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| aliases        = Imperial Reaches of Doegan<ref name="EoM-p13">{{Cite book/Errand of Mercy|13}}</ref><br />Doegan Empire<ref name="EoM-p32">{{Cite book/Errand of Mercy|32}}</ref>
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'''Doegan''' (pronounced ''durgan'') was a realm in the [[Utter East]] of [[southeast Faerûn]]. It was one of the Five Kingdoms of the Utter East.<ref name="B&M-HoV">{{Cite game/Blood & Magic|"Howl of Vengeance"}}</ref><ref name="B&M-map">{{Cite game/Blood & Magic|game map}}</ref><ref name="RoM">{{Cite book/Realms of Mystery/Darkly, Through a Glass of Ale}}</ref> 

==Geography==
[[File:Utter east tharkar.jpg|thumb|left|''A map of the Utter East showing Doegan and its neighbors.'']]
It lay south of the [[Free Cities of Parsanic]] and west of the country of [[Edenvale]].<ref>{{Cite book/The Mercenaries|1}}</ref> The coastal area of Doegan was known as the Doegan Shores.<ref name="FoD-p10">{{Cite book/Faces of Deception|25, 26}}</ref> The land around the Capital was open and clear, with pleasant green fields and palm trees, but harsh times saw it become dry and rocky, or as rippled brown earth like dried mud with patches of broken, rougher land. Marshes lay in the northwest.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

The climate was hot and muggy, and even a [[horse]] would grow weary here.<ref name="FoD-p10"/>

==History==
===Howl of Vengeance===
[[File:Howl of Vengeance Intro b.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Rathgar the Raider seizes the throne of Doegan.'']]
During the time of the [[Bloodforge Wars]] ([[648 DR|648]]–[[657 DR]]),<ref name="tGHotR-p94">{{Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms|94}}</ref><ref group="note">The events of ''Blood & Magic'' are only dated to "before the [[Time of Troubles]]" ([[1358 DR]]) in game. It is assumed these are a part of the Bloodforge Wars described in ''[[Faces of Deception]]'' and dated in ''[[The Grand History of the Realms]]''.</ref> invaders led by [[Rathgar the Raider]] overran Doegan and laid siege to the [[Doegan Capital|capital]]. To pacify his own poor clansmen, Rathgar plundered the realm of its bounty. Finally, he came for the crown itself, and confronted the [[king of Doegan|king]] and [[princess of Doegan|princess]] in their own throne room. However, with his dying breath, the defiant king cursed him, declaring "For so long as you rule, a curse upon you. The dead will arise, to ensure your demise."<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

Escaping the invaders, the princess looked for a way to make her father's prophecy come true. She went to [[Old Stone Keep]] and there met [[Aelric the Avenger|Aelric]], a mage of Doegan who was heir to a great magical legacy. Uninterested in wealth or fame, he vowed to aid her and, furthermore, fulfill her father's curse to take vengeance on those who'd occupied his homeland.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

Meanwhile, months passed and Rathgar paid no heed to the curse, until a captured criminal, a graverobber called [[Grubkern]], whispered of a gathering army of [[undead]] coming to rid Doegan of the invaders. As fear spread in the capital, Rathgar determined to investigate, threatening to kill Grubkern if he'd spoken falsely.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

The [[Howl of Vengeance]] conflict was fought between the two factions using [[bloodforge]]s.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/><ref group="note">In the ''[[Blood & Magic]]'' game, two alternate campaigns are provided, one for Aelric and one for Rathgar. These may be mutually exclusive, but it is possible one follows the other or they may be merged as a single back-and-forth conflict. An official history is unknown.</ref>

;Rathgar the Raider:
[[File:Howl of Vengeance Rathgar 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Rathgar the Raider and Grubkern view the aftermath of battle with undead.'']]
:Rathgar investigated just in time, finding an undead horde almost at his doorstep. Fighting in and around the capital, they repelled the invaders and burned their crypts. Rathgar pardoned Grubkern, and Grubkern revealed the name of the leader of the undead: Aelric the Avenger.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

:Rathgar and his army pursued Aelric to the [[Serpent Valley]], where he rallied his undead forces. Rathgar overcame them in bloodforge battle, forcing them to retreat once more.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

:Aelric's army holed up in Old Stone Keep. Resolute, both rulers prepared for a final battle. Ultimately, Rathgar defeated Aelric, putting an end to the old king's curse. He returned victorious to the capital and the throne, settling his clansmen in Doegan, where they prospered and lived without fear of reprisal.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

;Aelric the Avenger:
[[File:Howl of Vengeance Aelric 3.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Aelric the Avenger bursts through the gate of Doegan.'']]
:When Rathgar's forces pursued the princess to Old Stone Keep, Aelric protected her and struck back against them in a bloodforge battle, favoring crypt-born creatures. Victorious, Aelric scattered Rathgar's own bloodforged forces.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

