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(Created page with "By all mundane metrics, Husk should not exist as a nation. Its desert landscape is predominantly rocks and pebbles and there are no noteworthy areas that could function as arable farmland. In fact, chunks of pebbly landscape have been known to spontaneously levitate for a time before showering down on whomever is so unlucky as to be standing beneath. And this unexplainable phenomenon is what gives Husk its appeal. When prospective settlers traversed across this strange...") |
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=== Aristocratic and Political. === | === Aristocratic and Political. === | ||
Although it was originally a small community of a few curious researchers, as generations progressed, the ruthless Licten family took over by force and has ruled Husk ever since. The Lictens purport that they are the chosen of the Lumen Cloud, one of the strange magical phenomena of the area. When a new Licten is ready to assume the throne of Husk, they journey into the desert to be claimed by the Cloud. Thus far, every Licten who has done so has returned with a mark as though struck by lightning, cementing their belief that they are divinely chosen. | Although it was originally a small community of a few curious researchers, as generations progressed, the ruthless Licten family took over by force and has ruled Husk ever since. The Lictens purport that they are the chosen of the Lumen Cloud, one of the strange magical phenomena of the area. | ||
When a new Licten is ready to assume the throne of Husk, they journey into the desert to be claimed by the Cloud. Thus far, every Licten who has done so has returned with a mark as though struck by lightning, cementing their belief that they are divinely chosen. | |||
=== Mercantile and Trade. === | === Mercantile and Trade. === | ||
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=== Quest Ideas === | === Quest Ideas === | ||
* The heroes need to investigate a magical event for a researcher. | |||
* The heroes are recruited to help steal a shipment of magical items. | |||
* A band of rebels ask the heroes to help them overthrow the Lictens. | |||
* The Lictens ask the heroes to root out and crush a burgeoning rebellion. | |||
* The heroes must explore the grand Husk Institute to find answers to a magical riddle that a [[Sphinx]] has asked them. | |||