Wind Dukes

The Wind Dukes were a nation of genies who existed in Lamannia during the Age of Demons . [1]

History

During the Age of Demons, when the couatl and dragons rose up against the fiends who were covering the land of Eberron , the Wind Dukes presided over a nation of powerful elemental wizards and deadly warriors in Lamannia, [1] who worshiped the lawful goddess Zolarra . [2] When the couatl were seeking allies to fight against the fiends, they sent an emissary into Lamannia and found the mighty genie nation, many of whom were sympathetic to their plight. [1]

Allying with the couatl, the Wind Dukes fought against the children of Khyber but found that they could not be destroyed as their spirits would simply reform. When the couatl decided to retire from the fight to Sarlona in order to look for a way to bind the demons , the Wind Dukes instead decided to create a weapon that could banish a fiend's essence from Eberron itself. Traveling both across Eberron itself and all of the known planes of existence, these "Wandering Dukes" ultimately went on to create the Rod of Seven Parts . Their work would prove to be a success, managing to wipe Miska the Wolf-Spider from the face of Eberron, but the Rod was lost after doing so. [1]

The Wind Dukes went on to fight against the rakshasa , [1] with some being led by their great general Icosiol , [2] but it is thought that they were all destroyed during this war, leaving behind their tombs and relics. [1]

Rumors & Legends

Modern scholars, finding no evidence of a nation of Wind Dukes on the plane of Lamannia, suggest several theories regarding their origin and nature. Some suggest that they were originally dragons who used magic to assume humanoid form before being trapped permanently in this form by the rakshasa. Others believe that the Wind Dukes were the forebears of the titans and storm giants , suggesting that their power over the forces of air could be linked to the elemental Wind Dukes and that evidence could exist within the jungles of Xen'drik . [2]

There are also some who think that they were in fact the first nation of humans , rising to power while the giants and dragons were still in their infancy, with proponents of this theory stating that humans were the first children of the progenitor dragons and thus the dragons have obviously hidden any evidence of a once-mighty human empire, going on to suggest that the Sovereign Host are in fact legends of human heroes from this age. [2]

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