{"id":217,"date":"2008-09-19T22:15:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T20:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.folkefronten.dk\/?p=217"},"modified":"2008-09-19T22:15:01","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T20:15:01","slug":"el-valle-eterno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/folkefronten.dk\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"El Valle Eterno"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"el_vall\"<\/a>An Introduction to El Valle Eterno<\/strong>
\nEl Valle de la Vida y de la Prosperidad Eternas (usually just called El Valle Eterno) is one of the rarer examples of the Border Princedoms in that it has been relatively stable for almost two centuries. Its ruler through those two centuries is one Prince Felipe Lopez.<\/p>\n

Geography<\/strong>
\nEl Valle Eterno is dominated by the river that snakes its way roughly from the northeast to the southwest, flowing south towards the Black Gulf. It is wide enough and sufficiently deep for two river barges to pass each other comfortably and allow smaller craft to pass between and around them. Surrounding the river is a broad fertile plain where a number of small towns, villages and farmsteads are the basis of El Valle Eterno\u2019s successful agricultural economy.
\nThe western and eastern borders of El Valle Eterno are protected by high ridges of hard but heavily fractured rock, lightly forested with fruit-bearing trees and shrubs. The fracturing of both ridges creates many channels and passes through them, but the twists and turns and the ups and downs of these meandering routes means it can take at least a couple of days to pass from one side to the other even along the best routes.
\nThese latter passes are guarded by watchtowers, protecting traders travelling to and from El Valle Eterno from bandits and worse hiding in the rock, and protecting El Valle Eterno itself from external aggression.
\nAt the southern border of El Valle Eterno, the land dips into an expansive hollow, a marshy region known as Umidit\u00e0 Nasty, and considered too unpleasant for human expansion. This is not to say there is no life there: a tribe of Goblins and an elusive tribe of lizardmen fight to control this pathetic region and claim it as a
\nprincedom. These and other beasts have never been considered much of a threat to El Valle Eterno, but early in his reign Felipe Lopez ordered the construction of a simple deterrent: a fence of heavy wooden spikes angled at 45 degree, facing towards the marshes. This palisade is a minor deterrent to an envious prince daring enough to send his troops through dangerous swampland for a serious attack, but it serves to discourage casual raiding and curious marshland monsters.
\nDefending the river just within the borders of the marsh is Water Guard, which takes the simple form of two walled semicircles either side of the river. Water Guard serves to defend El Valle Eterno from enemies travelling by boat. Key to its defence are the fire catapults \u2013 the prospect of being burned alive on troop ships has a marvellously
\ndiscouraging effect on enemy soldiers. Any attempt at attacking El Valle Eterno by river from the south would require the catapult towers to be disabled. The river entrance and exit to Water Guard can be closed by raising huge heavy nets that span the river \u2013 heavy weights descending rapidly raise the nets, horse-power raises the weights to
\nlower them again. Dealing with this mechanism would also be necessary to make any invading ship less vulnerable to fire catapult and more conventional assaults by defenders.
\nThe northern boundary of El Valle Eterno is heavily forested. Over the last two centuries, its edge has gradually crept further north, as trees are felled for construction, fuel and a small logging industry. Throughout the princedom there are areas sparse in trees, so there is a demand for timber, as well as large finished wooden items built to
\norder, such as battering rams, catapults, trebuchets, and heavy wooden castle doors. El Valle Eterno\u2019s engineers have become well known in their corner of the Border Princes.
\nAt the heart of El Valle Eterno is El Ojo en el Agua, or just El Ojo. El Ojo is the largest town and capital of El Valle Eterno, and it rests mightily on a prominent rocky island around which the river bulges, the iris of an open watery eye. High-walled, with extensive docks on either side (western side for south-bound ship, eastern for north-bound), this is
\nthe political and economic hub of the princedom. At its centre lies Eye\u2019s Needle Castle, the home of the prince, Felipe Lopez.<\/p>\n

