Novendo is a fantasy role playing world that has been evolving since I created it in 1975. Many players have contributed to this evolution, leaving their mark on Novendo just as surely as I have. I’ve always thought of fantasy role playing as collaborative story-telling, and I hope this blog will demonstrate that. The current … Continue reading
Of the next tenday there is little to say. The Wanderers spent a pleasant interlude at the Cherry Blossom Kirusi, recovering from the injuries incurred during the fight with the phase spider, her minions… and Sujia. Under the wise and skillful care of Madame Wei most injuries healed well and surprisingly quickly. Sujia especially benefited … Continue reading
The morning after arriving at the Cherry Blossom Kirusi Khatia awoke more refreshed than she’d been in months. Even her time at the monastery at Lian B’hir had not been as restful as this, given the intense training the monks there had put her through to teach her the summoning of their ethereal fire. But … Continue reading
Khatia woke with the suddenness of her battle-honed instincts, immediately alert for danger. It took her a moment to remember where she was – on the road, several days out from Lian B’hir Mountain, in the tent she shared with Sujia. She relaxed as she realized that it was her traveling companion that had awakened … Continue reading
Viroj tightened the girth on the new mule one last time, and stepped back to admire his handiwork. It had been his idea to get a second animal for the journey up the Zhú-Zu River to its source at Loushang Mountain; and necessary as it turned out. His other idea, the arrangement of bamboo poles … Continue reading
Forthcoming in July 2025
With the restless spirits of Duan and Leping laid to rest, and the curse on Songxi broken, it soon became obvious that the power which had bound the spirits of the dead to the drowned village had also held it in physical stasis. Even as Khatia poled them back to the River Gate, five years … Continue reading
The elderly priest had said it would be at least a three day journey from Kirai’an to Songxi, so the group set out in the early morning of 12 Byan. They had only taken a day to prepare after Edain had shared the sad tale of Zun Zhe Yi, every one feeling the urgency of … Continue reading
It took almost a tenday to wrap up the situation in Libeo Wan [lee-BEH-oh WAHN] (Riverbend) after the deaths of the warlords and the disarming of their forces, restoring order and some semblance of proper government. Inevitably, Edain’s true identity soon became widely known and the townspeople looked to him for leadership… it made him … Continue reading
The group sets out on the morning of 14 Quon 4769, heading down the famous Seven Bridges Road toward the great capital city of the Ty Kyen empire, Kyenyin (the road is so named because it crosses Anaruqin, the Great Mother River, seven times between the Kuhyen Pass and Kyenyin). The day is cold and … Continue reading
In a distant land the Pona Hanni will choose their incarnationTo manhood will they live on distant shores, a child of metal and fireBefore returning on alabaster wings of light, to their mountain home of old, In new and golden form restored once more to Tahara-LiThey will bear the gift of tongues and a wisdom … Continue reading
