Introduction.

This will be an ongoing work to develop my thoughts about a fantasy world that were seeded to me by my late friend, John Sharp.  What those in the world of role playing games might call a "campaign setting..." 

I don't have a particular rhyme or reason here.  I suppose that my long-term goal is to build a story, for a grand adventure or series of adventures, to share with friends.  That is all down the road, because, really, time is precious and fleeting.  I sure as hell know that better than I did a few months ago. 

John was special.  Beyond the way that "we all are" -- that's not bullshit, we all are.  He had a great talent for thinking in tangents and looking at problems, or situations, from askew.  When he told me that he was terminally ill, he also told me one of the things he wanted to do for his own enjoyment in the time he had left was to set down ideas for a campaign setting.  And that seemed to me like a great answer to the problem that everyone will contend with some day... do what you enjoy while you can.

I will write a lot more about John here in the days to come.  Right now, though, i want to roll up my sleeves and get into some of the ideas he shared with me.  I plan for some of these entries to be a gazetteer of the world he was trying to dislodge from his head.  I'll sketch out histories of cities, tribes, magi, monsters, in others.  Eventually, it might be a rich resource for me, to give to people who might want to adventure in that world... and of course it will help me then, as well.

But, aside from honoring John, I want to do this because a lot of the ideas were fucking cool, and they deserve to get out to like-minded souls.

Thank you for reading.