At this time in human history, civilization as we currently know it has long vanished, swept away by the ravages of global warming, rising seas, devastating wars that left much of humanity in a state of barbarism. Global warming has raised the average temperature by more than fifteen degrees Celsius. The Gene Wars decimated humanity, and the limited nuclear wars designed to eliminate the genetic defects were not so limited in their long-term effects. Biological engineering has created life forms never intended by nature.
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1850 AD to 2050 AD |
Expanding populations, increasing economic prosperity, industrialization |
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1990 AD to 2025 AD |
Increasing greenhouse effect, significant climatic changes |
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2012 AD |
Limited tactical nuclear war in Middle East; major disruption of oil industry |
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2012 AD to 2014 AD |
Major inflation begins to destabilize North American, European, and Pacific Rim economies |
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2013 AD |
US, Europe, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, and Japan invade Saudi Arabia and Iraq to gain control over oil industry. Muslim world declares Jihad on all infidels. |
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2014 AD |
Jihad Wars; massacre of Muslims in India; Indian invasion of Bangla Desh; Pakistani invasion of India |
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2016 AD |
Economic collapse of Europe, US, Japan; unemployment levels reach 60% by 2018. Massive conscription in US, Europe; rise of right-wing governments throughout Eastern Europe, re-Stalinization of old Soviet Union. |
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2019 AD |
China establishes satellite bases, colony on Moon |
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2020 AD to 2150 AD |
Dramatic melting of major snow masses, significant reduction of Arctic and Antarctic ice caps |
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2029 AD |
Bi-lateral UN paper on the alarming decline of animal species |
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2035 AD |
Chile and New Zealand expel Japanese trawlers from South Pacific Ocean; Japan retaliates by sinking New Zealand destroyer |
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2038 AD |
Tensions between India and China increase; late in the year, China bombs New Delhi with a 30 megaton warhead; India retaliates, both sides finally deploy total of 75 missiles, wiping out 800,000,000 people in India and 680,000,000 people in China. Fallout and radiation sickness kill another 300,000,000 people outside of these two countries (mostly in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Philippines. |
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2039 AD |
Soviet Central Asian republics invade China, thinking that China has depleted its nuclear arsenal |
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2040 AD |
China deploys its satellite-based missiles to destroy much of Soviet Union |
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2040 AD to 2060 AD |
Massive starvation in tropical regions of the globe |
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2042 AD to 2080 AD |
Major epidemics sweep across globe |
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2090 AD |
Population of the world has declined to approximately 500,000,000 people. Most of these are located in South America, Australasia, Southern Africa, northern Canada, and on various islands scattered around the globe. |
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2100 AD to 2400 AD |
Tribalization of human species; extreme distrust of outsiders (mainly due to fear of infectious disease). Collapse of almost all of the 21st Century governments. Pockets of humanity remain on space stations, on the moon, Mars, and on the asteroids. |
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2200 AD to 2600 AD |
Major climatic changes, rising seas, major shifts of land (earthquakes and volcanism) have destroyed what remained of Pacific Rim civilization, large portions of European and Mediterranean civilization, and significant amounts of Japanese, Chinese, and Asian civilizations. |
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2400 AD to 2700 AD |
Emergence of city states, local, and regional governments in parts of southern Asia, northern Europe, Africa, Australasia, South America, parts of North America |
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2500 AD |
Approximate emergence of Tandarian culture; Tandarian Years (TY) start from this period. |
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3600 AD = 1100 TY |
Approximate time of Tandarian stories |
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Lodar, Mazidar -- these are the cities of Tandaria, each with its own personality. The cities are home to the nobility of Tandaria, the struggling farmers who till the soil under the hot Tandarian sun, the merchants who will cheat you whenever you let them, the artisans who craft the treasures amassed in the palaces of the rich, and the warriors who shed their blood to maintain the ascendancy of their city in the never-ending struggle for dominance and power.
