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First Expedition Brooches

2025-12-19T07:05:43Z

Jerry bush: Fixed the apostrophes in some of the names.

==Use During First Expedition==

In 746 [[IE]], the [[Empire]] discovered a huge set of caves deep beneath the surface of [[Ermarian]]. They decided to send an exploratory group to rid the caves of monsters and other humanoid beings so that it would be made habitable. The exploratory group (known to Avernites as the [[First Expedition]]), was given five powerful brooches to use for communication purposes while in the caves. They were given to the leader, [[Karzoth]], and his four lieutenants, [[Thralni]], [[Scrioth]],

They were teleported into the caves. They soon realized that there was too much to explore so they made a decision to split up hoping to keep in contact using the brooches. They realized too late that they couldn't communicate with anyone. The brooches were meant to be used together, not separate.

Eventually, all of the members of the First Expedition were killed and all of their treasured items (including the brooches) were either lost or taken by other humanoids or creatures.

==Use Against Hawthorne==

Archmage [[Erika Redmark]] came up with a sinister plot to assassinate [[Emperor]] [[Hawthorne III|Hawthorne]]. She planned to send a small, stealthy group into the heart of Hawthorne's castle to kill him. She soon hired a small group of adventurers (later known as [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]) to do the job.

To do this, they needed a wide array of items and rituals. The toughest of these items to claim were the five brooches. Erika told the adventurers that they would need all five in order for her plan to work properly. She only had hints about where they were located. It was up to the adventurers to find them and bring them back to her. Once they had all of the brooches (and all other items and rituals), she told them to meet her at the very end of a long and trapped tunnel. Once done, Erika teleported them into Hawthorne's castle. They fought their way to the throne room where Hawthorne was and killed him. The job being completed, Erika teleported the adventurers back to Avernum.

This is the last time we hear about the brooches ever being seen. It is rumored that once the brooches successfully brought Hawthorne's Assassins back to [[Avernum]], they crumbled to dust. It makes sense seeing that items of clear power and historical prowess just disappeared from the face of [[Ermarian]].

==Locations of the Brooches==

Pearl- Found on the body of (?) at the lowest cave in the [[Mertis Spiral]].
Malachite- Found on the body of (?) inside the G.I.F.T.S. cave.
Ivory- Found in salamanders nest in the west end of the [[dragon]] [[Motrax]]'s Cave.
Chalcedony- Found in a box in the dragon [[Pyrog]]'s treasure room.
Ebony- Bertrand in [[Mertis]] stole from Eldin somewhere near [[Dharmon]].

[[Category:Artifacts]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Items]]

User:Jerry bush

2025-12-19T06:55:20Z

Jerry bush: /* Biography */

== How I know these games ==

Hello my name is Arch-Mage Solberg. (Spiderweb Software forum name)

I played my first spiderweb game (Exile: Escape From the Pit) about August 1998 from the Galaxy of Games Shareware CD's. (Exile II: Crystal Souls was also on those CD's)

I've been a member of Spiderweb since November 20, 2001.

I have bought all of their games (except Geneforge 2,3,4,5, and Nethergate:Resurrection)

== Biography ==

My real name is Jerry Bush. I was born on December 21, 1980 in Woodbury, TN. I was raised most of my life in Manchester, TN. Did the usual things like go to school, have fun, and work. I joined the Navy on March 29, 2001. I boarded my first boat, USS JACKSONVILLE SSN 699, on January 10, 2002. I visited a few places (like Puerto Rico, Annapolis, MD, Port Canaveral, etc) onboard before the boat was drydocked in Portsmouth, NH on August 16, 2004. I got out of the Navy on March 30, 2006. Now I stay at home to take care of my dad who had Cancer surgery Aug 3, 2010.
12/19/2025
It's been a while since I've been on here and even longer since I've wrote anything. The only major changes to my life since 2010 are that I was diagnosed with PTSD from my NAVY service, I started attending online classes at Regent University in January 2019 and graduated on May 4, 2024 earning my Bachelor's degree in Biblical and Theological Studies, and, sadly, my dad passed away on October 10, 2023 at the age of 70. I still live in Manchester, TN. I take care of my mentally-handicapped uncle. I still play Spiderweb games. I'm also in the middle of writing a paper on Justification in the New Testament.

== Contributions ==
These are the one's I either created or had a big hand in. Not included are the one's I just added a little here or there. There will be more!

* Most of [[Solberg]]
* Most of [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]
* [[Bhoralon]]
* [[Shade-Killers]]
* Most of [[Greater Shades]]
* [[Correlea]]
* [[Fort Monastery]]
* [[Matos]]
* [[Vicky]]
* [[Spire Fortress]]
* [[Familiar]]
* [[Retribution]]
* [[Hathwisa]]
* [[Prazac Avengers]]
* [[Tranquility]]
* Potions Category
* [[Darkside Loyalists]]
* [[Erika's tower]]
* [[Horde Triad Slayers]]
* [[Gladwell]]
* [[Lark]]
* [[Mushroom Blight]]
* [[First Expedition Brooches]]
* [[Avernum Northern Frontier Survey Group]]
* [[Levitt]]

==Recent/Future Work==
I am currently working on updating the ermariana encyclopedia.

User talk:Arancaytar

2020-08-12T04:34:13Z

Jerry bush: /* Just saying hello. */

== From Drakey ==
=== Wanted Pages ===
Aran, I've started going through this list: [[Special:Wantedpages]] to find stubs to make, and then I'll go through the list of stubs and expand articles. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 22:42, 28 Aug 2005 (CEST)
=== Stubs ===
Stubs are definitely better than nothing - they let you get down the basics and simple definitions that help people using the Encyclopedia. [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Blocking unregistered edits ===
Would it be possible to allow only registered users to make edits? I think that would be a good idea. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Fort Monastery ===
Yes, Monastery is new. It looks like it replaced Fort Ganrick (Monastery is west of Fort Draco). --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
==== Fort Ganrick ====
Well, it didn't replace Fort Ganrick, but Fort Ganrick no longer exists.
=== Pages In Progress ===
You don't need to stub pages marked "In Progress". I specifically didn't stub them because I was planning to finish them. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Moving from Geocities ===
Stuff for you to bring over:
*The Triad (which needs to be edited)
*Quickfire
*Spiders
*Layout for Herbarium Articles

And then we should be completely done with the old Encyclopedia content (minus wands)
==== The Triad ====
:The Triad article is full of wrong information and needs to be drastically edited as well, but it does have a lot of words :P
=== Kelandon's notes ===
I've spent quite a while going through [http://home.sanbrunocable.com/~tommywatts03/history.html Kel's excellent notes] and making changes to the history of Exile and the founders. Everything should now be aligned with Av 1-3, but I'm holding off on ZKR until I can confirm some A4 stuff. The only contradiction is a history book saying [[Micah I|Micah]] ruled for 40 years before 817, and Erika saying in 833 that he ruled for 20-some years. What Erika said makes absolutely no sense with the other timelines considered, so I just ignored that. -- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 20:09, 31 Aug 2005 (CEST)
==== Banishing of the Archmagi ====
:The banishing of the Archmagi is early, but it does make sense that it would be in the earlier years of Hawthorne II's reign than the later years. I always thought of Erika as the youngest and most powerful of the Five. I thought of her and Micah as the young leaders of the fledgeling nation. While it does put Micah very old for a non-mage, I've tried to explain it in his entry.
=== Maps ===
I don't have the first map, but I assume that you do. If you need it, I should be able to dig it up.
[http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/pralgrad_02.gif Map 2]
[http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/pralgrad_03.gif Map 3]
==== Vantanas ====
I found this lying around in my sitemouse directory: http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/Vantanas.gif

:It wouldn't hurt to upload this so we have another map of Vantanas. And a color one :P -- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 15:08, 2 Sep 2005 (CEST)

=== Rone ===
Some of the Rone/Micah information needs to be changed - Rone is not dead, it was a mistaken rumor. But it's confirmed that Rone is using magic to extend his life and probably did for Micah as well.-- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 15:08, 2 Sep 2005 (CEST)

=== Icarus ===
Only did it because it seemed to be the same myth, and the Scimitar did mention it. [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]

=== Board ===
If we're going to have it, people should probably check it ;) --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]

=== Featured Articles ===
Giants? Or Magic? We should get a picture of a giant, though. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 11:03, 8 September 2006 (CDT)
:From where? You're welcome to draw one if you want to... ;-) I'll read both articles today and see if anything could be improved before featuring. [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 00:47, 13 September 2006 (CDT)

===New Template Heading Colors===
Why did you change all of the colors from nice ones to hideous ones? And I mean every single one is ugly now. Was there a problem with the old ones? --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 06:53, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
:There's a light on dark skin? I'm still on the old default, I guess. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 07:31, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
::I went over and looked at the new one, but I'm sticking with MonoBook. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 08:51, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
:::I agree with Drakey. The new colors are not pretty and the default skin makes the site hard to read. --[[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 09:39, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
::::The dark background eliminates the glare on my screen, but I see your point. I've tested (on the City template) the possibility of using the skin-specific stylesheets to make the colors fit the skin that is being used, and it works. I'll do the same for the other templates this weekend, probably. [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 04:24, 15 September 2006 (CDT)

=== What's New? ===
I might be more active here when I get back home ... it remains to be seen, but I'd like to know if anything interesting happened or a lot of new pages were added/expanded. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 20:49, 7 June 2007 (PDT)

== From Hhhhh ==

=== Introduction ===
I bought a CD containing 100 games that included the exile series, which was when I first played exile. However, every one of those 100 games were unregistered (should I laugh or cry?) and the other games were horrible. Anyways I have not registered in any exile/spiderweb boards so you do not know me. My life is not that interesting, so I will post no more. By the way how do you start a new page?
=== Stubs ===
I don't know how to mark articles as a stub, would someone please tell me how?

---[[User:Hhhhh|Hhhhh]]

== From Noname ==
=== Religion ===
Wait? only 16% of the empire's people follow a religion? That's what the percentages add up to- 16%. I thought that there would be more, so I changed the statistics to add up to 100% of the religious citizenry (not including secular citizens.) My question is, what about the other 84% of the empire? Are they all secular? ---[[User:Noname|Noname]]

== From Slartucker ==

=== Demons ===
Aran -- your change to [[demons]] doesn't make sense to me -- the sentence seems even more confusing now than before. However, I'm not sure if you misinterpreted my version (it WAS a bit confusing) or if you are actually suggesting something different, so I'll wait to hear from you before I change anything. I was trying to say that, despite the bans, most mages end up involved in demon stuff. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 04:49, 12 January 2006 (CST)

P.S. Are rakshasha (however the heck you spell that) demonic? I seem to recall them summoned demons complete with pentagram in the Tiger's Den in Ex2, so I'm doubtful. I'm also skeptical about efreeti, though I suppose that's a matter of interpretation.
==== Re: Rakshasi ====
Interesting, I'll have to look into the rakshasi. As for efreeti, I have always assumed that Jeff's efreeti were borrowings from Arabian lore, in which they are the second of five classes of jinn, a magical race that shares some characteristics with Avernum-style demons but are certainly different. At least I've never seen them referred to as demonic anywhere, canonical or not.
==== Re: Efreeti ====
:Efreet classification: well, they're sentient, and they're as much a race as demons are. I don't think either would be classified as humanoid, though they often have humanoid form. Does everything need a sub-classification beyond the bestiary category, though?
:Meanwhile, while researching dragon gender-bending (there's more than I realized) I have discovered yet more flaws in my First Expedition stuff. Sigh. As much as I like my narrative, I think I'm going to have to get rid of it and replace it with a bullet point list of places they visited and things they did. The evidence is just all over the place!
=== Illithids ===
Nice way to handle the illithid canonicity. I think I may do something similar for 'normal' versions of rakshasi and efreeti. Fun Fact: Jeff flipped the singular and plural forms of both of those races, from the originals. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 20:43, 19 January 2006 (CST)

=== FTP site ===
The site is now timing out whenever I try, not even getting to the point of rejecting my login. I used the one you listed. I've now tried 3 different clients; if the problem is on my end I have no idea what it is. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 11:00, 26 January 2006 (CST)

=== Re: Canon issues ===
Mmn. I completely understand the concern about which scenarios should be included. I'm just going to use my best judgment, and if you or Drakey (or anyone else) wants to correct me, you're always welcome to. (Three cheers for the elegant democracy of the wiki!) Alternately, if someone wants to outline -- perhaps as a generally useful OOC article -- exactly what sources are considered legitimate fanon by people who ''have'' "been in the community long enough to be considered experts on their subject," I think that would be a very useful thing. (The current [[fanon]] entry is devoid of actual information.) --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 18:12, 28 January 2006 (CST)

:Heh. I actually paused for a moment after typing democracy, but decided it was close enough. --- Slarty

=== Templates ===
Aran: is there any way to get the city info template to be an inset (as info boxes are on wikipedia, and as the image thumbnails are here)?
::You're kidding, it was that simple? Hah. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 06:59, 2 February 2006 (CST)
:::: It can be a bit tricky to get the formatting you want, but with a few examples like the Emperor template, it's extremely easy. I see you've already made it :) [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 07:01, 2 February 2006 (CST)

=== Misc. ===
You know, you had me thinking you really were an Ilyaren. :P --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 10:20, 3 February 2006 (CST)

Technically, it was atrociously ''punctuated'' ;) --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 13:18, 5 February 2006 (CST)

=== Structure ===
If I understand correctly, right now anything that's an organization requires THREE clicks from the main page to access: one to person, then another to organizations, then another to the entry itself. Perhaps Organizations should just be another top-level category?

Actually, I think this makes sense. At the moment, it is really closer to "Nations" than it is to "Persons" since it includes stuff like the [[Scimitar]], but not groupings of multiple persons like the [[Triad]] or the [[Five]]. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 10:33, 6 February 2006 (CST)

=== Structure II ===
Is there a reason you recat'ed Religion, but not Stories or Languages? I think it's fine, but I'm just curious, since you left Drakey's edits as they were for all three.

Also, somebody is gonna have to recategorize all the individual pages in those categories!
--- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:32, 25 March 2006 (CST)

=== Stubs ===
Undead is still missing Liches entirely, as well as guardians and black shades, which qualifies it as a page that definitely needs work. That one is at least listed on my user page, but in other cases they might not be. There are definitely some articles listed as stubs that don't need to be, but if an entire necessary chunk is missing, shouldn't it still be listed as a stub? --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:33, 5 May 2006 (CDT)

=== Bots ===
More bot vandalism. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:36, 9 June 2007 (PDT)
::Apparently, not such a hard time after all! --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:34, 13 June 2007 (PDT)

==== New Accounts ====
We're now getting multiple bot attacks per week. While I know you have a backup of the site somewhere, it still worries me that the problem is only likely to get worse and not better. I don't know if there's an easy way to do some kind of craigslist-style humanity verification, but if not, perhaps it would make sense to require that new accounts be OKed by you before they can make edits. I don't want to discourage potential contributors, but the fact that it is now taking your time to undo bot damage every couple of days is relevant, too. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 14:14, 7 July 2007 (PDT)

=== TOC ===
I posted several talk edits before making the TOC edit, at [[http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/wiki/Template_talk:Main_page_toc]], and received ''your'' blessing. Structure policy needs to be updated to reflect the changes and not the other way around. The point was that the distinction between major and minor top-level categories was arbitrary, not useful, and did not make sense (Herbarium in major but both Persons (more important to EE) and Cosmology (more important to natural world) in minor). The three "national" categories however are different, since nothing would be ''just'' in one of them. The TOC reflects this by having them not in bold. OOC is also not in bold since it's not part of the EE proper.

Structure policy should reflect that every article needs to be in one of the 12 top-level categories (the 11 real ones plus OOC). The "national" categories aren't truly top-level but are listed in the TOC due to their massive size, importance, and utility. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 06:55, 17 July 2007 (PDT)

== From Jerry (aka Archmage Solberg) ==
=== User page format. ===

Nevermind, I figured it out. I was referring to the lines and headers.

=== Calling wrong stuff out. ===

If I think something is wrong, I'll post something in the talk section. If my 'little' change is going to make such a fuss, I'm not gonna let some of this other stuff get by. [[User:Jerry bush|Jerry]], who hates being made a fool of by others.

=== Upcoming Page Updates. ===

I'm working on a few things right now, but I would like to help out with updates to many of the pages here. Before I begin work on my contributions, however, I need to more familiarize myself with insight from Avernum's 5 and 6. I've done a few things already here and there (as you could tell from the recent changes page). [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 22:09, 8 September 2010 (PDT)

=== Just saying hello. ===

It's been a while. Thank you for keeping this page up. Is there any way we can send donations to help you out? [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] ([[User talk:Jerry bush|talk]]) 04:34, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

== From Aussieavernum ==

I am not sure if this is where I should post. You posted on my user page and in that post you asked if I am registered with the Spiderweb Software forums and I can't just say yes or no. I did register at the forums but my e-mail program doesn't work. When I purchased a new computer early in 2005, My e-mail program didn't work. A few weeks ago, my mother called a computer repair company and a man came over and fixed it for 88 australian dollars. The next day it stopped working so I couldn't get the e-mail with the password. [[User:Aussieavernum|Aussieavernum]]

=== RE: RE:Your Message ===

Thank you for the info about the siganture and e-mail. My mum Jose has created a hotmail account called aussieavernum@hotmail.com and I will soon register in the [http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi Spiderweb Forums] as aussieavernum.

[[User:Aussieavernum|Joshie]] 01:49, 28 April 2006 (CDT)

=== RE:Personal Information ===

Thank you for the security information.:D I have edited the page sp is not a security risk.
[[User:Aussieavernum|Joshie]] 05:33, 5 May 2006 (CDT)

== Sorry about the sign-in! ==

I appologize about not signing-in. I will try to do better. [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 11:51, 13 December 2006 (PST)

Yay...it worked.

== From Millytal ==

===Re: Welcome===

Yeah, it's Milla. I have a question, would you count wormgrass as a herb?--Milla 19:24, 15 March 2007 (PDT)

===Question about editing===

Thanks for fixing up that problem I had with the Remembrance entry. What exactly did you do because I've been pulling out my hair in frustration at trying to get rid of the dotted line. --Milla 15:34, 20 November 2007 (PST)

===Olly's Page===

http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/wiki/Olly_canon it's blue but the link doesn't exist. What is the problem? I'm trying to fill out the sources template.

