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| + | | aliases = {{Former}} Elestam<ref name="LoI3.E&FoI-p2">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue|2}}</ref> |
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| + | | leader1 = [[Korox Morkann]] |
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| + | | event1 = Annexed by [[Tethyr]],<br>as "Elestam" |
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| + | | date1 = [[731 DR]] |
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| + | | event2 =Seceded from [[Tethyr]],<br>as "Erlkazar" |
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==History== |
==History== |
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| + | The land now known as Erlkazar was, until the last millennium,{{Timescale}} untamed wilderness. [[Karazir Tiiraklar]] of [[Tethyr]], the consort of queen [[Vajra Korrunhel]], and his brother [[Ellessor Tiiraklar|Ellessor]] mustered an army and marched on this land. In [[309 DR]], Ellessor became the first duke of Elestam. When [[Shoonach]] fell, the lands reverted back into wilderness. King [[Strohm II]], after defeating [[Tathtar]]'s invading army, claimed Elestam as part of Tethyr in [[731 DR]].<ref name="LoI3.E&FoI-p2" /> |
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| + | Nothing much of note occurred in the duchy until the time of the persecutions of the [[elves]] which left duke [[Valon Morkann]] torn. He supported the elves but was loyal to the crown. In the end, his loyalty won out and he kept the disputed trade routes open. Loyalty would play an important role during the [[Tethyrian Interregnum]] as well. During the [[Tethyrian Interregnum#Ten Black Days of Eleint|Ten Black Days of Eleint]] in [[1347 DR]] the political situation forced Morkann to accept the treacherous nobles in the realm who were allied to the tyrannical [[Nivedann Illehhune|Duke of Dusk]], even after four separate attempts on his life sponsored by them were foiled only by Morkann's friends in [[Elestam's Crusaders]]. Though his people were loyal to Morkann, they despised the other nobles, a fact which Morkann hadn't grasped until they rose up in rebellion against them. All of these traitors fled the duchy rather than face arrest by the duke or murder at the hands of the peasants.<ref name="LoI-Erl-3">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue|3}}</ref> |
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| + | Over the next year, Morkann fortified the duchy's borders and built up his armed forces until his people petitioned him to declare himself king over the region. He accepted and officially seceded from Tethyr, choosing to rename the land Erlkazar and rule directly, rather than through barons and counts. Erlkazar survived the Interregnum unscathed, though they were plagued with [[vampire]]s and [[dragon]]s throughout. The realm survived through Elestam's Crusaders and the [[Emerald Brotherhood]] until the Brotherhood was abducted by spacefaring [[illithid]] in [[1359 DR]] (though the people were not informed of this, to them the brotherhood's disappearance is a mystery to this day). [[1358 DR]] saw an attack from the [[goblin]] hordes of King [[Ertyk Uhl]] down from the [[High Peaks|High]] and Kuldin Peaks that lasted nearly the entire year. For over 3 months the goblins laid siege to the city of [[Duhlnarim]] until Elestam's Crusaders forged an alliance with the [[Shieldbreakers|Shieldbreaker Ogres]]. The war turned and the goblins were cut down to a third of their number (according to reports, the horde had regained its strength by [[1367 DR]] but didn't attack Erlkazar like that again).<ref name="LoI-Erl-3" /> |
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| + | In [[1366 DR]] King Valon died, appointing his son [[Korox Morkann|Korox]], the leader of Elestam's Crusaders, to succeed him. Korox appointed the other four Crusaders as his barons who ruled justly over Erlkazar for the rest of their reigns. Out of the way and well fortified, Erlkazar still maintained good trade arrangements with many other countries, though their trade routes became infested with bandits over the years.<ref name="LoI-Erl-3" /> |
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| + | [[Saestra Karanok]] of [[Luthcheq]], who was driven from her home sometime after [[1373 DR]] when it was discovered that she was a vampire, traveled to Erlkazar and converted the massed bandits into her own personal army, who suddenly ceased their raids on the traders. She seduced the king at the time and turned him into a vampire after gaining the cooperation of the 4 barons with threats and manipulation. During the day, Erlkazar is a peaceful, sleepy land of farmers and hillfolk, much as it has been for decades, but at night, Saestra's bandit army emerges from the deep cavern she found beneath Ahlarkhem. They raid all of the countries that border Erlkazar, most often at midnight, provoking angry nobles to bring invading armies across the border, only for them to leave again when they find absolutely nothing but pastoral villages.<ref name="FRCG-126">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide|126}}</ref> |
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| + | By [[1479 DR]], the vampires and bandits of Erlkazar still raid [[Amn]], [[Calimshan]], Tethyr and [[Turmish]] and their lair, to those that know about it, is called the [[Night Barony]].<ref name="FRCG-126" /> |
