Post by DM on Apr 12, 2015 20:09:02 GMT
Tethyr
Currency
New & Old Currencies of Tethyr
Coin Worth Mint Slang
Daublar 1 pp All Cup
Brakar 2 gp Darromar Star
Aenar 1 gp All Queen
Paxar 1 sp All King/Blade
Donsar 1 cp All Lash
Gulder (1 gp) Zazesspur
Molean (1 gp) Ithmong
Myrat (1 gp) Myratma
Zoth (1 gp) Saradush
Duchies & Counties
• The Crown Lands: Her Royal Highness Queen Zaranda of Darromar
o Ithmonn: Count Malcor Grannox of Loranse
o Rivershire: Count Zelphar Thann of Lhestyn’s Hearth
o Varyth: Count Dancon Riiklass of Tor Arcana
o Spellshire: Count Gamalon Idogyr of Shildamere
• Ankaram: Lady Vaira Valemeyiar of Castle Maratimmir
o Calimmon: Countess Kyrin Hawkwinter of The Cliff/Daraqadim Keep
o Monteshi: Count Oxsal Keeneyes of Pelmarin
• Principality of the Iltkazar Highlands: Prince Coram Rhindaun is an infant. His regent is Vander Stillhawk.
o Golden Marches: Lord Alaric Hembreon of Shklshyr House
Valashar: Count Holver Roaringhorn of Tannithall
Hazamarch: Count Rikos Dughol of Iltarghal Keep
Morninggold: Countess Aalangama Gulderhom of Morninggold Keep
o Suretmarsh: Duke Tardeth Lianistaph of Veaddakar
Alonmarch: Count Vartan Thrynnar of Thrynnar’s Hold
• Principality of the Corsairs’ Sea: Princess Sybille Rhindaun. Her father, King Haedrak, is crown regent to this infant heir.
o Cape Velen: Lord Llachior Blackthorn of Velen and Tordraken
Firedrake: Count Ondul “Warhammer” Jarduth of Millvuthan in Velen
Fyraven: Count Tanar Keelson of Monguldarath in Tulmnene
Greenshores: Count Jordy Gallum of Port Kir and Kirguard
o Noromath: Duke Allain Kevanarial of Suldanessellar
o Durmista: Duke Mirthal Aendryr of The Eight’s Tree and Suldanessellar
• Principality of Ankramir: Princess Cyriana Rhindaun is an infant; her regent is the duchess Vajra Valmeyjar of Ankaram
o Kamlann: Lord Inselm Hhune of Tresper Hall in Zazzespur
Starspur: Countess Corinna Dezlentyr of Battle’s End
Uluran: Count Silvanus Moondrop of Uluran Keep
o Purple Marshes: Duchess Marilyn Haresdown of Krennasar
Vintor: Count Krimmon Amethystall of Amethyst Hall
Bardshyr: Count Ellem Sunspear of Saharkhan Keep
Elemetar: Countess Perendra Raslemtar of Khaarysaim in Myratma
• Mirkazar/The Mir Protectorate: Count Yuldar Llistiin of Mistletoe Keep
o Surkazar: Count Oon Santele of Colbertann
Government
The developing government has stabilized under the charismatic rulership of Queen-Monarch Zaranda Rhindaun and her husband King Haedrak III. Sovereignty and secular authority over the ruled descend from the monarch, but today’s Tethyr is unlike previous despotic regimes. The monarch established in the Queen’s Dictum-Arista the following: “The monarchy and its authority depend solely and absolutely on the goodwill and health of those ruled, rather than the opposite truths we once held. I shall be queen and monarch for as long as the people deem me worthy, and not one moon further. The nobility’s right to rule may be approved by godly forces, but in Tethyr, the people shall accept the rule only of those who prove their inherent nobility and right to govern in the eyes of their lieges and those governed. This decree allows no mob rule, but states to the people, the state, and the gods above that rulership is a responsibility to be respected rather than a privilege to be abused. Tethyr has suffered much, and it is Tethyr that shall help me govern her to health and prosperity anew. “
This dictum was widely copied and read with much fanfare in the major cities and towns of the realm in the first month of Zaranda’s reign.