== RE: Kirlin ==

Sorry, didn't know there was something like this going on, just looked like an empty page to me. (Yeah, quite odd, and sadly I always got problems with finding the right discussions, except there's a direct link nearby)

Well, do with the edit what you want, I just hope a bit of it helped... ~ [[User:Crynsos|Crynsos]] 10:16, 16 July 2007 (PDT)

== Thanks. ==

I'll look into that. And thanks for the welcome.--Milla 05:25, 25 April 2012 (PDT)

== Uploading files and image thumbnails ==

So uploading files does not appear to be working. I attempted to upload a copy of the Vahnatai lands map from A2:CS but I get the following messages;
"'''Warning: fopen(/var/www/encyclopedia.ermarian.net/w/images/lockdir/8ewtjw1moaq1haq30ov1z4qdc3zkfk7.lock): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/encyclopedia.ermarian.net/w/includes/filebackend/lockmanager/FSLockManager.php on line 125'''" and "'''[7dc43834] 2015-01-22 04:36:46: Fatal exception of type MWException'''".

Also the image thumbnails for some of the uploaded files seem to be borked, for example the map of Pralgad on the [[Swamps of Dralgath]] page.

[[User:Millytal|--Millytal]] ([[User talk:Millytal|talk]])

User talk:Arancaytar

2020-08-12T04:33:33Z

Jerry bush: /* From Jerry (aka Archmage Solberg) */

== From Drakey ==
=== Wanted Pages ===
Aran, I've started going through this list: [[Special:Wantedpages]] to find stubs to make, and then I'll go through the list of stubs and expand articles. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 22:42, 28 Aug 2005 (CEST)
=== Stubs ===
Stubs are definitely better than nothing - they let you get down the basics and simple definitions that help people using the Encyclopedia. [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Blocking unregistered edits ===
Would it be possible to allow only registered users to make edits? I think that would be a good idea. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Fort Monastery ===
Yes, Monastery is new. It looks like it replaced Fort Ganrick (Monastery is west of Fort Draco). --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
==== Fort Ganrick ====
Well, it didn't replace Fort Ganrick, but Fort Ganrick no longer exists.
=== Pages In Progress ===
You don't need to stub pages marked "In Progress". I specifically didn't stub them because I was planning to finish them. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Moving from Geocities ===
Stuff for you to bring over:
*The Triad (which needs to be edited)
*Quickfire
*Spiders
*Layout for Herbarium Articles

And then we should be completely done with the old Encyclopedia content (minus wands)
==== The Triad ====
:The Triad article is full of wrong information and needs to be drastically edited as well, but it does have a lot of words :P
=== Kelandon's notes ===
I've spent quite a while going through [http://home.sanbrunocable.com/~tommywatts03/history.html Kel's excellent notes] and making changes to the history of Exile and the founders. Everything should now be aligned with Av 1-3, but I'm holding off on ZKR until I can confirm some A4 stuff. The only contradiction is a history book saying [[Micah I|Micah]] ruled for 40 years before 817, and Erika saying in 833 that he ruled for 20-some years. What Erika said makes absolutely no sense with the other timelines considered, so I just ignored that. -- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 20:09, 31 Aug 2005 (CEST)
==== Banishing of the Archmagi ====
:The banishing of the Archmagi is early, but it does make sense that it would be in the earlier years of Hawthorne II's reign than the later years. I always thought of Erika as the youngest and most powerful of the Five. I thought of her and Micah as the young leaders of the fledgeling nation. While it does put Micah very old for a non-mage, I've tried to explain it in his entry.
=== Maps ===
I don't have the first map, but I assume that you do. If you need it, I should be able to dig it up.
[http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/pralgrad_02.gif Map 2]
[http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/pralgrad_03.gif Map 3]
==== Vantanas ====
I found this lying around in my sitemouse directory: http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/Vantanas.gif

:It wouldn't hurt to upload this so we have another map of Vantanas. And a color one :P -- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 15:08, 2 Sep 2005 (CEST)

=== Rone ===
Some of the Rone/Micah information needs to be changed - Rone is not dead, it was a mistaken rumor. But it's confirmed that Rone is using magic to extend his life and probably did for Micah as well.-- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 15:08, 2 Sep 2005 (CEST)

=== Icarus ===
Only did it because it seemed to be the same myth, and the Scimitar did mention it. [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]

=== Board ===
If we're going to have it, people should probably check it ;) --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]

=== Featured Articles ===
Giants? Or Magic? We should get a picture of a giant, though. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 11:03, 8 September 2006 (CDT)
:From where? You're welcome to draw one if you want to... ;-) I'll read both articles today and see if anything could be improved before featuring. [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 00:47, 13 September 2006 (CDT)

===New Template Heading Colors===
Why did you change all of the colors from nice ones to hideous ones? And I mean every single one is ugly now. Was there a problem with the old ones? --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 06:53, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
:There's a light on dark skin? I'm still on the old default, I guess. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 07:31, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
::I went over and looked at the new one, but I'm sticking with MonoBook. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 08:51, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
:::I agree with Drakey. The new colors are not pretty and the default skin makes the site hard to read. --[[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 09:39, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
::::The dark background eliminates the glare on my screen, but I see your point. I've tested (on the City template) the possibility of using the skin-specific stylesheets to make the colors fit the skin that is being used, and it works. I'll do the same for the other templates this weekend, probably. [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 04:24, 15 September 2006 (CDT)

=== What's New? ===
I might be more active here when I get back home ... it remains to be seen, but I'd like to know if anything interesting happened or a lot of new pages were added/expanded. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 20:49, 7 June 2007 (PDT)

== From Hhhhh ==

=== Introduction ===
I bought a CD containing 100 games that included the exile series, which was when I first played exile. However, every one of those 100 games were unregistered (should I laugh or cry?) and the other games were horrible. Anyways I have not registered in any exile/spiderweb boards so you do not know me. My life is not that interesting, so I will post no more. By the way how do you start a new page?
=== Stubs ===
I don't know how to mark articles as a stub, would someone please tell me how?

---[[User:Hhhhh|Hhhhh]]

== From Noname ==
=== Religion ===
Wait? only 16% of the empire's people follow a religion? That's what the percentages add up to- 16%. I thought that there would be more, so I changed the statistics to add up to 100% of the religious citizenry (not including secular citizens.) My question is, what about the other 84% of the empire? Are they all secular? ---[[User:Noname|Noname]]

== From Slartucker ==

=== Demons ===
Aran -- your change to [[demons]] doesn't make sense to me -- the sentence seems even more confusing now than before. However, I'm not sure if you misinterpreted my version (it WAS a bit confusing) or if you are actually suggesting something different, so I'll wait to hear from you before I change anything. I was trying to say that, despite the bans, most mages end up involved in demon stuff. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 04:49, 12 January 2006 (CST)

P.S. Are rakshasha (however the heck you spell that) demonic? I seem to recall them summoned demons complete with pentagram in the Tiger's Den in Ex2, so I'm doubtful. I'm also skeptical about efreeti, though I suppose that's a matter of interpretation.
==== Re: Rakshasi ====
Interesting, I'll have to look into the rakshasi. As for efreeti, I have always assumed that Jeff's efreeti were borrowings from Arabian lore, in which they are the second of five classes of jinn, a magical race that shares some characteristics with Avernum-style demons but are certainly different. At least I've never seen them referred to as demonic anywhere, canonical or not.
==== Re: Efreeti ====
:Efreet classification: well, they're sentient, and they're as much a race as demons are. I don't think either would be classified as humanoid, though they often have humanoid form. Does everything need a sub-classification beyond the bestiary category, though?
:Meanwhile, while researching dragon gender-bending (there's more than I realized) I have discovered yet more flaws in my First Expedition stuff. Sigh. As much as I like my narrative, I think I'm going to have to get rid of it and replace it with a bullet point list of places they visited and things they did. The evidence is just all over the place!
=== Illithids ===
Nice way to handle the illithid canonicity. I think I may do something similar for 'normal' versions of rakshasi and efreeti. Fun Fact: Jeff flipped the singular and plural forms of both of those races, from the originals. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 20:43, 19 January 2006 (CST)

=== FTP site ===
The site is now timing out whenever I try, not even getting to the point of rejecting my login. I used the one you listed. I've now tried 3 different clients; if the problem is on my end I have no idea what it is. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 11:00, 26 January 2006 (CST)

=== Re: Canon issues ===
Mmn. I completely understand the concern about which scenarios should be included. I'm just going to use my best judgment, and if you or Drakey (or anyone else) wants to correct me, you're always welcome to. (Three cheers for the elegant democracy of the wiki!) Alternately, if someone wants to outline -- perhaps as a generally useful OOC article -- exactly what sources are considered legitimate fanon by people who ''have'' "been in the community long enough to be considered experts on their subject," I think that would be a very useful thing. (The current [[fanon]] entry is devoid of actual information.) --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 18:12, 28 January 2006 (CST)

:Heh. I actually paused for a moment after typing democracy, but decided it was close enough. --- Slarty

=== Templates ===
Aran: is there any way to get the city info template to be an inset (as info boxes are on wikipedia, and as the image thumbnails are here)?
::You're kidding, it was that simple? Hah. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 06:59, 2 February 2006 (CST)
:::: It can be a bit tricky to get the formatting you want, but with a few examples like the Emperor template, it's extremely easy. I see you've already made it :) [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 07:01, 2 February 2006 (CST)

=== Misc. ===
You know, you had me thinking you really were an Ilyaren. :P --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 10:20, 3 February 2006 (CST)

Technically, it was atrociously ''punctuated'' ;) --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 13:18, 5 February 2006 (CST)

=== Structure ===
If I understand correctly, right now anything that's an organization requires THREE clicks from the main page to access: one to person, then another to organizations, then another to the entry itself. Perhaps Organizations should just be another top-level category?

Actually, I think this makes sense. At the moment, it is really closer to "Nations" than it is to "Persons" since it includes stuff like the [[Scimitar]], but not groupings of multiple persons like the [[Triad]] or the [[Five]]. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 10:33, 6 February 2006 (CST)

=== Structure II ===
Is there a reason you recat'ed Religion, but not Stories or Languages? I think it's fine, but I'm just curious, since you left Drakey's edits as they were for all three.

Also, somebody is gonna have to recategorize all the individual pages in those categories!
--- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:32, 25 March 2006 (CST)

=== Stubs ===
Undead is still missing Liches entirely, as well as guardians and black shades, which qualifies it as a page that definitely needs work. That one is at least listed on my user page, but in other cases they might not be. There are definitely some articles listed as stubs that don't need to be, but if an entire necessary chunk is missing, shouldn't it still be listed as a stub? --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:33, 5 May 2006 (CDT)

=== Bots ===
More bot vandalism. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:36, 9 June 2007 (PDT)
::Apparently, not such a hard time after all! --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:34, 13 June 2007 (PDT)

==== New Accounts ====
We're now getting multiple bot attacks per week. While I know you have a backup of the site somewhere, it still worries me that the problem is only likely to get worse and not better. I don't know if there's an easy way to do some kind of craigslist-style humanity verification, but if not, perhaps it would make sense to require that new accounts be OKed by you before they can make edits. I don't want to discourage potential contributors, but the fact that it is now taking your time to undo bot damage every couple of days is relevant, too. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 14:14, 7 July 2007 (PDT)

=== TOC ===
I posted several talk edits before making the TOC edit, at [[http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/wiki/Template_talk:Main_page_toc]], and received ''your'' blessing. Structure policy needs to be updated to reflect the changes and not the other way around. The point was that the distinction between major and minor top-level categories was arbitrary, not useful, and did not make sense (Herbarium in major but both Persons (more important to EE) and Cosmology (more important to natural world) in minor). The three "national" categories however are different, since nothing would be ''just'' in one of them. The TOC reflects this by having them not in bold. OOC is also not in bold since it's not part of the EE proper.

Structure policy should reflect that every article needs to be in one of the 12 top-level categories (the 11 real ones plus OOC). The "national" categories aren't truly top-level but are listed in the TOC due to their massive size, importance, and utility. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 06:55, 17 July 2007 (PDT)

== From Jerry (aka Archmage Solberg) ==
=== User page format. ===

Nevermind, I figured it out. I was referring to the lines and headers.

=== Calling wrong stuff out. ===

If I think something is wrong, I'll post something in the talk section. If my 'little' change is going to make such a fuss, I'm not gonna let some of this other stuff get by. [[User:Jerry bush|Jerry]], who hates being made a fool of by others.

=== Upcoming Page Updates. ===

I'm working on a few things right now, but I would like to help out with updates to many of the pages here. Before I begin work on my contributions, however, I need to more familiarize myself with insight from Avernum's 5 and 6. I've done a few things already here and there (as you could tell from the recent changes page). [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 22:09, 8 September 2010 (PDT)

=== Just saying hello. ===

It's been a while. Thank you for keeping this page up. Is there any way we can send donations to help you out?

== From Aussieavernum ==

I am not sure if this is where I should post. You posted on my user page and in that post you asked if I am registered with the Spiderweb Software forums and I can't just say yes or no. I did register at the forums but my e-mail program doesn't work. When I purchased a new computer early in 2005, My e-mail program didn't work. A few weeks ago, my mother called a computer repair company and a man came over and fixed it for 88 australian dollars. The next day it stopped working so I couldn't get the e-mail with the password. [[User:Aussieavernum|Aussieavernum]]

=== RE: RE:Your Message ===

Thank you for the info about the siganture and e-mail. My mum Jose has created a hotmail account called aussieavernum@hotmail.com and I will soon register in the [http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi Spiderweb Forums] as aussieavernum.

[[User:Aussieavernum|Joshie]] 01:49, 28 April 2006 (CDT)

=== RE:Personal Information ===

Thank you for the security information.:D I have edited the page sp is not a security risk.
[[User:Aussieavernum|Joshie]] 05:33, 5 May 2006 (CDT)

== Sorry about the sign-in! ==

I appologize about not signing-in. I will try to do better. [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 11:51, 13 December 2006 (PST)

Yay...it worked.

== From Millytal ==

===Re: Welcome===

Yeah, it's Milla. I have a question, would you count wormgrass as a herb?--Milla 19:24, 15 March 2007 (PDT)

===Question about editing===

Thanks for fixing up that problem I had with the Remembrance entry. What exactly did you do because I've been pulling out my hair in frustration at trying to get rid of the dotted line. --Milla 15:34, 20 November 2007 (PST)

===Olly's Page===

http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/wiki/Olly_canon it's blue but the link doesn't exist. What is the problem? I'm trying to fill out the sources template.

== RE: Kirlin ==

Sorry, didn't know there was something like this going on, just looked like an empty page to me. (Yeah, quite odd, and sadly I always got problems with finding the right discussions, except there's a direct link nearby)

Well, do with the edit what you want, I just hope a bit of it helped... ~ [[User:Crynsos|Crynsos]] 10:16, 16 July 2007 (PDT)

== Thanks. ==

I'll look into that. And thanks for the welcome.--Milla 05:25, 25 April 2012 (PDT)

== Uploading files and image thumbnails ==

So uploading files does not appear to be working. I attempted to upload a copy of the Vahnatai lands map from A2:CS but I get the following messages;
"'''Warning: fopen(/var/www/encyclopedia.ermarian.net/w/images/lockdir/8ewtjw1moaq1haq30ov1z4qdc3zkfk7.lock): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/encyclopedia.ermarian.net/w/includes/filebackend/lockmanager/FSLockManager.php on line 125'''" and "'''[7dc43834] 2015-01-22 04:36:46: Fatal exception of type MWException'''".

Also the image thumbnails for some of the uploaded files seem to be borked, for example the map of Pralgad on the [[Swamps of Dralgath]] page.

[[User:Millytal|--Millytal]] ([[User talk:Millytal|talk]])

Category talk:OOC

2012-04-25T19:02:01Z

Jerry bush: Agreeing

== Avernum: Escape from the Pit what this means for the encyclopaedia ==

While playing through the remake I noticed that alot of stuff had been added or changed to fit in with the second trilogy or to clarify.

So how do we approach? As this seems to be a repeat of the Exile/Avernum Conflicts.

I suggest do this from a case by case thing.

* The fact that the major [[nephilim]] tribe active during A1 events was given a name? Add all that new stuff in. They are the Split-Tail Clan btw.

* Motrax clarifying how he is related to his siblings (Spoiler: He isn't blood related)? Nice! Expand that entry.

* [[Prince Hrothar]] being replaced by an nameless undead guardian? Keep the original.

* New Date (2185 vs. 747)? Screw. That.

* Pyrog's changed gender? I have no idea. Doesn't really change much.

There is more stuff. Maybe I should start a thread at the forums? Hell, we may need a new template for A:EftP conflicts.

--Milla 09:50, 23 April 2012 (PDT)

I agree. This game is gonna truely mess up quite a few things that are already here! [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] ([[User talk:Jerry bush|talk]]) 12:02, 25 April 2012 (PDT)

User talk:Millytal

2012-04-25T18:57:12Z

Jerry bush: Hello!

== Welcome ==

Welcome to the Encyclopedia! I have a hunch that you're Milla. Is it correct? [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 04:20, 15 March 2007 (PDT)

== Re: Wormgrass ==

I'd say it is (if we get to keep the Herbs subcategory at all). But I think for now it's not so out of place that it can't stay until we know more. -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 19:55, 15 March 2007 (PDT)

== Re: Formatting ==

Paragraphs must not start with a space. If the first character in any line or paragraph is a space, it is interpreted as code, which is automatically surrounded by a box and printed in monospace. :-) -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 12:28, 6 December 2007 (PST)

== *Flails* ==

How come I can't edit anything other than my talk page? Anything else I try to edit causes it to try and download a index.php file.

And this troubles me.

== Oh god I screw up ==

How do I remove entries from a category? I mean one that got linked to it via another entry.

Basically making a category for templates didn't work out.

