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aesatri [2021/03/21 14:45]
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aesatri [2021/03/23 00:23] (current)
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| ===== History ===== | ===== History ===== |
| The Aesatri are known to have been inhabitants of the arctic reaches and eastern ShadowGate coastline since sometime within the Rise of Civilization (-9,000SG to -3,000SG), having had clans and tribes in the area long before the rise of the Zin'Charu empire. By the expansion of the Zin'Charu empire into the Yniam region circa -2,900SG, they held two major settlements, Thorm at the mouth of the Yniam river, and Asgard upon the Saakrune Peninsula much further south, jutting out directly east of the main reaches of the Vandor'ivae into the Saakrune sea. | The Aesatri are known to have been inhabitants of the arctic reaches and eastern Shadow coastline since sometime within the Rise of Civilization (-9,000SG to -3,000SG), having had clans and tribes in the area long before the rise of the Zin'Charu empire. By the expansion of the Zin'Charu empire into the Yniam region circa -2,900SG, they held two major settlements, Thorm at the mouth of the Yniam river, and Asgard upon the Saakrune Peninsula much further south, jutting out directly east of the main reaches of the Vandor'ivae into the Saakrune sea. |
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| Both cities fell under Zin'Charu rule until the disappearance of their empire; Thorm much earlier than Asgard, which was the last major ShadowGate settlements to succumb to the Zin'Charu empire circa -2,550SG. The cities were held and ruled by the empire until their abrupt disappearance in -549SG, at which point the Aesatri gladly returned to lordship of their own settlements. | Both cities fell under Zin'Charu rule until the disappearance of their empire; Thorm much earlier than Asgard, which was the last major Shadow settlements to succumb to the Zin'Charu empire circa -2,550SG. The cities were held and ruled by the empire until their abrupt disappearance in -549SG, at which point the Aesatri gladly returned to lordship of their own settlements. |
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| The people of both cities did not march in the war of -10SG to 0SG; fearing another invasion, they instead looked to their own defenses. Battle raged around Asgard particularly, with the battle of Tyr and Bane in the forest directly to the west. Kelemvor, knight-captain of Asgard, led the city's armies in defense against a horde of undead risen from the swamps south of the city, led by the now-mortal Myrkul, who was killed but dealt a mortal blow to Kelemvor (who was later risen as the new god of the dead). Yngvild, Mystra's successor following her death in 0SG, was also a citizen of Asgard, and Kelemvor's lover prior to the Godswar. | The people of both cities did not march in the war of -10SG to 0SG; fearing another invasion, they instead looked to their own defenses. Battle raged around Asgard particularly, with the battle of Tyr and Bane in the forest directly to the west. Kelemvor, knight-captain of Asgard, led the city's armies in defense against a horde of undead risen from the swamps south of the city, led by the now-mortal Myrkul, who was killed but dealt a mortal blow to Kelemvor (who was later risen as the new god of the dead). Yngvild, Mystra's successor following her death in 0SG, was also a citizen of Asgard, and Kelemvor's lover prior to the Godswar. |
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| ===== Future ===== | ===== Future ===== |
| There are assumed to still be many small Aesatri clans in the northern arctic reaches, though none within mapped ShadowGate territory. Torm and Asgard serve as the main modern sites of their race, although much of Torm's citizenry is diluted with the blood of other peoples in the centuries since. Their royal line is believed lost (though the daughter is actually alive and under Asgard's protection - later plot for the restoration of the lineage!), leaving the city under the rulership of the Vizier, once only the King's advisor. | There are assumed to still be many small Aesatri clans in the northern arctic reaches, though none within mapped Sundering Shadows territory. Torm and Asgard serve as the main modern sites of their race, although much of Torm's citizenry is diluted with the blood of other peoples in the centuries since. Their royal line is believed lost (though the daughter is actually alive and under Asgard's protection - later plot for the restoration of the lineage!), leaving the city under the rulership of the Vizier, once only the King's advisor. |