Under this new system of responsibility to the people, the duties of nobility are clearly stated in the queen’s Writ-Nobila, which was copied and distributed among the counts and dukes of the realm at first Harvestcourt. As she accepted each vow of vassalage and obedience to the Crown, she and the attendant noble witnessed the writ as a contract for legitimate, honest, and accountable rule over Tethyr’s lands and peoples. The Writ-Nobila established a sealed document which assigned the duties of a noble, defined the boundaries of each noble’s office, and most importantly left few open powers through which the queen’s vassal lords could usurp the authority she delicately holds today.
The Counts report to the Dukes and the Dukes of Tethyr report directly to the Queen. Sheriffs run the towns and report to the Counts.
The Royal Councils
As both Queen Zaranda and King Haedrak are new to the royal purple, both are still learning how best to perform their important roles as rulers. As such, they each rely heavily on the advice and guidance of their nobles and others whose knowledge they trust. There are a number of constant advisors at hand in Faemtarn including the Lord Royal Chancellor and the Warlord, as well as other long-standing friends. Officially, the queen relies on two stages of councils to help her manage this long-abused nation: her official Royal Privy Council, for major decisions of state, and unofficial Queen’s Councils, for lesser matters. Beneath the monarch, the next most powerful stage of government is Queen Zaranda’s Royal Privy Council. This council has 15 members whose noble or political titles demand their seats on the council, regardless of who might hold those titles.
The council consists of 10 nobles: the monarch, her eight dukes, and the Heir-Apparent or a Crown Regent of said heir. The Duke-Protector of the Crown Lands does not automatically gain a seat on the council since this is an honorary title for the monarch’s consort, rather than a true sovereign duchy.
The council also has five religious and racial emissaries of the commoners: the Archdruid of Mosstone, the Treespeaker of Tethir for the elves, the Hills’ Voice for the halflings, the Shield Brother of the remaining Starspire dwarves, and the Samnilith, a spokesperson for the gnomes. In order of importance, these are:
• Her Royal Highness Queen Zaranda; Monarch of Tethyr.
• His Royal Highness King Haedrak III; Monarch’s Consort,Duke-Protector of the Crown Lands, Crown Regent for Princess Sybille, heir to the monarch’s throne.
• Lady Vajra Valmeyjar; Royal Warlord; Duchess of Ankaram, Regent Royal for Princess Cyriana.
• Lord Alaric Hembreon; Duke of the Golden Marches,Lord Royal Chancellor.
• Duke Tardeth Llanistaph; Duke of Suretmarch, Lord Just Chancellor
• Lord Llachior Blackthorn; Duke of Cape Velen, Lord Royal Durbland.
• Lord Inselm Hhune; Duke of Kamlann, Lord Watch Chancellor.
• Duchess Marilyn Haresdown; Duchess of the Purple Marches, High Ambassador.
• Duke Mirthal Aendryr; Duke of Durmista and the Suldusk elves, Scoutlord of Her Majesty’s Scouts.
• Duke Allain Kevanarial; Duke of Noromath and the Elmanesse elves, Bowlord of Her Majesty’s Bowmen.
• Lord Lyrminor Vineshigh; Hills’ Voice, and Lord-Mayor of Vineshade.
• Lord Rauthomyr; Treespeaker of Wealdath and all of the forest’s elves.
• Lord Vorn Ghalmrin; Shield Brother, second son of Arduke Obar Ghalmrin and heir to Clan Ghalmrin.
• Lady Simonne Whitebrow; Samnilith, priestess of Gond, and City Councilor of Zazesspur.
• Arkaneus Silvermane; Archdruid of Mosstone
Small Council
• Lord Vander Stillhawk; Monarch’s Champion; Regent Royal for Prince Coram.
• Lady Perendra Raslemtar; Countess of Elemetar, Court Vizera.