Inhabitants of El Valle Eterno<\/strong>
\nThe people of El Valle Eterno are predominantly humans of Tilean or Estalian origin.
\nPrior to Felipe Lopez\u2019s take-over two centuries ago, the valley had been centre stage for conflict between various Tilean princes and their followers. However, after Felipe dispatched the main protagonists he and his followers (the extended Moreno family and disciplined Myrmidian mercenaries) treated the Tilean peasantry and soldiery with
\nconsiderable decency. After a few months of initial wariness and some Tileans fleeing with their families, the remaining people realised things might be better with the prince after all. Very quickly, Felipe had a fairly loyal population, and he absorbed much of the existing Tilean military into his own.
\nOver the years, an increasing number of Estalians have come to El Valle Eterno seeking new lives. The presence of the Moreno family and an Estalian prince was part of the attraction in the early decades of Felipe\u2019s rule. Today the fairly even mix of Estalian and Tilean cultures makes the princedom attractive to those folk of both nations who feel the need to move to another land for whatever reason.
\nThe mixing of people has led to a mixing of cultures, with food, festivals and language blurring together to varying degrees. Inter-marriage is common, with the result that many families are called Moreno, due to the Moreno family\u2019s insistence that men marrying Moreno women change their names rather the other way round. This has had the beneficial effect that whilst the Moreno family is still associated with Felipe\u2019s rule, they are not seen as privileged minority.
\nOther nations are not heavily represented in El Valle Eterno, although there is a small Bretonnian presence in the north of the princedom. These Bretonnians are mostly the descendents of a large band of Herrimaults who left their homeland about fifty years ago, despairing of ever bringing change to their homeland. Felipe Lopez accepted their
\npresence, offering them a village that had been depopulated by a large flock of harpies, on the condition they dealt with the winged fiends. Impressed with their bow skills, Felipe further charged them with improving the defences of the northern border. Today, Bretonnian archers commonly man the northern watchtowers.
\nEl Valle Eterno has few settled non-humans aside from Halflings, who are mostly farmers. Most Dwarves care little to visit the land, although the more adventurous or financially pragmatic pass through El Ojo often enough.
\nThere are rumours of Elves in the northern woods, but then there are always rumours of Elves in the woods; it comes with the territory. Nevertheless, the foresters have a tradition of marking any tree they plan to cut down with a red cross \u2013 if the red cross has vanished by the following morning, then the tree is left alone (though it is uncommon for such a cross to vanish). Although the edge of the woods has moved
\nslowly north, foresters have made the effort to replant trees, knowing the woods represent both defence and valuable resource. In addition to rumours of Elves, there are also rumours of Gnomes living in hidden caves and tunnels within the rocky ridges on the east and west flanks of the princedom. Most of the stories come from merchant
\ncaravans passing through the channels of the ridges, and usually involve the theft of small items from wagons or small figures darting out of sight.<\/p>\n

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Spillerne<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gabriel Vasquez<\/strong> er 21 \u00e5r gammel. Fysisk er han ikke noget pragteksemplar… Spinkel, et halvt hovede mindre end de fleste, har m\u00f8rkt, n\u00e6sten sort h\u00e5r, der altid st\u00e5r ud til alle sider, og brune \u00f8jne. Trods sin noget spinkle fysik har Gabriel et fint helbred, og han er ganske beh\u00e6ndig.<\/p>\n

Gabriel er bel\u00e6st, og han benytter enhver lejlighed til gavmildt at dele sin mere eller mindre brugbare viden ud til dem, der gider lytte – og m\u00e5ske ogs\u00e5 dem, der ikke gider. Gabriel er bel\u00e6st indenfor de fleste omr\u00e5der, men s\u00e6rligt historie ved han meget om.<\/p>\n

Faktisk er der et emne, hvor Gabriel er en endnu st\u00f8rre “ekspert” , nemlig indenfor “arkanisk kogleri”. Dette holder han dog mest for sig selv, pga. den offentlige holdning overfor s\u00e5dan kogleri, jo er en anelse, ja… Fjendsk. I, der kender Gabriel, ved, at han rent faktisk er kogler med en bred vifte af nyttige formularer. “Informationskogleri” er hans speciale.<\/p>\n

