Pathfinder Regional Deepdive: Western Mwangi - Bloodcove, Senghor, the Ekujae and the M'Beke

[@joshuawilliams8252]

The more I watch these Mwangi Expanse and Northern Garund videos the more I wish Paizo would put out more information about the rest of Garund.

[@TheMythkeeper]

As you can probably tell from this, Vidrian and the Southern Mwangi video, this is a favorite region of mine so I'm really taking my time with it. 🙂

[@obamabiden]

yeah at the moment all we really have is the guide to Holomog, which is fairly short and in one of the blood lords books, and some very brief mentions of a big lizardman nation called Droon, who are or were probably dominant over the area because the common language is called Drooni

[@Rognus1]

​@@TheMythkeeperyea . This place is so dense in lore . And i know you had to dig deep to find some of it .

[@troyhubert2046]

don't recall if it was on reddit or within the paizo forums but Jason Bulmahn or someone else higher up on the inside has stated that they want to hire folks with cultural ties to the real world analogues. they desire to do justice in their cultural representation.

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@troyhubert2046 The Mwangi Lost Omens source book is a credit to their work in this regard. Its really excellent.

[@joshuawilliams8252]

These videos are pretty much the most information on the Mwangi Expanse that can be found on KZbin. I'm extremely grateful you're choosing to cover it and deeply excited/anxious for the remaining region videos.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Yeah a lot of it obviously comes from the Lost Omens 2E Mwangi book and from the 1E Heart of the Jungle book, but I've also taken effort to source the PF Society adventure, standalone modules and APs to fill in the missing pieces.

[@michaelwallace2098]

The Mwangi Expanse is soooo cool! So many interesting places and peoples! So much potential character inspiration 😭

[@TheMythkeeper]

Yeah, great stories to be told here. Hope to see some more content here in PF2E.

[@Psychoveliatonet]

I'm blown away by how much content there is here! It's truly incredible, and the amount of work you put into this series is astounding. Bravo!

[@TheMythkeeper]

Thank you! Its a labor of love.

[@danpeters8103]

My Pathfinder group is just starting Serpent's Skull. These videos are an AWESOME resource. Thank you!

[@TheMythkeeper]

Awesome! Also, much has changed, but check out my Vidrian video

[@boldcitylongsword9941]

Our group is starting Serpent’s Skull in a few weeks! I’m pretty pumped. I’m build into the 3.5 Arachnomancer prestige class, but instead of being evil for Lolth, I’m going to be good for Grandmother Spider.

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@boldcitylongsword9941 I love this concept. Grandmother Spider is such a great goddess. She gives Loki vibes in the best way. The art of her pilfering the keys from Asmodeus while he's not looking is hysterical if you can find it.

[@rune5916]

Yes a new region deep dive, my favorite series.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Mine too ;-)

[@rune5916]

@@TheMythkeeper The Regional deep dive video that I am most looking forward to is Nex. I didn't give it much thought until I saw the video on Geb. Now I'm left feeling like I was when I saw Avengers end game part one. I Really want to see part two, Regional Deep Dive: Nex.

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@rune5916 This is now fully recorded and it is indeed a really fun one. You have a little bit of a wait (6 weeks) because next deep dive is Worldwound, and my deep dives are once every 3 weeks.

[@rune5916]

@@TheMythkeeper Looking forward to it. I'll mark it on my calendar. Also the Worldwound sounds like it will be an Epic Story, I'll be looking forward to seeing it. And have a great day.

[@joserenatomigliorini4627]

Wow, I knew that the Ekujae were badass but I didnt know they were this fucking cool

[@TheMythkeeper]

They're pretty awesome. If you're playing a game in this region, someone in the party should be Ekujae ;-)

[@joserenatomigliorini4627]

​@@TheMythkeeperIm not, but I am GMing Age of Ashes (just began chapter 3 of book 1) and I am very excited to meet them in book 2

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@joserenatomigliorini4627 Awesome, that AP really takes you all over the PF world.

[@timotheose]

Holy cow .. 2 hours .. wow!

[@TheMythkeeper]

You should see how much I had to leave on the cutting room floor!

