Ilyrinar
The Ilyrians (and Neatherese) represent a modern/scifi magical civilization compared to the party's medieval. How would you describe a tablet or a modern research lab to a medieval knight?
A once powerful human empire during the age of myth; a sub-section of the Neatherese Empire. Like the rest of the Neatherese, they were destroyed in a magical cataclysm of their own making. In particular, the Ilyrinar were said to be closely connected to the elemental plane of rock, and are said to have built great cities by growing them from living stone. Several Ilyrinar cities have been found by explorers, each of them made of of abandoned stone buildings and no sign of any inhabitants, leading some to suggest that these cities were never actually inhabited at all.
Public Agenda
Research into what few documents survived the fall of the Neatherese empire indicate that the various sub-cultures were uniquely focused on finding a way to escape the fall in its final days; much of this research was focused on achieving mass teleportation or immortality. It is unknown if there were any successes.
Assets
The various subsets of the Neatherese Empire used magic in a way that is far beyond the grasp of any today. Enchanted items and equipment was common place, most of it disappeared with the Ilyrians, but even the most common items of this time are powerful by today's standards.
History
The Experiments of Kuerthyl
A group of adventurers from Ardrest found a gateway to a still active Ilyrian laboratory in 1491 DR. The facility had been trapped in time for millennia due to the loss of control of a particularly nasty experiment from the lab's administrator, Kuerthyl. He was found to be using necromantic magics to fuse many souls into a single lifeform. The result was a massive necrotic slime that radiated necrotic energy and effect all dead bodies in its presence. Kuerthyl, who ultimately died in his lab, regarded the experiment as a failure but maintained the theory was sound; he considered himself a hero who would save his people or at least their souls by creating new bodies. Of note, he expressed none of the modern distaste that normally accompanies talk of necromancy.Disbandment
The Neatherese empire, and all of its subgroups fell approximately 2500 years before the modern age. Accounts vary widely on what caused the cataclysm, but generally reflect some sort of moral/cautionary tale.
Territories
Ilyrian ruins have been found throughout the Sheer Coast and it is said their cities extended into the elemental plane of earth itself.
Technological Level
Magic and technology far beyond what is possible in Sanzeia now was common place to these people.
"These were the kind of people that would summon and imprison a demon to light a room rather then using a torch."
Of particular note: Ilyrians technology often embedded partially complete spells into objects such that the spell would complete when combined with another object. For example, a spell to open a door might be written on a door frame and a key, so that when the two were touched the spell would be completed and the door would be opened.
DISBANDED/DISSOLVED
c. -4000 DR - c. -2500 DR
Type
Geopolitical, Empire
Predecessor Organization
Demonym
Ilyrian
Currency
Electrum coins. Common, but some collectors do exist.
Parent Organization
Location
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