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[[Image:MasterRavenwood.gif|thumb|The Master Ravenwood]] | [[Image:MasterRavenwood.gif|thumb|The Master Ravenwood]] | ||
{{Template:Organization | |||
| orgName=Glomdoring, the Heart of Darkness | |||
| currLeader=Salome | |||
| govName=Shadow Court | |||
| currGov=Eliron, Crek, Siam, Tau, Xenthos, Niico | |||
| Patron=[[Nocht]] | |||
| Pantheon=[[Viravain]], [[Nocht]], [[Shikari]], [[Manteekan]] | |||
| PolStructure=Conquest | |||
| GoveStyle=Benign | |||
| currVillages=[[Ptoma]] | |||
| Guilds=[[Shadowdancers]], [[Blacktalon]], [[Ebonguard]], [[Harbingers]], [[Nekotai (class)|Nekotai]]}} | |||
Sprawled across the southeastern hills lays the foreboding Glomdoring forest. It is a place where shadows live and nightmares manifest. Those who venture uninvited returned shaken, mumbling incoherently of monsters of thorn and soil, horrors of shadow. Under the malevolent gaze of Crow and Mother Night the community of Glomdoring has come to name the place home. Within its shadowy borders, five guilds came to existence: The Shadowdancers, Blacktalon, Ebonguard, Harbingers, and Nekotai. Together they work as a single unit to spread the glory of their forest throughout the Basin, personifying the wrath and power that are Glomdoring. Weakness is not tolerated and total loyalty is demanded. Those weak of heart and mind have nothing to seek in the forest of no mercy. | Sprawled across the southeastern hills lays the foreboding [[Glomdoring]] forest. It is a place where shadows live and nightmares manifest. Those who venture uninvited returned shaken, mumbling incoherently of monsters of thorn and soil, horrors of shadow. Under the malevolent gaze of [[Crow]] and [[Mother Night]] the community of Glomdoring has come to name the place home. Within its shadowy borders, five guilds came to existence: The [[Shadowdancers]], [[Blacktalon]], [[Ebonguard]], [[Harbingers]], and [[Nekotai (class)|Nekotai]]. Together they work as a single unit to spread the glory of their forest throughout the [[Basin of Life|Basin]], personifying the wrath and power that are Glomdoring. Weakness is not tolerated and total loyalty is demanded. Those weak of heart and mind have nothing to seek in the forest of no mercy. | ||
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==Landmarks== | ==Landmarks== | ||
===The Master Ravenwood Tree=== | |||
At the center of a putrefied glen rises the Master Ravenwood Tree, the nexus of power of the Glomdoring commune. Once shattered when the Taint enveloped the forest, the Master Ravenwood was remade when the commune opened once more to the Basin and the Wyrd took its supremacy. Towering above all the other trees of the forest, its twisted roots are ever shrouded in black mist. | |||
===Drums of the Dead=== | |||
Made from ravenwood and bloodstained skins, the Drums of the Dead serve as the primary defense of the Glomdoring from spiritual attack. While it beats, the Mighty Crow cannot be slain, the Master Ravenwood is protected, and the rituals of Rowena and Brennan are able to draw prophecies from Mother Night. | |||
===The Black Tower=== | ===The Black Tower=== | ||
Rising high among the trees of the Glomdoring forest is the Black Tower. Set on the northeastern part of the forest, it houses the different needs of the trades of the commune as well as a number of other important places and artifacts such as the Arcane Library of Glomdoring and the Chamber of Night. At the peak of the Tower is Night's Needle, wrought from crimson chitin and houses the astrolabe of the forest. | Rising high among the trees of the Glomdoring forest is the Black Tower. Set on the northeastern part of the forest, it houses the different needs of the trades of the commune as well as a number of other important places and artifacts such as the Arcane Library of Glomdoring and the Chamber of Night. At the peak of the Tower is Night's Needle, wrought from crimson chitin and houses the astrolabe of the forest. | ||
===Spider's Larder=== | ===Spider's Larder=== | ||
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===Temple of the Wyrd=== | ===Temple of the Wyrd=== | ||
An altar imbued with the power of the Wyrd rests at the center of this temple along shrines to the Great Spirits of Glomdoring, Crow and Night. Alcoves to the five beasts - widow, wasp, beetle, bat, and scorpion - also adorn the temple. Within a shadow glade lives Ulthaed Fangleaf, studying ways to empower the Glomdoring Forest. | |||
===Wasp Hive=== | ===Wasp Hive=== | ||
Dug deep under Glomdoring is a hive of gigantic wasps. Ruled by a wasp queen at its deepest chamber, the hive recognizes no other loyalty, not even to the commune of Glomdoring. However, they are prized sources of poisons and are vital to the forest. | |||
==Market== | ==Market== | ||
Beneath the Glomdoring forest lies the subterranean market network of the commune. Numerous shops, including the commodities cache, the post office, the news room, and the bank line the tunnels. Caratacus, the Locksmith, also resides in his workshop, while Aello and Celaeno man games such as blackjack and roulette in their respective caves. | |||
Aside from housing the shops of Glomdoring, the tunnels serve as quick transportation to other key locations of the forest. Through these caverns one can reach the Black Tower, the Portals of Glomdoring, and even find the formidable Ebonglom Wyrdling. | |||
==Notable Denizens== | ==Notable Denizens== | ||
*[[ | *[[Brennan Stormcrow]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Rowena Nightshade]] | ||
*[[Ulthaed Fangleaf]] | |||
*[[Swampghast|The Swampghast]] | *[[Swampghast|The Swampghast]] | ||
*[[Ebonglom Wyrdling]] | *[[Ebonglom Wyrdling]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Filib Inseira]], caretaker of the Stables of the Wyrden Thorn | ||
*[[Caratacus]], the Locksmith of Glomdoring | *[[Caratacus]], the Locksmith of Glomdoring | ||
*[[Aello]], the harpy dealer | *[[Aello]], the harpy dealer | ||
*[[Celaeno]], the harpy spinner | *[[Celaeno]], the harpy spinner | ||
*[[Milara]], Ward of Bomani | *[[Milara]], Ward of Bomani | ||
*[[Otekrug|Master Otekrug]] | *[[Otekrug|Master Otekrug]] | ||
*[[Grutina|Grutina Oakvine]] | *[[Grutina|Grutina Oakvine]] | ||
[[Category:Cities and Communes]] | |||