Pagan Shore
Irland in der Zeit König Arthurs
The Irish call their homeland "...ire"¸ "Banba"¸ or "Fodhla¸" after three goddesses known to early settlers In Ireland¸ the Old Gods still live. The hills they own are as well-known as the raths belonging to human kings.
Ireland's interior plains feature emerald grasses¸ clumps of heather¸ hazel bushes¸ isolated oaks¸ and stranded glacial boulders. Few of the Irish plains are arable. Irish woods contain oak intermingled with birch¸ alder and ash.
Druids wield real power in Ireland. They oversee the rituals and ceremonies to which all Irish look for their livelihood: the rituals of harvest¸ ceremonies of birth and death. They wield power over kings and battles¸ with the ability to geas nobility and halt warefare¸ like sacred referees.
They are greatly respected and greatly feared. Without the druids to direct and administer it¸ there would be no celtic culture.
Pagan Shore is a supplement for King Arthur Pendragon describing Ireland as it might have existed in the time of King Arthur. This book includes notes on generating Irish characters¸ a survey of Irish customs¸ and an atlas of Ireland's kingdoms. King Arthur Pendragon Gamemasters can use this place as a frontier in Arthur's empire or as the focus of the story with Britain on the periphery. Instead of servinq the hiqh-kinq¸ characters from an Irish clan can struggle to become high-king.
Compatible with 5th Edition King Arthur Pendragon.