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Vecna the Archlich;Vecna was a mighty wizard who, through magic and conquest, forged a terrible empire. For all his power, however, Vecna feared death and took steps to prevent his demise by becoming
a lich.
A treacherous lieutenant named Kas the Betrayer;Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly Artifacts that
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
and eaten as part of the procedure.
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The human civilization that gave rise to the yuan-ti was among the richest in the mortal world. It rapidly progressed in metalworking, using
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Illithinoch Illithinoch was originally a stronghold of the mind flayer empire that rose to prominence across the Underdark and fell into obscurity centuries ago. The stronghold languished in
disrepair when all but a few weakened mind flayers abandoned it. The mind flayers that remained continued their service to Illithinoch’s elder brain, but the elder brain became obsessed with recovering their
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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Seldom is the name of Vecna spoken except in a hushed voice. Vecna was, in his time, one of the mightiest of all wizards. Through dark magic and conquest, he forged a terrible empire. For all his
end in a terrible battle that left Vecna’s tower a heap of ash. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly artifacts that still seek to work the Whispered One’s will in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
ancient Overlords stirred, unleashing fiends and corrupting many of the dragonborn themselves. Their empire collapsed and the dragonborn retreated to the darkness of Q’barra. They have remained their ever
influence of the Lords of Dust. Over time they drifted away from their duties, building an empire in western Khorvaire and clashing with the Dhakaani goblinoids. This came crashing down when one of the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Lords of Dust. Over time they drifted away from their duties, building a nation in eastern Khorvaire and clashing with the goblinoids of the Dhakaani Empire. This dragonborn nation came crashing down
. They have remained there ever since, guarding against corruption and fighting the evil forces of the Poison Dusk — which is sometimes described as a cult devoted to a dragon, and sometimes as an army
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-bodied oppressors, and within a few generations the yuan-ti were all but forgotten by the new humanoid civilizations. For over a thousand years after their empire fell, the yuan-ti remained ensconced in
Undercover Empire The human civilization that gave rise to the yuan-ti was among the richest in the mortal world. It rapidly progressed in metalworking, using keen intellect and magic to discover the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
City of Kalaman Kalaman began as a sleepy fishing village on the coast of the Turbidus Ocean. It might have remained so if not for the arrival of an Istarian trading mission centuries before the
Cataclysm. Seeing the potential of a deep harbor so close to the mouth of a great river, the Empire of Istar invested heavily in the town, transforming it into a thriving trade hub. Solamnia soon found
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Aftermath of the Last War Darguun was born in the Last War, and the scars of its birth are still raw. Most of the Cyran population fled the goblin uprising, and those who remained were killed or
empire and stand in the shadow of the nations around them. Haruuc wants to draw out the best in his people, to harness their strengths and achieve their potential. The rest of Khorvaire waits to see if the Ghaal’dar have the will to remain a nation, and if Darguun can survive when Haruuc passes away.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, the gods whisked away their most devout followers and unleashed punishment on all who remained. A mountain of fire fell from the sky, destroying Istar. The Blood Sea—a new ocean that split eastern
Ansalon—consumed the empire. Coastlines shifted all over the world, sundering nations, drowning whole regions, and stranding ports miles from the sea. Though some lands escaped the worst of the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the gith discovered a weakness, none can say. What is known is that after centuries of domination, the mind flayer empire collapsed in less than a year. The gith rose up, slaughtered their masters, and
realms yet adrift in the Astral Plane. Though no one has discovered such a place, it is beyond dispute that an empire as vast as the illithids’ built great cities and other edifices. Most sages, however
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Lost Tomb of Khaem In ages past, at the height of Faerûn’s great empires of magic, the half-elf sorcerer Brysis of Khaem was interred in a floating tomb. After the fall of the empire of Netheril and
its flying cities, Brysis’s tomb plummeted into a crevasse and wound up in the Underdark, where it has remained for centuries. The rise of the demon lords has awakened Brysis from the eternal sleep of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
mind flayers eventually left, but the goblins remained, sequestered from the rest of the world until recently when the mind flayer fanatics called on them. Some of these goblins’ descendants possess
