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| 900 miles of Blimp World |
Expanding the world a bit, which I
have done in my head from the original 260 miles or so of the first map
to about 1,800 miles, I've stretched out the map to around 820 miles. I doubt that I'll actually ever work beyond 400 miles of detail to the setting, but more than likely there will be maps showing me, and you seated Reader, at least, the rest of the setting by the end of things.
You see those biggish islands over on the eastern side of things? The two just below the Big Island, where Pholus City-State is. Well, those are the more prominent areas of a whole cluster of islands known as the Landings. They are easily reached by the ships and blimps of Pholt and the maritime forces of Havre, but apart from an outpost here and there, neither nation can really claim them. Oddly enough the Great City of Pallis, has more of a presence there than either of the larger two. You see they are already the colony of an underwater imperial power know as the Spawn of Atlantis.
These species don't actually call themselves that, they actually refer to their realms as "Guupaanis" meaning "all-over everything domain". The dominant, as in dominating, species is the Surl, which can walk in a biped fashion on land when they are younger. As they mature they become more like giant sea-slugs, that still can ambulate above water. The most common of the Spawn are the Hinnat. They can be very human like except that tentacles grow where hair would on their bodies as they age. A couple of other species that are very distinct from each other are lumped into the derogatory term "fish-heads" by the baser land-dwellers.
Since the advent of cruisers and submarines, the leaders of the undersea empire have started to watch their island holdings here more carefully.
You see those biggish islands over on the eastern side of things? The two just below the Big Island, where Pholus City-State is. Well, those are the more prominent areas of a whole cluster of islands known as the Landings. They are easily reached by the ships and blimps of Pholt and the maritime forces of Havre, but apart from an outpost here and there, neither nation can really claim them. Oddly enough the Great City of Pallis, has more of a presence there than either of the larger two. You see they are already the colony of an underwater imperial power know as the Spawn of Atlantis.
These species don't actually call themselves that, they actually refer to their realms as "Guupaanis" meaning "all-over everything domain". The dominant, as in dominating, species is the Surl, which can walk in a biped fashion on land when they are younger. As they mature they become more like giant sea-slugs, that still can ambulate above water. The most common of the Spawn are the Hinnat. They can be very human like except that tentacles grow where hair would on their bodies as they age. A couple of other species that are very distinct from each other are lumped into the derogatory term "fish-heads" by the baser land-dwellers.
Since the advent of cruisers and submarines, the leaders of the undersea empire have started to watch their island holdings here more carefully.
A Personage of Blimp-World
Sneaks and Cheats Overseas (The Sneak Company)
Admiral ‘some bird guy’ Ostrich, the Quick 145
An ostrich that can speak that has overcome amazing disadvantages to become one of the prominent spy-masters of the world. This Furry was born somewhere in the Far Islands where a Furry race of Ostriches have been subjects of the Pholus City-State Empire for two hundred years now. His parents were captured by pirates from the Primal Lands while en route from their homeland to the Big Island. The Admiral would spend his youth as a salve-applying slave in the Floating Sultanates. He’d escape as a teen and work his through the Central Continent to Palis where he’d enter indentured servitude to finally come to Pholus City-State.
Upon repaying his indenture-debt, he’d work his way from immigrant, to citizen, then into to the armed forces. Not being exactly good at hand-to-hand combat, his enlightened superiors would test his mental capabilities. He’d rise into the ranks of the elite known as the Admiralty of Empire. As he is not human, he hasn’t really ever been in charge of anything. He’s has had more bosses than many of his his bosses has had employees, hence his nickname “Admiral”.
He is 79 years old. Because of his non-human status, he has only Recognized status in Pholus City-State let alone any rank in the CMD. But who is that fooling? How long is he going to be around to help is anybody’s guess. Luckily he has more than a handful of few students, both human and not, that have been as loyal to the Sneak Company as he has been. Still, it takes a bit get around his spry gaze in terms of skulduggery. He’s personally killed at least a dozen of his spy students that proved less than loyal in his own estimation.
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