![]() There were other interesting details on the map, such as tally marks indicating how many days sailing the voyage would last and runes to mark the prevailing winds and various hazards that had been encountered. It also had the approximate location of the Norse settlements established centuries before by Losteriksson. This had the coast of Lustria marked on it revealing that there was a western continent beyond Ulthuan. Then in 1491 IC Marco Colombo, a merchant of Remas, acquired a map from a Norse seafarer. Maps brought out of Araby after the crusades revealed little of what lay beyond the western ocean, only of the seas and coasts of the Southlands. However, the merchants of Remas were eager for revenge and ready to finance expeditions of exploration into the west. The High Elves denounced the Dark Elves, but were not forthcoming with any answers. 1493 IC) įollowing the Dark Elf raid on Remas in 1487 IC there was much speculation as to where these raiders were from. (Reproduced from the journals of the Tilean explorer Marco Colombo, ca. Illustration of a Saurian glyph used among the Lizardmen of Lustria said to represent the forked tongue of their serpent god Sotek. Extract from The Tale of Marco Colombo, ca. At first I took his rasping words for their own language, then I realised that I was being welcomed in - of all things - Bretonnian! Fortunately I knew Bretonnian quite well, although it was very difficult to understand the Skink interpreter who could not get his reptile tongue around the words easily!" ![]() The Skink nearest to the carrying throne spoke. I did not know whether this personage was the king of this region, or perhaps just a high official. though some Norsemen I had questioned back in the Old World had told me that such creatures existed and were indeed the priests and rulers of the Lizardmen. Sat in front of them on a golden carrying throne was a creature like a great. On top of this were arrayed a group of Skinks and the larger and more ferocious warriors called Saurus. " We came upon a small, ruinous platform. Marco is one of several famous Tilean mercenary generals who not only led armies in the wars of Tilea, but also in distant tropical regions against strange and unknown opponents. He also sent further expeditions to Lustria, in order to seek the fabled Norse colony of Skeggi, which they eventually discovered after several years of searching. After that he led the army of Trantio against rival cities on several occasions, as well as occasional expeditions beyond the Apuccini Mountains. On his return home from Lustria with a great fortune in gold and gems, he took over the army of his patron as a mercenary general and made himself Prince of Trantio. Marco was therefore already a seasoned campaigner known as a mercenary captain before making his name as an explorer.
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