Auramkil

Once upon a time, the coast city of Auramkil ruled an empire extending to the Banditlands in the west, to the mountains bordering the desert in the north, and to Kormuth in the east. But the Empire grew corrupt and complacent, and it crumbled: the Western Keeplands became largely autonomous, the city of Silverton gained its independence after a brief war in AK 577, and the frontier towns to the north and east were left to their own devices. The remains of Auramkil's power base collapsed in AK 579 when mage magic disappeared; the high elves fled to the southern continent, most of the local religions collapsed with the rest of the Empire, and the Keeplands (now generally known simply as the West) expanded southward toward the mountains surrounding Auramkil (though some of this territory may have been lost later on). Evil humanoids prospered in the mountains and surrounding hills, and Auramkil was cut off from its satellite villages and fortresses. We don't know much about the city during the following dozen years, though Whitemoon suspects that part of the conspiracy to shadow the plane was based there. Auramkil currently appears to be approaching political and economic stability under its new ruler, Queen Henazeen. With the decimation of the Keeplands and the cracking of Marakeel, we'll soon see if anyone there is dreaming of another empire.

Fragments of history

AK 555: Ganeth's recollections

AK 579: Field observations

AK 593: Info from Ylena

AK 594: Newer info from Ylena

High elven clans in the Empire

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Maintained by Erich Greene, with additional information from Gita Reese; last changed 6-23-98