Scarbarla

Scarbarla was a small realm located in the northern coastal region of Turmish and known for its pirates.

Geography
Scarbarla was a realm situated on the northerly coastal regions of Turmish. Originally, it was bordered on the south and west by dense forest.

History
The Scarbarlatine were a people largely consisting of fisherfolk and pirates. Their nation flourished for a long time, but they expanded their borders only slowly, preferring to focus on the sea and its bounties.

When they did eventually try to absorb the woods bordering them into their realm, they met stiff resistance in the form of the native satyr population, beginning with raids but resulting in all-out war that devastated both sides.

Scarbarla's misfortune continued as those that their pirates had raided decided to take their revenge against the realm while it was weakened from war, by attacking Scarbarla's coastline. Monsters from inland harried the realm as well, and even worse, the region suffered from a full decade of harsh winters.

Some time in the early-to-mid 9 century DR, the last survivors of Scarbarla abandoned their homes.

About a century after this exodus, however, the first waves of Turmishan colonists ventured north, hoping to found an independent, culturally diverse realm of their own. It was not recorded whether any of these experiments in realm building had been particularly successful, only that they had been small, varied, and the source of much confusion about Turmishan cultural norms to visiting strangers from other lands.

The region continued to be known as the Scarbarlatine in Turmish, after the people who long ago lived there, though the names of the small states that claimed territory up in those lands were many.

Apocrypha
In discussions with George Krashos and Ed Greenwood, Scarbarla was stated to have been founded near where the independent city of Telpir is marked on maps, with Telpir itself being founded on Scarbarlatine ruins. It expanded southeast into lands that would later become part of the territory of Turmish, but not as far south as the narrow coastal lands between the eastern edge of the Mountains of the Alaoreum and the sea, owing to the fact that it was an easily defensible place against Turmishan aggression. Scarbarla was disestablished in 805 DR, with the final nail in its coffin being a plague. The survivors emigrated to the isle of Prespur where they continued to practice piracy and were precursors to the pirates of the Fallen Stars. This information is provided for the sake of completeness. It is not considered canon by Wizards of the Coast or this wiki until it can be backed up with solid references.