Nov-Dec 2019 Challenge: The Empire of Harleress

[Greg]

Been a while, but going to head on into this challenge!

"Through the great entrance to the Library of Scribes, then down the long winding stairs to its lower levels, one will find a solid wooden door barred behind a small portcullis. Down past this barricade and into the secret depths of the library, objects of mystery, wonder and horror lie dormant. Books sewn from flesh, stone tablets of ancient rituals, grimoires of solid metal and many objects that seemingly have no place in this world. Those fortunate, or perhaps unfortunate enough, to see these marvels, will notice in the corner of this dingy, candlelit hall there lies crates upon crates of untouched and unsorted material deemed to have come from elsewhere.

It is in amongst these, that the Tome of Ynoves sits. A large, seemingly innocuous volume, within it's solid oak covers, it contains parchment upon parchment of maps. Of where and when, that's unknown. By whom, no one is quite sure, other than the name "Ynov" inked in a dark carmine in the corner of every piece. It is an Atlas. And when opened, the first page it falls on reads The Empire of Harleress…"