• Lord Gamalon Idogyr; Count of Spellshire; Court Sage.
• Lord Dancon Riiklass; Count of Varyth; Duties Chancellor.
• Lord Malcor Grannox; Count of Ithmonn, Law Chancellor.
• Lady Harlaa Assumbar; Queen’s Minister, High Lady Scion of Siamorphe.
• Lord Vartan Thrynnar; Count of Alonmarch, Lord Historian.
Social Customs
Tethyrian society was once open and trusting, but the turmoil of the past century has marred that quality. The excesses of the last Tethyrian kings and the chaos of the Interregnum turned a compassionate people into folk ever wary of treachery and deceit. Many of the abuses of previous regimes have been publicly denounced and banned by the current monarch. The folk of Darromar, Zazesspur, and the northern lands of Tethyr have witnessed firsthand these changes and are filled with optimism for the future, but southern farmers and eastern highlanders are skeptical of the high promises made by the new nobility.
Social customs in Tethyr are greatly affected by class status and land ownership. Land is of the greatest importance to Tethyrians, and a person’s connection to it establishes his status in society far more strongly than his wealth alone. Land owners are accorded the most respect, but status-conscious nobles earn great regard from their people if they take good care of their lands. Many nobles fell during the Ten Black Days of Eleint for abusing the privileges of land ownership, harming or neglecting their lands and the people tending them.
Tethyrians of all races show their respect for the land by surrounding themselves with growing plants. In the cities of Tethyr, window boxes of flowers and courtyard gardens are the norm. Queen Zaranda has asked all of the cities and towns of Tethyr to each set aside an area for use as a public park, an idea which all have embraced with vigor. It is now a matter of civic status to have the largest or best-maintained park, though few can match the splendor of the great flower-filled Garden of Rhinda, planted in honor of King Haedrak’s mother, that embraces the hill beneath Faemtarn in Darromar.
With the reestablishment of social order and a new nobility in place, new social customs are slowly taking shape. Just as they always were, the peasants and laborers of Tethyr are ruled by counts, and the counts are answerable to dukes. Dukes are held accountable by the royalty and the monarch. However, Queen Zaranda publicly proclaimed that just as the gods depend on their worshipers, the nobility needs the support of its people: “A noble does not rule simply by decree or by law, but by the sufferance of those ruled. A noble puts the well-being of the people before her own, or else she is unfit to rule.” With this proclamation, the queen put the social order in the hands of the commoners, much to the dismay of older, landed nobles. However, rather than falling into anarchy as was feared, the war-worn people have accepted the queen’s appointed rulers as fair and just. The people believe their taxes and impounded goods should keep their counts, dukes, and queen in a manner that reflects each province’s wealth or social importance. A few people actively dislike the new social order of Tethyr.
The worst point of contention among some in the mercantile class and certain lesser nobles ousted during the Interregnum or Reclamation is the integration of nonnative persons into the nobility of Tethyr. While most so ruled have accepted these new nobles, thanks either to their aid in the Reclamation or their munificence since then, still others (especially among the elder nobility) treat these new nobles as usurpers. Another divisive issue among the elder population, commoner and noble alike, is the sudden elevation of elves and halflings to royal posts. An oft-predicted backlash against humans has, however, failed to occur (and is in fact unlikely to ever happen). Old attitudes and prejudices still run deep among the mostly human urban population, though the peace resulting from cooperation between races is causing many human citizens to change long-held negative beliefs about demihumans.
The Curse of Five: The unlucky nature of the number five is a social belief found only in Tethyr. Superstitious folk go out of their way to avoid using five of anything; many rural folk have families of four children and do not risk having a cursed fifth child. Some of these superstitions are long founded and can be seen easily, such as no official building in Shoonach or any other building with five lone steps, always more or less, or no more than four windows (or less than seven) on any particular wall. Many fears about the number five are linked with royalty:
- King Coram IV died of five stab wounds; his captain of the guard was paid with five bars of platinum to do the evil deed.
