Challenge: Tales of A Thousand Tongues. Create a new campaign setting

[Brix]

Hi everybody.
I was challenged that it is not possible to create a quality product for a relative small amount of money.
I'm a publisher for a non-gaming magazine, so I have a little background to get this thing rolling.
Since I want to use Pathfinder rules for this product, I'd like to use this thread to collect the stuff. I already invested a little bit into the developing of a map, that you can use as a start.

I'm aiming at a generic and easy to use campaign setting for starters (and pros alike)

I hope you like the idea, and I'm looking forward to your submissions.
In order to get things up and running there is a deadline: 16th January.

Then we'll see what we have

Here are the Rules

THE RULES
* You submit your ideas here
* Although not every entry will make it in the book, every contributer will get a free copy, when the product is finished
* All new crunch will of course be open content
* compliant to Pathfinder RPG with regards to rules and formatting
* I take care of the layout and missing artwork

ARTWORK
* If you want to contribute some artwork, feel free to drop a note as well (with a link to your art)

EDITOR
* Since I'm not a native speaker I need someone to proofread and to streamline the draft.

RACES
* Twists for existing races (not so much rulewise, but fluffwise)
* Exciting new races

CLASSES/ ARCHTYPES
* Since it's hard to create cool new base classes, I'd suggest you create new Archtypes for the setting

NEW TRAITS
* max 600 letters per trait

ORGANIZATIONS
* 600 letters for description
* NPCs (short stats)

PRESTIGE CLASSES
* There are many articles describing, what a good prestige class is
* 600 letters for description plus crunch

THE KINGDOM OF CALHALIGON OVERVIEW
The Kingdom of Calhaligon stretches approximately 3000 miles in diameter from north to south and covers about 6000 square miles. Most of the land is wilderness (76%, 4600 square miles), the rest is civilized area (24%, 1400 square miles).

A total of 252,000 people of different races live in Calhaligon, with about 42 per square mile. Most of the population lives in urban regions (91% 231,840 people). Only 5 percent (12,600 people) live in cities. The rest (3%, 7,560 are wandering or have no residence). These number change slightly, depending on the season.
The biggest urban population centers are:
* Thunderhold 9445
* Gatetown 1635
* Elvenwatch 1520

LOCATIONS
* 1000 letters per write up
* find a map of locations here: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlrSHDUFt20/SJ6PRuEH02I/AAAAAAAAAWk/OGO_jBCmm9A/s 1600/motherland-tex.jpg
* Description and a "campaign secret"

DEITIES
* find some good deities here: http://3point75.blogspot.com/2008/08/motherland-campaign-setting-part-3-goo d.html
* find some evil deities here: http://3point75.blogspot.com/2008/08/motherland-campaign-setting-part-3-evi l.html
* Feel free to modify the domains
* 600 letters for the description of the deity should be enough

NEW EQUIPMENT
* 300 letters per write up

MAGICAL ITEMS
* 600 letters per write up

ADVENTURE HOOKS
* One liners
* or 1500 letters write up

MONSTERS
* 600 letters for description plus crunch

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

Letters or words?

[Brix]

DM_aka_Dudemeister wrote:

Letters or words?

letters, please. (I'm used to that)

Of course these are estimates, based on my experience as a non-gaming publisher. But I think the smallest unit (600 letters) is enough to touch a topic, while not causing to much work for an individual author.
You can of course write more, however since the final page count must be divisable by four, we may have to cut here and there.