Chabra: Introduction

I introducted the Chabra surname in the Book of Jake, although Ridhi Chabra does not appear in the Book of Chabra itself. I wanted to expand the region around the Night Ocean, in the far east of the base map, and decided that a Chabra family would do nicely to bind that area together.

It became clear fairly quickly that I needed more room, so I added more territory to the eastern edge, and ended up changing Jason’s map into a roughly rectangular world with no absolute edges. I’ll discuss the map and world elsewhere.

Speaking of surnames, many (most?) inhabitants of the Dreamlands have only one name. A lot of people call themselves, for example, Ridhi Chabra or Britomartis of Celephaïs, but the second name usually indicates that person’s allegiance, family, birthplace, current home, etc. For Ridhi Chabra the Chabra part is a surname, but also a marker that she’s part of the enormous and powerful Chabra clan (which was the whole point of surnames in the first place). Commander Britomartis, on the other hand, is simply showing that she has pledged allegiance to the city.

The Book of Chabra consists of the following stories, which should be read in this order:

1. The Amulet
2. The Picnic
3. Journey to Karida
4. The Unpaid Ransom
5. Betrayals
6. The Falls of Kra
7. The Lone Tower
8. Vows
9. The Sculptor
10. Agdistis, Goddess of Love
11. Dawn in the Athraminaurians