Encyclopedia Ermariana - User contributions [en]

Surface

2008-03-01T17:54:08Z

Goldenking: Unless these are Australia, Greenland, etc. sized isles, no mention

The surface of [[Ermarian]] is ruled by the [[Empire]], with the exception of [[Provincial Avernum]]. Only recently, since the discovery of [[Exile]] in 741 IE, has a distinction been made between Ermarian and the surface. There are four known [[continents]] on the surface: [[Aizo]], [[Pralgad]], [[Vantanas]], and [[Valorim]].

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[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Empire]]

Trading

2008-02-22T01:18:45Z

Goldenking: Added Outposts

[[Trading]] is the exchange of one or more goods for a different good or goods of equal value between two parties or individuals. The direct exchange of goods is called '''bartering''', while the exchange of a good for a certain amount of [[coins]] is more commonly reffered to as '''trading'''.

==Domestic Trade==

'''Domestic trade''' is trade between members of the same country.

===Avernite===

In [[Avernum]], life is rough. The economy is mostly based upon the mining of various ores and [[crystals]], with various other industries like agriculture, smithing, and [[magic]] filling in the gaps.

====Six Cities====

The largest settlements, the [[Six Cities]], could be argued as representing a different [[Avernite]] industry. In [[Northeastern Exile]], [[Formello]] with its proximity to the [[Dragon]] [[Motrax]] in the old days and its library maintains a healthy profit from [[magic]]. Meanwhile, [[Silvar]] due its location between the [[Tower Colony]] and [[Fort Avernum]], the two [[portal]] systems of Avernum, is a key trading hub. West of Silvar lies [[Cotra]], a lakeside city that makes a profit off of fishing. South of the [[Eastern Gallery]] where these two cities lie is [[Almaria]], which is famous for its [[wine]] industry. [[Blosk]], on the other end of the [[Great Cave]] is primarily an agricultural venture, growing [[mushrooms]]. Lastly, [[Dharmon]] near Blosk is in the very profitable business of mining.

====Wartime====

In Avernum, there is often banditry of all types on the roads, and the kingdom is usually always in some sort of problem. For example, in the days of the [[First Slith War]], bandits, [[Nephil]], and [[Slithzerikai]] all roamed the Eastern Gallery, waylaying Avernites. And no sooner had this problem been cleared by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]], than the [[Empire-Avernum War]] began and the trade routes became very strained. What's more, the [[Time of Shades]] was arguably the worst time for trade, as entire cities would shut down in fear of destruction. As such, during these times, it was only safe to send out [[adventurers]] to deliver goods for pay, and the Avernites became phobic of large trade caravans.

====Peace Time====

However, in times of peace, trade flourishes much more. Merchants and their guards travel the [[Exile|caves]], trading goods between cities. Also key to trade is the rivers and lakes, where barges ladden with goods can travel safely at most times and deliver goods from places like the Great Cave directly to remote places like [[Fort Monastery]]. Lately, [[King of Avernum|King]] [[Starrus]] set up a new feature for Fort Avernum, that of [[pylons]]. These pylons are set up in most settlements of Avernum, and upon traveling to Fort Avernum, one can use them to go to any of the pylons one has visited, and back. This is a revolutionary new idea that will essentially make Fort Avernum a trade hub once the project is released to the public.

===Imperial===

In the vast [[Empire]] of the [[Surface]], things are much different than in [[Avernum]]. Since the Empire has spanned across all four [[continents]], it has a wide variety of goods. Thus, the economy focuses centrally on transporting goods from one place to another.

====Caravans====

The [[Imperial Army]] has long since ended banditry in its settled parts, and minor pests like [[Goblins]] are quickly and lethally dealt with by [[adventurers]] or guards. As such, large caravans of merchants, like travelling cities, wander from city to city, usually staying in a single continent, and trade. These caravans often work in a massive circuit, bringing food from one area to another, collecting ores there to bring to a different place, etc. These caravans often have horses to improve travel time, and are protected by [[mercenaries]]. This type of intracontinental trade is very profitable, and is quite important to the economy of the Empire.

====Sailor's Association====

The [[Sailor's Association]], kept in check by the [[Imperial Navy]] is absolutely pivotal to the Imperial economy. The sailors have large seaworthy ships that go between all of the continents of the Surface. Most of these ships travel back and forth between [[Pralgad]] and the other continents, delivering ores and foodstuffs from [[Valorim]], spices and gemstones from [[Vantanas]], and textiles and lumber from [[Aizo]]. From here, Pralgadians manufacture the raw materials into various goods and ship them back to the other continents for use.

==International==

'''International trade''' is trade between two parties from different nations. As there are only two nations of any note on [[Ermarian]], this usually happens between the [[Empire]] and [[Avernum]].

===The Surface Portal===

The [[Surface Portal]] in the [[Tower Colony]] of Avernum is the primary source of international trade. From here, the [[teleportation|portal]] takes goods from [[Avernum]] to major trade centers across the Empire, and [[Upper Avernum]]. These goods, most commonly ores and [[crystals]] are then exchanged for [[Surface]] goods, ranging from Surface food to [[magic]]al tomes. Then, the traders return through the Surface Portal and trade the goods with the [[Avernites]]. Thus the cycle of trade between nations continues. To capitalize directly on this type of trade, both governments require a fee to be paid to use the portal. This fee also helps maintain the portals, which can be very costly.

===Valorim===

The other way international trade happens is directly through the Surface. As Avernum has two provinces on the Surface, Upper Avernum and [[Provincial Avernum]], there is the possibility for direct trade between the nations here. Goods from all over [[Valorim]] are brought to [[Krizsan Province]] and [[Karnold Province]], where they are exchanged with [[Fort Emergence]] and the [[City of Dawn]] respectively. Here they are bought by the Avernites, and goods like ores, mushrooms, magical research, are sold back to the Imperial citizens. Like use of the Surface Portal, going back and forth between the Empire and Provincial Avernum or Upper Avernum has a fee.

===Outposts===

Some time after the [[Time of Shades]], the Empire established three [[diplomatic outposts]], one in the [[Great Cave]], one in the [[Eastern Gallery]], and one near the [[Northern Frontier]]. These were essentially the Empire's embassies to Avernum in [[Exile]], just as Provincial Avernum was essentially the embassy to the Empire. In order to foster positive relations with the Avernites, as well as the sheer expense of the project, [[Emperor|Empress]] [[Prazac I]] encouraged building material to be purchased from the Avernites. The portals linking the three settlements with the Surface are also of importance to trade between the nations, with goods from the Surface being brought down cheaper than through the Surface Portal. Most is used by the [[Imperial Army]], but surplus sometimes finds its way into the hands of the Avernites.

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Blackchasm Outpost

2008-02-18T23:32:53Z

Goldenking: Stubbed

{{city|name=Blackchasm Outpost|continent=[[Exile]]|region=[[Northern Frontier]]|nation=[[Empire]]|title=General|leader=[[Manfred Redmark]]|industries=None}}

[[Blackchasm Outpost]] is one of three [[diplomatic outposts]] set up by the [[Empire]] in [[Avernum]], south of [[New Harston]]. It also contains a [[magic]]al [[portal]] in its lower region, where diplomats and [[Imperial Army|soldiers]] can come from the [[surface]] to [[Exile]]. Due to its location at the [[Northern Frontier]], it is the most remote of the three Empire settlements, the other two being in the [[Great Cave]] and the [[Eastern Gallery]].

Stone servants

2008-02-18T19:38:05Z

Goldenking: Stubbed

[[Stone servants]] are a more fragile form of [[golems]], made out of stone and animated by [[magic]]. Stone servants usually are created to do a variety of menial labor, such as digging, lifting, et cetera. Stone servants are also usually harmless, and are all incapable of speech.

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Scuttlers

2008-02-18T19:31:21Z

Goldenking: Stubbed

[[Scuttlers]] are a short type of four-legged insect native to the [[Exile]] caves, seen mostly near the [[Northern Frontier]].

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Ptolm

2008-02-03T22:02:24Z

Goldenking: Completely abandoned during Curse

{{city|name=Ptolm (Abandoned|continent=[[Pralgad]]|region=[[Skylark Vale]]|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Mayor|leader=None|industries=Farming}}

[[Ptolm]] was a small settlement in [[Skylark Vale]], a small farming community of a few families. The village, like the more large [[Marralis]], was devastated by the [[Skylark Curse]]. The villagers either died or fled immediantly. Later, [[bandits]] posing as members of the [[Imperial Army]] waylayed travelers near the ruins.

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Marralis

2008-02-03T22:00:15Z

Goldenking: Not completely abandoned

{{city|name=Marralis|continent=[[Pralgad]]|region=[[Skylark Vale]]|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Mayor|leader=None|industries=Farming}}

The town of [[Marralis]] is a farming village in the northwest of [[Skylark Vale]]. It is slightly southwest of [[Blinlock]], and far northwest of [[Sweetgrove]].

