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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
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
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 r y 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-
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
plate, led his hordes to the Talinien border and said
to t h e panicked guards, "I suggest a n alliance
against the threat of invasion." Of course the thane
could do naught hut accept this "suggestion," for
fear of seeing t h e t h r e a t of invasion instantly
become fact.
The late thane undoubtedly has earned millennia
in the Sweet-Scented Lands for her deft handling of
o u r 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

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% Clarice, uise as a ruler but impulsive i

n marten of
t i e 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 viewer atop this ha feels it as solitary as any in the
primarilv for military communication: most heart of the uplands.
Anuirean roads head straight up one side of a hill Namcd for the founder of Taliiie. the hill is sur-

pointed to Thurazor.and the Five Peaks since the

uriene DOMUSbegan a road-building program realm's founding: in recent decades one line has

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

hedule Offense arbitrary term, mutilation and

'a:confiscation of
ation, death by ha

stem transports travelers

se coaches belong t o 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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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-
g entry for Talinie's other puppet guildmaster,
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
establish Anphelan as guild leader. Within a year Holt- I /
on, through Anphelan, was directing the destruction
if the Talinien forest and earning vast profits. His
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iphelan Halloravant.) . ,P I ,
 Regency Points from all its temple and
of its law holdings. There arc. howcver,
ntrol domains within lalinie’s borders:

the thane’s control. ’lhregent must coexist with gyildmasters own n o property in T a l i
these other powerful &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 Talinie
Regents are shown in boldface. Dates are in Michaeline Reckoning.

BARON JARODDANNIS IANTHA NORVIL

(277-336) (289-350) KEY
M., = MARRIED
=2=SECOND MARRIAGE
EDRAND I (THE GREAT) PATRICIA EINHARAT OF R. REIGNED

T
(316-371; R. 319-371) DHOESONE (316-378)

NAOMI THE CURSED ^ 1 ^ EDRAND II = 2 = CLARICE VITALIC = 2 = HALLORAVANT

(349-379) (THE UNWISE) (THE APOSTATE QUEEN) A N ADVENTURER OF
(338-380; R. 371-380) (340-412; R. 380-412) UNKNOWN DESCENT
I ( ? -410)
LINUS THE HARMON SHANDRA = F EDRAND III ADAIR
SICKLY THE LlENE OF (THE MUTE) HALLORAVAN : LONA
(369-371) BLEEDER ALAMIE (388-439; R. T (380-451) DEADWATER OF
(379) (390-415) 412-439) LlNDHOLME
(392-472)

THANES LINE LESSER LINE HALLORAVANT LINE

MARIGOLD ARMARA EDRAND IV LELAND : REGINA ARNAGUS

(THE CHERISHED (THE UNFAIR) EDRANDSON CAERLIE OF HALLORAVANT
QUEEN) (412-441) (410-441; (415-488) ROESONE (413-480) (M. JlLLA
R. 439-441) (419-490) BROWELEIT OF
LlNDHOLME, 438-528)

THERESA THORNTON ODOLF THE STRONG : COSIMA LANDER HALLORAVANT

BELLANNON OF ARMARA A N ADVENTURER OF EDRANDSON (463-503)
LlNDHOLME (431-481; Vos DESCENT (458-490) (M. ORIANA CASEBIER
R. 441-481) ( ? -495) OF LlNDHOLME,
(438-480) 460-519)
I GREENSWARD BRANCH
I I
SEANACHAN THALIA ARMARA : THORMOND CYNARA ANPHELAN RAMSDEN
ARMARA (479-536; DONALLS OF EDRANDSON HALLORAVANT HALLORAVANT |
(480-534) R. 481-536) WINTER'S DEEP (488- ) (490- ) (500- )
(M. MERCIA (460-530) (M. SANFORD (M. MINNA (M. DEIRDRE
KlLMARTIN OF MYLES OF ICE KOLMODIN OF NORTHSTROM
GREENSWARD, HAVEN, 470- LlNDHOLME, OF
485-535) 511- ) LlNDHOLME,
502- )
I
SORCHA ARMARA DANIEN DALMELLING THURIENE KETTI JUNIATA
(505- ) (506-540) DONALLS HALLORAVAN HALLORAVAN
(M. LEITH RIEDHIE (M. JANNA KIRCALDY (519-551; T (528- ) T (529- )
OF GREENSWARD, OF ICE HAVEN R. 536-551)
493- ) 508-550

SIOBHIE RIEDHIE P C REGENT MURDOC HARDEN

(526- ) (R. 551- ) SANFORD MYLES HALLORAVANT |
(525- ) (532- )
The R o s e Palace and Yearlong Gardens
Nowelton

SUMMER

,. EKTENIK ,

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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:
1 7 , 0 0 0 . Cities a n d 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 a n d 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).
Tewcayne Outpost, Lindholme ellowship of Miners b S P ~
(1sw Holding) Guild House, Nowelta
(Guild Ha

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also find this sourcebook useful.