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GREYHAWK, THE GOLDEN ERA CY963: CHAPTER THREE
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<blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 7168825" data-attributes="member: 6855223"><p><strong>Lathir Searches His Memory</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Orc seems surprised that Respen is addressing him directly</strong>...</p><p></p><p>Recognizing one of the names, Lathir searches his memory to determine the significance and by such make conjecture about the nature of this Orc.</p><p></p><p>[gm] Lathir does not recognize the Orc's name, nor the name of his father; he does, however, recognize the name of Gurrok Mak, the current ruler of the Pomarj. In fact, Lathir knows quite a bit about the Pomarj Orcs, thanks in part to his own experiences, and also in part to the conversations that the party has had with <strong>Maxwell Silverhammer</strong> (Vale's cousin.)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]86119[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><u><strong>BACKGROUND INFO:</strong></u></p><p><u><strong></strong></u></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>The Pomarj</strong> - The Orcs of the Pomarj are the main body of Orcs who remain evil; however, two things have changed their society: First, Gruumsh's epiphany has split Orcish society, and turned their whole belief system on its ear. Secondly, the after-effects of <strong>The Great War </strong>have brought changes as well. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Orcs who renounced their old ways, and took up the mantle of <strong><em>Marek</em></strong>, thereby becoming non-evil aligned, have all fled the Pomarj, into other territories. This event was known as <strong>The Great Schism of the year CY 904</strong>. The followers of the True Gruumsh, along with the minority faction known as <strong>The Truthseekers</strong>, left the Pomarj, leaving it in a weakened state. </span></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>That was 59 years ago.</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> The current population of The Pomarj is 394,000.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Followers of Marek can be found in <strong>Dyvers</strong> (Tolerated, no temple), <strong>The Barony of The Five </strong>(Accepted; medium-sized temple in Orctown, and large temple in Muldash), <strong>Greyhawk</strong> (Tolerated, no temple), <strong>Littleberg</strong> (Tolerated, no temple), <strong>Kron Hills </strong>(Tolerated, Independent settlement of Marekville, medium-sized temple), and...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Lortmil Mountains </strong>(Accepted, Independent underground <strong>Kingdom (City-State) of Vaddekk</strong>, occupying the ruined / deserted Dwarven city of <strong>Kalimbar</strong>; this is the largest Orc settlement dedicated to Marek, hosting some 74,000 Orcs within its vast halls. This is because the vast majority of the Orcs who fled The Pomarj fled to the West, looking for caves to occupy high in the Lortmil Mountains, in the middle of the mountain range, above (North of) the Duchy of Ulek. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When they got to the mountains, they found the abandoned Dwarven city, and found that it was infested with undead; not ones to shrink from a challenge, they organized themselves, using scavenged materials from the Dwarven remains. Over a period of 25 years, from CY 904 to CY 929, they destroyed all of the undead, who (as it turns out) were the personal army of the <strong>Dracolich </strong>who had destroyed the city in the first place,<strong> Uuldmaa</strong>. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>The Orcs destroyed the Dracolich</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">, having located her primary phylactery which lay inside a demi-plane whose portal was deep within the mountain, and having figured out (through divination) that her backup phylactery was a fist-sized, perfect diamond, hidden within the sarcophagus of the last Dwarven king, where Uuldmaa believed that no one would think to look. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The new Orc King, Bregmar, used the hammer of the last Dwarven king to shatter the diamond on the lid of that same sarcophagus. <strong>From the years CY 929 to CY 963, over a period of 34 years, the Orcs rebuilt the city completely, dividing it evenly into two sections (Vaddekk, and Kalimbar); each section has its own series of mines. </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The current Orc King, Mardrog, son of Bregmar, then invited the <strong>Dwarves of Kalmir </strong>(the new settlement in the Southern Lortmils) </span></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>to return to their ancestral home, on the condition that they agree to share it with the Orcs.</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> When the Dwarves heard of this, the Dwarven king of Kalmir accepted the offer, having knowledge of the "new" Orcs who follow Marek. He and about 23,000 of his most loyal followers accepted the Orcs' offer to return to the ancestral cite; this required the Dwarves who remained behind in Kalmir to elect a new king, since their bloodline no longer occupied the Kalmir throne. <strong>The new king's name is Edelrand, son of Vallendor.