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Peran is an extensive '''<span style="color:#006699">wilderness</span>''' in '''<span style="color:#006699">northwestern Hârn</span>'''.
Primeval forests cloak this land of mysteries so densely
that the ill-prepared may be swallowed by the trackless
wilderness. Penetrating damp rots everything it touches
in the day and chills the bones at night. The hills are
steep and animal trails are more likely to lead to traps
than prey. Here the outsider is more often the hunted than the hunter. Evils
here are best left undisturbed. There are ancient '''<span style="color:#006699">Khuzan</span>''' and '''<span style="color:#006699">Corani</span>''' '''<span style="color:#006699">ruins</span>''',
and '''<span style="color:#006699">snakes</span>''' and '''<span style="color:#006699">Ivashu</span>''' of every type are so common that some say '''<span style="color:#006699">Ilvir</span>'''
tarried here on His way to '''<span style="color:#006699">Araka-Kalai</span>'''.

Here, too, are the fierce '''<span style="color:#006699">Kubora</span>''' and '''<span style="color:#006699">Urdu</span>''' tribes, whose enmity has
lasted two millennia. Living off the hunt and patches of cultivation they
hack out of the wilderness, these savage warriors have defied an empire and
conquered a kingdom, which they may now be ready to take back. They
jealously guard the rich natural bounty of Peran from those who seek it.

'''<span style="color:#006699">Orbaalese</span>''' and '''<span style="color:#006699">Ivinian</span>''' whalers and sealers prowl the coasts in their
longships, trading where they must, taking what they can. Beware, too, the
'''<span style="color:#006699">Agrikan</span>''' warriors who, for more than a generation, have coveted what Peran
has to offer. The ''Warriors of Mameka'' in the west have tried once and failed
in conquest, but they will try again. In the east, the ''Red Shadows of Herpa''
call for a crusade against the Kubora.


==== CREDITS ====
'''Writer:''' Alun Rees

'''Art Director:''' Richard Luschek

'''Contributor:''' Daniel Bell

'''Map:''' Alun Rees

'''Editors:''' Brent Bailey, Grant Dalgliesh, John Sgammato

'''Layout:''' Thomas Shook


==== HISTORY ====
'''<span style="color:#006699">
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On Yaelah of each Larane, the council of all Kuboran
''Hanuhn'' meet at Kustan. By tradition, the eldest among
them sings the “Song of the Fallen God.” The same song
is sung at the Nuzyael moot of the Urdu. This ancient
tale tells of the origins of Peran as a rugged wilderness in
which the “Old Ones of the Forest” lived for an eternity.
Then there was a great battle in the skies and a god was
cast down. His iron club fell to earth at the head of the
River Denia. The impact created the marsh and raised up
the Rayesha Mountains. '''<span style="color:#006699">Kemlar</span>''' saw the turmoil in the
heavens and chose Peran as the sacred place.

When Kemlar led the first humans here, they found
the Khuzdul hunting in the foothills of the Rayeshas and
as far west as the '''<span style="color:#006699">Hand of Crador</span>''', which they shunned.
The Kubora and Urdu feared the “men under the
mountain” and kept their distance. Today, intact Khuzan
structures are rare; typically only a few dressed stones
signal where once a sturdy hunting lodge sat. These ruins
are commonly the lair of bear or lynx and exert a strange
attraction to Ivashu. Little remains that would remind the
traveler that these were once Khuzan lands.

With Lothrim’s fall, his Foulspawn despoiled Kiraz
and swarmed into Peran. For centuries, the tribes fought
to drive them from the forests. When the Foulspawn
were finally confined to the '''<span style="color:#006699">Rayesha Mountains</span>''' and their
foothills, the Kubora found that the '''<span style="color:#006699">Jenath</span>''' tribes had
taken the lower '''<span style="color:#006699">Denia</span>''' and '''<span style="color:#006699">Perath</span>''' valleys. Weakened from
resisting the gargun, the Kubora left the lowlands to the
newcomers and returned to their ancient feuding.

