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	The Mountains of the Moon - called the Mountains of Silence by the Axou - lie between the Empire and [[Axos]], to the east of [[Spiral]] and [[Zenith]], south of [[the Barrens]] and [[Therunin]]. Gaining access is very difficult; the mountains create a ring of stone that in many places proves impassable. The first challenge faced by Imperial scouts is finding a way through the high peaks. The only route that is even slightly accessible, the [[#Mislitel Pass\|Mislitel Pass]], leads to a confusing maze of narrow gulleys, passages, switchbacks, and tunnels.		The Mountains of the Moon - called the Mountains of Silence by the Axou - lie between the Empire and [[Axos]], to the east of [[Spiral]] and [[Zenith]], south of [[the Barrens]] and [[Therunin]]. Gaining access is very difficult; the mountains create a ring of stone that in many places proves impassable. The first challenge faced by Imperial scouts is finding a way through the high peaks. The only route that is even slightly accessible, the [[#Mislitel Pass\|Mislitel Pass]], leads to a confusing maze of narrow gulleys, passages, switchbacks, and tunnels.

	Following the eventual completion of the [[spy network]] the [[Senate]] had [[commission\|commissioned]] in [[Construct_spy_network_in_the_Mountains_of_the_Moon\|Winter 381YE]], a force of [[Imperial_Roll_of_Honour#Summer Solstice 382YE\|Imperial scouts]] was able to infiltrate the territory following the Summer Solstice 382YE, these scouts - especially those of Imperial Orc, Winterfolk, Urizen, and northern Varushkan origin - were able to risk a high altitude approach, pushing over the snow-covered mountain peaks and clambering down sometimes sheer cliffs with rope and piton. The rest are forced to risk ~~treachereous~~ mountain paths, impassable canyons, and thick forests to make their way into the heart of the Mountains of the Moon.		Following the eventual completion of the [[spy network]] the [[Senate]] had [[commission\|commissioned]] in [[Construct_spy_network_in_the_Mountains_of_the_Moon\|Winter 381YE]], a force of [[Imperial_Roll_of_Honour#Summer Solstice 382YE\|Imperial scouts]] was able to infiltrate the territory following the Summer Solstice 382YE, these scouts - especially those of Imperial Orc, Winterfolk, Urizen, and northern Varushkan origin - were able to risk a high altitude approach, pushing over the snow-covered mountain peaks and clambering down sometimes sheer cliffs with rope and piton. The rest are forced to risk treacherous mountain paths, impassable canyons, and thick forests to make their way into the heart of the Mountains of the Moon.

	Once access to the territory was actually achieved, Imperial scouts quickly discovered that they were far from the first people to pass over the mountains. There is a hitherto unknown but thriving community of [[orc\|orcs]] and humans - who call themselves the people of [[Tsark]] - living in a great valley at the heart of the Mountains of the Moon, apparently oblivious to the Empire.		Once access to the territory was actually achieved, Imperial scouts quickly discovered that they were far from the first people to pass over the mountains. There is a hitherto unknown but thriving community of [[orc\|orcs]] and humans - who call themselves the people of [[Tsark]] - living in a great valley at the heart of the Mountains of the Moon, apparently oblivious to the Empire.
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	===Temna===		===Temna===
	* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified		* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified
	Temna is a hilly territory to the ~~norh~~-east of Tsark. Unlike the grassy slopes of Naucini, the slopes here are barren and bare. In a few places, there are terraced gardens as in Obrotnik to the south, with settlements set around them to tend, but they are much less fruitful, and the orcs and humans who make their home here clearly have to work harder to produce food to sustain themselves. Still, they appear to live with the same stoic cheerfulness and considered stillness as the rest of the territory. Indeed, outside of Visoko, this is appears to be the region where the most time is dedicated to meditation and contemplation, as exemplified in the wondrous Bisir Meditative Gardens. To the east, the paths that lead upward and into the Zamok Pass - a viable route out of the territory for an army into the west of Axos - are guarded by the great white granite Fengari Gate. The Wall of the Luge towers to the west, and looking across Lake Tsark there are ~~paticularly~~ beautiful views of Merak Falls at dawn. The pulleys and platforms of the East Rising allow travel up the wall to the holy ground of Visoko.		Temna is a hilly territory to the north-east of Tsark. Unlike the grassy slopes of Naucini, the slopes here are barren and bare. In a few places, there are terraced gardens as in Obrotnik to the south, with settlements set around them to tend, but they are much less fruitful, and the orcs and humans who make their home here clearly have to work harder to produce food to sustain themselves. Still, they appear to live with the same stoic cheerfulness and considered stillness as the rest of the territory. Indeed, outside of Visoko, this is appears to be the region where the most time is dedicated to meditation and contemplation, as exemplified in the wondrous Bisir Meditative Gardens. To the east, the paths that lead upward and into the Zamok Pass - a viable route out of the territory for an army into the west of Axos - are guarded by the great white granite Fengari Gate. The Wall of the Luge towers to the west, and looking across Lake Tsark there are particularly beautiful views of Merak Falls at dawn. The pulleys and platforms of the East Rising allow travel up the wall to the holy ground of Visoko.