==Skylark Curse==

During the [[Skylark Curse]], Marralis was hit the hardest of the three cities in the Vale, and surpassed only by the village of [[Ptolm]]. Completely dependent on agriculture for its survival, once the riverwater poisons reached them, the city suffered complete economic failure. The crops soon became sickly, and most died. Furthering the devastation, the diseased waters thinned the population. The survivors mostly abandoned the city to its fate, fleeing either from Skylark completely via [[Fort Talrus]], or headed to better grounds, like nearby Blinlock. Only one family remained in the city, providing precious, if sickly, crops for the rest of the Vale.

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Skylark Vale

2008-02-03T21:57:59Z

Goldenking: Added Ptolm

[[Skylark Vale]] was a beautiful and prosperous area once known for housing the [[Skylark School of Magery]]. It was later decimated by toxic waste leaking from the ruins of the school, until the mess was purged by [[adventurers]] in 844 [[IE]]. It has since become a safe and productive land again.

==Size==
==Location==
Skylark Vale is in southern [[Pralgad]], west of the [[Swamps of Dralgath]] and north of the [[Ndovlu Mountains]]. Anyone wishing to cross the Ndovlu Mountains by foot must pass through Skylark Vale.

==Population==
==History==
''See Also: [[Skylark Curse]]''

For most of its history, Skylark Vale has been a peacful, if somewhat remote, corner of the [[Empire]]. Then, under the reign of [[Emperor]] [[Stewart I]], the [[Skylark School of Magery]] was shut down somewhat violently. Nearly a century later, [[magic]]al wastes begin poisoning the river, and the [[Skylark Curse]] began. First, crops, beasts, and children began dieing. Second, there was an unofficial evacuation by the richer of the inhabitants of the Vale. This trend continued for six years, in which the Vale continued suffering silently. Finally, [[adventurers]] managed to use [[Quickfire]] to destroy most of the toxins in the school, and new poisons stopped flowing into the river. Attention brought to the condition of the Vale, the Empire enforced a mandatory evacuation of the Vale, cured the diseased, and after much work cleansed the river. Since then, the refugees have moved back into the Vale, and it is once again a peacful, prosperous [[trading]] post of [[Pralgad]].

==Geography==
* [[Skylark School of Magery]]
* [[Sweetgrove]]
* [[Blinlock]]
* [[Marralis]]
* [[Fort Talrus]]
* [[Ptolm]]

==Other Sources==
* [http://es.geocities.com/falcata2/maps/Skylark.html Maps - Skylark Vale]

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User:Goldenking

2008-02-03T04:15:19Z

Goldenking:

Me, Myself, and I. Humble retriever of facts, subordinate to the other editors. Apparently I've also become the main source on the Economy of Ermarian and a major contributor to Geography. Until A5 comes out for Windows, I'm probably not going to be hanging around this joint much longer.

Note: Most of my edits are by memory, and by repeatedly clicking random page/going through the stubs list.

==Notable Contributions==

* [[Footracer Province]]
* [[Karnold Province]]
* [[Midori Province]] Revamp basically makes it mine.
* [[Krizsan Province]] Revamp basically makes it mine.
* [[Upper Avernum]] Revamp basically makes it mine.
* [[Valorim]] Geography: [[Lake Tomor]], [[Sludge River]], [[Bigail Channel]], etc.
* [[Skylark Vale]] Settlements
* [[Krizsan Province]] Settlements.
* [[Isle of Bigail]] Settlements.
* Some [[Karnold Province]] Settlements.
* [[Stonehurst]] and [[Woodsmuir]], capitals of [[Aizo]] and [[Vantanas]] respectively
* [[Skylark Curse]]
* [[Trading]]. Possibly the best article I've written, along with the Skylark Curse.

Krizsan Province

2008-02-03T04:13:25Z

Goldenking: Revamp

[[Image:Krizsan.gif|right|thumb|A map of [[Krizsan Province]]]]
Krizsan Province is a province of the [[Empire]] on [[Valorim]], the most recently settled area of the [[continents|continent]]. To the west of the province is [[Karnold Province]], and to the north of the province is the [[Isle of Bigail]]. The capital of the Province is, unsurprisingly, [[Krizsan]].

==Population==

The population of Krizsan Province has the least amount of citizens living there, as it has still not been properly developed. There are six hundred thousand citizens living in Krizsan Province, mostly in [[Krizsan]] city.

===Racial Makeup===

The racial mixture of Krizsan Province is mostly [[nephil]] and [[humans]], with some [[slithzerikai]] living in the [[Pergies]] region. There are eighty percent humans, eighteen percent nephil, and two percent other, mostly slithzerikai and [[goblins]].

===Literacy and Languages===

Just under half of the Imperial citizens over the age of fifteen can read and write. The only major language spoke in Krizsan Province is [[Imperial Standard]].

==Economy==

Though there are fertile soils and dense forests in Krizsan Province, these have as of yet been untapped. Instead, the ores in the [[Pergha mountains]], worked by the miners at [[Pergies]], are the primary export from Krizsan Province. The goods are carried south by merchants to [[Delis]] and [[Delan]], who then transport them to [[Krizsan]] where they are shipped north.

As Krizsan Province holds the only entrance to [[Upper Avernum]], it became a [[trading]] center. Goods from all over [[Valorim]] are sent to [[Farport]] and Krizsan, where they are sent to the [[Inn of Blades]], and then to [[Fort Emergence]].

==History==

Krizsan Province was the final section of [[Valorim]] officially incorporated into the [[Empire]], and as such has a relatively short history.

===Settlement===

During the [[Nephilim Wars]] that overshadowed the [[Discovery and Conquest of Valorim|settlement of Valorim]], General [[Gabor Krizsan]], [[Dervish]] Field Commander of the [[Imperial Army]], fought in this region. In honor of his many successes, the province and its [[Krizsan|capital]] were named in his honor. Unsurprisingly, for this he became a hero to the inhabitants of the province.

After the Nephilim Wars were completed, more settlers came to the region. The city of Krizsan experienced a population jump, and other settlements formed and grew as well, among these the legendary [[Inn of Blades]], which was a safehaven from the [[nephil]] during the Wars.

===Plagues===

During the [[Plagues]] of Valorim, [[magic]]al [[slimes]] attacked Krizsan Province. While they were no small task in killing, they were, in perspective, seen as the weakest of the six Plagues. The slimes roamed around the province, burning farmland, killing farm animals, killing lone travellers, destroying [[Colchis]], attacking [[Silvar (Valorim)|Silvar]] and Krizsan, and generally causing chaos. Though the Imperial Army did what it could, due to the [[Quarantine of Valorim]], little could be done to destroy the source of the Plague.

Eventually, the [[Avernite]] [[Surface Explorers]] travelled to Krizsan, and were tasked with destroying the Slime Plague by the mayor at the time, [[Arbuckle]]. After infiltrating the [[Agate tower]] and killing [[Bojar]], they found the location of the [[Slime Pit]]. Reportedly, the assaulted the Pit, and killed the creator of the slimes, some sort of [[Alien slime]].

==Settlements and Geographical Features==

The settlements of Krizsan Province are, from north to south:

* [[Farport]]
* [[Inn of Blades]]
* [[Pergies]]
* [[Silvar (Valorim)|Silvar]]
* [[Delan]]
* [[Delis]]
* [[Colchis]]

The major geographical features of Krizsan Province are, from north to south:

* [[Pergha mountains]]
* [[Unicorn Pass]]
* [[Unicorn Caves]]
* [[Slime Pit]]

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[[Category:Provinces]]
[[Category:Valorim]]
[[Category:Empire]]

Arbuckle

2008-02-02T21:11:48Z

Goldenking: Mayor of Krizsan during Plagues

[[Mayor Arbuckle]] was the mayor of [[Krizsan]], and by extension [[Krizsan Province]], during the [[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]]. He was the first [[Empire]] official to make a deal with the [[Avernite]] [[Surface Explorers]], a story he eagerly told to all who inquired it of him.

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User:Goldenking

2008-02-02T20:56:53Z

Goldenking: Updated. For Ego and Pride!

Me, Myself, and I. Humble retriever of facts, subordinate to the other editors. Apparently I've also become the main source on the Economy of Ermarian and a major contributor to Geography.

Note: Most of my edits are by memory, and by repeatedly clicking random page/going through the stubs list.

==Notable Contributions==

* [[Footracer Province]]
* [[Midori Province]] Revamp basically makes it mine.
* [[Karnold Province]]
* [[Upper Avernum]] Revamp basically makes it mine.
* [[Valorim]] Geography: [[Lake Tomor]], [[Sludge River]], [[Bigail Channel]], etc.
* [[Skylark Vale]] Settlements
* [[Krizsan Province]] Settlements.
* [[Isle of Bigail]] Settlements.
* Some [[Karnold Province]] Settlements.
* [[Stonehurst]] and [[Woodsmuir]], capitals of [[Aizo]] and [[Vantanas]] respectively
* [[Skylark Curse]]
* [[Trading]]. Possibly the best article I've written, along with the Skylark Curse.

Ponders

2008-02-02T20:35:08Z

Goldenking: Vahnatai Philosophers

[[Ponders]] are a recently formed class of [[Vahnatai]], like [[sages]] but much more. Ponders, taken from the word "Ponder" in [[Imperial Standard]], are the Vahnatai philosophers, who study the nature of [[magic]], the [[caves]], life, [[death]], etc.