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==Life and Society== |
==Life and Society== |
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| + | Life in Erlkazar is slow and steady. The people treat each other informally and seem to disregard most visitors until they have shown that they deserve respect. Communities outside the towns and cities are invariably small and pastoral, populated with tough folk. When night falls, everybody retreats to their homes, trying in vain to ignore everything outside their homes walls.<ref name="FRCG-126" /> |
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| + | ==Geography== |
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| − | ==Major Geographical Features== |
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| + | The [[Snowflake Mountains]] were a range of very high mountains, some boasting a height in excess of {{SI|20000|ft}} above sea level. [[Impresk Lake]] was an icy cold lake fed by many sources. The [[Deepwash]] survived the drying up of Shalane lake. It is unknown if the ancient dragon turtle commonly known to live beneath the surface still resides in its waters.<ref name="LoI-Erl-5">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue|5}}</ref> The [[Kuldin Peaks]] were home to the [[Starrock]] tribe of goblins that once waged war on Erlkazar.<ref name="LoI-Erl-3" /> |
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| − | ===Snowflake Mountains=== |
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| − | ===Impresk Lake=== |
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| − | ===The Deepwash=== |
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| − | ===Kuldin Peaks=== |
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| + | *[[Llorbauth]] was once the capital city of the realm. Its population of 28,000<ref name="LoI-Erl-5" /> shrank to less than 10,000 by around [[1479 DR]]. With no king on the throne of [[Klarsamryn]], the former royal stronghold, the entire barony of [[Shalanar]] stagnated and the people left the city to work the land on small farmsteads.<ref name="FRCG-127">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide|127}}</ref> |
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| + | *[[Duhlnarim]] was a major port city.<ref name="LoI-Erl-7">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue|7}}</ref> The locals knew exactly what was going on beneath their feet and became paranoid and nervous. They looked no-one in the eye and were very wary of strangers. |
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| − | ===Llorbauth=== |
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| − | ===Duhlnarim=== |
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| − | ===Five Spears Hold=== |
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| − | ===Shalane=== |
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| + | *[[Tibold]] was the baronial seat of [[Carrelath]]. It was a mining town in the western Kuldin peaks, just south of the [[Swimstar Creek]] headwaters. From outside the place seemed small, but a third of the town extended underground into caverns that were once a [[dwarf|dwarven]] stronghold of [[High Shanatar]] built nearly 5000 years prior to 1374 DR.<ref name="LoI-Erl-7" /> After the founding of Erlkazar more and more dwarves came to live there and they were the most outspoken about rejecting their vampire ruler.{{fact}} |
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| + | *[[Five Spears Hold]] was the baronial seat of [[Tanistan]]; a large mining settlement in the least populated (and mostly pastoral) barony.<ref name="LoI-Erl-7" /> |
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| + | *[[Shalane]] was a fishing town renowned as having had the best shipwrights in the land.<ref name="LoI-Erl-5" /> |
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| + | *[[Carradoon]] was a small town which primarily subsisted on the fishing of the Impresk Lake.<ref name="LoI-Erl-5" /> |
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| + | ==Notable inhabitants== |
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| + | The wizard [[Damlath]] was originally from [[Llorbauth]].<ref name="B-p66">{{Cite book/Blackstaff/MMP|66}}</ref> |
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| + | ==Appendix== |
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| + | Erlkazar was the setting of designer [[Steven E. Schend]]'s first D&D campaign set in the [[Forgotten Realms]], which he played around 1988.<ref name="LoI3-E&FoI-p1">{{Cite book/Lands of Intrigue/Erlkazar and Folk of Intrigue|1}}</ref> |
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| + | ===Further reading=== |
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* {{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide|126-127}} |
* {{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide|126-127}} |
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+ | ===Official Material=== |
* ''[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/2/fr_downloads/tsr1159.zip Lands of Intrigue]'' (zip) |
* ''[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/2/fr_downloads/tsr1159.zip Lands of Intrigue]'' (zip) |
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Erlkazar was a small kingdom located due east of Tethyr.
