Zyirra and the Broken Empire
Zyirra of the Thousand Gods is a sprawling old trading city on a rocky island, built of endless tiers of stone. It stands across from the mainland where farms once thrived. Its original patron and god-king was Surkat the Conqueror, Father of Furies, devil-god of water and the underworld, patron of sailors, traders, and ...
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Humanoids in the Broken Empire
Characters from the most common lineages in D&D appear in the world of the Broken Empire, bound tightly with gods and myths. Dragonborn and Tieflings Dragonborn and tieflings have evil reputations, usually unearned, due to their heritage. Dragonborn are most common around the Sea of Storms itself, said to be the ...
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Deities of the Valkans
The northern Valkan tribes are animistic and druidic, making little distinction except in scope between the spirits of individual trees, rocks, and animals, the spirits of the dead that find new homes in places or beasts, and the mighty gods of the earth and weather. Good and evil Northlanders alike serve their cruel gods ...
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Deities of the Sunlands
In the Sunlanders’ own tongue, they call their country Ndamene, the Land of the Sun. Most Sunlanders ritually honor their ancestors, giving them sacrifices and asking for blessings and wisdom. Most also worship either Oltome or Simkar as a patron god, depending on the worshiper’s background; most worship both Enkop and ...
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Deities of the Kiavalkans
In the bleak mountains and rocky shores of the far northeast, the Kiavalkan tribes honor their ancestors, a handful of mighty gods, and the countless local spirits of water, wood, stone, and beasts that make the difference between life and death. Some remote tribes never adopted worship of the gods, but make sacrifices and ...
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Zyirra of the Thousand Gods
The island city-state Zyirra of the Thousand Gods once was the capital of an empire under the patronage of Surkat the Conqueror: the God-King, the devil-god of rivers and shallows, lakes and the underworld, Father of Furies, patron of sailors, traders, and soldiers. Surkat is said to be both consort and rival of Tiamat, the ...
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Deities of the Broken Empire
For a thousand years or more, the Zyirran Empire ruled coastal kingdoms and city-states around the mighty Sea of Storms. But it was overthrown generations ago by the inland Samarran kingdoms of the vast, sun-drenched east. Now it is the Broken Empire. The Samarrans built temples to their gods over the old altars of Zyirra, ...
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