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Alternate Ierendi Gazeteer: The Pirate Kingdom of
Ierendi (AM 2)
Editor: John Biles
Primary Author: John Biles
Creators of Vaults of Pandius and Wizard's Community Mystara Materials and Concepts Used in this
Gazeteer:
Thorfinn Tait (Map of Ierendi as of 1000 AC)
Table of Contents
Welcome to the Alternate Ierendi Gazeteer -- 3
Why an Alternate Ierendi Gazeteer? -- 3
What Drives the Pirate Kingdom of Ierendi? -- 3
Campaigning in Ierendi -- 3
History as the Immortals Know It -- 4
Old Mother Kana's Almanac - 8
Climate – 8
Agriculture – 9
Geography – 9
The Defense of Ierendi - 8
Slavery – 9
Disease and the Nithian Curse – 10
Relations With Specific Nations and Peoples -- 11
Religion in Ierendi -- 12
The Way of the Kahunas (Druidic and Necromantic Makai Practice) -- 12
The People's Temple -- 13
The Pirate's Temple / Church of Ierendi -- 14
The Eternal Truth of Al-Kalim -- 15
Banned Faiths – 16
Pirates, Plunderers, and Poltroons – 16
The King and His Advisors – 16
Ambassadors of Note – 17
Pirates and Raiders of Renown – 18
An Ierendi Miscellany -- 20
An Ierendi Atlas -- 22
Alcove Island -- 22
Aloysius Island -- 23
Elegy Island -- 23
Fletcher Island – 24
Honor Island -- 25
Ierendi Island -- 25Roister Island -- 28
Safari Island – 28
Utter Island -- 29
White Island -- 29
Adventures -- 29
Players' Guide to Ierendi – 37
What Everyone Knows About the Pirate Kingdom of Ierendi – 37
Tavern Talk From Other Lands -- 37
From Conversations With a Veteran Adventurer -- 39
A Karameikan Merchant in the Shires -- 40
History as the Ierendi Know It -- 41
Life in Ierendi -- 43
On Being a Pirate -- 43
The Peoples of Ierendi –44
Naming -- 45
Clothing and Food -- 45
The Calendar and Holidays -- 46
Government -- 47
Private Investigators -- 47
Mechanical and Fiddly Bits (for 3E) -- 48Welcome to the Alternate Ierendi Gazeteer
Why an Alternate Kingdom of Ierendi is the piles of money legitimately (if
problems and opportunities of you count slavery to be
Ierendi Gazeteer? freedom. Ierendi stands to legitimate.) and want their
Rogues and Fighters as nation to become more
The original Ierendi Gazeteer Alphatia does to Wizards; it is respectable... and less free.
has a variety of problems with a land where they have The towns grow larger and
it, the biggest being that it untrammeled opportunity to demand more power. And as
leans too much on pop culture rise to the top by their own Thyatis has recovered its
references and on the strength or perish by their strength and Darokin and the
existence of a tourist trade that weaknesses, where an orphan Minrothad Guilds wax in
seems implausible given the lad may rise to become King power and the Shire Pirates
condition of the nations of the Pirates and rule a grow more numerous as their
around it; Mystara has plenty nation...or end up as a corpse, homeland grows overcrowded,
of room for humor, but it just a slave, or a whore (and it's not the pirates are under harsher
seems to go a little too far in clear which fate is worse.) It pressure than ever before to
that direction. Only Alphatia is a land, in other words, for give up their freedom and
could really sustain the level the Chaotic, whether they be restrain themselves and
of tourist visitation necessary good or evil. become law-abiding and
to make it function as it does respectable. And the slaves
and it's too far away, beyond Ierendi's identity has long been are restless; they know how
Thyatis, to get many defined by piracy, a nation Ierendi was founded. How
Alphatians. founded by prisoners long before they try to imitate
overthrowing their jailors and their masters? It seems the
This is an effort to recast setting out to rob blind those glory days of the Ierendi
Ierendi more in lines of a cross who sent them there. The Pirates may soon end...
between Hawaii and the towns existed to enable the
Caribbean in the Age of Piracy pirates to sell their goods and But they won't give up the ship
taken seriously, though covert merchants of every without a fight!
hopefully not stodgily. It is, in nation came to buy stolen
the end, intended to be fun, not goods and sell them back to
a Ph.D thesis (been there and their original owners. The
done that). towns also grew food to feed
themselves and the pirate
This is a rather darker vision crews. But the real action was
of Ierendi than the standard, on the ships. He who became
but hopefully a playable one. King of the Pirates ruled the
waves and the waves ruled the
What Drives the land.
Pirate Kingdom of But now there is dissension in
Ierendi? the ranks. Some pirates have
settled down and used their
loot to import valuable crops
What drives the Pirate
to grow and now make hugeCampaigning in becoming King of the Pirates, work. Can a nation founded
can cover a very wide ambit. by revolting slaves and
Ierendi prisoners continue to hold
A more political campaign can down slaves forever? Should
Ierendi can be used for any of be constructed by focusing it? Is it time for a new model
several campaign approaches. upon the growing conflict or are the old ways good
It is an excellent base for any between the interest of the enough? How is freedom to
sort of naval adventures and slaveowners, the towns, and be defined—who deserves
could either figure into a naval the pirates as the future of the freedom? Everyone? Or only
campaign based elsewhere or Isles is decided. Such a those strong enough to seize
serve as the home base for a campaign might also lead up and to hold it?
piracy and exploration to becoming King of the
campaign. The Ierendi Pirates, but then poses the The answer to these questions
Pirates, in addition to raiding King with the problem of how will define the future of
their neighbors, also enjoy a to deal with these conflicts. Ierendi, whether it sinks into
good hunt for buried treasure chaos, is destroyed by
like anyone else and will often At a philosophical level, revolting slaves, becomes a
do very crazy things for Ierendi can also be used by free republic or a slave
wealth. The Ierendi raid all those so inclined to examine owner's oligarchy, or even
the way to the Northern the problem of freedom built something no one would
Reaches, Norwold, Ochelea, on slavery—the freedom of currently imagine possible.
the Pearl Islands, and Alphatia the Ierendi towns,
in their crazier moments, so slaveowners, and pirates is
such a campaign, possibly built on a backbone of slavery
eventually leading to which makes the whole system
History as the Immortals Know It
After the fall of Blackmoor, but network and sending the Serpent Ierendi Isles. And finally,
before 1750 BC, the Ierendi Isles Peninsula on its gradual decline unfortunate lizardmen from the
were part of a larger landmass into the sea. The Azcans fought Malpheggi swamp were swept
which stretched south into the over whose fault the earthquakes out to sea by the disaster; most
Sea of Dread. Far to the were; the losers were driven out perished, but some survived and
northwest, descendents of the and ended up on the new coast, ended up in Ierendi, floating
Azcans dwelt in a giant plateau then forced to flee into the ocean there on giant mats of plants from
where the Atruaghin Clans now in crude boats; most died, but the the swamp.
live, and far to the west, survivors ended up at Ierendi.
