The PCs come across the stump of a once massive tree. The surface of the stump shows an intricate village rising from it, complete with miniature farms, an inn, a local lord's great house, even a proper wizard's tower.

Located in the lower part of the community, Pernouds is the epitome of sleazey establishments. The floors are dirty and smell of excretement, urine, and worse. The chairs are ramshackle built, and the tables are all in poor shape.

The township of Ormiros, nestled on a river and in a valley of the same name, is home to an Adventurer-upon-return guildhouse, and more importantly, an academy. Trouble comes when a charming rake defiles the school, defies the guild, and seems poised to take the entire valley as his own. 

have made thee as no other. All the treasures of the earth shall lie between thy eyes. Thou shalt cast thy enemies between thy hooves, but thou shalt carry my friends upon they back. Thy saddle shall be the seat of prayers to me. And thou fly without any wings, and conquer without any sword.
The Koran

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

Confucious

Lacking in ornamentation, the Black Spear is a relic more than 8000 years old

A Time Locked Town is a city or town or generally any location is that geared towards one specific time of year, almost always focused on a holiday. These locations are common in holiday and horror themed movies

A palimpsest is a manuscript, usually of papyrus or parchment, on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.

Seemingly cast out of vast sheets of crystal, glass and ice, the Sorcerer's Palace is a breath taking wonder of the city. Few doubt the benevolence of Emet the White who makes his abode within the palace that is as much a work of art as it is a home.

To the winds with memorizing spells and counting mana points.

The Obtort Ward is all that remains of what was once an ancient battlefield that was afterwards converted into a mass grave.

Does that thing ever shut it's blasted mouth? Why did you give it one to begin with?

inspired by Cheka Man's 30 Boots submission

A tall lanky man with a distracted air, well versed in arcanotechnology, parapsychology, and a collector of molds, spores, and fungus.

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

What do you mean, the little wriggly ones you throw at fish or the big rock ones that squish people?

Strange creatures, half dreamed half imagined, figments of delerium, wisps of insanity.

Madness lingers there, in the broken corners of his mind.

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...

Hammered from Stygian steel and inlaid with demonbone and bejeweled with demon jade and black diamonds, the blackest of blackguards are filled with lust and envy to possess this armor