Kolthunral was a Shadovar flying fortress enclave used to threaten Thay in 1479 DR as part of the Shadovar–Thay War.[1]
Description[]
Kolthunral was a fortress, and small for a floating city, with built-in shadow features that mimicked the Shadowfell.[1] It normally moved between 5 and 10 miles (8–16 kilometers) an hour, but could accelerate up to 40 miles (64 kilometers) per hour for half an hour at a time.[1]
Government[]
Kolthunral was run by the spirit devourer Duchess Antethriss, formerly an assassin under Clariburnus Tanthul, as a military base for the Shadovar.[1] Shade and shadar-kai soldiers manned the garrison.[2]
Defenses[]
Made of steel and stone, Kolthunral had a number of defenses, many linked to the Shadowfell:[1]
- If the thick steel of the underside[1] failed to protect the city near an area of planar flux, it was able to briefly phase into the Shadowfell before reappearing hundreds of miles away.[2]
- Outer guard towers equipped with siege weapons extended above and below the city, and reinforced bridges connected them to the keep and other strongholds.[1]
- The interiors of the guard towers and other important structures were partially made of walls of shadowstuff that allowed creatures from the Shadowfell to phase through, but created a maze for others.[3]
- Meteor Tubes, arcane cannons that launched boulders through the Shadowfell to accelerate them past terminal velocity before launching them at targets, were the most damaging, though imprecise, weapons.[1]
- The Tower of the Mythallar was disguised as an inner guard tower and the most heavily guarded building.[1]
History[]
During the Shadovar–Thay War, in the late 1470s DR, Kolthunral launched a surprise attack on Thay, while most the action was far to the west, and destroyed a number of communities near Surcross, before they settled in to besiege the city and block access to Shadowfell roads.[1] It often flew over the town of Veil to receive supplies through portals to the Shadowfell it could open near areas of planar flux.[4].
It may have been destroyed by adventurers or Thayans in the Year of the Ageless One, 1479 DR.[5]
Inhabitants[]
Duchess Antethriss, formerly an assassin under Clariburnus Tanthul.[1]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Matt Sernett, Erik Scott de Bie, Ari Marmell (August 2011). Neverwinter Campaign Setting. Edited by Tanis O'Connor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 218. ISBN 0-7869-5814-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matt Sernett, Erik Scott de Bie, Ari Marmell (August 2011). Neverwinter Campaign Setting. Edited by Tanis O'Connor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 220. ISBN 0-7869-5814-6.
- ↑ Matt Sernett, Erik Scott de Bie, Ari Marmell (August 2011). Neverwinter Campaign Setting. Edited by Tanis O'Connor. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 218–219. ISBN 0-7869-5814-6.
- ↑ Matt Sernett, Erik Scott de Bie, Ari Marmell (August 2011). Neverwinter Campaign Setting. Edited by Tanis O'Connor. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 219–220. ISBN 0-7869-5814-6.
- ↑ Matt Sernett, Erik Scott de Bie, Ari Marmell (August 2011). Neverwinter Campaign Setting. Edited by Tanis O'Connor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 219. ISBN 0-7869-5814-6.