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Abothar Zir - located northeast of Mazidar on the road between Dodabad and Gaga/ZidZir. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Al Johan Return to Cities and Places Index
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Alatta Return to Cities and Places Index
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Anadra Return to Cities and Places Index
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Bahar Zir Return to Cities and Places Index
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Baj Zir Return to Cities and Places Index
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Bassi Return to Cities and Places Index
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Bharat Return to Cities and Places Index
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Bolen Return to Cities and Places Index
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Boseri Return to Cities and Places Index
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Chag Return to Cities and Places Index
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Chagat Return to Cities and Places Index
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Chalam Palace Return to Cities and Places Index
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Chula River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Chunpur Return to Cities and Places Index
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Churi Return to Cities and Places Index
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City of the Golden Virgins Return to Cities and Places Index
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Daab River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Dallawan Return to Cities and Places Index
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Deshma Plains Return to Cities and Places Index
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Dev River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Devil's Citadel Return to Cities and Places Index
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Dhalum River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Dolat Forest, an extensive scrub forest on the southeastern foothills of the Zepore Mountains. The region is bounded by the Wizandra Mountains on the sourth and the road to Jadpat on the north. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Dwanigar Return to Cities and Places Index
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Dyal Return to Cities and Places Index
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Fansira Return to Cities and Places Index
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Fipura Mountains Return to Cities and Places Index
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Forje Forest Return to Cities and Places Index
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Gaga Return to Cities and Places Index
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Ghatol Return to Cities and Places Index
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Hassir Return to Cities and Places Index
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Issar Return to Cities and Places Index
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Jadpat shows only defferential allegiance to Lodar. Located high up in the Zepore Mountains, its isolation and difficult terrain ensure it a safety that few other cities in Tandaria have. It is a major center for the fur trade. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Jandal Return to Cities and Places Index
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Jandir-Lal Palace Return to Cities and Places Index
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Jath Return to Cities and Places Index
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Junga River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Kandar is the southernmost city of the Lodaran Empire. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Lodar is the capital city of the Lodaran Empire, located at the juncture of the Otarand and Papil Rivers. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Matkot lies east of Lodar and protects the Lodaran Empire from attacks by Dodabad and the kingdoms of central Bharatstan. Matkot is a small town of about 25,000 inhabitants. It serves as a grain and vegetable market for the surrounding villages. It was at Matkot that Prince Akkra and Balder Khan first encountered each other. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Mazidar is the capital of the Kingdom of Mazidar. The city-state gained its independence from Lodar and became a center of commerce between the river trade on the Dhalum and the cities of the Deshma Plains. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Pan River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Panchma Return to Cities and Places Index
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Paphira Desert Return to Cities and Places Index
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Papil River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Rajgar is one of the northernmost cities of the Lodaran Empire Return to Cities and Places Index
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Ram River Return to Cities and Places Index
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Rapo Falls - The Rapo Falls on the Pan River plunge three thousand feet from the Nasilam Steppes to the plains of Tandaria. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Sagra Return to Cities and Places Index
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Samad Return to Cities and Places Index
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Sarla Return to Cities and Places Index
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Shergar Return to Cities and Places Index
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Sind is one of the major cities of southern Lodar. It is a city famous for its beaten copper ornaments, its gold and jewelry, and its slave trade. Openly supported and protected slave traders pillage the surrounding mountain villages for young women and children to serve the households of Lodaran nobility. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Sochi-Klas - the summer palace of the Imperial family. Located in the foothills, the temperature is cooler in the hot summer months. Return to Cities and Places Index
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Southern Desert Return to Cities and Places Index
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Southern Ocean Return to Cities and Places Index
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Swarn Lake Return to Cities and Places Index
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Wizandra Mountains Return to Cities and Places Index
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Zepore Mountains Return to Cities and Places Index
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Zid Zir Return to Cities and Places Index
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Zolgar Return to Cities and Places Index
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Return to Cities and Places Index
The People of Tandaria are usually defined by the City States they come from or from the region they inhabit. The people range from the dark races of Southern ____ to the fair-skinned races of the Zepores Mountains. Also included are the various mutant races that hide out in the obscure corners of the subcontinent. And who knows what strange creatures dwell in the lands beyond the Zepores.
