Moloc Valley

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The **Moloc Valley** (Vist: *Valja Moloc*) was a river valley on the northern coast of the far-off southern continent Elkland. People from the Moloc valley were called *Moloce*. Off its northern shore lay the Savlac Sea.

Notably it was the location of the first adventure of what would become the Crew of the Fiesta.

## Languages

Elkland was practically its own world in terms of its own history and evolution, but some of its languages were related, by way of years of separation or settling, to mainland Cradle tongues. Elkland was the home of the Vist/Vista language, which later would be found in the North Hemisphere of the Cradle.

The local languages were as follows:

### Vist / *Višt*

Vist was spoken by almost three-quarters of Moloce. It was a complex, Romance-style language with inspiration from Slavic orthography, very old. Its words were rolling and rich, palatalised and thick. Vist was the official language in **Branconia, Ievonia**, the **Kingdom of High Moloc** and in **Voynich**. It had several dialects:

* Brancovist, spoken on the western lands of the valley and in **Branconia**
* Vieva, spoken in **Ievonia** and the eastern plains
* Voynst, spoken on both sides of the river delta and in **Voynich**
* Altenvist, spoken in **High Moloc** and to the northeast

### Lichtensh / *Lechtauens*

Lichtensh was spoken by about a quarter of Moloce. It was a light and jumping language with deep vowels, a Dutch-inspired orthography and a newer feel. Lichtensh spread up the river by trade and originated from the south, but was only an official language in the state of **Lichtenburg**, where almost all of the populace spoke it.

## Geography and Weather

The continent was on the south end of the temperate zone in most places, giving the valley warm, dry, hazy summers and harsh, bitter, snowy winters. It showed examples of longshore drift along its northern cliffs, and was ripe with sandbanks and beaches. The valley of the river Moloc (Vist: *Raue Moloc*) was meandering with low banks and high cliffs in other places. The land was covered in thick primeval old growth forests, golden grassy plains, and cloud-tipped mountains alike.

## Notable People

### From Ljimin

This group were friends, owners and patrons of the pub called **the Swan**.

* Baba Voss, a 90-year old man
* Dr. Wiktor Dziac, a plague doctor and mortician
* Piotr Szvyk, an engineer who died in an explosion at Cavershury
* Fjord, the Swan's barkeep
* Arven Escarlata, a chef from a far off land
* Malakai Black, a monk from Mount Osrys
* Nestor Vosla, a witch doctor who was killed by Piotr and wolves

### Other Notable People

* Aleksander, a crazy bear hunter
* Erik Vosla, a smart little falconer
* Korren Spektor, an effective assassin
* Varrun and Marrek, mercenary brothers
* Jack Scarmor, a traumatised hunter
* Jestem, a bushman

## Voynich

The landscape of the kingdom of Voynich was varied and had several key locations, The kingdom's banners were a deep purple (the colour of crushed sea snails made in the northern islands), and their icon was of a lion or sometimes a whale. They also decorated key banners with gold or black-and-white ermine.

* **Voynič**, the capital, home to a huge keep, and the suburb of **Ljimin**.
	+ **Ljimin** was the place of the pub called **the Swan**, and its denizens.
* **Adriaue,** a northern port city
* **Šindon,** a riverbank settlement
* **Ternholm,** a grassy set of hills covered in bandit-infested ruins
* **Cavershury,** the remains of a huge old monastery once inhabited by the Cult of the Eye, half ruined to rubble by Piotr and haunted by a horror
* **Graneštad**, an abandoned grain and aurichalcum town ruined by the *Colour out of Space*

## High Molor

The kingdom of High Molor, capital **Hažarstad**, was to the northeast of the valley. Its banners were half green and half gold, with a white stag rearing on it.