[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Vahnatai]]

Sages

2008-02-02T20:31:38Z

Goldenking: Identify things

[[Sages]] are wise people, generally with some [[magic]] skill, that study a wide range of items, and identify items for [[coins|money]].

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[[Category:Magic]]
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Chasm of Screams

2008-02-02T20:26:16Z

Goldenking: Dungeon north of Marish

The [[Chasm of Screams]] is a chasm north of [[Marish]] in [[Midori Province]]. At one point in time, various [[monsters]] such as [[Undead]], Ice [[Drakes]], etc. wandered from the Chasm and attacked Marish. The [[Surface Explorers]] ended this while in the area.

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[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Valorim]]

Porter's Retreat

2008-02-02T20:21:56Z

Goldenking: Trade Post in Karnold

{{city|name=Porter's Retreat|continent=[[Valorim]]|region=[[Karnold Province]]|nation=[Empire]]|title=Keeper|leader=Elise|industries=[[Trading]]}}

[[Porter's Retreat]] is a small inn/[[trading]] post on the road from [[Krizsan]] to [[Sharimik]] in [[Karnold Province]]. It is near Sharimik and [[Gidrik]] in the north, [[Farport]] in the northwest, and [[Golddale]] in the east.

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Golddale

2008-02-02T20:15:08Z

Goldenking: Gold mines in Karnold

{{city|name=City of Golddale|continent=[[Valorim]]|region=[[Karnold Province]]|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Mayor|leader=Delenn|industries=Mining, [[Trading]], Farming}}

[[Golddale]] is a mining city in central [[Karnold Province]]. It is south of [[Aminro]] and [[Angel's Rest]], east of [[Porter's Retreat]], and west of the [[City of Dawn]]. It is the possessor of a rich gold mine, and ships the goods north on the [[Sludge River]] and [[Gidrik Lake]] to [[Sharimik]]. At one point, the mines were infested with [[Slithzerikai]], and the valley beyond by [[Ursagi]]. Both were cleared out by the [[Surface Explorers]]. Now, the city has one of the largest populations of Slithzerikai in [[Valorim]].

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Port Townsend

2008-02-02T20:06:42Z

Goldenking: Minor Bigail City

{{city|name=Port Townsend|continent=[[Valorim]]|region=[[Isle of Bigail]]|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Mayor|leader=None|industries=[[Trading]], Farming}}

[[Port Townsend]] is a city on the [[Isle of Bigail]]. It is southeast of [[Shayder]], west of [[Bavner]], and north of [[Southpoint Lighthouse]]. It provides ferry across the [[Bigail Channel]] to [[Farport]] in [[Krizsan Province]], an essential part of the Bigail-Krizsan [[Trading|Trade]] Route.

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Bavner

2008-02-02T20:02:27Z

Goldenking: Forgot to categorize

{{city|name=Town of Bavner|continent=[[Valorim]]|region=[[Isle of Bigail]]|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Mayor|leader=None|industries=Farming}}

[[Bavner]] is a city on the [[Isle of Bigail]]. It is east of [[Port Townsend]], and southwest of [[Kuper]].

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Bavner

2008-02-02T20:00:46Z

Goldenking: Minor Bigail city

Bolton

2008-02-02T19:58:21Z

Goldenking: Minor town on Sludge River

{{city|name=Town of Bolton|continent=[[Valorim]]|region=[[Karnold Province]]|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Mayor|leader=Voster|industries=Farming}}

[[Bolton]] is a city in [[Karnold Province]], on the southern end of the [[Sludge River]]. It is east of [[Krizsan]] and [[Colchis]] in [[Krizsan Province]], south of [[Porter's Retreat]] and [[Golddale]], and southeast of [[Storm Port]] and [[Libras]]. It provides ferry across the Sludge River.

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[[Category:Valorim]]

Spell canon

2008-02-02T19:49:22Z

Goldenking: Known spells

The so-called [[Spell canon]] is the name for the collection of spells, incantations, curses, and other [[magic]] that is known by [[Humans]], [[Nephil]], [[Slithzerikai]], and other magic-using [[race|races]], such as [[Vahnatai]] and [[Dragons]]. The Canon is completely encompassed by the magical language, [[Soruharva]]. The Canon is all extremely ancient, most likely dating back to the times before the [[Empire]] and definitely the [[Kingdom of Avernum|Kingdom]], likely discovered by the [[mages]] of the [[Aizoan Empire]].

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Stonehurst

2008-02-02T18:31:23Z

Goldenking: Exanded Majory. Economy, Population, Imperial Dominion

{{city|name=City of Stonehurst|continent=[[Aizo]]|region=Northeastern Aizo|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Imperial Governor|leader=Unknown|industries=[[Trading]], Other}}

[[Stonehurst]] is the capital of [[Aizo]], and is located in the northeastern part of the [[continents|continent]].

==Imperial Dominion==

The [[Imperial Governor]] of [[Aizo]] resides in Stonehurst, and commands a great deal of power. Unlike the more wild [[Vantanas]], the Imperial Governor actually controls the majority of the [[continents|continent]], due to the strong [[trading|trade]] between [[Pralgad]] and Aizo, giving rise to a large presence of the [[Imperial Army]] and [[Imperial Navy]].

==Population==

Stonehurst, without a doubt, is the largest city in [[Aizo]], and matched in sheer numbers only by the metropolies of [[Pralgad]], like [[Imperius]] and [[Solaria]]. Over four million citizens and travellers were in the Stonehurst region during the last Imperial Census. Of these, only a small percent were [[trading|traders]], [[adventurers]], or other travelers.

===Racial Makeup===

Due to xenophobic attitudes, there are not many Non-Humans in Stonehurst, and of those that are, the overwhelming majority are [[Nephil]]. There are roughly one hundred [[Slithzerikai]] in the city, and six thousand Nephil in the city and farmlands of Stonehurst.

On the other hand, the overwhelming majority of Stonehurst are [[humans]]. Of these humans, fourty percent are [[Pralgad]]ian, a high percent for [[Aizo]], and the rest are ethnic [[Aizoan]].

===Languages and Literacy===

Meanwhile, being on the [[continents|continent]] of [[Aizo]], the birhtplace of the [[Aizoan Empire]], there are more languages than just the [[Pralgad]]ian [[Imperial Standard]]. These include:
* [[Aizoim]]
* [[Ancient Aizoan]] and [[Soruharva]], among scholarly groups and [[mages]] respectively

Literacy wise, there is again a higher amount than usual in the city of Stonehurst. Over seventy percent of adults over fifteen can read and write.

==Economy==

As the largest port in all of [[Aizo]], Stonehurst as essential to [[Trading#Intercontintental|intercontinental trade]]. Fine quality textiles and exotic woods, as well as many varieties of ore, are brought into the [[Pralgad]]ian markets via caravans to Stonehurst. Here, the [[Sailor's Association]] trades them for manufactured goods from Pralgad and food from [[Valorim]], before taking the Aizoan goods to Pralgad for refining.

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Skylark Vale

2008-02-02T17:39:04Z

Goldenking: Added History

[[Skylark Vale]] was a beautiful and prosperous area once known for housing the [[Skylark School of Magery]]. It was later decimated by toxic waste leaking from the ruins of the school, until the mess was purged by [[adventurers]] in 844 [[IE]]. It has since become a safe and productive land again.

==Size==
==Location==
Skylark Vale is in southern [[Pralgad]], west of the [[Swamps of Dralgath]] and north of the [[Ndovlu Mountains]]. Anyone wishing to cross the Ndovlu Mountains by foot must pass through Skylark Vale.

==Population==
==History==
''See Also:[[Skylark Curse]]''

For most of its history, Skylark Vale has been a peacful, if somewhat remote, corner of the [[Empire]]. Then, under the reign of [[Emperor]] [[Stewart I]], the [[Skylark School of Magery]] was shut down somewhat violently. Nearly a century later, [[magic]]al wastes begin poisoning the river, and the [[Skylark Curse]] began. First, crops, beasts, and children began dieing. Second, there was an unofficial evacuation by the richer of the inhabitants of the Vale. This trend continued for six years, in which the Vale continued suffering silently. Finally, [[adventurers]] managed to use [[Quickfire]] to destroy most of the toxins in the school, and new poisons stopped flowing into the river. Attention brought to the condition of the Vale, the Empire enforced a mandatory evacuation of the Vale, cured the diseased, and after much work cleansed the river. Since then, the refugees have moved back into the Vale, and it is once again a peacful, prosperous [[trading]] post of [[Pralgad]].

==Geography==
* [[Skylark School of Magery]]
* [[Sweetgrove]]
* [[Blinlock]]
* [[Marralis]]
* [[Fort Talrus]]

==Other Sources==
* [http://es.geocities.com/falcata2/maps/Skylark.html Maps - Skylark Vale]

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Caius

2008-02-02T17:28:09Z

Goldenking: Refounder of Church of Bright Star

[[Father Caius]] was a devoutely religious man in [[Avernum]]. In 781 [[IE]], he helped [[Mother Claudette]] in establishing the [[Temple of the Good Spirit]] in [[Formello]]. However, he did not stay long, and during the [[First Slith War]], he fled for safer territory. Later, shortly before the onset of the [[Empire-Avernum War]], he heard of her [[death]]. Mournful, somewhat guilty, and determined to continue the Church, he travelled to Formello to continue the religion, renaming it the [[Church of the Bright Star]].