Til daglig b\u00e6rer Gabriel altid rundt p\u00e5 en lille l\u00e6derindbunden notesbog, som han skribler den ene information efter den anden ned i.<\/p>\n

Gabriel er draget ud i verden for at se p\u00e5 den med egne \u00f8jne, og ikke bare l\u00e6se om den i en bog. De notater han g\u00f8r sig, er baggrundsmaterialet til en bog, han har t\u00e6nkt sig at skrive. Hvad bogen helt pr\u00e6cis skal handle om, er han hemmelighedsfuld omkring, men hans interesse for historie og arkanisk kogleri lader sig som sagt ikke forn\u00e6gte.<\/p>\n

Gabriel er kommet til El Valle Eterno for studere p\u00e5 byens bibliotek og samtidig m\u00f8de sin ven, bibliotikaren Slobodan Mijatovic (kontakt), som han hidtil kun har brevvekslet med. Gabriel er ikke meget for at rejse alene, s\u00e5 jeg forestiller mig, at han har m\u00f8dt Heinkel og Carlos, som han har sl\u00e5et f\u00f8lge med.<\/p>\n

Juan Manuel Valderas <\/strong>er 21 \u00e5r gammel. Hans m\u00f8rkl\u00f8dede, senede krop udstr\u00e5ler streng disciplin og et n\u00e6rt kendskab til timelangt, slidsomt arbejde. Juan Manuel har m\u00f8rkt, let kr\u00f8llet h\u00e5r og milde, brune \u00f8jne midt i det markerede ansigt med en n\u00e6se der b\u00e6rer pr\u00e6g af at have v\u00e6ret br\u00e6kket nogle gange.<\/p>\n

Juan Manuel b\u00e6rer symbolet fra den munkeorden, i hvis varet\u00e6gt han har tilbragt det meste af sin barndom. Her har han f\u00e5et kendskab til en unik blanding af helbredende urter, b\u00f8n og kampduelighed. Thi den der lader de sande guder virker igennem sig f\u00e5r styrke til at udfri mennesket for synd og bek\u00e6mpe de der forbryder sig mod Herrens vilje og orden.<\/p>\n

Ud over religi\u00f8se symboler b\u00e6rer Juan Manuel et sv\u00e6rd og et skjold, samt en brynje. Juan Manuel forklarer gerne at det sandelig ogs\u00e5 er religi\u00f8se symboler for viljen og evner til at forsvare sig selv og andre.<\/p>\n

Juan Manuel er draget fra [omr\u00e5de] ud i verden med en gruppe venner som han har m\u00f8dt tidligt p\u00e5 turen, Gabriel, Heinkel og Carlos, alle med forskellige forh\u00e5bninger og motivationer. Juan Manuels m\u00e5l er at l\u00e6re om menneskets mangfoldige aspekter, deres synder og sprede budskabet om livet og frelsen og beskytte de svange og retf\u00e6rdige mod overgreb.<\/p>\n

Juan Manuel er kommet til El Valle Eterno og til det lokale munkekloster som han takke v\u00e6re Herrens n\u00e5de og fader Jaramillos (kontakt) velsigelse kan bruge som base for sit ophold her p\u00e5 egnen. Fader Jaramillo har allerede gjort brug af Juan Manuels sv\u00e6rd – ikke mindst i forhold til lokale landevejsr\u00f8vere, der g\u00f8r vejene usikre. Juan fik hj\u00e6lp af sine rejsef\u00e6lder Gabriel, Heinkel og Carlos, der alle var indstillet p\u00e5 at hj\u00e6lpe til.<\/p>\n

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Jeg er f\u00f8dt Stanislav Hagi<\/strong> i en lille by i det syd\u00f8stlige hj\u00f8rne af empiret . Jeg boede med min mor, far (Vladimir), lilles\u00f8ster (Monica) og tvillingebror (Stefan). Stefan og jeg blev tidligt opl\u00e6rt i at sl\u00e5s.<\/p>\n

