Golemgame:Setting
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===Njall-yusog=== | ===Njall-yusog=== | ||
The Njall-yusog are a liberal splinter sect within the Njall, who dispute the idea that the original Njall was an immortal, godlike figure. Instead, through many years of research they have come to the conclusion that he was an Elan (and that, in out of game terms, he was an epic-level Erudite). Those belonging to the Njall-yusog that are not Elans usually undergo the ritual that creates an Elan from a mortal race. However, often they no longer wish to take the blessing of Njall after the procedure (since their old mind and experience are gone) and leave to wander the world. | The Njall-yusog are a liberal splinter sect within the Njall, who dispute the idea that the original Njall was an immortal, godlike figure. Instead, through many years of research they have come to the conclusion that he was an Elan (and that, in out of game terms, he was an epic-level Erudite). Those belonging to the Njall-yusog that are not Elans usually undergo the ritual that creates an Elan from a mortal race. However, often they no longer wish to take the blessing of Njall after the procedure (since their old mind and experience are gone) and leave to wander the world. | ||
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| + | ==The Gilded Brothers== | ||
| + | The Gilded Brothers are a loose organization of merchant princes that control most of the trade flowing along the south coast of former Agan holdings. Not all merchants can afford to pay the steep membership fees that the Gilded Brothers demand, but all who do enjoy the protection of one of the world's most organized navies, as well as a healthy number of mercenaries and powerful heroes that are under the Gilded Brothers' thumb in one way or another: the guild is known for sponsoring many a promising mage or warrior to pursue an otherwise dangerous and often unrewarding path. They also hold a considerable amount of influence in Somila, and those ignorant of Appabaganna's shadier dealings have much reason to believe that the Gilded Brothers essentially control that city. Rumour has it that one of the merchant princes (though nobody can agree on whether it is the de facto leader Phaedrus the kobold, the richest member Thutmose the human, or the mysterious and private dwarf Asmundar) is actually immortal, outlived the war and started the Brothers with the fleets and wealth that he has been amassing since time immemorial. The last of the four great princes that composes the leadership is an actual prince, the royal Thankarat of Phenn (the small green island off the coast of Kheret). He is known to be a great collector of curios, and has been known to adventure himself once in a while when no fool could be found to retrieve whatever caught the prince's fancy from a dangerous dungeon or haunted ruin. | ||
