Thane Durak Embermantle

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Thane Durak Embermantle
Durak Embermantle · Thane Durak · the Thane of Khaldun
Portrait of Thane Durak Embermantle.
Character
StatusAlive
First seenpre-campaign brief
Last seenpre-campaign brief
FactionEmbermantle Clan, Khaldun Forgehold, Great Guilds of Khaldun, Flameguard

Thane Durak Embermantle is, per the DM’s world brief, the head of the Embermantle Clan and ruler of Khaldun Forgehold, the dwarven forge-city carved into the Emberpeak Mountains. His authority is absolute yet rarely wielded with cruelty, daily life beneath him is run by the Great Guilds of Khaldun, and the Flameguard enforce the city’s order that magic serves only the forge or its defence. He has not appeared in play; the only link is the DM’s remark that Vasquez and Althea are “from Khaldun” [3].

Overview

Thane Durak Embermantle is the named head of the Embermantle Clan and the ruler of Khaldun Forgehold. The clan and the city function, at the top, as one political unit, and in the world brief the Thane’s word is the city’s word. His authority is absolute, yet rarely wielded with cruelty: the city reads his restraint as virtue, and its ordinary running rests on Guild custom and the Flameguard’s standing orders rather than on his whim.

He has not appeared in play, and the party has not visited Khaldun. The city has come up only in passing: the DM suggested a route “through Khaldun and all the way through” the desert city of Sablemar to avoid Aurelia [2]. The one structural link is the DM’s remark that Vasquez and Althea, the only two to recognise an Aurelian signal shot, did so “because they’re from Khaldun” [3]. Everything else here is world-brief canon.

Relationships

  • The Great Guilds of Khaldun: the Smiths, the Miners and the Rune-Smiths govern trade, resources and the apprenticeship paths of every Khaldun child. They sit under the Thane, by delegation rather than by independent charter (world brief).
  • The Flameguard: elite warriors in rune-inscribed obsidian-steel plate, who enforce his standing order that magic is tolerated only in service of the forge or the city’s defence, and silence rogue casters (world brief).
  • The Everflame Forges and the Runeworks: the city’s industrial heart and its enchantment hall; his authority over them runs through the Guilds of Smiths and Rune-Smiths (world brief).
  • No retinue: the brief names no consort, heir, chancellor or champion for him.
  • Vasquez and Althea: “from Khaldun” by the DM’s word [3]. Vasquez re-crested Aurelian plate with his adopted family’s crest [4][5]; whether that family has any tie to the Embermantle Clan is not established.

Disposition towards the party

None established. For visitors the world brief’s policy is that they are welcome if they come with gold, contracts and respect, and a party’s arcane casters would have to satisfy the Thane’s order on magic.

History in the campaign

Not yet seen in play.

Status

As of session 23. Alive (presumed) at Khaldun Forgehold and off-screen. Nothing in play has put the party in Khaldun or in contact with the Thane or his retinue.

See also

References

  1. ^ : DM world brief only; not yet appeared in any recap.
  2. ^ Session 19, line 345: Inline citation.
  3. ^ Session 15, line 211: Inline citation.
  4. ^ Session 10, line 1722: Inline citation.
  5. ^ Session 10, line 1841: Inline citation.
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