* I'm on it - code that should apply only to the template, not to pages using it, should be wrapped in "<noinclude></noinclude>" Thanks for returning to work on this wiki! :-) -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 05:24, 25 April 2012 (PDT)

==Jerry Bush/Archmage Solberg==
Looks like you have been real busy updating stuff around here! [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] ([[User talk:Jerry bush|talk]]) 11:57, 25 April 2012 (PDT)

User:Jerry bush

2011-11-06T03:36:33Z

Jerry bush: Edited and added some stuff.

== How I know these games ==

Hello my name is Arch-Mage Solberg. (Spiderweb Software forum name)

I played my first spiderweb game (Exile: Escape From the Pit) about August 1998 from the Galaxy of Games Shareware CD's. (Exile II: Crystal Souls was also on those CD's)

I've been a member of Spiderweb since November 20, 2001.

I have bought all of their games (except Geneforge 2,3,4,5, and Nethergate:Resurrection)

== Biography ==

My real name is Jerry Bush. I was born on December 21, 1980 in Woodbury, TN. I was raised most of my life in Manchester, TN. Did the usual things like go to school, have fun, and work. I joined the Navy on March 29, 2001. I boarded my first boat, USS JACKSONVILLE SSN 699, on January 10, 2002. I visited a few places (like Puerto Rico, Annapolis, MD, Port Canaveral, etc) onboard before the boat was drydocked in Portsmouth, NH on August 16, 2004. I got out of the Navy on March 30, 2006. Now I stay at home to take care of my dad who had Cancer surgery Aug 3, 2010.

== Contributions ==
These are the one's I either created or had a big hand in. Not included are the one's I just added a little here or there. There will be more!

* Most of [[Solberg]]
* Most of [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]
* [[Bhoralon]]
* [[Shade-Killers]]
* Most of [[Greater Shades]]
* [[Correlea]]
* [[Fort Monastery]]
* [[Matos]]
* [[Vicky]]
* [[Spire Fortress]]
* [[Familiar]]
* [[Retribution]]
* [[Hathwisa]]
* [[Prazac Avengers]]
* [[Tranquility]]
* Potions Category
* [[Darkside Loyalists]]
* [[Erika's tower]]
* [[Horde Triad Slayers]]
* [[Gladwell]]
* [[Lark]]
* [[Mushroom Blight]]
* [[First Expedition Brooches]]
* [[Avernum Northern Frontier Survey Group]]
* [[Levitt]]

==Recent/Future Work==
I am currently working on updating the ermariana encyclopedia.

Talk:Timeline of Ermarian

2011-11-06T03:16:26Z

Jerry bush: /* First Expedition */

== Eye on apocrypha ==
I've been digging through dumps looking at the timeline and have noticed some disturbing things. They mostly concern the [[Emperor]]-list and other artifacts of that era.

# First, is it ever stated in the games that there were THREE Hawthornes? I thought it was, but now that I look, I can't find it anywhere. If there were only two, the infamously hard-to-reconcile line from VoDT about Emperor Stewart's 80-year-old proclamation would be easy to reconcile. That would bring the school's closing dates in line with the other comments in that scenario, which range from "decades ago" to "about a century ago" but none of which approach the 125 years it currently claims.
# Extermination of non-humans. First, and most importantly, the games give the impression that this was a constant thing; maybe there were some specific campaigns, but the article and timeline should reflect this. Second, E3 and A3 state "the Empire wiped all the giants off the surface a century ago." I'm willing to give that some wiggle room, but 550 years is a bit much!
# Similarly, although the settlement of Valorim began at approximately the time the history section claims, it didn't extend to all of Valorim until circa 813 IE, so the dates listed for it are rather misleading.

If I've missed anything, or if there are any other objections, let me know. Otherwise, I'm editing the timeline to conform to game canon, and marking the articles in question as needing working. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 13:42, 20 October 2006 (PDT)
::#I thought so too, and it makes sense that way - 1 sent the first expedition, 2 exiled people, and 3 mass-exiled people.
::#The article refers to Pralgad, not all of the Empire. Aizo still had giants.
::#Yeah, this change is fine.
::--[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 18:15, 20 October 2006 (PDT)

I still can't find any evidence for a third Hawthorne. It makes sense either way, really, but canon seems to contradict his existence.

One new question: The A3 intro says the portal to Upper Avernum was made 5 years after the war ended, which would be 829. A3 also says it was completed 2 years ago. That would put A3 in 831 instead of 833. I assume the 833 date is from the game clock, so we can write this off as off-by-one errors. Can someone confirm that? --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 10:42, 21 October 2006 (PDT)

== Dating Research ==

=== Discovery of the Caves ===
* It was discovered by Empire magicians '''several centuries ago'''. (E3 - Book)
* It was discovered by Empire magicians '''several decades ago'''. (A3 - Book)

=== Time between Discovery and Expedition ===
* You haven't learned of the Visitation yet? '''When''' those above found these caves, they sent a large force below (E1, A1 - Motrax)
* Many years ago, '''when''' these caves were
first found, the tyrants above sent down a variety of troops (E1, A1 - Linda)

=== First Expedition ===
* It was thought that the First Expedition from the Empire '''about fifty years ago''' was the first group of humans to explore these caves (A1 - Tomb of Drath)
* The ghost wears armor bearing the insignia of the Empire army. The armor is very old-fashioned. Nobody has worn armor like that for '''over a hundred years''' (E1, A1 - Ursula)
* The dead soldiers before you wear the armor of the Empire, but '''at least a century old''' (E2, A2 - Mertis Spiral)
* According to the Ancient Crypt in A1, the First Expedition was '''about 50 years prior''' to the events of A1, which happened in 817 IE. This puts the date of the First Expedition around 767 IE. The Kingdom of Avernum was established only nine years later in 776 IE. [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 20:16, 5 November 2011 (PDT)

=== Time between Expedition and Exile ===
* Arrogance, mostly. They split up to explore. The dragon Motrax killed some. Sliths others. Some just starved. The Empire decided that it was lethal down here. '''That's when''' it started exiling people to these caves. (A1 - Patrick)
* This First Expedition was slaughtered to a man and woman. '''Later''', the Empire had the idea of using Exile as a dumping ground for 'undesirables (E3, A3 - Book)

=== Exile ===
* ''No direct comments whatsoever'' about when Exiling began, or how long there was between that time and the arrival of Micah and the Five. We do know that some of the exiled magi helped work on the portal to Exile before being exiled.

=== Early Avernite History ===
* We found Exile to be a string of filthy caves, filled with scum-encrusted, beleaguered humans fighting desperately for survival. One of them, named Micah, was trying to bring order, but not having much luck (E3, A3 - Erika)
* Once I fought. '''Then''' I built... I was one of a group of magi who formed this society, who made it possible. To make it possible, we '''first had to''' defeat the demon Grah-Hoth (E1, A1 - Patrick)
* When humans first arrived in Avernum, Grah-Hoth was already here. He is a duke of the dark realms, but for reasons we never determined, he lived in our world. For Avernum to be ours, we
had to fight him (A1 - Micah)
* They imprisoned the demon Grah-Hoth who ruled the caverns, and formed a nation (E3, A3)
* The book lists 'Those who died to defeat Grah-Hoth.' It is a long list of names, and the dates of their deaths. You don't recognize any of the names. They all died '''around forty years ago''', '''roughly the time''' of the founding of
Avernum. (A1)
* The Castle was built very early in the history of Avernum. When Micah (soon to be Avernum's first king) led a force to take the Great Cave from the savage slithzerikai, he called for this fortress to be built in the very center
* It covers the '''forty years''' of Micah's rule (A1)
* He's the king now, and has been for '''over twenty years''' (A3, not E3 - Erika)

=== A4 ===
* Garzahd, the commander of the Empire army that invaded Avernum '''decades ago'''
* About '''sixty years ago, before the war''' with the Empire, King Micah decreed that a new city be built here to house the new exiles from the surface.

=== Hawthornes ===
* I want to assassinate King Hawthorne. It would be a good start. It was his father who sent me down here, and he who accelerated the pace at which people were exiled. (E1, A1 - Erika)
* Our blessed Empress and ruler, Prazac the Kind and Just, was born in Y.E. 5420 (E3, A3 - Book)
* General Gabor Krizsan, Dervish Field Commander. Ironically enough, he was one of the Empire's greatest generals. Won so many battles he had a province named after him. This made him very popular.""So much so that the Emperor at the time had him assassinated. Despite having loyally served the Empire all his life. His whole family got exiled to Avernum. (A2 - Mariann Kriszan, about her grandfather)

'''CONCLUSIONS:'''
* No evidence for more than two Hawthornes
* Unclear who was ruling at the time of the First Expedition

=== Extermination of magical creatures ===
* Like the humans down here, my kind have been victimized savagely by the evils of the Empire. Their '''Emperor Hawthorne''' (now happily deceased) '''decided''' that the surface should be purged of magical creatures. (ZKR - Aeriassa the unicorn)
* CREATURES OF LEGEND - The merciful and powerful Empire has ridded the Earth of many sorts of evil, verminous creatures. The foul Dragons, the Troglodytes, and soon the Nephilim are all examples of dark forces the Empire has completely wiped out.This book exists to describe these creatures and their sinister deeds, so that we may never forget the Empire's benevolence. We start with the Troglodytes, sinister humanoids who once actually roamed our lands (E3, A3 - Book)
* Although the Empire did its best to cleanse the surface of anything wild or dangerous, and were, as far as we know, successful, many bizarre and fascinating creatures, such as 'birds' and 'clams' and 'bushes' still exist and thrive (E3, A3 - Book by Eva)
* The Empire has done a good job of exterminating goblins and other foul creatures. They are usually only found in the wildest, most remote areas (VODT - Outside)
* it's a troglodyte. This is very strange. They were said to be extinct (E3, A3 - Encounter)
* the Empire wiped all the giants off the surface '''a century ago'''! What's one doing here (E3, A3 - Encounter)
* A basilisk caught me unawares.""They're extinct aboveground. (E1, A1 - Ursula)
* '''Now''' the Empire hunts them for sport (E2 - Caitlin, about Sliths)
* You find the charred remains of a pile of dead giants, incinerated by Empire wizards. Empire soldiers must have attacked this house and killed everyone inside. The Empire's policy of ruthlessly eradicating the humanoid races continues (A2 - Encounter)
* The pits contain dead sliths, hundreds of them, covered in a thin dusting of lime. They've all been brutally killed. There can be little doubt of who is responsible for this massacre. The Empire is doing down here what they did on the surface. They are slaughtering all non-humans (A2 - Encounter)
* The Empire's campaign against non-humans races has been vicious, thorough, and successful (A3 - Encounter)
* The Empire was determined to purge the world of all that was different or dangerous (E3, A3 - Anaximander)

==== Dragons ====
* Before you came to Avernum, you didn't think any dragons still existed in the world. The Empire tried hard to slaughter them all, just like they wiped out every other magical creature on the surface, everything from gremlins to gryphons (A1 - Cave of Motrax)
* _Because, in those times, the Empire hunted to extinction all manner of magical creatures, including dragons. With great success (A4 - Sleater)
* The Empire hunted and slew most of us. Few of those left are capable of breeding anymore (E3, A3 - Athron)
* The Empire killed all of the dragons '''centuries ago''' (A3 - someone in Dorngas)
* I have been down here '''for centuries, long before''' the Empire commenced their savage genocide against my kind. (A1 - Motrax)
* A thousand years I have been alive. I hope for a thousand more. (A1 - Motrax)
* We are not hatched from like broods... They are all young, compared to me (A1 - Motrax, on siblings)

==== Nephilim ====
* Most of the Empire has been exterminating Nephilim on the surface '''for a long time'''. More merciful governors have been rounding the cat people up and dumping them into Avernum (A1 - Anastasia's journal)
* The Nephilim are a race of feline humanoids. Once common on the surface world, they have been hunted to near extinction, although some now remain in Exile (Race description)
* On the surface, the Empire '''has been''' slaughtering them. Either that, or sending all of them down here. They won't be content until every nephil is dead (A2 - someone in Silvar)
* Nephilim are feline humanoids, fierce and tribal. The Empire mostly eradicated them from the surface. The survivors are all down in Avernum (A4 - Encounter)
* Because the humans of the Empire were so determined to purge the surface of our kind, and of all magical creatures. So many nephilim were hunted and slain by them, and the rest had their lands stolen and were sent to this pit (A4 - Mrrah)

==== after Prazac ====
* You know how the Empire was towards non-humans."He shakes his head. "Some sent to Avernum. The rest slaughtered. I think it was a shame. Some of them were hostile, but the rest just wanted to live their lives. But the Empire? All non-humans were in for it then.""Much better, if you ask me. Since Empress Prazac came to power, non-humans have actually been tolerated. That's why you can be here without everyone shouting to hang the nephil (A3 - Inn of Blades)

--- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 10:42, 21 October 2006 (PDT)

Levitt

2011-11-05T03:32:15Z

Jerry bush:

Levitt was a soldier of the Empire. He was captured during the [[Empire-Avernum War]] and sent to the [[Castle]]â€˜s prison where he was tortured for information.. His story of being from the [[Abyss]] is just that, a story. He actually met the famed [[Empire War Heroes]] while in prison in 823 when they came to the Castle.

After the war he was to be sent to the Abyss, but he offered his services to the [[Crown]]. Levittâ€™s offer was surprisingly accepted. He became a spy for Avernum.

"Because I lived there once. I was captured and brought here for questioning, about long-forgotten matters. It was then that I saw that the Abyss was small and weak, and [[Avernum]] is big and strong. So I offered my unique services to the [[Castle]]. And the offer was accepted.â€ Levitt-A4

In 854 [[IE]], â€œI began to receive reports. Brigand raids. Assassinations. Disruptions in calm areas. All well before the current troubles began. I was only able to find one clue to the puzzle: an intercepted letter, instructing a band of thugs to attack a homestead. It had the symbol of an inverted crown on it. And a phrase: The [[Darkside Loyalists]]â€ Levitt-A4
His only problem was to others to share in his concern. Because of his shady past, many in the Castle failed to trust or believe him.
A few months later in 855, a small group of soldiers (later known as the [[Shade Killers]]) came to him with information about the loyalists. They provided the leaderâ€™s name: [[Dorikas]]. He asked them for help and they accepted. He gave them a tip on where to start: the [[Fissure Post]].

That tip led to a small fight and a map. That map led to a secret fort, a large fight, and another map. Finally, that map led to the Darkside Loyalists secret headquarters under the ruins of [[Erika's tower]]. It was here the Shade Killers drove Dorikas out of Avernum. Because of his work in this area, Levitt was finally trusted as authentic and believable.

For the next 20 years, Levittâ€™s life was considerably relaxed. With no huge problems plaguing Avernum (except for a return trip of Dorikas into Avernum in 870 IE), he had nothing to do except to dispatch a few thugs. In 879 IE (after the [[Blight| Mushroom Blight]]), Levitt started using Skribbane herb.

In 880 IE (during the [[Horde and Blight Era]]), he requested a small group of soldiers (later called the [[Horde Triad Slayers]]) to work for him

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Levitt

2011-11-05T03:27:58Z

Jerry bush: Created page. Still working on it.

Levitt was a soldier of the Empire. He was captured during the [[Empire-Avernum War]] and sent to the [[Castle]]â€˜s prison where he was tortured for information.. His story of being from the [[Abyss]] is just that, a story. He actually met the famed [[Empire War Heroes]] while in prison in 823 when they came to the Castle.
After the war he was to be sent to the Abyss, but he offered his services to the [[Crown]]. Levittâ€™s offer was surprisingly accepted. He became a spy for Avernum.
"Because I lived there once. I was captured and brought here for questioning, about long-forgotten matters. It was then that I saw that the Abyss was small and weak, and [[Avernum]] is big and strong. So I offered my unique services to the [[Castle]]. And the offer was accepted.â€ Levitt-A4
In 854 [[IE]], â€œI began to receive reports. Brigand raids. Assassinations. Disruptions in calm areas. All well before the current troubles began. I was only able to find one clue to the puzzle: an intercepted letter, instructing a band of thugs to attack a homestead. It had the symbol of an inverted crown on it. And a phrase: The [[Darkside Loyalists]]â€ Levitt-A4
His only problem was to others to share in his concern. Because of his shady past, many in the Castle failed to trust or believe him.
A few months later in 855, a small group of soldiers (later known as the [[Shade Killers]]) came to him with information about the loyalists. They provided the leaderâ€™s name: [[Dorikas]]. He asked them for help and they accepted. He gave them a tip on where to start: the [[Fissure Post]].
That tip led to a small fight and a map. That map led to a secret fort, a large fight, and another map. Finally, that map led to the Darkside Loyalists secret headquarters under the ruins of [[Erikaâ€™s Tower]]. It was here the Shade Killers drove Dorikas out of Avernum. Because of his work in this area, Levitt was finally trusted as authentic and believable.
For the next 20 years, Levittâ€™s life was considerably relaxed. With no huge problems plaguing Avernum (except for a return trip of Dorikas into Avernum in 870 IE), he had nothing to do except to dispatch a few thugs. In 879 IE (after the [[Blight| Mushroom Blight]]), Levitt started using Skribbane herb.
In 880 IE (during the [[Horde and Blight Era]]), he requested a small group of soldiers (later called the [[Horde Triad Slayers]]) to work for him

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Avernum Northern Frontier Survey Group

2011-11-05T03:13:07Z

Jerry bush: Created page.

When the [[Northern Frontier]] was discovered in 859 [[IE]], the [[King of Avernum|Crown]] made the decision to send a small group of explorers into the newly discovered area to check it out. They were also charged with making teleportation pylons throughout the frontier. It wasnâ€™t until 861 IE that the tunnel was opened up enough to allow travel. A week later and the explorers found themselves inside the first cave (now known as the [[Drake Pillars]]).
Led by Landsman, they were near the front of the flood of explorers that poured into the Northern Frontier. They traveled through the Northern Frontier along with several other notable people of the Northern Frontier. They helped to clear out the monsters of the caves as they progressed.

The survey group arrived in the Azure gallery in 865 IE after four years of travelling. They helped the other settlers form a defensive line on a hill in the NE corner (where [[Highground]] currently sits) and fight off the giants that were already in the cave. The survey group left when the people of Highground went crazy with greed.

The survey group went west but found that their progress was blocked by a barrier. They made camp at the western wall just north of the tunnel. The next day, five of the surviving eleven members of the group led by Captain Waxman decided to investigate the barrier. They never returned.

