strains every alliance and undermines each royal edict. As ruler, you command the resources needed

certain disaster. You may not even last long enough to make a sec-

ond mistake. You have reason to believe that some- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . issive from a Courtier . 2

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play, as well as the AD&D@ Player's Handbob. and DUNGEON Guide.

, ' how to use this This book details the people, provinces, customs, and landmarks of Talinie. .Herein, you will find all the information you need to play the regent of Tal- hie. Players of nonregent characters who live in Tal- inie can also use this sourcebook to flesh out their homeland.

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lences on the sudden and tragic death of your hon- ored predecessor, Thane Thuriene Donalls. We all

response from your predecessor, hut I stand firm in believing its truth: In the past 15 years, Talinie has

been invaded twice-invisibly For generations, Talinie enjoyed easy peace with the neighboring

h g d o m of Boeruine. During your predecessor's reign, Aeric Boeru-

ine's ambitions, and strength, grew without limit. We all remember the stormy day three years ago when the archduke. clad in full

hope that you will not condemn this letter's arrival so soon after your coronation. Of course, writing the first letter to a new monarch should be the privilege of the High Priest, the revered Hier- arch Torias Griene. H

ane, whom he served

plate, led his hordes to the Talinien border and said to the panicked guards, "I suggest an alliance against the threat of invasion." Of course the thane could do naught hut accept this "suggestion," for fear of seeing the threat of invasion instantly become fact.

The late thane undoubtedly has earned millennia in the Sweet-Scented Lands for her deft handling of

I cannot hope to match the High Priest's vigor of senice. hut my love of this realm. my lifelong home, compels me to t ry During the pa,[ decade some loyal followers among the nobilitv have observed the High Priest's admirable reluctance to hother 'lhane Donails with trivia, Certainly if I had taken Hier- arch Griene's place beside the thane on those moon-

our unwanted treaty with Boeruine. 1:or the rest of her reign, she skillfully deflected the archduke's demands for troops and support. (The good Hier- arch Griene approved of the thane's policy. for he believes Aeric Boeruine lacks faith in our Northern Imperial Temple of Haelyn.) Still, with each day the archduke grew more insistent that Talinie send

Talinie has also seen a se;ond, different invasio e mining and timber interests in the Northc rches have taken over the realm's two guild r guildmasters-unctuous confidence men-ar ppets of two ruthless foreign guildmas nnier Andien of Dhoesone and Storm

encmach on Talinie's

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the HaIloravants have from disrepute by their

% Clarice, uise as a ruler but impulsive in marten of t ie heart, remarried to a blooded companion from

have proven unsuitable for local trade because of the realm's hilly terrain. The Empire built its roads primarilv for military communication: most Anuirean roads head straight up one side of a hill

viewer atop this ha feels it as solitary as any in the heart of the uplands.

Namcd for the founder of Taliiie. the hill is sur-

pointed to Thurazor.and the Five Peaks since the realm's founding: in recent decades one line has uriene DOMUS began a road-building program

Huge, ancient chalk drawings on the exposed hillside also mark the seat. Made by the Trautha millennia ago. these drawings of animals and fwh glow brightly twice a year during the wintor and summqr solstices. At thii time Nowelton holds its

fencing stolen goods, forge

Fifth Schedule Offenses: Crimes of Major Personhood. Assault on a commoner, battery, escaping lawful imprisonment, impersonating a noble, manslaughter, rape, slavery, unlawful dnel- ing, TzIird Schedule offenses against a noble per-

. Penalties: confiscation of property, dungeon

confiscation of property, excommunicati where applicable, exile, mutilation.

* Grave Failings. Crimes against a priest's per

imprisonment (with or without arbitrary term, mutilation and hedule Offense

'a: confiscation of ation, death by ha

stem transports travelers se coaches belong to the

red in a central fortress in Ser- rapidly to any province to pro-

securely to another realm relie two Border Patrols, are methods. Most often, diplomatic the Acommandandsu

ous in Winter’s Deep le

refugees frotn~Boeruine, people of leaming and cuL ture. Their new music and poetry, as well as their-. new ideas about religious freedom, have s p e a d rapidly among tbe towns. So have their textiles. Boeruinean doh shops have become fashionable in many t o w h , where trendsetting women called ^Silk-Worms” ramble among these shops and exam- ine their goods-but seldom buy anything. Mer- chants indulge the Silk-Worn because their talk about new cloths brings in customers.

When not at work, lowlanders often gather in t h e i i k w n ’ s central pFk. %ere, orators speak freely for all ~~JICIS of causes, save t h e e forbiddentopics

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Holtson sought .an intermediary+ pnppet-to un the Fellowship of Miners 6r Sawyen under the .onvol of his Sjordvik Traders. He bribed Anphaan

with a huge salary, then exerted all his influence to

his obscurity and the thane's fame. Mur-

doc chose a foolish path to power: He became the d i n g puppet of Bannier

idien, a Dhoesonean guildmaster. (See the follow- establish Anphelan as guild leader. Within a year Holt- on, through Anphelan, was directing the destruction I /

, 1 : - 3 g entry for Talinie's other puppet guildmaster,

iphelan Halloravant.) . ,P I , if the Talinien forest and earning vast profits. His

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Regency Points from all its temple and of its law holdings. There arc. howcver, ntrol domains within lalinie’s borders:

the thane’s control. ’lh regent must coexist with these other powerful

gyildmasters own no property in T a l i &It through their puppets (see pa

Seaport (1/4), Serimset camps, attack rival workers, and cause general unrest. In the late thane’s last three years, four feuds broke nut in Lindholme, Serimset. and Sea-

tax collectors, constabl

“ ’ . w c h e s that the land exists for humans to WC.