[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Priests]]
[[Category:Religion]]
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Claudette

2008-02-02T17:23:10Z

Goldenking: Founder of Temple of Good Spirit

[[Mother Claudette]] was the founder of the [[Temple of the Good Spirit]] in 781 [[IE]] at [[Formello]], though it was later renamed to the [[Church of the Bright Star]] after her [[death]]. She maintained the Temple for thirty-seven years, with the help of [[Father Caius]] for a time, until she died in the year 818 IE. Father Caius had fled during the [[First Slith War]], but later returned upon hearing of Claudette's death to continue the Church.

[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Priests]]
[[Category:Religion]]
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Demonslayer

2008-02-02T17:14:06Z

Goldenking: Added Assassins and Boutell

[[Demonslayer]] is a famed two-handed sword, its primary function as clear as its name. It was brought down to [[Exile]] in the [[First Expedition]], wielded by [[Karzoth]] (whose name literally means "Demon-Slayer" in a debased version of [[Soruharva]]). When the First Visitation failed, Karzoth was slain by a [[Haakai]], and Demonslayer broke into three parts. The hilt was taken by the [[Nepharim]], the blade by the Dark [[Slithzerikai]], and the tip by the [[lich]] [[Drath]] to his crypt in the west. After the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] was established, the three pieces were eventually found again by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]] and reforged by [[Boutell]]. It was used by adventurers to defeat [[Adze-Haakai]] and to finally banish the power of [[Grah-Hoth]]. It also figured in a prominent role in both the assault on [[Garzahd]] during the [[Empire-Avernum War]] and the assault on [[Rentar-Ihrno]] during the [[Vahnatai]] [[retribution]].

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[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Magic]]

Piercing Crystals

2008-02-02T17:11:23Z

Goldenking: Dispel Weaker Barriers

[[Piercing Crystals]] are [[magic]]al [[crystals]] that, when thrown, can dispel weaker [[magic barriers]]. They were not common or well understood until sometime into the [[Empire-Avernum War]], when, through contact with the [[Olgai Tribe]], much more was learned about [[crystallomancy]] as a whole by both the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] and the [[Empire]].

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[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Magic]]

Scrolls

2008-02-02T17:00:53Z

Goldenking: Cast spells, made by mages

[[Scrolls]] are pecies of papyrus or vellum rolled into a cylindrical shape. Most scrolls are [[magic]]al, and when read aloud unleash a spell. These types of scrolls can only be created by [[mages]], and the more powerful the mage, the more powerful the scroll can be.

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[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Magic]]

Unicorn Caves

2008-02-02T02:04:22Z

Goldenking: Caves in Pergha Mountains where Unicorns once lay

The [[Unicorn Caves]] are a series of volcanic tunnels in the [[Pergha mountains]] just to the east of [[Upper Avernum]], and just to the west of the [[Unicorn Pass]]. They are named the Unicorn Caves due to the [[unicorns]] that once roamed en masse near the caves, and made their homes there. Strange cave paintings have proven that the denizens of the caves had some intelligence. Hunting by inexperienced [[Imperial Army|soldiers]] and [[adventurers]] has driven the unicorns to near extinction in this area.

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[[Category:Caves]]
[[Category:Geography]]

Unicorn Pass

2008-02-02T01:55:23Z

Goldenking: Crosses the Pergha Mountains, Trade

The [[Unicorn Pass]] is a pass through the [[Pergha mountains]]. The pass is named for the nearby [[Unicorn Caves]], and the roaming [[unicorns]] that once lived in the area, as most have been hunted to near extinction by beggining members of the [[Imperial Army]] and new [[adventurers]]. The Pass is just east of [[Fort Emergence]] and the Unicorn Caves, and on the other side emerges near [[Farport]]. Goods from various places in the [[Empire]] go through Farport now to make their way south carried by [[trading|merchants]], into the hands of wealthy [[Avernites]].

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[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Mountains]]
[[Category:Valorim]]

Mertis Spiral

2008-02-02T01:45:53Z

Goldenking: Mostly straight from Mertis: History section

The [[Mertis Spiral]] is a series of caves east of [[Mertis]], which it gets its name from. At various points in time, [[undead]] have infested the Spiral.

==Economy==

The Mertis Spiral has no economy, as there are no settlements in the Spiral and no natural resources either.

==Geography==

The Mertis Spiral is a series of twisting, icy tunnels east of [[Mertis]], south of [[Silvar]], and north of the [[Tower Colony]], in [[Honeycomb]] Province of the [[Kingdom of Avernum]]. There are no settlements in the Spiral itself, only Mertis west of the Spiral.

==History==

The history of the Mertis Spiral is categorized into two Plagues caused by the death of members of the [[First Expedition]]. These plagues consist of sending swarms of [[undead]] towards the unwisely placed settlement, [[Mertis]].

===First Expedition===

When the [[Empire]] found the caves of [[Exile]], they first sent down the [[First Expedition]], to determine its worth as part of the Empire. Very early on, the Expedition split into several groups for unknown reasons. One particular group was pursued by hostile [[Slithzerikai]], and fought a running battle into the Mertis Spiral. Despairing, a [[magic barriers|magic barrier]] was erected by a [[mage]] to prevent the Sliths from getting to them. However, the group was unable to dispel the barrier, and starved to death. Their spirits haunted the Mertis Spiral for many years.

===First Mertis Plague===

After the [[Founding of Avernum]], [[Mertis]] was soon established unknowingly near this cursed area. Soon, hordes of [[undead]] started wandering into the city, and the guards had difficulty keeping them out. The [[Avernite Army]] did little to help, due to their fighting in the [[First Slith War]], but eventually [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] infiltrated the Mertis Spiral, and killed many of the undead. Eventually, they found the cause of the problem, and not being particularily powerful in terms of priestly powers, they could do nothing to stop it.

===Second Mertis Plague===

When the [[Empire-Avernum War]] started up, the undead rose again. The village continued suffering silently, until the [[Empire War Heroes]] came to the Mertis Spiral. Like the other [[adventurers]] before them, they infiltrated through, and eventually saw the scene of death. This group of adventurers however, was stronger, and successfully cleansed the curse by using the [[Ritual of Sanctification]].

[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Caves]]
[[Category:Geography]]

Gidrik Lake

2008-02-02T01:02:16Z

Goldenking: Minor lake, flows into Bigail Channel

[[Gidrik Lake]], named after the only city on its shores, [[Gidrik]], is a small lake in [[Karnold Province]]. It is north of [[Golddale]] and [[Gidrik]], but south of [[Angel's Rest]] and [[Aminro]]. The lake is feeded by the northern branch of the [[Sludge River]] to the south, and a smaller river to the east. It flows out in a small river which [[Sharimik]] is on, and empties into the [[Bigail Channel]].

[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Valorim]]

Amulet of Returning

2008-02-02T00:58:30Z

Goldenking: Forgot to categorize

The [[Amulet of Returning]] is an amulet given by [[Anaximander]] of [[Unspecified Services]] to the [[Surface Explorers]], to help speed up travel across [[Valorim]]. The amulet takes its user to a point near [[Fort Emergence]], on the [[Surface]] in [[Krizsan Province]], so as not to betray the location of [[Upper Avernum]] to the [[Empire]]. The amulet is strong enough to [[teleportation|teleport]] its user as far north as the southern regions of [[Footracer Province]] and [[Monroe Province]]. It has not been tested in the ocean, but is presumed to work even at sea.

[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Magic]]

Amulet of Returning

2008-02-02T00:57:52Z

Goldenking: Takes user to point outside Fort Emergence

Upper Avernum

2008-02-02T00:49:12Z

Goldenking: Discovery and Settlement, Surface Exploration and Reconcilation, Cult of the Sacred Items, Population, Economy

The caves of [[Upper Exile]] in the [[Pergha mountains]] were settled after the [[Empire-Avernum War]] ended, and are accessible from [[Exile]] only by the [[Surface Portal]] in [[Tower Colony]].

==Population==

The population, consisting only of resident [[Avernites]] and not Imperial [[trading|traders]], is large for a province of its size in the [[Kingdom of Avernum]], but still smaller than the [[Eastern Gallery]] or [[Great Cave]]. There are an estimated five hundred thousand Avernites living in Upper Avernum.

==Economy==

The economy of Upper Avernum is absolutely essential to the [[Kingdom of Avernum]]. Imperial merchants, paying a small fee to go through [[Fort Emergence]], either [[trading|trade]] goods with the merchants there, or continue on to [[Portal Fortress]], and a few as far as the [[Tower Colony]]. Spices and gemstones from [[Vantanas]], ores and food from [[Valorim]], textiles and lumber from [[Aizo]], and manufactured goods from [[Pralgad]] come to these three places, most often Portal Fortress or Fort Emergence, as there is a fee to use the [[Surface Portal]] to get to the [[Tower Colony]], and there the goods are traded with [[Avernite]] crystals and ores. The traders here then send a small portion of the goods to [[New Cotra]] and [[New Formello]], while the majority of the goods are taken down the Surface Portal to Tower Colony, where merchants from all over Avernum trade for them.

