scholarmage Progress Report
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Alhazarde Comet
The skies above the Sundered Lands hold a strangely green-tinged comet every two centuries, from which strange lumps of metallic Star Jade sometimes fall - gifting spellcasters who use them with unusual powers.
Cleansing the Temple of Set
The party of heroes discovers a secret passage beneath an obelisk in the desert encampment. Following it, a hidden temple of the dark god Set is revealed, with a group of evil cultists preparing a ritual to unleash horrors.
Khonsu
The ancient pharaoh Khonsu was both an exceptional ruler, and exceptionally evil. Rumoured to have taken the throne by murdering her father, she took the Empire to new heights of power and wealth.
Pyramid of Khonsu
The enormous pyramid of the Pharaoh Khonsu is rumoured to be filled with the immense treasures she amassed during her lifetime.
Star Jade / Starfall Ore
Star Jade, or green starmetal, is a metallic mineral which some spellcasters have discovered can be used to extend their lives and grant exceptional magical abilities.
Crimson Rock Hydra
With a rocky-looking skin and the ability to wait in torpor for passing prey, rock hydras are deadly ambush predators in the desert.
Giant Scorpion
Giant scorpions are Blight-twisted monsters capable of secreting an extraordinarily deadly poison from their stingers, and can smash stone with their pincers or a blow from their tail.
Blight
The Blight is a strange sickness which turns plants into predatory animal-hunters, animals into vicious berserkers, and insects into giants.
Ruined Temple Complex
The temple complex near sage Fikri al-Soltani's tower has almost been swallowed by the sands, but still has many secrets awaiting discovery.
Fikri al-Soltani's Tower
The sage Fikri al-Soltani built a tower, seemingly overnight, next to the ruins of an ancient temple complex to allow him to more easily explore them.
Specialty Services Brokerage
The Brokerage arranges discreet meetings between people with special skills and knowledge, and those who have need of them - everything from bodyguards to assassins and counter-assassins, plus much more.
Muammar el-Saadeh
Former spymaster and assassin Muammar el-Saadeh now makes a living arranging meetings between people with special skills and knowledge, and those who have need of them.
Kenaf
Kenaf is a fast-growing woody bush with a multitude of uses, cultivated by the farms surrounding Lake Ka-Tepi.
Al-Akbar Stables
The stables run by Bandar al-Akbar provide safe and high-quality accommodations and care for both normal and exotic riding animals.
Bandar al-Akbar
A former camel herdsman who made enough money to open his own stable, Bandar al-Akbar and his grooms are renowned for their skill with the animals for which they care.
Mage's Maze
Mage's Maze is a popular board game in Azoria, using living creatures to run a maze while the casters reshape the maze to aid their own creature and hinder their opponent.
Desert Lizardfolk
The lizardfolk tribes of the deep southern desert descend from the ancient saurians that ruled before the rise of humans, and bitterly resist any encroachment on their territory.
Ka-Tepi Bazaar
The Bazaar attracts sellers and buyers from all over the Desert of Desolation, and is the lifeblood of the town of Ka-Tepi.
Swiftbright Messages
Starting as a letter-writing scribe, Swiftbright Messages has expanded to a fast and reliable courier service.
The Swayback Camel
The Swayback Camel is a tavern of ill repute and worse appearance, frequented by those with little coin to spend looking for a cheap meal and cheaper beer.
Zardis
The puritanical anti-magic nation of Zardis is fiercely isolationist and xenophobic, executing any individuals even suspected of magic use.
Haglands
The Haglands are a marshy region unclaimed by any nation save the covens of hags which dwell within, and allow humans only on sufferance.
Blue Demon of the Desert
The ancient behir known as 'The Blue Demon of the Desert' has preyed upon passing caravans for centuries, but nobody has ever managed to defeat it, or track it to its lair.
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