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Addue was born in the year 1080 and dies in the year 1136. He was a Lodaran cloth merchant, fortunate in business, but unfortunate in love. His wife (Neeri) had an affair with Bala Chand. Addue died trying to attack Prince Akkra. Return to People Index
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Bala Chand was born in the year 1116. He first noticed Neeri when she was delivering a suit of clothes to a wealthy merchant in the city of Lodar. He failed to notice that she was married to Addue the cloth merchant. Bala and Neeri became lovers, then eloped together after the death of Addue. Return to People Index
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Balder Khan was born to a peasant family in the year 1093. He rose through the ranks of the Lodaran Army to become Magar of the Outer Army. His appointment at War Minister to Mith Cor II aroused the animosity of the Lodaran nobility. Return to People Index
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Bhari, born in the year 1114, was mistress to Tandran Dro. She married him in 1137, despite the fact that he was more than thirty years older than she. Bhari dies in the year 1137. Return to People Index
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Cheeto Chand, born in the year 1100, was a Zindar in the Outer Army. He did not have much loyalty to Balder Khan, since he resented Balder Khan's rapid rise to power. Return to People Index
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Chok Thei is an ancient and almost mythical poet of Tandaria. The themes of most of his poetry spoke elegantly against the cruelty and pointlessness of warfare. Return to People Index
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Dalip Tor I (born in 1031) became Emperor of Lodar when he was thirty-one. His reign lasted seventeen years, until his death in 1079. Return to People Index
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Dalip Tor II, born in 1049, came to the throne of Lodar when he was thirty. His rule lasted only seven years, when he died unexpectedly. Return to People Index
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Dalip Tor III came to the throne of Lodar at the age of seventeen. The last Tor emperor was born in year 1069 and died in 1092. Return to People Index
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Framak Jan, born in the year 1103, was the High Priest of Att. Framak Jan was a fanatic devotee of Att, very dedicated to the service of the god, who always executed his duties (and the people he sacrificed to Att) with extreme energy and enthusiasm. Return to People Index
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Gareth Dro, the Scholar Prince, was rescued by Prince Akkra at Sind. Gareth Dro was born in 1107 and died in 1168. Return to People Index
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Harish Kar is a Mazidaran nobleman who accompanied Prince Dak Akkra on his mission to Lodar. Return to People Index
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Hema Di-nor, daughter of King Kondal Noh of Mazidar. The princess was rescued by Taj Akkra, winning the gratitude of the King. Return to People Index
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Homar Din, Emperor of Lodar, was born in 984, ruled from 1019 until 1022 when he was killed in an accident. Return to People Index
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Inder Khan was a Zindar in the Lodaran Outer Army. Return to People Index
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Isma was born to a peasant family on the estates of Rati Bajah in Sind in the year 1118. She became a consort to the High Priest Rati Bajah at the age of sixteen. Mith Cor III saw her and decided that she would better serve the Empire by gracing his harem than the Temple of Att. While living in the palace, she encountered Balder Khan and began to have an affair with him that could only lead to the death of one or both of them if the Emperor ever found out. Return to People Index
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Jab Khan, born in 1091, was an advisor to Mith Cor and a good friend to Balder Khan. Jab Khan lost his foot when he foiled an attempted assassination of Mith Cor II in 1126. Jab Khan died in the year 1136. Return to People Index
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Jhaazad, born in the year 1083, became one of the most notorious outlaws of Tandaria. He was the leader of the slave-raiding band that captured Tathi and sold her into slavery (1133). Return to People Index
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Jondal Noh, King of Mazidar from 1112 to 1119. He was born in 1076 and ruled until his death when he was killed in battle against Sarchem IV in 1119. He was the father of Hema Di-noh. Return to People Index
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Krishan Kalip was King of Mazidar from 1074 to 1103. He was born in 1062 and was killed during Mith Cor I's reign. The throne was usurped by a Lodaran overload. Return to People Index
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Lak Kowan, born in the year 1068. Lak Kowan acquired his wealth by selling slaves, sometimes up to one thousand a day, to the plantation owners of Southern Lodar. He was opposed to Nar Sidthar's bid to take over the Lodaran throne. Prince Akkra's opposition to his attempts to sell Nest-kor into slavery made them enemies for life. Lak Kowan died in 1146. Return to People Index
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Mazzan Tor was born in 1114. He was a member of Dak Akkra's mission to Lodar. Return to People Index
