Underworld Adventurer

**This post is a continuing work in progress** In the shadow of the Impossible Keep, rests the settlement of Orm. The walled community rests where the Gloaming Hills meet Sourwood Marsh. Allowing no entry from the coast of the Cerulean Sea, Orm has commanded the marshland for Aeons. Once, durinng the peak of the Empire-That-Was, Orm possessed legendarily decadent gardens. Their ruins rest above New Orm along with crumbling remnants of structures from when the Cerulean Sea stood taller. This shell of a past grandeur, the Orm-of-Old, is visible throughout all points in the modern township and reminds its citizens that the greatest days of Orm have past. All know that the current ruler of Orm, the Rani, cannot accept this truth which is apparent to her subjects. Like many of the local petty rulership across Ur-Dan, she declares Orm a City-State. Ruling from the Impossible Keep, she commands a force of mounted knights and armored foot but rumor has it that she has not the coffers to fund h...

The streets of Orm are alive again as the city-state gets a break from their recent public health crisis. Here is what folks are talking about: Most of Orm is a buzz with excitement for the impending Souling Tide   starting with tomorrow at sundown with Mischief Night . It doesn't hurt that the holiday season comes just as Yellow Fever seems to have decided to recede from Orm. With the wealthy are returning and the healers brought to Orm through Bors Redbeard's efforts have yet to depart, it is believed that this year's festivities will be larger than normal. The coins spent traditional delights , decorations , and respectably ghoulish costumes is expected to be greater , too, as the recent trade woes brought on by the recent outbreak and the raiding in nearby waters continues to see Orm starved for goods . The mournful tone that hung over the Burning Witch seems to have passed has an influx of post-Yellow Fever business hits the tavern (though it still lags behind...