Eventually, other settlers started arriving after being denied by those of Highground to settle the caves. These â€˜rejectsâ€™ formed a new town built around the survey groupâ€™s camp and called it [[Muck]].

In 871 IE, a group of Empire soldiers (later known as [[Prazac Avengers]]) came to them while they were still stuck in Muck. The soldiers told Landsman that they have been activating the pylons that the survey group built. He told them the groupâ€™s story of how they got there and how they split up. Prazac Avengers activated the pylon and the survey group made preparations to leave.

It wasnâ€™t until Prazacâ€™s Avengers went beyond the barrier that we find out what happened to the other five members of the survey group. They were still making pylons.

Prazac Avengers found a pylon in a cave west of [[Thalants]] and another at the dragon [[Melanchion]]â€™s fortress. They found the last pylon and the sole surviving member, Captain Waxman, in the southern part of the cave where [[Dorikas]] had built a fort.

Waxman told Prazac Avengers of the other fiveâ€™s journey. How they built the pylon near Thalants. How two of their number drowned when their boat capsized. How they met Melanchion and built the pylon at his fort. How he and the other two (named Katherine and Samarrr) came to the cave where Dorikas was. They tried to hide but were soon discovered by [[Darkside Loyalists|loyalists]]. The loyalists tortured them and then threw dice to see which one would live. Waxman won and the loyalists killed Katherine and Samarrr.

Prazac Avengers activated the pylon and Waxman was finally able to go back home.

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Gladwell

2011-09-08T06:18:54Z

Jerry bush: Expanded the page.

Not much is known of Gladwellâ€™s early life before he took up residence in [[Bargha]] during the [[Time of Shades]] except for a few things.
* Heâ€™s a native Avernite.
* Heâ€™s was trained to be a mage at [[Patrickâ€™s Tower]].
* He was thrown out of some city or settlement because the [[slimes]] he was raising had killed four people.

==Time in the Abyss==

In 853 [[IE]], Gladwell moved to of Bargha of the [[Abyss]] and became its resident mage. In 855 IE, a group of [[adventurers]] (later known as the [[Shade Killers]]) traveled through Bargha looking for a tunnel. Somehow Gladwell was able to convince the Avernite government to build a teleportation pylon in Gladwellâ€™s office and he let the adventurers use the pylon. He also used them to feed another batch of slimes that he was raising.
Here is another dark patch of time in Gladwellâ€™s life. No one knows what he did after he left Bargha in 856 IE and before he built his new tower in the [[Northern Isles]] in 866 IE. We do know that he gained quite a bit of power.

==Frontier Experiments==

When he did build his tower in 866, he used his power and influences to bind others to do his will. He also performed gruesome experiments on creatures. In 870 IE, he used a small group of Empire soldiers (later known as [[Prazacs Avengers]]) to find, kill, and extract certain parts of incredibly rare creatures as they traveled through the [[Northern Frontier]]. To make sure that they did so, he put a [[Geas]] on them.

==Back at Patrick's Tower==

When the Slith Horde attacked in 878 IE, Gladwell abandoned his tower. Not because he was afraid that the Slith Horde would break into his tower, but because no one else could get through the horde to get to him. He went to [[The Castle]] to offer his services and he was sent to Patrickâ€™s Tower. There he worked on his many experiments, making wands for the Avernite army, testing samples taken from diseased fungus and maintaining machinery of uncertain purposes.
In 880 IE, a small group of soldiers (later known as the [[Horde Triad Slayers]]) came to Patrickâ€™s Tower on a mission from the Castle. While there, they met Gladwell and entered into his employ. Gladwell sent them to various areas around the caves unleashing raw magic that had been tapped or capturing certain creatures to raise. He was killed by those same adventurers in the ruins of [[Erikas Tower]] in 881 IE.

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First Expedition Brooches

2010-10-19T23:28:11Z

Jerry bush: Created First Expedition Brooches...

==Use During First Expedition==

In 746 [[IE]], the [[Empire]] discovered a huge set of caves deep beneath the surface of [[Ermarian]]. They decided to send an exploratory group to rid the caves of monsters and other humanoid beings so that it would be made habitable. The exploratory group (known to Avernites as the [[First Expedition]]), was given five powerful brooches to use for communication purposes while in the caves. They were given to the leader, [[Karzoth]], and his four lieutenants, [[Thralni]], [[Scrioth]],

They were teleported into the caves. They soon realized that there was too much to explore so they made a decision to split up hoping to keep in contact using the brooches. They realized too late that they couldnâ€™t communicate with anyone. The brooches were meant to be used together, not separate.

Eventually, all of the members of the First Expedition were killed and all of their treasured items (including the brooches) were either lost or taken by other humanoids or creatures.

==Use Against Hawthorne==

Archmage [[Erika Redmark]] came up with a sinister plot to assassinate [[Emperor]] [[Hawthorne III|Hawthorne]]. She planned to send a small, stealthy group into the heart of Hawthorneâ€™s castle to kill him. She soon hired a small group of adventurers (later known as [[Hawthorneâ€™s Assassins]]) to do the job.

To do this, they needed a wide array of items and rituals. The toughest of these items to claim were the five brooches. Erika told the adventurers that they would need all five in order for her plan to work properly. She only had hints about where they were located. It was up to the adventurers to find them and bring them back to her. Once they had all of the brooches (and all other items and rituals), she told them to meet her at the very end of a long and trapped tunnel. Once done, Erika teleported them into Hawthorneâ€™s castle. They fought their way to the throne room where Hawthorne was and killed him. The job being completed, Erika teleported the adventurers back to Avernum.

This is the last time we hear about the brooches ever being seen. It is rumored that once the brooches successfully brought Hawthorneâ€™s Assassins back to [[Avernum]], they crumbled to dust. It makes sense seeing that items of clear power and historical prowess just disappeared from the face of [[Ermarian]].

==Locations of the Brooches==

Pearl- Found on the body of (?) at the lowest cave in the [[Mertis Spiral]].
Malachite- Found on the body of (?) inside the G.I.F.T.S. cave.
Ivory- Found in salamanders nest in the west end of the [[dragon]] [[Motrax]]â€™s Cave.
Chalcedony- Found in a box in the dragon [[Pyrog]]â€™s treasure room.
Ebony- Bertrand in [[Mertis]] stole from Eldin somewhere near [[Dharmon]].

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Lark

2010-10-19T23:20:17Z

Jerry bush: added categories...sorry

In 852 [[IE]], was one of many [[Empire]] residents who chose to make the caves their home. In 854 IE, she became the new resident mage at a new fort called [[Fort Monastery]]. She had no extraordinary talent or knowledge, but she did have a set of scrolls that she brought down with her from the surface.

==Retribution Errand==

A few months after Fort Monastery was established, a group of new soldiers (later known as the [[Shade Killers]]) came to the fort. Lark taught them some early mage spells. When they defeated the goblin threat and were released from duty by Captain [[Matos]], she gave them a copy of one of the scrolls and told them to go to [[Formello]] to see if anyone could decipher the code. The only thing that they found out was to go check in the [[Tower Colony]]. They went there, but nothing except to check in [[Patrick's Tower]]. They went to Patrickâ€™s Tower but found nothing except to go to the ruins of the dragon [[Khoth]]â€™s cave. They now finally had the answer to deciphering the scrolls. They went back to the set of scrolls and were able to decipher them. The scrolls held two very powerful enchantments: Arcane Shield and Divine Retribution.

Because of the importance of the scrolls, Lark became very famous and sought after.

==Living Near the Frontier==

She moved to the [[Northern Frontier]] in 866 IE. She helped rebuild [[New Harston]] and build a new transportation portal system for the frontier. Three years later, Empress [[Prazac I]] was nearly assassinated by a man named [[Dorikas]]. In 870 IE, a group of Empire soldiers commonly referred to as [[Prazac Avengers]], were tasked with hunting Dorikas. Lark asked them as they went through the Northern Frontier, if they could find, kill, and extract certain organs and bring them back to her. They did so and she would make potions and share it with them. The potions would increase certain of both hers and their own abilities.

==During the Horde and Blight Era==

In 877 IE, when the [[Mushroom Blight]] appeared, the Northern Frontier was abandoned. She was allowed to set up shop at the [[Castle]]. While there, she was tasked with item scavenging. Most importantly, she was tasked with rounding up Avernumâ€™s most important items and sending them to the surface for safekeeping until the current troubles were over. She mainly made use of a group of soldiers (later known as the [[Horde Triad Slayers]]) to round up four of Avernumâ€™s greatest treasures: a [[blessed athames|Blessed Athame]], [[Onyx Scepter]], [[Orb of Thralni]] and [[Demonslayer]].

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Mushroom Blight

2010-10-19T23:14:56Z

Jerry bush: Created Mushroom Blight...

Since being created at the [[Tower of Magi]] in 776 [[IE]], the strain of mushrooms has been dealt with several different blights over the years. None of them too devastating or long lasting. [[Avernum]]s mages always cleared the blight away or recreated the mushrooms to resist that particular blight.

The blight that occurred in 877 IE, was irreversible. It first appeared in the [[Northern Frontier]] and slowly spread throughout the entire Avernum cave system. No matter what the mages did, even if they recreated the mushrooms, the blight would make them inedible. Avernumâ€™s strain of mushroom would never grow again.

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Lark

2010-10-19T23:10:21Z

Jerry bush: Created Lark...

Solberg

2010-10-19T18:05:31Z

Jerry bush: /* During the Northern Excavation */ fixed errors

==Brief Summary of Solberg==
[[Solberg]] is one of [[the Five]] and is a founding member of the [[Triad]] of the [[Tower of Magi]], but he has never remained there for long. In 816 [[IE]] he fled the Tower to his own tower because he feared the [[demons|demonic]] experiments of fellow Triad member [[Linda]]. He was stranded in this new tower by [[Garzahd]]'s demons during the Empire War. After the war, Solberg returned to the Tower of Magi. He barely survived the demonic invasion brought on by Linda that destroyed the Tower in 833 IE. He was then then assigned to be the new administrator for [[Patrick's Tower]] right before the [[Retribution]]. When the new caves were discovered around 865 IE, Solberg took control of one of the caves to make his own utopia. He failed misserably. When the [[Slith Horde]] attacked in 879 IE, all areas were evacuated. Solberg returned to his administrator duties at Patrick's tower, but mysteriously left in early 881 IE. He joined the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] at [[Fort Duvno]]. They headed north to kill off the last of the Slith Horde Triad, [[Manburner]]. When Manburner was finally killed, Solberg stopped using magic to keep himself alive, and therefore died at the age of 140.

==Biography==
[[Solberg]] was born in 742 [[IE]]. He was the son of powerful wizards living in [[Solaria]], the capital of the [[Empire]]. He attended the Imperius School of Magic. It was here that Solberg acquired [[Cheeseball]], a housecat [[familiar]]. It was also here that Solberg met the other [[mages]] who would shape his destiny. In 776 IE, Solberg, along with [[Erika Redmark|Erika]], [[Rone]], [[Patrick]], [[Aimee]], and [[Linda]] were on the wrong end of a power struggle, and were [[exiled]] thanks to the efforts of [[Garzahd]] and his followers.

==Exiled==

When they arrived in [[Exile]], they saw barbaric attempts at society. Together they organized the people, and helped [[Micah I|Micah]] set up a country. In order to be somewhat safe, they needed to end the attacks by [[demons]], [[undead]], and [[slithzerikai]]. In 779 IE, Solberg (along with the rest of the five) helped lead a small army of other warriors, mages, and priests, and stormed [[Akhronath]], the fortress of the demon prince [[Grah-Hoth]].

In 780 IE, the Five built a tower for magical experimentation called the [[Tower of Magi]]. Erika, Patrick, and Solberg consisted of the first ruling [[Triad]]. In 810 IE, Patrick and Erika left the Triad to found their own towers while Solberg stayed to continue running the tower.

==During the First Slith War==

The Tower ran smoothly until about 815 IE when it became clear that [[Linda]] (who replaced Erika in the Triad) was researching demons. Afraid that she would try to summon one, Solberg left with Cheeseball and built a small tower in a small lava field south of [[Formello]]. Before he left, he gave instructions to [[Kelner]] about where he could be reached in case he was needed. In 817 IE, Solberg's fears came true when Linda summoned the [[haakai]] [[Adze]], luring it to the Tower with the [[Onyx scepter]].

Later, the adventurers who came to be known as [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] came to him to rid the tower of [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]]. He gave them information about the whereabouts of [[Demonslayer]] and the key to the area where the demon was. A week later the demon was dead. Linda was soon banished from the tower, and removed from the Triad.

==During the Empire War==

After the [[First Slith War]], he made plans to return to the Tower of Magi, but before he could do so, the Empire invaded. [[Garzahd]], who knew Solberg from his days back at the Imperius School of Magic, sent a horde of demons to assassinate Solberg should he ever leave his tower.

It was in 823 IE that he met the [[Empire War Heroes]]. He told them about Garzahd, about his weaknesses. It was this information that helped the adventurers assassinate Garzahd later that year.

==During the Plague War==

With the Empire forces gone, Solberg returned to the Tower to find [[Mahdavi]] and other mages hard at work on the [[Surface Portal]]. After a few years, the [[Avernites]] were able to populate a cave just under the surface of a mountain. Solberg agreed to stay at the Tower and help with the portal. Linda was also brought back to lend her powers to the portal, something Solberg was totally against. Even when he had reason to believe that Linda was up to her old tricks, his warnings were not followed up on.

In 833 IE, when it was reported about the [[slimes]] and other [[plagues]] on the surface for the last 2 years, Solberg agreed to give training to the [[Surface Explorers]]. At the same time, Linda tried to use the portal as a gateway to the nether realm and bind [[Grah-Hoth]] to her will. It went badly. Grah-Hoth used Linda's spirit as a gateway to the Tower, and Solberg (along with [[X]]) was one of the few survivors. When the Surface Explorers came to exterminate the demons, Solberg told them about what Linda did and where she could be found, helping them to close the gateway and save [[Avernum]] from the demons. Shortly after in 834 IE, The Crown had the Triad disolved and Solberg was moved to [[Patrick's Tower]] to be the Administrator.

==During the Retribution==

In 854 IE Just before the [[Black Shades]] appeared, a powerfull demon named Lord [[Bhoralon]] settled in a cave beneath the tower. Without the power to defeat him, Solberg ordered that the tunnels connecting the cave to the tower to be caved in. It wasn't until a group (commonly known as the [[Shade-Killers]]) came to retrieve [[demonslayer]] in 855 IE that Lord Bhoralon was killed. After Lord Bhoralon's death, Solberg was happy to tell the Shade-Killers where to find Demonslayer.

==During the Northern Excavation==

In 859 IE the caves just north of the Northern Isles were opened up to allow settling. In 861 IE Solberg claimed a huge cave and named it [[Tranquility]]. There he built his tower and with the help of others created huge numbers of [[sentinel]]s to guard the cave.

In 870 IE the [[Prazac Avengers]] (while tracking Dorikas) came through [[Tranquility]] and Solberg told them that if they wanted to leave his cave safely, that they will have to fix the problem in the Sentinel Workshop southwest of his tower. The problem was that apparently [[Sorengard]] is working for the [[Darkside Loyalists]] and has tampered with controlling sentinel. But when they arrived, Sorengard told them that it was Solberg who was at fault. Solberg upon hearing the news was completely devastated.

==During the Horde and Blight Era==

In 878 [[IE]] Solberg was still reeling over the mistakes of Tranquility when news come through from the lower tunnels that a massive and hostile Slith force was coming their way. Thinking of regrouping, Solberg abandoned Tranquility and was then ordered back to Patrick's Tower. He had not wanted to flee, but to stand and fight. A decision that haunted him until his death.

He would get his chance in 882 IE when a group of adventurers later known as the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] were ordered to help him out as he planned to assault the main gate and attack [[Manburner]]. The attack worked, all of the Horde Triad members were dead. Solberg knew that he had served his purpose. He stopped using magic to keep himself alive and died.

==Achievements==
# Member of [[The Five]].
# Helped bring order to early [[Avernum]].
# Helped build the [[Tower of Magi]].
# Helped assault [[Grah-Hoth]]'s fortress.
# Helped train thousands of new mages.
# Was on the first [[Triad]] with [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]].
# Also longest reigning member of the [[Triad]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] kill the [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] recover [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped [[Empire War Heroes]] obtain [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped the [[Empire War Heroes]] learn how to kill [[Garzahd]].
# Trained the [[Surface Explorers]].
# Helped the [[Surface Explorers]] dispell the demon hoard that Linda summoned into the Tower of the Magi.
# Administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]] during the [[Retribution]]
# Helped the [[Shade-Killers]] obtain [[Demonslayer]] by requesting they kill Lord [[Bhoralon]].
# Overseer of [[Tranquility]]
# Administrator of Patrick's Tower during the [[Horde and Blight Era]]
# Helped the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] kill the [[Slith Horde Triad]] member [[Manburner]]
# Oldest Living Person at time of death...140 years.

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Tower of Magi

2010-10-18T01:34:01Z

Jerry bush: Fixing and updating.

Prior to its destruction, the [[Tower of Magi]] is the center of [[magic|magical]] learning in [[Kingdom of Avernum|Avernum]]. It was destroyed in 833 [[IE]]. In 834 IE the [[Tower Colony]] was built on the ruins of the Tower of Magi.

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== History ==

=== Founding ===
Originally dubbed "The Tower of the Magi", the Tower was one of the first buildings to be constructed by the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] after the Five Magi were [[Exiled]]. The tower became home to four of [[the Five]], [[Patrick]], [[Solberg]], [[Rone]] and [[Linda]], and almost immediately became home to [[magic]] of all manners. The fifth mage, [[Erika Redmark]], decided to build her own tower somewhere in the vicinity of the [[Abyss]].

The Tower is located in the southeastern corner of [[Exile]]. It lies in the [[Honeycomb|Honeycomb Province]], some 120 [[mile]]s south of [[Formello]] and almost 60 miles east of the [[Great Cave]].

