Traveler's Guide to the Feywood

To many of the Folk, mention of the name "Feywood" evokes images of dense forests filled with tiny sprites, pixies, and the like darting about. These images are not incorrect! But the Feywood is much more. It is a place of remarkable creatures, both friendly and frighteningly deadly. It is a place with a long history, where some Folk have lived for thousands of years, and others are just discovering as a place to make a home. The Folk who have settled there are warm, friendly, and fiercely independent, but they remember their roots as well. In all my journeys, it is the place I most look forward to returning to.

— Excerpt from foreward of Traveler's Guide to the Feywood by Khala the Traveler

One of the most well-known authors in Endmere is the Taxlatl known as Khala the Traveler. She is famous for her "Traveler's Guide" series of works that are considered essential reading for Folk that are visiting a new part of the world for the first time, and especially for those who plan on making a go at an Adventuring career. Since settling down (at least for a time) in Endmere, Khala has published Travler's Guides recounting her exploration of places as far off as Tyrnabay and the Awkwana homelands, but it is her latest work, the Traveler's Guide to the Feywood, that has generated the most excitement - and sales.

Content Overview

Khala spent approximately two years traversing the Feywood - from the years 2162 to 2164CR. During this time, she visted - at least briefly - every one of mostly Human frontier settlements, including the mining camps of Stannilode, Ferrilode, and Crystal Rock. (She has little good to say about these three destinations.) In addition to describing the accomodations and services that one would expect to find when journeying to places in the Feywood, she also describes the people and their outlook on life and the sort of welcome a first-time visitor might expect. Any special customs or taboos that a new visitor should be aware of are also explained.

A history section provides a brief summary of the Feywood as it has evolved through the years. This section includes discussion of the the first migrations of the Humanfolk into the northern portions of the region before the Great Strife. It also includes an extensive discussion of the "lost city" of the Taxlatl that once stood where the Feywood Fens now fester. Khala spent several months in the Fens area alone, allegedly in search of traces of this lost city.

The natural wonders of the Feywood are described in detail. An entire segment of the work is devoted to descriptions of the many types of Fey creatures that a visitor might possibly encounter -- including not just the various Nymphs, but also the Gremlins that make the Feywood their home. Other creatures - many unique to the Feywood - are also described.

Traveler's Guide to the Feywood

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Title

Traveler's Guide to the Feywood

Author

Khala the Traveler

Publication Date

2169CR

Finally, a part of the work is dedicated to the handful of notable individuals that a visitor might wish to meet -- or to avoid.

All in all, the work is a complete guide that any Adventurer or other visitor to the Feywood would consider a valuable resource.

Publication Details

Khala drafted the manuscript for the book as she always does - using quill and ink on sheafs of cut paper. As she has done with all of her works, the original is written in Commonspeech. She then immediately drafts her own translation into Taxlatl. Other translations are done later by hired specialists who work from the commonspeech text. The original manuscripts, both of which she had bound in finely tooled leather with gold-leaf lettering, currently reside in her own library alongside the original copies of her other works.

To distribute the Commonspeech version of her work, Khala uses the services of the Dwalev publishing company ??, located in Endmere. Their use of the Dwalev invention which they call the "Mechanical Ink Stamper", allows for the rapid production of print copies of the text. Two versions of cover are used: a cheaper product is made with soft leather covers with the title and author "burned" into the leather. Hardcover editions feature embossed covers filled with either silver or gold leaf.

To date, over 4500 printed copies - at costs of 5gp for the softcover and 12gp for the hardcover editions - of the work have been sold in Endmere alone, making this work Khala's best seller.

I highly recommend that anyone with the desire to travel to fascinating places, and the means to make a journey of several months, should make every effort to visit the Feywood. It is an ancient and beautiful place. It is a place filled with friendly Folk - if you stay on the traveled roads. And it is a place of challenging adventure if you are the type for whom the traveled roads are not interesting. And if you stop in the Bugbear's Head Inn, tell Theodric and Branwyne that Khala said hello.

— Excerpt from afterword of Traveler's Guide to the Feywood by Khala the Traveler

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