AN ADVENTURER'S GUIDE TO THE SWORD LANDS
A Foreword from Adventurers Inc.
We at Adventurers Inc., always searching for ways to improve our services, have compiled the following guide to be used by the good folks most important to us: you, the adventurers. After all, as our slogan sincerely claims, "If you're not successfull, We're not successfull".
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all adventurers who have supplied their own tidbits of information about these wild Sword Lands of ours, often at the price of life and limb. But then again, as all experienced adventurers know, "One can't split an orc's head in two without getting a taste of his grateful embrace first" (well okay, we ourselves are not sure exactly what this means; but then, this maxim was given to us by a dwarf, so maybe you should ask one ...). In any case, after years of careful information gathering, checking and compiling, we now proudly present to you this "Adventurer's (Online) Guide to the Sword Lands".
For free, of course!
Therefore, we hope the information within this guide will prove useful (if not life-saving), and that whenever you peruse its pages, you will think fondly of us at Adventurers Inc.. If you wish to drop by to see us, and perhaps even make use of our services, remember where you can find us: either at our branch in the town of Aranys, or at our Home Office in the great city of Tanirith (we are open all day and all night, every day of each sevenday; also, we will be opening new branches in Wailsrond and Lantharond very soon).
So enjoy this guide, and don't forget to drop by our offices!
Safe journeys, and safer returns!
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE
Greetings, adventurers! Within the pages of this much sought after tome, you will find insider information about the lands, the cities, and the special places found within the Sword Lands. Remember, however, that this tome cannot be complete, and thus may hold omissions for lack of information. We wish we could have provided you with every and all details about the Sword Lands; unfortunately, a too large number of our hired explorers failed to return to report their findings (and may they rest in peace, the brave, poor souls that they were...).
This bring us to some bit of wisdom we would like to impart to you, before you do plow through these pages. Hence, the following are what we consider six fundamental tidbits of advice for you to keep in mind, for whenever you endeavor to explore our wild -but so beautiful and magical- Sword Lands:
1- A good deed will always be rewarding;
2- Search (or detect), and ye shall find;
3- Think before acting;
4- Be careful of who ye trust;
5- Never accept dinner invitations from ogres;
6- Never insult an orc's lineage unless he's not armed (and ye are).
The Sword Lands are vast. For the sake of clarity, and to make this guide easy to use, the Sword Lands have been divided into 8 principal areas-land types, each being treated separately in the guide as follows:
1- The Heart Lands;
2- The Eastern Lands;
3- The Khanark Rockies;
4- The Southern Islands;
5- The North-Eastern Lands;
6- The Western Lands;
7- Caves, Caverns, and Underground Complexes.
The Heart Lands include Aranys, Wailsrond, Dagger Keep and Sparklestone; the Eastern Lands are comprised of Tanirith (including the farmlands, the grapevine yards, and Tarterys Island) and Arvoranaan; The Khanark Rockies are themselves subdivided into the Rockies Proper, the Frozen/Snowy Rockies, and the Volcanic Rockies; the Southern Islands are comprised of the Pirate Isles and the island-city of Coral Towers; the North-Eastern Lands are comprised of Lantharond and its surrounding areas; the Western Lands include Sharranth and its surrounding areas; finally, the Underground Complexes include most known caves and cavern complexes discovered above ground and in the Underearth, including the secretive dwarven undercity called Dwarven Halls.
Lots of stuff to cover, you say? Hey! Now you see how far we have gone to provide you with the best guide available! So, enjoy!
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