At the start of the '''<span style="color:#006699">fifth century</span>''', the <u>Corani legions
absorbed the Jenath and took the river valleys</u>. Some
remains of their settlements, decorated with tiles and
mosaics, can be found today in the open oak and beech
woods of the valleys. These settlers explored many
of the limestone caves they discovered in the forest
and established mines in the river valleys that were
abandoned and lost with the collapse of the empire.
The wild tales of river gold were not lost and draw
adventurers to this day.

The <u>destruction of the legionary fort at Kustan</u> in
'''<span style="color:#006699">477</span>''' marked the end of <u>Corani interest in Peran</u>. Until the
coming of '''<span style="color:#006699">Arlun</span>''', the Kubora warred among themselves
or against the Urdu and occasional gargun swarms. They
were content to be the undisputed custodians of Kemlar’s
legacy.


===== Peran Today =====
Animal collectors scour Peran for bears, lynx, and
rare Ivashu, which are drugged, caged, and sent south
to the arenas. Trappers tend long traplines for mink and
beaver pelts, and the musk glands of beavers and Peran
civets are in great demand by the '''<span style="color:#006699">perfumers</span>''' of '''<span style="color:#006699">Coranan</span>'''
and '''<span style="color:#006699">Shiran</span>'''. The plentiful seals along the rocky coast are
a source of great wealth. Peran is an herbalist’s larder;
almost every herb of value can be found in the forests
and hills of Peran, as well as some that are still unknown
to the apothecaries of civilized lands. Each summer,
traders attend the '''<span style="color:#006699">Beast Fayre</span>''' at '''<span style="color:#006699">Emesa</span>''' to trade for these
wonders and for slaves taken by the Warriors of Mameka
in their raids against the Kubora. Adventurous traders
travel to the annual '''<span style="color:#006699">Kuboran moot</span>''' at Kustan.

Boats from '''<span style="color:#006699">Emesa Hundred</span>''' compete with Kuboran
fishermen in the '''<span style="color:#006699">Gulf of Pendos</span>''' and the '''<span style="color:#006699">Perath estuary</span>'''.
The whales that migrate through the gulf are <u>sacred to
the Kubora, but not to Rethemi whalers</u>.

The <u>military road to Kustan built by the Corani
legions</u>, known as the '''<span style="color:#006699">Scarlet Ribbon</span>''', has eroded to a dirt
trail above the '''<span style="color:#006699">Perath River</span>'''. Some ruined legionary block
houses survive along the trail, generally at mountain
passes and fords. The remains of forts and lesser roads
can be found in many parts of Peran, as far east as
abandoned '''<span style="color:#006699">Mejetus</span>''' in the lands of the '''<span style="color:#006699">Urdu</span>'''. These
'''<span style="color:#006699">Corani ruins</span>''' are ignored by some tribes while others,
such as the '''<span style="color:#006699">Suyari</span>''', treat them with reverence.
The '''<span style="color:#006699">bog iron mine</span>''' at the mouth of the '''<span style="color:#006699">River Perath</span>'''
was abandoned by the retreating Corani, but reopened
with the coming of the Warriors of Mameka in '''<span style="color:#006699">699</span>'''.
It is now operated by the '''<span style="color:#006699">Miners’ Guild</span>''' on behalf of
the Agrikans, who have also discovered '''<span style="color:#006699">silver</span>''' east of
'''<span style="color:#006699">Bedenes</span>'''.

The '''<span style="color:#006699">Warriors of Mameka</span>''' <u>trace their history to
priests who accompanied the legions to Kustan</u>. The
fortress has religious significance to them. The order
marched north in '''<span style="color:#006699">718</span>''', seeking a '''<span style="color:#006699">sacred treasure</span>''' said
to be buried at Kustan. Agrikan bones now litter the
approaches to the site of the Kuboran moot, and Agrikan
weapons arm Kuboran warriors.

