Shoon III (pronounced: /ˈʃuːn/ SHOON[3]) was the fourth emperor of the Shoon Imperium.[1][2]
Personality[]
The qysar was known to regularly show cruelty towards his palace staff, causing him to be disliked by most servants.[4]
Activities[]
Shoon III moved the government of Calimshan and the Shoon Imperium back to Shoonach from Calimport, where it would remain until the end of the Imperium.[5]
Relationships[]
Shoon III was the first grandnephew of Shoon II,[2] and the aging ruler adopted Shoon III as his own son and heir only moments before his death.[1]
Shoon III had at least two brothers, both of whom would also become emperors of the Imperium.[1]
Possessions[]
Shoon III had a powerful magic ring known as the Annulus Conflagros. It had the combined powers of a ring of fire resistance and a wand of fire and was the second of the so-called Qysari Rings ever made.[6]
History[]
Born Aleph yn Jadhar el Shoon in 107 DR, to the niece of Shoon II,[note 1] Shoon III never saw a day not surrounded in luxury. He was trained from a young age to become the next emperor and told never to trust his regent, Hazamir al Aktorral, who ruled the Imperium until the boy came of age. Shoon III obeyed what he was taught by his mother and his advisers—he began his reign in 123 DR by ordering Hazamir to be executed by beheading.[1]
In the same year as his death, Shoon III hired the mage Halaster Blackcloak, then known as Hilather to perform magical research for him and invited him to Shoonach,[7] where he was supposed to be experimenting with how to ensnare demons for the qysar to control.[4]
Shoon III had a short reign of only eight years. He made many efforts to protect himself from the schemes of those outside the family, but he never expected to be murdered by his own brother, who stabbed him to death during a feast in his harem in 130 DR.[1]
Trivia[]
In 194 DR, a statue of Shoon III was erected in the Bakkal Sabban of Calimport as part of the Fountain of the Qysars, a monument to the first seven rulers of the Shoon, which was commissioned by Qysar Amahl Shoon V, Shoon III's own brother. Shoon III's statue was the one on the northwest side of the octagonal palisade.[8]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 An inconsistency as to Shoon III's parentage is presented in Calimport in the section on Saarkanlyth's Antaglass. There, it is stated that Shoon III was the son of Vymar el Shoon. This conflicts with Empires of the Shining Sea, which gives Shoon III's full name as Aleph yn Jadhar el Shoon and calls him the son of Shoon II's niece, not the son of his nephew.
Appearances[]
Novels[]
Mistress of the Night
Licensed Adventures & Organized Play[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 25. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Ginny Loveday (2018-11-06). A Wrinkle in the Weave (DDAL08-04) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Waterdeep (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ginny Loveday (2018-11-06). A Wrinkle in the Weave (DDAL08-04) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Waterdeep (Wizards of the Coast), p. 8.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (October 1998). Calimport. (TSR, Inc), p. 91. ISBN 0-7869-1238-3.
- ↑ Ginny Loveday (2018-11-06). A Wrinkle in the Weave (DDAL08-04) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Waterdeep (Wizards of the Coast), p. 7.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (October 1998). Calimport. (TSR, Inc), p. 33. ISBN 0-7869-1238-3.
Connections[]
Shoon III • Amahl Shoon IV • Amahl Shoon V • Amahl Shoon VI • Shoon IV • Shoon V • Shoon VI • Shoon VII • Shaani • Amahl Shoon VII