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====== Cheraî ====== | ====== Cheraî ====== | ||
- | Often called "The Fifth Kingdom" | + | Often called "The Fifth Kingdom" |
- | (pronounced | + | but it is generally believed to refer to the kingdoms formed in the early centuries of the |
+ | third age by explorers from [[Backbone]])) | ||
+ | (pronounced | ||
+ | Campaign]] launched in September 2019. | ||
+ | |||
+ | | {{ cherai.jpg? | ||
Cheraî is located on the north-eastern corner of [[Thentao]] (aka "The Main Continent" | Cheraî is located on the north-eastern corner of [[Thentao]] (aka "The Main Continent" | ||
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and the rest of the northern shore kingdoms -- an isolation that the natives relished. | and the rest of the northern shore kingdoms -- an isolation that the natives relished. | ||
- | Quick notes (need expansion): | + | The region is bordered on the west by the [[Border Mountains]] -- although the locals |
- | * Rugged Isolationists | + | refer to this part of it as [[shield_range|" |
- | * Survived | + | |
+ | When [[Pleven]] was besieged by [[Sardul]]' | ||
+ | provide Cheraî with any defense. | ||
+ | who ruled the cities back then were not likely to hold their own against the inevitable | ||
+ | assault. | ||
+ | the various factions. | ||
+ | the cities to back him as provisional king -- but only for the purposes of a common defense. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most of the remaining 1/3 wished to remain independent, | ||
+ | voice in the strong leader of Letun -- a man named [[" | ||
+ | harassing the northern towns, Wigan and Vyncent separately went to their help. However, in | ||
+ | an early battle, Wigan was killed. | ||
+ | towns who had sided with Wigan reluctantly joined the common defense force. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rumors about Wigan' | ||
+ | sealed his own fate by ignoring the threat that the Orcs presented. | ||
+ | whether Vyncent deliberately withheld assistance in the hopes that the "Wigan problem" | ||
+ | solve itself. | ||
+ | death -- with theories ranging from a paid assassin to dark magics. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Recent History === | ||
+ | * 1060 -- The Orcs gain control of the elven city of [[Kinander]] | ||
+ | * 1090 -- The wars begin in the distant kingdoms of [[Backbone]] and [[Lowland]] | ||
+ | * 1098 -- [[Backbone]] falls | ||
+ | * 1099 -- [[Pleven]], Elfland falls | ||
+ | * 1099 -- The Dark Mage's magical [[storm cloud]] envelops the NE coast. | ||
+ | * 1105 -- The Dark Mage is defeated and his storm cloud retreats, ending five years of darkness on the NE coast | ||
+ | * 1108 -- The magic changes | ||
+ | * 1109 -- [[Kevin Arcana]] reveals the [[Twenty Portals]] and the world starts to open up. //This has little effect on Cherai// | ||
+ | * 1126 -- Kevin Arcana is killed and the portals are freed from the King of Pain. Inter-kingdom commerce spikes. | ||
+ | * 1129 -- The [[Cheraî campaign]] starts | ||
+ | * 1130 -- The current year. //Note: I like to keep time moving on a one-to-one ratio, so add 10 to the last two digits of the real-world year to obtain the last two digits of the campaign year.// | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Places of Interest === | ||
+ | * [[Nargundush]] -- The main town for the Second Cheraî campaign (2022). | ||
+ | * [[Kinander]] -- An Orc city on the edge of the Orc empire. | ||
+ | * The Wood of the Lost Souls -- Think " | ||
+ | * Aurander Islands -- " | ||
+ | * [[Erimas]] -- The main town for the first [[Cheraî campaign]] (2019). | ||
+ | * [[Aglarlad]] -- Off the northern coast, this is the undersea kingdom of the Aquatic Elves. | ||
+ | |||
+ | More notes (need expansion): | ||
* Orcs weren' | * Orcs weren' | ||
- | * Now that the Orcs are trading and the [[portals]] are opening the world, some in Cheraî fear an existential crisis. | + | * Now that the Orcs are trading and the [[twenty_portals|portals]] are opening the world, some in Cheraî fear the " |
- | * Two main political groups: The isolationists (" | + | * Two main political groups: The isolationists (" |
- | * Popular | + | * Popular |
- | * Mutt pantheon -- borrows from Egyptian, Greek, Celtic, and Norse religions. | + | * Mutt pantheon -- borrows from [[Egyptian]], [[Greek]], [[Celtic]], and [[asgardian|Norse]] religions. |
+ | * [[dm: | ||
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