==History==

Though Upper Avernum has only been a province of the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] for a short time, it played a pivotal role in the [[reconciliation]] of Avernum and the [[Empire]].

===Discovery and Settlement===

Upper Avernum was discovered during the [[Empire-Avernum War]], but due to the war no attempt was made to colonize it. Once the war had concluded, [[mages]] in the [[Tower of Magi]] were able to construct a [[portal]] linking the two cave systems. This was kept secret from the general public for a time, while the [[Avernite Army|army]] went up and built the basic framework for two essential forts, [[Portal Fortress]] protecting the [[Surface Portal]], and [[Fort Emergence]] protecting the way to the [[Surface]].

Before they could finish however, news leaked as the the work being done in the [[Pergha mountains]], and [[King of Avernum|King]] [[Micah]] had no other option but to let through waves of screened settlers, volunteers, and colonists. Portal Fortress became a strong city for the settlers, and many [[Avernites]] eager to be near the Surface went to For Emergence. Meanwhile, two non-military sites, [[New Cotra]] and [[New Formello]] were set up to the north of Portal Fortress. The [[Vahnatai]], supposedly eager to see the Avernites off to the Surface, established the settlement of [[Ghikra]] accross a lake from New Formello. Ghikra was actually a base for [[Rentar-Ihrno]] to create the [[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]].

===Surface Exploration and Reconciliation===

Soon after the construction of [[Portal Fortress]] and [[Fort Emergence]], the [[Surface Explorers#First Team|First Surface Explorers]] were selected by the [[King of Avernum|Crown]] from [[Unspecified Services]] to explore the [[Surface]] and make contact with the [[Empire]]. They were relatively famous [[adventurers]] in Avernum beforehand, and they were expected to be met with great successs. All of them, with the exception of Tucker, died in southern [[Valorim]]. Worried, [[Anaximander]] soon recruited less experienced adventurers, the more famous of the two parties, and sent them into [[Krizsan Province]].

The [[Surface Explorers#Second Party|Second Surface Explorers]] one by one managed to destroy the sources of the Plagues, from [[slimes]], to [[cockroaches]], to [[Troglodytes]] and [[Giants]] in southern Valorim. In northern Valorim, they destroyed the [[Tower of Shifting Floors]] and [[Crumbling factory]], where the Plagues of [[Golems]] and [[Alien beasts]] were respectively being created. Then, the Surface Explorers identified the [[Vahnatai]] as the creater of the Plagues, causing the Vahnatai to evacuate [[Ghikra]]. In [[Blackcrag Fortress]], the Surface Explorers met with [[Emperor|Empress]] [[Prazac I]], and between Anaximander and the Empress, they negotiated a deal for [[Provincial Avernum]]. After removing [[Rentar-Ihrno]] from Valorim, at the cost of [[Erika Redmark]]'s life, the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] gained Provincial Avernum.

===Cult of the Sacred Item===

For a time, the [[Cult of the Sacred Item]] held caves in the northern extreme of [[Upper Avernum]], connected only by a river. Here, they raided settlements across the [[Kingdom of Avernum]], making minor thefts of [[magic]]al items via [[portal]]. The Cult eventually stole the [[Orb of Thralni]] from [[Fort Emergence]]. Enraged, [[Anaximander]] of [[Unspecified Services]] tasked the [[Surface Explorers]] with the recovery of the Orb. The Surface Explorers were forced to go to [[Seles]], who temporarily redirected the [[Surface Portal]] at the [[Portal Fortress]] to the Cultist Caves. The Cultists were, for the most part, destroyed and scattered to the winds, the northern caves being abandoned.

==Cities==

* [[Fort Emergence]]
* [[Portal Fortress]]
* [[New Cotra]]
* [[New Formello]]
* [[Ghikra]] (Abandoned)
* [[Erika]]'s Tower (Abandoned)

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[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Provinces]]
[[Category:Caves]]

List of GIFTR names

2008-02-02T00:31:11Z

Goldenking: Added Preamble

[[GIFTRs]], or '''Giant, Intelligent, Friendly, Talking [[Cockroaches|Roaches]]''', have had little contact with [[humans]], and this is a list of known names, mostly from the [[Surface Explorers]]. Most seem to have names that make use of alliteration.

==Game canon==
*Crud Muncher
*Doom Bringer
*Filth Spreader
*Gregor
*Scum Cruncher
*Slime Gobbler
*Spider Slayer

==Other works==
*Carrion Chewer
*Crud Collector
*Filth Finder
*Garbage Gatherer
*Grime Grubber
*Muck Muncher
*Sewage Spotter

[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Languages]]

Giant Lands

2008-02-01T23:44:42Z

Goldenking: Added some tidbits

West of [[Northeastern Exile]] and east of the [[Abyss]] lie the Giant Lands, which are inhabited by [[Cave Giants]] generally hostile to the [[Kingdom of Avernum]]. [[Avernites]] have been steadily taking the land from the giants, with settlements like [[Fort Monastery]] and [[Grindstone]] being set up on lands formerly inhabited by the giants. Beyond the giant controlled territory, strong [[adventurers]] say that there are a new series of tunnels, dubbed the [[Northwestern Tunnels]].

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[[Category:Caves]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Geography]]

Lake Tomor

2008-02-01T23:23:41Z

Goldenking: Added Use

[[Lake Tomor]] is a large lake in [[Midori Province]], central [[Valorim]]. Several rivers flow into it from [[Footracer Province]] and [[Monroe Province]]. It flows into the [[Bigail Channel]] on the [[Lorelei River]]. The Lake itself is just beyond the borders of Monroe and Footracer, and it is contested territory.

==Waterfront Cities==

Cities on Lake Tomor proper, not its tributaries, are:
* [[Bengaro]]

Meanwhile, cities on the rivers that flow into Lake Tomor, and the [[Lorelei River]], are from north to south:
* [[Bremerton]]
* [[Bengaro]]
* [[Malloc]]
* [[Lorelei]]
* [[Softport]]

==Use==

Since Lake Tomor has rivers flowing all of northern [[Valorim]], it has become essential for [[trading]] of all sorts. Raw materials are brought from [[Monroe Province]] and [[Footracer Province]] by boat, and shipped through [[Bengaro]] to [[Lorelei]], where some are bought and manufactured directly. Meanwhile, the [[Sailor's Association]] sends foreign goods from other [[continents]], most notably [[Pralgad]], through [[Softport]] to Lorelei, and here most of the trading occurs. This has had the unintentional consequence of making Lorelei rich, and being able to exert a certain amount of influence over the other provinces by threatening to seal off goods.

Meanwhile, this network of rivers is also very beneficial to the [[Imperial Navy]] and [[Imperial Army]]. More than once the waterways were essential to putting down the natives like the [[Ratbane Clan]] during the [[Discovery and Settlement of Valorim|settlement]] of [[Valorim]]. Lately, its military use has dwindled to stomping down the occasional rebellion in the wilderness of northern Valorim.

[[Category:Valorim]]
[[Category:Geography]]

New Formello

2008-02-01T22:54:29Z

Goldenking: Pop, Economy, Settlement, Murders

{{city|name=Town of New Formello|continent=[[Exile]]|region=[[Upper Exile]]|nation=[[Kingdom of Avernum]]|title=Leader|leader=Commander Ace|industries=None}}

[[New Formello]] is a settlement of [[Upper Avernum]], nestled in a cave system under the [[Pergha mountains]]. The city was named after the prominent [[Avernum]] settlement, [[Formello]]. The city is north of [[New Cotra]], the northernmost settlement in all of Upper Avernum.

==History==

New Formello has not been a city for long, so it has a rather brief history.

===Settlement===

When the [[Surface Portal]] was created in [[Upper Exile]], [[Portal Fortress]] and [[Fort Emergence]] were among the first settlement to be built. When the [[Avernite Army|military]] had finished necessary construction, colonists, settlers, and volunteers were allowed to use the [[teleportation|portal]], and established two cities north of Portal Fortress, New Formello and [[New Cotra]]. Of the two, New Formello was the less settled of the two, partially because of constant [[chitrach]] raids. These were eventually ended by the [[Surface Explorers]], and the city started to grow again.

===Murderings===

Later, around the time that the [[Surface Explorers]] had started destroying the first [[Plagues]] on the [[Surface]] of [[Valorim]], New Formello experienced a [[cavequake]]. Two workers in the caves to the north of the settlement were killed, by activating a [[magic]]al trap in which [[chitrachs]] attacked them. The [[Surface Explorers]] once again returned to the settlement to solve the deaths, and found a hidden passage leading further into the caves. They activated more such traps, and eventually reached a dead end with an unknown corpse with a key. The key was later found to be to essential to destroying the [[Alien beasts]] breeding area, where the [[Vahnatai]] bred them to destroy [[Footracer Province]], and intendedly all of [[Valorim]].

==Economy==

The main industries of New Formello are farming and mining, but these are relatively minor.

