Mapmaker's bane, a few of these can ruin a decade of cartography!

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucious

No long names, just a quick list of 30 archetypal Lords of Terrasquestone

Untold years, laying in the deep
Sheltered in the sepulchre earth
Borne by the dead who never speak
Funeral Gold and Grave Silver
Beware the gift
Beware the giver

Pnathic sorcery has existed for ages, crudely used by magi who no idea the true forces they were fumbling with.

My Queen should be pleased that Aurixia cannot grant me an heir, for if my dragon could give me a child I would have no use for the woman or her dubious charms...

Attributed to King Thyr, from the Book of the Black Rose

All too often, a new magical creature, or plant is not seen with wonder or awe, but rather a keen eye for exploitation. In the often violent and brutal realm of role-playing, the wonders of nature are often overlooked, and never realized. I though I would start this thread to see if anyone else had any ideas along these lines. With that being said, may I present...

Also known as the Ankarran Thistle, Magewort, and a general nuisance.

Most folk would call an argillomatus a clay golem. They would be wrong.

A summoner who specializes in spiders

Cowardly maggots! Bow your thrice cursed heads and thank the goddess that you still draw unworthy breath!

Doyenne Unson

Azaughos was a beautiful city once, a jewel nestled in the mountains. It was a city that was built on an idea, and built with wealth, and great royal pride.

All of his life Fflam lived in the shadows of greater and more terrible demons than himself. One day he would show them all...

Found at the best cafes, and commanding the highest prices...

This acting troupe travels across Calcobrina, delivering their own interpretation of popular plays, almost always to a standing room only crowd.

Inspired by The Wheel of Time

Inspired by the radiant quests from Falout 4 - because ultimately the majority of quests and jobs a band of adventurers upon return are going to do are not going to be saving the world, slaying gods, and otherwise rocking out to the general linear RPG storyline

The Karkos represent an attempt to create a bad guy race with almost no redeeming features, a true villainous species without resorting to established tropes or handwaving.

I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart... Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs.

Created ages ago, the Tower of Malice is a repository of evil, cursed artifacts, and the souls of the wicked