Poseidon is the son of Cronos and Rhea. When the Olympians defeated the Titans Poseidon was granted the sea to rule over. He carries around a trident that causes earthquakes by sticking it into the earth. He watches over inner seas such as the Mediterranean, the Caspain, and the Aral, but not the Atlantic, rivers, or lakes. He created the first horses and cows and his sacred animal is the horse. All sailors, fisherman, and other people whose profession is associated with the sea are required to sacrifice a bull to Poseidon every month by throwing it into the sea. Poseidon’s wife is Amphitrite. His children with her are Triton and Rhode.

Poseidon has many sacred cities in Cimmeria due to the Caspian’s central nature. Cecilia, Crafterton, Makotako, Bradel Fields, and Lordodo all contain temples dedicated to Poseidon. Recently another city was added to the list of Poseidon’s sacred sites. The flooding of Phoenix during the Second Alliance War made that city one of the sea god’s, but occupied by water creatures instead of land-walking mortals.

At the end of the Second Alliance War Poseidon sought to improve his position by becoming King of the Olympians. He claimed the thunderbolts from their caretaker, Ares, and used them in an attempt to overthrow Zeus. The Second Alliance members revived Zeus just in time to stop Poseidon’s rebellion. Zeus cast Poseidon and Triton into Tartarus where they were flayed and cut into ten thousand pieces.

With the imprisonment of Poseidon, a new sea god was needed. The valiant service of Zelus earned him that spot after he returned from the stomach of Barakah. Zelus now serves as the sea god of Cimmeria and all the honors previously given to Poseidon are now due to Zelus.

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Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

Setting the Stage Podcast

84 – Horseback Riding D&D Camp (Michael and SaddleSnaps) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

Michael tells us about a D&D horseback riding experience at SaddleSnaps! The Chicago-based stable hosted a weekend camping, horseback riding, and D&D event. About 50 players came from across the country for this new experience. During the event, the players were split up into three groups. Each of the groups engaged in the "Exploration" and "Social Interaction" pillars of RPGs as a LARP. They used horses to go out on rides around the area to find clues to a developing mystery. After returning to their base camp they'd set up around tables for the D&D "Combat" pillar. Michael was the main DM of the adventure along with lots of support DMs and NPC actors helping him out.SaddleSnaps is planning to do more rides like this in the future, both single day rides as well as full weekend campouts like this first one. There are evening rides every Thursday for the rest of July 2026 with more to come in future months. You can check out everything about SaddleSnaps on their website.Michael has his own website for his RPG resources called Paragon Provisions that you can check out as well.Michael also runs his own Discord server that you connect with him on if you'd like to keep up with all the cool D&D stuff he's doing.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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