Hespire Wrote:
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> An interesting project. I never knew anything of
> Clark Ashton Smith's was involved with Dungeons
> and Dragons. I'm not exactly sure what you're
> asking for though. Are you asking for descriptions
> straight from CAS' stories? In that case, all his
> chronicles of Averoigne are available on this very
> site.
>
> These particular stories should give you a lot of
> material to work with.
>
> The End of the Story -
> [
www.eldritchdark.com]
> /63/the-end-of-the-story
>
> The Satyr -
> [
www.eldritchdark.com]
> /214/the-satyr
>
> A Rendezvous in Averoigne -
> [
www.eldritchdark.com]
> /181/a-rendezvous-in-averoigne
>
> The Holiness of Azedarac -
> [
www.eldritchdark.com]
> /91/the-holiness-of-az%C3%A9darac
>
> The Colossus of Ylourgne -
> [
www.eldritchdark.com]
> /27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne
>
> Averoigne is a land of simple towns surrounded by
> primordial forests. Many ruined chateaus and
> cursed chapels fill the folkloric imagination of
> this place. And there is a notable river called
> Isoile mentioned in several stories. Sorry I can't
> be of much more help, but it's been ages since my
> last reading.
I agree with this depiction, Hespire, and would also ask: did you generally get a feeling of "darkness", figuratively and to a degree literally, concerning the countryside. Little enclaves of Christian normality amid a sort of pre-Christian, dark paganism?
Not Provence, for example?
--Sawfish
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