Vores by l\u00e5 ret afsides, men engang imellem kom der fremmede. De var som regel rejst n\u00e6ste morgen og det t\u00e6nkte jeg ikke n\u00e6rmere over f\u00f8r senere. Da jeg var 16 kom en gruppe unge eventyrer til byen. Jeg overh\u00f8rte en samtale imellem nogle af m\u00e6ndene og forstod at de ville overfalde og dr\u00e6be gruppen. Det gik op for mig at de fleste g\u00e6ster i byen havde f\u00e5et samme sk\u00e6bne.<\/p>\n

Jeg besluttede mig for at advarer dem og flygte sammen med dem. Jeg slog den vagt ned som var blevet sat, for at de ikke skulle flygte. Jeg fortalte eventyrerne, hvad byboerne havde tilt\u00e6nkt dem og vi flygtede. Det er nu 3 \u00e5r siden og i den tid har vi bev\u00e6get os l\u00e6ngere og l\u00e6ngere syd p\u00e5.<\/p>\n

For ca 6 m\u00e5neder siden kom vi til El Ojo. Her har vi sl\u00e5et os ned og f\u00e5et nye venner. Jeg har skiftet navn til Carlos Ramirez, da jeg frygter min fars h\u00e6vn for mit forr\u00e6deri.<\/p>\n

Jeg er 19 \u00e5r. Jeg er ca. 180 cm h\u00f8j. Jeg er ret kraftigt bygget, men ogs\u00e5 adr\u00e6t. Jeg er rimelig intelligent, men ikke s\u00e5 vis. Jeg har et godt helbred. Jeg har sort h\u00e5r og en fuldsk\u00e6g.<\/p>\n

Jeg tror p\u00e5 at man skal hj\u00e6lpe andre og behandle hinanden godt. Selvom regler og love er godt, s\u00e5 bliver man ogs\u00e5 nogle gange n\u00f8d til bryde dem for at g\u00f8re det rigtigte.<\/p>\n

Jeg k\u00e6mper med et p\u00e6nt 2-bladet sv\u00e6rd og b\u00e6rer en p\u00e6n Brystplade.<\/p>\n

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Alego Dentos<\/strong>. En p\u00e5 sin vis tilfreds bonde, havde det ikke v\u00e6ret for sin families evige kamp for at f\u00e5 ham gift og bebyrdet med b\u00f8rn i spandevis. Han har sin ejen lille g\u00e5rd n\u00e6r El Ojo og t\u00e6t p\u00e5 omr\u00e5dets sump, hvilket har kr\u00e6vet en vis kampf\u00e6rdig. Alegos er afslappet i sin holdning og meget nede p\u00e5 jorden dog besluttede han at f\u00f8lge med en flok eventyrere, der havde nydt hans g\u00e6stfrihed. Han pakkede sine ting og tog sit sk\u00f8de p\u00e5 g\u00e5rden med han har ikke t\u00e6nkt sig at komme tilbage men i stedet pr\u00f8ve lykke sammen med sine nye og noget m\u00e6rkv\u00e6rdie venner.<\/p>\n

Alegos har tyndt sort og pjusket h\u00e5r og ca. 1,7 meter h\u00f8j. Han g\u00e5r med kortbue og en lang tr\u00e6stav n\u00e5r han f\u00e6rdes ude. Han ses i \u00f8vrigt sj\u00e6ldent uden et str\u00e5 i mund vigen. Alego har oplevet ca 19 h\u00f8st fester<\/p>\n

Hans bekedskaber i El Ojo best\u00e5r af en grisse s\u00e6lger Onlos Diego som han har et noget anstr\u00e6ngt forhold til da de altid pr\u00f8ver snyde hinanden i en handel(men s\u00e5dan er spillet jo). Der ud over kender han en prostitueret der tog hans m\u00f8dom da han var 14 \u00e5r p\u00e5 opfordring af hans far (der allerede den gang \u00f8nskede b\u00f8rneb\u00f8rn !!) Senere har han bes\u00f8gt hende af ejen vilje det kan kaldes en slags venskab. Han har ogs\u00e5 en bank forbindelse den navn kundige Lentos Slanti der forrenter hans og de fleste andre b\u00f8nners penge p\u00e5 den side af byen.<\/p>\n

