FIELDS OF FROTZEN
The Fields of Frotzen, fertile farmland in the heart of
Gurth
province between
Gurth
City and
Grubbo
Hills,
produces an annual bounty of grain and are frequently referred
to as
the Breadbasket of
Quendor.
Renowned for their incredible agricultural
capacity, seeds that are planted within the fields often ripen withing
days. This attribute has made it the second most abundant agricultural
region in the
Westlands.
These fields are home to packs of giant screaming
corbies which
wheeled in tight menancing circles overhead in massive
flocks. The last known specimen of the
compass
rose grows there in a
small grotto. The
location that is
equivalent to Frotzen in the
Ethereal
Plane of Atrii is the home of the
Implementors.
While the Fields of Frotzen today are colorless and prone to frequent
storms (which made travel in the area very difficult), this was not
always the case. Prior to the end of the
First Age of Magic,
a dark
magical event (perhaps the
Triax)
was the cause of these defects.
Afterward thunderclouds continually boiled with dark energy and the now
colorless landscape was mottled with rocky
terrain and windswept tracts of grass stretching in every
direction as far as could be seen in the storm-driven wind. One was
unable to even enter the fields without carrying the proper
chalice of the Implementors. Small gray farmhouses were frequently
dumped out of the clouds into the Fields of Frotzen during the raging
storms. The only known way to reach the forgotten land of
Froon is by
riding one of these homes upon the winds of a tornado.
By the
Great
Monster Uprising of the
Second
Age of Magic, the fields
were once again golden. New farmers and windmills were erected and
farmers havested the plentiful land. Unfortunately, this age infested
the fields with all manners of foul beasts and adventurers. Animated
scarecrows were
employed to fend off the flocks of giant corbies, but
many of these went awry, turning upon their creators.
Those
that are obsessed with trivia might like to know
that the distance between signposts in Frotzen is 120 bloits, as well
as the fact that the first suitor of
Morning-Star
was sent by
Queen
Alexis across the sea to beg
Lord
Nimbus, the so-called "God of Rain,"
to quench the thirsting Fields of Frotzen. Farmers are also in the
habit of actually setting up
maize
mazes, which have been known to be a
quality source of complementary income.
| SOURCE(S):
Zork II (The GUE on 9 Zorkmids a Day), Wishbringer (The Legend of
Wishbringer), Beyond Zork, Legends of Zork, personal correspondence
with Brian Moriarty |