- King Teremir, the first monarch after the Queen’s era, was a fifth son; his kingdom was tom by strife within 25 months of his ascension. - - King Coram II was also a fifth son, and he was killed by King Teremir II in a coup after five years on the throne.
- King Errilam was a third son but the fifth child of Haedrak II, and his death started the elf-strife that lasted 90 years.
- The five daughters of Princess Kessynna died horribly in Waterdeep as detailed later in the history section.
Knightly Orders
• Arvoreen’s Marchers: This 12-year-old group’s members are exclusively halflings, with a few gnomes. The group’s founder and leader is the halfling warrior-priest Estemal Talltankard (LG halfm Ftr6/Clr7; Arvoreen).
• The Champions Vigilant: This group is currently among the most prestigious of the knightly orders, second only to the Order of the Silver Chalice. This popular order of Helm-worshipers has a centuries-long history of dedicated holy warriors. Composed of clerics, crusaders, paladins, rangers, priests, and pious fighters of all three faiths, the Knights Kuldar have all vowed to do their best to heal the sick, help the weak, and avenge those harmed by injusservice in defending Tethyr.
• The Knights Kuldar of Barakmordin: The fortified abbey of Barakmordin is one of the few collective temple complexes to the Triad of Ilmater, Torm, and Tyr.
• The Loyal Order of Innocents: The newest of the prominent knightly orders, the Loyal Order of Innocents was created by the royal decree of Her Majesty Queen Zaranda at her first Harvestcourt in the Year of the Gauntlet (1369 DR). This order of knights and clergy is dedicated solely to Torm, god of duty, and is exclusively made up of paladins and crusaders of Torm.
• The Order of the Silver Chalice: Formed officially in Alturiak during the Year of the Serpent (1359 DR), the Order of the Silver Chalice is the sole fighting order of Siamorphe, goddess of nobility.
• The Warriors of the Star: Formerly Star Protective Services, the ‘Warstars’ is now an elite force of warriors in the queen’s palace army. These 40 fighters and rangers are the personal bodyguards of the royalty.
Currency
New & Old Currencies of Tethyr
Coin Worth Mint Slang
Daublar 1 pp All Cup
Brakar 2 gp Darromar Star
Aenar 1 gp All Queen
Paxar 1 sp All King/Blade
Donsar 1 cp All Lash
Gulder (1 gp) Zazesspur
Molean (1 gp) Ithmong
Myrat (1 gp) Myratma
Zoth (1 gp) Saradush
Duchies & Counties
• The Crown Lands: Her Royal Highness Queen Zaranda of Darromar
o Ithmonn: Count Malcor Grannox of Loranse
o Rivershire: Count Zelphar Thann of Lhestyn’s Hearth
o Varyth: Count Dancon Riiklass of Tor Arcana
o Spellshire: Count Gamalon Idogyr of Shildamere
• Ankaram: Lady Vaira Valemeyiar of Castle Maratimmir
o Calimmon: Countess Kyrin Hawkwinter of The Cliff/Daraqadim Keep
o Monteshi: Count Oxsal Keeneyes of Pelmarin
• Principality of the Iltkazar Highlands: Prince Coram Rhindaun is an infant. His regent is Vander Stillhawk.
o Golden Marches: Lord Alaric Hembreon of Shklshyr House
Valashar: Count Holver Roaringhorn of Tannithall
Hazamarch: Count Rikos Dughol of Iltarghal Keep
Morninggold: Countess Aalangama Gulderhom of Morninggold Keep
o Suretmarsh: Duke Tardeth Lianistaph of Veaddakar
Alonmarch: Count Vartan Thrynnar of Thrynnar’s Hold
• Principality of the Corsairs’ Sea: Princess Sybille Rhindaun. Her father, King Haedrak, is crown regent to this infant heir.
o Cape Velen: Lord Llachior Blackthorn of Velen and Tordraken
Firedrake: Count Ondul “Warhammer” Jarduth of Millvuthan in Velen
Fyraven: Count Tanar Keelson of Monguldarath in Tulmnene
Greenshores: Count Jordy Gallum of Port Kir and Kirguard
o Noromath: Duke Allain Kevanarial of Suldanessellar
o Durmista: Duke Mirthal Aendryr of The Eight’s Tree and Suldanessellar
• Principality of Ankramir: Princess Cyriana Rhindaun is an infant; her regent is the duchess Vajra Valmeyjar of Ankaram
o Kamlann: Lord Inselm Hhune of Tresper Hall in Zazzespur
Starspur: Countess Corinna Dezlentyr of Battle’s End
Uluran: Count Silvanus Moondrop of Uluran Keep
o Purple Marshes: Duchess Marilyn Haresdown of Krennasar
Vintor: Count Krimmon Amethystall of Amethyst Hall
Bardshyr: Count Ellem Sunspear of Saharkhan Keep
Elemetar: Countess Perendra Raslemtar of Khaarysaim in Myratma
• Mirkazar/The Mir Protectorate: Count Yuldar Llistiin of Mistletoe Keep
o Surkazar: Count Oon Santele of Colbertann
Government
The developing government has stabilized under the charismatic rulership of Queen-Monarch Zaranda Rhindaun and her husband King Haedrak III. Sovereignty and secular authority over the ruled descend from the monarch, but today’s Tethyr is unlike previous despotic regimes. The monarch established in the Queen’s Dictum-Arista the following: “The monarchy and its authority depend solely and absolutely on the goodwill and health of those ruled, rather than the opposite truths we once held. I shall be queen and monarch for as long as the people deem me worthy, and not one moon further. The nobility’s right to rule may be approved by godly forces, but in Tethyr, the people shall accept the rule only of those who prove their inherent nobility and right to govern in the eyes of their lieges and those governed. This decree allows no mob rule, but states to the people, the state, and the gods above that rulership is a responsibility to be respected rather than a privilege to be abused. Tethyr has suffered much, and it is Tethyr that shall help me govern her to health and prosperity anew. “
This dictum was widely copied and read with much fanfare in the major cities and towns of the realm in the first month of Zaranda’s reign.
Under this new system of responsibility to the people, the duties of nobility are clearly stated in the queen’s Writ-Nobila, which was copied and distributed among the counts and dukes of the realm at first Harvestcourt. As she accepted each vow of vassalage and obedience to the Crown, she and the attendant noble witnessed the writ as a contract for legitimate, honest, and accountable rule over Tethyr’s lands and peoples. The Writ-Nobila established a sealed document which assigned the duties of a noble, defined the boundaries of each noble’s office, and most importantly left few open powers through which the queen’s vassal lords could usurp the authority she delicately holds today.
The Counts report to the Dukes and the Dukes of Tethyr report directly to the Queen. Sheriffs run the towns and report to the Counts.
The Royal Councils
As both Queen Zaranda and King Haedrak are new to the royal purple, both are still learning how best to perform their important roles as rulers. As such, they each rely heavily on the advice and guidance of their nobles and others whose knowledge they trust. There are a number of constant advisors at hand in Faemtarn including the Lord Royal Chancellor and the Warlord, as well as other long-standing friends. Officially, the queen relies on two stages of councils to help her manage this long-abused nation: her official Royal Privy Council, for major decisions of state, and unofficial Queen’s Councils, for lesser matters. Beneath the monarch, the next most powerful stage of government is Queen Zaranda’s Royal Privy Council. This council has 15 members whose noble or political titles demand their seats on the council, regardless of who might hold those titles.
The council consists of 10 nobles: the monarch, her eight dukes, and the Heir-Apparent or a Crown Regent of said heir. The Duke-Protector of the Crown Lands does not automatically gain a seat on the council since this is an honorary title for the monarch’s consort, rather than a true sovereign duchy.
