Saturday, May 10, 2025

Building a Kingdom of Alba

I've been working on a guide for referees to build their own Kingdom of Alba, which is now in a state that I can share it here! Check it out and discover how to go about Building The Kingdom for a game of Legends of Alba.

There's a couple of dependant documents which I've not written up properly yet (the pages for Crossings and Cairns refer to separate guidelines for creating an Otherworld Realm and a Barrowdeep Delve - I have some WIP for creating Otherworld Realms but haven't covered the Barrowdeeps yet) but there's enough to produce the map and background details.

Here are the results I came up with following the procedure myself. This is the player facing map for The Storm Isles (since we've got full Character Creation and Legends for that Kingdom)!


The player-facing map shows just the terrain and Settlements (the numbered towers). The ref's map shows the locations of Legends and Features
Here's some accompanying notes for the keyed locations:

Settlements

1: Fort Stormbreak, the Capital, held by Clan Wavesplitter
2: Reivers' Return, stronghold of Clan Seawolf
3: Deepharbour, stronghold of Clan Darkwater
4: Dun Firinn, smallholding, held by Clan Arrowmender
5: Mirthall, smallholding, held by Clan Greenmoor
6: Windvale, smallholding, held Clan Thunderhawk

Legends

(Marked in Red)
L1: The Fire Fish
L2: The Grey Neighbours
L3: The Master Wyrm
L4: The Mound Dweller
L5: The Seal Hunter
L6: The Silver Tower

Strangers

(Marked in Blue)

    Hags
    H1: The Ossuary, home to The Bright Shell Hag
    H2: Grave of Whispers, home to The Doom Spear Hag
    H3: The Crystal Hollows, home to The Silver Horn Hag

    Abhainn
    A1: The Cold One's waterfall
    A2: The Nourishing One's shore
    A3: The Salmon River delta

    Shellcoats
    S1: Eyecoat, collector of heart whelks
    S2: Shinycoat, adorned with painted periwinkles
    S3: Smoothcoat, connoiseur of purple urchins

Sites

(Marked in Green)

    Crossings
    X1: Unicorn Falls
    X2: The Warrior's Stack
    X3: The Giant's Ford

    Cairns
    C1: Cairn of The Gloom Lord
    C2: Cairn of The Red Champion
    C3: Cairn of The Kelp Prophet

    Wasteland
    (Lands spoiled by the Blight of the dreaded Nuckelavee)
    W1: Reclaimed tower where mortals are stricken by The Hollowing Blight
    W2: Dead forest where trees have fallen to The Liquefying Blight
    W3: Dismantled bridge where the soil is tainted by The Blackening Blight

That's it for this one, We might take a look at expanding some of these basic notes next time!

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