In my upcoming Advanced Fighting Fantasy game I will not be using the world provided in the book (which is called Titan). Instead I will be using my own setting which has no title. Hopefully I will be fleshing it out more with some regular blog posts here. First up is Stones Landing, the city from which the characters will be embarking from for their adventures.
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Stones Landing is the first, and so far
only, established city along the Blighted Coast of the continent of
Anmar. A continent that suffered much devastation in the previous
sundering that nearly wiped out world clean. After isolation of
nearly a hundred years Captain Abigale Stone dropped anchor in the
remains of what was once a mighty sea side fortress forty years ago.
The first years were fraught with peril from both a harsh environment
and the twisted inhabitants what lived in the surrounding areas. The
Bane was not kind to those who lived here before.
But with continued support from the
Kingdom of Sil-Tarran there has been a slow claiming of the old keep
and the surrounding areas. Clusters of houses, shops, stables and
others structures have been erected with much haste and little
planning. The result is a ramshackle city that resembles more of a
township that simply keeps building on top of itself.
Nearby farmland has been replanted and
is slowly providing crops once again. Along with a nearby mine that
is giving forth ore after more than a century of silence. But the
real bounty that is sought is that which is brought back by the brave
few who venture forth into the depths of Anmar. Traveling what is
left of the old roads and braving the creatures who lurk there. It
has become a dream for adventurers seeking fame and, most
importantly, fortune. But for every one who achieves this there are
easily ten who have perished.
Some points have been mapped out and
areas explored. But even those can warrant many hazards as the
twisted remains of the Orc tribes regularly move around like blood
hungry nomads. Or the occasional monstrosity created by the
Nepentheans during the Sundering will make their way towards the new
establishments of men. Entire small villages that have attempted to
lay root at some distance from Stones Landing have vanished
overnight. Leaving only burnt buildings, blood and the dead behind.
Those who seek to travel beyond the
safety of the city can find anything they may need before leaving
it's protected walls. Rations, arms and armor, information that may
be of dubious worth, even some relics that others have brought back.
Of course it's all for a price and coin is what the people who live
here are after.