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Mith Cor I, Emperor of Lodar from 1092 to 1113. Mith Cor I was born in 1053. He succeeded in extending the Lodaran Empire from the Paphiri Desert to Jadpat to the Dhelum Empire. He was regarded as the greatest of the recent Lodaran emperors. Return to People Index
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Mith Cor II, born in 1095, was Emperor of Lodar from 1125 to 1136, secceeding Sarcham IV, his father. Mith Cor II married Empress Sanjit Kal. He had one child, Nest-kor. An assassination attempt was foiled in 1126 by Jab Khan, who lost his foot trying to defend Mith Cor. The Emperor made Jab Khan his personal counselor. Mith Cor II was assassinated by the Council of 23 in 1136. Return to People Index
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Nar Sidthar, born in 1082. Nar Sidthar rose in the ranks of Lodar's Inner Army by any means available to him, including assassination and betrayal. He was a member of the Council of 23 that plotted the overthrow of the Emperor. He was eventually captured by Thok, tortured, and killed in 1136. Return to People Index
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Nassim Vel, born in 1061. His son was Tark Vel, his grandson was Reek Vel. Nassim Vel died in 1141. Return to People Index
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Neeri, born in 1119, was the wife of Addue the cloth merchant, who she married at the age of 15. After two years of marriage to Addue, Neeri fell in love with Bala Chand. Return to People Index
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Nest-kor, born in 1118, she is the daughter of Mith Cor II and Sanjit Kal. Sanjit Kal died in 1119. Return to People Index
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Nodar, a Lodaran Prince who married Suni-dar. Nodar suspected Suni-dar of infidelity and had her spied on to capture her with her lover. The lovers were discovered, and during the frakus that ensued, Nodar was killed. Suni-dar and her lover were executed. Return to People Index
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Obai Khan, born in 1078, he became a member of the priesthood of Att. He was a member of the Council of Twenty-three. He died in 1148. Return to People Index
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Opu Ram, born in 1086. He was the Emperor of Dhelum. Opu Ram died in 1053. Return to People Index
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Orlo Khan, born in 1023, he became one of the more famous playwrites of Tandaria. He wrote numerous social parodies, such as: "The Honeysuckle Tiger" (1069) - a king who wants only the finer things in life; "The Gargener and the Flowers" (1076) - a man posses as an eunich in the harem; "The Gift of Izzam Tar" (1059) - the travails of a man who thinks the gods have created a great life for us, contraposed against the man's problems with war, infedelity, pestilence, betrayal, and brutality. Return to People Index
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Orse Jab, born in 1103. A Lodaran nobleman, killed by Akkra at the farmhouse where Akkra discovered Nest-kor's abduction (1136). Return to People Index
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Ramma Return to People Index |
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Rati Bajah Return to People Index |
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Reek Vel Return to People Index |
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Sachim Return to People Index |
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Sanjit Kal Return to People Index |
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Sarcham I Return to People Index |
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Sarcham II Return to People Index |
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Sarcham III Return to People Index |
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Sarcham IV Return to People Index |
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Sergo Abn Return to People Index |
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Shanti Raj Return to People Index |
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Sumar Ben Return to People Index |
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Suni-dar Return to People Index |
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Tathi Return to People Index |
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Uban Dak Return to People Index |
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Zank Vel Return to People Index |
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Zhiva Return to People Index |
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Not surprisingly, the people of Tandaria try to find ways to entertain themselves, much as we do now. They go to fairs and stock shows, to the theater and plays, to taverns and gaming halls.
Beyond Tandaria lies an unknown land, a place inhabited by uncivilized peoples and strange creatures. Few have ever left Tandaria (and why should they, when all the creature comforts are contained within her borders?), and of those few who have crossed the treacherous Zepores, even fewer have returned to describe what they saw. And what they did describe only frightened the timorous citizens of Tandaria. But beyond those mountains lies lands of fascination, enchantment, and danger. But those lands are the gist of other tales.
This is the chronicle of the people of Tandaria, of the events that brought out their best traits and their worst traits. These are the stories of Heroes and Dastards, of powerful rulers locked in a struggle to maintain their dominance, and of common people who often have more nobility than those born to wealth and privilege. This is a story that could be about people now, but it is about people a thousand years from now.