http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/ 2026-05-14T03:33:53+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/ http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-07-19T16:33:48+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:alicia_fane?rev=1279557228&do=diff An information broker operating in the Port of Glass. She operated as part of the resistance when the Port was occupied by Belor de Velland and is known to have worked with Captain Carlos de Mamushi whilst he was still in the Low Guard. She is a devotee of the Hushed Princess and was seen hiding out in a Temple to the Rose Princes. text/html 2012-02-19T18:27:20+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:amelia_du_sallis?rev=1329676040&do=diff Background Formerly a close friend and ally of the old High Priestess Carmina Curiana, Amelia inherited control of the Exalted Church when her old friend ascended to become a light spirit. During the uprising Amelia sided with Marius's faction of the Exalted Church but she has since repented those actions and is now seen as taking a fairly moderate view. Amelia tries to portray a more reasonable side of the Light, in the face of the various squabbling factions of the Exalted Church. text/html 2010-03-25T12:19:53+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:bagman?rev=1269519593&do=diff The Bagman Background A mysterious and shadowy individual ostensibly working for the Cloistered Bretheren. The Bagman hires people for top-secret Bretheren-related tasks, and avoids meeting clients in person, preferring to use go-betweens whose Will and Tongue have been bound. text/html 2012-04-27T16:12:05+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:borgia_velasquez?rev=1335543125&do=diff Duchess Borgia Velasquez Background Around 400 years ago Borgia was an ambitious sorceress from the most southerly of the Breathing Isles. While still young she journeyed across the sea to the White City and there through wit, guile and treachery she raised herself from an unknown foreigner to the first Duchess Velásquez. text/html 2011-11-27T18:11:58+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:bound_ones?rev=1322417518&do=diff The Bound Ones The Bound Ones were trapped beneath the earth a thousand years ago during the Binding Wars by the most powerful Sorcerors of that age. There are now very few Ordained Chain Sorcerors, since the Bound Ones have little power left in the world. There are some worshippers out there, but anyone openly admitting to worshipping one of the Bound Ones is likely to be ostracised at best in most civilised societies. text/html 2010-11-07T20:27:51+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:bragdall_courtasair?rev=1289161671&do=diff One of the returned dead, who was freed from the Burned Realm by Christina de Velland. Bragdall is a priest of the Light who once fought against the White City. He was allowed by a group of adventures to remain in the world so long as he focused his efforts fighting the Fifth Sleeper. Rumour has it that since the binding of the Fifth he may have returned to aid Christina's cause. text/html 2010-12-07T01:31:25+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:broken_garden?rev=1291685485&do=diff Three beautiful areas of carefully tended wilderness in the midst of the Garden Lands. These were created by the Bodach, territorial bird-men who guard them fiercely and who once served the Burned Lord known as the Lord of the Gardens. Following the Breaking of the Third Garden, the Bodach become even more insular and protective, either honouring the Lord of Grey Roses or forever mourning the Lord of the Gardens. Two of the Gardens are as they once were, but one has become corrupted into... text/html 2010-03-30T15:11:12+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:burned_realm?rev=1269961872&do=diff The Burned Realm Background The Burned Realm is the barren ash-filled land of the dead, where the dead exist in their afterlife and time moves strangely and almost nothing living can be found. It is possible to travel there with Ash Magic. Naturally-ocurring gates there have been found too. Blood Magic and Wind Magic are weaker in the Burned Realm than elsewhere. text/html 2010-03-25T13:10:19+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:carmina_curiana?rev=1269522619&do=diff Background Carmina rose to the position of High Priestess of the Light after a period of unrest in the Church, leading to a period of more stability under herself and her successor, Amelia du Sallis. Her most notable achievement was being part of the group that dispatched the Necromancer at Three Rivers. Carmina ascended to join the Light, along with her old friend, Bairoth (who had sacrificed himself to the Hushed Princess in order to save Carmina's life and was subsequently rescued by her a… text/html 2011-06-05T14:18:46+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:christina_de_velland?rev=1307283526&do=diff Background Christina was the child of Selena Curiana and Belor de Velland. When he died Belor used some sort of Black Flame ritual to accelerate her aging process and turn her in to some sort of entity of the Black Flame. In addition to a strong association with the Flame, she also inherited ties to glass and ash from her mother (her blood is both ashen and shattered). She believes that the White City wronged her parents and is determined to get revenge. Perhaps more redeemingly, though, sh… text/html 2011-06-05T14:55:56+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:city_of_chains?rev=1307285756&do=diff Background All in ruins now, the City of Chains was finally destroyed at the climax of the Binding War, its stones were cracked, its walls cast down and its towers made as dust. Only the traces of the walls remain on the surface, but underground many speculate that the city remains much as it ever was. Many, particularly those who have forgotten the full nature of the City of Chains, speculate that riches and wonders untold could be found just beneath the surface. In recent years there have bee… text/html 2010-03-24T18:13:51+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:city_of_silk?rev=1269454431&do=diff Background The primary trading city in the Great Forest, the City of Silk has made wonderful use of what most human travellers in those parts would consider a hazard. They have taken to farming the Forest's abundant spider population and harvesting the silk to be woven into materials of