Mourning Pyre
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| Culture Level | Chivalric and magical Renaissance |
| Ecology | Full |
| Climate & Terrain | Warm forests and plains |
| Year Formed | 760 |
| Population | undead (95%), human (%#) |
| Races (%) | human |
| Languages | Khorvan |
| Religions | the Silver Flame |
| Government | none |
| Ruler(s) | none |
| Darklord(s) | the Creeping Death |
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| Analog | Zombie Apocalypse |
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This section contains FoS-canon info, from Fraternity of Shadows (non-netbook) projects |
Part of The Hub Cluster.
Introduction
The dead rule the land now known as "Mourning Pyre". A darkness has spread across its borders so all that die rise as the walking dead, and all killed by the zombies rise as the same. The few survivors struggle to survive amid the ruins of their once grand civilization.
Biology
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Geography
Once lush farmland with increasing urbanization, the fields of Mourning Pyre have gone fallow while the cities fall into ruin. The land is isolated: mountains block the West while the Mists surround the North and East and much of the South. The seas also border the South, but are known for their violent storms that make sailing treacherous.
Population Distrubtion
Scattered. Terrified.
Towns
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Authority
Survival of the fittest
Once the Church of the Midnight Sun, the the Midnight Riders is one of the most powerful factions of surviving humanity.
There is a dark, smiling priest named Kaznin Hinkley who sometimes appears in the land, in abandoned churches or mysterious tents, who preaches his own version of the Church to any who stumble upon him.
Language & Culture
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Rumors
- In Mourning Pyre, there is a tale that is sometimes told of a forgotten giant's stronghold, where the giants still live, who's walls have never been breached by the dead. Some say this fortress is hidden amongst the endless mountains to the North and West. Others say it must be somewhere along the misty borders to the East. Is there truly an ancient giant's stronghold in Mourning Pyre? A haven for the survivors against the living dead? Or is it just a cruel rumor, tricking people from their hiding places and out into the open, where the dead can find them? Few, if any, in Mourning Pyre truly know. On rare occasions though, dead giants have been seen roaming the land. . .
Adventure Hooks
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- Three are three vampires who come to Mourning Pyre when the stars are favorably aligned. One rides an undead stag, one rides an undead moose, and one rides an undead bull. They come to hunt survivors, riding them down with spears and swords. These vampires do not fear the undead of Mourning Pyre, and they know there is no human authority capable of stopping them. None know where they come from, or where they return to afterwards.
Closing the Borders
Nobody knows the reason why, but sometimes the borders of Mourning Pyre will close on those trying to escape the domain. The Mists rise and any who enter soon find themselves set upon by the dead.
World of Origin
Mourning Pyre comes from the world of Eberron. It is loosely inspired by the fallen nation of Cyre, and its darklord given life by the Day of Mourning. Mourning Pyre has much of the magical technology of Eberron, but in the years since the Creeping Death rose much of it has fallen into disrepair.
Inspiration
Assorted Zombie Apocalypse media including Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. Zombieland. The Walking Dead comics and TV show.