Tanagoro and Elves competed for Likewise, some Tanagoro tried to Over the next 750 years, small
control of the Serpent Peninsula. flee east across the ocean from tribes of Azcans and Tanagoro
Earthquakes and devastation the Serpent Peninsula. Most formed on the Ierendi Isles,
struck in 1750 BC, collapsing perished, but some were blown living by a mix of slash and burn
caves within the Azcan cave far east by storms, crashing in the agriculture and fishing. Theyencountered each other, traded shipped back to the Nithian life of periodic natural disaster,
ideas, and intermarried. And empire. It was from the Nithians hurricanes, warfare, peace, and
fought. A lot. Eventually, they that the arts of necromancy fishing. At times, Hin navigators
intermarried to the point where passed into the lore of the visited from the Five Shires to
they blended into a single, Malpheggi and the Makai. explore and trade with the
quarrelsome people, the Makai, natives; the Traladarans, on the
cooperating to survive the often And it was the arts of other hand, were too poor of
harsh hurricane season of the necromancy they would turn on sailors to drop in. The Thyatians
Isles and to fight the local their putative masters. Guided by visited the isles for trade after the
lizardmen. The Lizardmen their patron immortals, the Makai rise of the Thyatian empire,
fought back as best they could; and Malpheggi rose up against though local diseases (descended
the warfare was inconclusive and their Nithian overlords in 500 from the desperate magical and
marked by periods of cooperation BC, right as the Immortals necromantic plague revenge of
as well. They dominated descended on Nithia to destroy it. the now long extinct Nithians on
Aloysius, Safari, and Elegy Nithian reprisals looked likely to their revolting slaves) killed
Islands, along with having some wipe out the Malpheggi, so the many would be traders and
presence in the rest of the chain. Immortals took the survivors to discouraged Thyatian
the Hollow World. The Makai colonization.
destroyed the surviving Nithians,
only to then forget the Nithians Looking for new lands for
The Makai had only crude had ever existed. This threw the farming, some Hin arrived on
weaponry; the more successful Makai into chaos as they forgot Fletcher and Ierendi Islands in
crafters of both origin cultures most of what they had learned the 6th century, avoiding Elegy
had not been the ones who had to from the Nithians. Indeed, the Island at the urging of the
flee for their lives, ending up survivors concluded the world natives. They built Northkeep
here. The result was that when had been destroyed and reborn a and Korsakov Tower and
the Nithians surfaced in 1000 BC, second time. (The Makai dimly lighthouses to guide ships and
the Nithians easily crushed and remembered the 1750 BC quakes began struggling to grow crops
conquered the Makai, aided by as the first breaking of the world, under hotter and wetter
the fact that entire Makai villages the Death of Earth. The Nithian conditions than they were used
simply vanished once the necromantic plague which to, and trying to find ways to
Nithians won their initial destroyed the Malpheggi and survive the hurricane season.
victories (spirited away to the killed many Makai was
Hollow World by perhaps remembered as part of the Death For a long time, they struggled to
slightly overeager Immortals of Air. The Death of Fire is make a living, until the discovery
seeking to preserve Makai generally expected to be coming, that tobacco and coffee could be
culture...) The Malpheggi, who and then the Death of Water, grown here much more profitably
had never quite flourished here which will end the cycle and start than in the Shires led to a boom
also fell to the Nithians. a new Aeon... More on this later.) in their cultivation and in Hin
Aid from Ka enabled them to immigration. (Many Hin also
For five hundred years, the recover their ancestral ways, now died of the local diseases.) Hin
Makai and the Malpheggi were modified by their new flocked to the islands and
enslaved by the Nithians, turned necromantic and religious relations with the natives turned
into producers of valuable cash practices, and eventually recover. ugly. Brutal Hin vs. Makai war
crops—coffee, rice, sugar, cotton, ensued; the Hin largely took over
indigo, and tobacco—to be For centuries, they lived a quiet Fletcher and Alcove Island andheld substantial portions of Safari but not easily practiced at sea or the freedom he could know.
and Ierendi Islands when the would live in villages on the land,
Thyatians showed up. They took which would serve as the home In 700 AC for reasons known
control of Utter and Aloysius bases of pirate ships and fleets. only to the Immortals, several
Islands, setting up prison camps Every five years, there would be villages of Human and/or Hin
and using prisoners to grow a grand contest of pirate skills, Pirates simply vanished without a
valuable crops for them. Three the Tournament of Piracy; the trace. This disaster led to a
way warfare now ensued, with winner would become Pirate period of religious frenzy and
the Hin forced into slavery and King. Ships would govern panic which culminated in the
the Makai driven back into deep themselves, electing a Captain rise of the Pirate's Temple.
forest and the less valuable for whose word was law, but who (Uknown to the locals, Korotiku
agriculture areas. More and more any honest pirate could challenge took several villages to plant
prisoners were imported to the for the leadership. Any Captain them among the Merry Pirates in
Isles to grow crops. could enter the Pirate Conclave the Hollow World.) This
every five years (or on the death vanishing, however, was
In the late sixth century, Thyatis of a King) and make a bid for the relatively small in scale, and did
and the Hin went to war, and this kingship. And the Pirate King little to slow the growth of the
provided the many prisoners of would rule with the 'advice' of the population.
the prison colonies with an Captains. Ex-Thyatians, Hin,
opening. They now revolted Makai, anyone who dwelt in the A clock was ticking and that
under the leadership of Mad land and lived or had lived the clock was named 'population
Creeg, a man who claimed he had life of a Pirate could be a free growth'. As the Pirates and their
been sent to the Isles for the man in Ierendi, chosing who towns flourished, the Makai and
crime of 'Killing an Immortal of would lead him and bringing the Pirate towns increasingly
Thyatis'. This seems rather down the wrath of the former competed for the same land to get
unlikely to be true, but whether prisoners and slaves on the food and the same waters for fish.
