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--- cherai [2019/09/14 19:42] – jims
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 ====== Cheraî ======
-Often called "The Fifth Kingdom" by the locals, this kingdom is more formally known as "Cheraî"
+Often called "The Fifth Kingdom"((The reason for this name has been lost to history,
+but it is generally believed to refer to the kingdoms formed in the early centuries of the
+third age by explorers from [[Backbone]])) by the locals, this kingdom is more formally known as "Cheraî"
 (pronounced chair-EYE or share-EYE, depending on regional dialect).  It is the home of the [[Cheraî
 Campaign]] launched in September 2019.
+| {{ cherai.jpg?direct&300|NE Thentao Regional Map}} | {{northern_cherai.jpg?direct&300|Northern Cheraî}} | {{thodon_erimas_region.jpg?direct&300|Erimas/Thodon Region}} |
 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.
-Quick notes (need expansion):
+The region is bordered on the west by the [[Border Mountains]] -- although the locals
-  * Survived the wars mostly intact
+refer to this part of it as [[shield_range|"The Shield Range"]].
+When [[Pleven]] was besieged by [[Sardul]]'s Orc armies, the elves were no longer able to
+provide Cheraî with any defense.  And without a centralized government, the various warlords
+who ruled the cities back then were not likely to hold their own against the inevitable
+assault.  A young and charismatic man named [[Vyncent]] took up the call and began uniting
+the various factions.  In little over a year, he had managed to convince roughly 2/3 of
+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, and the majority of them found their
+voice in the strong leader of Letun -- a man named [["Wigan"]].  When a large Orc party began
+harassing the northern towns, Wigan and Vyncent separately went to their help.  However, in
+an early battle, Wigan was killed.  When Vyncent returned to the south victorious, the
+towns who had sided with Wigan reluctantly joined the common defense force.
+Rumors about Wigan's fate have circulated ever since.  Most think he was a brash fool who
+sealed his own fate by ignoring the threat that the Orcs presented.  However, some wonder
+whether Vyncent deliberately withheld assistance in the hopes that the "Wigan problem" would
+solve itself.  More extreme "Wiganners" are convinced that Vyncent was directly involved in Wigan's
+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.  Thousands are forced to flee south
+  * 1105 -- The Dark Mage is defeated and his storm cloud retreats, ending five years of darkness on the NE coast
+  * 1108 -- The magic changes (commonfolk barely notice)
+  * 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.  It is currently the center for all trade with the Orcs of [[Pleven]] and is the closest town to the region's only [[twenty_portals|portal]].
+  * The Wood of the Lost Souls -- Think "Mirkwood".  Don't go there!
+  * Aurander Islands -- "Big" and "Little".  These islands were the first areas of the "shadow lands" to be repopulated (in large part due to the fact the Orcs don't do boats).
+  * [[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't much of a bother since they were focused on the elves
-  * Now that the Orcs are trading and the [[portals]] are opening the world, some in Cheraî fear the "integration" with the outside world
+  * Now that the Orcs are trading and the [[twenty_portals|portals]] are opening the world, some in Cheraî fear the "integration" with the outside world
   * Two main political groups: The isolationists ("Wigan lives!") and the integrationist ("Stronger together!")
-  * Popular King Vyncent holds the disparate factions together (barely) by appealing (as best he can) to both sides.
+  * Popular King [[Vyncent]] holds the disparate factions together (barely) by appealing (as best he can) to both sides.
-  * Mutt pantheon -- borrows from Egyptian, Greek, Celtic, and Norse religions.  Corellon and Yondalla (to a lesser extent) are also worshipped (even among the humans).
+  * Mutt pantheon -- borrows from [[Egyptian]], [[Greek]], [[Celtic]], and [[asgardian|Norse]] religions.  Corellon and Yondalla (to a lesser extent) are also worshipped (even among the humans).
+  * [[dm:cherai|DM Information]]