Weary travellers curse the icy gales; steep, muddy tracks and thin air. Their choicest profanities, they save for the indefatigable mountainfolk who nimbly traverse the precipitous ledges at pace.
Tensions rise and hands drift towards wands and blades when they reach the switchback, steeper...
2023-09-17 00:24:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The Magistrate’s justice is swift, for the lucky few who die resisting arrest. For the rest, justice moves at the Magistrate’s chosen own pace. Squalid cells, starvation, beatings and leg breaking interrogations welcome prisoners. Crucifixion, boiling, flaying and drowning are some of the...
2023-08-31 12:57:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Snarling, underfed curs greet visitors to the ramshackle assortment of shacks and huts. Dank smoke from the damp wood fires sits in the air. Stronger than the smoke's aroma, the stench of human waste overpowers the senses. While official maps show this is within the Empire, tax collectors don...
2023-08-17 12:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The boom of the taiko drums and accompanying chants are clear to the passersby outside the walls. The smiling, dancing priests greet visitors with a joke and a wave inside. Popular with the youth and unnerving to devotees of the more serene temples, the Temple of the Phoenix revels in its ethos o...
2023-07-30 13:40:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Surrounded by huge jade boulders, approaching the Jade Pools is akin to travelling between worlds. Emanating serenity, cool on even searing summer days, the alluring pools draw visitors in. There is an edge to the peace though, a water dragon, golden scales glistening, coiled on a lone boulde...
2023-07-20 13:04:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The mountain range stands as an impenetrable barrier to most, providing better fortifications than anything hewn by hand or conjured by spell. Skilled mountaineers make use of the range for hideouts, swift travel, foraging and an invigorating swim in the icy tarns.
Here is our Moun...
2023-06-30 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Encased in spiked iron plates, smoke spewing from its draconic masthead, the arrival of the Turtle Ship strikes fear in the hearts of its foes. Packing a brutal array of cannons, faster than its namesake and more manoeuvrable than a fortress has a right to be, the fear is well founded. 2023-06-24 13:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
With dusk approaching, the adventurers hurry on to reach the town before nightfall. The rickety old bridge gives the first hint all is not as promised. Crossing the bridge, deathly silence and dilapidated buildings greet them.
A dearth of cursing fishmongers, no jolly bald bark...
2023-06-16 12:48:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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Last month we had a covid diversion and so only brought out two maps. In appreciation of your patience before we drop our the next set, here are updated maps for the 2023-06-11 12:42:10 +0000 UTC View Post
So the twig is bent...*
The Forest Free Folk were trapped between the Unseelie Hordes and the wide raging rapids. Unable to negotiate calm waters with the River Gods, the Fey Spirits combined to tear a twig from the world tree and hurl it across the waters. After the Hordes wer...
2023-05-28 11:16:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The dwarven Arch Mage Majnarg built the Wizards' Sanctum after dragons toppled the majestic Tower of the Wizarding Conclave, the third conclave tower trashed in a century. The Sanctum, whereabouts unclear is probably deep underground. Said, at the time of construction, to be warded beyond rea...
2023-05-14 13:14:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Harbour is an entity unto itself. A perpetual hive of chaos, overlaid by a kaleidoscope of mostly malign aromas and a cacophony of sound.
Teeming with junks and sampans, mooring points are at a premium. Profanities are exchanged as vessels collide with each other, in the ru...
2023-04-30 12:13:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Incongruously defiant, the Gateway gleams on the side of the rocky crag. Lit at all hours by ever burning braziers, the darkness within beckons, enticing the adventurous inside.
Few get out and even fewer make it out intact, sane, unpossessed or living. Those rare survivors ret...
2023-04-22 07:26:13 +0000 UTC View Post
While the philosopher may say the Pen is mightier than the Sword, in reality, twelve quill armed academics are no match for one samurai wielding a tamahagane steel katana. Not to say the blade precludes its wielder from philosophising. Quite the contrary, the finer the blade, the greater the ...
2023-04-12 11:27:35 +0000 UTC View Post
When Titans battle Leviathans of the Deep, all manner of flotsam washes ashore. Chief among the beachcomber scavengers are the Fae-folk of Shuckton who claim the largest and sturdiest cockles and conches as their own. A little magic for transport. A bit more enchantment to clean and remove th...
2023-03-30 12:21:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Rising above the sea, the sheer immensity of the stone docks and stairs to the Seagate are visible from afar. Getting closer, the docks are a hive of activity.
Under the relentless impassive, gaze of the stone guardians and the suspicious glare of the flesh soldiers, merchants ...
2023-03-19 10:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Tired of stale mochi, watery sake and more of the same tales?
Time to skip the tavern and go straight to the Kabuki Theatre.
Fine cuisine and beverages await the lucky visitors. All this and a show that must be seen to be believed. Actors who famously graced the ...
2023-03-11 03:24:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Deep in primordial wilderness, guarded by ancient hexerei and zealous devotees, lies the Heart of the Forest. Neither gentle nor malicious, the Heart empowers the spirits and denizens of the woodland realm. As with any heart, its health is linked to the body it feeds. When the timberlands fal...
2023-02-27 07:31:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome one and all to the Royal Tourney of the Spring Equinox.
Step up and show your skills, lest you be called craven. To avoid a thrashing, squires are advised to check the lists and ensure their masters know when they are up.
The day opens with the melee. No ...
2023-02-19 07:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Ageless or well-aged, the Hermit has always been there. Brewing tea with the same care as he manicures his grove. Prized across the Empire, his bonsai are gifted, not sold and there is no discernible pattern to the eclectic mix of recipients.
Rumours abound, is this a god among...
2023-02-16 12:07:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome good sages. Please sign into the visitor journal. Of course the journal is protected from nefarious soul snatchers, we don’t abide those types. Feel free to view and study the Orrery though we advise you to stay out of the pools, they are deeper than they seem. Alchemists are ...
2023-01-28 06:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Perfectly tended with lashings of chaos, the Garden is an apothecary’s delight. At the right time of night or day, in the correct seasons all the missing ingredients can be found. The gardeners’ price for access is the challenge. Gold is rarely the currency of the Feywild. Some harvesters...
2023-01-21 11:34:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The wide, charming strip of expensive wares and entertainment is a world removed from the crowded, odorous, hustle and bustle of the common markets. Here the wealthy stroll in silk kimonos protected from the elements by marvellous parasols. The owners bow low when they welcome their clientele...
2023-01-12 06:26:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs per the title, this is where new 2023 Maps will be added.
As per the title, this is where new 2023 Maps will be added.
High amongst the canopy, above the dangers of the dark forest floor, the Treehouse Inn offers travellers sunlight, comfort and, (occasionally) safety. Have a meal, exchange war stories, watch the bards try and perform their way into a free night. Ponder the uncanny resemblance of the balding ...
2022-12-29 02:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas, happy holidays.
Free maps in place of a Christmas card.
Have an amazing 2023.
Extra eggnog and cheer to our incredible patrons.
The Ame Kuma Team
After a day of stirges, zombie crocodiles and swamp witches, things take a turn for the freaky with the skulls and bones encased in the trees, are they moving? There is relief and some celebration on discovering the dragon skeleton that at least the dragon is dead. The ranger ruins that eupho...
2022-12-23 23:30:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Deep amongst the bamboo forest, blessed waters lie at the site where the Ki-rin Shyougama, Mountain Guardian, ascended back to her celestial home. The monks who followed her built the shrine and golden pavilion to honour her. The Legend says, when the mountains are threatened, she retur...
2022-12-13 06:13:09 +0000 UTC View Post