Research Notes

Sources

Azure Band – Warlock Grimoire 4 PG 144 – Criminal Organization in the Dragon Empire

MAGNIFICENT SULTANS OF THE MHAROTI EMPIRE Warlock Grimoire 1 pg 33

INTO THE DRAGON EMPIRE: MAREA AND THE ISLANDS Warlock Grimoire 1 pg 39

THE DOOM IN THE PILLARS - Warlock Grimoire 2 pg 50

GALVANIX – Warlock Grimoire 2 pg 162 - Galvanix is a paper drake dragon mage, specializing in lightning magic, who uses herself as a spellbook. She is a war leader for the Mharoti Empire, excelling in skirmishes and battles requiring quick, decisive action.

DANCING WITH DRAGONS: INTRIGUES OF THE MHAROTI – Warlock Grimoire 3 pg 68

BARBARIAN SUBCLASS: PATH OF THE DRAGON – Warlock Grimoire 3 pg 271

DRAGON INCURSIONS – Southlands Worldbook pg 23

Nurian battles – Southlands 25 – Six years ago, Nurian theurges allied with the fleets of Capleon, Kammae, and Triolo won a great naval victory over the Dragon Empire near Marea. Over 150 Mharoti ships were seized or sunk. The next year, the Mharoti suffered another crushing defeat, this time at the hands of the Ishadians and Khandirians at the Battle of Wheeling Angels.

Since the rise of Mharoti almost 400 years ago, Nuria Natal has been at war with the Dragon Empire. Southlands Worldbook pg 30

FIELD OF THE LOST ARMY – Southlands page 55 – Long ago, the remnants of a Mharoti army were swallowed up by the desert and churned out as hungry shades. These restless spirits, doomed to follow their general’s last command, have recently been raiding the Faheleel oasis. Merchants who use the Mhalmet Road are more than concerned about how these undead have come to leave the area they were thought to be trapped in. Unbeknownst to them, the lich Seth-rem Alassan has gained power over the undead spirits of the hapless soldiers of the Dragon Empire and is already increasing his army. He intends to eventually command the undead spirits inside the Necropolis of Siwal and use them to turn all of Siwal into a city of undeath.

Southlands 178 – Nearly 350 years ago, the dragons of the Dragoncoil Mountains formed the Mharoti Sultanate. During a century of expansion, they seized territory from Sephaya to Nuria Natal and destroyed the minotaur cities of Roshgazi and Cindass. A little over 200 years ago, the Mharoti took Prezhan and the surrounding territory from Ishadia. War continued off and on for another century. Then, 115 years ago, the dragons destroyed the dam at Khazephon, flooding the City of Jewels. The last king to sit on Ishadia’s Phoenix Throne drowned in the deluge.

Southlands pg 256 – Baal-Hotep He Who Rides on the Clouds, Lord of the Heavens, Lord of Fire and Master of Noble Sacrifice, King of All Dragons, Lord of Fertile Fields, Master of Rain and Dew, Scarlet Protector of the Innocent, Fearsome Judge of the Unrighteous, Supreme Fire Dragon, and Patron of the Empire and Dragonkin Domains: Dragon, Justice, Tempest Alignment: Lawful Favored Weapon: Longsword This dragon god is a figure of great power and opulent statues in the Mharoti Empire, but he is considered a renegade at best in the ancient pantheon of Nuria Natal. Nonetheless, he is revered in secret in Nuria and more openly along the Spice Coast and elsewhere. While still a figure of fire and rulership, to the Nurians he is also the god of fertility, rain, and dew, a master of armies and elements, a source of harsh justice, and the dispenser of vital rain and soothing winds. Baal appears in two fearsome forms. One is a flame dragon of incredible size with blazing eyes, scales of red-rimmed black, and golden claws, eyes, horns, and spines. His black wings are streaked with green and gold. A second avatar, much more common outside the Mharoti Empire, is a horned minotaur with bronze skin and a mouth filled with fire. Both are sometimes shown commanding the clouds and lightning. The jaws of Baal are huge and fanged, and—as his scriptures frequently intone—the fires must be fed. Worshipers Dragonborn and kobolds revere Baal-Hotep openly wherever they are found in the Southlands. Among humans, jinnborn, and dwarves, his followers are numerous (especially in Cindass and in Kush) but often much quieter. They include bakers, farmers, butchers, goatherds, and other people dependent on the land and rainfall. Soldiers are sometimes followers of Baal-Hotep, as are nobles and judges who have become dissatisfied with the chaos and strife in their holdings.

The Red Wastes – Wastes of Chaos 201

Campaign Questions

Where do I want the campaign to start? What is the local town and what is the nearest city?
What is the theme of the campaign I want to run? Devious rebellion against tyranny?
What is the history of the area? What is the history of old ruins?
What gods are worshipped in the dragon empire? What is my list?
What factions operate in the dragon empire? Add them to my big list.
Who does the dragon empire war with? Where are these borders and boundaries?
How can people get around in the dragon empire? How big is it?

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