History
The land now known as Erlkazar was, until the last millennium,[as of when?] untamed wilderness. Karazir Tiiraklar of Tethyr, the consort of queen Vajra Korrunhel, and his brother Ellessor mustered an army and marched on this land. In 309 DR, Ellessor became the first duke of Elestam. When Shoonach fell, the lands reverted back into wilderness. King Strohm II, after defeating Tathtar's invading army, claimed Elestam as part of Tethyr in 731 DR.[1]
Nothing much of note occurred in the duchy until the time of the persecutions of the elves which left duke Valon Morkann torn. He supported the elves but was loyal to the crown. In the end, his loyalty won out and he kept the disputed trade routes open. Loyalty would play an important role during the Tethyrian Interregnum as well. During the Ten Black Days of Eleint in 1347 DR the political situation forced Morkann to accept the treacherous nobles in the realm who were allied to the tyrannical Duke of Dusk, even after four separate attempts on his life sponsored by them were foiled only by Morkann's friends in Elestam's Crusaders. Though his people were loyal to Morkann, they despised the other nobles, a fact which Morkann hadn't grasped until they rose up in rebellion against them. All of these traitors fled the duchy rather than face arrest by the duke or murder at the hands of the peasants.[2]
Over the next year, Morkann fortified the duchy's borders and built up his armed forces until his people petitioned him to declare himself king over the region. He accepted and officially seceded from Tethyr, choosing to rename the land Erlkazar and rule directly, rather than through barons and counts. Erlkazar survived the Interregnum unscathed, though they were plagued with vampires and dragons throughout. The realm survived through Elestam's Crusaders and the Emerald Brotherhood until the Brotherhood was abducted by spacefaring illithid in 1359 DR (though the people were not informed of this, to them the brotherhood's disappearance is a mystery to this day). 1358 DR saw an attack from the goblin hordes of King Ertyk Uhl down from the High and Kuldin Peaks that lasted nearly the entire year. For over 3 months the goblins laid siege to the city of Duhlnarim until Elestam's Crusaders forged an alliance with the Shieldbreaker Ogres. The war turned and the goblins were cut down to a third of their number (according to reports, the horde had regained its strength by 1367 DR but didn't attack Erlkazar like that again).[2]
In 1366 DR King Valon died, appointing his son Korox, the leader of Elestam's Crusaders, to succeed him. Korox appointed the other four Crusaders as his barons who ruled justly over Erlkazar for the rest of their reigns. Out of the way and well fortified, Erlkazar still maintained good trade arrangements with many other countries, though their trade routes became infested with bandits over the years.[2]
Saestra Karanok of Luthcheq, who was driven from her home sometime after 1373 DR when it was discovered that she was a vampire, traveled to Erlkazar and converted the massed bandits into her own personal army, who suddenly ceased their raids on the traders. She seduced the king at the time and turned him into a vampire after gaining the cooperation of the 4 barons with threats and manipulation. During the day, Erlkazar is a peaceful, sleepy land of farmers and hillfolk, much as it has been for decades, but at night, Saestra's bandit army emerges from the deep cavern she found beneath Ahlarkhem. They raid all of the countries that border Erlkazar, most often at midnight, provoking angry nobles to bring invading armies across the border, only for them to leave again when they find absolutely nothing but pastoral villages.[3]
By 1479 DR, the vampires and bandits of Erlkazar still raid Amn, Calimshan, Tethyr and Turmish and their lair, to those that know about it, is called the Night Barony.[3]
Life and Society
Life in Erlkazar is slow and steady. The people treat each other informally and seem to disregard most visitors until they have shown that they deserve respect. Communities outside the towns and cities are invariably small and pastoral, populated with tough folk. When night falls, everybody retreats to their homes, trying in vain to ignore everything outside their homes walls.[3]
Geography
The Snowflake Mountains were a range of very high mountains, some boasting a height in excess of 20,000 ft (6,100 m) above sea level. Impresk Lake was an icy cold lake fed by many sources. The Deepwash survived the drying up of Shalane lake. It is unknown if the ancient dragon turtle commonly known to live beneath the surface still resides in its waters.[4] The Kuldin Peaks were home to the Starrock tribe of goblins that once waged war on Erlkazar.[2]
Major Cities
- Llorbauth was once the capital city of the realm. Its population of 28,000[4] shrank to less than 10,000 by around 1479 DR. With no king on the throne of Klarsamryn, the former royal stronghold, the entire barony of Shalanar stagnated and the people left the city to work the land on small farmsteads.[5]
- Duhlnarim was a major port city.[6] The locals knew exactly what was going on beneath their feet and became paranoid and nervous. They looked no-one in the eye and were very wary of strangers.
- Tibold was the baronial seat of Carrelath. It was a mining town in the western Kuldin peaks, just south of the Swimstar Creek headwaters. From outside the place seemed small, but a third of the town extended underground into caverns that were once a dwarven stronghold of High Shanatar built nearly 5000 years prior to 1374 DR.[6] After the founding of Erlkazar more and more dwarves came to live there and they were the most outspoken about rejecting their vampire ruler.[citation needed]
- Five Spears Hold was the baronial seat of Tanistan; a large mining settlement in the least populated (and mostly pastoral) barony.[6]
- Shalane was a fishing town renowned as having had the best shipwrights in the land.[4]
- Carradoon was a small town which primarily subsisted on the fishing of the Impresk Lake.[4]
Notable inhabitants
The wizard Damlath was originally from Llorbauth.[7]
Appendix
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Trivia
Erlkazar was the setting of designer Steven E. Schend's first D&D campaign set in the Forgotten Realms, which he played around 1988.[8]
Further reading
- Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), pp. 3–7. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
Official Material
- Lands of Intrigue (zip)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 2. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 3. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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. 126. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 5. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 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. 127. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (July 2006). Blackstaff. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 66. ISBN 978-0786940165.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 1. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.