"...[name] stood in the [name2] Hall, a hundred
peers watching from the galleys above. She called her Provider's
name, and all could feel the power she commanded. [name3] summoned
his wards, but all that watched knew his efforts were in vain.
The next name she offered was his, and the misery of [name3]
was legend."
translated from Dekàlan
fragment
found in ruined Ildûn
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Gazetteer
> Teréthor >
North Coast > Oth
> Narmurth
Present
(4/3606 ER) 653 DR
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Narmurth
(North Shore) |
The Narmurth region of Oth extends from Kry Shurulm
to the Dnur Fen. A collection of small fishing
villages...
Towns |
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- Aldale. (village)
- Argud. (hamlet)
- Botton Liche. (village)
- Darada. (hamlet)
- Fellis Port. (village)
- Gulshart. (hamlet)
- Irwal. (small
town)
- Scruwl. (village)
- Wurm. (village)
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Landmarks |
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- Elvehed
Tavern. The Elvehed Tavern is a
two-story Gulshart building a few blocks
from the shores of Argud's Sound. The
tavern is known for its collection of ancient
artifacts which are displayed throughout
the main room. Old broken swords and
shields hang from the walls, and an the old
Elve skull is mounted above the fireplace
to keep the Werrid at bay.
- Gibbet
Hill. Gibbet Hill is a set of
mounds north of Kry Shurulm where criminals
are taken to be executed or publicly imprisoned
/ humiliated. Only
those criminals that have been judged by
the High Lord or a representative acting
on the Lord's behalf are brought to this
windswept place. Presiding over a
collection of rusted and broken apparatuses
stand three posts. A gibbet creaks
and turns at the end of a heavy chain from
the first post.
A large iron bar hangs from a ring
atop the second post, a device used to hang
multiple persons. The last post is
crowned by a iron wheel fixed with chain
restraints to hold a person prone before
the heavens until they starve, or the gods
take mercy. The
wheel is a special punishment, for the law
allows friends and family to offer food
and water to the condemned from the ground,
so long as they do not touch the pole, the
wheel, or the person. It is similarly
allowable to "lance" the condemned
from the ground, though no wound may be
mortal. These
posts are surrounded by shallows in the tall
grasses where the condemned are buried by
guards or loved ones. It is a crime
to remove any condemned person from the
hilltop, whether alive or dead. It
is common for loved ones to bring a shovel
when visiting the condemned. On the
windward side of the hill are situated
two half-circle rows of heavy cages along
two flagstone paths.
At the center of these boxes is a small
stone fire-ring where firebrands can be
shoved into glowing coals. Most of
these cages are broken and serve as nests
for animals but the few that have survived
the centuries ocassionally are fitted with
military prisoners.
In recent years the cages have been
filled with captured Urdari. Unlike
the top of Gibbet Hill, there are few laws
governing the prisoners that are brought
here.
Most that are brought to the Cages
do not survive to tell their tale.
- Graves
of Darad. A series of standing hilltop
stones within the present-day borders of the
Northwoods. The stones are believed
to mark the graves of early Ezira priests
and kings. At one time the ivy-shrouded
menhirs may have been carved with intricate
designs, but those patterns are long worn
away. The site is known as Daráda
to druids of the region who warn that that
the grove is heavily warded against any who
might wish to defile the ancient bones.
- Northwall
Inn stands on the outside of Oth's north
wall. Primarily a military watering
hole, the inn consists of a central inn, a
general store, a fish market, scattered staff
residences, warehouses and a good stable.
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Notes
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- Placenames: ...
- Fem. Names: ...
- Masc. Names: ...
- Year calculation checked with year_calc.xls
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