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Bakar was a survivor state of the Imaskar Empire[1] that disappeared in approximately 300 DR[note 1] when the River Athis dried up due to the curse of Bakar's last pharaoh, Amun-Re.[2]

History[]

Bakar was originally a survivor state of the Imaskari empire.[1] The Kingdom of Bakar ruled over the valley of the River Athis in the Raurin; though all of Raurin was already a desert,[3] the valley was greened by the waters of the magical fountain of Athis.[4] After the fall of the Imaskari, it became ruled by pharaohs, and their people worshiped the Mulhorandi pantheon.[2]; their last dynasty was the house of Mo-Pelar. The last pharaoh of Mo-Pelar, Amun-Re, had waged war on the neighbors of Bakar and instituted severe tax policies with the express purpose of building himself a theft-proof, sumptuous tomb. These unpopular policies culminated in a riot in Terbakar where he was killed, around 300 DR. Before his death, the pharaoh laid down a death curse, so that if he were killed, the fountain of the Athis would flow no more.[5]

As the Curse of Amun-Re took effect, the river Athis dried. This slowly led to the depopulation of Terbakar itself, and the other cities along its bed, including Akhir,[6] Pazar, and Phoenix.[2] Even Medinat Muskawoon further north on the Athis valley, well beyond Bakar's borders, was rendered uninhabitable as a result of the curse[7] though they were not within the Lands of Bakar.[8] The curse was lifted in 1356 DR when adventurers took the Star of Mo-Pelar and the Staff of Ruling from the Pyramid of Amun-Re,[9] though the waters needed years to restore the river to its former level.[10]

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Notes[]

  1. The date is derived from noting that Khalitharius's imprisonment lasted over 1000 years, (Desert of Desolation, p. 36), being over on 1356 DR, the date assumed for Desert of Desolation. The efreeti had arrived 50 years after no one was left in Medinat Muskawoon, which can be assumed to happen at most a year after the Curse of Amun-Re. Thus, subtracting a little over 1050 years from 1356, the pharaoh's death must happen around the year 300 DR.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 David Cook (August 1990). “Volume I”. In Steve Winter ed. The Horde (TSR, Inc.), p. 28. ISBN 0-88038-868-4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0880383974.
  3. Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), p. 22. ISBN 978-0880383974.
  4. Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), p. 41. ISBN 978-0880383974.
  5. Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), p. 30. ISBN 978-0880383974.
  6. Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), p. 109. ISBN 978-0880383974.
  7. Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), p. 94. ISBN 978-0880383974.
  8. Map included in Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 978-0880383974.
  9. Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), p. 127. ISBN 978-0880383974.
  10. Sterling Hersey (June 2013). “Martek and the Desert of Desolation”. In Steve Winter ed. Dragon #424 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 17.
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