The northwestern ring is known as Squillare.
Here,
Concordia
By: Tobie Abad
A View of Concordia
Hovering above the farmers and their farmland, the
grand city of Concordia is anchored in place by four
great cables. The Sons of Robin rule the city with claw,
feather, and tradition.
“The cold you feel under the shadow of Concordia is the
indifference the Sons have in abundance,” is a common
saying among Concordian farmers. With the region set
between the borders of two city states, the ruling family
desperately seeks to elevate itself and be recognized as
one of the ruling dynasties of Amirland. Concordia is
a city designed with opulence and excess that hovers
above the continent, with four great cables that anchor
it in place. The city floats due to an unhatched griffinkin
egg encased in stone and turned into the city’s core.
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»The Four Rings
Settled underneath the shadow of Concordia are the
Four Rings. Each sit at the base of one of the massive
rings used by the giant chains to anchor Concordia in
place. Massive tracts of farmland connect the four rings
to each other. All who live here have grown accustomed
to the influx of trade and commerce. The farmlands
thrive despite being under the constant shadow of the
city and some attribute it to the diffused sunlight that
still reaches the crops. Others claim the land is fertile
due to the mineral-rich refuse falling from the city. This
common claim has further lead to farmers and their
brethren being seen as scavengers. Concordians insist
everyone is equal, if only farmer families would “take
the effort” to work harder. Ringers, on the other hand,
are too busy tilling the fields to care about such lies.
various kinds of hand-made paper, inks, and dyes are
sold. Merchants here have invented their own language to
handle transactions away from Concordia’s prying eyes.
The northeastern ring is the Bague. Here, jewelry and
trinkets are sold for dirt cheap. Even more unique
jewelry carved from bone or woven from rare metal
threads can be found. Some claim there are gems sold
here which allow one to control another’s Familiar for a
limited amount of time.
The southwestern ring is the Circulum, and books
and schools have been set up here. Rumors claim the
brightest of the students are promoted from staying at
the Circulum to living in Concordia.
Finally, the southeastern ring is the Anell. At the Anell,
cattle and mounts can be purchased. The selling of
intelligent or conversant animals is prohibited and seen
as a barbaric practice that should be discontinued.
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»Concordia Arena
High above the world, Concordia Arena hosts the
annual Familiar Showdown where residents of
Concordia vie for the honor of having a meal with the
Sons of Robin. In this showdown, thirty contestants
and their familiars fight in a last-man-standing contest
of wits and survival. The battlegrounds have traps and
threats, both natural and animalkin-powered, which
encourage each contestant to form temporarily alliances
and partnerships to survive. In the end, however, only
whoever is last standing wins. The arena claims to
allow both Concordian and Ringer alike the chance to
experience sitting alongside the wealthiest family in the
region. In practice, however, Concordians use it to make
fun of the Farmers and their low quality gear. No Ringer
has ever won the Showdown, so far.
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»The Faceless Tower
A single ruined tower stands at the center of the
farmlands within Concordia’s shadow. Stories claim an
old farmer was murdered there and his body was hung
like a scarecrow until it rotted away. This story is enough
to convince most to keep their distance. In truth, a small
group of assassins, the Szmnx, operate here. They are
skilled mimics and can assume the likeness of anyone
they have met. Those who know of them call them
Faceless. They are tired of the rule of the Robins. They
accept any job from the highest bidder, however, and are
unlikely to act altruistic anytime soon.
NPCs of Note
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»Robin Robaron Ronniborn the IX, Mayor of
Concordia
The current Mayor of Concordia and the eldest among
the Sons of Robin. Publicly, the city knows him to have
bonded with a majestic griffinkin who is never seen in
public. In truth, he has not forged any bond. He has
attempted to bond with every griffinkin he can find, but
none have made a link.
Generations of The Sons of Robin have devoted
themselves to a single Familiar type, a griffin. Their line
remains unyielding in tradition save for the current
Mayor, whose secret is sure to bring them shame. They
stand as the wealthiest and most influential family in
Concordia and have many dark secrets they would
rather bury in the shadows.