he believed it or not, he was a 'civilized' nations who had laid The result, finally, was a brutal
man of great cunning and them in chains. war in the 9th century AC. The
strength (and quirky humor), who Makai were defeated, despite
swiftly led the Ierendians to For several centuries, this schema their necromantic skills, but the
victory. Forming an alliance worked. Many Makai continued war was long and harsh, and
with the mysterious Honor to live in the traditional manner, Pirate King Konal imposed what
Islanders, he drove out the but some assimilated into Pirate he felt was the worst possible
Thyatians and declared himself society and even rose to be Pirate punishment—slavery—on the
the Pirate King of Ierendi, Kings and Queens. The Hin and surviving Makai. They were
writing the Code of Honorable the other humans of the Isles turned into a labor force for the
Piracy, by which the land would tended to dominate Pirate society, towns, freeing up the elderly to
be governed. however. The towns flourished, enjoy their old age and enabling
growing crops and providing more free men to become pirates
This code forbade the growing of crafts and fencing stolen pirate or craftsmen (or even traders).
cash crops for sale abroad and loot to covert merchants. A
required all men who would be dangerous land it was, where a This strengthened the Ierendi
free to spend a period of their man might have his throat slit for military, which was essentially
youth on a pirate ship. Those a few copper, but a land where a the collection of town militias
who grew too old for the sea or brave and cunning man faced few and pirate ships, by enabling
who had crafts needed by pirates limits on how high he could rise more free men to enter thoseareas. This proved crucial in the seem to grow stronger faster than eventually ending up in Ierendi.
late 9th and early 10th century, it does. Conflict between The Makai will remember this as
the Minrothad Guilds and Thyatis conservative pirates who despise the Death of Earth, which
turned up the heat on Ierendi. slavery, wealthy townsmen, and destroyed the First World.
Desperation led Pirate Queen those pirate crews who revel in
Antonia to approve the growing the wealth slavery brings them 1750-1000 BC: The Azcan and
of cash crops by Makai slaves in continues to heat up and now the Tanagoro survivors blend to form
order to raise funds to bribe current King, a Hin named the Makai, competing with the
Thyatian commanders and to hire Captain Mungo Shipshearer, is Malpheggi Lizardmen (who
assistance and purchase Glantrian close to death and competition to dominate Aloysius, Safari and
magical items in order to defeat a see who will replace him is Elegy Islands).
strong attempt by Thyatis to starting to heat up. Further, the
conquer Ierendi in Belisarius' slaves grow increasingly restless, 1000-500 BC: Nithians colonize
War (905-918 AC). and they study the secret Makai the islands, enslaving everyone
arts of necromancy and plot their and growing semi-tropical cash
The precedent having been set, revenge. crops. The Makai and Malpheggi
later Pirate Kings gradually learn and adapt the necromantic
expanded slavery, raiding the Whoever becomes King of the arts.
Turtle Clans of the Atruaghin, Pirates next will likely determine
and many distant lands to capture the future of Ierendi for decades 500 BC: The Immortals guide a
slaves to grow crops whose sale or maybe even centuries to come. revolt which wipes out the
would fund military efforts Things cannot go on like Nithians but unleashes bitter
capable of fending off Ierendi's this—there are many routes the plagues which wipe out the
wealthier enemies and free up yet nation could sail, but it must set Lizardmen and kill most of the
more free men to become pirates its course now, or likely fall into Makai, who now suffer massive
and soldiers and traders. discord and be destroyed by its amnesia due to the Immortal
However, it also shoved foes. destruction / retconning of Nithia.
increasing money into the hands They come to see this as the
of those who ran the plantations And that, of course, is where the Death of the Second World, the
from the towns, creating a class PCs come in. Death of Air. (Beliving foul
of men not dependent on piracy winds carried the Nithian
or craftsmanship for their wealth Pre-1750 BC: The Ierendi Isles plagues.) Aid from Ka enabled
and freedom, but on slavery. are part of a larger mass of land them to recover their ancestral
Conservative pirates opposed extending south and east into the ways, now modified by their new
this, but though some Pirate Sea of Dread. Azcans live in the necromantic and religious
Kings and Queens tried to reduce large plateau where the practices, and eventually recover.
dependence on slavery, none Atruaghin Clans now live. Far
were able to afford to abolish it. west, Tangoro and Elves compete 500 BC – 500 AC: A time of
in the Serpent Peninsula. And quiet recovery and tribal life with
Today, matters are moving Lizardmen live in the Malpheggi some trade contacts with the
towards a crisis. There's not Swamp. outside, but the plagues which
much more room for the riddle the isles drive off most
expansion of slavery for 1750 BC: Earthquakes destroy intruders.
production of cash crops, but the this land and send groups of
number of free men continues to Azcans, Malpheggi, and 6th century AC: Some Hin begin
grow and Ierendi's enemies still Tanagoro fleeing their homes, all colonizing Fletcher and IerendiIsles. Many get sick and die and King Mad Creeg. henceforth in a difficult and
the colonies initially struggle. uncomfortable position.
618-20 AC: Pirate King Mad
518 AC: Colonists figure out Creeg writes the Code of 9th – early 10th century AC: The
how to grow tobacco and coffee Honorable Piracy. Minrothad Guilds and Thyatis
profitably and now the colonies increasingly pressure Ierendi,
begin to flourish. 625 AC: Pirate King Mad Creeg pushing its defense to their limits.
steps down and runs the first
541 AC: Pressed by population Tournament of Piracy to choose 905-918 AC: Belisarius' War:
growth, the Makai descend on the his successor; he is succeeded by Desperation forces Pirate Queen
Hin colonies and wreak havoc; Aarthas the Strong. Antonia to approve the growing
believing the Hin will leave, they of cash crops by Makai slaves in
foolishly then withdraw home 700 AC: The Vanishing: Entire order to raise funds to bribe
without killing everyone. That Hin and Human Pirate villages Thyatian commanders and to hire
winter, the Hin strike, vanish from Ierendi; unknown to assistance and purchase Glantrian
slaughtering any Makai they can those left behind, Korotiku has magical items in order to defeat
find, now reduced to feral status taken them to the Hollow World. Thyatian forces sent by
by hunger and desperation. This provokes a wave of panic Gabronius IV under Admiral
Brutal war ensues on and off. which leads to the creation of the Belisarius to conquer Ierendi.
Pirate's Temple.
571 AC: The Thyatians show up, Mid-late 10th century AC: Later
taking control of Utter and 812-18 AC: The War of the Pirate Kings expand the scope of
Aloysius Islands, setting up Dead: The Pirates and Makai Ierendi slavery, acquiring slaves
prison camps and using prisoners finally fall out in a brutal war; the from many distant lands to work
to grow valuable crops for them. Makai use their necromancy to the fields, enabling most free
War with the Makai and Hin use dead pirates against the living men to take up the life of piracy
ensues. to make up for smaller numbers if they choose, strengthening the
after a vicious surprise attack. lands' defenses. Conservative
586 AC: The Thyatians and Makai-descended Pirates
consolidate their power in the 817 AC: The Makai sack North oppose this.
Ierendi Isles. Hin pirates heavily Keep and turn all the local Hin
raid all trade with the into an army of flesh-eating 982-1000 AC: Pirate King
motherland. zombies. This and other Captain Mungo Shipshearer, a
atrocities work both sides up to a Hin from Fletcher Island, is King
593-623 AC: Thirty Years' War frenzy. of Ierendi, winning 3
of the Hin vs. Thyatis. This Tournaments in a row.
provides the context in which 818 AC: Pirate King Konal
Ierendi revolts. finally defeats the Makai and 1000 AC: A life lived to the
enslaves them, turning them into fullest burns out faster; King
600-618 AC: Ierendi prisoners a labor force for the towns and Mungo Shipshearer is dying
rebel, ally with the Honor farms. This passes without much slowly of a previously unknown
Islanders, defeat Thyatis, and protest despite its bending of the disease and no one knows who
establish independence under Code of Honorable Piracy as the will follow him to the throne or
Pirate King Mad Creeg. surviving Pirates are extremely where they will lead the nation.
angry with the Makai. The Cue the PCs.
600-625 AC: Reign of Pirate Makai Pirate families areOld Mother Kana's Almanac
Climate Agriculture Geography
Ierendi tends to be hot and wet, A huge variety of fruits, As per the canonical Gazeteer (p.
especially wet. Winter begins as vegetables, melons, and the like 6-8 cover the native wildlife and
the previous year's hurricane flourish in Ierendi. Pineapples, terrain well.)
season ends, wobbling between bannanas and the all-present
the forties and sixties degrees avocado are especially popular. The Defense of
Farenheit with very brief freezing Rice is the most common grain,
spells or unusually warm spells. and huge amounts of fish are Ierendi
Cold rain and fog is very consumed as the primary form of
common, especially fog in the meat. Beef, chicken, and pork are Ierendi's only standing navy is the
morning. Spring is short and all relatively rare and expensive. forces supplied by Honor Island,
relatively dry, followed by a very A lot of food is imported, but in times of war, all active
long hot and humid summer however, as the best agricultural pirates must flock to the flag,
which often spikes up into the one land goes to growing tobacco, giving Ierendi a fairly substantial
hundreds and is commonly in the coffee, indigo, sugar, and cotton. and expert fleet. Where Thyatis
nineties. Starting in late summer and Minrothad's navies fight with
through the fall, hurricanes begin Both food and cash crops are precision, the Ierendi are closer to
to periodically slam into the isles, generally grown by slaves a naval barbarian horde, relying
coming up from the southeast and overseen by free men. Slaves are on speed and the individual
rarely the east. Thyatis and the organized into 'gangs' according excellence of their crews,
Minrothad Guilds end up with to age and experience, with the combined with the substantial
most of the more easterly hardest work done by those in the magical enchantments of their
hurricanes, however. 18-35 range. Plantations are ships, to deal with better
typically owned by a particular disciplined foes. Fancy
pirate ship or town, which manuevering would require
appoints an overseer to watch giving up freedom, after all.
over it and collect the revenues.
Man for man, the Ierendi have the
Ierendi is hitting its limits in best sailors in the world; under a
terms of useful agricultural land skillful Pirate King, this skill can
relative to its population size. be used to best effect; under weak
This is creating some amount of kings, enmities between
social stress, though right now, commanders undercut the
agriculture remains highly effectiveness and cooperation of
profitable. At the cost of creating the military, leading to disaster.
an evergrowing number of angry
slaves waiting for a chance to The continual piratical operations
break free. of the Ierendi Pirates keepeveryone's skills up; most free Slavery them, a reign of terror can lead to
men spend at least a while as a some slave poisoning your food
pirate, making it easy to replace or you being beaten to death.)
Ierendi slavery is hereditary. You
losses so long as they don't grow Slaves cannot testify against non-
can become a slave in one of two
too intense. slaves, but can against each other.
ways—judgement passed on you
They have no property rights in
by the Pirate Conclave (how
There is a very small group of theory—in practice, masters
some of the Makai were
professional soldiers who guard generally allow them to
enslaved) and being captured by
forts for defense. Organized into accumulate wealth if they can
Ierendi Pirates. Most Ierendi
one hundred man companies, the find some way to do so, so long
Pirates do not enslave everyone
Royal Pirate Army numbers only as it isn't a threat to the masters.
they capture, as this would
1000 men. They all train as
provoke too harsh a counter-
archers and spearmen in both Most slaves work the fields, but
response and encourage most
light and medium armor. some work as domestic labor,
people to fight back harder.
craftsmen or even clerks in
Rather, slaves are usually taken
There is also a militia force, businesses. Field slaves are
from enemy pirate ships and from
organized by the towns and rarely emancipated, but the
slave-raiding / trading. (Thyatian
villages. Lightly armored, it domestic and business slaves
and Minrothad prisoners are
focuses on missile fire and have a fair chance of it.
usually enslaved regardless of
operating in dense forest and
origin, though) A lot of slaves
jungle. In addition to fighting in Makai face a lot of problems
taken these days are either
wartime, it helps to hunt runaway because many non-Makai Ierendi
Karameikan or Sindhi because
slaves. Up to 5000 militia can be tend to assume any Makai is a
neither nation can fight back very
fielded in companies of irregular slave or else that their ancestor
effectively.
size when needed. Another five was one. This leads to a lot of
thousand low quality militia of conflict and duels.
The child of a slave is always a
old men can be fielded in deep
slave, but the owner of a slave
emergencies. Slaves range greatly in their
may emancipate a slave for any
response to slavery. Some of
reason. Some allow their slaves
them are completely broken,
to save up wealth and buy their
obeying their masters out of fear
freedom. A fair number of
and/or devotion. Most are
emancipated slaves are the sons
somewhat resistant, but unwilling
and daughters of their master.
to take major risks. They'll sneak
Freed slaves may become pirates,
off a little tobacco, or every so
townsfolk, or just leave Ierendi
often let frogs cavort in the
entirely if they have the
master's ale when he's not
resources.
looking, or even beat up one of
the master's relatives in a moment
Masters may freely sell, beat,
of passion, but they fear
rape, kill, etc their slaves at will.
punishment too much to do major
In practice, most masters hold
resistance.
back from total tyranny from a
mixture of human feeling and
self-preservation. (The People's
Temple tends to target the most
vicious masters, and even withoutDisease and the gain a +5 bonus to start with and Atruaghin Clans: Pathetic land-
acclimate at triple-speed; the dwellers and their equally
Nithian Curse curse is out to kill rebels, not pathetic and vulnerable coastal
obedient slaves. dwelling cousins. The Turtle and
One may measure the power of Tiger clansmen make good slaves
the Nithians by the fact that a It is to be noted that a similar and indeed the Tiger clans often
curse unleashed by the Nithians Lizard-man curse affects any seem eager to sell Turtle clan
back in 500 BC still has power visiting Nithians. It's just that members to the Ierendi for a tidy
over these isles. They are riddled none ever come here to notice, as profit. The rest of the clans are
with diseases which cannot long they're all in the Hollow World irrelevant. No embassy.
survive leaving the isles as a now. Ylari are immune to the
result. (They were intended to Nithian curse, but are vulnerable Republic of Darokin: The
kill off the rebels, not to spread to the Lizard-man curse. Darokinians endlessly complain
back to the motherland.) Ierendi However, Ylari gain +5 to save about Ierendi pirates but lack the
diseases can only infect those against the Lizardman curse, due strength to defeat them and often
who have visited the Isles at least to being only somewhat related to work with them against other
once. This means invading fleets the Nithians. The humidity tends foes. DDC members are
are often wiped out by disease, to make most Ylari miserable, but considered in Ierendi to be
but can't carry it home to plague it doesn't quite stop the protected by the Honorable Code.
bomb Thyatis. missionaries. They maintain an embassy, even
if the ambassador often isn't very
Over time, those most vulnerable Relations with happy.
to the diseases who live in the
Islands have died off and only the Specific Nations and Ethengar Khanates: The what?
disease resistant remain. Visitors Peoples Who? Sea of Grass? How do
and invaders are not so lucky. you sail in grass?
Once a week (or a month if you
Kingdom of Alfheim: Both
want to play this down for foreign The Five Shires: Sometimes
countries are only vaguely aware
PCs visiting the isles), they must good friends, sometimes enemies,
of each other since Alfheim is
make a Fortitude save at often friendly rivals. Currently
landlocked. There are no formal
difficulty 15 (Save vs. Poison for allies as the result of strong
relations, but some Elves admire
other editions) or else become efforts by Pirate King Mungo, but
the independence and freedom of
sick; the DM should adjust this may change once he dies.
the Ierendi. Others see them as
disease virulence to suit the need They have an embassy.
little better than orcs. The Ierendi
and tone of his campaign.
slightly admire the Elves, even if
Anyone who bears arms during The Republic of Glantri: A fine
they are landlubbers.
the week finds the difficulty rises customer for the cash crops and a
to 20 (as the disease-curse supplier of desperately needed
Empire of Alphatia: The enemy
identifies them as a REBEL.) magical gizmos. You have to
of my enemy is my friend. The
Each year in which at least half hide them from the Shire-folk,
Ierendi get much of their magical
your time is spent in the Isles though. Some Ierendi of the
gear from the Alphatians when
reduces the save difficulty by 1; towns want to copy aspects of
not imported from Glantri. Sure,
eventually, one becomes largely Glantrian government. Most
wizards aren't as good as Pirates,
immune to it, if one is a long- Pirates prefer their own ways,
but at least they appreciate
term settler. Ironically, the curse though. They have an embassy.
freedom. Alphatia maintains an
is less dangerous to slaves, who
embassay in Ierendi City.Heldaanic Knights: Many potential rivals. No embassy; sentence; fools are sent here to
Ierendi see the Heldaanic Knights relations are sometimes friendly, either get wise and healthy or die.
as a twisted fun-house reflection sometimes hostile but always Relations are usually terrible and
of themselves and it makes them interesting. while there is an embassy,
uncomfortable. Most Ierendi turnover is high.
don't like them and there are little Kingdom of Rockhome: Hard
formal relations. Or reasons to to get in contact with due to Kingdom of Vestland: Little
interact at all. geography, but Dwarves are real reason for contact here; it's
useful for their rock working just too hard to get back and
Grand Duchy of Karameikos: skills. A fair number of dwarves forth.
Sheep to be shorn, especially the work as engineering mercenaries
Black Eagle Baron. Stefan is in Ierendi and some past Pirate Emirates of Ylarum: Ierendi is
pathetic and the Traladarans have Kings have offered to let the so wet that it attracts endless tides
always been helpless. Perhaps dwarves colonize the Ierendi of Ylari seeking to study the
after the fiftieth time their homes Uplands. Recent talks have secrets of its wetness and
burn, they'll learn to be real men. discussed this again; after a greeness. They then preach and
But probably not. Possibly useful century or so of negotiations, the drive the locals crazy. There are
against Thyatis, though. But Dwarves are starting to warm to some converts in the town, people
likely more useful as slaves. the idea. There is a Dwarven who have grown used to
There is no embassy, as Stefan embassy. disciplined, hard-working lives of
withdrew his after an initial craftsmanship and business which
attempt at relations. Kingdom of Sindh: If the Sindhi no longer really fit the chaotic
navy wasn't weak, they'd have mores of the Pirate's Temple.
Minrothad Guilds: They're like killed everyone in Ierendi by Many of the slaves, however,
your evil little brother who you now. There is no embassy and have been listening to the
caught dismembering your little prospect of one. missionaries and add ideas from it
friends. Thugs and murderers and into their own syncretic faith, the
corrupted by their own wealth. Soderfjiord Jarldoms: Contact People's Temple, from it. This
They make the Ierendi between the two nations tends to makes the missionaries a little
uncomfortable as it's not always lead to violence when some crazy.
easy to tell the difference between Ierendi begins preaching the Code
the two nations' pirates. of Honorable Piracy at them. No
Relations are usually hostile, real reason to trade, hardly even
though uncomfortable embassies worth the effort to reach to raid.
exist in each nation for the other. No embassy.
Kingdom of Ostland: Kindred Empire of Thyatis: In Thyatis,
spirits, but also far away and this job is viewed as a death
Religion in Ierendi
Hangoon (Druidic Makai Practice) The oldest religion of the Isles is
the Druidic faith of the Makai. It
and Necromantic divides time into Aeons, Worlds,Years, Months, and Days. Each possible, even as the Kahuna of them as zombies to kill said
Aeon is a great phase of Life use their nature lore to prop enemy. A few Kahunas of Death
existence divided into five up Grandmother Life as long as have sold out to the Pirates and
Worlds, each of which ends in an possible. provide undead labor for the
apocalypse. At the beginning of nastiest plantations.
an Aeon, the world is fresh and Together, the two groups of
new. Gradually, however, the Kahuna (clerics) conduct rites Elegy Island remains under the
world decays over four worlds. intended to stave off the death of control of the Hangoon and
Each ends with a disaster—The the Sun (Grandfather Sun) and to seems likely to stay so.
Death of Stone, The Death of prop up Grandmother Life to
Air, the Death of Fire and finally survive another day and to Druidic faith is declining, having
the Death of Water. The world appease Grandfather Death. been replaced for many Makai by
then crumbles away, only to be Grandmother Ocean also has to the People's Temple.
reborn after the Death of Death, be appeased to keep her from
which ends the Fifth Age of each devouring the land too fast with This church serves five
Aeon, when Death finally turns her mighty storms. Already she Immortals, though it only names
in and devours itself in its claims half the year for her four; Ka is the silent benefactor
hunger. watery children and the storm of the Church, while
season will only grow longer in Grandmother Life (Terra),
The Current World is the Third the next World. Grandfather Sun (Ixion),
World of the Twenty-First Aeon; Grandfather Death (Thanatos),
the Death of Stone eded the First These rites have, over time, and Grandmother Sea (Protius)
World in 1750 BC when the become much softer, abandoning are openly named. (Thanatos is
lands of the Sea of Dread sank human sacrifice for the sacrifice not so much worshipped as
beneath the waves, showing of food and valuables. A few appeased. In theory, anyway...)
Stone would now crumble over angry Kahunas would be rather
time, until all the lands are gone. happy to sacrifice some of the
The Second World ended in 500 'free men' if they could get away
BC with the Plague-Winds of with it, though. Their rites
Amnesia which wiped out almost revolve around the opening and
all knowledge of the past of the closing of storm season and the
Makai (see history for the full four equinoxes and solstices.
story). We now live in the Third
World and most Makai figure its Kahunas of Life are normal
end comes soon, though the Sun druids. The Kahunas of Death
does seem quite healthy for are necromancers who use their
something doomed to die to end powers to assist their fellow
the World soon. Makai. A fair number go crazy
and end up turning very evil or
Still, Death grows stronger, but very insane or both, but most,
the wise men are ready for him. though sinister, act to help the
The Kahuna of Death have now mostly enslaved Makai and
studied Death's lore and when the turn their malice lose on the 'free
Fifth World comes, the World of men' of Ierendi. They are
Death, they will be ready to stave especially fond of killing an
off Grandfather Death as long as enemy's relatives and sendingThe People's Temple one born. The founder of the result of this is that while some
People's Temple was a man born texts are very common in many
in Minrothrad by the name of communities, each community
The People's Temple is the
Tomia, but he was taken as a has its own version of the holy
response of the increasingly
slave to Ierendi, where he writings, hidden away by the
diverse slaves of the Ierendi Isles
escaped and began circulating priests to avoid being found by
to the mostly unsuccessful
between plantations, aiding the masters. And to avoid them
attempts of Ylari preachers to
others and teaching the slaves to being contradicted.
convert them (and of preaching
stand together. He came to be
from the Pirate's Temple),
known as 'The Hope' and The People's Temple has several
combined with some aspects of
eventually, he is said to have esoteric sub-sects which compete
the old Druidic faith of the Isles.
escaped this world and headed to control the direction of the
The People's Temple operates at
into the planes to find a source of church, groups who have taken
two levels—an exoteric level of
Immortality to create new symbolic readings of some of the
what is believed by the average
Immortals not beholden to the holy writings and who often have
member and an esoteric level of
current order, who would create special writings only revealed to
hidden lore which guides the
a better world. Those who are the initiated. Each of these
inner leadership of the faith. The
kindest to each other and groups sees itself as the true,
exoteric level is a higgledy-
humiliate the masters the most rightful leadership of the church
piggledy jumble of holidays,
will join him in his quest when and the true heirs of the Hope.
worship rites, and other religious
he dies, until finally, the Hope is Many priests belong to none of
trappings taken from all the
fulfilled. (This dream of new these groups, but each has a fair
cultures which touch the Sea of
Immortals is also known as the amount of influence among those
Dread, from Hin harvest festivals
Hope.) not initiated into them.
to Sindhi caste garb to mocking
recreations of the rites of the
The People's Temple thus The Daughters of Night believe it
Pirate's Temple. Indeed,
teaches a dual ethic—anything is necessary to snuff out the Sun
mocking other religions is an
done to non-slaves is justified if in order to bring about the Fourth
important part of the faith,
they refuse to aid the slaves, World. They are unaware they
though a dangerous one; those
while towards your fellow slaves, are under Nyx's influence and
brave enough to mock their
you must be kind and generous now get their spells from her, and
masters publically are regarded
and forgiving, for if you do not don't usually share her focus on
most highly. All the nations who
stand together, freedom will undead, though those highest in
have abandoned them to their
never come. Those who best the sect are more aware of what
fate, the old religions which
embody this may one day is going on, but believe Nyx one
could not save them, the heroes
become the Immortals to Come, of the new Immortals to Come,
who did not liberate them—all
following the Hope to destroy the who they must bring into
must be mocked and shamed for
corrupt Immortals of this present existence by snuffing the Sun,
their failure.
day. who imprisons her.
The People's Temple looks
The Holy Writings of the The Liberators are busy plotting
instead to a new age to come, of
People's Temple are a mish-mash a giant slave uprising against
new Immortals who will not
of the writings of the Hope, the their masters; unfortunately, the
abandon the helpless—by their
holy writings of various decentralized nature of the
private ceremonies, they seek to
immortals and the additions of church has made this rather
hasten that day when the corrupt
every communit's priests. The difficult. This sect has been born
old order is torn down and a newseveral times, as it tends to get magic user to fake divine The Pirate's Temple
just far enough to get caught. powers. To his shock, some of
They appeal to those too his followers actually developed / The Church of
impatient to wait for the coming the ability to cast spells, leading Ierendi
of the New Immortals. him to suspect he himself was a
pawn. He finally left to
The official name of the Pirate's
The Dream of an Ocean Desert investigate this, only to end up a
Temple is the Church of Ierendi,
(sarcastically named, yes) are the prisoner of (Immortal of the
but in practice, it is usually
group most influenced by the DM's choice). The actual power
referred to as the Pirate's Temple.
