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'''Priador''' was the coastal tharch of [[Thay]], along the coast of the [[Alamber Sea]],<ref name="S:CG-p10">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|10}}</ref> lying east of the city of [[Escalant]].<ref name="UE-p154-155>{{Cite book/Unapproachable East|154-155}}</ref> It was one of the most prosperous regions of Thay during the 14{{th}} century [[DR]], despite its wild and untamed landscape.<ref name="S:CG-p20">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|20}}</ref>

==Inhabitants==
The rolling plains and grasslands south of the [[First Escarpment]] served as home to a number of [[Red Wizard]] estates and holdings. Many of the Thayan mages kept unregulated preserves full of monstrous creatures that they used in their arcane experimentation and research. Travelers in the area had to cross the expanse of Priador at their own peril, as the Red Wizards were not responsible for the actions of their beasts.<ref name="S:CG-p20"/>

==History==
Priador was the most-recently founded tharch,<ref name="S:CG-p12">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|12}}</ref> having been seized in [[1357 DR]] during the [[Salamander War]]. Previously, the city of [[Bezantur]] was a tharch in its own right, but was subsequently incorporated into the greater Priador. The [[tharchion]]ess of Bezantur, [[Mari Agneh]], quickly established herself as leader of the expanse, but was quickly challenged by the [[zulkir]] of [[evocation]], [[Aznar Thrul]]. The two engaged in a furious conflict and Thrul emerged as the victor, taking the tharch as his prize.<ref name="S:CG-p13">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|13}}</ref><ref name="S:CG-p20"/>

==Notable locations==
*[[Bezantur]]: Known as the "heart" of Thay, the ''City of a Thousand Temples'' was as large and flourishing a metropolis that could be found in the nation of Thay.<ref name="S:CG-p25">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|25}}</ref> 
*[[Murbant]]: A coastal city of fishers and smugglers, Murbant was largely ignored by the tharchion of Priador.<ref name="S:CG-p42">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|42}}</ref> 
*[[Thasselen]]: This formerly thriving city was ravaged during the Salamander War and used as the private domain of Aznar Thrul<ref name="S:CG-p44">{{Cite book/Spellbound/Campaign Guide|44}}</ref>

==Trivia==
The [[Priador Emporium]], an arcane shop run by the [[Guild of Foreign Trade]] within the [[Thayan enclave (Proskur)| Red Wizards' enclave]] in [[Proskur]], was named after this tharch.<ref name="LoD-p71">{{Cite book/Lords of Darkness|71}}</ref>

==Appendix==
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===Further Reading===
* [http://wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/pg20021211a Perilous Gateways: Portals of Thay]
===References===
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===Connections===
{{Territories of Thay}}
[[Category:Tharchs]]
[[Category:Regions]]
[[Category:Locations in Thay]]
[[Category:Locations in the Unapproachable East]]
[[Category:Locations in East Faerûn]]
[[Category:Locations in Faerûn]]
[[Category:Locations on Toril]]
[[Category:Locations]]