The Agrikans at '''<span style="color:#006699">Menekai</span>''' have recently begun to
seek support from the '''<span style="color:#006699">Apalankh</span>''' for a '''<span style="color:#006699">holy crusade</span>'''. Their
goal is to reach '''<span style="color:#006699">Fort Mejetus</span>''' and recover the '''<span style="color:#006699">lost treasure</span>'''
of '''<span style="color:#006699">Emperor Mejenes the Great</span>'''. They are eager to expand
their holdings and actively raid the nearby Kubora to
acquire slaves for their mines and forges.


==== GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE ====
The warm currents of the Haonic Ocean bring winds heavy with rain;
precipitation is an almost daily occurrence in Peran. Except in the higher
elevations of the Rayesha foothills, snow is very rare. In the northern
coastal plain, clear skies are virtually unknown. On warm days, even when
cloud cover is light, mists form that seldom disperse before dusk.

Sea storms break on the rugged hills and massive trees. Even when the
wind blows strong in the forest canopy, its effect is always much reduced
at ground level. The rugged ground is so dominated by rocks and exposed
roots that most trails do not get very muddy, but there is a constant peril of
flash flooding after a heavy rain.

Peran has five natural regions:

The Northern Coastal Plain is a rugged fogbound land of ancient mosshung
trees. The coast teams with fisheries and seal colonies. The mysterious
Old Ones observe all intruders.

The Western Highlands, birthplace of Arlun the Barbarian, are a place
of drenching rains and the site of the Corani Fort Kustan, built on the
holy grave of the Kuboran prophet, Kemlar the Guide. The sabre-toothed
Dracofelas is said to hunt beneath the enormous redwoods here.

The River Valleys were settled and fought over for centuries and are now
the base for the Warriors of Mameka and their quest to recover Kustan,
which is holy to the Agrikans.

The Broken Lands, source of the River Denia and its marshes, are home
to the degenerate Denal Kubora and the twisted pinnacles of the Hand of
Crador, home of the fallen god of Kuboran myth.

The Rayesha Foothills are the site of ruined Khuzan lodges that hug
the hillsides under the shadows of soaring wyverns, the ruins of Corani
Fort Mejetus and the bones of its lost emperor, and of Urdu and Kubora
tribesmen pursued by slavers from the smoking forges of Menekai.


===== The Old Ones of the Forest =====
Kuboran legends name these reclusive,
intelligent creatures as the original
inhabitants of Peran. Bigger than a man by
more than half, they sport a ruddy brown
pelt of stringy hair often tinged with moss.
Their faces are human-like but with flatter
noses and deeply set, attentive eyes that
see as well at night as during the day. They
live in nests built high in the forest canopy;
their unique five-toed tracks often come to
an abrupt end where the creature pulled
itself up into a tree. They are equally at
home moving silently through the forest
undergrowth or swinging from branch to
branch in the canopy. They are likely to
flee if confronted, but tales tell of men
decapitated by one sweep of the clawed
hand of an Old One roused to anger.

The Urdu say the Old Ones are the spirits
of tribal chieftains returned to guard the
sacred hunting grounds. The Kubora
believe them to be spirits that watch over
the forests. The Old Ones are herbivores
but are rumored to consume their fallen
foes after battle. During festivals, Kuboran
mothers leave baskets of vegetables at the
edge of the village to ensure the Old Ones
leave them in peace. Tribal elders say the
Kubora practice facial scarring in imitation
of the deep creases and folds of skin that
mark the faces of the Old Ones.