[@moeirwin]

Buddy wake up,another Mwangi deep dive video from Mythkeeper is out🥰😍😍.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Haha, thanks! Hope you had a good time with this one.

[@Wintermist-SWE]

Now this is my kind of video! Long, so I can lay on bed getting properly relaxed, yet still entertained :D Thank you so much

[@TheMythkeeper]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Wintermist-SWE]

@@TheMythkeeper Oh I am, not even half way through yet though. This one must have been so much work to put together

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@Wintermist-SWE Yeah, this was jam-packed with info

[@mobbofmobs8937]

it was just the other day when I was thinking to myself where would they set a new game like Kingmaker and this seems like there is plenty of content of one. also thanks for yet another great video these are one of my primary ways of learning about this world.

[@TheMythkeeper]

This would be a great setting for an owlcat game. Personally I would love them to do Skull & Shackles.

[@watdahill]

a more than 2 hour video very grateful sir.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Thanks for appreciating my longform content

[@lkriticos7619]

The last few weeks have been crazy and I'm only just watching this. I love how they've made this feel so distinct to the Southern Mwangi areas and cultures. The art is amazing too, you can really see the different influences combining into a new fantasy. Love it.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Yeah as you can tell by the length of this, I really enjoyed writing and recording this and was very hesitant to cut anything out of it. They also did a really terrific job in the 2E Lost Omens Mwangi book of extending and deepening the lore they established in 1E and updating in areas to reduce the exoticizing of the region's peoples. Great stuff all around.

[@lkriticos7619]

@@TheMythkeeper They packed a lot of variety into the Mwangi expanse (I say based entirely on your videos). I can see so much potential for campaigns in both videos. There's the obvious pirate based one here. But there's also a lot of potential for exploration and finding out about the lost cyclops civilisation. There's the long standing emity between the elves and- I have forgotten the name. The trade consortium that used to run whitebridge?- But you could base a campaign around that too. Or hell just have a party trying to map the river and rocking from one crazy thing to the next.

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@lkriticos7619 - The Aspis Consortium definitely make for great villains in the region. There's also the potential for a broader campaign centering around the political dynamics of the major city-states and countries. Consider that there is a tactical alliance between Vidrian and Senghor that has existed since the revolution. Bloodcove still wants to establish itself as the pre-eminent regional power base and potentially be the center of a larger nation. The Shackles are at war with the Mbeke dwarves. Altogether this region could be a hotbed of shifting political alliances. You could easily have a campaign here like Kingmaker or Hell's Rebels that results in the formation of a new nation or changes the old power balance.

[@chazzwozzio]

I love the mwangi so much. Its such a rich and vibrant setting.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Totally agree! This series has been a delight to make

[@akkiba113]

Love the region vids, sadly I do not have a group to play with, but watching and reading the lore of Golarion is great!

[@TheMythkeeper]

It's probably obvious but these are the most fun for me to put together. Glad you're enjoying them!

[@EmperorsChildren]

Great stuff as always, MK! Love the depth you put into these, always gives me so many ideas

[@TheMythkeeper]

🥳

[@edwardchytil8868]

These are my favorite videos you make! Keep these coming

[@TheMythkeeper]

Thanks! Will do!

[@Basch2007]

I enjoy all the deepdives alot and currently in a Strength of Thousands game so all the info from the Mwangi Expanse is great love it can't wait for all the rest of it.

[@TheMythkeeper]

2/3 of my Mwangi Expanse videos are done now (3/4 if you count my Vidrian video) so shouldnt be long now before the whole series is out. Glad you're getting some mileage out of it.

[@AmericanAurochs]

You do amazing work and I cannot overstate how much I appreciate your content!!!

[@TheMythkeeper]

Thank you so much!

[@Red_Eye_Wonder]

Youre a legend 🙌 so much information in this one. Currently running a shackes setting with lots of aspis and ghol-gan/darklands aspects. You continue to amaze me with all the lore you dump on us every week. Thanks so much.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Glad to help and thanks for watching!

