Prince Ereskas Torlath was a royal son of Amn's Torlath dynasty who founded the city of Mirabar in the 7th century DR.[1]
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Ereskas was the son of King Esmel Torlath II, and the younger brother of Esmel III. He did not have any children.[2][4][note 1]
History[]
Ereskas traveled north with the family blade Namarra in the Year of the Eagle and Falcon, 626 DR and founded Mirabar atop of the ruins of ancient Gharraghaur.[5] When Ereskas died in the Year of the Enigmatic Smile, 693 DR, he was entombed with Namarra within the city.[1][6][7][8][9]
The Goblin Wars of the Year of Strife, 753 DR, resulted in Mirabar being overrun and looted. Ereskas's tomb was also raided, and Namarra was stolen and carried off by the goblin chief Nethaug.[2][3][6][8][9]
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- ↑ The Magister states that Namarra was held by Esmel I's "descendants for three generations; the fourth, Ereskas, bore Namarra north." That would make Ereskas the child of King Rhadik I and put his birth date in the early-to-mid 6th century, making the prince a century old before he ventured forth, and another 70 from there to his death. The foundation date of the city and the structure of the Torlath family was set out in the later Lost Empires of Faerûn and The Grand History of the Realms, and so can be considered a retcon that disregards the older vague statement of Ereskas's descent. Presuming that Ereskas was a young, energetic prince when he set out for glory and lived a long but natural lifespan, it would serve well for him to be the son of Esmel II and the younger brother of Esmel III.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ed Greenwood, Steve Perrin (May 1988). The Magister. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 58. ISBN 0-88038-564-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 1990). Dwarves Deep. (TSR, Inc.), p. 57. ISBN 0-88038-880-3.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 slade et al (November 1995). Encyclopedia Magica Volume IV. (TSR, Inc.), p. 1384. ISBN 0-7869-0289-2.
- ↑ Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 93. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ed Greenwood (June 1983). “Seven Swords”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #74 (TSR, Inc.), p. 22.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 139, 140. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.