The Greater Smilohound is a massive canid-line predator of northern Ngorrhal, Kela, and Ukhaalstaag, 3.2–5.1 meters at the rear and weighing 1.8–4.2 tonnes, its powerful jaws and robust frame absorbing small arms fire as it roams open plains, frozen tundras, and cliff sides with pack dominance and predatory speed. Living 50–80 years they mature slowly, thriving in cold ecosystems where thick fur insulates against snowstorms and icy winds, seismic activity rousing groups into heightened aggression. Trainable but nonviable in urban regions due to size and aggressive nature, it was heavily used in the Ngorrhali civil war for mounted scouting and front-line combat. Revered by Frost Sentinels as a symbol of strength and loyalty. Though vulnerable to fire for tactical exploits; its presence complicates exploration.
About Vesselborn
Vesselborn is the story of Geba — a world that has carried an empire for six thousand years.
It begins with Vaer’karesh, who unites five nations into the first empire and fixes a common language and law. Across the ages, the empire fights and finally breaks Thazvaar, welcomes Jeyrha through engineering and diplomacy, and liberates Berinu by choice. In Ngorrhal, the people of the mountain passes lose their ancestral name and are permanently renamed the Frost Sentinels, whose strength helps secure imperial rule. The Haavu cannon systems cement that dominance.
At its height, the empire spans continents and raises relay towers that bind cities, coasts, and passes into one network. Assassinations and civil wars follow — the Fracture — but the answer is not a vacuum. The Shadow Rule forms from imperial networks and manufactures peace, ending the warlord broadcasts and taking the world back from collapse. They are the empire made quiet: continuity without ceremony.
Today, the Shadow Rulers still govern from the background while the Energy Wars — covert struggles over power grids and relays in uncivilized regions — decide who controls energy, transport, and culture.
Stories range from relay-field defenses and inland recoveries to city governance and frontier resettlement; from rail lines and air programs that stitch regions together to festivals and work crews where culture and politics collide; from Frost Sentinel memory to families choosing the safety of hub clearings or the risk beyond the grid.
This is Geba. It began in silence. It has not yet ended.