Boeruine for aid

simulate degradation of a province, the

und down) the GB allowed hy the pr holdings. For instance. Lindholmc’s

to drop by one grade.

Descent of the Thanes of TalinieRegents are shown in boldface. Dates are in Michaeline Reckoning.

BARON JARODDANNIS(277-336)

EDRAND I (THE GREAT)(316-371; R. 319-371)

IANTHA NORVIL(289-350)

NAOMI THE CURSED ^ 1 ^(349-379)

TPATRICIA EINHARAT OFDHOESONE (316-378)

KEYM., = MARRIED=2=SECOND MARRIAGER. REIGNED

EDRAND II = 2 = CLARICE VITALIC = 2 = HALLORAVANT(THE UNWISE) (THE APOSTATE QUEEN) AN ADVENTURER OF

(338-380; R. 371-380)

LINUS THESICKLY

(369-371)

IHARMON

THEBLEEDER

(379)

(340-412; R. 380-412)

SHANDRA = F EDRAND IIILlENE OFALAMIE

(390-415)

(THE MUTE)(388-439; R.

412-439)

ADAIRHALLORAVANT (380-451)

UNKNOWN DESCENT

( ? -410)

: LONADEADWATER OF

LlNDHOLME(392-472)

THANES LINE LESSER LINE HALLORAVANT LINE

MARIGOLD ARMARA(THE CHERISHED

QUEEN) (412-441)

EDRAND IV(THE UNFAIR)

(410-441;R. 439-441)

LELANDEDRANDSON(415-488)

: REGINA ARNAGUSCAERLIE OF HALLORAVANT

ROESONE (413-480) (M. JlLLA(419-490) BROWELEIT OF

LlNDHOLME, 438-528)

THERESABELLANNON OF

LlNDHOLME

(438-480)

I GREENSWARD BRANCH

THORNTON ODOLF THE STRONGARMARA AN ADVENTURER OF

(431-481; Vos DESCENTR. 441-481) ( ? -495)

: COSIMA LANDER HALLORAVANTEDRANDSON (463-503)(458-490) (M. ORIANA CASEBIER

OF LlNDHOLME,460-519)

SEANACHANARMARA

(480-534)(M. MERCIA

KlLMARTIN OFGREENSWARD,

485-535)

THALIA ARMARA(479-536;

R. 481-536)

: THORMONDDONALLS OF

WINTER'S DEEP(460-530)

CYNARAEDRANDSON

(488- )(M. SANFORD

MYLES OF ICEHAVEN, 470-

SORCHA ARMARA(505- )

(M. LEITH RIEDHIEOF GREENSWARD,

493- )

SIOBHIE RIEDHIE(526- )

DANIEN DALMELLING(506-540)

(M. JANNA KIRCALDYOF ICE HAVEN

508-550

P C REGENT(R. 551- )

THURIENEDONALLS(519-551;

R. 536-551)

IANPHELAN

HALLORAVANT(490- )

(M. MINNAKOLMODIN OFLlNDHOLME,

511- )

IRAMSDEN

HALLORAVANT |(500- )

(M. DEIRDRENORTHSTROM

OFLlNDHOLME,

502- )

IKETTI

HALLORAVANT (528- )

JUNIATAHALLORAVAN

T (529- )

MURDOCSANFORD MYLES

(525- )

HARDENHALLORAVANT |

(532- )

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Talinie Current Dynasty Founded: 3 1 9 I Reckoning). Population: 78,000. Government: Theocracy (Northern Imperial Temple of Haelyn). Ruler: The Thane of Talinie, Chief Hierarch of the Temple (controls most law and all temple holdings). Capital: Nowelton (population 12,000). Other regents who control holdings: Torele Anviras. Mage of Talinie (all sources); Archduke Aeric Boeruine (law); Bannier Andien (guilds); Storm Holtson (guilds). Economy: Timber, coal, copper, iron, tin. Treasury: 22 GB. Provinces:

Freestead (2): Terrain: Forest. Population: 7,500. Towns: Clashness ( 1 ,OOO), Talladale (1.000). Holdings: Law ( l ) , Thane; Temple (2) ; Guild (2). Storm Holtson; Source (5).

Greensward (2): Terrain: Forest. Population: 5,000. Towns: Daliburgh (1 ,OOO), Grimsay (1,500), Morvern (1,000). Holdings: Law ( 1 ), Thane; Temple (2 ) ; Guild (2 ) , Bannier Andien; Source (5).

Ice Haven (3): Terrain: Forest. Population: 17,000. Cities and Towns: Nowelton (12,000), Scalpay (1,000), Dunbeath (1,000). Holdings: Law (21, Thane; Temple (3); Guild (2), Bannier Andien; Guild (O) , Storm Holtson; Source (4).

Lindholme (5): Terrain: Forest. Population: 20,000. Cities and Towns: Benbecula (3.500), Balvanish (2,800). Flodday (2,000),

(1,000). Holdings: Law (3), Thane; eric Boeruine; Temple (4); Guild

Andien; Guild (21, Storm Holtson; Source (2).

Seaport ( I ): Terrain: Plains. Population: 3,500. Towns: Poolewe (800), Melvaig (600). Holdings: Law (1 ), Aeric Boeruine; Temple (0) ; Guild ( I ) , Storm Holtson; Source (3).

Serimset (2): Terrain: Forest. Population: 7,000. Towns: Strathcarron ( 1 ,OOO), Ardvreck *

( 1,000). Holdings: Law ( l ) , Thane; Temple (2) ; Guild (2), Bannier Andien; Source (5) .

Winter’s Deep (3): Terrain: Forest. Population: 8,000. Towns: Culkein (1,000), Stromness (1,000). Holdings: Law (2 ) , Thane; Temple (2); Guild (3), Storm Holtson; Source (4).

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