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=== THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN ===
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A heavy cloak of old-growth temperate rainforest extends from Cape
Vikod in the west to the Pemetta River in the east. The very size of the trees
makes passage through the forest difficult and travelers are further slowed
by fallen tree trunks many feet across, rocky outcroppings, and poor lines
of sight caused by the thick growth of moss hanging from every bough.
The coastal fogs and mists that develop here can be trapped and sustained
for days on end, even quite far from the sea. Everything is damp to the
touch. Food and clothing quickly perish and metals corrode in this humid
atmosphere. The inquisitive Old Ones rarely leave visitors unobserved for
long from their perches high in the canopy.

In such close terrain, it is no surprise that the Kuboran and Urdu tribes
produce exceptional hunters, keen of eye and ear. The forest is difficult to
clear and the damp climate does not favor cereals plagued by rots and wilts.
Cultivation is more often of native fruits, gourds, and beans grown in small
plots hacked out of the forest.

The Kadag Strait and the rivers that flow into it teem with fish and
fur-bearing mammals. The furs brought the first Ivinians to these waters and
now Orbaalese traders are regular visitors to the northern coast in search of
beaver, seal, and other pelts for which they offer trade goods. This is rapidly
becoming more important than the traditional trading at the annual Kubora
and Urdu moots.

The Urdu tribes live in the coastal plain east of the Chetul River, while
the Kubora occupy the lands to the west.

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===== The Urdu Oath Ground =====
Representatives of the Urdu tribes gather
near the mouth of the Chetul River during
Nuzyael each year for a tribal moot. The
moot includes a religious purification of
the “People of the Oath,” as the Urdu call
themselves. There is ritual bathing in the
Chetul River, the “Waters of the Oath,” and
a collective rededication to Kemlar’s Oath.


=== THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS ===
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The Obodu Hills, named for the tribe of Arlun
the Barbarian, lie within the western highlands, which
encompass the ranges of many other Kuboran tribes
as well. The rugged hills shield the coastal plain to
the north, catching the rains that rise from the warm
currents of the Haonic Ocean to the west. This
rain collects in the river Nej in the north, the
Perath in the east, and the many small rivers
that rush steeply south into the Gulf of Pendos.

Heavy rainfall encourages the most majestic
tree growth on Hârn. Here are found the towering
Hârnic Redwood and numerous species of fir and pine. Such
monsters shade out the underbrush, so walking
through the Obodu Hills can seem like a journey
through an endless, dimly lit natural cathedral.
Typically, the only sounds are of water dripping
from on high, the rush of steeply falling streams,
or the hoot of the Peran Spotted Owl as it swoops
through the lofty spaces on its five-foot wingspan.

The highland tribes make use of the redwood
stands as redoubts in war, building platforms high
above the forest floor from which women and children
rain down a lethal shower of rocks to deter even the
most tenacious of invaders. Drums are used to alert
neighboring tribes, with a variety of rhythms used to
communicate different messages.

The Dracofelas, standing almost four feet tall at
the shoulder, is a feared predator. The “Dragon Cat”
is thought to be a myth around the hearths of Rethem.
On ceremonial occasions, the Hanuhn of the Obodu
Kubora wears a Dracofelas skull that has been handed
down through the generations.

Also feared are the Yelgri, as even treetop strongholds
are not proof against these aggressive carnivores. While
no match for a healthy warrior, a Yelgri is quite capable
of carrying off an infant or harassing a climber.

The coastal lands between Cape Kobeo and the mouth
of the River Perath have been subject to more agriculture
than the inland forest wilderness. This has opened up the
canopy and replaced some first growth with second
growth forest not unlike that of the river valleys. The
Kobean and mainland Tiraen Kubora who live here
also benefit from abundant game, particularly the
small black-eared forest deer and a teeming fishery of
mackerel, herring, and salmon. Such is the bounty
of these lands that the Kobean are thought lazy by
other tribes, and men from Bedenes now fish
these waters unchallenged.

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===== Kustan =====
Kuboran oral history says that Kustan is the
site of Kemlar’s burial mound. Pilgrimage
to that mound may be the origin of the
annual tribal moot.