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»Jaia Montgomery Cottontoes
Jaia is the youngest daughter of the ringer family line
the Cottontoes and much to everyone’s surprise, she has
befriended a crystal griffinkin. The crystal griffinkin has
asked for her help to find her missing hatchling and Jaia
has no doubt the griffinkin’s intentions are pure.
The two search for a way to stealthily head up to
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The closest they got was on the same day Concordia
started its descent. Jaia isn’t certain what she must do
but the closer she gets to Concordia, the more she
begins to see visions of something trapped in stone
crying for help. She does not realize she is destined to be
bonded with the very crystal griffinkin that the one she
befriended is looking for.
»
»Szmnx
These faceless assassins work for the Sons of Robin and
are able to appear as anyone else they have met before.
They handle tasks that require subtlety and are trained
to kill in a hundred different ways.
Plot Hooks
• Concordia is sinking from the sky. Farmers are
terrified, engineers desperately search for answers,
and in the bowels of the city, the griffinkin egg
cracks open. When the griffinkin egg completely
hatches, the crystal griffinkin will break free and
the entire city will drop. Is there a way to rescue the
griffin and save both Concordia and the Four Rings?
• If the Heroes help Jaia find the egg, perhaps they
can ask for her help to gently bring the city down
away from the Four Rings given her crystal griffin
is strong enough to do so all by itself? Or will the
Heroes be recruited by the Mayor to save the
city and mistakenly see Jaia as a bringer of terror
rather than a kind soul helping a familiar? Perhaps
a miracle can occur with the Heroes calling for all
with a flying familiar to join forces and help guide
Concordia’s descent to the ground?

Dureshk Mountains
By: Steffie de Vaan
A View of Dureshk
Living inside a floating mountain near the border with
Plinth, the people of Dureshk must choose between untold
riches and their unique way of life.
The people of Dureshk in Inther live inside a reverse
floating mountain, riddled with tunnels to make room
for houses, mining crews, scavengers, and nests for the
city’s flying lizards. On clear days one can see from the
gaping crater below all the way to Plinth wall on the
far horizon. The rain, however, coming down black
and stinking of death, serves as a sharp reminder of
the fateful day a Plinthian anti-gravity bomb ripped
Dureshk from the earth and left its people to die floating
upwards into the sky.
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»Topside: The Feral Nest
The old city of Dureshk, now largely in ruins, still rests
atop the mountain. While the anti-gravity device does
not render gravity completely null, it is very low and
one good skip sends a person floating into the sky. The
ruins are riddled with pitons and ropes where people
can anchor themselves to prevent such calamities. In
between the ruins nest feral pterodactyls whose Seeker
died, or who never bonded to begin with. The citizens
of Dureskh initially tolerated them, as they make good
playmates for the bonded flying lizards. The creatures
have become increasingly aggressive over time though.
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»Round Market
The people of Dureshk live in massive tunnels
excavated to hold their homes. Round Market sits on
an intersection of these tunnels, creating a sphere of
anti-gravitational forces covered on the inside with
market stalls. Rope bridges criss-crossing the tunnel
allow patrons to move around the market, though many
simply jump and float to their destination.
Round Market, being Dureskh’s main activity hub, sees
a wide score of outsiders coming to the mountain, from
Inther traders to Fendair scientists trying to break the
secret of anti-gravity, and Plinthian spies seeking to
retrieve the technology. Recent food shortages, however,
led to fights in Round Market.
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»The Mining Quadrant
The Mining Quadrant sits on the side of the mountain,
where miners search for ore hidden deep under the
earth and now rendered easily accessible, as well as the
anti-gravity device still embedded in the mountain’s
core. Project Iskadrill, comprised of scientists and
scavengers alike, is close to finding the device. Before
they can get it though, they must drill through layers of
ultradense metal which the device pulled towards itself
as it powered up before detonating - an undertaking
that sends tremors through the tunnels and could
destabilize the whole mountain. Still, the pay for
miners is good and the ores serves as Dureshk’s main
trade product, so few Council Members dare speak out
against the drilling.

NPCs of Note
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»Tset Bathmetjo Rantumur, Lead Scientist of Project
Iskadrill
Tset began their life as a street urchin and scavenger, but
their keen mind and intuitive grasp of scientific theories
quickly drew the attention of Zan Tombatoror Keleis,
founder and then leader of Project Iskadrill. When Zan
died in a mining accident, Tset assumed the position of
lead scientist.
