Thorns (Exalted)
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| Exalted City-State Thorns |
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| Terrestrial Compass: | The Scavenger Lands |
| Map Location: | P-8 on StephenLS's Map of Creation. |
| Government: | Autocracy |
| Ruler(s): | The Mask of Winters |
| Population: | 1,000,000+ (est.) |
- Thorns is a location in the fictional world of Exalted. The city itself comprises a major plot point in the recent history of the Exalted Universe, particularly the conquering of Thorns by the Deathlord Mask of Winters. As such, the following general information is typically presented to provide world-development and to give players and Storytellers a basis for an infinite array of adventures in or in the vicinity of Thorns.
During its height, Thorns was one of the greater cities in all of Creation. Thorns flowed with sophistication and cultural achievements. It was a center of great craftsmanship and competition for excellence. That legacy is now gone and Thorns sits under the dark shadow that is the Deathlord Mask of Winters and his armies of the dead. The remaining living citizenry lives in fear of their very lives, but they are a proud people and may not welcome the intervention of outsiders in freeing them from the yoke of oppression. The city now sits atop bone-white cliffs, a wreck of hollowed out ruins and monolithic structures. The citizens are slaves to the dead and are waiting for the last vestiges of life to die out.
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[edit] Districts of Thorns
[edit] The Shroudvant District
The Shroudvant District is the center of the city, the heart of what was a once-thriving Thorns. Monolithic statues of the Mask of Winters dominate every major street plaza and the district remains quiet. It is the seat of government, reserved for visiting dignitaries and the living and dead citizens that serve the Mask of Winters. Although the Shroudvant District is exceeding pleasing to the senses, it is more of a tourist trap, a place where guests can be impressed by the Mask of Winters' benevolence and sophistication.
[edit] The Palace of the Autocrat
[edit] The Twilight Amphitheater
This impressive structure sits less than a mile from the Palace of the Autocrat, a depression in the ground. It is covered by a dome of black glass and black-iron latticework that shades the audience from any rain or wind. The Twilight Amphitheater offers only the finest of entertainments, usually state-sponsored pageants of a vast scale or operas written by the dead in the service of the Deathlord. The Mask of Winters uses the Twilight Amphitheater as another apparatus in his vast propaganda machine, attempting to use it to impress dignitaries with the beauty of the city and the culture that the city still retains.
[edit] Aspir Haven
[edit] Legacy
[edit] The Shackle Maw Penitentiary
[edit] The Undercity
[edit] Government
[edit] The Court of the Puppet King
[edit] The Mask of Winters
[edit] Military
[edit] Sources
- Exalted 1st Edition Collector's Checklist. White Wolf Publishing (April 30th, 2006).
- List of Exalted Sourcebooks. White Wolf Publishing (February 10th, 2007).
- The Compass of Terrestrial Directions, Volume 1: The Scavenger lands. White Wolf Publishing (June 12th, 2006).
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