	===Visoko===		===Visoko===
	* '''Quality:''' Fortified		* '''Quality:''' Fortified
	The region of Visoko set on a high plateau that towers far above the rest of the territory. The Wall of the Luge - part ~~titantic~~ monument, part great battlements - is built into the steep cliff walls, transforming something hard-to-scale set into something nearly impassable. Atop the plateau, the air is quiet and supremely peaceful. There is a sense of calm dignity across the region, where old hermits - overwhelmingly orcs - sit and dispense advice and meditation to those who have made their way up the East and West Rising to this place of enlightenment. Here, the hot springs of the Still Pools are fed by minor tributaries until they become a rushing flow that falls down Merak Falls to Lake Tsark beneath. At the north of the plateau, the mountains grow ever more impassable - indeed, it looks as though any viable route down the mountains to the unknown territory to the north has been resoundingly sabotaged from the Tsarkian side. Not only is it impassable to any army - it is unlikely that even a lone traveller or scouting party could make their way across the peaks to disrupt this place of sanctuary.		The region of Visoko set on a high plateau that towers far above the rest of the territory. The Wall of the Luge - part titanic monument, part great battlements - is built into the steep cliff walls, transforming something hard-to-scale set into something nearly impassable. Atop the plateau, the air is quiet and supremely peaceful. There is a sense of calm dignity across the region, where old hermits - overwhelmingly orcs - sit and dispense advice and meditation to those who have made their way up the East and West Rising to this place of enlightenment. Here, the hot springs of the Still Pools are fed by minor tributaries until they become a rushing flow that falls down Merak Falls to Lake Tsark beneath. At the north of the plateau, the mountains grow ever more impassable - indeed, it looks as though any viable route down the mountains to the unknown territory to the north has been resoundingly sabotaged from the Tsarkian side. Not only is it impassable to any army - it is unlikely that even a lone traveller or scouting party could make their way across the peaks to disrupt this place of sanctuary.

	==Points of Interest==		==Points of Interest==
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	===The Still Pools===		===The Still Pools===
	Around the Still Pools of Visoko, the wisest of Tsark make their counsel. To the extent that there is any seat of power in the territory, it is here. Among the gently-flowing hot spring waters that bubble from the ground beneath and pass over pools filled with ~~ancint~~ bones, quiet conversations are conducted and careful agreements made for which village or town will receive the bounty of the quarry or the lake in the season to come.		Around the Still Pools of Visoko, the wisest of Tsark make their counsel. To the extent that there is any seat of power in the territory, it is here. Among the gently-flowing hot spring waters that bubble from the ground beneath and pass over pools filled with ancient bones, quiet conversations are conducted and careful agreements made for which village or town will receive the bounty of the quarry or the lake in the season to come.

	==Game Information==		==Game Information==

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	The Mountains of the Moon - called the Mountains of Silence by the Axou - lie between the Empire and [[Axos]], to the east of [[Spiral]] and [[Zenith]], south of [[the Barrens]] and [[Therunin]]. Gaining access is very difficult; the mountains create a ring of stone that in many places proves impassable. The first challenge faced by Imperial scouts is finding a way through the high peaks. The only route that is even slightly accessible, the [[#Mislitel Pass\|Mislitel Pass]], leads to a confusing maze of narrow gulleys, passages, switchbacks, and tunnels.		The Mountains of the Moon - called the Mountains of Silence by the Axou - lie between the Empire and [[Axos]], to the east of [[Spiral]] and [[Zenith]], south of [[the Barrens]] and [[Therunin]]. Gaining access is very difficult; the mountains create a ring of stone that in many places proves impassable. The first challenge faced by Imperial scouts is finding a way through the high peaks. The only route that is even slightly accessible, the [[#Mislitel Pass\|Mislitel Pass]], leads to a confusing maze of narrow gulleys, passages, switchbacks, and tunnels.

