Anshar portals

I have a list of some 22 of the portals, but I didn’t annotate my personal list the same way I did the list that was on the previous incarnation of the forums. For what it’s worth, though. . .

Portals of Anshar

Grand Coryan Illonia, Coryani Empire
Ventaka Nerothian Lands, Theocracy of Cancerei
Luchek Duchy of Naaranth, Kingdom of Milandir
Navanne Ulfia, Nation of Almeric
Yarrvek Duchy of Naaranth, Kingdom of Milandir Note: Underwater
Panari Balantica, Coryani Empire
Nishampur Sarishan Lands, Theocracy of Cancerei
Empebyn Valentia, Coryani Empire
Blessed Shrine of Anshar Corillathian Mountains
Tralia Duchy of Trailia, Kingdom of Milandir
Naeraanth Duchy of Naeranth, Kingdom of Milandir
Abessios Toranesta, Coryani Empire/Abessian Dominions
Semar Republic of Altheria Connects to Nyambe, but no other Portal!
Saam Ur Portal Sea of Lanterns Actually a Celestial Giant Gate?, but connected to the Network
Kofan Balantica, Coryani Empire (Coast of Sea of Coryan)
New Althere’ Republic of Altheria
Censure The Hinterlands
Tiantang Forest Zhuan, Empire of Haina
First City of Man The Blessed Lands (4 gates)
Citadel of Illiir The Blessed Lands
Black River Eastern Mouth of the Black River, the Unsealed Lands
Magra Pirate Isles Nearby
Vrain Near Nier’s Spine, Theocracy of Canceri

Doom of Chendo

Uh , what? your telling me an active coryani legion is stationed in Ventaka. I think your smoking crack.

the Doom of Chendo was the undead legion that was stationed in Enpebyn but left (was chased out) after the big to do about the blast powder there, and IIRC Henery was the one that had them defect and move to Ventaka.

I’ll work on references for that later.

Other things I might believe: the clergy of anshar controls the gate in Ventaka, or there is an undead horde in ventaka’s gate room.

Oh Henry, why must you make things so complicated? (we love you for it tho so don’t mind me, and sorry if i was a bit vehement in my phrasing)

So I went digging, and oh the memories so part of this can be explained by my faulty memory, and an explanation of the events of the battle of Enpebyn from Darrel Weaver (taken from LATalk)

Many of the skulls protecting Enpebyn, including that of the General of the ghost legion, were torn loose from the city’s buildings by the blast powder explosion and have disappeared into the Lavender Way.

Oops my bad, but I swear they ended up in Ventaka, I’m still wrong tho

On more looking, (On the Red March, from the Nishampur Campaign) indicated the gate was buried and unprotected and that adventure was the Heroes trying to uncover it.

And I have yet to find any listings from the old campaign where it was protected.

so if the Legion of Grim Lamentation is in Ventaka, how does that work, I would imagine very precariously.

1) It was the Legion of Black Sun which is an undead legion, as I recall. They were last seen making their way to Canceri as I recall.

2) There is no Celestial Giant Gate (to my knowledge) in the Hinterlands. The only one that came up in the Crusade Arc was in Niss in the Unsealed Lands (which was set to go critical so I doubt it is there anymore).

3) The gate was buried 50 years ago. It has since been un-buried. The only time the Ventaka gate was used ‘on camera’ was when the whole thing was under assault by the Swords of Nier when Elebac was going to become Undead. At that point, the Heroes were attacked by Nierites as soon as they exited the Portal so presumably the Legion either gave way or were killed.

4) No clue about a portable Ansharan gate on Ymandragore. Though, technically ALL gates are portable, since we know that the gate in Grand Coryan was moved to its present location.

Uh , what? your telling me an active coryani legion is stationed in Ventaka. I think your smoking crack.

It is hard to state how weird The Legion of Grim Lamentation is. For one, TMK, the Legion does not rely on the central Coryani infrastructure that keeps the Legions going. They fund and run themselves … from somewhere. Where? Who are their patrons? Uh, good questions! I don’t know either. Some claim to have seen them in weird places…like the four big (inaccessible) Gates in the First City. So yes they are also guarding Ventaka’s Gate. Since they never get involved in local politics and don’t apparently take orders from Coryan its less weird than it sounds at first. All they do is guard the gates…though TMK they have never denied anyone access. I believe occasionally the Gates malfunction and something comes through…and the reason for the LGL is to deal with these somethings. Though that isn’t stated anywhere officially.

They do not seem to be active in Milandir. Not in Luchek or Tralia to be sure. Bargains of the Spirit and Flesh and So Shall you Reap were both Henry mods with no signs of them. Not mentioned anywhere else either. My guess is the Kings of Milandir managed to either kick them out or come to some kind of arrangement.

At Game storm earlier this year Henry mentioned that their helmets contain a face mask. For all we know there are Altherian robots underneath. And that they keep to themselves. Apparently you can never find a couple off duty in some taverna drinking a Savonan Red. Makes it hard to ask questions.

Remember: Coryani Legions are often based on older, First Imperium Legions (where the powerful Legion Standards came from). As such, GL may be from that storied time of history.