Its location was a valuable asset to the Five, as it is very close to [[Akhronath]], the former home of [[Grah-Hoth]]. From this location, [[the Five]] were able to corner the Demon Lord before he was banished the first time.

During the early years of the Tower, its primary job was to provide a safe place to research new kinds of food that could sustain the Avernites. Thus, a new variety of [[mushrooms]] that could grow in very little light was created, and Avernum was given a new stable food source. Other plants created by the wizards at the Tower include lichen trees and cave trees. However, they did not create the [[glowing moss]] that lines the caves - that was already in the caves when they arrived.

During these years, the Tower began admitting people who had shown a gift for the magical arts. Training these students in the way they had been trained on the surface word, the [[Triad]] began sharing their knowledge to better benefit the other people of the caves.

=== Political Power in Avernum ===

A few years on, after [[Micah I|Micah]], the future [[King of Avernum]] was banished into the pit, the Tower became the centre of operations for Avernum, until the construction of the [[Castle]] was completed. In order to run Avernum, a trio, or [[Triad]], of three mages, [[Patrick]], [[Solberg]] and [[Erika Redmark|Erika]] was established. They maintained restrictions on magic in the pit and also coordinated attacks against Avernum's enemies.

The tower's greatest victory came when the Five Magi united with their apprentices and the Avernite Army to repel the Demon Lord [[Grah-Hoth]] from Avernum. After that triumph, the Castle was completed, and with Erika's help, Micah became [[King of Avernum]].

=== First Tower Disaster ===

However, all was not well. In 817 IE, [[Linda]], appointed to the [[Triad]] with '[[X]]' when Erika and Patrick resigned, became obsessed with demonology. [[Solberg]], sensing her desire to summon a demon, fled the tower and went into hiding in the North of Avernum, near Formello. Linda did summon a demon into the tower, and it was only after much death and struggle that a band of Avernites, under guidance from Solberg, managed to slay the foul beast.

During the [[Empire-Avernum War]], the Tower became home to a large magical teleporter, which was used by a small band of adventurers to slay the Imperial Archmage [[Garzahd]] in 823 IE. The teleporter was overseen by the mage [[Mahdavi]], and it was her expertise within this field that would gain her fame in years to come.

After the war, and during the time of great peace, the Tower was once again home to a magical teleporter. This time however, it lead to a series of caverns just below the world's surface. During this time, a new triad ruled the tower. Consisting of Solberg, Mahdavi and the mysterious '[[X]]', the tower began admitting more and more apprentices to expand the centre of power in the pit, and to ready Avernum for a second [[Empire]] war which would never come.

=== Destruction of the Tower ===

''Main article: [[Tower of Magi disaster]]''

Still, the extra mages present in the tower would benefit it. Before the Avernites reclaimed the surface, the archmage Linda, formerly of the Triad, returned to the tower, after being banished for summoning a demon. Almost immediately she began summoning demons again. Unfortunately, she had set her sights on Grah-Hoth, the Demon Lord that was banished partly by her hand so long ago.

Planning to use her own soul to control Grah-Hoth, she began the spell to summon him. What happened though, was far from what she expected. Grah-Hoth manipulated Linda's soul, and used it as a portal to send his minions through. ''[Editor's Note: Far from being unexpected, her soul being used as a portal had been Linda's original intention. Her mistake was merely an underestimation of the power of Grah-Hoth, who was able to take control of the portal and use it for his own purpose.]'' These minions intended to secure the tower for his arrival, preceding a demon invasion into all of Avernum that would likely have been unstoppable and - since the Tower held the only portal to the surface - inescapable.

During that time, many were killed, including Mahdavi. Solberg and X managed to escape, but not before they helped a group of Avernite warriors disrupt Linda's soul and prevent Grah-Hoth's return. Linda died when the [[Surface Explorers]] used the [[Blessed Athame]] to sever her soul and stop the flow of demons.. ''[Editor's Note: According to some rumors, Linda was left without a soul, and she is currently under the care of Mother Clarisse of Formello.This is not true. Her physical form was crushed by the collapse of the Tower of Magi in the aftermath of the banihment of Grah-Hoth. Linda's continued existence as a soulless human is believed to have been added as an embellishment to the tale, probably in order to more effectively scare off magic apprentices from imitating.]''

=== Partial Reconstruction and Abandonment ===

Despite the warriors preventing Grah-Hoth's return, the Tower was destroyed. After the Avernites returned to the surface, a grander, more magnificent Tower was to be built in its place and become not only a highly advanced school of magic but the new home and laboratory of the [[Triad]].

Unfortunately, internal politics precipitated the [[abolishment of the Triad]] in 836 IE, and the new Tower of Magi remained unfinished. Near the abandoned ruins, the [[Tower Colony]] was constructed. Having replaced the Tower as the center of magical learning, it is populated by mages and run by the mage [[Kelner]], but without the leadership of the Triad and the magnificent building, it can never reach its former glory.

In 862 IE, the Tower Colony was completed as the ruins of the old tower were removed and new building were built.

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Timeline of Ermarian

2010-10-18T00:44:43Z

Jerry bush: /* Prazac I */ changed year Northern Frontier was discovered

{{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 — [[Darkling]] [[sliths]] banished from the [[slithzerikai homeland]]; [[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 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]]
**834 - 838 — [[Second Slith War]]
*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 - 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]]
*859 — [[Northern Frontier]] discovered.
*869 — [[Dorikas]] tries to assassinate [[Prazac I]].
**The [[Empire]] asks for permission from [[Avernum]] to pursue [[Dorikas]] after he flees into [[Avernum]].
*870 — [[Prazac Avengers]] enter [[Avernum]].
**[[Prazac I]] dies from injuries from assassination attempt.
**[[Dorikas]] assassinated by [[Prazac Avengers]].
**General [[Manfred Redmark]] is crowned [[Emperor]].

==Redmark Era==
*877 — [[Mushroom Blight]] appears.
**[[Northern Frontier]] abandoned.
*878 — [[Slith Horde]] invades [[Avernum]].
*880 — [[Great Portal]] malfuntions.
**[[Solberg]] with help from the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] kill [[Ess-Kayln]].
**[[Solberg]] dies.
*881 — [[Horde Triad Slayers]] kill [[Ghavassa-Oss]] and [[Khrez-Yss]].
**[[Horde Triad Slayers]] and [[X]] sucked through [[Great Portal]].

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

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Erika's tower

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Gladwell

2010-10-02T02:02:36Z

Jerry bush: Created Gladwell.

It is not known where Gladwell comes from originally. He was an apprentice at [[Patrickâ€™s Tower]]. He came to [[Bargha]] about 853 [[IE]] fleeing some unknown town after four people were killed by one of his experiments.
Somehow, he was able to convince the Avernite government to put a [[Teleportation Pylon]] in Bargha. He used the pylon to convey news between Bargha and Avernum. He was also experimenting with slimes trying to train them to be used for fighting ones enemies. Ultimately, it did not work out.

==Frontier Experiments==

When the [[Northern Frontier]] was discovered in 864 IE, Gladwell built a huge fortified laboratory on one of the [[Northern Islands]].

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Matos

2010-10-02T01:55:45Z

Jerry bush: Totally redone. Not quite finished yet.

Matos was born sometime after the [[Second Slith War]]. He joined the Avernite Army in 849 [[IE]]. He showed skill in leadership early on. He proved his prowess on the battlefield in several skirmishes with bandits and goblins. In 853 IE, he was promoted to Captain and given the commanding officers spot at a new fort called [[Fort Monastery]]. The reason he got the post is that no one else wanted it. In 854, his first trial of his command was a group of [[goblins]] led by their chieftain Tryxtah. He sent for extra forces, and three months later, he got four young Avernite soldiers.

==Training the Shade Killers==

The first thing that he had to do for these young soldiers was to give them better equipment. Then Matos gave them their first mission to kill Tryxtah. They soon came back with the report of Tryxtahâ€™s death. Matos rewarded them and gave them another mission, to go to [[Fort Draco]] and find out what was happening in Avernum. The soldiers leave and return about four days later with news of strange shades in cities and monsters in the waters. Matos was unsettled by the news. As he had no more work or rewards for the soldiers anymore, he released them from duty so that they could go and help out anywhere in Avernum. Thus began the trials of the [[Shade Killers]]. For this, Matos was promoted to Lieutenant.

==Watching the Frontier==

For years, pretty much nothing happened. There might have been some bats, goblins, or slimes here or there, but nothing too bad. The biggest thing to happen was the discovery of the [[Northern Frontier]] in 864 IE. For the first time ever, Fort Monastery had a real purpose. The main path to the frontier went by Fort Monasteryâ€™s gates. Trade was plentiful and the fort started to become rich. It now had the money to support more troops and patrol the roads. Then in

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Timeline of Ermarian

2010-10-02T01:46:00Z

Jerry bush: Updated and attepted to fix errors with storyline.

{{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 — [[Darkling]] [[sliths]] banished from the [[slithzerikai homeland]]; [[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 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]]
**834 - 838 — [[Second Slith War]]
*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 - 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]]
*864 — [[Northern Frontier]] discovered.
*869 — [[Dorikas]] tries to assassinate [[Prazac I]].
**The [[Empire]] asks for permission from [[Avernum]] to pursue [[Dorikas]] after he flees into [[Avernum]].
*870 — [[Prazac Avengers]] enter [[Avernum]].
**[[Prazac I]] dies from injuries from assassination attempt.
**[[Dorikas]] assassinated by [[Prazac Avengers]].
**General [[Manfred Redmark]] is crowned [[Emperor]].

==Redmark Era==
*877 — [[Mushroom Blight]] appears.
**[[Northern Frontier]] abandoned.
*878 — [[Slith Horde]] invades [[Avernum]].
*880 — [[Great Portal]] malfuntions.
**[[Solberg]] with help from the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] kill [[Ess-Kayln]].
**[[Solberg]] dies.
*881 — [[Horde Triad Slayers]] kill [[Ghavassa-Oss]] and [[Khrez-Yss]].
**[[Horde Triad Slayers]] and [[X]] sucked through [[Great Portal]].

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

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Erika's tower

2010-09-29T19:45:33Z

Jerry bush: Almost done!

Built by [[Erika Redmark]] in 810 [[IE]] after she left the [[Tower of Magi]]. Incidentally, she built her tower in the same cavern as the prison of [[Grah-Hoth]]. No one truly knows why she did this but there are several ideas.
* She was making sure that he stayed in.
* She was keeping others out
* She figured that no one would walk into this cave unless they were of somewhat power and could therefore guarantee her seclusion.
The third is the most likely guess seeing as how when [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] came to release Grah-Hoth, she did nothing nor offered help.
It was here that she came up with the plot to assassinate Emperor [[Hawthorne III]].

==During the First Slith War==

It wasn't until 816 IE that her plans began to take shape. A group of adventurers of some power had gained access to her tower. She told these adventurers that they had power and use to her. She told them of her plan and asked them if they would like to undertake it. For some unknown reason, they agreed.
After searching all over Avernum for the [[Five Brooches]], a [[Royal Seal]], and several other tasks, Erika sent them to [[Castle Hawthorne]] where they assassinated Emperor Hawthorne III. (It is because of this, that this group is commonly known as [[Hawthorne's Assassins]].)

==War With the Empire==

Erika was 'trapped' in her tower when several [[Empire]] garrisons surrounded her tower during the [[Empire-Avernum War]]. [[Garzahd]] was determined to assassinate her as she did Hawthorne. The only known people to have seen Erika during the war were the [[Empire War Heroes]].

==First Tower Abandoned==

After the [[Empire-Avernum War]], Erika abandoned her tower and made a new one in [[Upper Avernum]] when it was discovered.

==Upper Avernum Tower==

From here, Erika could watch over the Avernites as they ventured out onto the surface. When the supposed 'evidence' was found by the [[Surface Explorers]] that showed that she had created the [[Plagues|Slimes]], she denied it. She offered her help to the surface explorers in the offer of a magical amulet. When the surface explorers reached [[Rentar-Ihrno]]'s inner sanctum, Erika left her tower and teleported to where they were and fought Rentar. Erika died in that fight but gave the surface explorers the chance to destroy Rentar's machinery.

==The Absense of Erika==

Since Erika's death, both the Upper and Lower towers have been abandoned.

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Horde Triad Slayers

2010-09-29T19:12:09Z

Jerry bush: Created page...still working on it

In 880 [[IE]], a group of young Avernite soldiers got called up from [[Castle|The Castle]]â€˜s [[Food Depot]] to do a series of missions for the [[Crown]]. Along the way, they attempted to solve the mystery of the [[Mushroom Blight]], but were unsuccessful. They also restored order to many parts of [[Avernum]] by ridding places of [[bandits]], [[goblins]], [[slimes]], [[undead]], etc. Their claim to fame is that they almost single-handedly killed the [[Slith Horde Triad]] (it was Solberg who killed [[Ess-Kalyn]] also known as [[Ess-Kalyn|Manburner]] but the Horde Triad Slayers helped in that respect also) in 882 IE. It is because of this, that this group has become known as the Horde Triad Slayers. Their place in history is shrouded in mystery because of their strange disappearance at the [[Great Portal]].

==Humble Beginnings==

In 879, four new Avernite soldiers were sent to help out at the Castleâ€™s Food Depot under the supervision of Sergeant Nichol. For one whole year, they moved supplies within the cellars of the depot. Then in 880 IE, legend tells us that one year to the day of their arrival, goblins snuck into the cellars and started stealing food. These four were tasked of ridding the cellar of the goblins. They fought the goblins and found their leader, [[Lord Trinket]], in a back room. Lord Trinket escaped but the other goblins were killed.
Sergeant Nichol told them to report the goblins to Lieutenant Katlyn. She gave them the mission to kill Lord Trinket. These four headed south to an abandoned mine where Lord Trinket was. There they met a young man recently from the surface named [[Vanderlin]]. He joined the four into the mine. They battled goblins and bats throughout the mine until they came to a room where Lord Trinket was prepared to make his last stand. (There was also a [[slith]] standing behind a closed gate.) Upon killing Lord Trinket, he yelled for help to someone named Khrez-Yss, but no one answered. Then the mysterious slith spoke to the soldiers. He said that he was not afraid of them and it would be only too easy to kill them now. Then he walked away.
They reported killing Lord Trinket to Lieutenant Katlyn. She thanked them for such a good job and told them to report to Commander Meryhew at the Castle.

==Early Castle Missions==

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Solberg

2010-09-27T01:00:37Z

Jerry bush: Added and updated Solberg, also fixed some typos.

==Brief Summary of Solberg==
[[Solberg]] is one of [[the Five]] and is a founding member of the [[Triad]] of the [[Tower of Magi]], but he has never remained there for long. In 816 [[IE]] he fled the Tower to his own tower because he feared the [[demons|demonic]] experiments of fellow Triad member [[Linda]]. He was stranded in this new tower by [[Garzahd]]'s demons during the Empire War. After the war, Solberg returned to the Tower of Magi. He barely survived the demonic invasion brought on by Linda that destroyed the Tower in 833 IE. He was then then assigned to be the new administrator for [[Patrick's Tower]] right before the [[Retribution]]. When the new caves were discovered around 865 IE, Solberg took control of one of the caves to make his own utopia. He failed misserably. When the [[Slith Horde]] attacked in 879 IE, all areas were evacuated. Solberg returned to his administrator duties at Patrick's tower, but mysteriously left in early 881 IE. He joined the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] at [[Fort Duvno]]. They headed north to kill off the last of the Slith Horde Triad, [[Manburner]]. When Manburner was finally killed, Solberg stopped using magic to keep himself alive, and therefore died at the age of 140.

==Biography==
[[Solberg]] was born in 742 [[IE]]. He was the son of powerful wizards living in [[Solaria]], the capital of the [[Empire]]. He attended the Imperius School of Magic. It was here that Solberg acquired [[Cheeseball]], a housecat [[familiar]]. It was also here that Solberg met the other [[mages]] who would shape his destiny. In 776 IE, Solberg, along with [[Erika Redmark|Erika]], [[Rone]], [[Patrick]], [[Aimee]], and [[Linda]] were on the wrong end of a power struggle, and were [[exiled]] thanks to the efforts of [[Garzahd]] and his followers.

==Exiled==

When they arrived in [[Exile]], they saw barbaric attempts at society. Together they organized the people, and helped [[Micah I|Micah]] set up a country. In order to be somewhat safe, they needed to end the attacks by [[demons]], [[undead]], and [[slithzerikai]]. In 779 IE, Solberg (along with the rest of the five) helped lead a small army of other warriors, mages, and priests, and stormed [[Akhronath]], the fortress of the demon prince [[Grah-Hoth]].

In 780 IE, the Five built a tower for magical experimentation called the [[Tower of Magi]]. Erika, Patrick, and Solberg consisted of the first ruling [[Triad]]. In 810 IE, Patrick and Erika left the Triad to found their own towers while Solberg stayed to continue running the tower.

==During the First Slith War==

The Tower ran smoothly until about 815 IE when it became clear that [[Linda]] (who replaced Erika in the Triad) was researching demons. Afraid that she would try to summon one, Solberg left with Cheeseball and built a small tower in a small lava field south of [[Formello]]. Before he left, he gave instructions to [[Kelner]] about where he could be reached in case he was needed. In 817 IE, Solberg's fears came true when Linda summoned the [[haakai]] [[Adze]], luring it to the Tower with the [[Onyx scepter]].

Later, the adventurers who came to be known as [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] came to him to rid the tower of [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]]. He gave them information about the whereabouts of [[Demonslayer]] and the key to the area where the demon was. A week later the demon was dead. Linda was soon banished from the tower, and removed from the Triad.

==During the Empire War==

After the [[First Slith War]], he made plans to return to the Tower of Magi, but before he could do so, the Empire invaded. [[Garzahd]], who knew Solberg from his days back at the Imperius School of Magic, sent a horde of demons to assassinate Solberg should he ever leave his tower.

It was in 823 IE that he met the [[Empire War Heroes]]. He told them about Garzahd, about his weaknesses. It was this information that helped the adventurers assassinate Garzahd later that year.