The council also has five religious and racial emissaries of the commoners: the Archdruid of Mosstone, the Treespeaker of Tethir for the elves, the Hills’ Voice for the halflings, the Shield Brother of the remaining Starspire dwarves, and the Samnilith, a spokesperson for the gnomes. In order of importance, these are:
• Her Royal Highness Queen Zaranda; Monarch of Tethyr.
• His Royal Highness King Haedrak III; Monarch’s Consort,Duke-Protector of the Crown Lands, Crown Regent for Princess Sybille, heir to the monarch’s throne.
• Lady Vajra Valmeyjar; Royal Warlord; Duchess of Ankaram, Regent Royal for Princess Cyriana.
• Lord Alaric Hembreon; Duke of the Golden Marches,Lord Royal Chancellor.
• Duke Tardeth Llanistaph; Duke of Suretmarch, Lord Just Chancellor
• Lord Llachior Blackthorn; Duke of Cape Velen, Lord Royal Durbland.
• Lord Inselm Hhune; Duke of Kamlann, Lord Watch Chancellor.
• Duchess Marilyn Haresdown; Duchess of the Purple Marches, High Ambassador.
• Duke Mirthal Aendryr; Duke of Durmista and the Suldusk elves, Scoutlord of Her Majesty’s Scouts.
• Duke Allain Kevanarial; Duke of Noromath and the Elmanesse elves, Bowlord of Her Majesty’s Bowmen.
• Lord Lyrminor Vineshigh; Hills’ Voice, and Lord-Mayor of Vineshade.
• Lord Rauthomyr; Treespeaker of Wealdath and all of the forest’s elves.
• Lord Vorn Ghalmrin; Shield Brother, second son of Arduke Obar Ghalmrin and heir to Clan Ghalmrin.
• Lady Simonne Whitebrow; Samnilith, priestess of Gond, and City Councilor of Zazesspur.
• Arkaneus Silvermane; Archdruid of Mosstone
Small Council
• Lord Vander Stillhawk; Monarch’s Champion; Regent Royal for Prince Coram.
• Lady Perendra Raslemtar; Countess of Elemetar, Court Vizera.
• Lord Gamalon Idogyr; Count of Spellshire; Court Sage.
• Lord Dancon Riiklass; Count of Varyth; Duties Chancellor.
• Lord Malcor Grannox; Count of Ithmonn, Law Chancellor.
• Lady Harlaa Assumbar; Queen’s Minister, High Lady Scion of Siamorphe.
• Lord Vartan Thrynnar; Count of Alonmarch, Lord Historian.
Social Customs
Tethyrian society was once open and trusting, but the turmoil of the past century has marred that quality. The excesses of the last Tethyrian kings and the chaos of the Interregnum turned a compassionate people into folk ever wary of treachery and deceit. Many of the abuses of previous regimes have been publicly denounced and banned by the current monarch. The folk of Darromar, Zazesspur, and the northern lands of Tethyr have witnessed firsthand these changes and are filled with optimism for the future, but southern farmers and eastern highlanders are skeptical of the high promises made by the new nobility.
Social customs in Tethyr are greatly affected by class status and land ownership. Land is of the greatest importance to Tethyrians, and a person’s connection to it establishes his status in society far more strongly than his wealth alone. Land owners are accorded the most respect, but status-conscious nobles earn great regard from their people if they take good care of their lands. Many nobles fell during the Ten Black Days of Eleint for abusing the privileges of land ownership, harming or neglecting their lands and the people tending them.
Tethyrians of all races show their respect for the land by surrounding themselves with growing plants. In the cities of Tethyr, window boxes of flowers and courtyard gardens are the norm. Queen Zaranda has asked all of the cities and towns of Tethyr to each set aside an area for use as a public park, an idea which all have embraced with vigor. It is now a matter of civic status to have the largest or best-maintained park, though few can match the splendor of the great flower-filled Garden of Rhinda, planted in honor of King Haedrak’s mother, that embraces the hill beneath Faemtarn in Darromar.
