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Dao Tyr – A Political Primer

Posted in Ancient Lands, Dinnae, Elves, Gavin Wel, Innien, Lands of the East, Niskantel, The Shadow Road on June 7, 2013 by coyoteandthunder

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1164, in the seventh aepoch of the raelfaen.

Dinnae – Shadow city on the edge of the Fay Dark. The Court of the Black Orchid at the behest of the Queen of Shadow rules with grim and gothic solemnity from the Palace of Blood and Stars. The city population has grown to nearly half a million living souls in the past few years, and has become a major trade stop on the Lilthen Sea. One of the City’s many secrets is the use of undead labor in its industry, driving its economic growth.

Edorinn – The Sylvan nations of the Southern Sun. The City of Edorinn is an ancient metropolis of many thousand elves and eladrin, built on colossal, building like mushrooms. Swarming armies of elf-mounted, green drakes spring from roost to roost, ever vigilant of threats from the north.

Ethilistyr – The Dreamwater. Built on the ruins of the most fabulous of the first cities of DaoTyr, Khepathia, this land of men and fay exists as a rural sovereignty; wealthy from the plunder recovered from the deep and infinite ruins beneath its fertile farms, the Dreamwater also owns considerable arcane wealth from the real opening of the Shadow Road (a powerful vein of multiplanar magic) one hundred years ago.

Eyrolia – The Stone kingdoms of the North. Argon Meavoi, the King of Eyrolia, one of the stonekin, rules as a benevolent king over a vast, frozen land where strong men hunt caribou with the wolf and the raven.

Gavin Wel – If there is a cultural hub of Dao Tyr, it is Gavin Wel. Gavin Wel, governed by the so-called Council of Eagles, a cabal of druids, has prospered in recent years after many years of war and strife. Gavin Wel has marketed itself as a center of freedom and expression and because of it, has become an international magnet for all manner of artists, adventures and con men.

Gildensong – The lands of Wine. The great valleys of Gildensong are protected by ancient dragons who jealously protect those who have tended to these endless vineyards since the beginning of the fifth age, so many thousands of years ago.

Hyth Anir – The DragonKin empire of Lord Arnithol. The destruction of the city of Hyth Anir fifty years ago left a whole race of people angry, strife-ridden and homeless. The chronicles of Valenta Quoul records the recent history of this ruthless army on the move.

Mortileux – The land of the Dead. Ruled over by the dark king of the Blightlords, Volukai, holds grim court in a land of gray sand and black water.

Niskantel – The Copper City. The trademeet of the North. The Scarlet Sorceress, Ariathia, from the Tower of the Eye, permits a free market to all manner of economic activity on the streets, populated by almost a million people, so far under her stone tower.

Norwylnn – The Fay North. Wild Raelfaen, hunter and gather communities guard ancient libraries across tundra landscapes.

Purdjion – The wound in the world. The realm of Angels and Demons.  From the bottom of the black crater, where a mortal to stand there, they would witness a font of heavenly angels cascading from a hole in the sky to then tirelessly meet a infinite well of demons bubbling up from a crack in the blistered earth. An ancient hold keeps this war from spilling out over the great geoscape.

Puriol – The first city of men. Mostly a hallowed ruin, only about ten thousand noble souls still call this ancient place home. The Navy of Puriol is still a potent armada, administering trade all the way to its namesake, Theriol, on the other side of the continent.

Sword Call – The seat of power in Eyrolia. The home of Meavoi. The ritual of EO, 75 years ago, occurred here, and marked the end of the six age of the world.

Tem Salaam – The most-ancient Raelfaen observatory. A place of fay magic that has remained in this place for over 50,000. The oldest power in the world, by far.

The Lilthen Sea – really a massive, freshwater lake.

The Red Tower – Seat of power in the Dragonkin kingdom of Hurthyric. After 100 years of war with the Kingdom of Theriol, the dragonborn people of Hurthyric are in a dire situation. Their goddess, Tiamat, has been vanquished and their emperor is missing.

The West Island – Ancient lands of the Silver Fay, druids of thunder and wilderness.

Thessany – The largest wilderness area in all of Northern Dao Tyr.

Theriol – The Eastern kingdom of Men, Ruled by the noble and young King Brogan VIII. A wealthy kingdom, protected by the strong Clockwork knights.

Unon – The Ancient Lands of the Raelfaen, defined as the area from Gavin Wel to Tem Salaam.