	Following the eventual completion of the [[spy network]] the [[~~Imperial~~ Senate]] had [[commission\|commissioned]] in [[Construct_spy_network_in_the_Mountains_of_the_Moon\|Winter 381YE]], a force of [[Imperial_Roll_of_Honour#Summer Solstice 382YE\|Imperial scouts]] was able to infiltrate the territory following the Summer Solstice 382YE, these scouts - especially those of Imperial Orc, Winterfolk, Urizen, and northern Varushkan origin - were able to risk a high altitude approach, pushing over the snow-covered mountain peaks and clambering down sometimes sheer cliffs with rope and piton. The rest are forced to risk treachereous mountain paths, impassable canyons, and thick forests to make their way into the heart of the Mountains of the Moon.		Following the eventual completion of the [[spy network]] the [[Senate]] had [[commission\|commissioned]] in [[Construct_spy_network_in_the_Mountains_of_the_Moon\|Winter 381YE]], a force of [[Imperial_Roll_of_Honour#Summer Solstice 382YE\|Imperial scouts]] was able to infiltrate the territory following the Summer Solstice 382YE, these scouts - especially those of Imperial Orc, Winterfolk, Urizen, and northern Varushkan origin - were able to risk a high altitude approach, pushing over the snow-covered mountain peaks and clambering down sometimes sheer cliffs with rope and piton. The rest are forced to risk treachereous mountain paths, impassable canyons, and thick forests to make their way into the heart of the Mountains of the Moon.

	Once access to the territory was actually achieved, Imperial scouts quickly discovered that they were far from the first people to pass over the mountains. There is a hitherto unknown but thriving community of [[orc\|orcs]] and humans - who call themselves the people of [[Tsark]] - living in a great valley at the heart of the Mountains of the Moon, apparently oblivious to the Empire.		Once access to the territory was actually achieved, Imperial scouts quickly discovered that they were far from the first people to pass over the mountains. There is a hitherto unknown but thriving community of [[orc\|orcs]] and humans - who call themselves the people of [[Tsark]] - living in a great valley at the heart of the Mountains of the Moon, apparently oblivious to the Empire.

Hailmur: /* Further Reading */

2025-02-14T17:47:00Z

Hailmur: /* Regions of the Mountains of the Moon */

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Regions of the Mountains of the Moon

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	Access to the valley that occupies most of the territory is very difficult. A campaign army would need to fight its way through one of the great fortifications to gain access to the interior. From the Imperial side, such an army would need to come through the Mislittel pass from [[Zenith#Occursion\|Occursion]] in Zenith, and would need to destroy or conquer the [[#Maze of Zora\|Maze of Zora]] before they could move into the heartlands of Tsark.		Access to the valley that occupies most of the territory is very difficult. A campaign army would need to fight its way through one of the great fortifications to gain access to the interior. From the Imperial side, such an army would need to come through the Mislittel pass from [[Zenith#Occursion\|Occursion]] in Zenith, and would need to destroy or conquer the [[#Maze of Zora\|Maze of Zora]] before they could move into the heartlands of Tsark.

