Faragond¶
"Instead, the legions disappeared and not a single soldier returned." — on the Griffon Legions' march into the Necromancer's land, 700 SM (S326)
Faragond is the kingdom of the Naher on the Broken Strand, a land of horse-clans between the Dragon's Teeth and the sea. In the Fifth Age it was ruined by dragonblight, recovered by the Northern Kingdoms, and from 695 SM invaded by the Sancturi Empire, whose Faragond Campaign broke against the undead of the Necromancer.
The Naher kingdom¶
In the Age of Magic Faragond was the one settled kingdom of a nomadic people. The Naher "have a kingdom in Central Pevethor, Faragond", where "the greatest concentration of their population" lived; they revere their horses, "to abuse a horse can be a capitol offense", and build "fortifications and retaining walls of stone, but prefer to use wood for buildings, living spaces and halls". The old kingdom of Amarin once stretched "from the Westmarches to Faragond", and Faragond kept "a significant presence" in Athosia alongside Dalmar and Arne'Athosia. The archive's nation entry for Faragond is a heading only.
The Sanctuary Age¶
"Much of Dalmar and Faragond is consumed in dragonblight" in the 200s SM, when Ebony dragons raided from the Cloudwall Mountains and "many of their people choose to migrate further west". By 535 SM "the Northern Kingdoms have reasserted control in Dalmar, Angorath and Faragond". By 704 SM the Rovers were "fairly common in the lands which were once northern Dalmar, Faragond and Ghoresh (these lands are now commonly referred to as Rovarion)" (see the Riven Kingdoms).
The Sancturi Faragond Campaign¶
The Griffon Legions of House Barahd (see the Sancturi Military) opened the Faragond Campaign in 695 SM. "Initially a success against several small Riven petty kingdoms, it ran afoul of the enigmatic Necromancer in 698 SM. The Necromancer has marked boundaries (usually skulls on sticks), which if approached trigger an assault by a horde of undead. The Griffon legions, believing a strike at the heart could deal with the threat, drove deeply into the Necromancer's territory in 700 SM with the intention of cutting off the head of the snake. Instead, the legions disappeared and not a single soldier returned." The Necromancer's land is Delvarn.
By the autumn of 704 SM "the Sancturi advance in Faragond has been all but halted. After suffering a catastrophic loss to the Riven 2 years ago that nearly cost them the entire province, the Sancturi armies have pulled back and are focused on reorganization, infrastructure and defense. They have lost significant ground to Athagilion over the past months." The legions were believed "finally returned to nearly full strength" and expected to go on the offensive again.
Gap
No source names Faragond's capital, its petty kingdoms, or its rulers in any age, and none says what became of the province after 704 SM.