the most remarkable characteristics. The city itself is a little odd, since its buildings exist on two levels: the humans primarily live on the ground, and the Weaver city has been built around the trees, rather… text/html 2010-04-11T17:38:52+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:coldfire?rev=1271007532&do=diff Coldfire Background Less an artefact and more a phenomenon, Coldfire is a fire which spreads and consumes flammable material like regular fire, but which freezes rather than burning. History * Manufactured by Harriet Pinter by combining a sphere of pure ice taken from the Frost Prince and the fire of God-King Barameus in an attempt to separate the warring personalities within the Broken Gardener and the Lord of the Gardens. While the coldfire was successfully created, Pinter was beaten to… text/html 2011-02-12T22:56:27+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:college_of_the_thousand_arts?rev=1297551387&do=diff One of the oldest institutions of the White City, the College is so named because its many faculties cover every known part of knowledge - even the obscure and the dangerous ones (a recent estimate puts the exact figure as 1026). Known Faculties General Faculty * Dean Of Students - “The Dean” - A lyre-carrying, shades wearing, gray-ponytailed cool-guy in his 40's. Generally popular. * Bursar - “The Bursar” - A cruel, hook-nosed man in his advanced years. Known for sending students to go … text/html 2011-05-01T13:25:55+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:cordol_lome?rev=1304256355&do=diff Originally a member of the Cloistered Brethren and an initiate of at least the forth chain, Cordol Lome was kidnapped by Selena Curiana and driven mad. He turned to the worship of the Broken Gardener and now embraces the thing he previously hated: the Bound Ones. He was last see in the East near the City of Chains. Killed in the middle of a ritual in which he was attempting to break the metaphysical power of chains by Kyre Wordsmith and his companions in the far east. text/html 2010-09-30T15:22:21+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:cristofori?rev=1285860141&do=diff Duke Ario Cristofori The current - and indeed first - Merchant-Duke of the Cristoforis, Ario is “new money”. But since he's probably the wealthiest man in the White City, and since all of the Families have some mercantile interests, they don't like to throw stones too hard. He is a widower, his wife having died giving birth to their second son. She herself was something of an oddity, hailing originally from the City of Crossroads and, according to some, being a disinherited heiress of the Kingd… text/html 2010-04-07T13:48:51+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:crossroads?rev=1270648131&do=diff Background The City of Crossroads rivals the White City for the strength of its trading empire, since it dominates trade with the distant Eastern Kingdoms. The City of Crossroads is a civilised place, modelled after a similar structure to the White City, but it is younger, having arisen as a trading post some three hundred years ago. Recently it was rocked by a civil war precipitated by Light fanatics. It is now ruled by a Merchant-Governor called Gerran Bellart, who is advised by a Council of … text/html 2011-01-10T23:24:21+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:culture?rev=1294701861&do=diff The Culture of the White City This section aims to clarify certain points of the culture of the White City. If you want to get a better feel for the setting, or to find out anything about specific traditions, then this is the place to look. It also has game mechanical clarifications where necessary. text/html 2010-06-27T23:36:27+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:dalmatia_velasquez?rev=1277681787&do=diff Lady Dalmatia Velasquez Background Influential within house Velasquez but little known outside of the intrigues of the house itself or the merchants she deals with. Notable as a powerful Name Sorcerer who learnt her art during the second naming and binding war against the Army of the Red Griffon. text/html 2010-09-30T15:32:35+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:de_almedia?rev=1285860755&do=diff Duke Vitaliano & Duchess Lucilla De Almedia Vitaliano and Lucilla De Almedia are the current Duke and Duchess of the Family and, whilst advanced in years, they have a political and business acumen which makes them a terror to their enemies. The Duke and Duchess De Almedia are considered to be amongst the most honest nobility in the City, precious few scandalous rumours are ever circulated about them. text/html 2012-02-09T22:13:26+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:de_courci?rev=1328825606&do=diff Her Eminence Rebecca De Courci Now well into her forties, Rebecca De Courci is a peerless and parlous politician. She has balanced the feuding Families with consummate skill and under her inspired leadership the White City has prospered. As is ever the case with successful and influential people, particularly female ones, rumours abound about the source of her success. They just don't bound too high or too loud. text/html 2011-11-27T18:14:04+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:deadgods?rev=1322417644&do=diff The Gods are not eternal and some do fall to the schemes of their kin or man. Many of the Gods of ages past have been forgotten. Those that have fallen more recently are recorded here. The Lord of the Gardens (Burned Lord) The Lord of the Gardens was a strange and contradictory deity. Like most of the Burned Lords he was sombre, dour and severe, unlike most of the Burned Lords he did have other interests beyond the direct call of his duties. He bled softly from a wound in his side that he rec… text/html 2010-03-25T14:08:19+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:dream?rev=1269526099&do=diff Background Dream is more powerful the further North you go. Whether the world of the White City is a globe or a flat world has not yet been defined. At some point going North all barriers between dream and reality break down and both become one and the other. Further South it is more difficult to get to Dream as the power is weaker. Dream sorcerors have the power though. People dreaming are little patches increasing the power of Dream. With effort these patches of dreaming can be seen as all li… text/html 2010-09-23T10:02:28+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:dreamcleaver?rev=1285236148&do=diff