==Population==

Although started as a small settlement, after the [[Reconciliation]] of the [[Empire]] and [[Avernum]], the population skyrocketed over night. At current times, there are estimated to be fifty thousand [[Avernites]] in New Formello, still making it the smallest settlement in [[Upper Avernum]].

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[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Avernum]]

Lake Tomor

2008-02-01T04:00:11Z

Goldenking: Location, Cities. Edit in Trade Use Later

GIFTRs

2008-02-01T03:49:45Z

Goldenking: Similar to GIFTS, Plagues, Filth Factory

The [[GIFTRs]], or '''Giant, Intelligent, Friendly, Talking Roaches''' were created on accident by the [[Vahnatai]] in the [[Filth Factory]] during the [[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]]. Unlike their less intelligent brothers, they are friendly, can talk, and are intelligent, not unlike the [[GIFTS]] which they allied with. Why the GIFTRs were friendly is unknown, but fortunate, for without them the [[Surface Explorers]] wouldn't have been able to find the [[Filth Factory]] in a timely fashion.

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[[Category:Bugs]]
[[Category:Bestiary]]

Maddok Isle

2008-02-01T03:28:44Z

Goldenking: Island south of Gale

[[Maddok Isle]] is the large island south of [[Gale]]. There are no functioning settlements on the island, but there are several ruined cities that the [[Empire]] tried to establish. From north to south, these are:
* [[Execa]], at the northern point
* [[Vila]]
* [[Torria]]
* [[Tower of Zkal]], at the southern point

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[[Category:Empire]]
[[Category:Valorim]]
[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Islands]]

Empire

2008-02-01T03:24:22Z

Goldenking: Fixed Link

{{apocrypha|source=[[Urermariana]]}}
The Empire is the largest nation on the [[surface]] of [[Ermarian]], and has been the only known one throughout most of the [[history]] of the planet. Spanning all four continents at the [[Present Day]], its size is unparalleled.

In its history, the Empire has once been refounded. To distinguish, the first Empire is sometimes referred to as the [[Aizoan Empire]], while the second is the [[Empire|Pralgadian Empire]]. However, both refer (or referred, in the case of the former) to themselves as simply "The Empire". Since the Aizoan Empire collapsed nearly a thousand years ago, the information below is concerned entirely with the one in Pralgad.

== Factbook Entry ==

===Background===

The first Empire is believed to have been founded several centuries pre-[[Imperial Era]]. The first surviving record, however, dates from [[Emperors|Emperor]] [[Zion I]] of [[Aizo]], who ascended the throne in 250 [[Before Pralgad]]. After the Empire collapsed in 100 BP, the heir of the last emperor (growing up in Exile on [[Pralgad]]) founded the Pralgadian Empire in 0 IE, which has lasted to this day, outlasting minor civil wars and natural disasters. The continent of Aizo was retaken by the Pralgadian Empire at the beginning of the third century IE; [[Valorim]] was discovered and conquered in the seventh century. [[Vantanas]] has never been properly settled; the dangerous island has so far kept away all but treasure-seekers and adventurers, but recently it has experienced somewhat of a population boom.

===Geography===

====Location====
The [[surface]] of [[Ermarian]].

====Map====

[[Maps:Ermarian]]

====Area====
Approximately 7,000,000 square [[mile]]s.

====Land Boundaries====

None; there are no other nations on the surface.

====Coast Line====
Approximately 45,000 miles.

====Climate====

Temperate to Tropical, arid in some places (see [[Continents]])

====Terrain====

Varies (see [[Continents]])

====Elevation Extremes====

*Lowest Point:
*Highest Point: [[Mount Spire]], a peak in the [[Ndovlu mountains]].

====Natural Resources====
*Arable land
*Iron
*Copper
*Wood
*Salt
*Lead
*Tin
*Gold
*Silver
*Plentiful fresh water
*Gems

====Land Use====
Large plots of land are used for farming, mining, logging, and cities.

====Natural Hazards====
Varies by [[Continents|continent]].

===Population===

====Current Population====

135 million (estimate)

====Age Structure====

====Population Growth Rate====

====Nationality====

*Noun: Imperial Citizen
*Adjective: Imperial

====Racial Composition====

*[[Human]]: 94%
:*Aizoan: 17%
:*Pralgadian: 53%
:*Mixture: 30%
*[[Humanoid|Non-human]]: 6%
:*[[Nephil]]: 80%
:*[[Slithzerikai]]: 10%
:*Other: 10%

====Religions====

*[[Anama]]: 5%
*[[Divine Lucre]]: 3%
*Various other faiths: 8%

====Languages====

*[[Imperial Standard]]
*[[Aizoim]]
*[[Soruharva]]

====Literacy====

57% over the age of 15 can read and write.

===Government===

====Country Name====

Conventional Long Form: The Empire

====Government Type====

Constitutional Monarchy, tending towards Bureaucracy.

====Administrative Divisions====

*[[Pralgad]]
*[[Valorim]]
*[[Aizo]]
*[[Vantanas]]

=====Imperial Governors=====
Each continent has its own [[Imperial Governor]] who resides in that continent's capital and heads each continent's administrative divisions and provinces.

====Leader====

Empress [[Prazac I]]

====Capital====

[[Solaria]], in Pralgad

====Flag====

White horizontal band on top, black horizontal band on bottom, each taking roughly 1/6 of the banner; the middle 2/3 of the background is dominated by a green and a blue band, meeting each other halfway across the flag; this is the banner for the Empire, and is most commonly seen defaced with a four-rayed sun in the center (with one ray pointing into each field).

==History==
See the Encyclopedia's informative series, the [[History of Ermarian]].

[[Category:Empire]]
[[Category:Nations]]
[[Category:Geography]]

Emperors

2008-02-01T03:23:40Z

Goldenking: Fixed Link

{{apocrypha|source=[[Relhan canon]]}}
As there is only one [[Empire]] in [[Ermarian]] (for the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] see there), "Emperor" always refers to one of the rulers of this realm. An Emperor reigns until he dies or resigns to let his crown prince take the throne.

==Inheritance==

Emperors cease to use their given names upon ascending the throne. They may still be referred to by their full names in some ceremonies, but this is rare. For most purposes they are known solely by the name of their house, and their number in the dynasty (thus, Sol IV is the fourth emperor of the House Sol).

==Cultural Heritage==

Since the establishment of the Pralgadian Empire, its rulers have come from noble houses that were originally [[Aizo|Aizoan]].

==Pralgadian Emperors==

The Empire is old, and has seen many different rulers. Below is a list of all the Emperors and their reigning periods. This refers only to the [[Empire|Pralgadian Empire]]; the [[Aizoan Empire]] is still lacking information. All times are given in [[Imperial Era]] (IE), counted since the founding of the Empire in Pralgad.

=== House Sol ===
*[[Sol I]]. 1 - 48
*[[Sol II]]. 48 - 102
*[[Sol III]]. 102 - 131
=== House Ironclad ===
*[[Ironclad I]]. 132 - 201
*[[Viceroy I]]. 201 - 204
*[[Ironclad II]]. 229 - 259
*[[Ironclad III]]. 259 - 281
*[[Ironclad IV]]. 281 - 309
*[[Ironclad V]]. 309 - 357
*[[Ironclad VI]]. 357 - 405
*[[Ironclad VII]]. 405 - 450
*[[Ironclad VIII]]. 450 - 467
*[[Ironclad IX]]. 467 - 499
*[[Ironclad X]]. 499 - 530
*[[Ironclad XI]]. 530 - 535
*[[Ironclad XII]]. 535 - 587
*[[Ironclad XIII]]. 587 - 615
=== House Strongarm ===
*[[Strongarm I]]. 615 - 658
*[[Strongarm II]]. 658 - 672
*[[Stewart I]]. 672 - 722
=== House Hawthorne ===
*[[Hawthorne I]]. 722 - 763
*[[Hawthorne II]]. 763 - 791
*[[Hawthorne III]]. 791 - 817
*[[Prazac I]]. 817 - [[Present Day]]

[[Category:Empire]]
[[Category:History]]

Before Pralgad

2008-02-01T03:23:18Z

Goldenking: Fixed Link

{{apocrypha|source=[[Ermarian canon]]}}
Before Pralgad is an expression used to identify a time ''before'' the start of [[Imperial Era]]. Thus, while 833 IE is the 833rd year after the declaration of the [[Empire|Pralgadian Empire]], 500 BP is five hundred years before this declaration.

[[Category:Time]]
[[Category:Cosmology]]

Stonehurst

2008-02-01T03:21:29Z

Goldenking: This is the capital of Aizo. Why wasn't this written earlier?

{{city|name=City of Stonehurst|continent=[[Aizo]]|region=Northeastern Aizo|nation=[[Empire]]|title=Imperial Governor|leader=Unknown|industries=[[Trading]], Other}}

[[Stonehurst]] is the capital of [[Aizo]]. The [[Imperial Governor]] of Aizo resides there. It is the largest port on all of Aizo.

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[[Category:Empire]]
[[Category:Geography]]

Timeline of Ermarian

2008-02-01T03:20:18Z

Goldenking: Fixed Link

{{apocrypha|source=[[Ermarian canon]]}}
This article provides a general timeline of historical events in [[Ermarian]]. This timeline refers mainly to events relevant to [[humans]] and human nations.