Corani scholars who explored the
neighboring hills identified the ruins of no
fewer than 11 abandoned Rathiri villages,
suggesting that today’s Kustan has not
always been the site of the Moot.

The current site has been continually
inhabited since the Corani invasion, but the
abandoned villages are also surrounded by
a significant number of burial mounds.
This raises the intriguing
possibility that, while
the Kubora believe
Kemlar to be buried
at Kustan, his
barrow may be at
one of the other
locations.

The abandoned villages
serve as hunting camps for the
hundreds of Kubora who visit
the Moot each year.


=== THE RIVER VALLEYS ===
The Perath and Denia rivers flow through gently sloping limestone
valleys swathed in broadleaf forest beneath the mixed and needle-leaf
forest of the surrounding hills. This is a fertile land that lends itself to cereal
cultivation. The tribes have domesticated the wild descendants of the
stocky cattle introduced by the Corani. These placid beasts provide milk
and meat.

A combination of scholarship, greed, and sheer ambition attracted the
Corani Empire to Peran in the late 4th century, but now it is the Rethemi
who are interested in the forest and its tribes. Clan Lynnaeus of Tormau
has maintained good relations with the Kubora and the clans of the Asawne
Kubora have been encouraged to allow seasonal logging camps along the
north bank of the Denia. Timber is cut within easy reach of the river and
floated downstream to Quyn manor. The Asawne village 10 leagues upriver
from the manor marks the northern boundary of this agreement and is
where deliveries of trade goods and weapons keep the Asawne pliant.

Relations with the Suyari on the south bank of the Denia are less
cordial, but traders wearing Tormau’s colors are usually allowed to pass
unmolested. The earl extends this privilege to the Sheriff of Hohnam and
his agents, but those found wearing his colors without permission are
crucified on trees on the edge of Suyari lands.

The Agrikan Warriors of Mameka from Bedenes seek slaves and glory
more than trade. The north and south banks of the River Perath are held by
the Piri and Uld Kubora, respectively, and the Uld and neighboring Asawne
suffer particularly from Agrikan raids.

Despite these tensions, there are trappers based in the valleys and
hardy traders who make the annual trip along the Scarlet Ribbon to the
Kuboran tribal moot at Kustan, returning in time for the Emesa Beast Fayre.

The Perath is too broad to ford below the head of the valley. It is
here, beyond the lands of the Oncade and Garao Kubora, that the Scarlet
Ribbon crosses the river before climbing the fringe of the highlands
on its way to sacred Kustan.

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===== The Scarlet Ribbon =====
The lower reaches of the Scarlet Ribbon
remain in good condition for a road built
more than 150 years ago. The flagstones
become increasingly cracked and worn as
the trail continues toward the banks of the
River Perath, some 15 leagues north across
the rolling, forested Uldan Hills.

The Corani legions built blockhouses every
five leagues along the Scarlet Ribbon. Low
enclosures of dressed stone about seven
paces square are all that remain of most of
them. A largely intact blockhouse stands
where the trail descends to meet the River
Perath.

After crossing the headwaters of the Perath
at a natural ford, the trail turns northwest
to climb steeply beneath the intimidating
firs and redwoods of the highlands. From
here, the roadway has been largely broken
up by the forest and eroded by flash floods.
Occasional stones carved with Kuboran
whorls are the only sign of the ruined
blockhouses. Many stones have been
incorporated into the extended earthworks
and menhirs of the “Shawls of Kustan,”
where Kemlar first declared the four tests
of the Kubora.

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=== THE BROKEN LANDS ===
The Broken Lands are limestone karst eruptions, the source of the
numberless springs that feed the Denia Marshes. Deep gullies cut into
the limestone by these streams are often completely hidden beneath a
canopy of trees that mostly obscures the sky. The high ground is equally
treacherous as the sinkholes, and thinly covered crevices that score the land
can produce deadly falls into gullies up to 100 feet deep. In places, the paths
cut by the streams disappear underground through dark, slippery tunnels
with only the hint of daylight ahead. In other places, collapsed caves create
natural amphitheaters with sides tens or hundreds of feet high.