[@OranjMoose]

I know I’m late. But two hours?! What beautiful and wonderful escape. Thank you as always. Have you thought about doing like a Faction Feature? Or something like that. You tend to cover the factions of a region but I thought I’d throw that out as an idea

[@TheMythkeeper]

I will do factions at some point. I was thinking of doing a Firebrands video after the Shackles, a Hellknights video after Isger and a Pathfinder video after maybe Andoran or Absalom. I'll work an Aspis video in there too. I think those will be quite long and difficult like the region deep dives are so I've been hesitant to get started while there are still so many regions left to cover.

[@nathanieldiaz2845]

Once agian my favorite spot in golarion!!

[@cliffwood7386]

Finally caught up on my MK backlog! Time to start all over - and actually write down the cool stuff this time!

[@TheMythkeeper]

🤣

[@CheerfuEntropy]

i wish to hear more of mighty balumdar the god of big things that tower over small things

[@TheMythkeeper]

Thanks for the request, I’ll see about doing a collection of odd gods in the future!

[@SonicSanctuary]

My goodness those ekujae elves are pretty.

[@RicardoPM777]

What an amazing video! So rich, one of my favorites in the channel

[@TheMythkeeper]

This is a personal favorite of mine as well, and honestly one that I've occasionally gone and watched myself for my own enjoyment. 😅

[@RicardoPM777]

@@TheMythkeeper Nice it is an amazing video, it goes even in detaill about pathfinder society events, its just incredible.

[@ayyyyylmao]

I really enjoyed the part about Uvuko! Maybe you could make a part in the religion series where you look at more of these regional gods, I think that would be very interesting.

[@TheMythkeeper]

You're the second request on this video to ask for this so perhaps I shall...

[@israelmorales4249]

awesome deep dive! Thx for this amazing work ...¿There is more infromarion about the continent of Arcadia?

[@TheMythkeeper]

There is some in Guns & Gears and a few other places. Lots of people asking about Arcadia these days, but I think there will be some time before I do a video about it.

[@Joseniltojr]

I would like they to bring rahadoum to 2nd. With pure legion enforcer archetype and all.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Yeah I'm sincerely hoping we get a Golden Road guide including Rahadoum, Katapesh, Thuvia and Qadira as well (Osirion could get its own book). All of those nations, but especially Rahadoum and Thuvia are fairly underserved in the current books.

[@Avvy89]

Woo! More Mwangi vids! Anything planned for either Nidal or Arcadia?

[@TheMythkeeper]

I'm working on Nidal now. I don't have an Arcadia video planned yet because Arcadia content is still pretty sparse right now.

[@Avvy89]

Hopefully they add more lore with 2e

[@heroicfool8541]

I wanna know more about Arcadia too, especially about the Caldaru and how they traveled all that way. I've scraped together what little info I can find. It's history has a very Aztec and Maya vibe I don't get too see too often.

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@heroicfool8541 There's a little info in guns & gears and a few other scattered places. It will be one of the later places I tackle in this series only because I'm hoping more Arcadian content will come out before I make my vid!

[@Thegenderfluiddinosaur]

These videos keep on getting longer and longer (which is a good thing) although it does mean that by the time your done with these you'll probably be making 10 hour long videos lol

[@TheMythkeeper]

Haha! Its true I'm getting worse and worse at editing myself. 2 hour max on these I promise.

[@Thegenderfluiddinosaur]

@@TheMythkeeper sounds cool I don't think I have the time to watch more than 2 hours lol

[@boldcitylongsword9941]

I didn’t realize so many Pathfinder Society adventurers took place here. Might need to start digging into the archives and buy some of those old PDFs.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Between Shackles, Serpent's Skull, River of Darkness, and the Society paths, there is a lot that happened in this region in 1E, possibly more than in all the other territories in the Mwangi expanse.

[@RobertKaufman-db1pp]

Great introductory video especially if you're looking to give your players some background for a campaign in the region

[@TheMythkeeper]

Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words

[@TheBlazegeo]

Algo, also great vid love the Mwangi!

[@donovan5656]

These lore videos are pushing me more and more to GM PF2e

[@TheMythkeeper]

Do it! Don't hold back!

[@frederickgleicher1385]

Very excellent and inspirational !