Dreamcleaver Background The axe Dreamcleaver was forged by the Northern Defence League after the first incursions of the Sleepers into the waking world from Dream. It is a powerful weapon against Dream spirits and shapings, forged by Beornwulf upon the dream of Anvil's anvil, quenched in James Warver's alchemy, blessed by Gustav in the name of the Lady of Battles and used by Sra'em Yar to slay the nightmares of those who created it. text/html 2010-03-24T18:09:36+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:duke_karl_dartois?rev=1269454176&do=diff Background Karl is a Glass Sorcerer of respectable power and a cunning politician. His youth was marked mainly by bitter feuding with his twin brother Niske, and Karl achieved little of note until the two finally ceased bickering - in large part due to the influence of their sister Serafine - and began plotting revolution against their father Lemuel. Their reign was short-lived, and Duke Karl was deposed to become head of the Government-in-exile on the Isle of the Broken Moon. With the defeat o… text/html 2012-04-01T16:09:38+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:dukeofleaves?rev=1333296578&do=diff The Duke of Scattered Leaves A minor wind power concerned with the dissemination of information. Currently the patron of a printing press being used to spread White City propoganda. The White Duchess A servant of the Nameless Prince before he fell. She had begun to be corrupted by glass but was resisting its influence. She also briefly befriended Silvio Cristofori, who seemed to have a positive influence on her sanity until he was returned to the White City. Now that the Prince of the Silver… text/html 2010-12-06T20:04:52+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:east?rev=1291665892&do=diff The Eastern Plains To the east lie the plains, the City of Crossroads, and ultimately other Kingdoms of which little need be said here since they are distant in the extreme. It is to the East that the Cloistered Brethren of Chains look most strongly for signs of the return of the Bound Ones. text/html 2010-12-06T20:03:14+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:easttribes?rev=1291665794&do=diff The Thirteen Tribes The Thirteen Tribes are a group of tribal societies that live on the Eastern Plains and on the edges of the Waste of the Rose. Once plagued by infighting and petty warfare, the savages of the Eastern Tribes were decimated by the Army of the Red Gryphon, reducing their numbers. The formerly dissident tribes were then united by one of their number - Kisu of the Nge, and a number of brave warriors bearing gifts of steel weapons from the White City. text/html 2011-11-17T20:40:58+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:eleventh_sleeper?rev=1321562458&do=diff Background Mostly unknown at this point, but visions of them have been received by Rederick and Kelson. text/html 2011-11-27T18:08:25+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:empireoftheunbound?rev=1322417305&do=diff The Empire Of The Unbound Background On the Westernmost side of the Great Forest, the trees eventually give way to plains inhabited by a massive empire of Name sorcerers. Initially thought by adventurers to be an Empire which worshipped the Bound Ones, it now appears that although Name Sorcery is prevelant the Empire sees itself as an enemy of those beings. text/html 2010-03-27T01:48:47+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:enshinevrostra?rev=1269654527&do=diff Background Enshinevrostra is the child of Rajanigandha and Inskuldres. She shares the heritage of three different powers and is a truly unique entity in being the only child of two dragons. The name “Enshinevrostra” was chosen by the party of adventurers who defended her at her birth, who each chose one syllable: text/html 2011-01-06T02:32:37+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:fifth_sleeper?rev=1294281157&do=diff Background The fifth sleeper is a dark-cloaked malicious entity, who has an obsession with Regret. He is known as the Watcher in Black and controls an number of twisted nightmarish entities. It has been implied he does not have a good relationship with the Bard of Rainbows but has been reluctantly willing to work with him. text/html 2010-03-25T13:05:30+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:first_hammer?rev=1269522330&do=diff The First Hammer Background The first hammer ever used. This means that it's effectively a big stick. Nontheless, it's a powerful Chain Magic artefact, and is widely believed to be able to break the enchantments holding the Bound Ones prisoner. History * Retrieved from the Western Forest by a party of adventurers wanting to ensure that it didn't fall into the wrong hands. (If I Had A Hammer, 26/02/2005) * Fell into Toquell Velasquez's hands and used to kill the Serpent of Chains. Part o… text/html 2012-04-28T00:52:45+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:foreign_nobility?rev=1335574365&do=diff Other cities also have their ranks of the great and not-so-good. Names from the Port of Glass in particular are familiar to White City ears; some of the more notable examples are listed here, as are the few more publicly known members of the royal line of the City of Silk, the house of Mor. text/html 2010-03-29T19:29:43+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:fourth_sleeper?rev=1269890983&do=diff The Fourth Sleeper, the Queen of the Lost Road Background The Queen is a rather melancholy woman associated with a Dream phenomenon known as the Lost Road; a path which leads to either alternate realities in which events in the past have turned out differently to this life, or potent Dreams of such alternate realities, depending on who you ask (the Queen herself claims that the distinction is academic, but then, she is a dream power). She claims to have only limited power over the Lost Road a… text/html 2012-04-27T16:14:59+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:geography?rev=1335543299&do=diff The White City The main focus of the setting is the White City. The White City is an independent city-state and the most prosperous in the region. It is ruled by a nominal Governess, Her Eminence Rebecca de Courci, whose chief talent has been to weld the bickering noble Families, guilds, temples and of course dangerous mobs of lunatics with swords (who apparently prefer to be called “adventurers”) into a coherent unit. The city lives up to its name being as it