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| keftiu |
Posted - 04 Jan 2020 : 20:44:29
I’m primarily a 4e fan, and there’s very little about this region in that edition, either in the core books or in the Chessenta article. The gist seems to be “there’s a vampiric dragon ruling it” and possibly some of the ‘monstrous’ races, but very little beyond that. Could someone catch me up, or clue me in on older lore? |
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| Zeromaru X |
Posted - 06 Jan 2020 : 03:55:35
Not to be a party popper, but I for one like that this Bane's church disappeared after the Spellplague. If I want yet another humanocentric power influencing the Realms, I will go search around Faerûn. I prefer Threskel a monster dominated land.
I do like this Banespear tho. It will be useful to get rid of Gilgeam in my Tymanther campaign... |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 06 Jan 2020 : 01:15:10
Old Empires has information on Threskel as well. Also, Faith and Avatars entry for Bane goes into the church of Bane (Temple of the Black Lord's Cloak) that was in Threskel, and it was a big thing. The fact that you had the largest temple to the god of tyrants right next to a country whose tyrant god literally ruled it has made some of us wonder. Throw in that in the original Draconomicon there was a hint to the Banespear that could "kill Gilgeam".... and you might see why some of us proposed that Gilgeam was influenced by outside forces (if not replaced).
from Draconomicon
The Banespear: Maldraedior knows of a spear, separated into shaft and head and hidden apart, which can slay the vile tyrant Gilgeam with a single strike into the side. Both parts are carefully hidden and protected by monsters and traps of great power and peril. This is suitable only for PCs of high level, and only if you can handle the turbulence caused by a successful
assassination of Gilgeam.
Check this thread for some info too
http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17887 |
| TomCosta |
Posted - 05 Jan 2020 : 13:25:19
And leading up to that check out the 3.5E Dragons of Faerun for the status of Threskel just prior to 4E. IIRC, there was not much info in Brian James' 4E article on Chessenta in Dragon or Dungeon magazine. |
| Zeromaru X |
Posted - 05 Jan 2020 : 06:03:19
Yeah, somehow. Your namesake made things really interesting in the vicinity of the Alamber Sea during the 4e era.
quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos
I'd love a recap, thanks.
-- George Krashos
Here you go:
Threskel was ruled by Alasklerbanbastos since before the Spellplague. The land has always been home of monstrous races such as kobolds, orcs, trolls, dragons (both living and undead), and other draconic-type monsters (half-dragons, dragonspawn, etc.), as well as a few impoverished humans. That's why Threskel is said to be a land of monsters.
By 1478 DR, Threskel and Chessenta were at war, with Shala Karanok trying to conquer Mordulkin, that she (and all Chessentans) felt it was rightfully a part of Chessenta. Seems Mordulkin was the capital of Threskel by this point, meaning that conquering Mordulkin was akin to conquer Threskel. Dunno why Alasklerbanbastos never tried to conquer Tymanther, this is not elaborated in the novels; however the dragonborn were eager to help the Chessentans to defeat such a foe if they asked for their help (this is stated by Tarhun himself; he was Tymanther's ruler at the time, btw).
Things changed when Brimstone (the smoke drake who helped to defeat Sammaster during the Year of the Rogue Dragons trilogy) re-appeared in the mortal world, went to Murghôm, that is ruled by an alliance of dragon princes since the Spellplague, and met such dragon princes and other important dragons living in the vicinity of the Alamber Sea (including Alasklerbanbastos, Gestaniius and Skuthosiin), and claimed that he rediscovered the rules of Xorvintaal (The Great Game the prehistoric dragons used as a proxy for open warfare) in the ruins where Sammaster was killed after the last Rage of Dragons. Brimstone convinced many chromatic dragons and a few gem and metallic dragons to participate in a game to determine who will become the emperor of dragonkind and to dominate all the nations in the Alamber Sea vicinity.
Tymanther, due to its known hatred of dragons, was considered the most dangerous nation in the game, and many players aimed to either subjugate or destroy it in order to quickly rack up massive amounts of points. One such player was Skuthosiin, who wanted to rebuild Unther under his rule, and thus needed to either conquer the dragonborn by force, or gain a place of honor among them. For this he needed help, so Skuthosiin planned to rescue Tchazzar, who was imprisoned in the Shadowfell since the Spellplague. Thus, enter Aoth Fezzim and his Brotherhood of the Griffon.
This put Skuthosiin at odds with Jaxanaedegor (a vampiric green dragon servant of Alasklerbanbastos), who had great plans for the area, but needed time to make things right. He also wanted to eliminate Alasklerbanbastos and be his own boss. So he took advantage of Skuthosiin’s plan, and helped Aoth’s agents to rescue Tchazzar on Mirtul 12 of 1479 DR.
This prompted Brimstone to invite Tchazzar to play the game. Tchazzar immediately accepted, went to Chessenta, reclaimed his kingship and went to war with Threskel. In one of the battles, Jaxanaedegor met Tchazzar, asked for parley and offered an alliance against Alasklerbanbastos in exchange for retaining Mount Thulbane as its own. Tchazzar agreed, and in the final battle of this campaign they destroyed Alasklerbanbastos. Tchazzar conquered Threskel, but allowed Kassur Jedea (a descendant of Hercubes Jedea) to remain as the puppet ruler of Threskel. So, this means Threskel is an autonomous kingdom allied with Chessenta.
As for Skuthosiin, the dragonborn were more than he could manage on his own, and Tchazzar was so fixated on defeating Alasklerbanbastos that he left his old ally to fend for himself. Skuthosiin was killed shortly thereafter by a dragonborn military operation led by dragonborn heroes Medrash and Balasar from clan Daardendrien.
We don’t know what happened to Threskel after Tchazzar was killed and Alasklerbanbastos was destroyed for the second time (in the same year) during the Battle of Lutcheq, when Shala rebelled against Tchazzar. We know Kassur Jedea pledged his allegiance to her, so Threskel maybe is still an autonomous realm. We also know Jaxanaedegor ended up as the ruler of Mt. Thulbane, so he may have ended up conquering the land. And Alasklerbanbastos may have returned as well, as he is a dracolich. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 05 Jan 2020 : 05:15:55
Isn't my namesake rather involved in Threskel? It's beeen awhile... |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 05 Jan 2020 : 02:38:51
I'd love a recap, thanks.
-- George Krashos |
| Zeromaru X |
Posted - 04 Jan 2020 : 21:52:44
All the info on 4e Threskel is from the Brotherhood of the Griffon novels (specifically, the three first novels). You can also check Dragons of Faerûn (3.5 sourcebook), as the status of Threskel before the events of the novels is similar to the lore depicted on this book.
If you don't mind spoilers, I could give you a small recap of what happened in the novels. |
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