Netherese empire and is said to have transformative capabilities, although the goblins know very little about its properties or history. The goblins know only that their “gods” traced some of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
discovery: the ruins of an ancient dwarven empire, vast halls deep within the Ironroot Mountains. Explorers uncovered mines still brimming with jewels and precious ores and vaults filled with riches and
, the clan lords joined together to form the Iron Council and to declare the independence and sovereignty of the Mror Holds. One question remained: What had become of the ancient dwarves? The answer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, beholders, and other foul creatures into the world. The conflict that followed destroyed the goblin empire of Dhakaan, and the daelkyr’s invasion left scars across Khorvaire. Ultimately, Vvaraak’s students
, in addition to guarding the seals that bind the daelkyr and keep Xoriat at bay, the Gatekeepers remained vigilant against the possibility of worse to come. In the millennia since that struggle ended
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
home had been destroyed again, but a single golden scale remained. Using the scale, Chiang constructed the Nightingale Bell and dragged it into her occupied city. Tolling it, she wished for a city
reforms and strict but sensible laws in pursuit of creating the perfect empire. She had a family, taking particular pride in her four beloved daughters. As the memory of Chiang’s past victories faded
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
them stood nearest the knee of the All-Father. United in purpose, Annam’s children built Ostoria, the fabled empire of the giants, where they lived according to the ordning. Storm giants ruled all from
through brute force. Beginning of the End All told, the empire of Ostoria dominated the world for four millennia before its decline began in a genocidal struggle against the dragons that came to be
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
empire called Bhaerynden, which lay beneath a hot savannah now known as the Shaar. A rift in the leadership of the dwarves caused a schism among their people. One group left Bhaerynden and built new
kingdoms in the North and the Heartlands, becoming the shield dwarves. Those who remained became the gold dwarves. Gold dwarf scholars point to Abbathor as the cause of this division, claiming that the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
summons of providence. Some believe he hailed from the nearly forgotten empire known as the Cradlelands. In ages past, humanity spread from the Cradlelands across Faerûn, originating from what is now the
unconcealable madness. Halaster’s apprentices came and went. Some left only to return — inexplicably drawn down into Undermountain’s depths. Others remained by his side. As they began dedicating more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dark magic and conquest, he forged a terrible empire. For all his power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus
reason, Kas brought the Undying King’s rule to an end in a terrible battle that left Vecna’s tower a heap of ash. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly artifacts that still seek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Eye and Hand of Vecna Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) Vecna was a mighty wizard who, through magic and conquest, forged a terrible empire. For all his power, however, Vecna feared death
and took steps to prevent his demise by becoming a lich. A treacherous lieutenant named Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
of the Forgotten Realms. Halaster eventually disappeared, as have all his apprentices, but the massive complex he built remains to this day. For untold years, the secrets of Undermountain remained
a free city that stands at the nexus between a devil-haunted empire, a vast domain locked in the iron-tight grip of a demigod of evil, and a splintered, bickering host of kingdoms nominally committed
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Lum. By experimenting with its many controls, he was able to achieve astounding and destructive magical effects in the building of his empire, and so the artifact came to be known as the Infernal
, imposing disadvantage on Strength checks for 1 hour.
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Each time you finish a short rest, you regain 1d8 hit points. Each creature that took a short rest with you and remained within 30 feet of you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of Zorzula’s Rest. Hjoldak’s soul was imprisoned in the jar by the mind flayers when they overtook the outpost; he has remained trapped in the jar ever since. Hjoldak can see normally while trapped in
shrine as that of Ilsensine, the patron deity of the illithid empire. The shrine was built atop a broken duergar statue, and someone has recently defaced it. After Ruxithid assumed leadership of the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
priests of House Azfadiel, and it has remained here ever since. The demon knows that the Azfadiel drow here were killed a long time ago, but the fight was over too quickly for the yochlol to join
the rise of a new illithid empire on the surface!” “There is power in the Far Realm for those daring enough to seize it. And I dare!” “The chosen ones are preparing the ritual while you natter about