History of Talagra

Spell weavers from an unknown plane arrive in the area and settle in the region destined to become the Demonskar. They subjugate local ogre tribes and use them to help in building a great city. At this time, the region to the east of Talagra is ruled by the Serpentfolk of Shatterhorn and the underground rivers and lakes are ruled by the kopru. Frost giants rule the mountain tops.

When the spell weavers make a critical error in the construction of a massive planar transport device, their city is destroyed in a tremendous explosion that tears a hole in reality. Portals to the Abyss open randomly in the region for the next century, allowing demons to gather and grow strong in the ruins. The massive crater later becomes known as the Demonskar.

a cleric of Hecate named Suna woke one night after a particularly vivid dream of a hidden cove, which she believed to be a prophecy from Hecate, She called together her followers, her lover Torleif Hallison, and their ally, the up-and-coming wizard, Stigandr Seiðhǫggva, and began their years long search for her vision.

Stigandr leads a small army inland from the newly founded city of Sasserine, on the pretense of founding a new city of his own. He founds Redgorge in the shadow of a great volcano and raises the Basalt Bastions to protect his men from attack while they begin building.

Kallikrates Lagides, one of Stigandr's friends and competitors, arrives in the region and founds the nearby village of Lagitope, intending to horn in on whatever action had enticed her friend into the region.

Stigandr dies of natural causes. He is entombed in an undisclosed location. Over the next several centuries, Talagra continues to prosper.

A lightning bolt of epic proportions strikes the the pinnacle of Shatterhorn, cracking the entire the entire spire from tip to base. The Serpentfolk who occupied the keep around the spire saw this event as one of their deities being displeased with their inability to drive back the advance of humanity; the Serpentfolk presence in the area dwindles to a shadow of its former glory.

The red dragon Hookface arrives in the region. His attacks on merchants and cities of the region continue intermittently for a century - no heroes are able to defeat the dragon.

Jzadirune is hit with the Vanishing after tainted spell weaver artifacts infect the place. The gnomes abandon the stronghold and never return.

The rainiest winter in centuries results in massive flood damage to the lower reaches of Talagra. The Flood Festival is founded the next year, and for the next several years the freakishly wet winters continue before the weather finally returns to normal.

The Cagewrights begin construction of the Tree of Shackled Souls and hire the Ebon Triad to aid in the construction of the soulcages.

A plague of filth fever strikes Talagra. Several hundred die before the city's clerics can get the plague under control