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Heinkel Krupp <\/strong>21 \u00e5rig ungersvend med hang til det gode liv og lidt sjov og ballade. Heinkel er st\u00e6rk, men ikke meget st\u00e6rk, beh\u00e6ndig men ikke meget beh\u00e6ndig.<\/p>\n

Efter en r\u00e6kke problemer med faderen til en lokal sk\u00f8nheds far, vedr\u00f8rende et intimt forhold (alts\u00e5 med sk\u00f8nheden), besluttede Heinkel st\u00e6rkt motiverede af bev\u00e6bnet rytteri at forlade *omr\u00e5de* for at s\u00f8ge nye himmelstr\u00f8g, og n\u00e5r det nu skulle v\u00e6re (og det skulle det jo) blev der s\u00f8gt sydp\u00e5, mod varmen.<\/p>\n

Heinkel har efter at have v\u00e6ret i omr\u00e5det omkring Den evige dal, p\u00e5taget sig et et alternativt kaldenavn, Endrique del Valle, dels for at undg\u00e5 bes\u00f8g nordfra fra f\u00f8r omtalte rytteri, og dels fordi de lokale har tendens til at grine af ham (Heinkel er en ret stolt person), men blandt inderkredsen er han stadig Heinkel.<\/p>\n

Heinkel har gjort sit indtog i el valles selskabsliv og er der blevet bekendt med krofatteren i La vida loca, Esteban, og gl\u00e6despigen Conzuella p\u00e5 samme sted.<\/p>\n

Samtidig har han p\u00e5taget sig rollen som deltids patron for s\u00f8skendeparret Pedro og Lippi p\u00e5 henholdsvis 11 & 9 \u00e5r, der som gadeb\u00f8rn g\u00e5r periodisk til h\u00e5nde, og som er ganske frygtl\u00f8se,og som Heinkel periodisk k\u00f8ber t\u00f8j og mad til, begge har stor plads i Heinkels hjerte, hvilket g\u00f8r at han kan blive endog yderst bekymret.<\/p>\n

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Ramon Tavarrez<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeg bor i El Ojo, hvor jeg er tilknyttet templet for Verena, hvor jeg imidlertid ikke har faste opgaver. Jeg har boet i byen hele mit liv, og har altid v\u00e6ret tilknyttet templet, idet jeg er f\u00f8dt og opvokset der. Verenas pr\u00e6ster og pr\u00e6stinder skal ikke leve i c\u00f8libat Mine for\u00e6ldre er s\u00e5ledes mine umiddelbare kontakter i byen, idet jeg stort set ikke har et netv\u00e6rk uden for kirken. For et par m\u00e5neder siden m\u00f8dte jeg en fyr ved navn Gabriel i byens bibliotek. Her faldt vi i snak omkring et af de flere historiske paradokser, der er i de forskellige skrifter vedr\u00f8rende s\u00e6rligt udviklingen i den nordlige del af imperiet. Vi m\u00f8dtes flere gange, og jeg blev ved en lejlighed introduceret til nogle af Gabriels venner, der ligesom ham selv var kommet til byen for nyligt.<\/p>\n

Jeg er 26 \u00e5r gammel. Jeg er h\u00f8j og ranglet og har gr\u00e5 \u00f8jne og sort h\u00e5r. Jeg er eneste barn af Fellipe og Anna-Lucia Tavarrez. Jeg er novice i Verenas kirke, hvor jeg tilbringer en stor del af min tid med at l\u00e6se og suge viden til mig. Verena ser i n\u00e5de til dem, der tilegner sig viden, beskytter viden, men som ogs\u00e5 samtidig deler ud af viden.<\/p>\n

Efter at have m\u00f8dt Gabriel og hans venner er mine sociale kompetencer og lysten til at udvide dem eksploderet, og der er s\u00e5gar hele dage, hvor jeg ikke er i templet. Gabriel og jeg har flere gange diskuteret muligheden af at se noget af verden – en ide, som jeg har forst\u00e5et ogs\u00e5 tiltaler Gabriels andre venner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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