The Vast ( Draconic : Dja’Valarach ) is a region of Argonnessen without rules where young dragons go to prove themselves. [1] [2]
Geography
The Vast is one of four regions in Argonnessen, and covers the northern part of the continent. [2]
Government
The Vast is a place where dragons go to make their own rules. Some of these dragons establish their own territories in the Vast, and these dragons are known as dominion lords. A dominion lord's status is based on their territory's size, servants, as well as the size of their hoard and the number of dragons they've defeated. [1] [2]
A few older dragons who live in the Vast represent the region at the Conclave . [1] Some dragons in the Vast are also members of the Chamber . [3]
Society
When dragons from the Thousand became a young adult, they are required to either serve in the Light of Siberys or go prove themselves in the Vast. Those that choose the Vast must spend 50 years in the region, where they compete to hold land and power against monsters and other dragons. This can be through sheer violence, or games of deception and guile. Those who survive their time in the Vast can return to their flight in the Thousand and a claim a lair, but some dragons prefer the deadly games of power in the Vast and stay as adults. [1] These adults are often looked down by the other dragons of Argonnessen as anarchists. [2]
The Vast has the highest numbers of nondragons in Argonnessen, many of which were brought in by the dragons as servants, but some powerful monsters were brought in to be threats to young dragons. Most humanoids live as servants to a dominion lord, and they are considered an extension of the dragon's hoard. These servants are considered pawns in the games of the dominion lords, and so may be slaughtered or captured by other dragons in their games against that dominion lord. [1] [2]
Organizations like the Shadowmasters , a cult of necromancer dragons, use the Vast to hide their network of libraries. [4] However, the Vast is still under the oversight of the Conclave, and some rogue dragons with design too grotesque for the Conclave prefer to go into exile to continents like Xen'drik instead of going to the Vast. [5]
History
Around 3000 years ago, the city of Io'lokar was established in the Vast as an experiment and refuge for nondragons. [2]
Notable Locations
- Fang Crater [1] [2]
- Io’lokar [1] [2]
- Nestling Plateau [1]
- Observatory of Tyrass [6]
- Totem Beach [1] [2]
Notable Inhabitants
Dragons
- Dawnwing , a gold dragon who is an up and coming dominion lord. [7]
- Tarmahkan , a blue dragon with designs on Q'barra . [8]
Nondragons
- Athis the Scorned, a half-dragon hunter of dragons. [9]
- Yerod Toothdiver , a gnoll thunder guide fleeing captivity by a dominion lord. [10]
Appendix
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 37–39. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Eberron Campaign Guide . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4 .
- ↑ Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 36. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 56. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 134. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ David Noonan , Rich Burlew , & Frank Brunner (2005). Explorer's Handbook . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 5, 115. ISBN 0-7869-3691-6 .
- ↑ Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 67–71. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Eberron Campaign Guide . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 122. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4 .
- ↑ Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 57. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 59. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .