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Chapter 5, The Pre-Aerdy Period: Thalland’s Restoration

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Medegian army besieging Bluelode -262 CY art from Old World by Mohawk Games The disappearance of Tuerny in -262 CY left a void in the Kingdom of Thalland that many factions wanted to, and immediately began attempting to fill. The party with the most immediate advantageous position was the Medegian Bladelands, which possessed one of the largest armies and had advanced almost as far as Bluelode in their invasion of southeastern Thalland. What had promised to be a devastating battle ended when the tyrant was imprisoned by Graz’zt and as lore has it, taken back to that demon prince’s realm in the Abyss( 1 ). With their leader gone the forces of Tuerny were thrown into a confused retreat. The Medegian army continued its advance, though this did not last long. As they came within sight of Bluelode they were confronted by a messenger asking their intentions. He had been sent by the commander of the town, who enquired in the name of Alamnos, the Thellari crown prince who had been imprisone...

Chapter 4, The Pre-Aerdy Period: The Rise and Fall of Tuerny the Merciless

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Flan Priestess of Hextor in Bellport Melanie Liburd in Game of Thrones While no one is sure of the exact year of Tuerny’s birth in all likelihood it was  around -320 CY( 1 ), to a minor Cranden noble family in service to Fasstal Amalfrid of the Zelrad of Ehlissa. The names of his parents are unknown and almost nothing is known about his mother other than she was a witch of the ruling caste of the Lathu Flan, who had been taken as a war-captive by Tuerney's father. Before being driven out of the northern part of the land between the Flanmi, Harp, and Thelly Rivers, the nascent Cranden Principality had been in an almost constant state of war with the Lathu. The status of Tuerny’s mother is unknown; whether she was legal wife, concubine, or slave. Regardless, as the child grew, Tuerny was initiated by his mother into the arcane arts practiced by her people, most likely despite the wishes or knowledge of his father. One history relates that when the father discovered this upon the yo...