Gwelf: Into the Hinterlands

by Larry MacDougall

Overview

Dear adventurer, It is our belief that this is one of the most important texts you will read should you plan to adventure in Gwelf. Once more our dear Wilburton sets off on adventure in Gwelf, but this time he ventures into the North into the territory of the Ravens. As adventures often do, this voyage strays from its original path and this book details our hero's survival. Wilburton embarks on research, off-road trekking through the Farm- and Scrublands, and hails at Border Fort XI where he first sets paw outside Sparrowkind's territory. Research is all well and good, dear adventurer, it is in experience that true wisdom lies. Wilburton, accompanied by a guide, a scout, a medic, and an exorcist encounters the wilds of the North and its inhabitants, the Rats and Ravens of the Boreals. If you plan to voyage beyond the Border Forts, we beseech you to scour this text for within it may lie the key to your own survival...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781777791858
Publisher:	Eye of Newt Books
Publication date:	06/04/2024
Series:	Gwelf
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Larry MacDougall is an award-winning illustrator living in Stoney Creek, Ontario. Some of his recent projects include The Secret History of Giants, Eragon’s Guide to Alagaesia, and The Secret History of Hobgoblins. His work has been published in Spectrum Illustration Annuals for science fiction and fantasy art, and he won a Silver Award in Spectrum Annual 15. Larry has always been interested in mythology, faerie tales, and folktales, so turning to Inuit mythology was a natural step for him. He especially enjoys illustrating Inuit myths.

Read an Excerpt

Our first foray into tourism publications, the book Gwelf: The Survival Guide, saw our intrepid author and artist Wilburton Fox share the delights of the capital city and the Farmlands. His information about the dangers in the Scrublands and beyond were very minimal because his own exploits there were quite restricted. We did the responsible thing, and post-publication we did indeed enjoy meeting so many travellers from beyond the Grande River. Most who have come have heeded our warnings and enjoyed a wonderful time within the City of Gwelf and the Farmlands.

However, there lives an adventurous spirit here in Gwelf and it inhabits many visitors as well. So, after much discussion amongst ourselves, several learned Sparrow colleagues, and the mayors of the major Scrublands villages, it was decided that we should commission Wilburton to create a companion volume with more focus on the Scrublands and what lies beyond. An adventurer’s guide distributed for the benefit of those with the skill and determination to voyage beyond the friendly Farmlands. Wilburton jumped at the chance a little too eagerly.

What lies between these two covers is not exactly the book we commissioned. How could it be? Adventures rarely go as planned but we present to you the collected work, so that adventurers might glean from it the knowledge they need to survive, avoid Wilburton’s pitfalls, and so that, perhaps, you may still journey to our beautiful territory, enjoy the delights, and avoid the dangers.

Sincerely,
The Council

Table of Contents

Table of Contents (abridged)
Introduction
Publisher’s Note
Part 1 – Journeying out of the City of Gwelf
Research
Guide & Equipment
Part 2 – On the Road
Adventuring Party
Scrublands
Part 3 – Into the Hinterlands
Passing Border Fort XI
Off-road adventuring, equipment, and characters
Skirmishes
Part 4 – The Recovered Text
Notes from Duffield
Notes from Patch
Wilburton’s journal from the Southern Woodlands
Appendix
Terms of Gwelf (explain Ravenkind, Sparrowkind, Home Guard, magics, etc.)