http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Forgotten_Hills 2026-09-15T23:22:20Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.0 http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=72134&oldid=prev 2011-12-19T18:28:46Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:28, 19 December 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>Forgotten Hills<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </del>are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander]] wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a [[sandstorm]] of unprecedented ferocity that [[scoured]] the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By [[682 BC]], if not earlier, contact with [[Barovia]] was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In [[683 BC]], the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Forgotten Hills<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander]] wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a [[sandstorm]] of unprecedented ferocity that [[scoured]] the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By [[682 BC]], if not earlier, contact with [[Barovia]] was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In [[683 BC]], the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Scourge of Arak]] a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of the [[the Arak|Arak]]. There were [[dwarf|dwarves]] and [[gnome|gnomes]] seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Scourge of Arak]] a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of the [[the Arak|Arak]]. There were [[dwarf|dwarves]] and [[gnome|gnomes]] seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[Tepestani frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[Tepestani frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which [[soil]] and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which [[soil]] and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;ref&gt;[[Gazetteer V]], p. 12, 15.&lt;/ref&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Reference==</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{ref}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Gazetteer V]], p. 12, 15.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Gonzoron http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=63146&oldid=prev 2011-11-23T17:00:12Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:00, 23 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Scoured]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Eroded]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Eroded]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in the Mountains of Misery]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in the Mountains of Misery]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in Darkon]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in Darkon]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=63144&oldid=prev 2011-11-23T16:57:46Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:57, 23 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Forgotten Hills''' are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander]] wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a sandstorm of unprecedented ferocity that scoured the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By 682 BC, if not earlier, contact with Barovia was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In 683 BC the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Forgotten Hills''' are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander]] wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>sandstorm<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>of unprecedented ferocity that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>scoured<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>682 BC<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, if not earlier, contact with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Barovia<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>683 BC<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], </ins>the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar's words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of ''[[Niurin Scaa]]'' ("Shadow Nether") it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the ''ennui'' of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor's risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Scourge of Arak<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>a century before Prince Ingemar's words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of ''[[Niurin Scaa]]'' ("Shadow Nether") it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the ''ennui'' of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>[[the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Arak|</ins>Arak]]. There were <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[dwarf|</ins>dwarves<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>gnome<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|gnomes]] </ins>seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor's risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[Tepestani frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[Tepestani frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Eroded]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in the Mountains of Misery]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in the Mountains of Misery]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in Darkon]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in Darkon]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=63141&oldid=prev 2011-11-23T16:51:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:51, 23 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[Tepestani frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[Tepestani frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which soil and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>soil<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Reference==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Reference==</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=58486&oldid=prev 2011-11-03T08:27:26Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:27, 3 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Forgotten Hills are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander]] wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a sandstorm of unprecedented ferocity that scoured the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By 682 BC, if not earlier, contact with Barovia was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In 683 BC the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>Forgotten Hills<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander]] wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a sandstorm of unprecedented ferocity that scoured the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By 682 BC, if not earlier, contact with Barovia was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In 683 BC the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=49566&oldid=prev 2011-02-12T01:10:21Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:10, 11 February 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tepestaniani </del>frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tepestani </ins>frontier]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which soil and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which