SUBMIT LORE ADDITIONS TO DM!

• Gharash is at risk of being replaced by the Illithid elders
• The Illithids are at war at the other end of their space empire
• H'kartha is at the fringe of the Pelai empires
• H'kartha is important because of magical plants and compounds found there
• An ancient powerful evil stirs in Fel Gador and worries the Hegemon
• Dreamquests can be ways of seeking information as well as going up levels
• Yudenaithe could prove a great aid in helping battle the evil of the Great Old Ones.Yudenaithe is an Ishandeshee Pirate King, and the new ruler of Qarnaa which he took from the Pelai. Yudenaithe turned out to be a member of the Siderthe race, whom the elves called Prometheans. Yudenaithe is the reincarnation of Melikkainu who helped fight the Dark Overlord.
• There is no clear distinction between Demons and Devils in this world, they mix and are known as Diabolos.
• There are slave bazaars in the Delta and Muerrinstan
• At the Place of Places there is a secret portal network that can take you anywhere. It links the qwizathek, an ancient system of portals around the world, and to the Nexus of Worlds or so the legends go, but they may exaggerate
• The Hammer has alarms if anything teleports inside the ship
• Gruumsh: the All-Seeing is the demon-god/leader of the Fel Marshes and of the orcs. His citadel is Fel Gador. He is described as a large battle-scarred orc or hobgoblin with a single, central eye. He is lawful evil in alignment. He is also called Urukhasta (God of the Uruk River)
• SETHU, JAL KAALITH-AL-KHOSUL: The Dark Lord of Night, Bane of the High Desert, Lord of the Blasphemous Hosts. Nyarlathotep, Harbinger of the Great Old Ones, the Crawling Chaos, A Lost God, whose spirit haunted the deserts on the winds, the cult of Sethu was thought lost until the reign of Marghash when it experienced a revival. Marghash turned on the cult and attempted to supress it at the end of his reign, but the subsequent chaos has allowed the cult to survive. It is connected with the demon-loving Horned Society in some unclear fashion.
• The AGES: Age of the Nine Nations of Man, The Age of Six Empires, the Age of Terrors and Triumphs, the Age of Darkness with the Wars of the Black Host, the Age of Heroes, the Age of Wonders and the Age of Sorrows. Each of these Ages (eras) followed a cycle of about fifty centuries, after which there was a limited remaking of the world by a wielder of the Demonstone.
• Jil-al and Yaal-Jhak are known as the FATES. They are involved in what they call the Great Game of Destinies.
• The fates Jil-al and Yaal-Jhak are somehow connected to the Helix Spiders, that spin the threads of the Fabric of Reality and the Webs of Fortune.
• The first Sibyl is the oldest time elemental.
• 1st Sibyl said (in ArdorÕsi dream quest) ÒThe victory of the Old Ones is inextricable, inevitable, unavoidable and necessary, from the making of the Helix to its unmaking is a closed circle going round and round. It will come one day, it must come one day.Ó
• The 1st Sibyl also said: Ò'Still the time of the Illithids is passing, and new powers terrorize the stars.'Ó
• Souls can be retrieved via the Soul Retrieval NWP or spells like Trap the Soul
• Old Ones:
  • Titan is another name for the Old Ones. The Ò5 Anchors of EvilÓ referenced in legend are the Tombs of the Titans. There are 9 great Old Ones each with their own tomb, but there are only 5 tombs. How this could be is a conundrum to mortals.
  • Dark Overlord: The possessed Emperor Hujuile of Celephais has come down through the mists of time as the figure known as the Dark Overlord. The six empires fell under the sway of this dread tyrant who ruled most of the continent for over 200 years. This realm is known as the Second Empire of Man. During this time unspeakable rites were carried out by the Dark Overlord to revive his masters, the nine Old Ones, greatest of the Titans, whose essences had grown quite weak since the days long past when they had reigned. Nine sacred artifacts were sought by the Dark Overlord which could be turned to his unholy purposes completing the task of returning the Old Ones to their dominions. Six great heroes thwarted this effort, utilizing the Demonstone in a great showdown of which little is known save that the Dark Overlord was overthrown.
  • The magics that were invoked against the Dark Overlord began to unravel the fabric of the universe setting off a chain reaction that unleashed a terror of natural cataclysms that shook H'kartha for ten years. Cydarthia was destroyed and remade by earthquake, volcanoes and flame, and its ruined landscape rebuilt anew.
  • However some men escaped the destruction in sheltered corners and others travelled through the Place of All Places to the world of Tellus with whom our world H'kartha has an ancient connection. Continents from the world of Tellus have just recently appeared on HÕKartha.
  • The 9 greatest Titans summoned by the Dark Overlord: Cthulhu, Hastur, Taleth-Krun, Shub-Niggurath, Cthughakhyos, Ithaqua-Iup, Mirax-rynos, Tzathak-Pitlos, and Kyaal-Ghur
  • The 9 sacred artifacts of the Dark overlord: Jewel of Abankarxas, Ring of Ylith, Staff of Shakrakah, Crown of Kolinthe, Scimitar of Nebuchnaar, the Tapestry of the Jann Hosts, the Maul of the Dao Lord, the Drums of Vaalek-Kul, The Demonstone
• Souls can be kept in gems or special soul vials. The vials cost about 430-500 gp each depending on your bargaining. Each gem or vial can be re-reused 3-5 times.