La Carretanagua is a ghostly ox cart driver that some say appears as a tall hooded apparition. It’s believed that he is not originally of Niquaro or anywhere in Alberia, but hails from Lejos, across MarQue Bosteza. Truth is he’s a fiend that’s been hired by the denizens of hell to bring the dead to […]
Eloise may be over 1,000 years old (or so she says), but she has the patience and attitude of a spoiled teenager. Passed around from one devil to another, Eloise doesn’t stay in the hands of others for long. Either they grow tired of her whining or they simply have no further need for her. […]
While the northernmost reaches of Alberia are drenched in the ways of civilization, much of the southern regions and coastal areas still stay true to their tribal roots. In fact, some races, such as the noble, strength-honoring tecuani of Cueva, live in villages no larger than one hundred people. Other well-known tribes include the Wixiratari […]
Zoglagomerfn was a grumpy old beholder that mostly stayed out of other folks’ businesses. But unfortunately for the old eye tyrant, someone recently put a pricey bounty on beholder heads. Soon after the news came out, a group of adventurers stormed her cave and put her down. Of course, those who paid for ol’ Zog’s […]
A popular tale among Cuzcatl fisherman, El Tabudo is also known as The Man With Big Knees. According to legend, he was once a wealthy fisherman who was one day taken by the sea and eventually reappeared as something more fish than man, his signature being his large, knobby knees. He now awaits all visitors to […]
Some nothics, driven by an overwhelming compulsion to reconnect to magic–even if they aren’t quite sure why–take to desperate measures. Usually, this results in a lot of dead nothics. But sometimes, it creates potent aberrants, more horrible and weirder than the original nothic ever was. Nothic ingesters are created when a nothic consumes a great […]
A throwback to old-school Ravenloft, bone golems are built from the previously animated bones of skeletal undead. These horrors stand roughly 9 feet tall and weigh between 150 and 280 pounds. They are seldom armored and can easily be mistaken for undead, much to the dismay of those who make this error. How do Bone […]
The huay chivo is a legendary Mayan beast. It is a half-man, half-beast creature, with burning red eyes, and is specific to the Yucatán Peninsula. It is often said to be an evil sorcerer who can transform himself into a supernatural animal, usually a goat, dog or deer, in order to prey upon livestock. Huay Chivos in Dungeons & Dragons Fifth […]
Mariachi is a type of Mexican music and a musical group whose style dates back to at least the 18th century. It has distinctive instrumentation, performance, and singing styles, as well as costumery. Many mariachis wear the traje de charro, or horserider’s uniform, complete with large, wide-brimmed hats (sombrero de charro). Typically, mariachis employ guitars, […]
Whether it is a guitar-wielding mariachi on the streets of Tenochtitlan or Mayan trumpeters wandering through the rainforests, music plays a big part in the culture of the Alberian people. And where there is music, there is magic, and where there is magic there are bards. El Mariachi Part wanderer, part observer, and always wise, el […]
