The Khorva Sea
The Terrifying Sea and Its Hidden Monstrosities
The waters of the Khorva Sea are often rough and choppy, and the weather at sea is frequently temperamental. Vicious storms arise without warning and heavy fogs can obscure Krevborna’s coastline. The conditions conspire to make travel by sea to other lands perilous; few can boast of seeing foreign shores.
Hallmarks
The following elements and aesthetic notes define the Khorva Sea:
• The storms that fall on the Khorva Sea are tempestuous and unrelenting.
• Reports of spectral ships and undead mariners abound.
• The waters of the Khorva Sea teem with monsters such as sea serpents, krakens, and horrible hybrids of man and crab.
• Sailors mourn their compatriots who were lured into the depths by mermaids and sirens.
• Legends speak of a city within the sea that is populated by once-human abominations.
I admit that my tendency on considering the Khorva Sea is to wonder how many ‘Harryhausen moments’ we can smuggle into it (By way of references to Classical mythology and classic Fantasy Adventure).
ReplyDeleteFor example, it did occur to me that it might be amusing to depict the local ‘Amazon River’ flowing out of the Eurasian steppe, rather than the South American rainforest (Though the Women-Warrior tribes of old might well be a memory in the hearts of modern women in the region and a legend in the pages of history, local cultures having been much altered by the history that has played out since The Age of Bronze).
I remember that your original Krevborna handbook mentioned a power - a Caliphate, I think? - that gave me the mental image of a power best summed up as ‘Kievan Rus turned Ottoman Russia’, so one imagines a whole nation of Pseudo-Muslim Vikings would be DELIGHTED to make life difficult for the daughter and granddaughter tribes of the Amazons.
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Oh, and ever since learning of the Land of the Laestragonians from THE ODYSSEY I’ve been firmly convinced that ‘Laestragonia’ would be a great name for a RAVENLOFT domain of Monstrous Heroes based on Greek Tragedy with a dose of Ray Harryhausen magic.
It might even fit into your Khorva sea!🙂