	==Regions ~~of the Mountains of the Moon~~==		==Regions==
	===Naucini===		===Naucini===
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	===Visoko===		===Visoko===
	* '''Quality:''' Fortified		* '''Quality:''' Fortified
	The region of Visoko set on a high plateau that towers far above the rest of the territory. The Wall of the Luge - part titantic monument, part great battlements - is built into the steep cliff walls, transforming something hard-to-scale set into something nearly impassable. Atop the plateau, the air is quiet and supremely peaceful. There is a sense of calm dignity across the region, where old hermits - overwhelmingly orcs - sit and dispense advice and meditation to those who have made their way up the East and West Rising to this place of enlightenment. Here, the hot springs of the Still Pools are fed by minor tributaries until they become a rushing flow that falls down Merak Falls to Lake Tsark beneath. At the north of the plateau, the mountains grow ever more impassable - indeed, it looks as though any viable route down the mountains to the unknown territory to the north has been resoundingly sabotaged from the Tsarkian side. Not only is it impassable to any army - it is unlikely that even a lone traveller or scouting party could make their way across the peaks to disrupt this place of sanctuary.		The region of Visoko set on a high plateau that towers far above the rest of the territory. The Wall of the Luge - part titantic monument, part great battlements - is built into the steep cliff walls, transforming something hard-to-scale set into something nearly impassable. Atop the plateau, the air is quiet and supremely peaceful. There is a sense of calm dignity across the region, where old hermits - overwhelmingly orcs - sit and dispense advice and meditation to those who have made their way up the East and West Rising to this place of enlightenment. Here, the hot springs of the Still Pools are fed by minor tributaries until they become a rushing flow that falls down Merak Falls to Lake Tsark beneath. At the north of the plateau, the mountains grow ever more impassable - indeed, it looks as though any viable route down the mountains to the unknown territory to the north has been resoundingly sabotaged from the Tsarkian side. Not only is it impassable to any army - it is unlikely that even a lone traveller or scouting party could make their way across the peaks to disrupt this place of sanctuary.

	==Points of Interest==		==Points of Interest==

Rosemary: /* Grand Vellut Arena */

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Grand Vellut Arena

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	===Grand Vellut Arena===		===Grand Vellut Arena===
	Kabbadi is a game that appears to be played across the whole of Tsark, in all the villages and the towns. Two teams are on opposite halves of a small field, and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half. This is to win points by tackling members of the opposing team. Then the raider tries to return to ~~his~~ own half, chanting during the whole raid. It is quite violent, though there appear to be some rules about what is considered civil and uncivil play that are hard to pin down. It is a spiritual experience for the orcs of Tsark - akin to the rush that pit fighting gives the orcs of the Empire - but all are encouraged to participate as a form of catharsis of negative emotions like anger, fear, and so forth.		Kabbadi is a game that appears to be played across the whole of Tsark, in all the villages and the towns. Two teams are on opposite halves of a small field, and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half. This is to win points by tackling members of the opposing team. Then the raider tries to return to their own half, chanting during the whole raid. It is quite violent, though there appear to be some rules about what is considered civil and uncivil play that are hard to pin down. It is a spiritual experience for the orcs of Tsark - akin to the rush that pit fighting gives the orcs of the Empire - but all are encouraged to participate as a form of catharsis of negative emotions like anger, fear, and so forth.

	The Grand Vellut Arena is a particularly large example of its kind, a great work of communal culture. It is one of the few places in the territory where there is simply space for large crowds to gather, and on occasion they do, to watch vellut being played, to see sages and adepts speak when they travel down from Visoko, or to hear those practiced in the choral arts from Krug sing. Orcs and humans, sitting as one, enjoying a common beauty.		The Grand Vellut Arena is a particularly large example of its kind, a great work of communal culture. It is one of the few places in the territory where there is simply space for large crowds to gather, and on occasion they do, to watch vellut being played, to see sages and adepts speak when they travel down from Visoko, or to hear those practiced in the choral arts from Krug sing. Orcs and humans, sitting as one, enjoying a common beauty.

	===Kamen Quarry===		===Kamen Quarry===

Hailmur: /* The Valley */

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The Valley

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	Despite the altitude, the valley is surprisingly warm. Hot springs are common, and the central lake appears to be warmed from below. It is quite populated, the people being an apparently freely mixed community of orcs and humans who seem to call themselves the [[Tsark]] people.		Despite the altitude, the valley is surprisingly warm. Hot springs are common, and the central lake appears to be warmed from below. It is quite populated, the people being an apparently freely mixed community of orcs and humans who seem to call themselves the [[Tsark]] people.

	Access to the valley that occupies most of the territory is very difficult. A campaign army would need to fight its way through one of the great fortifications to gain access to the interior. From the Imperial side, such an army would need to come through the Mislittel pass from [[Zenith#~~Lustri~~\|~~Lustri~~]] in Zenith, and would need to destroy or conquer the [[#Maze of Zora\|Maze of Zora]] before they could move into the heartlands of Tsark.		Access to the valley that occupies most of the territory is very difficult. A campaign army would need to fight its way through one of the great fortifications to gain access to the interior. From the Imperial side, such an army would need to come through the Mislittel pass from [[Zenith#Occursion\|Occursion]] in Zenith, and would need to destroy or conquer the [[#Maze of Zora\|Maze of Zora]] before they could move into the heartlands of Tsark.

