Legends & rumors: Living Hill

Maybe a year ago a famous scoundrel and great bard of the north - Thomas Jakobsohn came by a strange hill, somewhere far in the north of the Neuburg. The day was passing sleeply into the darkness of night, while he was travelling through grassy hills. He could not find any proper place to establish a camp to hide from whatever might have been dwelling around there. So he placed his tent on a big grassy hill,hidden in the wild tufts of grass, where he could see everything around it for a few miles. The evening was cold so he warmed himself up with a nice bottle of wine, and he fell asleep. Weird things he have dreamt of, and when he finally woke up the other day and opened his eyes, he saw a huge big eye glaring at him. Within a glims of an eye, he got up and run from the hill to look at it from a safe distance. He could not believe, what he saw. This was a big hill with at least - five huge eyes as big as himself. Suddenly he felt that the ground was shaking, so he ran away, never to see this hill again. Up to this day he speaks of it in every inn or tavern of Nordmark he visits.

Notable NPCs of Neuburg

Margrave Johann von Goethe

Johan von Goethe, margrave of Nordmark, of Goethe kurfirst family. He's a middle-aged man sent by his family to the Nordmark becaouse the scandal he has made - 14 years ago was revealed his incestuous relationship with his sister, to prevent political turmoil he was relegated by kurfirst von Goethe to the outskirts of the Groβe Reich.

Archbishop Gotlieb of Nordmark Archbishopry
This elderly man is the chief example of decadence that has spread among the clergy of the Church of the One. He's obese old man whose sexual lust is incomparable. People say that he has over 40 children with many of his mistresses.

Horst Geldmann - Tradeguild

Horst is a well-built man in his 40s. He is the guildmaster of the Tradeguild of Nordmark. He is the most influential and the wealthies single person in the Nordmark. It is said that his influence and wealth was acquired by means of black magic and demonic pacts.

Ulfi the Swift(dwarf lvl 5) - Leader of the Black Company
This dwarf in his 80s is the leader of the biggest mercenary company composed exlusively of dwarves in the Known World. 

Crom MacApple -elder of the halfling community of Neuburg

This elderly halfling aged 100 years is the most influential member of his race possibly in the whole Known World. His the leader of the halfling community in the Neuburg for 30 years. He is the only demi-human to be the komtur of the Ordo Malleus auxiliary contingent.

Graphic Inspiration vo. XVIII

Barbarians

Physical description: Barbarians are typically taller and more muscled than their souther counterparts. Their skin color is lighter also. Their hair color range from light blond to reddish brown and black.

Society: Barbarians live in a society divided in to tribes. Each tribe has a patron totem - e.g. wyvern, dragon, wolf etc. Each tribe have a council of elders, who govern the tribe in time of peace. During the tribal wars and other conflicts a warchief is chosen, who gains for the time of a war an absolute rule over his tribe. The most striking difference between barbaric society and of the civilised ones is the role of women - more specifically, a certain group of women who are spirit-sworn warrior-maidens, who are equal in their rights to their male counterparts. As long as they're virgins they can reach the highest strata of the barbaric society. 

Religion: Religion of barbarians of the north is an amalgam of shamanistic and animistic concepts. Those who conduct religious rituals are shamans who contact spirits of the otherworld.

Relations: Barbarians treat other peoples at least with suspicion. This especially refer to the elves, whom they are deeply afraid because their magic. As for the nordmarkians and halflings, they are ambivalent for them, some times are allies, sometimes enemies. The later also refers to beastmen, whom they deeply hate. 

Male names: Aibhne, Ailill, Aimhirghin, Ainníleas, Bairrfhionn, Baoth, Beag, Bearach, Brocc, Calbhach, Cassán, Cian, Cináed, Conán,  Cormac, Coinneach, Daigh, Deaglán, Diarmaid, Dubhgall, Éamonn, Earnán, Eoghan, Feardorcha, Fearghus, Fial, Fionn, Gobán, Iobhar, Irial, Lachtnán, Laoidheach, Lochlann, Lorcán, Maolán, Meallán, Morann, Murchú, Niall, Nuadha, Ógán, Oillín, Oisín, Osgar, Ríoghán, Rónán, Ross, Ruarc, Sárán, Scannal, Sé, Seanán, Torcán, Tuathal, Uaithne

Female names: Aillean, Áine, Áinfean, Ana, Báine, Bébhinn, Bláthnaid, Bríghid, Caoilfhionn, Ceara, Clíodhna, Damhnait, Deirdre, Éile

Elves

Elven Warrior

Physical description: Elves stand average 5 feet tall, their posture is slim, but often with visible muscles. Except hair on their heads, they lack them on the other body parts.

Social structure: Elven society is divided into tribes, which are governed by the council of the tribes lead by the Queen. The society is matriarchal. Male elves' domains are war, hunting and craft, everything else is up to their female counterparts. Elves are nomad people. They wander around the Forest of Fae all the year except  for the winter when they  live in a underground dwellings. All the rest of the year they live in teepees. Their main soure of food is game and gathered fruits and roots.

Elven Shaman

Religion: Elves do not have a pantheon of gods per se, instead they revere nature in its wild aspect very often calling upon spirits of nature. Their typical religious proceedings resolve around doing choirs and many other forms of group chanting and singing sometimes accompanied by fluets, drums and kanteles.

Relations: Elves are a mystery in the known world, they seem to embody each and every aspect of nature itself, both graceful and wild, of untamed passion and secretiveness. They seem so human, yet, their culture and mentality seems very alien to other races, which cause many conflicts in the relations with other races. Usually they shun company of other races sporadically trading with the dwarves and barbarians. As for the nordmarkians no long-lasting relation has been established. They deeply hate beastmen as they think of them of a perversion of the nature.

Elven Teepee

Male names: Ahti, Aimo, Aki, Aku, Armas, Arvo, Eero, Eino, Ensio, Heino, Ilmari, Jalo, Kai, Kaleva, Kauko, Mainino

Female names: Aamu, Aino, Ansa, Eija, Enni,  Hella, Hilja, Ilma, Ilta, Impi, Kielo, Kiira, Kirsikka, Kukka, Kyllikki

Some new illustrations for the Barbaric Frontier booklets

Barbaric Frontier isn't dead...

... so as I, I'm merely drawing some illustrations for the first book of the Barbaric Frontier(i.e. house rules and new classes, spells etc.). As soon as I scan them I'll post 'em. In the meanwhile see this(sorry for the low quality, but I can't scan a3 sheets):

It's a handout for players, which some day they'll acquire.