The Datharathi chaka was a merchant family from Vaelan, in Durpar. They became de-facto rulers of the city by 1479 DR.[1]
History[]
Before the creation of plangents, Datharathi minerals was one of the eleven most influential families in Durpar; besides mining, they controlled several shipbuilding docks.[2]
In 1367 DR, Warian Datharathi lost an arm to an accident. His grandfather, the wizard Shaddon Datharathi, used a recently discovered crystal to build him a prosthetic; though it could move, it was numb, and it was both weak and slow.[3] This prosthetic would also serve as the first plangent prototype.
In the years after Warian decided to travel the world in 1369 DR, plangent limbs became fashionable in Vaelan, and the family business came to include the construction and application of highly expensive plangent limbs, both in order to overcome disabilities or to improve existing capabilities in healthy people.[2]Despite the Elder Evil Pandorym controlling some through these crystal implants starting on 1370 DR,[4] the death of the inventor of plangents, patriarch Shaddon Datharathi,[5] on Tarsakh 19 of 1374 DR during the resealing of the Elder Evil[6] causing the sudden death of all the plangents amongst their senior members,[7] the Datharathi's plangent art was known throughout the continent by 1383 DR.[8]
The Datharathi, somewhere in the next century, would propose an alliance with the Iron Eye goblins from the Curna Mountains. Despite the Adama, several families broke the agreement with the goblins; the Datharathi managed to come out on top of the ensuing Merchant Wars. They imposed a tax on trade with Delzimmer, Estagund, and Deep Imaskar for the other chakas, and raised a standing army, including goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears integrated during the war.[9]
Important Family Members in 1374 DR[]
- Shaddon Datharathi
- Warian Datharathi
- Eined Datharathi
- Zeltaebar Datharathi
- Sevaera Datharathi
- Xaemar Datharathi
- Barden Datharathi
- Corlaen Datharathi
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Novels
- Darkvision
References[]
- ↑ Rob Heinsoo, Logan Bonner, Robert J. Schwalb (September 2008). Forgotten Realms Player's Guide. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7869-4929-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bruce R. Cordell (2006). Darkvision. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 7. ISBN 0-7869-4017-4.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2006). Darkvision. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 3. ISBN 0-7869-4017-4.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 150. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2006). Darkvision. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 30. ISBN 0-7869-4017-4.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2006). Darkvision. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 31. ISBN 0-7869-4017-4.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 159. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 118. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.