- The Collector (The Castle of the Collector)
- Lady Natala (Castle Maratan)
- The Sack Man (debatable; The Castle of the Sack Man, 09.19)
- Lord Kardash, the Swordsage (The Hill of the Swordsage)
- Lady Belal of the Nets (Castle Ravenscraig)
- Anselm Brucoloc (Castle Brucoloc, former)
- Sulgrim (Castle Brucoloc, current) The rulers of The Lands of Gore The Lords Sanguine cannot bear to look upon running water.
The Lords Sanguine have mastered the art of teasing out useful information from the visions imparted by drinking the blood of The Tarrasque.
The Lords Sanguine took their position from the royal family of Gore
The Rhyme of the Sanguine Lords
From the blood of the Tarrasque,
Antic and old,
Sipped twelve humble butchers,
Clever and cold.
These butchers adopted,
Though from afar,
Superstitions of Bergolast,
Rich and bizarre.
“Kiss the feet of beggars,”
The Bergo crones shrieked.
“When you live by the sword,
“You die by the meek.”
If it steals from your treasure,
A magpie is luck;
If a cuckoo crows by you,
Your wife shall not —-.
You must count every penny,
And pebble, and grain;
Cross not running water,
But court in the rain.
Make your home in ruins,
The stone and the clay.
Read the runestones for guidance:
Recast them each day.
The Lords flaunt these rules:
Pennies are missed;
Runestones forgotten;
Beggars unkissed.
They build castles all new;
Or bathe in a flood.
But one law goes unbroken:
Speak nothing of blood.
Hooks
- What genius could write a terrific poem like this?
- What effect do these superstitutions have on the Lords’ behaviour?
- What encourages the Lords to follow these suiperstitutions?
- Why would drinking the Tarrasque of Bergolast’s blood transmit Bergo superstitions?