail Peninsula, among others. Well, I know what this other guy put there, but what did you put there? After all, the whole point of this thread is to generate ideas by seeing what others've done, so I can put these ideas to use, in my own way and with own spin on things! --I need to get the creative juices flowing! NB
#11 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 6:56:46	There are lots. Try the link (I checked, it works now) ;). If you have any questions about specific locations I'd be glad to answer them. What is and what is in the Palace of Shifting Sands? And what is and what is in the Dark Cupola? --thank you NB
#12 Sysane Jan 31, 2007 8:14:48	What is and what is in the Palace of Shifting Sands? And what is and what is in the Dark Cupola? --thank you NB The Palace of Shifting Sand is a castle like structure thats constructed of sand. The Palace is never in the same location for more than a day. Those who have dared entered it are never seen from again . The Dark Cupola is an enormous dome of shadow which covers the Lands of Eternal Dusk. Its rumored that the LoED is populated with nightmarish humanoids with tentacled faces (do the math). For fluff/story on the Cupola check out this link: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=415018
#13 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 8:25:10	In your version of Athas, where do mind flayers come from? The Pristine Tower? Lifeshaping gone wild? Another plane of existence? --where do they come from? NB
#14 Sysane Jan 31, 2007 8:31:57	In your version of Athas, where do mind flayers come from? The Pristine Tower? Lifeshaping gone wild? Another plane of existence? --where do they come from? NB Remnants of the plane spanning Illithid Empire found in other campaign worlds.
#15 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 8:40:06	Remnants of the plane spanning Illithid Empire found in other campaign worlds. Oh. Well, I can't use your Sundered Regions, then. I want to keep my version of Athas free of the "taint" of other cosmologies. On my version of Athas, other multiverses're utterly unreachable, save by the gate artifact Dregoth has in New Giustenal. --one tiny portal is hardly enough for massive illithid migrations NB
#16 Sysane Jan 31, 2007 9:06:11	Oh. Well, I can't use your Sundered Regions, then. I want to keep my version of Athas free of the "taint" of other cosmologies. On my version of Athas, other multiverses're utterly unreachable, save by the gate artifact Dregoth has in New Giustenal. --one tiny portal is hardly enough for massive illithid migrations NB IMO It only makes sense that of all creatures in the multiverse that the illithid could reach Athas. In my campaign its the reason why the githiyanki of Yathazor are on Athas. That being that they established Yathazor as a staging point in wiping out the last organized remnant of the original empire found in the Sundered Regions.
#17 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 9:13:19	It only makes sense that of all creatures in the multiverse that the illithid could reach Athas. In my campaign its the reason why the githiyanki of Yathazor are on Athas. That being that they established Yathazor as a staging point in wiping out the last organized remnant of the original empire found in the Sundered Regions. In my version of Athas, mind flayers're lifeshaped items gone rogue. Created and used as mindless slave-drones during the late Blue Age, illithids became sentient and psionic during the Rebirth. Obsessed with the Blue Age via unconquerable rhulist programming, Athasian illithids serve the aboleth, which're in turn rhulisti that warped their own bodies. Both aboleths and illithids serve Rajaat. Githyanki in my version of Athas were humans experimented on in an attempt by Rajaat to render humanity harmless. Obviously, the secret experiments backfired, and the githyanki fled to the Astral Plane. Those githyanki later tried to invade twice (the first invasion faltered and created the gith splinter-race). --see? No need for other cosmologies NB
#18 Sysane Jan 31, 2007 9:35:29	I had it that the rhulisti had some how came across and experimented on illithid tadpoles (don't recall the real name of their young) early in the Blue Age. Through this experimentation the rhulisti solidified the basics of life-shaping. This also attracted the attention of the Illithid Empire to Athas and caused a lengthy war with the rhulisti themselves.
#19 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 10:15:33	Ehhhhh. No thanks. --looks like I'm on my own for devising the far east of the Sea of Silt NB
#20 Sysane Jan 31, 2007 10:18:01	Ehhhhh. No thanks. --looks like I'm on my own for devising the far east of the Sea of Silt NB To each their own. I personally don't like tying every race to the Rebirth. Makes for bland history IMO.
#21 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 17:47:56	Well, I created this region based off of a world map of Athas I once saw. It is of a kingdom ruled by an Avagion. http://www.geocities.com/raloftyr/EoAIntro.html Geocities banned me for some strange reason so I can't finish it.
#22 zombiegleemax Jan 31, 2007 17:54:27	Also, I have an unfinished map of Irbal, a trading town located in that region. http://img11.picsplace.to/img10/22/Irbal.gif Here's the Merchant's section. http://img11.picsplace.to/img10/22/IrbalMerch.gif