Dragonfall¶
Dragonfall is "the south-central part of the continent on either side of the Dragon's Teeth mountain range. It is sometimes referred to separately as: West, Central, and East Dragonfall. The northwestern part of Dragonfall, however, is controlled by Pevelor" (S387). From it the peninsula of Myrkan "extends west," and the Broken Strand "connects to Dragonfall in the south" on its way north to Athosia (S387).
The Dragon's Teeth¶
The Dragon's Teeth run through the middle of Dragonfall and form the eastern wall of Rhovun, which "stretches from the ocean in the west to the Dragon's Teeth mountains in the east" (S387), and the inland wall of the Broken Strand (S387). Nothing more is written of the range.
People¶
"The Muazi once built a kingdom in what is now Dragonfall. However, during the Demonic Apocalypse, their people were wiped out, and they are now considered to be extinct" (S387; see Humans). No living nation of Dragonfall is named outside Pevelor.
Than'Doriel¶
Than'Doriel was an elven kingdom and is now a cursed land; it is placed on this page provisionally, because no source says where it lay. The compendium's closing notes tell its story through the library of Queen Shynri, who holds journals of the great wizard Athu'esdomian: "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). The queen believes the vault survives and that its lore of Mithi'nulias, the mage-extinguishing art, could be turned against the Nexa-Vinians.
"Unfortunately, the lands of Than'Doriel are now a cursed land, home to twisted and dark lifeforms. A small pocket of elves, a remnant of that ancient kingdom, live to the northwest and patrol the borders of their former homeland, not taking kindly to outsiders seeking to loot or desecrate their home" (S372). High Lord Gamdri and Lady Estollien lead them (see Minor Figures of the Earlier Ages); they labour to purge the corruption, know that their kingdom fell through the use of Mithi'nulias, and "will under no condition" let its secrets be uncovered, "fearing a worsening or repeat of the disaster that befell them nearly 300 years ago" (S372), that is, in the 2900s MA of the Age of Magic if the compendium's present of 3221 MA is taken (S372). The compendium's own note gives the cause: the elven king "used the Mithi'nulias to neutralize a powerful worldstone crystal corrupted to dark purpose. Though the crystal was neutralized, the chaos magic released into the world became a festering sore that could not be cured. It eventually led to the end of his dynasty and the ruin of his kingdom" (S372).
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Than'Doriel's location is unstated; its war with Myrkan, a peninsula of Dragonfall, is the only reason it sits here. The gazetteers name no settlement, river or people of Dragonfall beyond Pevelor and the vanished Muazi.