</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thus, Kalmir has gone from a population of 54,000 down to population 31,000; and the newly-restored Kalimbar now has a population of 23,000. The current population of Vaddekk is approximately 77,000 Orcs. The two cities are now known as <strong>The Twin Mountain Kingdoms</strong>.) </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p>[/gm]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacConnell, post: 7168825, member: 6855223"] [b]Lathir Searches His Memory[/b] [B]The Orc seems surprised that Respen is addressing him directly[/B]... Recognizing one of the names, Lathir searches his memory to determine the significance and by such make conjecture about the nature of this Orc. [gm] Lathir does not recognize the Orc's name, nor the name of his father; he does, however, recognize the name of Gurrok Mak, the current ruler of the Pomarj. In fact, Lathir knows quite a bit about the Pomarj Orcs, thanks in part to his own experiences, and also in part to the conversations that the party has had with [B]Maxwell Silverhammer[/B] (Vale's cousin.) [ATTACH=CONFIG]86119._xfImport[/ATTACH] [U][B]BACKGROUND INFO: [/B][/U] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3][B]The Pomarj[/B] - The Orcs of the Pomarj are the main body of Orcs who remain evil; however, two things have changed their society: First, Gruumsh's epiphany has split Orcish society, and turned their whole belief system on its ear. Secondly, the after-effects of [B]The Great War [/B]have brought changes as well. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3]The Orcs who renounced their old ways, and took up the mantle of [B][I]Marek[/I][/B], thereby becoming non-evil aligned, have all fled the Pomarj, into other territories. This event was known as [B]The Great Schism of the year CY 904[/B]. The followers of the True Gruumsh, along with the minority faction known as [B]The Truthseekers[/B], left the Pomarj, leaving it in a weakened state. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3][B]That was 59 years ago.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3] The current population of The Pomarj is 394,000.[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3] The Followers of Marek can be found in [B]Dyvers[/B] (Tolerated, no temple), [B]The Barony of The Five [/B](Accepted; medium-sized temple in Orctown, and large temple in Muldash), [B]Greyhawk[/B] (Tolerated, no temple), [B]Littleberg[/B] (Tolerated, no temple), [B]Kron Hills [/B](Tolerated, Independent settlement of Marekville, medium-sized temple), and... [B]Lortmil Mountains [/B](Accepted, Independent underground [B]Kingdom (City-State) of Vaddekk[/B], occupying the ruined / deserted Dwarven city of [B]Kalimbar[/B]; this is the largest Orc settlement dedicated to Marek, hosting some 74,000 Orcs within its vast halls. This is because the vast majority of the Orcs who fled The Pomarj fled to the West, looking for caves to occupy high in the Lortmil Mountains, in the middle of the mountain range, above (North of) the Duchy of Ulek. When they got to the mountains, they found the abandoned Dwarven city, and found that it was infested with undead; not ones to shrink from a challenge, they organized themselves, using scavenged materials from the Dwarven remains. Over a period of 25 years, from CY 904 to CY 929, they destroyed all of the undead, who (as it turns out) were the personal army of the [B]Dracolich [/B]who had destroyed the city in the first place,[B] Uuldmaa[/B]. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3][B]The Orcs destroyed the Dracolich[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3], having located her primary phylactery which lay inside a demi-plane whose portal was deep within the mountain, and having figured out (through divination) that her backup phylactery was a fist-sized, perfect diamond, hidden within the sarcophagus of the last Dwarven king, where Uuldmaa believed that no one would think to look. The new Orc King, Bregmar, used the hammer of the last Dwarven king to shatter the diamond on the lid of that same sarcophagus. [B]From the years CY 929 to CY 963, over a period of 34 years, the Orcs rebuilt the city completely, dividing it evenly into two sections (Vaddekk, and Kalimbar); each section has its own series of mines. [/B] The current Orc King, Mardrog, son of Bregmar, then invited the [B]Dwarves of Kalmir [/B](the new settlement in the Southern Lortmils) [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3][B]to return to their ancestral home, on the condition that they agree to share it with the Orcs.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][SIZE=3] When the Dwarves heard of this, the Dwarven king of Kalmir accepted the offer, having knowledge of the "new" Orcs who follow Marek. He and about 23,000 of his most loyal followers accepted the Orcs' offer to return to the ancestral cite; this required the Dwarves who remained behind in Kalmir to elect a new king, since their bloodline no longer occupied the Kalmir throne. [B]The new king's name is Edelrand, son of Vallendor.[/B] Thus, Kalmir has gone from a population of 54,000 down to population 31,000; and the newly-restored Kalimbar now has a population of 23,000. The current population of Vaddekk is approximately 77,000 Orcs. The two cities are now known as [B]The Twin Mountain Kingdoms[/B].) [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [/gm] [/QUOTE]
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