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just added a conclusion. I was looking for a date for "the whispering cairn" to then back date the appearance of Kyuss- "He appeared more than a thousand years ago" so from 591 that makes it -409 Cy or 5107 SD
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Unlike the [[Stirgenest Cairn]], the Whispering Cairn isn’t so empty and harmless.  
Unlike the [[Stirgenest Cairn]], the Whispering Cairn isn’t so empty and harmless.  
{{quoted text|Situated in a sort of no-man’s land, the cairn was all but forgotten, its yawning entrance overgrown with weeds and choked with collapsed debris. Rediscovered by a curious teenager in [[585 CY]] ([[Alastor Land]]), the cairn has since been a sort of community secret held by Diamond Lake’s youth, who dare each other to disappear into its cyclopean entrance and spend the night as a test of mettle. These visits tapered off about six years ago, when a local girl vanished while sleeping in the cairn. Occasionally, when the wind is just right, haunting, almost magical tones emerge from the depths of the forlorn tomb."{{cite dungeon|124|53|}} So this places the date of the mod. the whispering cairn, 591 (585 +6)}}
{{quoted text|Situated in a sort of no-man’s land, the cairn was all but forgotten, its yawning entrance overgrown with weeds and choked with collapsed debris. Rediscovered by a curious teenager in [[585 CY]] ([[Alastor Land]]), the cairn has since been a sort of community secret held by Diamond Lake’s youth, who dare each other to disappear into its cyclopean entrance and spend the night as a test of mettle. These visits tapered off about six years ago, when a local girl vanished while sleeping in the cairn. Occasionally, when the wind is just right, haunting, almost magical tones emerge from the depths of the forlorn tomb."{{cite dungeon|124|53|}} }}
 
== Publishing history ==
The Whispering Cairn features prominently in the first ''[[Age of Worms]]'' AP ([[adventure path]]), the eponymously-named ''The Whispering Cairn'', which is set in [[595 CY]]. Adventurers also return to the Whispering Cairn in the ''[[Age of Worms]]'' AP in the sixth adventure, ''A Gathering of Winds''.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 07:04, 28 June 2024

Entrance to the Whispering Cairn as depicted by Steve Presott in Dungeon #124.

The Whispering Cairn is a tomb complex at the edge of the Cairn Hills.

Description

"Within a day’s ride north of Diamond Lake, this cairn lies near an iron mine that went dry in about 545 CY[1]. [Its] charter lapsed when its owner (Ulgo Fant) died several years later.[1]

Unlike the Stirgenest Cairn, the Whispering Cairn isn’t so empty and harmless.

"Situated in a sort of no-man’s land, the cairn was all but forgotten, its yawning entrance overgrown with weeds and choked with collapsed debris. Rediscovered by a curious teenager in 585 CY (Alastor Land), the cairn has since been a sort of community secret held by Diamond Lake’s youth, who dare each other to disappear into its cyclopean entrance and spend the night as a test of mettle. These visits tapered off about six years ago, when a local girl vanished while sleeping in the cairn. Occasionally, when the wind is just right, haunting, almost magical tones emerge from the depths of the forlorn tomb."[1] "

Publishing history

The Whispering Cairn features prominently in the first Age of Worms AP (adventure path), the eponymously-named The Whispering Cairn, which is set in 595 CY. Adventurers also return to the Whispering Cairn in the Age of Worms AP in the sixth adventure, A Gathering of Winds.

References

Citations
  1. a b c Dungeon #124 (Jul 2005), p.53
Bibliography
———. "Backdrop: Diamond Lake." Dungeon #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
———. "The Whispering Cairn." Dungeon #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.

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