soil and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=49564&oldid=prev 2011-02-12T01:08:08Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:08, 11 February 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tepest</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ani frontier </del>to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 740 BC as part of the Great Upheaval, the Arak and [[Niurin Scaa]] were dragged to the southwest by [[Gwydion the Sorcerer-Fiend]]. The land of Arak ceased to be and the Land of the Mists tore open beyond [[Tepest]]. The [[Shadow Rift]], sealed by roiling black mist, was the new land of the Arak. The old land of the Arak was annexed to Darkon, a fact of which perhaps only its [[Darklord]], [[Azalin Rex]], was immediately aware. The Forgotten Hills were themselves unaltered in their position and geology. But there were changes of consequence that would gradually become apparent. Desperate men discovered that to spend the night in the Forgotten Hills, or even the Mountains of Misery beyond them, was dangerous but no longer tantamount to suicide. Individuals who returned told tales of having been beset by things other than fey creatures. Shadow fey incursions into the countryside beyond the frontiers of their former home all but ceased. For example incursions by fey into Nova Vaasa were both greatly diminished and shifted west to the vicinity of the Tepestani border and the Shadow Rift itself. The reputation of the Forgotten Hills and of the Mountains of Misery for being haunted by the fey was gradually eclipsed by a reputation for being haunted by the dead. Darkon began work on the [[Strigos Road]] which will start just east of [[Tempe Falls]], cut through the Mountains of Misery and the Forgotten Hills, and reach its end in [[Liara]]. And the Forgotten Hills themselves became a hideout for brigands, arguably making the northern frontier of Nova Vaasa a more dangerous place, especially along the [[East Timori Road]] and the [[Vaughn Dnar River]] from the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tepestaniani frontier</ins>]] to the [[Trished River]] and even beyond.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which soil and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which soil and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=49562&oldid=prev 2011-02-12T01:05:54Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:05, 11 February 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l11">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:mountain]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in the Mountains of Misery]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in the Mountains of Misery]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in Darkon]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Locations in Darkon]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Cure http://fraternityofshadows.com/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_Hills&diff=49553&oldid=prev 2011-02-12T00:56:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:56, 11 February 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which soil and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is unclear is the degree to which the flora of the Forgotten hills has recovered from the [[Scourge of Arak]]. At the heart of the former land, not a single tree grows to this day. There are tenacious grasses, spike plants, and low shrubs, but little more. The Forgotten Hills enjoy the advantage of having abutted for nearly two centuries subsequent to the disaster living lands from which soil and seed will have been carried on the wind and from which grasses and trees will have made their slow but inevitable march. In that case, on their lower flanks bordering Falkovnia and bordering Tepest, the Forgotten hills would be unusually rocky, but far from barren, supporting grasses, shrubs, and stands of young trees, especially in gullies and along streams. But they will become ever more desolate as the Mountains of Misery proper are approached.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gaz v 15</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Reference==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Gazetteer V]], p. </ins>12<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, 15.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gaz v map </del>12  </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Foothills]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:mountain]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Locations in the Mountains of Misery]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Locations in Darkon]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:19, 25 March 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Forgotten Hills are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[ </del>wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a sandstorm of unprecedented ferocity that scoured the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By 682 BC, if not earlier, contact with Barovia was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In 683 BC the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Forgotten Hills are the steep and rugged southern foothills of the [[Mountains of Misery]]. They were the southern most part of the land of [[Arak]]. They appeared on the northern frontier of [[Barovia]] in 575 BC and were explored at that time by the [[outlander<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>wizard [[Azalin]]. All life across the face of Arak was eradicated thirteen years later by a sandstorm of unprecedented ferocity that scoured the land clean in an event recorded as the [[Scourge of Arak]]. By 682 BC, if not earlier, contact with Barovia was lost, its northern frontier replaced by that of newly formed [[Nova Vaasa]]. In 683 BC the [[Nightmare Lands]] replaced the [[Misty Border]] to the east. Whereupon [[Prince Ingemar Bolshnik]] offered the following admirably pithy description of Nova Vaasa's frontiers: “howling fear to the west, stone death to the north, shapeless nightmares to the east, and nothing but ominous swirling to the south”. It is clear that Prince Ingemar associated [[Arak]] with death. And although the heart of Arak, at the very least, remains to this day a blasted, rocky wasteland, he seems to be referring instead to Arak as being an active agent of death.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Scourge of Arak a century before Prince Ingemar&#039;s words had not harmed life far beneath the surface of the land. Yet when the [[shadow fey]] emerged from their hidden kingdom of &#039;&#039;[[Niurin Scaa]]&#039;&#039; (&quot;Shadow Nether&quot;) it was to survey their loss. The surface dwelling [[Arakians]], who had been an excellent diversion from the &#039;&#039;ennui&#039;&#039; of eternity, were no more. Fortunately, others came to the land of [[the Arak]]. There were dwarves and gnome seeking their lost kin. There were looters and treasure seekers too. Those who failed to quit the land before dark risked being carried off as play things of the Arak. As the flow of visitors to Arak shrank, a visitor&#039;s risk of being buried alive under miles of stone grew. Until it became accepted wisdom in Darkon, Nova Vaasa and [[Tepest]] that anyone who dared the hours of the night in their unwanted neighbour would end up entombed without a trace beneath its stone.</div></td></tr> </table>

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