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====== Cheraî ====== | ====== Cheraî ====== | ||
- | Often called "The Fifth Kingdom" | + | Often called "The Fifth Kingdom" |
+ | but it is generally believed to refer to the kingdoms formed in the early centuries of the | ||
+ | third age by explorers from [[Backbone]])) | ||
(pronounced chair-EYE or share-EYE, depending on regional dialect). | (pronounced chair-EYE or share-EYE, depending on regional dialect). | ||
Campaign]] launched in September 2019. | Campaign]] launched in September 2019. | ||
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+ | | {{ 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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Most of the remaining 1/3 wished to remain independent, | Most of the remaining 1/3 wished to remain independent, | ||
- | voice in the strong leader of ... | + | voice in the strong leader of Letun -- a man named [[" |
+ | harassing the northern towns, Wigan and Vyncent separately went to their help. | ||
+ | an early battle, Wigan was killed. | ||
+ | towns who had sided with Wigan reluctantly joined the common defense force. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | === 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 (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.// | ||
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+ | === 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. | ||
- | Quick notes (need expansion): | + | More notes (need expansion): |
- | * Survived the wars mostly intact | + | |
* Orcs weren' | * Orcs weren' | ||
- | * Now that the Orcs are trading and the [[portals]] are opening the world, some in Cheraî fear the " | + | * 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 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]], | * Mutt pantheon -- borrows from [[Egyptian]], | ||
+ | * [[dm: | ||
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