The Hand of Crador, near the center of the Broken Lands, is a complex
of limestone pinnacles rising hundreds of feet into the air. They are
weathered and twisted, as if grasping at something just out of reach. Yelgri
nest among the highest of the pillars.

Hunters say the fresh water spring that flows from the Hand taints
those who drink from it. According to Denal legend, following the spring
upstream leads to a maze of passages, some open to the sky, others dark
and enclosed; at the spring’s source lies a cavern with great treasures and a
lurking evil that does not brook disturbance.

Drainage from the Hand of Crador collects in the fetid marshlands
above the Denia Cataract, which marks the end of the navigability of the
River Denia ten leagues upstream from the Asawne trading camp. The
marsh is the result of the restricted flow of the River Denia through a
narrow defile in the surrounding limestone.

This lethal labyrinth of reedbeds and quicksand is home to the Denal
Kubora and their strange villages built on stilts above the dark marsh waters.
The xenophobic Denal have a deserved reputation for being suspicious of
outsiders and doing things “their way.” Inbreeding may be the cause of the
unusual traits many Denal exhibit, including the gigantism that has given
rise to the myth of “marsh ogres.”

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===== Legend of the Fallen God =====
The origin of the Song of the Fallen God is
unknown. The Kubora may have learned
it from the Khuzdul of Kiraz or it may
describe real events from the time of their
ancestors’ arrival in Peran. It may simply be
a means to explain the strange formations
of the Broken Lands.

The Hand is named for Crador the Blind,
a Kuboran deity seen by some tribes as a
jester-god who brings good luck. Tribes
with ranges nearer to the Hand attach a
more sinister nature to Crador, calling him
"Bringer of Nightmares" and "Twister of
Luck." Others believe him a bastard god
fathered by a southern deity who led the
Corani into Peran.

The '''<span style="color:#006699">Corani</span>''' first heard of the Hand of
Crador and the Song of the Fallen God in the
450s. The Agrikan priests at Kustan sought
out the Hand, having drawn a parallel to
the claws Agrik lost to Larani in the epic
Battle of Khamar. What they found is
unknown, but strange mosaics in the ruined
walls of Kustan may disclose secrets to one
clever enough to interpret them.


=== THE RAYESHA FOOTHILLS ===
This range of hills rises between the Gomisen and Denia river valleys
and sweeps northeastward into the Urdu highlands. They begin as gentle
undulations in the forest floor before rising to 2000 feet at the base of the
Rayeshas. The deciduous forests of the river valleys give way to mixed
broad and needleleaf cover as they climb, finally merging into the dusky
blue of the Rayesha Pine forest of the mountains. The Delerni and Sangic
Kubora hunt here, as well as many Urdu tribes. Lynx and bear are common,
as are the cougars that make the Rayeshas their home.
Reports of hirenu and wyverns in these hills may be the stuff of myth.
Certainly real are the majestic Northern Eagles. Golden-brown in color and
with wingspans near 20 feet and talons almost a foot across, the eagles nest
high in the Rayeshas but range over much of Peran. They are enormously
strong and can carry away a sheep or foal. The tribes revere them and an
eagle feather constitutes a great heirloom.

The gargun of the Rayeshas feel at home in the foothills and range
particularly widely in the Urdu highlands. Additional risk arises from the Red
Shadows of Herpa. From their base at Menekai, these Agrikans regularly
send highly trained, well-equipped patrols out into the hills in pursuit of the
Delerni, Sangic, and Suyari Kubora as slaves for the mines and for sale into
the Pamesani arenas. The order has extensive mining and logging interests
in the southern foothills and considers the extermination of the Kubora both
theologically and economically advantageous.