	==Regions of the Mountains of the Moon==		==Regions of the Mountains of the Moon==

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	==Regions of the Mountains of the Moon==		==Regions of the Mountains of the Moon==
	===~~Naucnici~~===		===Naucini===
	* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified		* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified
	This hilly region is in the north-west of Tsark, and contains the only viable military route into Imperial territory - the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Mislitel Pass]] is a narrow but viable route to the region of [[Zenith#Occursion\|Occursion]]. However, the pass has been heavily fortified through the construction of the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Maze of Zora]], a labyrinth of tunnels, cutbacks, false bridges and dead ends which serves to fortify the region and prevent passage of any army that does not control the Maze through the region. The great [[#Wall of the Luge and the East and West Rising\|Wall of the Luge]] towers above the north of the region. At its base is the West Rising, an ancient system of platforms, baskets and pulleys by which the inhabitants of the territory pull themselves to [[#Visoko\|Visoko]] above. As the hills roll down towards [[#Lake Tsark and Merak Falls\|Lake Tsark]], herds of llamas dot the landscape, tended by small settlements. By far the largest of these settlements is '''[[#Krug and the Disc of the Ogledano\|Krug]]''', set around the Disc of the Ogledano.		This hilly region is in the north-west of Tsark, and contains the only viable military route into Imperial territory - the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Mislitel Pass]] is a narrow but viable route to the region of [[Zenith#Occursion\|Occursion]]. However, the pass has been heavily fortified through the construction of the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Maze of Zora]], a labyrinth of tunnels, cutbacks, false bridges and dead ends which serves to fortify the region and prevent passage of any army that does not control the Maze through the region. The great [[#Wall of the Luge and the East and West Rising\|Wall of the Luge]] towers above the north of the region. At its base is the West Rising, an ancient system of platforms, baskets and pulleys by which the inhabitants of the territory pull themselves to [[#Visoko\|Visoko]] above. As the hills roll down towards [[#Lake Tsark and Merak Falls\|Lake Tsark]], herds of llamas dot the landscape, tended by small settlements. By far the largest of these settlements is '''[[#Krug and the Disc of the Ogledano\|Krug]]''', set around the Disc of the Ogledano.
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	===Borenj===		===Borenj===
	* '''Quality:''' Hills		* '''Quality:''' Hills
	Outside of the raised plateau of Visoko, Borenj in the south-west is the most mountainous of the regions of Tsark - and certainly the least populated. The peaks that border the region are jagged and treacherous - it would not be possible to move an army into the territory via this region - and the long, winding road that winds from the hills of ~~Naucnici~~ down to the fields of Obrotnik is at places dangerously thin, with a sheer cliff down to the waters of Lake Tsark below. The road is at least wide enough that a competent army with good maps could make their way through the region, however. Although the way is dangerous, it sees heavy use, as the orcs and humans of Tsark travel up to the Grand Vellut Arena - the largest of its kind in the territory. Some who travel are among the brave few who work to move the great chunks of white granite from the Kamen Quarry down the slopes to be carefully lowered into boats and ferried across the lake.		Outside of the raised plateau of Visoko, Borenj in the south-west is the most mountainous of the regions of Tsark - and certainly the least populated. The peaks that border the region are jagged and treacherous - it would not be possible to move an army into the territory via this region - and the long, winding road that winds from the hills of Naucini down to the fields of Obrotnik is at places dangerously thin, with a sheer cliff down to the waters of Lake Tsark below. The road is at least wide enough that a competent army with good maps could make their way through the region, however. Although the way is dangerous, it sees heavy use, as the orcs and humans of Tsark travel up to the Grand Vellut Arena - the largest of its kind in the territory. Some who travel are among the brave few who work to move the great chunks of white granite from the Kamen Quarry down the slopes to be carefully lowered into boats and ferried across the lake.