Tset is close to finding the anti-gravity device - their
calculations on its location are very clear. They should
be overjoyed, as this is the completion of their (and
their mentor’s) life’s work and will earn them a great
reward from the Tombatoror family, yet every new drill
fills them with dread. Zan was just one of seven-and-
counting people to die as Iskadrill drilling destabilized
tunnels, and removing the anti-gravity device will send
the whole mountain plummeting to the ground. Even
accounting for safe evacuations, Tset would destroy
Dureshk’s way of life. However, they also know the
opportunity to reverse-engineer an anti-gravity core
could lift the entire nation out of poverty.
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»Kat Gerelis Laomator, The Shadowed Dragon
The Gerelis family of Dureshk traces its lineage back
to Jo Gerelis’ second son - a point of pride for the
family, even if it offered no claim to power so many
generations removed. Dureshk’s unique situation,
however, awakened ambition in Kat Gerelis. Rising from
humble public servant to Senator of Dureshk currently
in her third four-year term, Kat is fully aware extracting
the anti-gravity core would send Dureshk falling and
its people, evolved to thrive in low gravity, exposed to
the harsh world on the ground. Kat has no intention of
sacrificing Dureshk to the greater survival of Inther, and
she believes Dureshk has the resources to resist: dragons.
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Dureskh is the sole place in Inther where dragonkin
have returned. Kat Gerelis believes it’s the height and
low gravity that does it, though she can’t be certain. She
doesn’t really care either - she has dragons, which even
the Tombataror family can no longer claim. If enough
riders bond with the feral pterodactyls, and Kat - or one
of her agents - can bond with a dragonkin, Dureshk has
an army to resist Inther’s removal of the anti-gravity
core. Kat knows she has to move quickly though, as
increasing tremors signal Project Iskadrill drawing ever
closer to the core.
Plot Hooks
• Dureshk’s feral pterodactyls attack a food caravan,
and the people of Dureshk grow hungry as their
own crops cannot feed everyone. Riots brew in
Round Market. Kat Gerelis Laomator sends the
Seekers to maintain peace in Round Market. If they
do a good job, she sends them to investigate why
the creatures are so aggressive next. If the Seekers
can make their way to the feral nests, they discover
fresh clusters of eggs disturbed by Iskadrill-caused
tremors. Unbound Seekers also have a chance
to bond with a pterodactyl, or possibly even a
dragonkin, as they investigate Topside.
• Three Plinthian spies made their way into Dureshk.
Their mission is to steal the anti-gravity device,
as the bomb was a prototype which Plinth has so
far been unable to recreate. When Tset Bathmetjo
Rantumur orders Project Iskadrill halted as they
struggle with the dilemma before them, the spies
take the scientists hostage and force them to
continue drilling. Tset manages to get a secret plea
for help to the Seekers - if the Plinthians can access
the device, they won’t evacuate Dureshk before
they take it.

Rocking Chair
By: Elizabeth Chaipraditkul
A View of Rocking Chair
Resting atop the behemoth Ancestor Grandmother, the
city of Rocking Chair awaits her revival and the return
of the Ancestors in Endrill.
The earth under Rocking Chair is never still. It
sways back and forth with the languid breaths of
Grandmother, a giant elephantkin Ancestor who fell
to the ground in sorrow during the Vast War. Built
against her slumbering body, homes hung from rope
and spiralling scaffolding reach ever upwards. Beneath,
a sprawling city stretches far into the plains as thousands
of people arrive every year to live with one of the last
remaining Ancestors. Many hope Grandmother will
awaken—sensing the soul of her mate Grandfather—
and with her a resurrection of the Ancestors ushering in
a new day for Endrill.
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»Tusk Market
Resting in the right tusk of Grandmother is the largest
market in all of Endrill. Thousands of stalls carved into
the Ancestor’s tusk waft the fragrant smell of spices and
delicious foods over the city. Merchants lower baskets of
wares from their balconies to buyers in the street below
and there is never a moment Tusk Market isn’t pulsing
with life.