is carved out of fine white stone … text/html 2012-03-04T18:14:07+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:gideon_wiscar?rev=1330884847&do=diff The college of a Thousand Art's resident expert on the stars, who is often called upon to provide interpretation for the Governess. Also a devoted priest of the Light. Gideon has recently been assigned as the White City advisor to Duke Karl in the Port of Glass. text/html 2010-10-31T23:37:04+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:gloriant?rev=1288568224&do=diff Background The manifestation of the Light's terrible majesty. Appearing as a winged humanoid composed of filaments of Light the Gloriant is a rarely invoked aspect of the Light; for its very presence burns away physical things. Centuries ago it was called upon during the Naming and Binding war, when the Exalted Church went to war against the Namers. More recently it was briefly imprisoned by cultists of the Master Complete who sought to use the Light's intrinsic unity to bring about their God. text/html 2010-12-05T18:52:04+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:great_forest?rev=1291575124&do=diff Background To the west of the White City is a vast and dense Forest. Scholars speculate wildly about its possible denizens, from unknown flora and fauna to the possibility that the Old Powers have retreated to its murky depths. Numerous villages lie on the outskirts of the Forest, combining farming of the outlying grasslands with hunting further into the Forest. Most of those who dwell in or near the Forest worship the Old Powers in some form or another, it's quite clearly their turf and it pay… text/html 2011-01-23T22:08:43+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:grimbladi?rev=1295820523&do=diff Ms. Grimbaldi Background King Eric's organisation is vast and moves a great deal of money through the City. Unbeknownst to the authorities it is the mysterious Ms. Grimbaldi who acts as banker and accountant for the King. There are likely few people with the knowledge about and access to the King that she has. Her youth and plain appearance bely this influence. text/html 2011-04-05T20:05:36+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:heraldry?rev=1302033936&do=diff There is a strong heraldic tradition in the world of the White City, thus knowledge of heraldry can be fantastically useful if you want to interact with the nobility in a useful way. The construction of coats of arms ultimately comes down to the preference of the original bearer. The nobility of the White City are closer to being merchant princes than feudal lords, so an awful lot of heraldry is affectation. For all the discussion of symbolism which is to follow, heraldic devices are often perfe… text/html 2011-01-10T23:20:58+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:history?rev=1294701658&do=diff All times given are in years before the present (“bp”), and more recent times in years in the reign of the current Governor, Rebecca De Courci (“RdC”). Dates in the White City parlance are given as years in the reign of the current Governor. text/html 2012-03-04T19:54:20+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:karla_velasquez-dartois?rev=1330890860&do=diff A younger sister of Duke Karl D'Artois, Karla was married to Duke-Apparent Piera Velasquez as part of a peace treaty with the White City. Since the marriage Piera has been officially recognised as Duke and head of the Velasquez family. He has also been showing substantially more political acumen then he ever did previously, no-one is under any illusions that this new found competence is coming from anywhere but his new wife. text/html 2011-04-05T21:45:10+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:king_eric?rev=1302039910&do=diff The leader of the White City's underworld. Those who operate outside King Eric's Men are liable to find themselves shopped to the High Guard, if they're lucky. King Eric has proved to be a patriot in the past and does not work with foreign powers save to gain some advantage over them. text/html 2011-06-05T14:53:19+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:kit_fisable?rev=1307285599&do=diff A one time companion of Toquell Velasquez, she was turned by his magics in to an artefact of chain and renamed the “binder of the seven powers”. It was this that enabled her to rebind He Who Walks Wilderness. After Belor de Velland and Selena Curiana took over the Port of Glass she wandered off to the far east and was never seen again. text/html 2011-05-22T19:27:02+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:legend?rev=1306092422&do=diff Legend Legend is one of those guys who you meet down the pub and always has a story to tell. To be found up and down port taverns on the coast, Legend says a lot of things. Some of them are true, some of them aren't. Either way Legend is kind of an alright guy so is sometimes worth listening to, even if he does have some funny ideas about dogs. text/html 2011-05-08T18:26:52+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:lydia_de_courci?rev=1304879212&do=diff Rebecca's tearaway daughter, Lydia De Courci was once seen as something of an embarrassment to the Family. She kept unhealthy company, frequently vanished for days at a time and generally had people tearing their hair out. She did, however, seem capable of looking after herself. Some claim that she was in some way involved with King Eric, which could explain how he has evaded capture for so long. She was reported dead in the spring of 26 RdC, killed by a group adventures seeking to slay the Neve… text/html 2010-03-25T12:35:59+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:man_by_the_fire?rev=1269520559&do=diff The Man By The Fire Background A quiet, unassuming minion of the Princess of Stories. Appears around campfires and chats with people. His brothers are the Man on the Road, the Man in the Pub, and the Man Stuck Halfway Up A Mountain In The Pouring Rain. They can be 'summoned' by travelling to near where they are and reciting a particular poem. It's possible they are a kind of guardian spirit of people who are on roads, in pubs, by fires, or stuck halfway up mountains in the pouring rain. text/html 2010-11-22T18:19:33+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:melana_the_black_dragon?rev=1290449973&do=diff Champion of the Golden City. Known to be unnaturally strong, suggesting she has rejected her humanity. text/html 