	===Obrotnik===		===Obrotnik===
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	===Temna===		===Temna===
	* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified		* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified
	Temna is a hilly territory to the norh-east of Tsark. Unlike the grassy slopes of ~~Naucnici~~, the slopes here are barren and bare. In a few places, there are terraced gardens as in Obrotnik to the south, with settlements set around them to tend, but they are much less fruitful, and the orcs and humans who make their home here clearly have to work harder to produce food to sustain themselves. Still, they appear to live with the same stoic cheerfulness and considered stillness as the rest of the territory. Indeed, outside of Visoko, this is appears to be the region where the most time is dedicated to meditation and contemplation, as exemplified in the wondrous Bisir Meditative Gardens. To the east, the paths that lead upward and into the Zamok Pass - a viable route out of the territory for an army into the west of Axos - are guarded by the great white granite Fengari Gate. The Wall of the Luge towers to the west, and looking across Lake Tsark there are paticularly beautiful views of Merak Falls at dawn. The pulleys and platforms of the East Rising allow travel up the wall to the holy ground of Visoko.		Temna is a hilly territory to the norh-east of Tsark. Unlike the grassy slopes of Naucini, the slopes here are barren and bare. In a few places, there are terraced gardens as in Obrotnik to the south, with settlements set around them to tend, but they are much less fruitful, and the orcs and humans who make their home here clearly have to work harder to produce food to sustain themselves. Still, they appear to live with the same stoic cheerfulness and considered stillness as the rest of the territory. Indeed, outside of Visoko, this is appears to be the region where the most time is dedicated to meditation and contemplation, as exemplified in the wondrous Bisir Meditative Gardens. To the east, the paths that lead upward and into the Zamok Pass - a viable route out of the territory for an army into the west of Axos - are guarded by the great white granite Fengari Gate. The Wall of the Luge towers to the west, and looking across Lake Tsark there are paticularly beautiful views of Merak Falls at dawn. The pulleys and platforms of the East Rising allow travel up the wall to the holy ground of Visoko.

	===Visoko===		===Visoko===
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	Lake Tsark is a large lake, formed from the caldera of an extinct volcano. The beautiful Merak Falls cascade down from the Still Pools above, hot and fresh from the springs. Away from the falls, the surface of the lake is covered in a thick layer of blue algae. The algae is toxic unless carefully prepared but, when properly dried, is delicious and nutritious. The algae appears to grow due to extensive mithril deposits in the water, indicating a vein far beneath the water on the lakebed. The water of the lake is panned for a small bounty of mithril, but the true potential of the deposit is untapped. When moonlight catches the lake’s surface, the algae and the mithril beneath shine a reflected silver.		Lake Tsark is a large lake, formed from the caldera of an extinct volcano. The beautiful Merak Falls cascade down from the Still Pools above, hot and fresh from the springs. Away from the falls, the surface of the lake is covered in a thick layer of blue algae. The algae is toxic unless carefully prepared but, when properly dried, is delicious and nutritious. The algae appears to grow due to extensive mithril deposits in the water, indicating a vein far beneath the water on the lakebed. The water of the lake is panned for a small bounty of mithril, but the true potential of the deposit is untapped. When moonlight catches the lake’s surface, the algae and the mithril beneath shine a reflected silver.

	Lake Tsark is not itself a region thought it is about the size of one as it is mostly water, save for the mysterious island of Zabor in its centre. It does not count towards overall control of the territory and is certainly impassable by any army - meaning that a force in ~~Naucnici~~ could not reach Temna without controlling Visoko and the Wall of the Luge, or by making their way through Berenj and Obrotnik.		Lake Tsark is not itself a region thought it is about the size of one as it is mostly water, save for the mysterious island of Zabor in its centre. It does not count towards overall control of the territory and is certainly impassable by any army - meaning that a force in Naucini could not reach Temna without controlling Visoko and the Wall of the Luge, or by making their way through Berenj and Obrotnik.