==During the Plague War==

With the Empire forces gone, Solberg returned to the Tower to find [[Mahdavi]] and other mages hard at work on the [[Surface Portal]]. After a few years, the [[Avernites]] were able to populate a cave just under the surface of a mountain. Solberg agreed to stay at the Tower and help with the portal. Linda was also brought back to lend her powers to the portal, something Solberg was totally against. Even when he had reason to believe that Linda was up to her old tricks, his warnings were not followed up on.

In 833 IE, when it was reported about the [[slimes]] and other [[plagues]] on the surface for the last 2 years, Solberg agreed to give training to the [[Surface Explorers]]. At the same time, Linda tried to use the portal as a gateway to the nether realm and bind [[Grah-Hoth]] to her will. It went badly. Grah-Hoth used Linda's spirit as a gateway to the Tower, and Solberg (along with [[X]]) was one of the few survivors. When the Surface Explorers came to exterminate the demons, Solberg told them about what Linda did and where she could be found, helping them to close the gateway and save [[Avernum]] from the demons. Shortly after in 834 IE, The Crown had the Triad disolved and Solberg was moved to [[Patrick's Tower]] to be the Administrator.

==During the Retribution==

In 854 IE Just before the [[Black Shades]] appeared, a powerfull demon named Lord [[Bhoralon]] settled in a cave beneath the tower. Without the power to defeat him, Solberg ordered that the tunnels connecting the cave to the tower to be caved in. It wasn't until a group (commonly known as the [[Shade-Killers]]) came to retrieve [[demonslayer]] in 855 IE that Lord Bhoralon was killed. After Lord Bhoralon's death, Solberg was happy to tell the Shade-Killers where to find Demonslayer.

==During the Northern Excavation==

In 864 IE the caves just north of the Northern Isles were opened up to allow settling. In 867 IE Solberg claimed a huge cave and named it [[Tranquility]]. There he built his tower and with the help of others created huge numbers of [[sentinel]]s to guard the cave.

In 870 IE the [[Prazac Avengers]] (while tracking Dorikas) came through [[Tranquility]] and Solberg told them that if they wanted to leave his cave safely, that they will have to fix the problem in the Sentinel Workshop. The problem was that apparently [[Sorengard]] is working for the [[Darkside Loyalists]] and has tampered with the sentinels. But when they arrived, Sorengard told them that it was Solberg who was at fault. Solberg upon hearing the news was completely devastated.

==During the Horde and Blight Era==

In 878 [[IE]] Solberg was still reeling over the mistakes of Tranquility when news come through from the lower tunnels that a massive and hostile Slith force was coming their way. Thinking of regrouping, Solberg abandoned Tranquility and was then ordered back to Patrick's Tower. He had not wanted to flee, but to stand and fight. A decision that haunted him until his death.

He would get his chance in 882 IE when a group of adventurers later known as the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] were ordered to help him out as he planned to assault the main gate and attack [[Manburner]]. The attack worked, all of the Horde Triad members were dead. Solberg knew that he had served his purpose. He stopped using magic to keep himself alive and died.

==Achievements==
# Member of [[The Five]].
# Helped bring order to early [[Avernum]].
# Helped build the [[Tower of Magi]].
# Helped assault [[Grah-Hoth]]'s fortress.
# Helped train thousands of new mages.
# Was on the first [[Triad]] with [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]].
# Also longest reigning member of the [[Triad]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] kill the [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] recover [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped [[Empire War Heroes]] obtain [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped the [[Empire War Heroes]] learn how to kill [[Garzahd]].
# Trained the [[Surface Explorers]].
# Helped the [[Surface Explorers]] dispell the demon hoard that Linda summoned into the Tower of the Magi.
# Administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]] during the [[Retribution]]
# Helped the [[Shade-Killers]] obtain [[Demonslayer]] by requesting they kill Lord [[Bhoralon]].
# Overseer of [[Tranquility]]
# Administrator of Patrick's Tower during the [[Horde and Blight Era]]
# Helped the [[Horde Triad Slayers]] kill the [[Slith Horde Triad]] member [[Manburner]]
# Oldest Living Person at time of death...140 years.

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Erika's tower

2010-09-24T03:23:07Z

Jerry bush: Created Erika's Tower...not finished yet.

Shade-Killers

2010-09-18T03:27:14Z

Jerry bush: Got rid of links that went nowhere and fixed other links

In 852 [[IE]] a group of adventurers joined the lower rankings of the Army and were sent to [[Fort Monastery]]. Not long after arriving, reports came in about [[sea monsters]] and [[Greater Shades]]. Fort Monastery, however, could not get reports because a band of [[Nephilim]] were between them and [[Fort Draco]]. It wasn't until this group cleared the way that the dire news hit the fort. Captain [[Matos]] released them of duty and their journey began.

== First Contact ==

Starting in Fort Draco, the first major mission was to investigate an abandoned mine to the north of the fort. It was here that they recieve a mark from [[Vahnatai]]. They show the mark to Commander [[Anford]] and he tells them to visit [[Formello]] and gives them a letter to grant them entrance.

At Formello, they are briefed on the [[Black Shades|Shade of Ice]] and eventually told about the strange magic coming from Motrax's old cave. When they investigate the cave, they find a small crystal that, with the help of another crystal, contains a message. When they deliver it to the mayor, she tells them to take it to the [[Castle]].

== Trip to the Castle ==

Along the way they battle bandits, [[chitrachs]], [[goblins]], nephilim, [[sliths]], and [[undead]]. [[Almaria]] had the [[Greater Shades#Shade of Venom|Shade of Venom]] and has closed its gates but they find a way around. When they arrive at the Castle, they bring the crystal to Commander [[Houghton]] who tells them of a report of a Vahnatai prisoner named [[Ghall-Ihrno]] in Almaria. The gates now open, they go in and free the him. Ghall-Ihrno tells Houghton about [[Rentar-Ihrno]]. Houghton then sends them back east to a cave with Vahnatai. It is here where they first meet Rentar-Ihrno.

After escaping, Houghton then sends them to Fort Emerald to retrieve a suspitious box. They bring it back and a trap releases 3 Vahnatai warriors who kill [[Houghton]] before they are killed. It is then that tey are allowed to see [[King of Avernum|King]] [[Starrus]]. He tells you that Rentar-Ihrno's fortress is in the tunnels west of [[Fort Remote]] and sends you there.

== Attack at Rentar-Ihrno's Fortress ==

From there they moved through tretcherous tunnels to reach Rentar-Ihrno's Fortress. With the help of friendly Vahnatai, they assaulted the fortress and Rentar was forced to flee. While at the fortress they found a broken rod that controled the shades. They return to the Castle and inform [[King of Avernum|King]] [[Starrus]] that Rentar has fled. He tells them that she fled to the northwest corner of Avernum and asks you to take the fight back to her.

Before they leave the Castle, a mage researching the shades gives them the [[Onyx Scepter]] in hopes it could help disrupt the shades. It worked and the [[Greater Shades]] were all destroyed.

== Journey to the North ==

The Shade-Killers needed to find a way to the Northern parts of Avernum where [[Rentar-Ihrno]] was. But to do so they had to find a way through the [[Spire Fortress]] which had been taken over by bandits. They had to go back to the Castle where [[Rone]] told them to speak to [[Vidrain]] to try to get into the Spire Fort. They cleared out the fort and killed Dervish Hecht, the mastermind behind the fort's attack.

From there they headed to [[Bargha]], where after a quest or two, gave you a key to a secret tunnel out the west side of Bargha. From there they had to find a tunnel that lead to the northwestern part of Avernum. Once accomplished, they made thier way west first towards [[Khoth]]'s Cave Ruins where they find [[Lich]] [[Anastasia]] who was the mastermind behind the [[Sea monsters]].

== Dorikas and Rentar ==

After that they headed south towards Erika's Tower ruins. It was here that they faced off against the [[Darkside Loyalists]] leader [[Dorikas]] who escaped through a portal just before being killed. From there they ventured north through dangerous tunnels filled with evil [[Vahnatai]], [[demons]], hydras, eye beasts, and crystal pylons.

From there they joined with some friendly Vahnatai and together assaulted Rentar's fort. After disabling some machinery and the occasional battle, they finally reached Rentar again. After a huge battle, [[Rentar-Ihrno]], seeing she was losing, asked if there was another way to end the fight. Our heroes told her that she must give herself up to the [[Olgai Council]]. She agreed and the battle was over.

They returned to the Castle to find that the [[Sea monsters]] had disappeared, the shades were dead, and life was beginning to turn back to normal. This is the story of the Shade-Killers.

== Other notable events: ==

*Killing of Goblins near [[Fort Monastery]]
*Killing of the Nephil Chieftain Khrosh near [[Fort Draco]]
*Killing of Hrickis near [[Formello]]
*Killing of bandits Hanvar, Kelda, and Lord Bragg near [[Fort Duvno]]
*Destruction of Chitrach nest near [[Fort Dranlon]]
*Killing of Skunky Joe near [[Fort Dranlon]]
*Destruction of the Undead near [[Mertis]]
*Killing of the demon Kolokh in the [[Tower Colony]]
*Killing of Ogres Digmaster Grugg, Mage Hiroki, and Chieftain Uggluk near the [[Tower Colony]]
*Rescue of mages held prisoner by [[Almaria]] on way to the [[Surface Portal]]
*Killing of bandits [[Randolph Halfbreed]] and Abisynthe near [[Almaria]]
*Killing of the demon Lord [[Bhoralon]] beneath [[Patrick's Tower]]
*Recovery of [[Demonslayer]]
*Killing of Mariotti in [[Blosk]]
*Killing of Bandit Grint near [[Blosk]]
*Killing of Tyrol in [[Dharmon]]
*Killing of Khester near [[Fort Saffron]]
*Killing of Imiriel near [[Bargha]]
*Killing of 'Queen' Annatolia in [[Spire]]

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User:Jerry bush

2010-09-10T07:11:06Z

Jerry bush: added 5 contributions

== How I know these games ==

Hello my name is Arch-Mage Solberg. (Spiderweb Software forum name)

I played my first spiderweb game (Exile: Escape From the Pit) about August 1998 from the Galaxy of Games Shareware CD's. (Exile II: Crystal Souls was also on those CD's)

I've been a member of Spiderweb since November 20, 2001.

I have bought all of their games (except Geneforge 2,3,4,5, Avernum 6 and Nethergate:Resurrection)

== Biography ==

My real name is Jerry Bush. I was born on December 21, 1980 in Woodbury, TN. I was raised most of my life in Manchester, TN. Did the usual things like go to school, have fun, and work. I joined the Navy on March 29, 2001. I boarded my first boat, USS JACKSONVILLE SSN 699, on January 10, 2002. I visited a few places (like Puerto Rico, Annapolis, MD, Port Canaveral, etc) onboard before the boat was drydocked in Portsmouth, NH on August 16, 2004. I got out of the Navy on March 30, 2006. Now I stay at home to take care of my dad who had Cancer surgery Aug 3.

== Contributions ==
These are the one's I either created or had a big hand in. Not included are the one's I just added a little here or there. There will be more!

* Most of [[Solberg]]
* Most of [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]
* [[Bhoralon]]
* [[Shade-Killers]]
* Most of [[Greater Shades]]
* [[Correlea]]
* [[Fort Monastery]]
* [[Matos]]
* [[Vicky]]
* [[Spire Fortress]]
* [[Familiar]]
* [[Retribution]]
* [[Hathwisa]]
* [[Prazac Avengers]]
* [[Tranquility]]
* Potions Category
* [[Darkside Loyalists]]

==Recent/Future Work==
I am currently working on a sort of storyline for the Exile/Avernum series. Soon, I would like to help update the Ermarian Encyclopedia pages. I'm not really good with codes or script. I can do some things but not the fancy stuff as yet.

Darkside Loyalists

2010-09-10T06:59:53Z

Jerry bush: Created Darkside Loyalists

A band of racist surface traditionalists who saw the [[Empire]]'s leadership under Empress [[Prazac I]] getting weaker. They planned to usurp control and bring complete control to all lands. But befroe they could do this, they needed power and numbers.

==During Time of Shades==

Plans came into action in 854 [[IE]] as their leader named [[Dorikas]] ordered the Darkside Loyalists into the underworld to build their power and gain support. [[Dorikas]] sent out spies all over Avernum and made alliances with brigands, [[Nephilim]], [[Sliths]], and even the mayor of [[Spire]]. He also paid well for the heads of any adventurers. In 855 [[IE]], [[Dorikas]] heard rumors about a particular group of adventurers (who later came to fame by killing the [[Black Shades]]) near the [[Fort Monastery]] area. He tried to have them killed but failed. It was this very same group of adventurers (the [[Shade Killers]]), that ultimately drove out the Darkside Loyalists and [[Dorikas]] from the underworld.

==Assassination==

[[Dorikas]]'s dream of leading the [[Empire]] into a renewed state of control was put on hold. The Loyalists were weakened, but not gone. [[Dorikas]] again gained support, but this time he was cautious. Instead of planning and attacking, he planned and waited for the perfect moment to present itself. Years passed and the Darkside Loyalists grew stronger. After nearly 15 years of waiting, [[Dorikas]] assassinated Empress [[Prazac I]] in 870 [[IE]].

==End of Darkside Loyalists==

If [[Dorikas]] thought he was going to be praised for killing the main cause of the weakness of the [[Empire]], he was sorely mistaken. Outcry for the murderer of [[Prazac I]] was immediate. Most of the newfound Darkside Loyalists abandoned [[Dorikas]] who was then forced to flee with a few faithful Loyalists back into the underworld to escape capture. He found his way to the newly discovered [[Northern Frontier]] and found a very isolated cave to hold up in. He was found and assassinated by the [[Prazac Avengers]] in 872 [[IE]].

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Category talk:Potions

2010-09-09T05:37:48Z

Jerry bush: Quitting for the night!

I'm quiting for the night. I will continue with most of the other potions in the next few days. [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 22:37, 8 September 2010 (PDT)

Resurrection balm

2010-09-09T05:34:20Z

Jerry bush: Created Resurrection Balm

A very curious potion. Resurrection Balm enables a powerful priest (or someone familiar with priestly rituals), do be able to (hence the name) resurrect someone. It is made by finely cured and cut [[Ember flowers]].

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[[category:Alchemy]]

Category:Potions

2010-09-09T05:26:50Z

Jerry bush: Created Potions category

Drinkable liquids made from alchemical ingredients that have a magical effect upon the drinker.

Graymold Salve

2010-09-09T05:20:15Z

Jerry bush: Created Potions category and took out Herbarium category

This substance is a very powerful restorative made from [[graymold]], a dark, slimy, grayish mold (hence the name). The salve is always in high demand because of its ability to cure almost any ailment and the extreme rarity of graymold. One well publicized instance of its remarkable restorative powers was in 818 [[IE]] when [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] healed [[Patrick]]'s wife [[Hathwisa]].

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[[category:Potions]]

User talk:Arancaytar

2010-09-09T05:09:31Z

Jerry bush: /* From Jerry */ Upcoming Page Updates

== From Drakey ==
=== Wanted Pages ===
Aran, I've started going through this list: [[Special:Wantedpages]] to find stubs to make, and then I'll go through the list of stubs and expand articles. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 22:42, 28 Aug 2005 (CEST)
=== Stubs ===
Stubs are definitely better than nothing - they let you get down the basics and simple definitions that help people using the Encyclopedia. [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Blocking unregistered edits ===
Would it be possible to allow only registered users to make edits? I think that would be a good idea. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Fort Monastery ===
Yes, Monastery is new. It looks like it replaced Fort Ganrick (Monastery is west of Fort Draco). --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
==== Fort Ganrick ====
Well, it didn't replace Fort Ganrick, but Fort Ganrick no longer exists.
=== Pages In Progress ===
You don't need to stub pages marked "In Progress". I specifically didn't stub them because I was planning to finish them. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]
=== Moving from Geocities ===
Stuff for you to bring over:
*The Triad (which needs to be edited)
*Quickfire
*Spiders
*Layout for Herbarium Articles

And then we should be completely done with the old Encyclopedia content (minus wands)
==== The Triad ====
:The Triad article is full of wrong information and needs to be drastically edited as well, but it does have a lot of words :P
=== Kelandon's notes ===
I've spent quite a while going through [http://home.sanbrunocable.com/~tommywatts03/history.html Kel's excellent notes] and making changes to the history of Exile and the founders. Everything should now be aligned with Av 1-3, but I'm holding off on ZKR until I can confirm some A4 stuff. The only contradiction is a history book saying [[Micah I|Micah]] ruled for 40 years before 817, and Erika saying in 833 that he ruled for 20-some years. What Erika said makes absolutely no sense with the other timelines considered, so I just ignored that. -- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 20:09, 31 Aug 2005 (CEST)
==== Banishing of the Archmagi ====
:The banishing of the Archmagi is early, but it does make sense that it would be in the earlier years of Hawthorne II's reign than the later years. I always thought of Erika as the youngest and most powerful of the Five. I thought of her and Micah as the young leaders of the fledgeling nation. While it does put Micah very old for a non-mage, I've tried to explain it in his entry.
=== Maps ===
I don't have the first map, but I assume that you do. If you need it, I should be able to dig it up.
[http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/pralgrad_02.gif Map 2]
[http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/pralgrad_03.gif Map 3]
==== Vantanas ====
I found this lying around in my sitemouse directory: http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/Vantanas.gif

:It wouldn't hurt to upload this so we have another map of Vantanas. And a color one :P -- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 15:08, 2 Sep 2005 (CEST)

=== Rone ===
Some of the Rone/Micah information needs to be changed - Rone is not dead, it was a mistaken rumor. But it's confirmed that Rone is using magic to extend his life and probably did for Micah as well.-- [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 15:08, 2 Sep 2005 (CEST)

=== Icarus ===
Only did it because it seemed to be the same myth, and the Scimitar did mention it. [[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]

=== Board ===
If we're going to have it, people should probably check it ;) --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]]

=== Featured Articles ===
Giants? Or Magic? We should get a picture of a giant, though. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 11:03, 8 September 2006 (CDT)
:From where? You're welcome to draw one if you want to... ;-) I'll read both articles today and see if anything could be improved before featuring. [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 00:47, 13 September 2006 (CDT)

===New Template Heading Colors===
Why did you change all of the colors from nice ones to hideous ones? And I mean every single one is ugly now. Was there a problem with the old ones? --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 06:53, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
:There's a light on dark skin? I'm still on the old default, I guess. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 07:31, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
::I went over and looked at the new one, but I'm sticking with MonoBook. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 08:51, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
:::I agree with Drakey. The new colors are not pretty and the default skin makes the site hard to read. --[[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 09:39, 14 September 2006 (CDT)
::::The dark background eliminates the glare on my screen, but I see your point. I've tested (on the City template) the possibility of using the skin-specific stylesheets to make the colors fit the skin that is being used, and it works. I'll do the same for the other templates this weekend, probably. [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 04:24, 15 September 2006 (CDT)

=== What's New? ===
I might be more active here when I get back home ... it remains to be seen, but I'd like to know if anything interesting happened or a lot of new pages were added/expanded. --[[User:Drakefyre|Drakey]] 20:49, 7 June 2007 (PDT)

== From Hhhhh ==

=== Introduction ===
I bought a CD containing 100 games that included the exile series, which was when I first played exile. However, every one of those 100 games were unregistered (should I laugh or cry?) and the other games were horrible. Anyways I have not registered in any exile/spiderweb boards so you do not know me. My life is not that interesting, so I will post no more. By the way how do you start a new page?
=== Stubs ===
I don't know how to mark articles as a stub, would someone please tell me how?

