Bastions of the North

Bastions of the North is a sourcebook for Exalted First Edition.

Summary

From the White Wolf Catalog:
Havens from the Cold
North of the Realm and beyond the White Sea exist some of the harshest environs in Creation. Bitter cold, savage monsters and barbarian raiders threaten all who dwell in this frozen wasteland, promising only short lives and brutal deaths. Yet, bulwarks of civilization exist even here, offering security and hope to those who dwell within their cities’ sturdy walls.
A Sourcebook for Exalted®
  • Details the three great powers of the North—Gethamane, the Haslanti League and Whitewall—along with a mysterious lost city buried under the ice since the First Age.
  • Provides all the information players need to create characters from the frozen North.
  • Gives detailed locales and adventure seeds for Storytellers wishing to run series set in the harsh hinterlands of Creation’s Northern border.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Whitewall, the Once-Holy City

Chapter Two: Gethamane, the City Under the Mountain

Chapter Three: The Haslanti League, Nascent Empire

Appendix: Swar, the City of Formlessness Constrainted, Which Men Call Old Crystal, and What Lies Within

Background Information

Memorable Quotes

Characters

  • Yurgen Kaneko, the Bull of the North
  • Vodak, the hekatonkhire who dwells below Gethamane
  • Rigteous Guide, First Age Solar who once ruled Whitewall
  • Tenrae, First Age Solar who once ruled Whitewall
  • Den'Rahin, First Age Lunar who once ruled Whitewall
  • The Syndics, gods who manage Whitewall
    • Yo-Ping, the Celestial Minister of Harmony
    • Luranume, the Master of Fivefold Luck
    • Uvanavu, the Chrysanthemum Shogun
  • Thrice-Dread Achiba, a ghost local to Marama's Fell
  • The Bishop of the Chalcedony Thurible, a Deathlord who claims Marama's Fell
  • The Lover Clad in the Raiment of Tears, a Deathlord who claims Marama's Fell
    • Mournful Aria, an Abyssal with an interest in Whitewall
  • Bethan Redeye, founder of modern Gethamane
  • Katrin Jadehand, current Mistress of Gethamane
  • Gods of Gethamane:
    • Tribbua of the Outward Breath
    • Reshan of the Inward Breath
    • Metheris of the Still Sky
  • Arvida of the Crescent Eye, Lunar patroness of the Haslan
  • Gerd Marrow-Eater, Lunar Exalt and founder of the Haslanti League
  • Tagar Frostbreath, Gerd's protege
  • Blue Dragonfish, Dragon-Blooded admiral
  • Nellens Ralinona, Dragon-Blodded emissary of the Realm to the Haslanti League
  • Luranume, God of Fivefold Luck, Lord of Auspicious Surprises

References

Marama's Fell, the Ennead, Syndics, underways, greenfield, Opal Spire, Mountain Folk, Swar

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