	===Zabor===		===Zabor===

Beeswax: /* Game Information */

2022-02-07T20:04:52Z

Game Information

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	* The map that accompanies this map is in-character and suitable for using with scrying rituals.		* The map that accompanies this map is in-character and suitable for using with scrying rituals.
	* There are four [[fortification\|fortifications]] in the Mountains of the Moon. The Maze of Zora (rank three), the Sentinel's Watchers (rank two), and the Fengari Gate (rank two) each guard a pass into the Mountains of the Moon. It is impossible for a campaign army to enter the Mountains of the Moon without first capturing the region guarded by one of these fortifications. The Wall of the Luge (rank four) guards the plateau of Visoko. That region cannot be entered by a campaign army until the fortification is conquered or destroyed		* There are four [[fortification\|fortifications]] in the Mountains of the Moon. The Maze of Zora (rank three), the Sentinel's Watchers (rank two), and the Fengari Gate (rank two) each guard a pass into the Mountains of the Moon. It is impossible for a campaign army to enter the Mountains of the Moon without first capturing the region guarded by one of these fortifications. The Wall of the Luge (rank four) guards the plateau of Visoko. That region cannot be entered by a campaign army until the fortification is conquered or destroyed
	* The ~~Kame~~ Quarry is a white granite resource. Scouts estimate that it could produce as much as 26 wains of white granite each season.		* The Kamen Quarry is a white granite resource. Scouts estimate that it could produce as much as 26 wains of white granite each season.
	* Lake Tsark appears to sit over extensive mithril deposits. The people of the Mountains of the Moon appear to sift mithril from the water at a few key points around the side of the lake, providing around five wains of mithril each season. It's impossible to predict how much mithril is under the lake, or how might might be decanted each season if the process were better organised.		* Lake Tsark appears to sit over extensive mithril deposits. The people of the Mountains of the Moon appear to sift mithril from the water at a few key points around the side of the lake, providing around five wains of mithril each season. It's impossible to predict how much mithril is under the lake, or how might might be decanted each season if the process were better organised.

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	* The [[Tsark]] people.		* The [[Tsark]] people.

Emmanovi: /* Naucnici */

2022-01-28T11:39:39Z

Naucnici

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	===Naucnici===		===Naucnici===
	* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified		* '''Quality:''' Hills, Fortified
	This hilly region is in the north-west of Tsark, and contains the only viable military route into Imperial territory - the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Mislitel Pass]] is a narrow but viable route to the region of [[Zenith#Occursion\|Occursion]]. However, the pass has been heavily fortified through the construction of the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Maze of Zora]], a labyrinth of tunnels, cutbacks, false bridges and dead ends.which serves to fortify the region and prevent passage of any army that does not control the Maze through the region. The great [[#Wall of the Luge and the East and West Rising\|Wall of the Luge]] towers above the north of the region. At its base is the West Rising, an ancient system of platforms, baskets and pulleys by which the inhabitants of the territory pull themselves to [[#Visoko\|Visoko]] above. As the hills roll down towards [[#Lake Tsark and Merak Falls\|Lake Tsark]], herds of llamas dot the landscape, tended by small settlements. By far the largest of these settlements is '''[[#Krug and the Disc of the Ogledano\|Krug]]''', set around the Disc of the Ogledano.		This hilly region is in the north-west of Tsark, and contains the only viable military route into Imperial territory - the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Mislitel Pass]] is a narrow but viable route to the region of [[Zenith#Occursion\|Occursion]]. However, the pass has been heavily fortified through the construction of the [[#Maze_of_Zora_and_the_Mislitel_Pass\|Maze of Zora]], a labyrinth of tunnels, cutbacks, false bridges and dead ends which serves to fortify the region and prevent passage of any army that does not control the Maze through the region. The great [[#Wall of the Luge and the East and West Rising\|Wall of the Luge]] towers above the north of the region. At its base is the West Rising, an ancient system of platforms, baskets and pulleys by which the inhabitants of the territory pull themselves to [[#Visoko\|Visoko]] above. As the hills roll down towards [[#Lake Tsark and Merak Falls\|Lake Tsark]], herds of llamas dot the landscape, tended by small settlements. By far the largest of these settlements is '''[[#Krug and the Disc of the Ogledano\|Krug]]''', set around the Disc of the Ogledano.

