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S A R G A V A

THE LOST COLONY

COMPANION ™

SARGAVA, THE LOST COLONY

This Pathinder Companion book works best with the Pathinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and the

Pathinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary . Although it is suitable for play in any fantasy world, it is optimized

for the Pathinder Chronicles campaign setting.

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Sargava, the Lost Colony

Settlements of Sargava

Adventuring in Sargava

New Traits

Combat: Sargavan Fighting Styles

Faith: Religion in Sargava

Magic: Sargavan Magic

Social: Local Hazards

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SARGAVA, THE LOST COLONY

We owe nearly everything we are to our Chelish forbearers, for they brought

us this far. Everything that we one day hope to be—a land strong and

independent—we owe to our Mwangi friends and servants. And everything

else is owed to the Free Captains of the Shackle Islands, for though their price

is high, they have bled to give us the freedom of choice.

To say that we face challenges, both social and inancial, is an understatement.

But remember this: We are Chelaxians. We are Mwangi. And we will persevere!

—Baron Utilinus, Grand Custodian of Sargava

S A R G A V A , T H E L O S T C O L O N Y

B eset by devil-binding pilgrims and inescapable debts

its colonies stretched across Golarion, bringing industry,

commerce, and the worship of Aroden in exchange for

treaties, native labor, and the import of trade goods. The

Chelish empire grew strong by making its colonies strong,

forging bonds of friendship and mutual cooperation with

the natives of the lands they colonized.

But the death of Aroden in 4606 ar bega n a slow c h a n ge

within Chelish culture and society, and the simultaneous

formation of the Eye of Abendego all but severed

Sargava’s ties to its motherland. While Cheliax sufered

internecine warfare that would irrevocably alter the very

character of its people, Baron Grallus, then governor of

Sargava, declared his support for the wrong noble house.

When House Thrune took the throne of Cheliax against

his expectations, Grallus did the only thing he could: he

found a stronger ally to protect him from the wrath of his

own homeland.

The Free Captains of the Shackles had always been

enemies of Cheliax and Sargava, raiding the merchant

leets that carried trade goods from motherland to colony

and vice versa. But though they were criminals, the

Shackles pirates were still businessmen, and they agreed

to hire out their services, protecting the Sargavan colonials

from their former countrymen. When the Chelish armada

arrived, the pirates pounced, sending the entirety of the

attacking leet to the bottom of Desperation Bay. Though

their price has been high, the Free Captains have upheld

their part of the bargain ever since, allowing Sargava to

operate as an independent entity with no fear of Chelish

reprisal—though what happens when Sargava’s treasury

runs dry remains to be seen.

The pirates did not agree, however, to protect the

colonials from the Mwangi natives, who for generations

have served as the main workforce of the colonists—and

whom, frankly, many of the ethnocentric colonists have

always considered inferiors. Now that Sargava cannot

call upon the might of the Chelish armies to put down

the occasional insurrection, the Mwangi have come to

realize their own strength, fostering the sentiment that

the “genteel” colonials are essentially alien invaders

devoted to subjugating the local inhabitants. Older

generations remember how Chelish troops dispersed

previous uprisings, but the younger generations

bridle at the thought of their own children being born

into economic slavery, and it’s only a matter of time

before the Mwangi rise in their inal revolt against the

outsiders—ater which the colony of Sargava may be just

another half-forgotten ruin, slowly reclaimed by waves

and jungle.

Although the colonials are hardly indolent, they have

come to rely so heavily on the cheap labor of their native

“servants” that few could really survive on their own in the

to pirate lords, as well as generations of resentment

from the nation’s subjugated indigenous peoples,

the colony of Sargava remains a bastion of northern

culture and civilization in the heart of the southern

wilds. Once part of a vast and mighty empire long since

fallen to dust, as evidenced by the crumbling ruins still

lurking beneath the veneer of lush farmland and verdant

jungle, Sargava’s rich landscape is home to ierce Mwangi

natives and even iercer predators of the deep jungle, as

well as a dwindling population of northern colonials who

seek to uphold their ideals of culture and breeding at all

cost, straining against the tides of resentment that may

soon sweep them into the sea and return the land to its

original owners.

N A V I G A T I N G T H I S G U I D E

This book is divided into three major chapters, each

covering a diferent aspect of the colony of Sargava.

Chapter 1: Sargava, the Lost Colony presents an

overview of the nation, its lands, and its people. In

addition, Sargava plays host to numerous adventuring

expeditions every year, and despite a few tenacious

independents, most of these ventures are organized

by one of four major groups: the Ivory Cross or the

Pathinder Society (both operating out of Eleder), the

Gold Crown Shipping and Mining Company (out of

Kalabuto), or the Rivermen’s Guild (headquartered

in Port Freedom). Information about all four of these

expeditionary concerns, as well as their symbols, is

presented in sidebars throughout this chapter.

Chapter 2: Sargavan Settlements provides a more

detailed look at the two major cities of Sargava—the

“capital” of Eleder and outlying Kalabuto—as well as

Crown’s End, Port Freedom, and some of the other

settlements of Sargava.

Chapter 3: Adventuring in Sargava supplies information

on the legendary attractions of Sargava—from the gem

mines of the Bandu Hills and the mystical waters of

Barkskin Lake to the mysterious Stasis Fields, reported

to be full of ancient treasures (and ancient dangers). This

chapter also outlines the imports and exports of Sargava—

and how smugglers turn both to their advantage.

Along with these major chapters, several smaller

entries provide information on regional traits, combat,

faith, magic, and social aspects.

O V E R V I E W

Although founded hundreds of years ago as a colony of

the Chelish empire, Sargava established its independence

only in the last century. Before that, in a period when

Cheliax was nearly invincible (or at least claimed to be),

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