LSJ33 - The Prince of the Paupers Rd 1

Player Handout 4 - Information about other nations

Exalted Trade Nation of Myr

Ruler: The Covenant (Nine member ruling council, who rule anonymously)
Government: Plutocracy
Capital: Kartalan
Resources: Ale, exotic goods, jewelry, paper, wine
Population: 2,700,650 (humans 81%, gnomes 9%, halflings 6%, half-orcs 3%)
Alignment: LE, LN, N, NE
Language: Common, Myran
Deities: Destine, Dymora, Lucor
Description: The wealthy and the guilds control power in Myr, a land of merchants who are ever in search of new markets and new sources of trade goods.
Wealth is everything to the people of Myr, and everything that they do is for some sort of profit, either political or monetary. Even in acts of philanthropy they gain something. Myrans are neither frivolous nor wasteful, even in the smallest aspect of their lives. EVERYTHING is for a reason, and that reason is POWER and WEALTH.
The people of Myr have little use for those who dabble in the arcane, seeing it as wasteful and without profit. Religion is often an afterthought in Myr, but among the religious, worship of Lucor is the predominant faith.
Recently, a Myran trade fleet succeeded in reestablishing contact with the continent of Hur’Resa. Rumors of what they discovered range from the mundane (gold and gems) to a race of highly civilized cat-people who do not tolerate trespassers to their lands.
Kartalan: (Metropolis, 60,935)

Cellor

Ruler: King Xandros Meliron (in exile)
Government: Feudal Monarchy
Capital: Kesmar (fallen)
Resources: Art objects, foodstuffs, paintings, pottery, precious and semi-precious gems, precious metals
Population: 1,298,630 (humans 73%, dwarves 8%, gnomes 7%, halflings 6%, half-elves 3%, forest elves 2%)
Alignment: N, NE, LN, LE
Language: Common, Corsian, Tasmar
Deities: Ardra, Aurelian, Belatrix, Destine, Dymora, Emerys, Galvandt, Hyperion, Kalek, Karios, Krayve, Meneon, Mordana, Peliron, Pietos
Description: Cellor is a nation torn by years of civil war. Throughout its history, the rulers of Cellor have been harsh, and even cruel, with little regard for the well being of their common subjects while the nobility lived in pampered luxury. While there have been benevolent monarchs, they have been few and far between, and positive changes have been short-lived. King Xandros claimed the throne in 15741, after a small (and very quiet) revolution of his own, to prevent his tyrannical older brother Xedrek from ascending to power following the death of their father. Xandros thought to be a better ruler than his predecessors, and bring new prosperity to his people. He instituted changes gradually, reducing the burdens placed upon the
poor, while establishing programs to benefit them. For all of his good intentions, his reforms did not come quickly enough. In 15746 a peasant uprising resulted in the burning of the Palace and the destruction of nearly half of the capital city of Kesmar. The royal family and many of the ranking nobles fled north through the rugged Laeran Hills into Corothia. Some nobles and courtiers remain in hiding, while the fate of others is unknown. Xandros continues to attempt to regain his throne, believing that he can serve for the good of his people, if only they are willing to listen to his plans.
Kesmar: (Metropolis, 31,682)