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Welcome to the the new and revised (version
5.0) Teréth End website. If you have any questions
or comments, please do not hesitate to ask. The
process of converting the old web site is long (and tedious)
so don't expect old things to appear immediately, but have
no fear, the design and content team (me and me) are working
around the clock (a very slow clock that doesn't usually
work late at night) to bring you the most current and useful
website possible (if any of this can truly be considered
useful). Look to this spot on further pages for useful
links and other odds and ends. Thanks for visiting,
comments and praise welcomed, criticisms will be met with
pained silence.
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03/09 Revised Characters
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03/12 Revised Equipment page posted
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03/14 Revised Chronicles > Thieves pages posted
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Introduction
A Global View
Buried on a dark shelf in a forgotten vault
in Panath lies the folded
tome Ismir's History of Zaratam, whereupon was inscribed
at the dawn of the Third Age each silver pinpoint star on
a night-dragon's hide. The Erëgé named
the deep and soulless firmament Zarátam after
the Zarav, first apostle
of Path, who walked among the silver stars compiling the Heavenly
Wisdoms by which the Gods might justly rule the world. Upon
completion of this, his greatest work, Ismir Erëgé traveled
to each of the five continents, spreading word of the greatness
of Path. Returning home from Tasserus,
Ismir stopped on the barbarian island Lanas where
he was imprisoned following a grand oration, and died in
5774 LR. King Ter'ud of Iráen suffered
no heretics. When word of Ismir's capture and death
reached Panath, the peaceful priests were outraged and sent
emissaries to the eastern island seeking restitution. King
Ter'ud hanged each priest from his citadel walls and sent
word to Panath that Iráen had granted him a great
revelation, that he was to lead a Holy Crusade and bring
the Eshátan to the
misguided. There began over one thousand years of war
that would introduce the Law of Iráen onto three continents.
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The Dekàlan Empire (highlight
in red), circa 744 HK
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Ismir's message has long outlived him and
the Erëgé sect (who were corralled and slaughtered
in 5777 LR). In the Courts of Maradoo the Heavenly
Wisdoms were accepted graciously and soon incorporated
into their own doctrines. Path earned a place within
their hierarchy where he was named Doro,
and credited with peace and knowledge. A ship laden with
gold was sent to Panath to pay homage at Doro's temple. After
a harrowing journey, the gold was confiscated and used to
fund the Kandalan War. Those that escaped carried word
to Maradoo (five years later, on foot) that Panath had fallen
and so began a great effort to build the Dorontir. In
6014 LR, the same year Alfard was crowned High Lord of Ildûn,
Doron priest Allasa Turdir wrote from the ethereal pinnacle
of Dorontir:
"... I have seen our green and blue
world, and the white storms that curl across its face. I
have seen the three disks that cross and circle Ismir's firmament,
and know Doro's truths to be inviolate. I have seen
the fiery face of the sun and watched its heavenly motion
through the sea of silver points, its children in tow. I
have seen our world slowly turning, and watched all of Zaratam
dance with it in endless circles"
 Mostly,
Turdir's heliocentric observations and prophecies remain
unchallenged, but there are exceptions. The Order
of Woad, a widespread but small organization, maintain
that the world and the bodies heavenly are connected pieces
of the body of the ur-God Woad and
that all motions are due to growth and change within the
body of their deity. To their credit, their astronomical
predictions (eclipses, etc.) are unrivaled by even the studious
Dorons. Many Werrid believe that Teréth End
and its moons are orphaned worlds divided by some past calamity
and that in time, the worlds will converge and they will
be reunited with their kin.
The people of Teréth End, though separated
by vast land and water divides, exist together. The
events of one kingdom affects even the most remote people,
if only subtly. All national events should be considered
in the context of a much greater view, and while there may
be no discernible end toward which all happenings are gravitating,
there should be no mistake that an end (good or bad) exists.
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