Was thinking of the Eight Million Mummified Dogs, and was reminded of Fritz Lieber's "Gods IN Lankhmar" (as opposed to the Gods OF Lankhmar), the Mummified Undead protectors who would rise and defend the city... How about a city teeming w/cats &/or dogs, afforded the privilege of roaming free, considered sacred by the populace... a city which has stood for quite some time, partly due to the fact that, interred in the series of catacombs below, there are Eight Million Mummified Dogs... ("Your War Dogs refuse to enter the tunnel. Hmm? Well, they look kinda scared, actually...")
(Oh, and dibs on "8MMD" as the name of a band, narrowly edging out long-time favorite, "The Chewy Turds")
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In my campaign world of Queston, there exists a city called Coppercastle. The Mad Baron rules over the city and there are thousands of stray cats that roam the place. It is a death sentence to harm a cat in Coppercastle. The PCs never did figure out why and I won't reveal it here. :) Just thought I'd comment and give a hat tip to the validity of your idea! Thanks for sharing!
Its because the Mad Baron's true love was Polymorphed into a cat, and so he spends his time trying to figure out which of the thousands of strays is actually his "Lost Lenore", right? That would surely drive a person mad!
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