Following are further notes on the game world called Gea, the setting for
John Jackson's fantasy GURPS game. Feel free to use this world or any 
piece of it in your own games, I just ask that you let me know if you thought
it worthy of use. Contact me at Beolynx@io.com.   Enjoy! -John Jackson
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    The adventurers are from an island called Janzinary. It is the largest 
of a group of islands being colonized by the Old World Countries. The Old
World countries are a good 6 weeks sail to the East from Janzinary. It has
recently been discovered that about 6 weeks sail to the West is a large 
continent, peopled by a slightly more advance civilation, with a different
system of magic. Relations between the Old World countries and the Empires
of the West have been less than cordial. One of these Western Empires, The
Dominion of the Drow, is invading the island of Janzinary and trying to
drive off the Old World colonists.
    Janzinary is a tropcial island roughly the size of Cuba, it is twice as
wide in the East-West direction as it is in the North-South direction. A
large mountain range splits it lengthwise. The Western third is also on an
elevated plateau. A cliff wall runs North-South splitting the island. The
cliff wall ranges from 1 foot to 200 feet in its course. The cliffs and the
mountain range split the island into four natural regions. The mountains in
the western third are much smaller, rising to mammoth heights in the east.
This rang also resulted in a line of islands running east from Janzinary for
about 50 miles.
    The far western tip of Janzinary is a former Kaergam colony that
rebelled and formed a democracy called Rebelhaven. Rebelhaven has since
fallen under the control of the Dominion of the Drow and is ruled by an
Overlord. Next to this is the colony of Iborynce (language is Iborynch)
called Mer Salas. It is ruled by a Duke Pierre DuBois from the city of
Hammond. Iborynce is losing badly in an invasion by the drow. The east half
of the island is divided by the mountains. The northeast quarter is the
colony of Ikone (language is Ikonish) and is ruled by Duke Henri Salagado
from the city of Fury. The southeast quarter is the colony of Ichlang (they
speak Ichlish) and is ruled by Duke Theodore Rose of
Svelt (stylized as Roosevelt) from the city of Lanckmer. The Ichlish colony
is the home turf of the party, and I will detail its politics further.
    Under Duke Theodore Roosevelt are 3 Counts. The party is operating in
Howznear County (the furthest to the east). Count Howznear administers from
the port city of Furbong. The second largest city in the colony (Lanckmer,
the dukal seat, boasts over 150,000, while Furbong has about 70,000).
Furbong is also the site of the University of Furbong. The bishop of the
entire island has his seat at the Cathedral in Furbong (The first Count
Howznear paid some heavy cash to establish the university and convince the
first bishop to reside in his town). Furbong is hence the most refined,
scholarly city on the island, with a larger percentage of wealthy nobles and
adventurers.
    Howznear County is divided into 4 sections, ruled by an Earl and 3 Barons.
There is also an Earl Antiyon who administers Furbong and the surrounding area.
The Earls and Barons have numerous Lords, Knights, etc. under them. The
northern third of the county is mountainous and still very wild. The rest is
forest / jungle. 
    One of the Barons, Baron Vyliax Bin Hulkscath, is a dragon who controls
the southwest quarter of the county. The first count made a treaty with the
dragons long ago. They helped him claim the territory from the native
populations of orcs, ogres, giants, hobgoblins, minotaurs, dwarves, and
elves (the dwarves and elves later sided with the count) and in return they
have a barony of their own. It is a capital crime to hunt dragons in
Howznear County. The dragons in return never (well...) mess with anyone in
the county. This irritates some of the other counts and colonies when the
dragons go foraging, but the count has made the peace stick very well with
the dragons. 
    The northeast section of the county has mountainous sylvan woods and is
under Earl Sycamore, a wood elven noble who sided with the first colonists
to help free the island from the despicable creatures who had been abusing
the place. Baron Gimmelotz, a dwarf, rules the mountains of the North and
Northwest. He is the great-nephew of the 1st Baron who originally sided with
the first count to help control the island. Baron Forbin Llewellyn, a human,
controls the Southeastern quarter of the county.
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