• Email: Pronunciation of Ayodhya?

• Email: Determining what spell is being cast when weaving threads?

• Email: Where is the info about Therans “pausing” the mana cycle?

• Email: Old plot threads or story hooks that weren’t followed up or that we used in our games?

• Places of Note: Bartertown

• Founded to avoid Throalic authority (and dodge taxes)

• Mercantile city not originally intended as a permanent settlement

• A hive of scum and villainy: Great for adventure hooks and interesting NPCs

• No slavery: it would draw Throalic intervention

• Magistrate Clystone: A self-interested despot; “mafia don”

• Setting inspirations: Persephone from Firefly; fantasy version of street-level from Blade Runner; Mos Eisley

• Good campaign hub or base of operations

• Namegiver primer: Dwarves

• Most populous Namegivers in Barsaive - one third of the population

• Not completely “Tolkien”; they developed beyond the archetype

• Builders of more than just artifacts; they build organizations, cultures, societies

• Strong commitment to family, including extended family

• Throalic attitude of self-assurance and cultural superiority can come across as patronizing

• Practical, blunt, paternal. Tradition of family history and passing on of knowledge, scholarship and philosophy

• Namegiver races are NOT monoculture! Blended groups with hybrid cultures.

• Toughness bonus is a solid reason to choose them.

• Solid choice for just about any Discipline, good choice for magicians.

• Female dwarves do not have beards.

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