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Chthonic Codex
Paolo Greco
其他書名
On the Things Beneath the Valley of Fire
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-05-19
主題Games & Activities / Role Playing & Fantasy
ISBN15086348829781508634881
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1dfosgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Academies, Magic, Murder, RuinsPolitics, Survival, Initiations, Spelunkingand a Lake of Iridescent Mana-tarIn a bend between the Spine and the Orient Sea lies the Valley of Fire.The Valley is a desert plateau scoured by raging deflagration. Piles of rubble and ruins few and far between, huge billowing flames venting from the karsts, canyons and crevices crisscrossing the valley.You have no reason to be there. Go home. Or come underground.Under the desert, hidden from sight and the scorching sun, in these very canyons, karsts and crevices rivers flow and life abounds. Trees, ivy, honeysuckle, fungal sprawls and fauna teems nestled in the moist chthonic cavities, protected from the inhospitable inferno above us.Over the millennia witch hunts, war, distrust and persecution drove to the Valley both monstrosities and practitioners of the occult arts. Here they found even weirder beings and more inexplicable phenomena.To resist the vexing environment and wanton aggression covenants and congregations were formed. Eventually the Schools of Magic were founded; as they started accepting apprentices a greater influx of young, foolish and ambitious students came to the Hypogea. But conflict continued. Many schools were destroyed, together with their immense knowledge.The Five Great Schools left joined in a Conspiracy, to find strength through numbers, to keep their friends close, and to keep their enemies even closer. Together they elect the Grand Sorcerer of the Valley of Fire, to lead them through the Dark.There were more. They've torn each other apart.The ruins of their greatness lie before us.