Snail People of Uod

Givos Givos is a coastal fishing town, traditionally disputed by the Balancont and the rules of Teldarpha (in eastern Ghikarn). While its harbour welcomes foreign vessels, the rocky outcroppings that populate it prevented the community from become a major trade port, and remains largely the province of fishing vessels. It has become a popular stopping point for seaborn trade vessels, who anchor in the outer bay and take small skiffs into town for supplies and refreshments.  Currently occupied by the Goblin Queen's forces, it is nominally ruled by Mivuhwul Isasnias Koman, the middle-aged burgher of fine ancestry who acts as a puppet to the local Captain Nivinak. Isanias demonstrated his loyalty by killing the previous Mivuhweul in the city square. Givos, for an unknown reason, was one of the first communities targeted when the goblins rose to the surface. Despite the crumbling walls and downtrodden residents, Givos still welcomes peaceful travelers and merchants, so lon...

The White Book The White Book is the central religious text of the Mindat. A thousand years ago, Mindat sorcerors evoked their deities into corporeal form and ritually slayed them, using their energies to power great magicks. They see themselves as free of "slavery" to extra-planar beings seek to harness their powers within. The White Book is a guide to this process. It has never been adequately translated out of the Mindat language, and while quoted frequently, is never read aloud. It describes a process and trails of harnessing one's soul, which is called "walking the labyrinth". The book itself is bound in white leather and is upwards of 400 pages. Many of the pages, or parts of the pages are left blank to be filled in by the adherent recording his progress or completing exercises.