Minsorran was a small theocratic realm on Lake Weng in Amn known as the Lands of Balance, founded during the time of the Shoon Imperium.[1][9][1]
Geography[]
Minsorran was built on the shore of Lake Weng (then called the Lake of Amin) below the Cloud Peaks at an altitude of 1,500 feet (460 meters).[10]
History[]
The region had long been part of the Calim Empire and its successors, but urban human settlement only arose in the centuries following 100 DR during which Athkatla, Crimmor, and Murann were founded.[11]
Minsorran was founded in the Year of the Late Sun, 300 DR during the height of the Shoon Imperium by the followers of Selûne, Shar, Lathander, and Mystra. These faithful lived in harmony with each other and respected their collective pantheon as they built a theocracy in Minsor Vale and three other cities, in an uncommon practice that more resembled the religious governments of Unther and Mulhorand than that of western Faerûn.[4][11][1][3]
In the Year of the Sage's Fervor, 347 DR, the emperor Shoon VII gave governorship of the region around the Lake of Amin to Thealnak of Memnon as a reward for creating the Codex Thealnakkar. This political development had little effect on the Lands of Balance.[12][13]
Discontented Selûnites broke from Minsor Vale in the Year of the Half Moon, 390 DR and founded Myth Lharast hundreds of miles away, seeking to worship Selûne in a manner that involved fewer Sharrans.[5][14][6]
The collapse of the surrounding Shoon Imperium and the rise of competing successor states in 450 DR had little effect on Minsorran.[15]
Minsorran ceased to exist in the Year of Fire and Frost, 600 DR during a harsh midwinter blizzard when the entire population apparently vanished without a trace. The cause was actually the white dragon Icehauptannarthanyx, who laired in Mount Speartop and kept his existence secret.[8] Among those that disappeared were the wife and eldest son of King Esmel Torlath II of Amn, who shortly after died of grief.[16]
All four cities of the realm fell to ruin, though Minsor Vale was eventually resettled with a small village amid the larger ruins. The other three ruins remained uninhabited.[11][7][2]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 34. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 27. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 19. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 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. 69. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 20. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 21. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Rand Sharpsword (June 2002). More of Waterdeep and Lands of Intrigue! (HTML). Rand's Travelogue. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 33. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 17. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (October 1998). Calimport. (TSR, Inc), p. 85. ISBN 0-7869-1238-3.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 55. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 87. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 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.