Tymanther

Tymanther was a displaced section of the Abeirian, militaristic dragonborn-ruled state of Tymanchebar. Tymanther was located in the Old Empires region that was once southern Unther. The bulk of the dragonborn population resided in its capital, the citadel-city of Djerad Thymar.

Geography
Despite having been ripped from the world of Abeir, Tymanther was a relatively calm region of forests, mountains, and plains. Tymanchebar was literally dropped onto the Unther region, rather than being transposed like Akanûl to the north. The impact resulted in a desolate region full of Untheran ruins. Aside from a sizeable population of kobolds and the local fauna native to East Faerûn, some creatures native to Abeir inhabited the region, such as the scathebeasts.

After the Second Sundering, Tymantheran territory was reduced to the lands near the Smoking Mountains and south of the River Alamber.

Notable locations

 * Arush Ashuak: A village that served as the breadbasket of Tymanther, located on the Greenfields.
 * Arush Vayem: A small, isolated village located in the Smoking Mountains.
 * Djerad Kethendi: A port city in the Alamber Sea.
 * Djerad Thymar: The dominant Tymantheran settlement and its capital city.
 * Ruinspoke: A small village that served as the base of operations for adventurers exploring Untheran ruins.

Government and military
Djerad Thymar was the seat of power for a highly militant dragonborn kingdom, struggling to make a name for themselves in the lands of Faerûn. Tymanther was ruled by the Vanquisher, who acted as both a monarch and a general. All citizens spent some time in the Lance Defenders, the kingdom's highly trained army, and the population was ever-ready to take up arms again should the city be threatened.

Foreign relations
Tymanther was misunderstood as a nation and its trading partners were limited. It had good relations with High Imaskar and Chessenta. They held a deep mistrust of the dragon princes of Murghôm, believing they were only a step away from the tyrannical dragon empires of Abeir, and were openly hostile toward Akanûl, owing to a longstanding grudge with the genasi of that land and engaged in brief skirmishes with the land's military forces.

As of 1489 DR, Tymanther was in an open war against the returned nation of Unther, as the god-king Gilgeam was adamant in his ambition to reclaim all of the former lands of Unther.

Demographics
The bulk of Tymanther's population was composed by dragonborn, most of them descendants of the inhabitants of Tymanchebar, although a few dragonborn were also immigrants from Returned Abeir that had traveled to Tymanther to join the Thymari clans. Although tieflings were a minority of the Tymantheran population, they were openly accepted by the dragonborn. Humans and dwarves also were a minority in the outlying Tymantheran settlements.

After the Second Sundering, a minority of mulani refugees who fled from Unther were also allowed to join the Tymantherans after they helped the dragonborn in their battle against the Untherans.

Culture
The vast majority of thymari shared a common culture that was based on a sense of responsibility to their clans and had a militaristic lifestyle.

History
In 1385 DR, during the Spellplague the Abeiran nation of Tymanchebar was dropped onto the region of Unther, whose kingdom in turn was transported to Abeir. The dragonborn of Djerad Thymar founded the kingdom of Tymanther in tribute to their lost brethren, and to the kingdom they believed they accidentally destroyed. During the Wailing Years, the dragonborn had to fight to survive in a land full of spellplague-mutated horrors, but they eventually tamed the land and prospered as a nation. Around 1479 DR, Tymanther was making a name for itself with its small elite cadres of soldiers attacking well-known dragon lairs. Some of these troops returned as heroes, and they spread the reputation of Tymanther to the rest of Faerûn. Thymari dragonborn were sought out as skilled mercenaries by other Faerûnian nations.

In 1479 DR, due to the plans of the taaldaraxi of Brimstone's xorvintaal, Tymanther was facing diplomatic problems with Chessenta and Akanûl. Although Tymanther sent an ambassador to try to solve the situation in a pacific manner, negotiations went bad, mostly because dragonborn were also allies of High Imaskar. The situation worsened when a group of abishai disguised as dragonborn began to kill Chessentan citizens. When the killers were discovered by the Brotherhood of the Griffon, the Thymari diplomatic delegation was kicked out of Chessenta, and the relationship between the two nations became delicate.

At the same time, Tymanther had been battling against a coalition of ash giant tribes controlled by the green dragon Skuthosiin (also one of the taaldaraxi), who launched a full scale invasion against the dragonborn nation and were gaining ground in each passing day after they began to use dragonspawn to bolster their numbers. The Lance Defenders were unable to stop their attacks, until the outcasts members of the Platinum Cadre lend their aid to the military.

Taking advantage of the momentary victories, Vanquisher Tarhun led all the tymantheran military forces—Lance Defenders, Platinum Cadre, private clan's war bands—in a final, desperate battle against the giants. Although they suffered heavy losses, the Thymari were able to defeat the giant invading forces and, after the dragonborn wizard Biri uncovered Skuthosiin as the true mastermind of the giants, Vanquisher Tarhun ordered another joint military operation, this time to laid siege to Ashhold and to kill Skuthosiin, ending the giant threat to Tymanther. After the Battle of Luthcheq, Tymanther and Chessenta resumed diplomatic relations.

On Nightal 26 of 1486 DR, as part of the Second Sundering, the lands of Unther that had been transported to Abeir by the Spellplague returned to Toril, while at the same time Tymanther was about to be returned to Abeir. The god Enlil returned to Toril the same day and prevented the process to some degree, but the dragonborn nation was reduced to Djerad Thymar, Djerad Kethendi and small holdings along the coast of the Alamber Sea and Ash Lake. The Untherite immediately went to war with Tymanther, and tried to regain their former lands, but the dragonborn fiercely defended what little territory they had, triggering the First Tymanther-Unther War. Although the Thymari won that war and expelled the Untherite forces from their territory, Gilgeam never relented from his ambition and, as of 1489 DR, both nations were waging another war.

Notable Inhabitants

 * Kepeshkmolik Thymara, founder of Djerad Thymar on Faerûn.
 * Kepeshkmolik Tarhun, Vanquisher of Tymanther in 1479 DR and until his death, in 1486 DR.
 * Daardendrien Medrash, a paladin of Torm and a national hero of Tymanther in the decade of the 1480s DR.
 * Clanless Mehen, an accomplished mercenary.
 * Kepeshkmolik Dumuzi, the first cleric of Enlil after the Second Sundering.

For further reading
4th Edition D&D