Rumoring & Shalemarch

Rumoring & Shalemarch is a world that arises in the human imagination. I have begun to envision and dream this world into being, with the intention of sharing it with others. I am doing this because I want to develop a living setting for a role-playing game, and what’s arising is a fantastical world that compels us to explore and play.   In my life, exploration into the expansive realms of what it means to be human, and a playful approach to that human and more-than-human world, have been wonderfully empowering experiences and tools. They have allowed me to live with increasing freedom and autonomy, even within the constraints of a historic social paradigm that would just as soon erase and minimize queer people like me than make room for us.

Rumoring

  The Rumoring Region is known for its advanced, technological applications of arcane magic. Its name, Rumoring, derives from the ancient social practices of sharing information, news, and technologies among the "ring" of cities that define its social and political boundaries.   Niook, Stormlight City   Niook is a towering, ancient city built upon a foundation of immense quartz and amethyst crystals. Powered by lightning harvested from the seasonal storms that sweep over the city, Niook is a megalopolis of electric light and modern conveniences, as well as a center of arts and culture in the Rumoring Region. Niook is divided into over a dozen strata, each of which is in many ways its own separate city.

Shalemarch

  Shalemarch is a demon-haunted, wet, politically primitive region inhabited by strong, fearful groups of individuals who huddle in small towns and settlements. These are primarily xenophobic humans. The ruins of ancient dwarven civilizations in the region have given rise to quite a few hamlets and settlements of hill dwarves in the northern reaches of the region.