Duquesne
Type
Skylith
A very large skylith orbiting in the middle reaches, Duquesne is a major shipping hub for all of Skyway because of its favorable location. Its size and a quirk of shape allows support of three large port cities as well as export of agricultural goods.
- Orbit:
- Circular, flat, 24 hour revolution.
- Rotation:
- synchronous
- Gravity:
- earth-normal
- Terrain:
- Relatively flat outward surface, with a mountain range in the north curling around to a cliff on the leading edge. The mountain range as well as hills in the south are forested. Central plain descending gently to the westward edge, the southern part of which is marshy.
- Governance:
- council of elected Mayors, deferring to Mayor of Cliffshadow
Associations present:
- Academy of Magic has a campus in Cliffshadow.
- Bardic Conservatory is in Three Rivers, a town in the center of the skylith.
- Children of Āhua have a settlement in the southeast hills named Mantzur with mostly firbolg, Wild elves.
- Council of Antiquaries has a campus in Three Rivers.
- Freelancers have a Tavern in Cliffshadow.
- The Great Workshop of Eternal Refinements has a workshop in Stormhaven.
- Skyguard have an outpost in Cliffshadow.
- Stalwart Order of Toka and Tikanga has a monastery north of Cliffshadow, Orderly Stones.
Remitag, 3rd prime post-Apastron 1056
Log Entry Type
Recordkeeper
Record kept of the ongoing mission from the wizard Gwidion to clean up altered wildlife along Pirates River.
Storyline
The Lion and the Unicorn
Remitag, 3rd prime post-Apastron 1056
Log Entry Type
Record Kept
Minji, Aranel, Ricardo, Tui, Sofiya, and Latae agree to clear some Pirates River pollution, which this time is in the form of giant feliform plants.
Marsh Counterattack
Remitag, 1st prime post-Apastron, 1056
Log Entry Type
Recordkeeper
Record kept of the mission from House Ha'aheo to take out an encampment of bullywugs in the marsh who had started hassling their herb gatherers.
Storyline
Marsh Counterattack
Remitag, 1st prime post-Apastron 1056
Log Entry Type
Record Kept
New Freelancer Ricardo joins Lorcan, Dominic, Minji, Peb, and Tim in a mission to beat down some bullywugs who had started hassling House Ha'aheo herb gatherers.
Golden Eagle Gryphon Eggs for House Liona
Vrontag, 1st prime post-Planting 1056
Log Entry Type
Recordkeeper
Record kept of another mission to retrieve gryphon eggs from Northridge mountains for House Liona.
Storyline
Baker's Dozen Eggs
Vrontag, 1st prime post-Planting 1056
Log Entry Type
Record Kept
Mia, Dominic, Maghris, Petrichor, and Carmen head into the Northridge mountains north of Orderly Stones to retrieve gryphon eggs for House Liona.
Buzzsaw Buzzards at Pirates Dream River
Petraag, 4th prime post-Fulcrum 1056
Log Entry Type
Recordkeeper
Record kept of traveling to the Pirates Dream River to reduce pollution in the form of buzzy buzzards.
Storyline
No Insulting Bird Couplets
Petraag, 4th prime post-Fulcrum 1056
Log Entry Type
Record Kept
Aranel, Dominic, Murai, Shimni, and Tim traveled to the Pirates' Dream River via Lakeview and found and killed a flock of Buzz-ards.
Grblin Negotiations Northwest of Marshfork
Vrontag, 3rd prime post-Fulcrum 1056
Log Entry Type
Recordkeeper
Record kept of the mission from Casimir Lightforger, Mayor of Marshfork, to locate the grblin settlement northwest of Marshfork and take steps to reduce the risk of raids.
Storyline
Trouble is a Grblin in a Hat
Vrontag, 3rd prime post-Fulcrum 1056
Log Entry Type
Record Kept
Lorcan, Minji, Dominic, Maghris, Peb, and Kairos traveled to Marshfork and then up the Little Brother River to track where the grblins were coming from.