#lanternport

"Ah, Lanternport -- the City of Torches! Besides being home to the offices of Rothbard & Gazpus, the publishers of Sword & Backpack (24 Maguslane, near the Librarium Infinitum), Lanternport is one of the primary commercial and cultural hubs of the Known Kingdoms. Home to over 200,000 souls of different races, it is a bubbling pot of wonder, adventure and danger, a grand metropolis that can be all things to all people. Surrounded by a protective wall and bordered by cliffs, forests, hills and placid Lantern Bay, Lanternport has natural protection against invasion by land and sea (see the map on the next page), and attracts visitors and immigrants from all points of the compass rose."

After months and months of stop and start work, Sword & Backpack Adventure Setting No. 1: Lanternport is finally here. Click on the link to download a PDF of eight pages of background information that are waiting to be placed in your Sword & Backpack book, including a little bit of history, a map (pictured above), descriptions of points of interest and prominent citizens, and Sword & Backpack Adventure #10: Quest for the Epigramicon, which features a new, fearsome creature. If you've been waiting for this, thanks for your patience, but above all, enjoy!

A Library Revenant might be one of the strange things you'll encounter in the wondrous city of Lanternport, and you can learn all about the bizarre funerary rites of the arcane archivists of the mysterious Librarium Infinitum in the Sword & Backpack Adventure Setting No. 1: Lanternport, coming sooner than you think...

"Lanternport was named for the lighthouse that stands on an island in Lantern Bay, as well as the countless lamps and torches that line its docks and city streets (which are fastidiously maintained by neighborhood organizations called Lamplighter Guilds). The city stands as a literal and figurative beacon of adventure and opportunity, and for centuries it has been the embarkation point for countless adventures both small and epic..."