Re: Tenth Pit?!?

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>>It is an unofficial group on Bral that deals with the slave trade, something
>frowned upon by Prince Andru (supposedly), and operates mostly on the
>underside of Bral.<
>  But wait, the conspiracy goes further for these "Zhentarim" of the stars.
> There is an encounter in Skull and Crossbones as well as a note on p. 52 of
>Lorebook of the Void indicating a small but highly organized military
>brotherhood aiming for order in arcane space, their order.  Lord Diadan
>Cartan is not the top of the heirarchy, but no doubt has such aspirations.
> Whereas the Chainmen are the bulk slave traders of wildspace, these guys I
>envision as Machiavellian pros coercing and assassinating their way to
>political domination.  Introducing addictive drugs, hostage taking, grand
>sabotage are not above them.  I can't remember where I read, but they have a
>"dark" (cliche?) homeworld somewhere.  Were they an influence on the
>draconians in the War of the Lance?  How about the recent Greyhawk Wars that
>brought about the From the Ashes boxed set and the rise of the Scarlet
>Brotherhood?  Did they help maneuver the Zhentarim purgings to exert more
>influence on the Faerunian organization?  Who knows?  Everyone suspected  of
>membership denies such an organization exists.;)
>  As for IIUW, these disguised opportunists might ingratiate themselves on
>the elven side (playing the odds), a few privateers here and there doing
>scouting jobs and intelligence for both sides perhaps.  Then turncoat at a
>crucial time so that both sides incur major losses leaving convenient power
>vaccums.  Watch out!  Need a heart several sizes too small to play them.

hmmm...I was thinking only of the Bral setting, and without my refrence book
he he...I only use the Realmspace as a campaign setting at this time,
although I have intergrated various PC's from all over the spheres, Thanks
for giving me more info on the tenth pit also.  I will have to rethink my
usage of the tenth pit now...oh I see many hours behind closed doors with
various spelljamming races in closed conference :(  Hey you try getting
beholders and neogi to agree on the same things as Illythids hehe
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