Ylari preachers; they hope to of most believers comes from
It worships a collection of
redirect the yearly monsoons to Korotiku and Diulanna, who both
Immortals related to war and
Ylarum in hope of getting Ylari disapprove of slavery and
adventure on the high seas. It
help in overthrowing their support self-improvement and
gives its highest reverence to
masters. (Also, they hope that change. (Though the Daughters
Sinbad and to Protius (The Old
with less water here, the cash of Night are empowered by
Man of the Sea), the former
crops they're forced to grow will Nyx.)
ruling over ships and sailing, the
become unviable, reducing their
later over the ocean upon which
masters to poverty.) They are In a 3/3.5E game, clerics of the
you sail. Valerias, Asterius, and
stricter about morality and less People's Temple choose from the
Calitha also are patrons of the
mocking of other faiths than domains Community, Protection,
church. While not an official
most People's Temple groups. Trickery, and an alignment
part of church theology, Brissard
domain of their choice (different
also draws power from the
The Inner Light believes itself to congregations range greatly in
church due to its endorsement of
have preserved the secret alignment). Their holy weapon:
slavery and empowers those who
teachings of Tomia on how to the dagger (because slaves can
most strongly defend the
join him on his quest without carry a dagger without getting
institution. Ahmanni, Crakkak,
having to wait for death. They caught and punished...)
Diulanna, Korotiku, Minroth,
practice secret rites, ascetic
Djaea and Halav are all enemies
techniques, and holy exercises,
of the Pirate's Temple for various
combined with studying and
reasons. And the People's
mastering levels of exoteric lore
Temple really hates it.
in order to become a being of
light fit to join Tomia.
The worship ceremonies of the
Pirate's Temple are intended to
A variety of more obscure groups
bring fortune in exploration,
exist as well, at the DM's
trading, and war and to appease
discretion.
the wrath of the elements.
Ironically, the Temple does have
The deepest secret of the
a year end ceremony where it
People's Temple is that Tomia is
makes sacrifices to those
actually imprisoned in the outer
Immortals most opposed to it, in
planes (The DM should choose
an effort to buy off their wrath.
where as appropriate for his
But each of the twelve monthly
game.) He began the church as a
ceremonies (first day of the
giant con game for his own
month) are intended to please the
benefit, using his skills as a
patrons of the Church.The Pirate's Temple teaches its general, they only discourse on The Eternal Truth
followers that fortune favors the this topic if they have to, though
bold and that it is better to act repeated confrontation with of al-Kalim
than to lose an opportunity by People's Temple preachers have
too much caution or debate. It caused a large number of priests Many Ylari come to Ierendi to
also strongly emphasizes to further harden their hearts. study this land to try to
freedom. The free man submits This is a major place of conflict understand why it is so bountiful
to no hereditary authority, but in Ierendi society; positions on and how to change Ylarum to
only to those he chooses, who this are likely to change, make it more like Ierendi. Minus
must prove their worthiness. depending on the future road the diseases, mind you. Ierendi
Cooperation is important, but which Ierendi ultimately follows. City has a major temple and
only if you have a voice in Kodos on Safari Island has a fair-
determining what the group does. The Pirate's Temple has no sized temple. Some other towns
Those of higher skill have more particular eschatology; they have small temples as well. The
voice, so you may need to work worry more about the here and discipline of the Ylari faith
your way up. But you can; any now and what cool things you appeals to some city-dwelling
group that doesn't allow a man to may get to do soon. There may Ierendi who are increasingly
rise in rank isn't worth belonging be cosmic cycles or whatever, skeptical of the value of the
to. Be bold, smart, and strong, but it's unlikely the world will chaotic pirate life. This is
and you will prosper. Be kind to end in this lifetime. Those who causing conflict within the
your friends and relatives; those best exercise their freedom may temples however; the Eternal
from outside Ierendi, on the other be chosen by the Immortals to Truth condemns slavery, whereas
hand, don't necessarily deserve join them, and those who at least many of the local converts have
consideration, ESPECIALLY not tried will go to dwell with them. come to accept it as natural or
Thyatians. Those who allowed their even necessary. This may well
freedom to be taken away will lead to a schism.
The introduction of slavery fall into the hands of the Fiends.
created a theological crisis for But they had it coming, so don't The last head of the Ierendi
the Pirate's Temple. Some of its cry for them. sanctuary was a man named
members continue to oppose any Yavi, a very ambitious cleric
form of slavery as immoral, but In 3.0/3.5 terms, the Pirate's who hoped to eventually emulate
most have been too tempted by Temple has these domains: Al-Kalim and gain immortality.
easy wealth to fight it. Those Chaos, Travel, Water, War. He also acted as an agent for the
who preach against slavery are a Their holy weapon is the cutlass Kin faction of the Ylari church.
repressed minority; the bulk of (use Scimitar stats.) (The hard- His outspoken preaching against
Pirate's Temple theologians have core defenders of Slavery are the Church of Ierendi and the
come to argue that the least now empowered by Brissard. People's Temple went on for
useful must be slaves so that Their domains are Evil, Travel, many months before he tried to
those of higher skill and talent Trickery, Water) sail to Kodos, only to vanish en-
can be truly free, that slaves route. Most people assume some
cannot take care of themselves, group of pirates killed him,
and so the men of skill and talent though a few believers think the
must take care of them and make Immortals took him up to the
them work for their own good. heavens.
Many are still somewhat
squeamish about slavery, and in The new head of the Church isdetermined to avoid ending up though the Pirates tend to mock The Heldannic Knights are not
dead, but isn't willing to simply it (in part because many pirates actually banned, but Vanya
roll over in the face of violence. can't even read the Nahmeh). worshippers in general make the
Halla is quietly seeking Ierendi nervous. However, the
adventurers to conclusively Banned Faiths Heldannic knights rarely show
prove what happened to Yavi, up here and generally do not
and plans to make sure those cause trouble, so it has yet to be a
The Ierendi are tolerant of most
who did this vanish as well, significant issue. Hattian Storm
religions, even some entropic
while keeping his public rhetoric Soldiers, on the other hand, are
ones, so long as they don't cause
toned down. He's a member of asking for trouble. Any group
trouble. However, all religions
the Preceptor faction, so he which is too much of a formal
associated primarily with Thyatis
would rather avoid violence, but militaristic / religious group
(in the eyes of the Ierendi) are
he knows that in Ierendi, that's generally makes the Ierendi
banned. This includes, to its
not always an option. unhappy at best.
displeasure, the Church of
Karameikos (but not the Church
As the urban areas of Ierendi
of Traladara or the Cult of
gradually drift more towards
Halav.) Religions connected to
legitimate trade and away from
Minrothad are also banned.
reliance on piracy, this faith is
slowly growing more popular,
Pirates, Plunderers and PoltroonsThe King and his Advisors Ship's Treasurer to the Pirate Ambassadors of Note
King of Ierendi, is a very
Mungo Ship-Shearer (Halfling nervous, jumpy halfling. This is Postalcan Pur (Wizard 18),
Fighter 17), Pirate King of because he knows that his great ambassador from Alphatia, is
Ierendi, is an old man, getting strength is accounting, which quite aware he's the most
sick and worn out. He may not tends to get short shrift in pirate powerful wizard in Ierendi and
last to the next Tournament of society, and once Mungo retires will never let you forget it.
