#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) final meta post

Well folks, I'm done. Tried to make it to June 30 but this head cold done me in.

I want to thank those who encouraged me. I would have given up long ago if not for you.

This project was a love letter to The Adventure Zone Ethersea and @evilhat's Scum & Villainy, and I hope one day they get to see it.

And maybe some day I can polish what I have into a full playable setting, with stats and all. Who knows?

Full project at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/26

Anticipation of the Songbird (faction - weird [revision])
A gathering of elder collectors obsessed with the pre-Cataclysm world. These malcontents and dreamers buy – and sometimes steal – any artifacts they can find that come from the Time Before, and store them in a in a private room in the back of the Albatross University in Second Hope. The dream of the Anticipation is that, if they gather...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/25

Amon’s Angels (faction - criminal [revision])

A cartel of gangsters running a protection racket out of Destiny’s Reach. The Angels were brought together a decade ago by the unscrupulous Amon Tobbler, who brought together various small gangs to work together instead of fighting for turf. The Angels bill themselves as guardians of the local merchants, but their “wards” need the most protection...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/24

The Edge Lords (faction - weird [revision])
A gang of dark sorcerers founded by ex-Flow Rider Shith Anaksin, who peered over the edge of the Delvin Trench into the abyss and found something malevolent staring back. Unlike the Flow Riders, who pledge to help others and only use their powers offensively as a last resort, the Edge Lords are willing and eager to hurt people with their magic if it...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/23

The Flow Riders (faction - weird [revision])

A mystical order of ascetic monks dedicated to the study and practice of The Flow, an omnipresent magical energy that, according to Flow Rider lore, ‘pervades and connects everything in the ocean.’ Most who have heard of The Flow dismiss the idea as fantastic, magical sea water, but at virtually any bar or tavern in Balforam Alhezar, there's a grizzled...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/22

Starless Waystations (location - The Vast)

The Starless Navigators oversee of the documented Trade Currents, and in order to maintain that control they have established a network of waystations at the currents’ various ingress and egress points. Travelers hoping to use the Currents must visit one of these waystations to pay a toll based on size and weight, as well as provide a manifest of any...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/21

The World Enders (faction - weird [revision])

A Second Hope-based doomsday cult dedicated to heralding – and in some cases actively hastening – several prophecies about a coming apocalypse. Many attempts have been made to point out to them that the Great Cataclysm – an apocalypse – has already occured, and thus that current Balforam civilization, and the World Enders themselves, already...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/20

Tomb of Lyral Den (location - Durgan's Landing)

A few hundred yards outside the main settlement of Durgan's Landing sits a well-guarded statue and burial site for Lyral Den, sibling to Founder Lora Den and – as many Landers know – the unofficial Seventh Founder. The specifics of Lyral's involvement with the Founders, and the circumstances surrounding Lyral's death, remain publicly a mystery...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/19

The Founders (faction - establishment [revision])

Durgan's Landing was founded by a collective of six settlers, Durgan Spatchcock, Lora Den, Mek Penstel, Sharm Byreg, Prof. Agra Krill, and Dr. Facsimile "Fax" Natsin. A decade later, those six settlers still run things, each with their own domain. Durgan serves as the prefecture's namesake, but no one Founder sits above the other five...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/18

Agar’s Unexpected Boons (location - The Vast)

Among the Garangal pantheon, Agar is a demigod described as a benevolent – or at least benign – trickster merchant. Generally appearing in the form of a Garangal (though shapeshifting is a power ascribed to every Garangal deity), in the stories Agar is usually encountered running a shop not too near, but not too far from, a major settlement...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/17

The Imperial Progeny (faction - establishment)

Monarch Yelzner’s nine children spend their days lounging in the lap of luxury, and their nights scheming against each other for the throne. Yelzner has no love for primogeniture, as the youngest child of the previous ruler, and has never bothered to declare an heir. The ranks of the Imperial Progeny is treacherous within, as each is ready and willing...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/16

The Traveling Plants (faction - weird)

One can encounter all sorts of unusual people in the Alhezar, and few are as unusual as the garrulous plant folk that occasionally pop up, alone or in pairs, at remote outposts and trading hubs. When asked about their origins, these chatty tree people tell tales of sprouting in a distant ocean garden (they have little use for names, so the exact location of...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/15

The Pron Legacy (faction - criminal)

There are those among the denizens of the deep who see and present themselves as the descendants – whether literally or metaphorically – of the Pron. No actual credible evidence supports these claims, but many of these deluded souls have banded together to lay claim to the legacy they believe belongs to them. Usually, this means ineffectual protests...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/14

Atelas Commerce Center (location - Destiny’s Reach)

The official government seat of Destiny’s Reach is in the Civic District, where Chat Digsby holds office, but the real governance happens at the Atelas Commerce Center in Finance District, headquarters to the Association of Commerce and the true power center of the city. Business deals are brokered in the conference rooms of Atelas that have...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/13

The Governor’s Complex (location - Gangalang)

Balforam visitors to Gangalang would do well to stop by the Governor’s Complex in Foreign Cluster, which serves not only as a combination welcome-center-and-embassy of sorts, but also, behind layers of security, the nerve center of Governor Talen Kot’s government. Of course most Garangal have no business in the Governor’s Complex, aside from those...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/12

Sandhopper Jumble (location - Durgan’s Landing)

Every weekend, the center plaza of Market Dome in Durgan’s Landing hosts a gathering of the Lander community for exchange of news and secondhand items. The whole event is sanctioned by the Founders, and organized and overseen by Founder Mek Penstel. The exchange of currency is forbidden during the Sandhopper Jumble; every trade must be by barter only...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/11

Anchar Leudz’s Traveling Goods (location - The Vast)

From time to time, any mariner crew might find itself, despite the best preparations, without one or the other of several essential goods to any ocean voyage: rations, spare ship parts, fuel, or small bits of entertainment to make long journeys bearable. With luck, these wayward mariners will encounter a tiny, round submersible operated by a...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/10

The Maybe Not (legendary location - The Vast)

Very little is known about the Dream Leviathan, aside from its massive size, fantastical appearance, and the fact it resides within the Delvin Trench. The Leviathan is commonly believed to have a connection to the dreams – and nightmares – of everyone living beneath the ocean waves, and legend has it that deep down in the trench there are caverns...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/9

The Dry Homesteader (location - Durgan’s Landing)

When local ranchers visit Durgan’s Landing to unload their goods, they like to kick their feet up at the Dry Homesteader, a tavern and pub near the entrance to Market Dome. Co-owned by Founder Lora Den and business partner Tuohy Smallfish, the Homesteader offers hearty meals, refreshing drinks, and most importantly, a comfortable place to come in...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]

#Dungeon23 (#World23 #Sector23) entry 6/8

The Pron (background [revision])

A people that inhabited the Alhezar millennia before the founding of Second Hope. Pron ruins dot the ocean floor, and have been the focus of much archaeological study. The Pron possessed technology far beyond anything Balfora has developed on its own, and the seams between magic and science in Pron tech are virtually invisible. Despite capturing the public...

[full post & archives at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0PQbrp8Xrz38q8aj4stnmuChmkEMRe8yigHZrd6EFQ]