Post originally by Brent Knorr at 2003-04-26 20:33:56
Converted from Phorums BB System

The "Celtic feel" comes partly from the names of the people, there's a half page devoted to old Celtic pronunciations. The festivals described also have a Celtic feel, with events such as wrestling, archery, mock combats, tale telling etc. the sport of hurling, which resembles field hockey and gets a half page description. One of the major religions is druidical in nature, the other is the Church of the All Father, a monotheistic religion loosely modeled after the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages. The author intentionally does not give alot of details on these in order for them to be easily adapted to other campaigns.

As for the sorts of places and peoples, there's a description of the shipyards and their owner, the Church of the All Father and the Friar that runs it, a couple of inns and their usual clients, including one with a shady history and customers that could be used as a springboard for some adventures.

Several businesses are described, the Leather Works, Smithy, Rope Works, Brothel and Bathhouse, Glassworks and several other businesses and their owners. Of course, not everyone is what they appear to be, and several of the NPC's have backgrounds that could be used to lead into some adventuring situations. And, some of the people are exactly as they appear, sometimes the little old lady that runs the Lamp shop is really just a little old lady that runs a lamp shop. (I do find that some products tend to go overboard on having everybody in town having a dark secret, or special ability, or something really unusual. Lets face it, most people that live in cities are just people that live in cities..)

Archendurn Castle is described in quite abit of detail, included the King, his advisors and rivals and some information on the political intrigue that is going on in the area. Player characters could get involved in this if they like a political sort of campaign

There is of course, a "Dark Woods" not too far from the city that has mysterious goings on that adventurers can investigate.

For the most part, this module focuses mostly on the setting with plans to release future products that will expand on some of the ideas suggested in this module.