:In disarray and dread, Rathgar and his army retreated into the Serpent Valley. Aelric pursued, exploiting the chaos to once again strike at his foe.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

:Ultimately, Rathgar's army fled to Doegan's capital with Aelric's horde hot on his heels. They crashed through the city gates and walls and fought the invaders in the streets, with steel and fire and magic. Thus did Aelric the Avenger fulfil the old king's curse and liberate Doegan. The princess became queen, with Aelric at her side, and brought peace to Doegan.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

===During the Legendary Campaign===
[[File:Howl of Vengeance Intro a.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''A wartorn and devastated Doegan.'']]
Formerly a powerful nation, Doegan fell into decline under the rule of [[Patric Fulgirth]], an idle ruler who cared not for the needs of the people. The leader of the [[Legendary Campaign]] sought to depose Fulgirth, and thought this would be an easy task.<ref name="B&M-LC">{{Cite game/Blood & Magic|"Legendary Campaign"}}</ref>

Later, the cunning mage [[Gim Blacktongue]] used treachery to usurp the throne of Doegan. Although the kingdom prospered, it did so under an air of suspicion, and Doegan folk called for a new and trustworthy rule. The leader of the Legendary Campaign came to Doegan and attempted to remove Blacktongue from power.<ref name="B&M-LC"/>

Eventually, Doegan fell into the safe hands of [[Hariah Highkin]]. The capital prospered, the borders held firm, and people were happy. Nevertheless, on a quest to unify the wartorn Utter East through conquest, the leader of the Legendary Campaign returned and tried to conquer Doegan, no matter the cost to the realm.<ref name="B&M-LC"/>

===Modern history===
In the [[1368 DR|Year of the Banner, 1368 DR]], Queen [[Rosalind]] of [[Edenvale]] ordered [[Atreus Eleint]] and [[Yago]] expelled from her kingdom, with an honor guard to escort them to the Doegan Shores and put on the first ship to the [[Sword Coast]]. However, they escaped before that could occur.<ref name="FoD-p10"/>

Also in 1368 DR, delegates of Doegan and [[Konigheim]] met in [[Tharkar]] under the pretense of negotiating a treaty. However, both sides planned to sabotage the proceedings by murdering one of their own, so as to unite the rest of the Kingdoms against the other. Their plots were foiled by an agent from [[Ulgarth]], and there was no overall change in the political structure of the Five Kingdoms.<ref>{{Cite book/Realms of Mystery/Darkly, Through a Glass of Ale|?}}</ref>

In the {{YearlinkName|1371}}, Emperor [[Aetheric III]] abducted [[Eidola Boareskyr]], the bride-to-be of [[Waterdeep]]'s [[Open Lord]] [[Piergeiron Paladinson]] in an attempt to summon a foreign army to defeat the demons that plagued Doegan due to use of the bloodforge.<ref>{{Cite book/The Abduction|?}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book/Conspiracy|?}}</ref> The plan failed, and Eldrinpar was sacked by a horde of monsters. The mad mutated emperor, Aetheric III, was almost assassinated by [[Artemis Entreri]], then finished off by the band of paladins sent by Waterdeep. Chancellor Ikavi Garkim became the new ruler of Doegan and declared Mar and Ffolk to be full equals. By the end of the events, to ensure the bloodforge was used responsibly, Garkim shared the position of Emperor with the Chosen of Tyr, Ingrar Welven, and they cast the monsters out of the city.<ref>{{Cite book/Uneasy Alliances|?}}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:Howl of Vengeance Aelric 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''The queen of Doegan ruling over a rejuvenated Doegan, with her champion Aelric.'']]
In the 7th century [[DR]], Doegan was ruled by a succession of monarchs.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/><ref name="B&M-LC"/>

==Notable Locations==
The capital of Doegan was [[Eldrinpar]],<ref name="RoM"/> formerly known simply as the Doegan Capital.<ref name="B&M-HoV"/>

In the northeast, upriver from the Doegan Capital, lay [[Serpent Valley]]. In the mountains to the west stood [[Old Stone Keep]].<ref name="B&M-map"/>

==Appendix==
===Notes===
{{Notes}}

===Appearances===
:;Novels:
::''[[Errand of Mercy]]'' &bull; ''[[An Opportunity for Profit]]'' &bull; ''[[Realms of Mystery]]'': "Darkly, Through a Glass of Ale"
::{{Refonly}}
::''[[The Mercenaries]]''
:;Games:
::''[[Blood & Magic]]''

===References===
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===Gallery===
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File:Blood & Magic game map.jpg|The Doegan Capital in the Utter East in the ''[[Blood & Magic]]'' game.
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