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--- polemos:4th_age:factions:gild-tuonia [2026/03/30 12:33] – Blake Anderton
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 ===== Geography =====
+==== Rafnleith Downs ====
+The "ravencall" downs were formerly the [[polemos:4th_age:factions:romalia|Romalian]] province of Versutia, upon the coming of the [[polemos:3rd_age:events:tuonic_crusade|Tuonic Crusade]] the governor chose to avoid open battle and successfully used a delaying strategy to tie down significant crusader forces in multiple hard-fought sieges.
+Defenders made extensive use of magic familiars to communicate between partisans and besieged forces to inflict maximum attrition, but were ultimately undone as [[..religions:Wistaljan]] crusaders were able to corrupt the messages and lead to the fortresses falling overnight.
+Legends speak of this curse lingering over the land, with the usual advice being to assume that any talking animal you meet is lying.
+==== Huzdalthida Glitterdunes ====
+Dominating the arid southern border leading to the midnight dues of [[zulithan|Zulithan]], the glittering sands of the Huzdalthida, the hidden desert, was home to some of the last holdouts of the [[polemos:2nd_age:factions:romalia|Romalian Empire]].
+After an initial set of pitched battles against golem armies and other alchemical monstrosities, Tuonic [[polemos:3rd_age:events:tuonic_crusade|crusaders]] were content for almost a century to leave the region as a rump state, though several limited campaigns were fought to keep raiding to a minimum.
+In time exploring knights discovered that the sands held far more value than a buffer space with tribes and petty warlords, and that the sands themselves were infused with valuable alchemical substances, particularly gold dust.
+Thus the region saw a form of gold rush and settlements and outposts were built.
+Though the boom soon ended as the hard labor necessary to collect and sift the treasure became apparent, several marches were organized and incorporated into the empire.
 ===== History =====
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 ==== Qhasdean War ====
 Beginning in AV 956 Gild-Tuonia declared war on [[..:..:campaigns:drakonheart:gm:nedafulasi|Nedafulasi]]'s growing [[qhashdea|Qhashdean Empire]] after denying the king's request to allow passage of his army to [[verduz|Verdûz]].
-Over the next 6 years the Tuonic empire defended against invasions of dragon armies, but eventually fell after the Kaisar was killed in a duel with [[..:..:campaigns:drakonheart:gm:beliar|Beliar]], who would rule as dragon-lord and marked the beginning of the [[.:gild_tuonia#dragon_interregnum|Dragon Interregnum]].
+Over the next 6 years the Tuonic empire defended against invasions of dragon armies, but eventually fell after the Kaisar was killed in a duel with [[..:..:campaigns:drakonheart:gm:beliar|Beliar]], who would rule as dragon-lord and marked the beginning of the [[.:gild-tuonia#dragon_interregnum|Dragon Interregnum]].
 ==== Dragon Interregnum ====