	===Borenj===		===Borenj===

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	* There are four [[fortification\|fortifications]] in the Mountains of the Moon. The Maze of Zora (rank three), the Sentinel's Watchers (rank two), and the Fengari Gate (rank two) each guard a pass into the Mountains of the Moon. It is impossible for a campaign army to enter the Mountains of the Moon without first capturing the region guarded by one of these fortifications. The Wall of the Luge (rank four) guards the plateau of Visoko. That region cannot be entered by a campaign army until the fortification is conquered or destroyed		* There are four [[fortification\|fortifications]] in the Mountains of the Moon. The Maze of Zora (rank three), the Sentinel's Watchers (rank two), and the Fengari Gate (rank two) each guard a pass into the Mountains of the Moon. It is impossible for a campaign army to enter the Mountains of the Moon without first capturing the region guarded by one of these fortifications. The Wall of the Luge (rank four) guards the plateau of Visoko. That region cannot be entered by a campaign army until the fortification is conquered or destroyed
	* The Kame Quarry is a white granite resource. Scouts estimate that it could produce as much as 26 wains of white granite each season.		* The Kame Quarry is a white granite resource. Scouts estimate that it could produce as much as 26 wains of white granite each season.
	* Lake ~~Zabor~~ appears to sit over extensive mithril deposits. The people of the Mountains of the Moon appear to sift mithril from the water at a few key points around the side of the lake, providing around five wains of mithril each season. It's impossible to predict how much mithril is under the lake, or how might might be decanted each season if the process were better organised.		* Lake Tsark appears to sit over extensive mithril deposits. The people of the Mountains of the Moon appear to sift mithril from the water at a few key points around the side of the lake, providing around five wains of mithril each season. It's impossible to predict how much mithril is under the lake, or how might might be decanted each season if the process were better organised.

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	* The [[Tsark]] people.		* The [[Tsark]] people.

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	The Mountains of the Moon - called the Mountains of Silence by the Axou - lie between the Empire and [[Axos]], to the east of [[Spiral]] and [[Zenith]], south of [[the Barrens]] and [[Therunin]]. Gaining access is very difficult; the mountains create a ring of stone that in many places proves impassable. The first challenge faced by Imperial scouts is finding a way through the high peaks. The only route that is even slightly accessible, the [[#Mislitel Pass\|Mislitel Pass]], leads to a confusing maze of narrow gulleys, passages, switchbacks, and tunnels.		The Mountains of the Moon - called the Mountains of Silence by the Axou - lie between the Empire and [[Axos]], to the east of [[Spiral]] and [[Zenith]], south of [[the Barrens]] and [[Therunin]]. Gaining access is very difficult; the mountains create a ring of stone that in many places proves impassable. The first challenge faced by Imperial scouts is finding a way through the high peaks. The only route that is even slightly accessible, the [[#Mislitel Pass\|Mislitel Pass]], leads to a confusing maze of narrow gulleys, passages, switchbacks, and tunnels.

	Following the eventual completion of the [[spy network]] the [[~~Imperial~~ Senate]] had [[commission\|commissioned]] in [[Construct_spy_network_in_the_Mountains_of_the_Moon\|Winter 381YE]], a force of [[Imperial_Roll_of_Honour#Summer Solstice 382YE\|Imperial scouts]] was able to infiltrate the territory following the Summer Solstice 382YE, these scouts - especially those of Imperial Orc, Winterfolk, Urizen, and northern Varushkan origin - were able to risk a high altitude approach, pushing over the snow-covered mountain peaks and clambering down sometimes sheer cliffs with rope and piton. The rest are forced to risk treachereous mountain paths, impassable canyons, and thick forests to make their way into the heart of the Mountains of the Moon.		Following the eventual completion of the [[spy network]] the [[Senate]] had [[commission\|commissioned]] in [[Construct_spy_network_in_the_Mountains_of_the_Moon\|Winter 381YE]], a force of [[Imperial_Roll_of_Honour#Summer Solstice 382YE\|Imperial scouts]] was able to infiltrate the territory following the Summer Solstice 382YE, these scouts - especially those of Imperial Orc, Winterfolk, Urizen, and northern Varushkan origin - were able to risk a high altitude approach, pushing over the snow-covered mountain peaks and clambering down sometimes sheer cliffs with rope and piton. The rest are forced to risk treachereous mountain paths, impassable canyons, and thick forests to make their way into the heart of the Mountains of the Moon.

	Once access to the territory was actually achieved, Imperial scouts quickly discovered that they were far from the first people to pass over the mountains. There is a hitherto unknown but thriving community of [[orc\|orcs]] and humans - who call themselves the people of [[Tsark]] - living in a great valley at the heart of the Mountains of the Moon, apparently oblivious to the Empire.		Once access to the territory was actually achieved, Imperial scouts quickly discovered that they were far from the first people to pass over the mountains. There is a hitherto unknown but thriving community of [[orc\|orcs]] and humans - who call themselves the people of [[Tsark]] - living in a great valley at the heart of the Mountains of the Moon, apparently oblivious to the Empire.

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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	* The [[Tsark]] people.		* The [[Tsark]] people