---[[User:Hhhhh|Hhhhh]]

== From Noname ==
=== Religion ===
Wait? only 16% of the empire's people follow a religion? That's what the percentages add up to- 16%. I thought that there would be more, so I changed the statistics to add up to 100% of the religious citizenry (not including secular citizens.) My question is, what about the other 84% of the empire? Are they all secular? ---[[User:Noname|Noname]]

== From Slartucker ==

=== Demons ===
Aran -- your change to [[demons]] doesn't make sense to me -- the sentence seems even more confusing now than before. However, I'm not sure if you misinterpreted my version (it WAS a bit confusing) or if you are actually suggesting something different, so I'll wait to hear from you before I change anything. I was trying to say that, despite the bans, most mages end up involved in demon stuff. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 04:49, 12 January 2006 (CST)

P.S. Are rakshasha (however the heck you spell that) demonic? I seem to recall them summoned demons complete with pentagram in the Tiger's Den in Ex2, so I'm doubtful. I'm also skeptical about efreeti, though I suppose that's a matter of interpretation.
==== Re: Rakshasi ====
Interesting, I'll have to look into the rakshasi. As for efreeti, I have always assumed that Jeff's efreeti were borrowings from Arabian lore, in which they are the second of five classes of jinn, a magical race that shares some characteristics with Avernum-style demons but are certainly different. At least I've never seen them referred to as demonic anywhere, canonical or not.
==== Re: Efreeti ====
:Efreet classification: well, they're sentient, and they're as much a race as demons are. I don't think either would be classified as humanoid, though they often have humanoid form. Does everything need a sub-classification beyond the bestiary category, though?
:Meanwhile, while researching dragon gender-bending (there's more than I realized) I have discovered yet more flaws in my First Expedition stuff. Sigh. As much as I like my narrative, I think I'm going to have to get rid of it and replace it with a bullet point list of places they visited and things they did. The evidence is just all over the place!
=== Illithids ===
Nice way to handle the illithid canonicity. I think I may do something similar for 'normal' versions of rakshasi and efreeti. Fun Fact: Jeff flipped the singular and plural forms of both of those races, from the originals. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 20:43, 19 January 2006 (CST)

=== FTP site ===
The site is now timing out whenever I try, not even getting to the point of rejecting my login. I used the one you listed. I've now tried 3 different clients; if the problem is on my end I have no idea what it is. ---[[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 11:00, 26 January 2006 (CST)

=== Re: Canon issues ===
Mmn. I completely understand the concern about which scenarios should be included. I'm just going to use my best judgment, and if you or Drakey (or anyone else) wants to correct me, you're always welcome to. (Three cheers for the elegant democracy of the wiki!) Alternately, if someone wants to outline -- perhaps as a generally useful OOC article -- exactly what sources are considered legitimate fanon by people who ''have'' "been in the community long enough to be considered experts on their subject," I think that would be a very useful thing. (The current [[fanon]] entry is devoid of actual information.) --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 18:12, 28 January 2006 (CST)

:Heh. I actually paused for a moment after typing democracy, but decided it was close enough. --- Slarty

=== Templates ===
Aran: is there any way to get the city info template to be an inset (as info boxes are on wikipedia, and as the image thumbnails are here)?
::You're kidding, it was that simple? Hah. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 06:59, 2 February 2006 (CST)
:::: It can be a bit tricky to get the formatting you want, but with a few examples like the Emperor template, it's extremely easy. I see you've already made it :) [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 07:01, 2 February 2006 (CST)

=== Misc. ===
You know, you had me thinking you really were an Ilyaren. :P --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 10:20, 3 February 2006 (CST)

Technically, it was atrociously ''punctuated'' ;) --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 13:18, 5 February 2006 (CST)

=== Structure ===
If I understand correctly, right now anything that's an organization requires THREE clicks from the main page to access: one to person, then another to organizations, then another to the entry itself. Perhaps Organizations should just be another top-level category?

Actually, I think this makes sense. At the moment, it is really closer to "Nations" than it is to "Persons" since it includes stuff like the [[Scimitar]], but not groupings of multiple persons like the [[Triad]] or the [[Five]]. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 10:33, 6 February 2006 (CST)

=== Structure II ===
Is there a reason you recat'ed Religion, but not Stories or Languages? I think it's fine, but I'm just curious, since you left Drakey's edits as they were for all three.

Also, somebody is gonna have to recategorize all the individual pages in those categories!
--- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:32, 25 March 2006 (CST)

=== Stubs ===
Undead is still missing Liches entirely, as well as guardians and black shades, which qualifies it as a page that definitely needs work. That one is at least listed on my user page, but in other cases they might not be. There are definitely some articles listed as stubs that don't need to be, but if an entire necessary chunk is missing, shouldn't it still be listed as a stub? --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:33, 5 May 2006 (CDT)

=== Bots ===
More bot vandalism. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:36, 9 June 2007 (PDT)
::Apparently, not such a hard time after all! --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:34, 13 June 2007 (PDT)

==== New Accounts ====
We're now getting multiple bot attacks per week. While I know you have a backup of the site somewhere, it still worries me that the problem is only likely to get worse and not better. I don't know if there's an easy way to do some kind of craigslist-style humanity verification, but if not, perhaps it would make sense to require that new accounts be OKed by you before they can make edits. I don't want to discourage potential contributors, but the fact that it is now taking your time to undo bot damage every couple of days is relevant, too. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 14:14, 7 July 2007 (PDT)

=== TOC ===
I posted several talk edits before making the TOC edit, at [[http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/wiki/Template_talk:Main_page_toc]], and received ''your'' blessing. Structure policy needs to be updated to reflect the changes and not the other way around. The point was that the distinction between major and minor top-level categories was arbitrary, not useful, and did not make sense (Herbarium in major but both Persons (more important to EE) and Cosmology (more important to natural world) in minor). The three "national" categories however are different, since nothing would be ''just'' in one of them. The TOC reflects this by having them not in bold. OOC is also not in bold since it's not part of the EE proper.

Structure policy should reflect that every article needs to be in one of the 12 top-level categories (the 11 real ones plus OOC). The "national" categories aren't truly top-level but are listed in the TOC due to their massive size, importance, and utility. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 06:55, 17 July 2007 (PDT)

== From Jerry (aka Archmage Solberg) ==
=== User page format. ===

Nevermind, I figured it out. I was refering to the lines and headers.

=== Calling wrong stuff out. ===

If I think something is wrong, I'll post something in the talk section. If my 'little' change is going to make such a fuss, I'm not gonna let some of this other stuff get by. [[User:Jerry bush|Jerry]], who hates being made a fool of by others.

=== Upcoming Page Updates. ===

I'm working on a few things right now, but I would like to help out with updates to many of the pages here. Before I begin work on my contributions, however, I need to more familiarize myself with insight from Avernum's 5 and 6. I've done a few things already here and there (as you could tell from the recent changes page). [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 22:09, 8 September 2010 (PDT)

== From Aussieavernum ==

I am not sure if this is where I should post. You posted on my user page and in that post you asked if I am registered with the Spiderweb Software forums and I can't just say yes or no. I did register at the forums but my e-mail program doesn't work. When I purchased a new computer early in 2005, My e-mail program didn't work. A few weeks ago, my mother called a computer repair company and a man came over and fixed it for 88 australian dollars. The next day it stopped working so I couldn't get the e-mail with the password. [[User:Aussieavernum|Aussieavernum]]

=== RE: RE:Your Message ===

Thank you for the info about the siganture and e-mail. My mum Jose has created a hotmail account called aussieavernum@hotmail.com and I will soon register in the [http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi Spiderweb Forums] as aussieavernum.

[[User:Aussieavernum|Joshie]] 01:49, 28 April 2006 (CDT)

=== RE:Personal Information ===

Thank you for the security information.:D I have edited the page sp is not a security risk.
[[User:Aussieavernum|Joshie]] 05:33, 5 May 2006 (CDT)

== Sorry about the sign-in! ==

I appologize about not signing-in. I will try to do better. [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 11:51, 13 December 2006 (PST)

Yay...it worked.

== From Millytal ==

===Re: Welcome===

Yeah, it's Milla. I have a question, would you count wormgrass as a herb?--Milla 19:24, 15 March 2007 (PDT)

===Question about editing===

Thanks for fixing up that problem I had with the Remembrance entry. What exactly did you do because I've been pulling out my hair in frustration at trying to get rid of the dotted line. --Milla 15:34, 20 November 2007 (PST)

== RE: Kirlin ==

Sorry, didn't know there was something like this going on, just looked like an empty page to me. (Yeah, quite odd, and sadly I always got problems with finding the right discussions, except there's a direct link nearby)

Well, do with the edit what you want, I just hope a bit of it helped... ~ [[User:Crynsos|Crynsos]] 10:16, 16 July 2007 (PDT)

Graymold Salve

2010-09-09T04:43:33Z

Jerry bush: Creation of page.

User:Jerry bush

2010-09-09T04:20:55Z

Jerry bush:

Talk:Takos

2010-09-09T04:10:40Z

Jerry bush: Takos from E3 and Howar from A3 coming together!

==Takos/Howar==
In the interest of the fusing of Exile and Avernum games, couldn't we just name the guy Howar Takos or Takos Howar? I'm leading towards Howar Takos myself...what do y'all think? [[User:Jerry bush|Arch-Mage Solberg]] 21:10, 8 September 2010 (PDT)

Tranquility

2008-12-30T22:23:33Z

Jerry bush: Created Tranquility

[[Solberg]] settled this cave in 867 [[IE]]. It is located in the [[Northern Frontier]].

{{stub}}
[[Category:Avernum]]

Prazac Avengers

2008-12-30T22:19:51Z

Jerry bush: Created Prazac Avengers

In 870 [[IE]] after [[Prazac I]] was assassinated by [[Dorikas]], these Empire grunts were sent into [[Avernum]] to track down her assassin. They traveled through the [[Northern Frontier]] all the way until finding Dorikas and assassinating him.

{{stub}}
[[Category:Empire]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Adventurers]]

Solberg

2008-12-30T22:09:49Z

Jerry bush: /* Biography */ Fixed years and added recent dialogue

[[Solberg]] is one of [[the Five]] and has a tower of his own just north of the [[Eastern Gallery]]. Solberg was a founding member of the [[Triad]] of the [[Tower of Magi]], but he has never remained there for long. In 816 [[IE]] he fled the Tower to his own tower because he feared the [[demons|demonic]] experiments of fellow Triad member [[Linda]]. He returned to the [[Tower of Magi]] just before it was destroyed by Linda's portal disaster. He left soon after and is currently the administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]].

==Biography==
[[Solberg]] was born in 742 [[IE]]. He was the son of powerful wizards living in [[Solaria]], the capital of the [[Empire]]. He attended the Imperius School of Magic. It was here that Solberg acquired [[Cheeseball]], a housecat [[familiar]]. It was also here that Solberg met the other [[mages]] who would shape his destiny. In 776 [[IE]], Solberg, along with [[Erika Redmark|Erika]], [[Rone]], [[Patrick]], [[Aimee]], and [[Linda]] were on the wrong end of a power struggle, and were [[exiled]] thanks to the efforts of [[Garzahd]] and his followers.

When they arrived in [[Exile]], they saw barbaric attempts at society. Together they organized the people, and helped [[Micah I|Micah]] set up a country. In order to be somewhat safe, they needed to end the attacks by [[demons]], [[undead]], and [[slithzerikai]]. In 779 [[IE]], Solberg(along with the rest of the five) helped lead a small army of other warriors, mages, and priests, and stormed [[Akhronath]], the fortress of the demon prince [[Grah-Hoth]].

In 780 [[IE]], the Five built a tower for magical experimentation called the [[Tower of Magi]]. Erika, Patrick, and Solberg consisted of the first ruling [[Triad]]. In 810 [IE], Patrick and Erika left the Triad to found their own towers while Solberg stayed to continue running the tower.

The Tower ran smoothly until about 815 [[IE]] when it became clear that [[Linda]] (who replaced Erika in the Triad) was researching demons. Afraid that she would try to summon one, Solberg left with Cheeseball and built a small tower in a small lava field south of [[Formello]]. Before he left, he gave instructions to [[Kelner]] about where he could be reached in case he was needed. In 817, Solberg's fears came true when Linda summoned the [[haakai]] [[Adze]], luring it to the Tower with the [[Onyx scepter]].

Later, the adventurers who came to be known as [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] came to him to rid the tower of [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]]. He gave them information about the whereabouts of [[Demonslayer]] and the key to the area where the demon was. A week later the demon was dead. Linda was soon banished from the tower, and removed from the Triad.

After the [[First Slith War]], he made plans to return to the Tower of Magi, but before he could do so, the Empire invaded. [[Garzahd]], who knew Solberg from his days back at the Imperius School of Magic, sent a horde of demons to assassinate Solberg should he ever leave his tower.

It was in 823 [[IE]] that he met the [[Empire War Heroes]]. He told them about Garzahd, about his weaknesses. It was this information that helped the adventurers assassinate Garzahd later that year.

With the Empire forces gone, Solberg returned to the Tower to find [[Mahdavi]] and other mages hard at work on the [[Surface Portal]]. After a few years, the [[Avernites]] were able to populate a cave just under the surface of a mountain. Solberg agreed to stay at the Tower and help with the portal. Linda was also brought back to lend her powers to the portal, something Solberg was totally against. Even when he had reason to believe that Linda was up to her old tricks, his warnings were not followed up on.

In 833 [[IE]], when it was reported about the [[slimes]] and other [[plagues]] on the surface for the last 2 years, Solberg agreed to give training to the [[Surface Explorers]]. At the same time, Linda tried to use the portal as a gateway to the nether realm and bind [[Grah-Hoth]] to her will. It went badly. Grah-Hoth used Linda's spirit as a gateway to the Tower, and Solberg (along with [[X]]) was one of the few survivors. When the Surface Explorers came to exterminate the demons, Solberg told them about what Linda did and where she could be found, helping them to close the gateway and save [[Avernum]] from the demons. Shortly after in 834 [IE], The Crown had the Triad disolved and Solberg was moved to [[Patrick's Tower]] to be the Administrator.

In 839 [[IE]] Solberg, nearing the end of his life, made the drastic decision to use magic to prolong his life. In doing so he lost the ability to keep [[Cheeseball]] alive and Cheeseball died. It also sped up his body's age causing severe arthritis. As the administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]], Solberg was basically useless (as a Arch-Mage). Most of the magic was conducted by younger mages who had full mobility of movement in their hands.

In 854 [[IE]] Just before the [[Black Shades]] appeared, a powerfull demon named Lord [[Bhoralon]] settled in a cave beneath the tower. Without the power to defeat him, Solberg ordered that the tunnels connecting the cave to the tower to be caved in. It wasn't until a group (commonly known as the [[Shade-Killers]]) came to retrieve [[demonslayer]] in 855 [[IE]] that Lord Bhoralon was killed. After Lord Bhoralon's death, Solberg was happy to tell the Shade-Killers where to find Demonslayer.

In 864 [[IE]] the caves just north of the Northern Isles were opened up to allow settling. In 867 [[IE]] Solberg claimed a huge cave and named it [[Tranquility]]. There he built his tower and with the help of others created huge numbers of [[sentinel]]s to guard the cave.

In 870 [[IE]] the [[Prazac Avengers]] (while tracking Dorikas) came through [[Tranquility]] and Solberg told them that if they wanted to leave his cave safely, that they will have to fix the problem in the Sentinel Workshop. The problem is that apparently [[Sorengard]] is working for the [[Darkside Loyalists]] and has tampered with the sentinels. But when they arrived, Sorengard told them that it was Solberg who was at fault. Solberg upon hering the news was completely devastated.

Solberg is now in discussions with the council to begin preparations to stop prolonging his life.

==Achievements==
# Member of [[The Five]].
# Helped bring order to early [[Avernum]].
# Helped build the [[Tower of Magi]].
# Helped assault [[Grah-Hoth]]'s fortress.
# Helped train thousands of new mages.
# Was on the first [[Triad]] with [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]].
# Also longest reigning member of the [[Triad]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] kill the [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] recover [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped [[Empire War Heroes]] obtain [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped the [[Empire War Heroes]] learn how to kill [[Garzahd]].
# Trained the [[Surface Explorers]].
# Helped the [[Surface Explorers]] dispell the demon hoard that Linda summoned into the Tower of the Magi.
# Administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]] during the [[Retribution]]
# Helped the [[Shade-Killers]] obtain [[Demonslayer]] by requesting they kill Lord [[Bhoralon]].

[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Mages]]

Hathwisa

2008-10-23T23:43:22Z

Jerry bush: Created Hathwisa

Wife of [[Patrick]] Padraig. Helped him with the operations of [[Patrick's Tower]]. During the [[First Slith War]] was deathly sick until [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] cured her with [[Graymold Salve]].

