Astral Rune WorldsA Story by Lawerence RoweThis is a list of the Rune worlds with approximate representations of their physical appearances.Feoh - Feoh is a medieval agrairan community with a squalid village if about two dozen huts outside the walls of a castle. Everything has a dismal, soiled look. The people walk with their heads bowed. Ur - Ur is a primal forest filled with wild beasts that constantly battle. its people are stealthy, silent hunters with sly eyes. They paint their naked bodies to blend into the undergrowth. Thorn - Thorn is a great cavern with a sulphurous lake from wich fire belches. It is inhabited by scaley, crawling things that lurk in the darkness. Os - Os is a landscape of rolling wooded hills with white-capped mountains rising in the distance. In its midst is a hall formed from the bodies of living trees with many fantastic carvings on its sides. Rad - Rad is a long road that winds between barren cliffs and impenetrable forests. Along it move silent, weary riders and people with bundles on their backs. Ken - Ken is a land of crystal and glass. The glass trees bear jewels as fruit and the sky is lit with rainbow colors that pulsate and make the landscape dance. Gyfu - Gyfu is a land of blood and destruction inhabited by people who have committed various acts of self-mutilation similar to those practiced by Indian fakirs. Wyn - Wyn is a shining montain that rises into a golden cloud. Near the top is a city of white stone. Its people are gentle and contemplative. Haegl - Haegl is a blowing storm of hail and snow in a dark evergreen forest. Nyd - Nyd is a narrow wooden bridge across a chasm of foaming rapids. The center of the bridge is burning. Is - Is is a frozen lake in winter. From the lake rises a small island overgrown with naked willows. Ger - Ger is a flour mill beside a stream. It is domintated by a giant water wheel that turns and groans continuously. Eoh - Eoh is a field of battle on the eve of conflict. Banners fly. Campfires burn. Men and horses wait for dawn and look silently across the darkended field at the fires of the foe. Peord - Peord is a glade of apple trees where an abundance of fruit and other harvest goods have been gathered. Long tables set with plenty entertain the harvesters. Eloh - Eloh is a great gate set across a road betwee two rock cliffs. No passage is possible except through the gate. Many people wait on the outside to gain admittance. Sigel - Sigel is a land so blazing with light that no details of it can be distinguished. The air roars with the sound of flames. Tyr - Tyr is the midst of a battle on a misty field. Usually only the clash of swords and the cries of the dying can be heard. Sometimes a pair of combatants come into view for a brief moment through the mists. Beorc - Beorc is a glad of birch trees seen in the slanting sunlight of early morning. Birds sing. A clear spring bubbles. Eh - Eh is a grassy plain sretching endlessly to the horizon. On it move herd animals, particularly wild horses. Man - Man is the inside of a house wiht uncounted corridors and rooms. Each room presents a different dramatic tableau. Lagu - Lagu is the depths of the sea-green ocean. Its inhabitants dwell in the rocks and strange growths on the ocean floor. They are of monstrous appearance. Ing - Ing is a small but prosperous farm with a stone and thatch house and a wattle barn. Its inhabitants are the members of a family - grandfather, father, mother, a son who is nearly grown, a younger daugher, and and infant. They extend hospitable welcome to strangers. Daeg - Daeg is a stone pillar that marks the passage of the sun. From it extend twelve spokes made of ridges of earth to the horizon. The sun never sets, but rides in an unending circle around the sky. Ethel - Ethel is a geometric land where separate farms are arragdd in a checkerboard pattern. Each small holding has a high fence around it. © 2016 Lawerence Rowe |
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Added on November 23, 2016 Last Updated on November 23, 2016 Tags: runes, astral, appearances, astral travel, scrying, runic Author
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