Scathril was a small human realm in northwest Faerûn, created from the destruction of the kingdom of Delimbiyran in 697 DR.[1]
Geography[]
Scathril lay in the Delimbiyr Vale, in the former territory of Delimbiyran.[2]
History[]
Scathril was originally a territory of the kingdom of Delimbiyran. Succeeding Phalorm in 616 DR, Delimbiyran overtook many of the lands formerly held by the dwarven and elven realms of Dardath and Ardeep.[3][2]
In the Year of the Triton's Horn, 697 DR, the Sharran high priestess Lalondra Worul became a lich, in the process killing her faithful True Servants of Shar who controlled an extensive network of Sharran temples across the Sword Coast. Completely uncontrolled, the leaderless faithful of her church caused mayhem and destruction across the region, and threatened numerous cities and realms.[4] When King Davyd Snowsword of Delimbiyran deployed his soldiers in force to counter the violence, he was assassinated by a Sharran martyr. Dying without an heir, King Davyd's realm fell into civil war and broke apart into petty kingdoms, creating the independent kingdoms of Scathril, Calandor, Harpshield, Talmost, Loravatha, Dauntylgar, Secomber, and more lost to history.[1][2]
Shortly after in the Year of the Clutching Death, 702 DR, the High Forest orc Horned Horde invaded and destroyed several of the weakened and disunited claimants. The Duke of Calandor managed to form an alliance with his rivals, and together they threw back the invasion. Though the surviving realms remained independent of each other, their wars largely ended thanks to this instance of cooperation.[2][1]
By the 14th century DR, Scathril and most of the other realms had disappeared, though Daggerford and Secomber prospered.[5]
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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. 97. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 139, 144. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood and Doug Stewart (1997). Prayers from the Faithful. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 34. ISBN 0-7869-0682-0.
- ↑ Tito Leati, Matthew Sernett and Chris Sims (February 2014). Scourge of the Sword Coast. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 15.