{{stub}}
[[category:Avernum]]

Solberg

2008-10-23T23:39:00Z

Jerry bush: /* Biography */ fixed Solberg's birth year

[[Solberg]] is one of [[the Five]] and has a tower of his own just north of the [[Eastern Gallery]]. Solberg was a founding member of the [[Triad]] of the [[Tower of Magi]], but he has never remained there for long. In 816 [[IE]] he fled the Tower to his own tower because he feared the [[demons|demonic]] experiments of fellow Triad member [[Linda]]. He returned to the [[Tower of Magi]] just before it was destroyed by Linda's portal disaster. He left soon after and is currently the administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]].

==Biography==
[[Solberg]] was born in 732 [[IE]]. He was the son of powerful wizards living in [[Solaria]], the capital of the [[Empire]]. He attended the Imperius School of Magic. It was here that Solberg acquired [[Cheeseball]], a housecat [[familiar]]. It was also here that Solberg met the other [[mages]] who would shape his destiny. In 776 [[IE]], Solberg, along with [[Erika Redmark|Erika]], [[Rone]], [[Patrick]], [[Aimee]], and [[Linda]] were on the wrong end of a power struggle, and were [[exiled]] thanks to the efforts of [[Garzahd]] and his followers.

When they arrived in [[Exile]], they saw barbaric attempts at society. Together they organized the people, and helped [[Micah I|Micah]] set up a country. In order to be somewhat safe, they needed to end the attacks by [[demons]], [[undead]], and [[slithzerikai]]. In 779 [[IE]], Solberg helped lead a small army of other warriors, mages, and priests, and stormed [[Akhronath]], the fortress of the demon prince [[Grah-Hoth]].

In 780 [[IE]], the Five built a tower for magical experimentation called the [[Tower of Magi]]. Erika, Patrick, and Solberg consisted of the first ruling [[Triad]]. After some years, Patrick and Erika left the Triad to found their own towers while Solberg stayed to continue running the tower.

The Tower ran smoothly until about 815 [[IE]] when it became clear that [[Linda]] (who replaced Erika in the Triad) was researching demons. Afraid that she would try to summon one, Solberg left with Cheeseball and built a small tower in a small lava field south of [[Formello]]. Before he left, he gave instructions to [[Kelner]] about where he could be reached in case he was needed. In 817, Solberg's fears came true when Linda summoned the [[haakai]] [[Adze]], luring it to the Tower with the [[Onyx scepter]].

Later, the adventurers who came to be known as [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] came to him to rid the tower of [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]]. He gave them information about the whereabouts of [[Demonslayer]] and the key to the area where the demon was. A week later the demon was dead. Linda was soon banished from the tower, and removed from the Triad.

After the [[First Slith War]], he made plans to return to the Tower of Magi, but before he could do so, the Empire invaded. [[Garzahd]], who knew Solberg from his days back at the Imperius School of Magic, sent a horde of demons to assassinate Solberg should he ever leave his tower.

It was in 823 [[IE]] that he met the [[Empire War Heroes]]. He told them about Garzahd, about his weaknesses. It was this information that helped the adventurers assassinate Garzahd later that year.

With the Empire forces gone, Solberg returned to the Tower to find [[Mahdavi]] and other mages hard at work on the [[Surface Portal]]. After a few years, the [[Avernites]] were able to populate a cave just under the surface of a mountain. Solberg agreed to stay at the Tower and help with the portal. Linda was also brought back to lend her powers to the portal, something Solberg was totally against. Even when he had reason to believe that Linda was up to her old tricks, his warnings were not followed up on.

In 833 [[IE]], when it was reported about the [[slimes]] and other [[plagues]] on the surface for the last 2 years, Solberg agreed to give training to the [[Surface Explorers]]. At the same time, Linda tried to use the portal as a gateway to the nether realm and bind [[Grah-Hoth]] to her will. It went badly. Grah-Hoth used Linda's spirit as a gateway to the Tower, and Solberg (along with [[X]]) was one of the few survivors. When the Surface Explorers came to exterminate the demons, Solberg told them about what Linda did and where she could be found, helping them to close the gateway and save [[Avernum]] from the demons. Shortly after the towers destruction, The Crown had the Triad disolved and Solberg was moved to [[Patrick's Tower]] to be the Administrator.

In 839 [[IE]] Solberg, nearing the end of his life, made the drastic decision to use magic to prolong his life. In doing so he lost the ability to keep [[Cheeseball]] and Cheeseball died. It also sped up his body's age causing severe arthritis. As the administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]], Solberg was basically useless (as a Arch-Mage). Most of the magic was conducted by younger mages who had full mobility of movement in their hands.

In 852 [[IE]] Just before the [[Black Shades]] appeared, a powerfull demon named Lord [[Bhoralon]] settled in a cave beneath the tower. Without the power to defeat him, Solberg ordered that the tunnels connecting the cave to the tower to be caved in. It wasn't until a group (commonly known as the [[Shade-Killers]]) came to retrieve [[demonslayer]] that Lord Bhoralon was killed. After Lord Bhoralon's death, Solberg was happy to tell the Shade-Killers where to find Demonslayer.

==Achievements==
# Member of [[The Five]].
# Helped bring order to early [[Avernum]].
# Helped build the [[Tower of Magi]].
# Helped assault [[Grah-Hoth]]'s fortress.
# Helped train thousands of new mages.
# Was on the first [[Triad]] with [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]].
# Also longest reigning member of the [[Triad]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] kill the [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] recover [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped [[Empire War Heroes]] obtain [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped the [[Empire War Heroes]] learn how to kill [[Garzahd]].
# Trained the [[Surface Explorers]].
# Helped the [[Surface Explorers]] dispell the demon hoard that Linda summoned into the Tower of the Magi.
# Administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]] during the [[Retribution]]
# Helped the [[Shade-Killers]] obtain [[Demonslayer]] by requesting they kill Lord [[Bhoralon]].

[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Mages]]

Solberg

2008-10-23T23:37:25Z

Jerry bush: Removed Wikify flag

[[Solberg]] is one of [[the Five]] and has a tower of his own just north of the [[Eastern Gallery]]. Solberg was a founding member of the [[Triad]] of the [[Tower of Magi]], but he has never remained there for long. In 816 [[IE]] he fled the Tower to his own tower because he feared the [[demons|demonic]] experiments of fellow Triad member [[Linda]]. He returned to the [[Tower of Magi]] just before it was destroyed by Linda's portal disaster. He left soon after and is currently the administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]].

==Biography==
[[Solberg]] was born in 752 [[IE]]. He was the son of powerful wizards living in [[Solaria]], the capital of the [[Empire]]. He attended the Imperius School of Magic. It was here that Solberg acquired [[Cheeseball]], a housecat [[familiar]]. It was also here that Solberg met the other [[mages]] who would shape his destiny. In 776 [[IE]], Solberg, along with [[Erika Redmark|Erika]], [[Rone]], [[Patrick]], [[Aimee]], and [[Linda]] were on the wrong end of a power struggle, and were [[exiled]] thanks to the efforts of [[Garzahd]] and his followers.

When they arrived in [[Exile]], they saw barbaric attempts at society. Together they organized the people, and helped [[Micah I|Micah]] set up a country. In order to be somewhat safe, they needed to end the attacks by [[demons]], [[undead]], and [[slithzerikai]]. In 779 [[IE]], Solberg helped lead a small army of other warriors, mages, and priests, and stormed [[Akhronath]], the fortress of the demon prince [[Grah-Hoth]].

In 780 [[IE]], the Five built a tower for magical experimentation called the [[Tower of Magi]]. Erika, Patrick, and Solberg consisted of the first ruling [[Triad]]. After some years, Patrick and Erika left the Triad to found their own towers while Solberg stayed to continue running the tower.

The Tower ran smoothly until about 815 [[IE]] when it became clear that [[Linda]] (who replaced Erika in the Triad) was researching demons. Afraid that she would try to summon one, Solberg left with Cheeseball and built a small tower in a small lava field south of [[Formello]]. Before he left, he gave instructions to [[Kelner]] about where he could be reached in case he was needed. In 817, Solberg's fears came true when Linda summoned the [[haakai]] [[Adze]], luring it to the Tower with the [[Onyx scepter]].

Later, the adventurers who came to be known as [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] came to him to rid the tower of [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]]. He gave them information about the whereabouts of [[Demonslayer]] and the key to the area where the demon was. A week later the demon was dead. Linda was soon banished from the tower, and removed from the Triad.

After the [[First Slith War]], he made plans to return to the Tower of Magi, but before he could do so, the Empire invaded. [[Garzahd]], who knew Solberg from his days back at the Imperius School of Magic, sent a horde of demons to assassinate Solberg should he ever leave his tower.

It was in 823 [[IE]] that he met the [[Empire War Heroes]]. He told them about Garzahd, about his weaknesses. It was this information that helped the adventurers assassinate Garzahd later that year.

With the Empire forces gone, Solberg returned to the Tower to find [[Mahdavi]] and other mages hard at work on the [[Surface Portal]]. After a few years, the [[Avernites]] were able to populate a cave just under the surface of a mountain. Solberg agreed to stay at the Tower and help with the portal. Linda was also brought back to lend her powers to the portal, something Solberg was totally against. Even when he had reason to believe that Linda was up to her old tricks, his warnings were not followed up on.

In 833 [[IE]], when it was reported about the [[slimes]] and other [[plagues]] on the surface for the last 2 years, Solberg agreed to give training to the [[Surface Explorers]]. At the same time, Linda tried to use the portal as a gateway to the nether realm and bind [[Grah-Hoth]] to her will. It went badly. Grah-Hoth used Linda's spirit as a gateway to the Tower, and Solberg (along with [[X]]) was one of the few survivors. When the Surface Explorers came to exterminate the demons, Solberg told them about what Linda did and where she could be found, helping them to close the gateway and save [[Avernum]] from the demons. Shortly after the towers destruction, The Crown had the Triad disolved and Solberg was moved to [[Patrick's Tower]] to be the Administrator.

In 839 [[IE]] Solberg, nearing the end of his life, made the drastic decision to use magic to prolong his life. In doing so he lost the ability to keep [[Cheeseball]] and Cheeseball died. It also sped up his body's age causing severe arthritis. As the administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]], Solberg was basically useless (as a Arch-Mage). Most of the magic was conducted by younger mages who had full mobility of movement in their hands.

In 852 [[IE]] Just before the [[Black Shades]] appeared, a powerfull demon named Lord [[Bhoralon]] settled in a cave beneath the tower. Without the power to defeat him, Solberg ordered that the tunnels connecting the cave to the tower to be caved in. It wasn't until a group (commonly known as the [[Shade-Killers]]) came to retrieve [[demonslayer]] that Lord Bhoralon was killed. After Lord Bhoralon's death, Solberg was happy to tell the Shade-Killers where to find Demonslayer.

==Achievements==
# Member of [[The Five]].
# Helped bring order to early [[Avernum]].
# Helped build the [[Tower of Magi]].
# Helped assault [[Grah-Hoth]]'s fortress.
# Helped train thousands of new mages.
# Was on the first [[Triad]] with [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]].
# Also longest reigning member of the [[Triad]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] kill the [[Adze|Adze-Haakai]].
# Helped [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] recover [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped [[Empire War Heroes]] obtain [[Demonslayer]].
# Helped the [[Empire War Heroes]] learn how to kill [[Garzahd]].
# Trained the [[Surface Explorers]].
# Helped the [[Surface Explorers]] dispell the demon hoard that Linda summoned into the Tower of the Magi.
# Administrator of [[Patrick's Tower]] during the [[Retribution]]
# Helped the [[Shade-Killers]] obtain [[Demonslayer]] by requesting they kill Lord [[Bhoralon]].

[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Mages]]

Retribution

2008-10-23T23:35:00Z

Jerry bush: /* Sea Monsters and Shades */ fixed link for Onyx scepter

In 855 [[IE]] [[Rentar-Ihrno]] exacted her vengence on [[Avernum]] by sending the [[sea monsters]] and the [[Greater Shades|Shades.]] It was a rough time for Avernum as trade routes were blocked, cities destroyed, and panic-stricken people wondering when it would end. The 'war' only lasted some 8 months before the [[Shade Killers]] came to the rescue. It took them 4 months, but they defeated the shades, got rid of the sea monsters, and killed Rentar-Ihrno.

==Sea Monsters and Shades==

The Sea Monsters inhabited the watery areas of the caves of [[Exile]]. They completely brought an end to sea-to-shore trade by destroying the trading vessels. They were created by an immensely powerful lich named [[Anastasia]] who took up residence at [[Khoth]]'s old lair. The Sea Monsters eventually died out when Anastasia was killed due to lack of care.

The Shades, however, inhabited 5 of Avernum's biggest cities ([[Formello]], [[Silvar]], [[Almaria]], [[Blosk]], and [[Dharmon]]). They caused massive hysteria and paranoia. City dwellers absolutely would not deal with outsiders when the shade was in the town. This was esspecially difficult for Almaria because its shade never left. Blosk also took a heavy hit and was nearly totally destroyed when the soldiers there attacked the shade. Which in turn made Dharmon protect the shade to keep the same fate from their town.

With the help of [[Correlea]] (and the [[Onyx scepter]]) the [[Shade Killers]] were able to, well, kill the Shades.

[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Avernum]]

Spire Fortress

2008-10-23T23:30:47Z

Jerry bush: Added city template

{{city|name=Spire Fortress|continent=[[Exile]]|region=[[Spire Cave]]|nation=[[Kingdom of Avernum]]|title=liason|leader=Currently unfilled|industries=Gateway to the Abyss}}

Spire Fortress was built in 793 [[IE]] the main gateway to the [[Abyss]]. It was a small tower nestled over a spire in a huge chasm north of the [[Great Cave]] and west of the [[Scree Pits]].
All people who had to go to the Abyss had to pass through Fort Spire. To get through the fort (if you're not a prisoner) you had to check in with the fort liason. Only those on the liason's list could come back through from the Abyss.

It wasn't until a few years later that a secondary passage was discovered that led to the Scree Pits from just north of Fort Spire. Thoughts about it being blocked were unneeded because they only way through the Scree Pits was through [[Fort Emerald]] and [[Gnass]].

Fort Spire saw two destructions over it's years. The first was during the [[Empire-Avernum War|Empire War]] and the second was during the [[Retribution]].

[[Category:Avernum]]

User:Jerry bush

2008-10-23T23:20:26Z

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Retribution

2008-10-23T23:17:23Z

Jerry bush: Added year...sorry.

In 855 [[IE]] [[Rentar-Ihrno]] exacted her vengence on [[Avernum]] by sending the [[sea monsters]] and the [[Greater Shades|Shades.]] It was a rough time for Avernum as trade routes were blocked, cities destroyed, and panic-stricken people wondering when it would end. The 'war' only lasted some 8 months before the [[Shade Killers]] came to the rescue. It took them 4 months, but they defeated the shades, got rid of the sea monsters, and killed Rentar-Ihrno.

==Sea Monsters and Shades==

The Sea Monsters inhabited the watery areas of the caves of [[Exile]]. They completely brought an end to sea-to-shore trade by destroying the trading vessels. They were created by an immensely powerful lich named [[Anastasia]] who took up residence at [[Khoth]]'s old lair. The Sea Monsters eventually died out when Anastasia was killed due to lack of care.

The Shades, however, inhabited 5 of Avernum's biggest cities ([[Formello]], [[Silvar]], [[Almaria]], [[Blosk]], and [[Dharmon]]). They caused massive hysteria and paranoia. City dwellers absolutely would not deal with outsiders when the shade was in the town. This was esspecially difficult for Almaria because its shade never left. Blosk also took a heavy hit and was nearly totally destroyed when the soldiers there attacked the shade. Which in turn made Dharmon protect the shade to keep the same fate from their town.

With the help of [[Correlea]] (and the [[Onyx Scepter]]) the [[Shade Killers]] were able to, well, kill the Shades.

[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Avernum]]

Spire Fortress

2008-10-23T23:13:40Z

Jerry bush: Created Spire Fortress

Spire Fortress was built in 793 [[IE]] the main gateway to the [[Abyss]]. It was a small tower nestled over a spire in a huge chasm north of the [[Great Cave]] and west of the [[Scree Pits]].
All people who had to go to the Abyss had to pass through Fort Spire. To get through the fort (if you're not a prisoner) you had to check in with the fort liason. Only those on the liason's list could come back through from the Abyss.

It wasn't until a few years later that a secondary passage was discovered that led to the Scree Pits from just north of Fort Spire. Thoughts about it being blocked were unneeded because they only way through the Scree Pits was through [[Fort Emerald]] and [[Gnass]].

Fort Spire saw two destructions over it's years. The first was during the [[Empire-Avernum War|Empire War]] and the second was during the [[Retribution]].

[[Category:Avernum]]

Retribution

2008-10-23T22:53:14Z

Jerry bush: fixed time error

This is the period of time when [[Rentar-Ihrno]] exacted her vengence on [[Avernum]] by sending the [[sea monsters]] and the [[Greater Shades|Shades.]] It was a rough time for Avernum as trade routes were blocked, cities destroyed, and panic-stricken people wondering when it would end. The 'war' only lasted some 8 months before the [[Shade Killers]] came to the rescue. It took them 4 months, but they defeated the shades, got rid of the sea monsters, and killed Rentar-Ihrno.

==Sea Monsters and Shades==

The Sea Monsters inhabited the watery areas of the caves of [[Exile]]. They completely brought an end to sea-to-shore trade by destroying the trading vessels. They were created by an immensely powerful lich named [[Anastasia]] who took up residence at [[Khoth]]'s old lair. The Sea Monsters eventually died out when Anastasia was killed due to lack of care.

The Shades, however, inhabited 5 of Avernum's biggest cities ([[Formello]], [[Silvar]], [[Almaria]], [[Blosk]], and [[Dharmon]]). They caused massive hysteria and paranoia. City dwellers absolutely would not deal with outsiders when the shade was in the town. This was esspecially difficult for Almaria because its shade never left. Blosk also took a heavy hit and was nearly totally destroyed when the soldiers there attacked the shade. Which in turn made Dharmon protect the shade to keep the same fate from their town.

With the help of [[Correlea]] (and the [[Onyx Scepter]]) the [[Shade Killers]] were able to, well, kill the Shades.

[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Avernum]]