At the centre of the market is a large shrine dedicated to
Grandmother, it’s the farthest the market goes into the
beast’s tusk - carved when Grandmother was still awake
and a long distance from where the root of the tusk
would cause pain. In the smooth hollow of the shrine
people pay respect to Grandmother, placing their hands
on the flat, smooth shrine. The entire shrine hums with
a sense of peace and supplicants find themselves dozing
off at the shrine for hours before awakening to find
they’ve left the day behind.
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»Rocking Chair Underground
Most inhabitants are unaware that when Grandmother
fell she fell upon the ruins of a forgotten city. The ruins
now make up part of the Rocking Chair sewer system
and the rest of them are closed off to the public by
Rocking Chair’s Council, who fear cave-ins. Hidden,
ancient, and forbidden these ruins make the perfect safe
haven for the more nefarious citizens of Rocking Chair.
The Vipers gang’s base of operations lies deep in the
belly of the ruins, only accessible through corridors
lined with thousands of poisonous snakes who attack
anyone not gifted with a Viper tattoo. Deep within the
Underground the only thing the Vipers have to contend
with is the vein known as ‘Wailer’. When criminals hear
the soft cry of the vein echoing through the halls they
know to run, because the spirit attacks any adult it finds.
The only souls safe from Wailer are children, a fact the
Vipers exploit using a vast network of orphans and street
children as messengers for their underhanded dealings.
NPCs of Note
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»Grandmother’s Mouthpiece
The Mouthpiece appears as a young woman with bright
green eyes and deep ochre skin. Dressed plainly with
no kin jewelry adorning her body, her head bobs and
weaves to the movement of Grandmother’s breath.
Scatterbrained and ancient, the Mouthpiece never seems
entirely grounded in this world, as if her thoughts were
somewhere else entirely.
This is with good reason as the Mouthpiece is just as old
as Grandmother. With no familiar to speak of—some
say she was the the Ancestor’s companion many years
ago, others say she was an orphan adopted by the beast,
but whatever the case they have a connection. This
connection grants the Mouthpiece immortality and has
made her the de facto spiritual leader of the city.
 Abhorring any type of organized religion or politics,
the Mouthpiece disdains the responsibility placed
Plot Hooks
• Grandmother’s Mouthpiece is fading. The grace
upon her. She cares nothing for being the surrogate
granted to her by Grandmother is withering and
mother to Rocking Chair and goes out of her way to
she fears this is because the Ancestor is slowly
let people make their own decisions when they come
dying. The Mouthpiece believes the only way to
to her for advice. Luckily, the Long Tusks, an order of
restore Grandmother’s health is to find the Gold
monks modeling their lives after the Mouthpiece, carry
Hare Ancestor in the Lyilan Hills and ask her to
out many of the good works one would expect from a
bless Grandmother. Unable to leave Grandmother
spiritual leader while the Mouthpiece tends to what she
in this state, the Mouthpiece needs a Seeker’s help.
really cares about - Grandmother.
• A cult calling themselves ‘The Children of Gandoe’
are attacking the city, terrorising its citizens. The
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»Tenacity Graviin aka The Silver Viper
cult are a group of Terrans and familiars driven to
Tenacity grew up in Rocking Chair right after the war
darkness by finding and corrupting the corpses
and lost both his parents as Endrill struggled through
in the Badlands. They’ll stop at nothing until the
a terrible famine due to the loss of much of their arable
whole world believes their ideology. The Children
land. Growing up on the streets of Rockin Chair,
of Gandoe believe the only way for Endrill to move
scrounging for every scrap of food hardened Tenacity
forward is to become one giant Badland - allowing
and taught him one important life lesson—the only
all animals to return to their base aggressive
person who can protect you is you.
natures and for chaos to reign. To that effect,
they plan to scale Grandmother’s giant body and
Teaching this ideology to other street children it wasn’t
severe the ropes holding the city aloft. If they are
long before Tenacity ran his own gang, and as the boy
successful thousands will die in the catastrophe.
turned into a man, the gang turned into a large criminal
enterprise known on the street as the Vipers. Now
Tenacity runs Rocking Chair’s underworld issuing out
loans to the poor and ‘protecting’ the dark corners of
Rocking Chair the local police dare not go. If you ask
Tenacity, a silver-haired man with a vicious viperkin, he
genuinely cares for the people he protects - he just cares
for himself more.

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