Piracy and intends to step down if or dies, he will be a lot more (Other than perhaps some of the
he does. He's had enough of vulnerable to revenge by Captains Honor Islanders, but he and they
trying to herd cats to last him a he's had problems with in the pretend each other don't exist.)
lifetime. And he's uncertain of past. He's been building up He views this posting as a chance
what to do about the building support among the townsfolk of to make a big pile of cash and
problems and has decided to just the isles in anticipation of this, spends most of his time selling
pass the buck. Almost everything hoping to find a merchant house his services to those who can
he does now is intended to defer to take refuge with once Mungo is afford it. The rest is largely spent
the nation's problems to be out of power. He and Antonia get hooking up pirates with too much
resolved by his successor. The along poorly as he tends to money with Alphatian wizards
one exception is his project to deliver reality checks to her wild who will enchant things for them
build underwater ships for piracy dreams. or sell them things. What little
and exploration of the sea floor; time he has left is used finding
this project occupies a fair Antonia Wave-Chaser (Halfling ways to embarrass the Thyatian
amount of his energies now and is Rogue 7/Fighter 8, Str 16), ambassador.
his favorite thing to work on. Vice-Admiral to the Pirate King
of Ierendi, is Mungo's second in Gerard Mauntea (Expert
Hannah Ship-Shearer (Halfling command, in charge of his fleet 6/Merchant-Prince 6, Int 15),
Wizard 13), Pirate Queen of personal followers. She has ambassador from Darokin,
(Honorary) of Ierendi, has been grandiose dreams of conquering spends most of his time in a state
married to Mungo for sixty years Minrothad and making them work of perpetual frustration. While
and has borne him many children, for the pirates of Ierendi, enabling Darokin makes good money
of whom about half are alive. Ierendi to field the mightiest importing and reselling the cash
She has thus not had as much pirate fleet ever, one that could crops produced by Ierendi,
time to build up her skills as him, wipe Thyatis' fleets off the map, Ierendi pirates continue to prey
though she is one of the stronger finally completing Ierendi's on Darokinian shipping and
wizards of Ierendi. She revenge. Her grandiose dreams trying to protest this is largely
effectively acts as court mage and usually get shot down by Peleke's futile. So he spends a lot of time
spends much of her time now reminders of fiscal reality and the being aggravated and the rest of
working on the underwater ships two of them get along poorly. the time trying to hire people to
project. In times past, Hannah She reminds Mungo of his youth, steal back pirated goods. He is a
was usually the voice of reason to however, so he indulges her when distant relative of the current
her husband's over-optimism. he can. She is a very skillful Chancellor of Darokin and is not
Now she's trying to shake him out naval commander. aware he was given this posting
of his general exhaustion, but because he wasn't considered
without much luck. good enough at diplomacy for a
post where diplomatic skills
Peleke Ship-Shearer (Halfling would actually do much good.
Rogue 5/Expert 7, Int 16),Ira Knackwell (Bard 10, Cha quite aware everyone hates her. two to three nights a week to
16), ambassador from The Five But she knows how to use that to throwing huge open parties.
Shires, is from the biggest ship- manipulate people. Let it slip that Ironically, this has made her the
building family in the Five Shires, Minrothad wants X and everyone most popular if most useless
from the town of Tothmeer. He rushes to do the opposite...which Thyatian ambassador in ages.
rather enjoys being in Ierendi, and is what she really wanted. She She goes adventuring every few
spends a lot of time at Ierendi conducts elaborate espionage and months to bring in enough money
shipyards, studying their spends a certain amount of time to continue her wild ways.
methods. He is enjoying the trying to turn up the heat of the
current good relations and feuds between some ambassadors Maelobus Negrus (Cleric 11,
working to foster trade. He is on just as a hobby. Ann has a great Wis 15), ambassador from
good terms with both pirates and interest in Nithia and buys Ylarum, is actually of Thyatian
city folk, in part due to his great Nithian artifacts at good prices. descent, but his ancestors
skill at handling people. He is on converted to Al-Kalim's church
extremely good terms with the Stahlsmag of Clan Syrklist during the Ylari uprising. He got
current Pirate King. He and the (Bard 12, Cha 17), ambassador this job because of his piety and
Glantri Ambassador get along from Rockhome, is quiet and his desire to help advance the
very poorly, as one might expect. hard to get to know, which by dream of the Desert Garden by
dwarven standards, is outgoing. the study of Ierendi. He is very
Jacob Stuart (Wizard 14, Dex She only fully comes to life when friendly and kind, but prone to
16), ambassador from Glantri, is discussing trade. She largely preach at the drop of a hat. He
of Klantyre stock, chosen to be ignores the other ambassadors, hires lots of adventurers to go
ambassador because he is one of except for the Darokinian one, study aspects of the climate for
very few expert boatmen in who she feels sorry for, and him, often camping in dangerous
Glantri. In a country which periodically invites over for places for weeks with special
offered other roads to power, he discussions which go clumsily as instrumentation which records
would have more likely ended up she's not good at social small-talk natural and magical fluxes. He is
a rogue or a bard, but he took up and he doesn't know dwarven on good terms with the current
wizardry because otherwise he entertainments well. (She's head of the church in the Isles,
would be a pawn and patsy all his determined to find some game he but goes his own way.
life. He can be very hard working won't lose 8 times out of 10,
if he has to and studies magic though.) She is enthusiastic (by
every day, but would rather relax. Dwarf standards) about setting up
He does a pretty good job of colonies here, though aware that a
drumming up business for Glantri fair number of dwarves may be
because of his obvious love of the reluctant to go places with so
sea. However, the Alphatians get much ocean in it.
more work and he rather resents
the Alphatian Ambassador, who Antonia Magrinnus (Noble 12,
always treats him like an idiot Str 17), ambassador from
younger brother. He and the Thyatis, is quite aware she was
Shire Ambassador get along very sent to Ierendi in the hopes she
poorly, as one might expect. would either grow up or die. Her
plan is to do neither and to simply
Ann Boleyn (Bard 12, Cha 17), do whatever the hell she wants,
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