Rumors and Conjecture in the Gulf of Coeranys

A paladin of Avani was slain by a group of gnolls lead by the avatar of Yeengohu and some unknown human riding a nightmare. The battle took place in the province of Careine, along the foothills of the Iron Peaks. The troops of the Paladin were routed; many of them taken as slaves by the gnolls while others were eaten on sight by the gnolls. The gnolls eat the flesh of their victims like ghouls, in honor of their god Yeengohu; Lord of the Gnolls, King of the Ghouls.

Some say that the Chimera has defeated the Bear while others say the Bear has just gone into hibernation. Maybe the Bear knows a storm of evil is coming and wants to wait out the winter.

The White Goblin’s personal caravel, the White Whale, was seen in the port of Mhowe in the land of the Chimearon. Word is that the White Goblin was in port hiring mercenaries.

The Harrowmarsh has it shares of danger: the natural inhabitants of a swamp, the Hydra, the hydra-kin, the Lizard Men tribes, and bandits. A band of humans lead by Lord Astin, known as the Muckrakers both protect merchant ships and prey on merchant ships that try and pass through the Harrowmarsh. There is also a group of goblins that go by the name of the Green Gang, lead by a witch-doctor known as Papa Daka.

The small village of Westport is the only permanent human settlement in the Harrowmarsh. Normally a free-city, the White Goblin has changed that and is now the law in the city.

A Brecht guilder named Kort Bregeden runs a strangely named merchant guild in the lands of Sendoure, Bindasa, and the Harrowmarsh simply called: the Hydra. The Hydra merchant guild flies a yellow flag with a black seven headed beast on it as their symbol. The merchant guild says they are the only way to safely get through the Harrowmarsh. Kort Bregeden says he is acting by the will of the Hydra. But this does not seem to stop bandits or the lizard men of the Harrowmarsh, both of which assault “the Hydra” protected vessels passing through the Harrowmarsh.

The Three Brother Mages believe that the Paladin of Avani was not coming to the Chimearon to help the Bear but was rather questing for an ancient shrine to Basaia.

Adventures might start flocking to the Chimearon: gnolls, ancient shrine, blood power and what not.

There is rumor that in the Harrowmarsh is an albino four-headed hydra-kin of great size.

Trogdor, King of the Southlands has shut down his grand palace and castle on Albiele Isle and moved his troops to the mainland. King Trogdor did allow a mercenary captain to form a war camp and who began recruiting and training troops. Rumor has it that Trogdor plans on using these mercenaries to invade the Isle of Caelcorwynn to gain more of a stranglehold on the Straits of Aerele.

The civil war in Sendoure came to a close several years ago, when an unknown group of adventures killed the upstart guild master who was trying to take over. During the melee, the rightful heir was slain but the noble family has since taken back power and Sendoure is recovering nicely. The upstart guild master was publicly hanged and his assets seized by the throne.

The civil war in the Rohrmarch is still ongoing. The kingdom is split with a northern capital, Oden, and a southern capital, Kiedel. King Alaric Wilhelm the First controls the southern half of the kingdom while his older brother King Oden Wilhelm the Third controls the northern half of the kingdom. The last true king of Rohrmarch, Frodrick Wilhelm was slain trying to hunt the Boar. Since then Frodrick’s sons have torn the kingdom part; each trying to claim their birthright.