The Corani fort at Mejetus was home to the doomed legion that was
cut down on its long retreat to Coranan following the death of Emperor
Mejenes the Great. Survivors swore the bones they returned for burial were
those of their commander but rumors persist that he was entombed at
Mejetus. The Agrikans of Menekai watch the actions of their brothers at
Bedenes. They scheme to take Mejetus before the Warriors of Mameka can
re-take Kustan for the glory that would bring their order.

* INSERT RAYESHA FOOTHILLS TABLE

Tribal encounters south of the Chetul River
are with Kubora, north with Urdu.

===== Ruins of Fort Mejetus =====
Mejetus was occupied for less than a
decade. Many of its structures were still of
wood when it was abandoned in 465. These
have rotted back into the forest, making it
impossible to identify the fortress except
from very close quarters. It is an eerie
place now, home to bats and snakes of all
sorts. The local tribesmen avoid the place
they call the “Haunt of Night.”

The Equani tribes across the Pemetta River
revere the ruins of Mejetus almost as much
as the Urdu abhor them. It has taken on a
particular importance for the Shevrach, the
Equani war cult. This may explain why the
Equani apply such pressure on the Urdu
tribes that occupy the valley of the River
Suthen.

The fort was never sacked but it is likely
that the legionaries took everything of
value with them when they left Mejetus.
Those valuables may now be scattered along
the route of their retreat. No one knows
what may lie waiting to be discovered
there, perhaps guarded by the restless ghost
of an emperor frustrated by death during
his most ambitious campaign.

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**** '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5740</span>''' [[Hârn_Kingdom_of_Réthem|Kingdom of Réthem]] ~ Kingdom Module
**** '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5770</span>''' [[Hârn_Republic_of_Thârda|Republic of Thârda]] ~ Kingdom Module
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**** '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5610</span>''' [[Hârn_Kingdom_of_Káldôr|Kingdom of Káldôr]] ~ Kingdom Module
**** '''<span style="color:#008000">COL5660</span>''' [[Hârn_Kingdom_of_Kandáy|Kingdom of Kandáy]] ~ Kingdom Module
**** '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5700E</span>''' [[Hârn_Kingdom_of_Mèlderýn|Kingdom of Mèlderýn]] ~ Kingdom Module
**** '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5800</span>''' [[Hârn_Kingdom_of_Orbáal|Kingdom of Orbáal]] ~ Kingdom Module
**** '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5740</span>''' [[Hârn_Kingdom_of_Réthem|Kingdom of Réthem]] ~ Kingdom Module
**** '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5770</span>''' [[Hârn_Republic_of_Thârda|Republic of Thârda]] ~ Kingdom Module
**** '''<span style="color:#FF0000">IDEA</span>''' [[H%C3%A2rn_Kingdom_Coráni_Empire|Coráni Empire]] ~ '''<span style="color:#FF0000">ADD</span>''' other Minor/Historic [[H%C3%A2rn_Kingdoms_Petty_States|Petty States]] & [[H%C3%A2rn_Kingdoms_Petty|Petty Kingdoms]] to a list, ie. [[H%C3%A2rn_Kingdom_of_Aléathia|Kingdom of Aléathia]], [[H%C3%A2rn_Kingdom_of_Moleryn|Kingdom of Moleryn]], and Wilderness regions like '''<span style="color:#008000">CG5891</span>''' [[H%C3%A2rn_Wilderness_Peran|Peran]], surrounding [[H%C3%A2rn_HârnMaster_Barbarians|Barbarian Tribes]] and their histories.
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***** Anoa (47 Tribes)
***** Bujoc (34 Tribes)
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***** Chymak (60 Clan groups)
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***** Kabloqui (36 Bands)
***** Kamaki (14 Tribes)
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***** Pagaelin (117 Tribes)
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***** Ymodi (23 Tribes)
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**** [[Hârn_Kingdom_of_Eváel|Kingdom of Eváel]] CG5081
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