A plain black carriage with no escort rolled through the farmlands of Dreicounty on the road north from the Slothjemian Coreland. It was a carefully cared for vehicle, and its exquisite condition revealed it as not a run-of-the-mill mode of transportation, but as the vessel for an important person who wished to travel incognito. The … Continue reading The White Badge of Deceit; Chapter 2
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An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 17
Slothjemian nobility has less to do than the aristocracy in more feudalistic societies. They determine the amount of taxes their estates owe based on criteria dictated by the Lord Revenuer’s office, but other than that, they have very little function. This frees them up to serve in the military, civil service, or, more infrequently, as … Continue reading An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 17
RSV Gonkulator; Flagship of a Fledgling Navy
The story of Slothjemia's most famous seafaring ship began with the capture of the Craiovian seaport that was renamed by the goblinoids "Reichstanta." It had been a shipbuilding center for hundreds of years prior to the Slothjemians moving in, and when the first soldiers stormed in to the besieged city they discovered a number of … Continue reading RSV Gonkulator; Flagship of a Fledgling Navy
The White Badge of Deceit; Chapter 1
The persistent rain helped to hide the shadowy figure of Jaxilar as he moved, hooded and cloaked, along the streets of Kugahloo. The large, muscular man was almost entirely invisible as he maneuvered down the ancient cobbled streets. There were few people out and about, and most everyone was more concerned with getting out of … Continue reading The White Badge of Deceit; Chapter 1
An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 16
There are two types of “investigators” in Slothjemia; Internal Investigators that serve as the eyes and ears of the Throne for all domestic matters, and External Investigators who roam far and wide in foreign lands keeping track of potential threats, and if necessary, eliminating them. The former type answers to the Lord High Inquisitor, the … Continue reading An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 16
An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 15
Small communities dot the countryside of Slothjemia, and are both more numerous than in other lands, and more diversely populated. This is due to the fact that in other nations small towns have to worry about the threat of monsters and goblinoids. In Slothjemia, those elements are the population itself. This allows the nobility to … Continue reading An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 15
Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 11
It took a while for Thigpen to find the correct undertaker, and when he did was relieved to find that Fenderlahn’s body was still there. They had sealed him into a coffin, and tomorrow a hearse was due to take the remains back to Middleswamp. The undertaker was very helpful, a kindly man with a … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 11
An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 14
Slothjemia does not have a lot of trade partners, and the trade it does have almost always revolves around weapons and armor that is manufactured in the realm. The bulk of trade takes place between Slothjemia and the realms of the Underdark, wherein dwell dark elves, duergar dwarves, svirfneblin (deep gnomes), and illithids, just to … Continue reading An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 14
Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 10
The squad that showed up in the emergency response team cut their way through the spider silk carpet that was draped over everything in the townhouse. There was a thick blanket of the stuff, on chairs, the tables, hanging from the lighting fixtures, and in every room. It looked like an explosion in a silk … Continue reading Slothenburg Confidential; Chapter 10
An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 13
Those Slothjemians that favor the “noble” side of the political spectrum tend to be exactly that; the nobility. More inclined to exercise power that is granted to them by the throne, than to express themselves as powerful individuals in their own right, they are most often associated with the Church and governmental bureaucracy. They view … Continue reading An Orc for All Seasons; Chapter 13
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