For most folks in the Speaking Lands, the Norsteppes is the distant and barbaric land way over there, where terrifying warriors come from.  Of course,…

Like the smallest stitches that fashion a fine gown, I like to think it’s the little details that best bring a setting together.  And there…

Why are wizard staffs always topped with a giant glowing topaz?  Cause it’s a vimstone, obviously!  It’s an essential wizard’s tool that provides power to…

A city far to the north, sitting astride forking rivers and a nexus of trade routes.  No, it’s not Winnipeg, it’s Ouradon, City of Towers!…

Somebody’s got to hire the adventurers, or sell them cool stuff, or disdain their very presence in this otherwise very respectable village.  They’re the craftmasters,…

I must confess, I am very fond of the Groves of the Lorathan elves, a little bit of  worldbuilding that serves as a fulcrum for…

Large-scale political unrest which has lasting effects on the social geography of the continent?  Yep, that is my jam, and this week I get to…

An oldie and a goodie, a subject of much reinvention and reinterpretation, I am so excited to share with you the ORKS entry from the…

Just ignore those filed-off serial numbers, check out The Canton, home of the lovable halflings!  This rustic backwater, isolated from sweeping historical movements of the…

A lot of times in writing the Gazetteer, I got to name-drop something mysterious, reference in a few other articles, and by the time I…