With the reestablishment of social order and a new nobility in place, new social customs are slowly taking shape. Just as they always were, the peasants and laborers of Tethyr are ruled by counts, and the counts are answerable to dukes. Dukes are held accountable by the royalty and the monarch. However, Queen Zaranda publicly proclaimed that just as the gods depend on their worshipers, the nobility needs the support of its people: “A noble does not rule simply by decree or by law, but by the sufferance of those ruled. A noble puts the well-being of the people before her own, or else she is unfit to rule.” With this proclamation, the queen put the social order in the hands of the commoners, much to the dismay of older, landed nobles. However, rather than falling into anarchy as was feared, the war-worn people have accepted the queen’s appointed rulers as fair and just. The people believe their taxes and impounded goods should keep their counts, dukes, and queen in a manner that reflects each province’s wealth or social importance. A few people actively dislike the new social order of Tethyr.
The worst point of contention among some in the mercantile class and certain lesser nobles ousted during the Interregnum or Reclamation is the integration of nonnative persons into the nobility of Tethyr. While most so ruled have accepted these new nobles, thanks either to their aid in the Reclamation or their munificence since then, still others (especially among the elder nobility) treat these new nobles as usurpers. Another divisive issue among the elder population, commoner and noble alike, is the sudden elevation of elves and halflings to royal posts. An oft-predicted backlash against humans has, however, failed to occur (and is in fact unlikely to ever happen). Old attitudes and prejudices still run deep among the mostly human urban population, though the peace resulting from cooperation between races is causing many human citizens to change long-held negative beliefs about demihumans.
The Curse of Five: The unlucky nature of the number five is a social belief found only in Tethyr. Superstitious folk go out of their way to avoid using five of anything; many rural folk have families of four children and do not risk having a cursed fifth child. Some of these superstitions are long founded and can be seen easily, such as no official building in Shoonach or any other building with five lone steps, always more or less, or no more than four windows (or less than seven) on any particular wall. Many fears about the number five are linked with royalty:
- King Coram IV died of five stab wounds; his captain of the guard was paid with five bars of platinum to do the evil deed.
- King Teremir, the first monarch after the Queen’s era, was a fifth son; his kingdom was tom by strife within 25 months of his ascension. - - King Coram II was also a fifth son, and he was killed by King Teremir II in a coup after five years on the throne.
- King Errilam was a third son but the fifth child of Haedrak II, and his death started the elf-strife that lasted 90 years.
- The five daughters of Princess Kessynna died horribly in Waterdeep as detailed later in the history section.
Knightly Orders
• Arvoreen’s Marchers: This 12-year-old group’s members are exclusively halflings, with a few gnomes. The group’s founder and leader is the halfling warrior-priest Estemal Talltankard (LG halfm Ftr6/Clr7; Arvoreen).
• The Champions Vigilant: This group is currently among the most prestigious of the knightly orders, second only to the Order of the Silver Chalice. This popular order of Helm-worshipers has a centuries-long history of dedicated holy warriors. Composed of clerics, crusaders, paladins, rangers, priests, and pious fighters of all three faiths, the Knights Kuldar have all vowed to do their best to heal the sick, help the weak, and avenge those harmed by injusservice in defending Tethyr.
• The Knights Kuldar of Barakmordin: The fortified abbey of Barakmordin is one of the few collective temple complexes to the Triad of Ilmater, Torm, and Tyr.
• The Loyal Order of Innocents: The newest of the prominent knightly orders, the Loyal Order of Innocents was created by the royal decree of Her Majesty Queen Zaranda at her first Harvestcourt in the Year of the Gauntlet (1369 DR). This order of knights and clergy is dedicated solely to Torm, god of duty, and is exclusively made up of paladins and crusaders of Torm.
• The Order of the Silver Chalice: Formed officially in Alturiak during the Year of the Serpent (1359 DR), the Order of the Silver Chalice is the sole fighting order of Siamorphe, goddess of nobility.
• The Warriors of the Star: Formerly Star Protective Services, the ‘Warstars’ is now an elite force of warriors in the queen’s palace army. These 40 fighters and rangers are the personal bodyguards of the royalty.