2010-03-25T15:38:47+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:memory_merchant?rev=1269531527&do=diff The Memory Merchant Background The Memory Merchant is a Rosemary Maiden who has become self-aware and lives in the Whistful City, trading in memories. Recent Events * Kidnapped by James Warver, and was vivisected and experimented upon in secret at the Faculty of Alchemy. Since escaped (or freed), and current whereabouts are unknown. (A Night at the Opera, 25/04/2009) * Absorbed the mind of a Rosemary Crone, enabling her to implant memories as well as consuming them. (The Mirror And The M… text/html 2012-03-04T19:15:49+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:miguel_del_santos?rev=1330888549&do=diff Previously an Ambassador from the Port of Glass to the White City. While he is well known for being overly fond of fine things (wine, cheese, young men), he has also demonstrated a sharp political mind which he keeps hidden most of the time. He is well regarded in the Port for being the man that engineered the favourable terms in the current treaty with the White City. text/html 2010-09-30T15:24:08+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:minor_families?rev=1285860248&do=diff Lord Protector Belor de Velland (PC, played by Peter) For two centuries, the name of de Velland was unheard in the White City, following the brutal murder of, seemingly, the entire family. For two hundred years the name languished in books alone. Then, some two summers ago, Belor de Velland appeared in the White City speaking of the younger daughter of a younger daughter of the family who escaped West, of a family's struggle with a great and Nameless Evil beyond the Western Forest and of the fa… text/html 2012-04-27T16:10:00+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:nerino_velasquez?rev=1335543000&do=diff Now the Duke of the Velasqeuz family, Nerino is a noted scholar and an accomplished Chain sorcerer. Uncle to the late Duchess Chiara he is rumoured to have attempted to assassinate her on no less than twelve previous occasions before her death. His final success in eliminating his rival was rather public however and has earned him the emnity of the Cristofori's and the displeasure of the White City authorities. text/html 2010-03-25T11:19:44+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:ninth_sleeper?rev=1269515984&do=diff The Ninth Sleeper, the Grey Abbess Background The Grey Abbess claims to be the Third Sleeper's sister, is a pacifist, and desires to have as little to do with the world outside of dream as possible. She seems especially wary of the Black Flame. When in her Abbey, she has demonstrated the ability to trap people who enter in dreams indistinguishable from reality. (The Abbey of Broken Dreams, 27/06/09) text/html 2011-03-15T20:41:33+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:nobility?rev=1300221693&do=diff The Family De Courci The Family De Almedia The Family Velasquez The Family Cristofori Minor Families Foreign Nobility text/html 2010-03-25T14:02:58+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:patrick?rev=1269525778&do=diff Patrick Background A cat trapped man befriended by Selena Curiana. This did his generosity, benevolence and sense of fair play about as much good as you'd expect, notwithstanding the fact that he was a cat to start off with anyway. A talented Glass and Ash mage. text/html 2011-02-21T10:12:36+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:perdita_de_almedia?rev=1298283156&do=diff Background Perdita is a young and honourable High Captain, known to be a skilled duellist. Whilst she is usually both loyal and honourable, she is also known to be brash, arrogant and occassionally hot-blooded. text/html 2012-03-04T18:57:50+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:piera_velasquez?rev=1330887470&do=diff Only surviving heir of Nerino, Piera is a hotheaded young man who takes grave offence at any slurs against the good name of his Family (of which there are many, the Velasquez are not liked). He is somewhat lacking in political ambition, to the despair of his father. Was forced into the position of Captain of the High Guard after the murder of his brother and the death of Tarquin Velasquez. text/html 2012-04-27T16:20:05+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:port_of_glass?rev=1335543605&do=diff Background Notable for its sea trade with places heard of only in tales, and for its Navy which dominates the shoreline of the South. The Port of Glass was once a wealthy city, but successive revolutions and coups have turned the city into a disaster zone, with great districts of the city consumed by fire or turned into wastelands of fractured glass. After a series of coups the Port is now ruled by the De Verlay family, who seized control of the Port from the family D'Artois with the aid of the… text/html 2011-11-17T21:22:43+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:prince_roderigo_mor?rev=1321564963&do=diff Eldest child of Queen Marianna Mor, the monarch of the City of Silk, and Crown Prince. Known to be bold and brash and a devotee of the Spider Queens. Briefly attempted to court a young Velasquez noble by the name of Jenevive but rumours state he was rejected by her. This makes him one of the most eligiable bachelors in the world. text/html 2011-11-27T17:37:08+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:publications?rev=1322415428&do=diff Books and Theses * Unknown book written in the oldest tongues (Bookbinders, 2004) * D'Rowley, S. & Hefton-Clemser-Ramber-Ramber-Quaff, C. - A Guide To The Flora & Fauna of The Western Forest * Morpheme, R. - A proposal on World-Shaping and Manipulation Of Historical and Real Events in the form of Narrative structure and Bibliogenesis * Warver, J. - Despair, the Black Flame (This Is How The World Ends) * The latest edition bears a short forward, consisting only of the words, “For B an… text/html 2010-09-25T22:48:38+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:rattleprince?rev=1285454918&do=diff Quite literally named for the death-rattle, the Rattle-Prince is one of the least pleasant figures counted amongst the Princes of Breath. The Rattle-Prince is the Death That Cheats, the sudden unexpected twist of fate, the icy patch on the road, the want of a horseshoe nail, the betrayal from an unlooked-to corner. One half trickster, one half devil-figure, some legends say that the Rattle-Prince conned mankind out of its immortality long ago. The cult of the Rattle-Prince is not