fragments of a blue ruin
Hello everyone, after two months of writing and drawing, the second issue of my zine Vaults of Vaarn has been released! Issue #2 Includes: Information and background on the city of Gnomon: what it looks like, how it feels to walk through its streets, and why your players might visit the city.Seven major NPCs who influence… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN #2 RELEASE
Issue two of Vaults of Vaarn is very nearly finished and should be releasing in the next two weeks. I wanted to show a spread I've been working on, to give you an idea of what to expect in the full release. This is one of the double-page spreads that lets you generate a faction… Continue reading NOBLE HOUSES OF GNOMON
Beyond the canted slopes of the Rusthollow Hills, three days’ ride past the abandoned Freekeep of Lyre, across the dust-scrawled ghost of a river that died so many ages ago that none recall its name, you will find a chapel sacred to those who ruled this land when our ancestor’s ancestors were not yet born. … Continue reading CHAPEL OF THE VOID SAINTS
Gnomon is the gaudy jewel of Vaarn’s southern badlands, the city of a thousand shaded bazaars; a thirsty, bustling morass of dusty courtyards and guild halls and artisans’ workshops. If there’s something to be sold in Vaarn, then Gnomon is the place to buy it. Everything within the crumbling blue walls of the city has… Continue reading DISTRICTS OF GNOMON
Quick post to update on the current progress of various projects. Vaults of Vaarn #2 is typed up and is being copyedited as we speak. I'm now working on illustrations. Projected release date will be early January 2021. The issue provides details on Gnomon, a playable trading city for Vaarn. You will get seven main… Continue reading DECEMBER UPDATE
Once again, it's been a while since we did one of these. I've only played intermittently over the last month, due to life getting in the way and technical challenges. However the story of Vaarn has advanced slightly. In the last episode, our cast of scoundrels intervened in a tense standoff between Hegemony soldiers and… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODES 17 & 18
Just a quick update to make readers aware of two awesome fan projects relating to the blue ruins of Vaarn. Firstly, Leeds-based musician Out On Our Own has recorded an instrumental album based around our ongoing campaign, which you can listen to free on bandcamp! I posted this earlier in the year, but there are… Continue reading VAARN FAN CONTENT
"Others still travel to Gnomon seeking wisdom, for the city is not only home to a thousand shaded markets, but also to a thousand philosopher’s guilds and esoteric colleges. The study of the lost wisdom of the ancients is feverishly pursued. Tech-priests, petty gurus, science mystics, and alchemists compete for patrons, prestige, and precious glimpses… Continue reading PHILOSOPHER’S GUILDS OF GNOMON
When a traveller is adrift in the silent blue dunes of Vaarn’s desert, he dreams of a city. When the camel’s hump sways beneath him he dreams of a cushioned alcove in a tavern, with learned conversation and hookah smoke coiling languidly in the air; when Vaarn’s red sun beats upon his head he dreams… Continue reading GNOMON
It's been a big few months in Vaarn-land. I launched the first zine that details the setting, and had a really great response, much better than I had hoped. However, all the work I've been doing on the zine has distracted from updates from my ongoing Sunday night campaign. I'm going to summarise the last… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY MEGA UPDATE: EPISODES 14-16
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