Tavaray

Tavaray
Tavaray
Capital
Tavaray
Largest City
Tavaray
Languages
Illuskan, Tethyrian, Elvish
Government
Monarch (King)
Predecessor
None
Founded
Year of the Phandar (-50 DR)-Year of the Deep Bay (302 DR)
Successor
Elembar, Athalantar, Uthtower, Bloodhand Hold
Land Area
-
Population
-
Tavaray was a human kingdom of the Coast that occupied the mouth of the River Delimbyr. The kingdom was a prosperous and busy mercantile center in the region from the Year of the Phandar (-50 DR) to its eventual abandonment due to the rapid expansion of the Lizard Marsh in the Year of the Deep Bay (302 DR). Settlers and refugees from Tavaray went on to found many of the other early human realms of the Sword Coast, including Elembar in the Year of Risen Towers (146 DR) and Athalantar in the Year of the Murmuring Dead (183 DR).
History
In the two centuries after the raising of the Standing Stone, the rise of the infamous Shoon Empire far to the south saw a diaspora of Tethyrian humans from the lands of present-day Tethyr and Amn, most of whom traveled north and northeast, seeking lands to settle free from tyranny and slavery. The majority of those settlers founded settlements in what are now known as the Fields of the Dead and the Greenfields (although in bygone eras this region had a plethora of names: the elves called it Askavar which also served as the name of a short-lived realm of moon elves that fled the fall of Keltormir; the dwarves of Shanatar named it Tynnor (literally “field of danger”) when they trekked northwards to found the Lost Kingdoms, disliking its open spaces; and many early humans called it simply Olar, or “the Wide” in the ancient Thorass tongue, for it was the biggest open expanse of territory early humans ever encountered, surrounded as they were by elven forests and dwarven and goblinoid-held mountains). A courageous few, traveled even further north, lured by tales of fallen Netheril and the great elven empire of Aryvandaar, which promised immense riches to those willing to brave the slumbering dangers of these vanished realms.
The founding of the settlement of Tavaray by Clan Aulgaard of Ruathym in the Year of the Phandar (-50 DR) represented a new influx of settlers from the island kingdoms of the Trackless Sea, beset at the time by famine brought on by a series of bad fishing seasons and the depredations of drow raiders from Karsoluthiyl. This fishing and trading port soon assumed significant importance for coastal trade, forming a bridge between the mercantile kingdoms of the south and famed Illusk to the far north.
Beginning in 82 DR, Tavaray experienced an influx of Tethyrians in the form of religious refugees fleeing the persecutions of Qysar Shoon II. Among them were a band of worshipers of the deity Eldath, led by the Archdruid Elembar, who had fled their forest grove home in the foothills of the western Cloud Peaks after repeated incursions from Shoon-sponsored brigands who roamed the Ralamnish Ridings (present-day Amn). Elembar and his followers did not settle in burgeoning Tavaray proper, but established small grove settlements on the fringes of the Ardeep Forest. At first, the elves were concerned and the younger, more intolerant warriors, wishing to prove themselves in battle, urged Laranla Embrae Aloevan to lead them to bloody war, scouring their forest of the intruders and then in turn driving the humans of Tavaray into the sea. The wise Embrae counselled patience, noting that in ages past, other elven lands had sought to war on humans, only to lose or at best obtain détente when the elves could find no answer to humanity’s numbers.
In this regard Embrae was guided by visions received from the goddess Sehanine, showing her that her life and the future of Ardeep were now inextricably linked with humankind. She therefore began to consort with humans in various spellspun guises, manipulating and thwarting those who would do ill to the Ardeep, but forming friendships and growing to love those humans who were of a different bent; those who were committed to peace and harmony and wished to live in accord with the mysterious elves of the woodlands. Of those humans, Embrae learned to love and respect Elembar of Eldath the most. Revealing herself to him in the Year of the Quiet Valley (93 DR), she allowed him and his druid acolytes to travel freely through select areas of the Ardeep Forest (then much bigger and encompassing the open lands between the present-day Ardeep Forest and Forlorn Hills) following the clear forest streams to the site of deep springs which were used as sites of worship in the Eldathyn rite known as the Cleansing.