[@TheMythkeeper]

Many thanks!

[@Django_Untrained]

Is there a central Mwangi video in the works? I've got a Strength of Thousands campaign starting soon and these videos have been an excellent resource

[@TheMythkeeper]

Yes, its in the works and should be up on the channel early in the new year.

[@Django_Untrained]

@@TheMythkeeper thank you!! ☺️ Have a happy new year! 🎊

[@bendavis7923]

I can't wait for the central Mwangi video, mainly about the Matanji and their city state of the Ninewalls. Just seems interesting that they are Orcs but evolved differently then the rest of the Orcs. That and them being demons hunters to the point that most of the rest of the Mwangi population look fondly upon them. And how Half Orcs are their pride. Just seems crazy compared to the rest of the Orc lore of Pathfinder.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Since the Matanji have taken in a large number of humans from the Yamasan diaspora into their community, I'm actually tackling the Matanji in a video I'm calling "the Abendego Gulf" which covers Mediogalti, The Sodden Lands, Ninewalls, Haven & the city-state of Jaha. That's not that far off now. Shackles is my next Garundi Deep Dive, and then Abendego Gulf (then Central Mwangi of course).

[@bendavis7923]

@@TheMythkeeper That sounds awesome, I can't wait to watch it. Pizo has done a great job creating lore but you actually tell it, and in an entertaining way. I love knowing this stuff, it helps the RP aspect of the game. Amazing stuff.

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@bendavis7923 Thanks so much for the kind words! Really glad you've been enjoying the videos

[@lorenburnham821]

You're amazing

[@TheMythkeeper]

Thank you!

[@jefffarler]

Great video! It's interesting to know that no matter how far any given civilization rises, there will always be some catastrophe to turn all your hard work into dungeons for future adventurers😂. Also, interesting to note how Senghor wants to help curtail colonization and foreign influences, eventhough it was founded by Caldaru colonizers ...

[@TheMythkeeper]

Haha! That's Golarion in a nutshell.

[@mattd7695]

Great video, Im curious if you mostly used prior edition lore or did the new 2nd edition book help with this and the prior expanse video?

[@TheMythkeeper]

I am leaning very heavily on the Lost Omens Mwangi Expanse Guide (2E). The content from Heart of the Jungle (1E) is getting used to fill in the gaps and so are some of the APs and PFS content

[@ereviscale3966]

Halflings walking around with dark intentions is cracking me up. Sacrificing children is no joke though...

[@TheMythkeeper]

Those are some mean halflings.

[@VitorFerreiraGuima]

How can I get this map you made?

[@TheMythkeeper]

The versions of the map with the color overlays aren't available except through the videos. The underlying map is by Rob McCaleb, link in video description.

[@pwillet]

Yar Har Fiddle dee Dee. More of the Shackles i like to see! But do what you want, cause the videos are free. You are a mythkeeper.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Shackles is coming, promise! So many nations to cover in the Pathfinder world!

[@pwillet]

@@TheMythkeeper no rush. This was a good taste shackles already for our group

[@Ranked_Journey]

Orcs seem a lot more integral to Golarion's lore than say the Forgotten Realms.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Yeah, they definitely are

[@boris_bulletdodger9109]

Positive comment

[@TheMythkeeper]

Positive reaction

[@RicardoPM777]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@beastwarsFTW]

So are the dwarves of Pathfinder just borderline evil jerks?

[@TheMythkeeper]

They're fighting _pirates_ my man. Pirates!

[@NSG0079]

The Aspis Corporation. A vile scourge even into the far future of Starfinder.

[@TheMythkeeper]

Still causing nothing but problems

[@lordofconflict8282]

One little correction, Bonefist was the 13th Hurricane King. Great video otherwise.

[@TheMythkeeper]

@@lordofconflict8282 yes! Slight error in the edit here. This is correct in the Shackles video I did

[@Christopher_Pug]

Man if I put a place called “Aspis” in my homebrew setting, my dirty-minded players would never get tired of really drawing out those S’s.

[@skyfatherproductions4929]

Next video my predict will be Nex amd the mana wastes

[@TheMythkeeper]

We're going back to Avistan next ;-)