For information on the measurement of time in Ermarian, see [[Pralgadian Calendar]], [[Before Pralgad]], and [[Imperial Era]].

==Before Pralgad==
*250 BP — [[Zion I]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Aizoan Empire]]
*~100 BP — [[Aizoan Empire]] collapses
*~25 BP — [[Motrax]] born

==House Sol==
*0 IE — [[Empire]] declared on [[Pralgad]] by [[Sol I]]
*48 IE — [[Sol II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*102 IE — [[Sol III]] becomes [[Emperor]]

==House Ironclad==
*132 — [[Ironclad I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*201 — [[Viceroy I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*204 — [[Viceroy I]] assassinated
*206 — Imperial Council disbanded; [[Empire]] provinces ruled by royal houses
*209 — [[Dorian Kylen]] declares himself Emperor and seizes [[Imperius]]
*211 - 229 — [[The Ascent of Ironclad II|Pralgadian War of Succession]]
*229 — [[Ironclad II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~250 — [[Morog]] becomes a [[liches|lich]]
*259 — [[Ironclad III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*261 - 277 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[giants]]
*281 — [[Ironclad IV]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*309 — [[Ironclad V]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*322 - 342 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[nephilim]]
*357 — [[Ironclad VI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~376 - 386 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[troglodytes]]
*379 — [[Anama]] Church founded
*~390 — [[Imperial Navy]] created
*405 — [[Ironclad VII]] becomes [[Emperor]] and issues decree against the [[Anama]]
*406 — [[Ironclad VII]] rounds up and jails [[Anama]]
*406 - 437 — [[Anama War]]
*~422 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] begins
*437 — [[Vantanas]] discovered by [[Imperial Navy]]
*441 - 535 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Vantanas|Vantanas explored and conquered]]
*450 — [[Ironclad VIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*467 — [[Ironclad IX]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*499 — [[Ironclad X]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*530 — [[Ironclad XI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*535 — [[Ironclad XII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*587 — [[Ironclad XIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~600 — [[Valorim]] discovered by [[Empire]]

==House Strongarm==
*608 - 647 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Valorim|Northern reaches of Valorim conquered and settled]] and [[Ratbane Clan]] destroyed.
*615 — [[Strongarm I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~617 — [[Darklings|Darkling]] [[sliths]] banished from the [[Bahssikava]]; [[Lost Bahssikava]] settled
*640 — [[Morrow's Isle]] settled
*658 — [[Strongarm II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*672 — [[Stewart I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*681 — [[Empire]] capital moved from [[Imperius]] to [[Solaria]]
*722 — [[Stewart II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*727 — First [[Sss-Thsss]] killed by Calindor
*740 — [[Empire]] establishes feudal state on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*~747 — The disastrous [[First Expedition]] to [[Exile]]
*~755 — [[Chimney]] settled by [[Harfloot]]
*762 — [[Skylark School of Magery]] closed, leaving poisons behind

==House Hawthorne==
*763 — [[Hawthorne II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*767 — [[Exile]] used as prison by [[Empire]]
*776 — The first members of [[the Five]] are [[exiled]]; [[Tower of Magi]] built with first [[Triad]] of [[Erika]], [[Patrick]], and [[Solberg]]
*777 —
**[[Kingdom of Avernum]] founded by [[Micah]]
**[[Sss-Thoss]] makes pact with [[Grah-Hoth]]. [[Bahssikava]] destroyed by a [[cavequake]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] enslaves [[Demon#Types_of_Demons|imps]] and dead Bahssikavans there; [[Lost Bahssikava]] founded; [[Vasskolis]] refounded.
*777 - 817 — [[First Slith War]]
*779 — [[The Five]] lead [[Avernum]] in an attack on [[Akhronath]] and seal [[Grah-Hoth]] in [[Skarragath]]
*780 [[Avernum]] takes the [[Great Cave]] and founds the [[Castle]]
*783 — [[Anama]] Church refounded by [[Ahonar]] on newly settled [[Isle of Bigail]]
*791 — [[Hawthorne III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*810 — [[Linda]] and [[X]] replace [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]] on the [[Triad]]
*~813 — [[Krizsan Province]] settled
*816 — [[Anastasia]]'s [[nephilim]] steal the [[gold necklace]] from [[Formello]]; [[Solberg]] flees [[Tower of Magi]]

==Interregnum==
*817 —
**[[Linda]] summons [[Adze]].
**Second [[Sss-Thsss]] slain and [[Grah-Hoth]] defeated by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Lost Bahssikava]]'s failed expedition to the [[slithzerikai]] [[Bahssikava|homeland]].
**[[Hawthorne III]] assassinated by [[Erika Redmark]] and [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Prazac I]] becomes [[Empress]]; [[Garzahd]] acts as regent.
*818 — [[Mahdavi]] replaces [[Linda]] on the [[Triad]]
*820 - 821 — Exploratory [[Empire]] forces steal [[Crystal Souls]], destroy [[Lost Bahssikava]], build [[Kothtar]], etc.
*822 - 824 — [[Empire-Avernum War]]
*822 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] ends; [[Empire]] conquers [[Abyss]]
*823 — Barriers afflict [[Exile]]; [[Cotra]] and [[mass teleporter]] destroyed; [[Crystal Souls]] rescued; [[Garzahd]] assassinated by [[Empire War Heroes]]
*824 — [[Vahnatai]] reinforce [[Avernum]]; [[Empire]] withdraws

==Prazac I==
*825 — [[Athron]]'s brood hatches
*826 - 827 — [[Chimney]] civil war
*827 — [[Galthrax]] begins attacks on [[Vasskolis]]
*831 — [[Upper Avernum]] settled by [[Avernites]]
*832 —
**[[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]] set loose by [[Rentar-Ihrno]]; [[Keep of Tinraya]] destroyed
**First party of [[Surface Explorers]] recruited by [[Unspecified Services]]
*833 —
**[[Tower of Magi disaster]].
**[[Surface Explorers]] destroy [[Plagues]] of [[Rentar-Ihrno]], who kills [[Erika Redmark]]; [[Reconciliation]] between the [[Empire]] and [[Avernum]]
*834 — [[Kelner]] and [[Seletine]] replace [[Mahdavi]] and [[Solberg]] on the [[Triad]]
*835 — Lord [[Volpe]] takes over [[Morrow's Isle]]
*836 —
**[[Yvoss-Tai]] uprising; [[Groul]]'s coup in [[Chimney]] fails.
**[[King Micah]] dies and the [[Council of Avernum]] assumes control.
*837 — [[Temple of the Goddess]] built; [[Gnass]] attacks [[Lost Bahssikava]]; [[Legare]] leads [[sliths]] to [[Bahssikava]] and [[Vasskolis]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] and [[Galthrax]] defeated
*838 - 848 — [[Second Slith War]]
*838 - present — [[Hill Runners]] revolt; civil war on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*839 — [[Redmark College]] founded
*842 — [[Skylark Vale]] poisons purged by [[adventurers]].
*843 — [[Encyclopedia Ermariana]] first published
*844 — Lord [[Volpe]] assassinated on [[Morrow's Isle]].
*846 — [[Starrus]] becomes [[King of Avernum]]
*855 — [[Rentar-Ihrno]] enacts [[retribution]] against [[Avernum]] and is defeated by the [[Shade-Killers]]
*870 — [[Darkside Loyalists]] assassinate [[Prazac I]].

==Interregnum==
*875 — [[Present Day]]

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Chimney

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{{apocrypha|source=[[Nephil's Gambit]]}}
Deep down in the [[lower caves]], on the very rim of the [[slithzerikai]] [[Bahssikava|homeland]], the province of [[Chimney]] is largely unknown to the world. Its unique climate supports trade in metal and herbs amid squabbling city-states.

==Climate and Geography==
A textbook on cave geography describes the area as follows:
:::''The lands of Chimney give an interesting lesson on meteorology. The [[human]] settlements are actually placed on a ledge high up on the wall of the [[slithzerikai homeland]]. These caves provide just the warm, damp environment that cold blooded lizards enjoy, considerably warmer than the caves of central Exile, high above.''

:::''At a point in the cave ceiling above the Chimney ledge, there is a wide opening. This tunnel connects to the caves above, forming a vertical chute, two thousand meters high. The warm air that rises from the slith jungles is sucked into the chute, causing a continuous breeze through the human lands. The draft functions like a pipe, thus giving Chimney its name. Moreover, when the damp airstream encounters the cold air of [[Exile]], it often releases its watery content, producing a peculiar effect: Indoor rain. This makes the soil of Chimney very fertile.'' <ref>Nephil's Gambit</ref>

At the north end of Chimney, the [[Howling Gap]] is a juncture between Chimney and [[Brattaskar]], the long, narrow tunnel that leads to [[Northeastern Exile]]. There are also tunnels near the Howling Gap leading to nearby [[nephilim]] lands, and to the slithzerikai homeland below Chimney. Several rivers run through Chimney proper, and roughly divide it into four regions.