Within a (human) generation, the elves of Ardeep had established a trademeet in a clearing at the very south-western fringes of their forest and Laranla Embrae had established the Oak Pact with Clanlord Unndor Aulgaard, ruler of Tavaray, which acknowledged their respective territorial boundaries and formalized matters of trade and diplomatic ties. Through all this, the clarity of thought and measured presence of the now venerable Elembar was a boon to both the humans of Tavaray and the Ardeep elves, and his wisdom averted many conflicts as the years rolled on.
However disaster struck in the Year of the Jagged Leaves (114 DR), when the venerable green dragon Draeithimatar, forced out of his High Forest lair after coming to the unwelcome attention of the deadly Imvaernarho of the Star Mounts, descended on Ardeep Forest seeking to claim it as his own. The battle might of Ardeep whelmed swiftly and the great wyrm was laid low in a titanic battle above the trees when Laranla Embrae Aloevan and a host of elven knights and wizards mounted on spectral pegasi assailed the dragon. In its death throes, the wyrm’s venomous breath coupled with the effects of its shimmering spell mantle, thought to be of Netherese origin, devastated the south-central portion of the forest, leaving a desolate, poisoned uninhabitable scar. While the elves mourned the damage to the forest, Elembar of Eldath and his fellow druids, now gathered in the Stillwater Circle, set about healing the land. In a mighty weaving of magic, blessed sages say by the touch of the Green Goddess herself, Elembar brought life back to the blasted soil, crowning the ritual with the willing sacrifice of his own. That area of land, whilst healed, remained treeless and came to be called the Dragonfields by both elves and humans alike.
Line of Rulers
The rulers of Tavaray are presented below:
MonarchRealmBirthDeathRuledReigned Notes
Aulgaard Dynasty
Threlgar, “the Stormborn”
Tavaray
-112
-11
-50/-21
Clan elder; Leads his people from Ruathym and founds Tavaray at the mouth of the River Delimbiyr; Dies of old age.
Ruulf
Tavaray
-73
-1
-21/-1
2nd son of Threlgar; Dies in battle with trolls.
Brandur, “the Flamespear”
Tavaray
-48
12
-1/12
1st son of Ruulf; Lost in an expedition to eradicate the trolls of the southern forests.
Skorgal
Tavaray
-19
39
12/39
3rd son of Brandur; Dies of winterchill fever.
Framar, “the Grim”
Tavaray
7
51
39/51
Son and sole heir of Skorgal; Lost at sea after a great storm.
Halthar
Tavaray
30
92
51/92
1st son of Framar; Dies of old age.
Jarulf, “the Ill-Fated”
Tavaray
55
92(?)
92
1st son of Halthar; Spell-cursed by the wizard Suul of Illusk to involuntarily change shape at every highsun, Jarulf disappears after a few months on the throne, with most believing him dead by his own hand.
Unndor
Tavaray
60
114
92/114
2nd son of Halthar; Dies in battle with trolls.
Lornil
Tavaray
89
145
114/145
3rd son of Unndor; Slain by assassins whilst visiting the holding of his vassal Uth Myrmoran.
Helgart, “Longstride”
Tavaray
116
?
145/154
1st son of Lornil; Famed traveler who treks north with a group of retainers and braves the dangers of Undermountain, never to be seen again.
Draagar
Tavaray
121
160
154/160
2nd son of Lornil; Dies of winterchill fever.
Ragnar, “the Beardless”
Tavaray
142
182
160/182
1st son of Draagar; Slain in the blood feud that erupts between the Darskuls and the Aumars, who are driven out of Tavaray.
Evald, “the Brave”
Tavaray
162
242
182/225
Son and sole heir of Ragnar; Rides to war with the elves of Ardeep against the orc horde of Gluthtor and is slain at the Battle of Hungry Arrows.
Ingmar, “the Foolish”
Tavaray
191
270
225/270
2nd son of Evald; Dies of old age.
Narthel
Tavaray
218
275
270/275
Son and sole heir of Ingmar; Dies after a fall from a horse.
Erundar
Tavaray
233
281
275/281
Son and sole heir of Narthel; Dies of plague.
Agundar
Tavaray
256
338
281/302
Son and sole heir of Erundar; Orders the abandonment of Tavaray and leads his people north to settle in the lands around Deepwater Harbor.

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