regarded kindl… text/html 2010-04-11T01:01:39+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:rebecca_de_courci?rev=1270947699&do=diff Background Now well into her forties, Rebecca De Courci is a peerless and parlous politician. She has balanced the feuding Families with consummate skill and under her inspired leadership the White City has prospered. As is ever the case with successful and influential people, particularly female ones, rumours abound about the source of her success. They just don't bound too high or too loud. text/html 2010-06-14T19:12:22+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:rosalind_de_vermilli?rev=1276542742&do=diff Background Rosalind is from a relatively small noble family, who are closely related to the De Courci's. She was elevated to the position of De Courci High Captain after her predecessor was murdered by one of Belor's assasins (and her main rival for the position was disgraced). Outwardly she seems to play the role of the 'party girl' but this is entirely a ruse, as she in fact is a competent strategist. There are rumours that she isn't willing to shy away from more underhanded tactics to pro… text/html 2012-04-01T16:05:38+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:sacchos?rev=1333296338&do=diff A notorious necromancer who returned from the Burned Realm and fathered the dread necromancer Selena curiana. He was later captured and returned to the ashen realm by servants of the Burned Lords. Many years later he was freed once more by his daughter. After his daughter's death he bided his time, eventually allying himself to his granddaughter Christina de Velland. He tried to prevent a group of adventurers from interfering in one of his granddaughters schemes and won the aid of an ancient… text/html 2010-03-25T12:50:04+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:selena_curiana?rev=1269521404&do=diff Background Selena was the embittered half-sister of Carmina Curiana. In the height of her power Selena was a member of the so-called 'Merry Band of Bastards', a powerful necromancer and a glass sorceress. After taking of the Port of Glass with the Greatest Army of Undead the World has Ever Known, she made her place in the Garden Lands (formerly the sacred place of the Lord of the Gardens, whom she had corrupted). She was eventually killed by her former paramour Paulo and a party of adventur… text/html 2011-04-18T18:32:06+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:seventh_sleeper?rev=1303151526&do=diff Background Although the Seventh Sleeper has been encountered in the North, the incidents remain largely unreported, being more associated with the Bard of Rainbows due to his appearance at the time. The “Recurring Dream” mentioned by the Third Sleeper seems most likely to be this Sleeper. text/html 2011-02-21T10:11:02+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:silvio_cristofori?rev=1298283062&do=diff Background Silvio Cristofori is the sensible and pragmatic face of the High Guard. He is known for being particularly reserved but in spite of that is generally a pleasent and agreeable individual with a strong sense of morals. During the war against the King Who Waits he travelled out to the Port of Sands but is currently stationed in the White City. text/html 2011-10-06T18:36:02+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:sleepers?rev=1317926162&do=diff Background In recent days - some say, ever since the fall of the Necromancer at Three Rivers - something strange has been stirring in Dream. A new edge of fear and wonder touches fever dreams, the visions of Whistful City seers, and the tales of travellers in the furthest reaches of the north, where the Aurora Borealis reaches down to earth and steals away unlucky mortals. Certain individuals are appearing, offering fantastic rewards and threats for trivial or bizarre tasks, and showing unparal… text/html 2010-12-06T03:46:52+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:slendernige?rev=1291607212&do=diff Slender Nige' Ogre Gang Boss Through better-than-average smarts, luck, and a little bit of the old ultra-violence, Nige' has risen through the mysterious “ranks” (read: “bigger”) of Ogres, even achieving himself a (mostly) loyal (through fear) gang and even a wife. Of sorts. And a big old stash. But then a dapper man in a cloak and his girl-with-a-sack-over-her-head came along, asking questions. Too many questions. About his stash. He got suspicious, and was ready to stab him up. Then Nanc… text/html 2012-01-16T20:26:37+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:summaries?rev=1326745597&do=diff The below information is strictly Out of Character and relatively little of it will be publicly known, except (in most cases) by the characters involved. Please do not assume that, just because it's written here, your character might know about it. Also, much of the below information has been written from memory, so there are likely to be any number of errors and omissions. If you can help correct any mistakes or fill in any gaps then please edit it in to expand it, it's why we migrated over to … text/html 2010-03-29T12:07:33+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:sungem?rev=1269864453&do=diff A magical crystal, sacred to the Light, the Sungem was prized from its home in an ancient monastery and turned over to the authorities in the Port of Glass. It was subsequenctly fractured (though not destroyed) in a ritual directed by Duke Karl, though the ultimate purpose of this was unclear. text/html 2011-08-24T22:16:06+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:swordnoname?rev=1314224166&do=diff The Sword With No Name Background A powerful Name artefact that carries a terrible curse. The 'The Sword With No Name' contains the Bound One; the 'Ravenous Renunciation of the Self', which was bound within its own blade by the Brotherhood of Chains at the end of the Binding Wars. It is an entity that feeds on the names of other beings, drawing them into the blade, leaving their nameless spirit to wander the earth. The bearer of the blade feels a constant urge to satiate the sword's hunger wit… text/html 2012-02-19T18:27:01+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:tarquin_velasquez?rev=1329676021&do=diff Background The manipulative Velasquez High Captain is known to share a mutual disdain with Dukle Nerino. He was High Captain during the time in which Nerino supplanted Chiana as head of the family but showed loyalty to neither