Paradigm Concepts

[Nierite]

Portals of Anshar

1) Grand Coryan Illonia, Coryani Empire (Year of Ill Harvest, "So Shall Ye Reap")

2) Ventaka Nerothian Lands, Theocracy of Cancerei (Year of Ill Harvest, "Bargains of Spirit and Flesh")

3) Luchek Duchy of Naaranth, Kingdom of Milandir (Year of Ill Harest, "So Shall Ye Reap")

4) Navanne Ulfia, Coryani Empire (Year 3, "Sibling Rivalry pt. 2")

5) Yarrvek Duchy of Naaranth, Kingdom of Milandir Note: Underwater

6) Panari Balantica, Coryani Empire (Year 4, "The Sacrifice of Generations")

7) Nishampur Sarishan Lands, Theocracy of Cancerei (Nishampur Book)

8 ) Empebyn Valentia, Coryani Empire (Year 3, "Sibling Rivalry pt. 1")

9) Blessed Shrine of Anshar Corillathian Mountains (Year 3, "Sibling Rivalry pt. 1")

10) Tralia Duchy of Trailia, Kingdom of Milandir (Year of Ill Harvest, "Bargains of Spirit and Flesh")

11) Naeraanth Duchy of Naeranth, Kingdom of Milandir (Year 4, "Castle by the Sea")

12) Abessios Toranesta, Coryani Empire/Abessian Dominions (Year 4, "Sacrifice")

13) Semar Republic of Altheria Connects to Nyambe, but no other Portal!

14) Saam Ur Portal Sea of Lanterns Actually a Celestial Giant Gate, but connected to the Network (Year 4, "The Banished")

15) Kofan Balantica (Nova Cormata?), Coryani Empire (Coast of Sea of Coryan) (Year 4, "The Sacrifice of Generations")

16) New Althere' Republic of Altheria (Year 4, "Dark Harvest")

17) Censure The Hinterlands (Year 4, "Where the Ghost of Legend Lies")

18 ) Tiantang Forest Zhuan, Empire of Haina (Haina IK, "Behind Enemy Lines")

19) First City of Man The Blessed Lands (Original portal discovered here of Issori origin, Ssethregore Book)

20) Citadel of Illiir The Blessed Lands (Year 6, "A House Divided Against Itself")

21) Black River Eastern Mouth of the Black River, the Unsealed Lands(Year 6, "A House Divided Against Itself")[/u]

22) Magra, Ghaumma, The Pirate Isles ("No Quarter")
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[Deviknyte]

If anyone can site a Portal Nierite didn't list feel free to post it/PM him so he can edit the first post.
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-Devin Redd, Detroit Harvester
"The Elorii shall rise again!"
Current- Vaerdos kyr'Taliis, Ardakene Elorii Chanter of the Rebirth and the Bright People
Retired- Elysian, Ardakene Elorii Hierophant of Belisarda

[Nierite]

Editted with references for most. I know I missed a few, but I can't remember the references for them (the Semar gate especially as I can't remember the adventure name)
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[ncrcalamine]

The was a portable gate in a larp

Nicole rubins

[wmullen]

Is the above list all of the portals?

or is it alist of only the "known" portals, i.e. these are common knowledge amoung the devotees of Anshar?

As one devoted to the Weeping Goddess, I view that part of my mission in life would be to find ALL the gates that SHE had meant for man to know.

BTW. I caught a reference to a limitation to the amount of BlastPowder one can carry through the Portals. Is this common knowledge amoung the val'Innares? If so, what is the exact limit? Does it vary from gate to gate? Does this limit apply to an individual only or to an entire party as they pass through a gate together?
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Will Mullen
Chicago, IL

[Nierite]

This is a list of the KNOWN portals, ones which have been referenced in adventures and books. From what I can infer from trips into the Blessed Lands, each of the Citadels MIGHT have a Gate in it (the Citadel of Illiir and Anshar did, but from what I understand the Citadel of Yarris did not). There are also likely portals throughout the areas inhabited by the Khitani, but they haven't shown up, and humanity used to live in Dar Zhan Vor as well, so there are probably a couple there too.

As to the Blast Powder restiction, I believe the limit was 40 shots/person.
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[Dead.Zone]

In the old system, the limit was 20 shots per person. Any more, and they all went boom. I don't recall seeing any reference to the limit in the current system. But I fully expect that it's still in place.

Also, it seemed to me that it was reasonably common knowledge. (At least it was definately common among adventurers; specifically, those who might actually be carrying blast powder.) I doubt that most commoners know about that, though.

Just for reference for newer players, portals are not... efficient enough to be used to transport armies. Although they appear (conceptually) like a stargate, they do not function quite the same. Sending large numbers of people through is not an easy or quick task. I don't exactly recall what the limits were, but a handful of people and/or horses. But you could not be mounted, I think, due to the height of the opening. (Again, this is all from memory.)

Scott

[wmullen]

[Dead.Zone]

Well, I don't consider myself an expert on the setting. But it seems to me that most of the gates are within cities. And there are very few, indeed that are out in the wilderness (what I assume you mean by, "iffy areas.")

If you think about it this way it makes sense... the gates have been around for as long as anyone can remember. Most, if not all of the gates were *probably* on Onara before the arrival of mankind. So, as the 1st Imperium of man begins to discover more and more of Anshar's gifts laying around, they naturally want to protect them. And a military installation would likely spring up in the area. Eventually, it forms a city, since trade would be easier and because military bodies need food, blacksmiths, women, etc. So most of the gates are deep within a city that's existed for a long time. Only the gates which were most recently discovered (like the one behind the former godswall) would be unprotected. In fact, there is a legion whose primary mision is to guard the gates. (I think it's Anguis Reptatus, but I could be wrong.)

I know that I often have mental images of gates that are influenced by Stargate, where the gates are off in the wilderness, somewhere and the stargate team needs to walk a little ways to get to civilization. But I believe that on Onara, its quite different most of the time. And I have to fight off that mental image, occasionally.


Scott

[Nierite]

Legion of Grim Lamentations.
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[EricGorman]

[hustonj]

I think I almost played a module with my old Yhing hir character where we spent better than 30 minutes arguing about whether or not I was going to take a horse with me . . ..

The good news is that everyone was smiling. I think that means nobody was too angry about the hit in module plot time.
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Jeff Huston
huston.harvester@cox.net

[Pirate Dragon]

If I remember correctly there were also Portals of YIG, scattered about...

[Encali]

Wasn't there a portal in the Pirate Isles? For some reason, Magra is in my head.

[Nierite]