Myrkan¶
Myrkan is "a peninsula dotted with lakes, islands and bays which extends west from Dragonfall. Tends to be a fairly turbulent region, home to diverse races and numerous city-states and small kingdoms" (S498, S387). The 2014 compendium counts it among the oldest of The Broken Kingdoms on the eastern shores of the Broken Sea, with Turas, Thallassia, Iskandar and Agmond (S372). In the Fifth Age it was overrun by Draconians and then absorbed by the Sancturi.
The Earlier Ages¶
The region sits between Dragonfall to the east and the sea. In the age of the mage-hunters, "an expedition launched by the elven kingdom Than'Doriel to destroy a Mithi'nulias center of learning in the south. Though successful, it sparked a war with Myrkan over the destruction of the Mithi'nulias academy within their borders. The academy was looted and destroyed. The elves carried away the books and relics of the academy and sealed them in a guarded vault beneath the temple of Kalar in their capitol" (S372); see Mithi'nulias.
The Fifth Age¶
In the Faewild Wars of the 400s SM, "large scale conflict is driven by two large Draconian forces. One operates from Pherox and strikes south into Rhovun and Angorath. The other operates from Turas and strikes into Myrkan" (S326). "Draconian forces overrun Myrkan and take the Kithallen Plateau in 425 SM. The new draconian nation of Myrox is established" (S326). Angorra and Myrox were at war from 511 SM until 516 SM, when Angorra, Seawall and Tallachia submitted to Myrox; after the Sancturi rose in 522 SM and the last dragon west of the Cloudwall fell in 524 SM, "the draconians have completely abandoned the Broken Sea" by 527 SM, and "by 554 SM, the Sancturi have consolidated their hold on Angorra, Myrkan and Turas" (S326). Myrox, Angorra and their neighbours are sections of The Broken Kingdoms page; the wars are Faewild Wars.
Earlier accounts¶
An older campaign note makes Myrkan itself the Draconian power: "511 SM: Myrkan vs Angorran full scale war", "516 SM: The rise of a new human faction, led by God-Emperor Tolac begins to push back Myrkan and Fae", and "521 SM: Myrkan is defeated and the draconians scattered back to the north" (S132). The same note's author wrote across it "Timeline is WRONG!", and the later Sanctuary Age timeline gives the Draconian nation its own name, Myrox. The two may be one power under two names; the sources do not say so.
Gap
No source names Myrkan's cities, its peoples, or its state after the Sancturi conquest of 554 SM.