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Originally posted by George Krashos

Rhadik the Bold [489-551] was married twice.

His first marriage to Maelina Shaesarl produced three children: Imnel II [512-560], Amissa [516-589] and Lharik [521-522]. Maelina died giving birth to Lharik and he in turn was a sickly child who didn't live long past his first year.

Late in life, King Rhadik became besotted with the very young and vivacious Semathel Tarnis [529-601], marrying her (much to the horror of the senior nobility) in 547 DR. She bore him a son, Ereskas, in 549 DR.

When King Esmel II died in 601 DR following the deaths of his wife and first son and heir, his second son Dharik came to the throne, and was crowned King Esmel III. Esmel III was a lackwit (i.e. he was mentally impaired) which is why the regency of his grandfather Marcos Vymmar was installed, even though Esmel III was of age to rule in his own right.

Prince Ereskas, a senior member of the royal family, and great-great uncle to the ruling king was incensed that he was not given a role at court, and even more enraged by the power that a nobleman now wielded over the kingdom. His dissatisfaction with the state of affairs led to him launching a rebellion to "save the king from his evil advisors" and have himself installed as regent. He stole Namarra from the royal vaults beneath the royal palace Dahaundar in Esmeltaran and used it as a symbol of "right" for his revolt.

His dreams of ruling Amn from behind the throne were dashed at the Battle of Broken Blades in late 601 DR when his ragtag army of disaffected nobles and mercenaries was crushed on the banks of the Esmel River, east of present-day Purskul. Ereskas fled the kingdom and became a wanderer and mercenary.

He founded Mirabar in 626 DR when he led the mercenaries of the Company of the Scarlet Steed in an orc-scouring expedition sponsored by the newly crowned King Haryd II of Delimbiyran, the Kingdom of Man. The expedition discovered the ruins of the former dwarven city of Mirabar and he elected to make them his home and found his own kingdom in the harsh North, far from his homeland. He was aged 77 years but still in good health and lived for many more years before dying in 643 DR.

-- George Krashos

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Originally posted by neutrondecay

I'm just trying to piece together the Amnian succession, and I found this thread extremely helpful. This is all excellent, but I have one question:

Grand History of the Realms says that when Imnel II died in 560, he was succeeded by his nephew Corl I (535-579). If Lharik died young, and Ereskas was not a direct ancestor of Esmel III, was Corl I the son of Amissa? (Am I right in thinking Amissa was a woman, and if so, who was Corl's father?)

Thank you,

nd

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Originally posted by George Krashos

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Originally posted by neutrondecay

I'm just trying to piece together the Amnian succession, and I found this thread extremely helpful. This is all excellent, but I have one question:

Grand History of the Realms says that when Imnel II died in 560, he was succeeded by his nephew Corl I (535-579). If Lharik died young, and Ereskas was not a direct ancestor of Esmel III, was Corl I the son of Amissa? (Am I right in thinking Amissa was a woman, and if so, who was Corl's father?)

Thank you,

nd

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Correct, Corl was Amissa's son. Her husband was Torlus Arklen.

-- George Krashos

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