side, instead siding with their predecessor and rather late head of the house. text/html 2011-01-06T02:59:54+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_city?rev=1294282794&do=diff Background A young, inquisitive Spirit of Place of the White City. Born of Maximillian and a Spirit of Place in the Western Forest. (Hush Little Baby) He wants to learn everything there is to know about the city and while not exactly naive he is still a bit short sighted about what is and is not relevant to the city (e.g. anything outside the city is not worth his attention until it becomes an immediate threat outside the gates while on the other hand he feels he needs to know exactly how many… text/html 2010-06-14T19:19:45+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_city_of_streng?rev=1276543185&do=diff A great troglodyte underground city. When a rock bearing the word 'Streng' is revealed it is declared to be 'the time of Streng' and the males and females will fight for supremacy. More recently an incident involvinmg a group of King Eric's men led to part of it being sucked in to the Shattered Plane. There is now chaos and glass all over the city. Further adding to the chaos some are declaring allegiance to the White City under god-king Falcon Bravo. Others are readying themselves to invad… text/html 2010-03-29T20:27:54+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_eastern_dragons?rev=1269894474&do=diff The Eastern dragons are the progeny of the Mother of all Serpents and the Lord of the Tower of Heroes. They all have some link to death and to life. The Eastern Dragons are: Matahadres, the Herald of Morning The most political of the Eastern dragons. Matahadraes is associated with renewal and rebirth. text/html 2011-03-30T19:25:06+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_emperor_of_the_unbound?rev=1301513106&do=diff The Emperor of the Unbound Background The Emperor of the Unbound is the ruler of the Empire of the Unbound. He is a mysterious figure so far little encountered by adventurers from the White City, but he is known to be a powerful Name and Chain Sorcerer, and has some association with the Black Flame. He professes to be an enemy of the Bound Ones, and claims to have personally bound Tears as Fire at the end of the Binding War. text/html 2011-11-06T16:36:36+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_golden_city?rev=1320597396&do=diff Just north of the Garden Lands and south of Crossroads lies the young Golden City. During the celebration of the 30th year of Rebecca De Courci's reign the course of the Great River was moved and a great pillar of Black flame erupted (signifying some great sacrifice) at the site that was to become the Golden City. Best information to date suggests that this may have been the work of Christina de Velland. Little else is known save that the Golden City has no nobility and that the Rose Prince … text/html 2010-03-29T20:26:09+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_kingdom_of_the_crimson_queen?rev=1269894369&do=diff The Verdant City The Kingdom of the Crimson Queen is located someway inland and rather separated from the other two kingdoms of the east. It is east of the City of Lights and north of the City of Ash and Iron. It has a strong matriarchal tradition, with its current ruler being an unordained blood sorceress. The Queen has ruled the city for some 150 years or so and looks unlikely to pass on power to either of her two living daughters any time in the near future. Likely her long life is the r… text/html 2010-05-24T18:29:00+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_kingdom_of_the_king_who_waits?rev=1274725740&do=diff The City of Lights For hundreds of years the City of Lights, so named for the constant glowing spheres that illuminated it, was rule by a nigh-immortal King. It was revealed that the source of his immortality was tied to the glowing spheres. Numerous groups of White City adventurers stirred up rebellion amongst the King's subjects, some for a sense of idealogy and others for personal gain. In the end the King was killed by adventurers who removed the illumination from the city. It turned o… text/html 2010-03-29T20:19:21+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_kingdom_of_the_unnamed_king?rev=1269893961&do=diff The City of Ash and Iron The City of Ash and Iron is the center of the Kingdom of the Unnamed Kings, who style themselves the 'Emperors of the New World'. In truth they hold no more power than any other of the rulers of the east, but history hints that they are related to some line of royalty or high nobility from before the First Naming and Binding War. Upon his or her ascension to the throne, each of the Kings is ceremonially stripped of their name in a ritual involving powerful Name Magic. … text/html 2010-03-25T16:18:59+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_long_road?rev=1269533939&do=diff The Long Road was created by Belor de Velland using the Black Flame to aid an invasion of the White City. It stretches from the Port of Glass almost to the gates of the White City. It was taken under the White City's control when a blood mage named Bottle sacrificed himself to it but it is currently dormant. text/html 2010-06-14T20:50:44+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_shattered_plane?rev=1276548644&do=diff The domain of glass and the Vitriarchs. It is believed that most souls that end up here will be driven instantly mad. However, some adventurers have found a couple of notable exceptions to this rule. The plane contains a mirror of the White City but with no magic or gods (and those who end up there are cut off from the gods and magic, at least without a significant ritual). It is theorised that this is a creation of the Hollow Prince, or possibly the Absent Lord, set to drive those who end u… text/html 2010-09-19T00:40:18+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_swarm?rev=1284856818&do=diff Background The Swarm is a gargantuan hive mind composed of billions, maybe even trillions, of insects inhabiting the Western Forest. It is highly intelligent though its alien thought processes often makes it appear to have an almost childlike naivety. It normally communicates (or attacks) by taking on a humanoid form composed of thousands of insects, though these swarms may take any shape they see fit. text/html 2011-11-06T16:38:41+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:the_western_dragons?rev=1320597521&do=diff Children