This ghost may have wandered the sea-floor for decades, or got tangled in a shipwreck.

They say they were alive in the era of the:

1 d20th Dynasty. It would have lasted 2 d12th Revolution. A glorious triumph

for a thousand years. for the common folk!

3 War of the 2d6 States. The conflict 4 Thousand Warlords. Every city was
ravaged every province. walled, and ruled itself.

5 Amber Emperor. Who beggared the 6 Emerald Dowager. Who burned the
land to build his palace. southern capital to ash.

7 Ninety-nine Divines. They roamed 8 High Holiness. He unified Mu, and

the earth and smote evil. demarcated its borders.

9 First Republic. An experiment in 10 d20th Dynasty. It would have lasted

magic-assisted democracy. for a thousand years.

They are far from home. They remember the:

1 Steppe of Shoon, whose fur-clad 2 Hills of Qill, with every karst summit
nomads suckle mare’s milk. capped by a signal fort.

3 Rose Delta, so ship-clogged upriver 4 Xia Marsh, a patchwork of rebel

travel is quicker on foot. = princedoms, never quelled.

5 Zon Caves, where miners chip the 6 City of Yimming, huddled under a
skin off dozing jade giants. cloak of everlasting twilight.

7 Golden Valley, a plain of paddy 8 Three Cantons, where all industries

squares unto the horizon line. are devoted to artful war.

9 Sacred Mountain, with a fairy 10 Gorge of Koon, so deep its

princess bathing in every spring. canyon-bed has yet to be found.

STR AY VIR ASSA A THOUSAND THOUSAND ISL ANDS

OF MU
ILLUSTR ATIONS MUNK AO
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