The Alter of the Raven Queen at Adderfell

Posted in Dinnae on December 23, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

The people of the Shattered Islands have united to donate a beautifully built alter for the new Chapel of the Raven queen as constructed by the lords of Adderfell. The alter is made of pure Ebonstone, an arcanely rich material – a good conduit for nether magic rituals. Ebonstone used to channel evil, but now has fallen innert after the destruction of Lesivith, the Ebon Lord in 1111. The alter is a supreme work of art and a great gift of the people.

Favorite of the Raven Queen

Posted in Dinnae on December 23, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

Auria, Aethyr Imyra of the Raven Queen, was the youngest high priestess ever at Raven’s Eyrie in Dinnae. Her ability to decipher shadow script and her strange connection to the Dark Pana made her out to be a savant among her peers and her superiors. Now she is assigned as liaisons with the Ryn Fatom, the Fist of the Queen, the Company of the Black Orchid and oversee their progress as they build their chapel in the Shattered Islands. Her loyalty has yet to be tested, to whether and for whom she may indeed be a confidante for.

The Wereboar Lord

Posted in Dinnae, the Fey Dark on December 22, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

The Heroes of the Black Orchid, in an attempt to take out one of their chief rivals, Lord Rengis Renbill, ended up destroying a large and ancient mansion in the process. Down the street from the Raven’s Eyrie in the Temple District of downtown Dinnae, the heroes found their target in mid-transformation as he was becoming a size large Wereboar (see the picture, as expertly painted by Matt Decker.) They were, of course, ultimately successful in their mission, except for Vindracryl who may be the multiverse’s first Revenant/Wereboar, having come down now with Tusk Fever.

The Queen’s most powerful soldiers

Posted in Dinnae, the Fey Dark on December 17, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

(above, left) General Roe Garen has been lord Haumann of the Black Orchid Knights of Dinnae for twenty years. A cruel, ruin of a man whose war-time leadership kept the City of Twilght from being overrun by the Dragonkin armies of Hyth Anir under command of Mizzen Kai, the Blight witch in 1120.

(above, right) Markala, the most powerful of the Queen’s Shadowsworn. Mysterious warriors from the deep Shadowfell who do her bidding and are indeed the spine of her military, martial power.

The Queen at home

Posted in Dinnae on December 13, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

Fatom Yrgana, the Queen of Dinnae holds court in her home, below, the Palace of Blood and Stars, Regarjun. All heed the ancient queen even if her practical power over the mundane goings-on within the Twilight City are strained of late. Yrgana has been the ruler of Dinnae since her marriage to Alnayab, then called Vorshaene, late in the fifth Aepoch of Daotyr. Alnayab, a dragongod, still rules from Aben Abei, a sprawling metropolis 300 miles to the South along the Inner Sea.

Regarjun is the oldest church to the Raven Queen in Dao Tyr. Built by the raelfaen when Yrgana and Vorshaene got married, while it is not older than Sinis Oebyr cathedral at Gavin Wel, it was a church of the Raven Queen when Sinis Oebyr was still a chruch to the Sovereign Dragon. It was only a church for a few year and then worship was moved to Raeljus Oebyr, the current municpal cathedral of the Raven Queen in Dinnae. Regarjun has not been a functioning church since Yrgana claimed it as her home a thousand years ago.

Ibremox Ptracon, false lord of Adderfell Manor

Posted in Dinnae, the Fey Dark on December 13, 2011 by coyoteandthunder

Ibremox Ptracon was the leader of the Ryn Fatom (Hand of the Queen, see A GAME OF LORDS, right) before the coming of the Company of the Black Orchid. Ibremox took over residency of Adderfell Manor, the traditional home of the family Ptracon following their fall after the Sundering, also known as Gherivoninacht. When Aolcyr Ptracon, the eladrin vampire, returned to reclaim his family home, Ibremox was waiting with a coven of Aethermaids, former ladies of House Ptracon, now twisted with eldritch power. The Company of the Black Orchid – the newly made Ryn Fatom, overthrew Ibremox but not without warning of terrible portend: “She will betray you as well!” he yelled regarding Fatom Yrgana…also, in the deathgrips of Aolcyr’s savage rend, he says “I am your brother, don’t you remember me.” This in fact was a rouse, as Ibremox is a chronomancer and not from Aolcyr’s past, but actually from his future…

curious about the terrible brood that battled the Company of the Black Orchid? click below on each to read stats. there were four Aethermaids and six wendigos.