of the Mother of All Serpents and the Frost Prince. The Western Dragons are: Faragmas, First Born The oldest of the western dragons. Lives in a volcano on one of the Breathing Isles, which his colossal size prevents him from leaving. May or may not count as one of the five Western Dragons. text/html 2011-08-24T22:11:09+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:third_sleeper?rev=1314223869&do=diff The Third Sleeper, the Bard of Rainbows Background A good looking young man in a rainbow cloak, the Third Sleeper initially comes across as a pleasant if slightly odd individual. Further acquaintance, though, soon reveals the truth: the man is a giggling maniac, and possessed of vast Dream powers, to boot. The Bard of Rainbows is associated with the fears and nightmares of childhood, and also with the creatures known as the Northern Lights (indeed, the coronas of rainbow light that frequentl… text/html 2011-08-24T22:09:07+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:thirteenth_sleeper?rev=1314223747&do=diff Background The thirteenth sleeper is not a single entity but a pair. They are identitical twins who finish each others sentences and are known as the End of the World. They have also been referred to as the Last or Final Sleeper, meaning presumably the number of sleepers is finite. text/html 2010-03-25T14:37:42+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:three_rivers?rev=1269527862&do=diff The Palace at Three Rivers Background Originally inhabited by Matteo di Calvo, the Necromancer at Three Rivers, the Palace seems to have some sort of metaphysical significance in keeping Dream back from the rest of the world. It is located North of the White City, where the rivers of Echoes, Shadows, and Whispers meet and become the Great River. text/html 2011-06-05T14:43:42+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:toquell_curiana?rev=1307285022&do=diff The infant half twin of Christina de Velland, who has a strange mystical connection to his sister. Toquell was born of a relationship between the notorious necromancer Selena Curiana and the High Priest of the Lord of Blood Fury and thus has a link to both blood and ash. Christina used him to get close to his namesake Toquell Velasquez, suggesting some manner of connection to him too. The augaries of Gideon Wiscar suggest he might be some sort of balancing force between the heir to the Whit… text/html 2011-06-05T14:26:26+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:toquell_velasquez?rev=1307283986&do=diff A former White City adventurer of dubious reputation, he practiced both chain magic and the forbidden art of Name sorcery. Through the use of powerful Name artifacts he gained a phoenix-like immortality allowing him to regenerate from any wound not inflicted in freezing conditions. text/html 2012-04-27T16:10:36+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:velasquez?rev=1335543036&do=diff The Late Nerino Velasquez Duke Nerino Velasquez Duke Piera Velasquez Only surviving heir of Nerino, Piera is a hotheaded young man who takes grave offence at any slurs against the good name of his Family (of which there are many, the Velasquez are not liked). He is somewhat lacking in political ambition, to the despair of his father. Was forced into the position of Captain of the High Guard after the murder of his brother and the death of Tarquin Velasquez. text/html 2010-03-25T16:00:37+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:vengeance?rev=1269532837&do=diff Vengeance Background Vengeance was a particularly baleful weapon created some hundred years ago by a Blood sorcerer whose village was put to the sword by a noble, of a line now extinct for relatively obvious reasons. The sword is said to have been steeped in blood at every stage of its creation, finally fixed when it was driven into the heart of the youngest daughter of the noble in question. It is said that this sword killed all but one of the offending line of nobility, and that the last in … text/html 2011-01-06T02:38:25+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:vitriarchs?rev=1294281505&do=diff The Vitriarchs of the Shattered Plain are strange and mad and make others mad. The practice of Glass magic is forbidden in the White City, and indeed in most other city-states. Only the Port of Glass permits (and indeed encourages) the worship of the Glass Powers. text/html 2011-06-05T14:50:51+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:waterfire?rev=1307285451&do=diff A potent artefact relating to the bound one known as Tears as Fire. What is less well known is that it is what gives Toquell Velasquez his immortality. text/html 2012-03-04T19:22:35+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:white_city?rev=1330888955&do=diff Background The main focus of the setting is the White City. The White City is an independent city-state and the most prosperous in the region. It is ruled by a nominal Governess, Her Eminence Rebecca de Courci, whose chief talent has been to weld the bickering noble Families, guilds, temples and of course dangerous mobs of lunatics with swords (who apparently prefer to be called “adventurers”) into a coherent unit. The city lives up to its name being as it is carved out of fine white stone (for… text/html 2011-01-15T23:20:57+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:white_city_gangs?rev=1295133657&do=diff Major Gangs Due to the nature of the White City's hierarchical underworld, there is only really one gang of criminals large enough to be at the top of the pile. King Eric's men are the the largest group of organised crime in the city and their reach goes far. Virtually every other gang in the city pays fealty to the “king” if they want to stay in business. They say the King Eric keeps everyone else around for his/her own amusement - and sometimes an old fashioned gang war is good for business.… text/html 2010-03-25T15:46:15+00:00 http://whitecity.chaosdeathfish.com/gm:wistful_city?rev=1269531975&do=diff Background The Whistful City is the only large city in the northern mountains, and it has scarcely a thousand residents. It lies on the western bank of the River of Whispers (the central river, flowing from the Peak of Hope) and seems to deal predominantly in mysticism. Poets, seers and madmen are the biggest exports of the Whistful City, and also its biggest imports, since it is mostly those of a... shall we say... impractical bent that take the journey upriver to visit the City. It is by all …