Welcome to Absalom | Pathfinder Lore

Welcome to Absalom, the City at the Center of the World! There have been many new arrivals to Golarion's most famous city in recent weeks, and most of them are new not only to the Inner Sea, but to Golarion entirely. The Guide bids you welcome!
This introduction to his 'Guided Golarion' series sees his arrival by boat to Absalom through its infamous Flotsam Graveyard. There's nothing else to do while the Pilot's Guild helps the captain make port, so lend an ear.
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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
02:33 - Absalom's founding
04:44 - Absalom's demographics and geography
05:54 - The Starstone
07:52 - The Flotsam Graveyard
09:28 - Pilot Island and the Absalom Lighthouse
10:18 - Black Whale and the Starwatch
11:43 - Wave Riders and Kortos' defence
12:58 - Conclusion
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This media project has utilised a paid version of Sword Coast Soundscapes' 'Ship Cabin' ambience; check out their phenomenal work here: / @swordcoastsoundscapes .
This media project would also like to credit the following artists for the following works included in this video:
- Roman Roland Kuteynikov, 'illustrations for Pathfinder (Second edition)', illustration 1.
- Concept Art House artists Jeff Carlisle, Andrew Hou, and Ben Wootten for the untitled artwork of Aroden founding Absalom.
- Cartographers Adam Daigle and Matthais Rothenaiche for their 2019 map of Absalom.
- Additional artwork was created by the video author using the Midjourney neural network.
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[@almitrahopkins1873]

From my own game, there is a goblin community living on a part of the flotsam graveyard that has a dock on the sea side of it for fishing. The only reason they haven’t been chased out is because they are strengthening the defense by linking up the wrecked vessels with rope and timber bridges. For a handful of coins, they’ll let a smuggler use the seaside dock and unload cargo to carry across to the harbor side where it is loaded onto catamaran barges that then row in to another dock in the puddles. The only reason the Spitside docks are ignored in the puddles is because in addition to building up dry islands in the flooded portion of the city, they catch tons of fish for sale every day. The “governor” of the Spitside docks and the Seawall is a 5th level goblin Druid, who uses his wild shape abilities to convince the other goblins that he is a fifth hero-god, come to teach them how to fish, farm and make new lands where others have abandoned. They “build” new lands by erecting a sea wall around salvageable buildings and filling in the wall with garbage, and stone from unstable buildings. Spitside is the largest at 160’ by 80’, where the docks and the market are located. Apple Island is 100’ by 60’ and unique because of the apple trees growing over every bit of it. The Pig Islands vary in size from the biggest at 60’ by 30’ to the smallest at 20’ by 10’ and the pig farms on those islands all raise pigs that descend from a pair of pigs they found on a ship in the flotsam graveyard.

[@TyraFiresong]

Ok, found this as I was searching for more info on Absalom as my OC is getting sent there for a few months (in-game) and this is absolutely amazing, thank you for this and I look forward to listening to more.

[@lennartzielke5127]

Liked, subbed, and commenting for the algorithm! This in-world RP’d explanation is awesome!

[@KattWithAnAtSign]

I love the way this is formatted- the pleasantness of your voice is a nice bonus!

[@DEricTodd]

I so selfishly hope your channel obtains the popularity it deserves for you to complete such an audacious goal! Covering the entirety of Golarian in this ever so charming narrative style? I'm definitely along for the ride.

[@irvenman]

I love that this exist. I'm thinking of running a game set in this city and these videos makes it easier to learn the lore.

[@germandragon8136]

as somebody who is only now getting into Pathfinder, i appriciate the quality and style of this very much :) Thanks for the great video and the whole playlist!

[@TheJorge10466]

This needs more likes. It was a pleasure to listen to :) felt it as my character

[@AkashThakkarAudio]

Thanks so much for making these! I'm going to be running a game of Pathfinder soon and it's so helpful!

[@murmillo42]

This reminds me of Shoddy Cast and I'm here for it. Keep up the great work.

[@ranty_fugue]

This is fantastic! I love the in-character narration, the depth of description, and the attention to detail. Thank you!

[@bigooof7668]

This is really cool! About to play my first Pathfinder 2E game here soonish

[@TheTacMan1]

Enjoy the system! There's a lot going on in Golarion and basically any sort of adventure you might want can probably be found in the setting, but it also gives so much flexibility for making fun and useful characters.

[@felixmasterson]

Awesome content! Instant sub

[@FlyingBeagles423]

🎉 love this!

[@Kevlar-78]

Great stuff !

[@bryanyoung9966]

Just found this Channel thanks to a fellow Redditor. Very impressed so far.

[@theloretour]

Thank you! A warm welcome to you as you embark on the tour.

[@Einrich]

Interested in the society of explorer whose grand lodge is in Absalom (société des éclaireurs in pf1e french)

[@theloretour]

That would be the Pathfinder Society, you are quite right! The Grand Lodge is located in the Foreign Quarter, so it will definitely be covered when the tour gets there.

[@Einrich]

@@theloretour Cool. I am preparing the Agent of Edgwatch Campaign so your guides are wonderful. Leaving dnd5 due to the OGL scandal, I decided to have my players leave Eberron and move to Golarion. Thinking about it, I decide that Golarion would be an outer world and Eberron an inner world. The society would be a both world guardian of secret whose fundamental mission is restoring the planet´s interstellar glory by finding back old knowledge. In my setting, Absalom is located near one of 4 elemental portals to the inner world and acts as a trading center between the more advanced inner world of Eberron and the more savage / less advanved world of Golarion. Both share a common history of past glory that needs to be rekindled (renaissance, 1920s anyone). Inner world techs do not work well on the outer world so although Eberron societies are more advanced they cannot simply conquer Golarion ones. Trade is a better option, especially when the water sea portals open once per 100 years, for 10 years, leading to the 100 years festival of Absalom. Other portals (fires, earth and air) open at different times, near other Golarion power centers... But those stories are not written yet 😉