Gwyfned Fables & Folklore
Gwyfned’s mountain culture is founded on liberality, literature, and worldliness.
Recurring Theme, Lore, or Symbolism
- Beneath Gwyfned City, hidden from daylight and prying eyes by the Gwyfned’s extensive catacombs, lies the Underchurch. This is a non-orthodox sect of the greater Church, but it practices a sort of beneficent necromancy, cult of the dead, fetish variant of the Faith. The Underchurch’s secret clergymen are all standard clerics from the visible, above-ground church. For more information about this sect, refer to “Heresy.”
Local Creatures
- There are many local creatures here. For example, in Gwyfned City, there are vampires, as well as elder vampires, vampire familiars, and mannequins. See "Bestiary" for descriptions.
- High in the mountains themselves, ghost winds and roving families of troglodytes are found.
- On desolate mountainsides, there live lone mondigs, or packs of cynocephalus (both civilized and feral)
Historical Figures
- Major historical figures in Gwyfned include the kings Wollyn the Wise, Tyrell the Pale, and Osrick Iron-Arm.
Heroes & Monsters of Myth and Folklore
- This region is replete with singular monsters, including Ma Pharcus and her lair on Mount Thrandorr.
- Lord Dust in Gwyfned City.
- Boward and his pack of civilized cynochephalus roaming the Lower Aendrils.
- Ghol, the “God of Vampires,” and Talespinner near Farer’s Point and the ruins of Civis Noir.
Historical Sites
- There are a few noteworthy historical sites here, such as the Basilica of Gwyfned, which is a huge pilgrimage attraction.
- Civis Noir, the ruined capital of the extinct Noirites, and source-point for vampires, lies near Farer’s Point.
- The Museum of Abragor is reputed once to have stood high on the slopes of Mount Lissoine, well above Gwyfned City.
- Crombles’ Mansion, haunted and mysterious, is in the Heights Ward of Gwyfned City.
- Haldaran Mountain, which has never been summitted and is considered unassailable, stands in Cloudbridge.
- The Howling Pyrell Forest, haunted by dangerous orbs and will-o’-the-wisp beings, stands in Khellidor.
Material History
- Maille making is a key industry Gwyfned, with the various steps in production are distributed around the country. Gwyfnedi Rune Maille is the rare magik variant of this luxury kit, and supremely valuable and collected throughout the empire. Rune maille is always magik, and each super-fine, double-riveted link is stamped with a charged rune. Its magik powers and proof level may vary.
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