'''Myld Isle''', also known as the Rainlands, is in the center of Chimney. It is not an island, but is so named for the river Myld which bounds it. The Rainlands are home to what is probably the largest forest in all of Exile; they are unruly lands. [[Myldres]], capital of Chimney, is located on the west edge of the isle. The former capital, [[Lushwater Toll]], is located at the north end, along the road that connects to the Howling Gap and Brattaskar.

To the east lie the lands of '''Milestone''', rich in metals. Milestone is a heavy mining area, characterized by twisting tunnels and poor mining towns. It is also the location of the famous [[Milestone Casino]].

To the west lie the lands of '''Whitstone''', rich in marble. These lands have been abandoned since the destruction of the town of [[Whitstone]]. The town is located in the middle of what is now called the Marble Lake.

Finally, in the south lie the '''Shadowlands'''. The few southern settlements all cluster around [[Flickering Keep]], which itself sits on the edge of the [[Dividing Wall]] that separates Chimney from the slith lands. Elsewhere along the wall, Fort Outlook sits at the top of the [[Long Stairs]] that provide a hazardous road between the two lands.

==Economy==
Chimney's economy consists of mining and selling metal to the the [[slithzerikai]], in exchange for herbs from the lizard jungles. This sustains a modest trade with [[Formello]], the nearest town in [[Exile]]. The main trade route stretches from the [[Long Stairs]], and goes up rivers to the [[Milestone]] mines. It continues northwest, past [[Lushwater Toll]] and the [[Howling Gap]], and along [[Brattaskar]] road, eventually reaching Exile proper.

==History==
:''Main article: [[History of Chimney]]''

Chimney was originally claimed as a hideout by the bandit [[Harfloot]]. Years later, miners settled in Chimney, and Harfloot and his descendants moved from robbery to extortion to taxation and government. Different settlements sprang up with their own local lords, and shortly after the [[Empire-Avernum War]] a civil war erupted. The war was eventually squashed by the cunning [[nephil]] [[Groul]]. A decade later, Groul attempted to seize total control of Chimney in a complicated strategem that relied on provoking an uprising among the [[sliths]]. After stirring up turmoil throughout Chimney and the [[slithzerikai homeland]], Groul failed, and the priestess Karolynna was installed as Chimney's ruler.

===References===
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===External links===
* [http://es.geocities.com/falcata2/maps/Chimney.html Maps - Chimney]

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History of Chimney

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{{apocrypha|source=[[Nephil's Gambit]]}}

===Settlement by Harfloot===
A few years after the failure of the [[First Expedition]], when the [[Empire]] had abandoned its plans to utilize the newly discovered caves, a small-time bandit leader named [[Harfloot]] decided that the caves would make a great hideout. He took his band into the caves, and went as far away from the Empire as he could get, which brought them to [[Chimney]]. The bandits found easy plunder in the nearby [[nephilim]] lands, and they settled down in a fortress on a hill, sometimes called Harfloot Castle.

After [[Exile]] was settled, a few other humans trickled into Chimney, mostly to open mines. Harfloot became quite wealthy by preying on trade routes. The merchants soon got used to paying taxes for unfettered passage. Meanwhile, Harfloot's men cleared out the monsters who inhabited the area. Myld Isle in particular became much more inhabitable.

After Harfloot died, his son took over. Harfloot the Younger was less inclined to banditry, but was a cunning businessman. He built up roads and bridges, and established guardposts along [[Brattaskar]] Road. Soon, instead of receiving tribute under threat, he received tolls to protect travellers from other bandits. A trading post sprang up around the hilltop fortress, called [[Lushwater Toll]].

===Civil war===
As Exile's population grew, so did Chimney's. Clusters of villages in the east, west, and south gave rise to local lords. Rodovan Zerr built the [[Milestone Casino]]. Trade developed with the [[slithzerikai]], and Lushwater Toll, too, grew into a real town. Control of the area passed on to Yim Harfloot, grandson of the original Harfloot, an ineffective leader who seemed to have lost all traces of his opportunistic, bandit heritage.

When the [[Empire-Avernum War]] ended, Chimney was a prosperous and unthreatened land. The other lords grew tired of the profit that Lushwater Toll extracted from them, and in 826 [[IE]], Chimney collapsed into a heap of bickering city-states. While town militias fought, trade and food became uncertain, general unrest spread quickly, and bandits once again had free reign of the land.

In 827 [[IE]], a band of nephilim known as the Cat Paws, led by a nephil known as [[Groul]], made a pact with a fraction of the nobles of [[Myldres]]. With their backing, he led a stunning series of conquests. Lushwater Toll was ashamed to be the first to fall, to a sudden, wild attack by nephilim. With Harfloot out of the picture, Groul's noble allies seized control of the north end of Chimney's trade routes. They then threatened [[Milestone]] was a trade blockade, refusing its merchants passage across the river Myld. The town, ruled more by money than by any lord, was quick to surrender.

Armed with supplies from the mines, the nephilim marched south. They laid siege to [[Flickering Keep]] in the Shadowlands. Mysteriously backed by the power of a [[drake]] lord, the Cat Paws were able to climb along the abyss at the back of the keep and storm it most unexpectedly from behind. Its ruler, [[Lord Fray]], was killed.

The Cat Paws then marched on [[Whitstone]], the last free city. Before they could attack, however, the cave ceiling over Whitstone collapsed. Half the people of the town were killed, including its master, Lord White. The cave-in caused the river to flood, and the rest of the town was abandoned in ruins.

Myldres emerged as the undisputed ruler of Chimney. Commander Groul shared power there with one of his noble allies, Ottar, who became the Mayor of Myldres and the official ruler of Chimney. For another nine years, peace reigned.

===Groul's coup and the Yvoss-tai uprising===
Inspired by the gains that [[Avernum]] was able to secure in the wake of the Empire-Avernum War and especially the [[Reconciliation]], despite being far weaker than the other nations it fought, Commander Groul devised an elaborate scheme to seize power in Chimney. He contracted with a vahnatai businessman, [[Verundis]], to obtain a magical [[portal]], as well as a powerful bomb, [[Thunder Rock]].

In 836 [[IE]], Groul used the portal to travel to the [[slithzerikai]] [[Bahssikava|homeland]]. Posing as a mysterious divinity called the Masked Aide (later "revealed" to be Zahr, the god of true warriors), Groul egged a discontent [[Yvoss-tai]] worker, [[Sss-Chross]], into staging a revolution against the dominant [[Ssara-tai]] warrior caste. The Yvoss-tai, unlike the Ssara-tai, were not allowed to touch [[iron]]. Groul used this taboo to manipulate Sss-Chross into attacking Chimney, convincing him that he would need to secure Chimney's [[bronze]] mines in order to supply his forces with weapons.

Groul used the threat of invasion as an excuse to quarrel with Mayor Ottar over the right course of action. He baited Ottar into throwing him and his Cat Paws out of Myldres. Groul's plan was to have the Cat Paws swoop in at the last moment, using his secret power over Sss-Chross to make it appear as if the Cat Paws single-handedly saved Chimney from the invasion.

To ensure his plan's success, he needed to prevent any [[Avernite]] reinforcements from pre-empting his role as savior. For that purpose, he told Sss-Chross that he would provide a powerful artifact -- the Thunder Rock -- for the Yvoss-tai forces to find, at the [[Howling Gap]]. The detonation of Thunder Rock would seal the area with rubble, preventing any support from Exile. But first, slith troops would destroy the human outposts than lined Brattaskar Road, to prevent news from leaking too soon to Avernum.

Unfortunately for Groul, a small group of soldiers from one of these outposts escaped the sliths who attacked them, and made their way to the Howling Gap. With help from [[Karolynna]], a priestess who had been captured by the Yvoss-tai, the soldiers stole Thunder Rock before it could be detonated, and fled south. News of their deed spread and they quickly gained fame as the [[Heroes of Brattaskar]].

Groul tried to turn this setback into an advantage, and manipulated the soldiers into participating in the assassinations of both Sss-Chross (via Groul's own portal) and the Yvoss-tai ambassador to Myldres, Sss-Varbas. He then incited the Yvoss-tai into making an ambitious and risky offense against Myld Isle, from their position at the Howling Gap. The Chimney army met the sliths and, just as Groul had planned, the Cat Paws outflanked the sliths after the battle had already begun, turning the tides and ending the invasion. The Yvoss-tai suffered heavy casualties, and without Sss-Chross and Zahr, the entire revolt fell apart.

Myldres celebrated the victory, which was once again attributed to the Cat Paws. With the Chimney army decimated, Groul stood poised to take over Chimney. His plans were undone, however, by the Heroes of Brattaskar. While employed by Groul, they had discovered evidence of his dealings with Verundis and Sss-Chross. Working with Karolynna, they had also defeated and captured [[Rashtarra]], a [[haakai]] who Groul had used to destroy [[Whitstone]] (with the cave-in) and [[Flickering Keep]] (as the [[drake]] lord) during the civil war. When they released Rashtarra to tell his story, he went after Groul and sucked him into the [[demons|demon]] realm.

At the suggesiton of the Heroes of Brattaskar, a very surprised Karolynna was named Mayor of Chimney -- an uncharacteristically selfless and honest one.

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