The Lands of Warlderia

Nylarg

Nylarg is the largest of the old settler cities that fell during the Second Blood War to the Hugond Horde. From their very founding friction between the differing cultures and then encroachment with the local Hugond finally led to a bloody conflict. Nylarg was the most wealthy and cosmopolitan of all the new settlements but even this did not save it in the end. The city was the seat of the self-proclaimed ruler of the Settler Shore, Prince Matryk. The ruined city is now home to many a monster from shambling undead to the crawling dwellers of the lower marshes. The sack of Naylarg left no one alive in the ruins and few have successfully ventured there since; and returned. Even though the Hugond looted the city it is claimed that vast treasuries of gold and silver are still to be re-discovered;  that Matryk’s Horde is hidden in the ruins.

History

Matryk Lustig claimed to be the son of an exiled nobleman from Roseguard who left the corruption and decadence of the Empire of Kaegor to find a new home. His critics, of whom there were many, claimed he was the son of a lower class merchant and was a charlatan at heart. All agreed that he was a man of charisma and vision. His main lieutenant was Mishna Kavoor; a travelling priest of equally great eloquence who spread the word. They inspired thousands of people to join him on an adventure to conquer a new land that they though was empty and just waiting to be taken. They persuaded the Church of Fharlanghn, the god of travel and horizons, to aid them in spreading the word of new lands to explore and settle; though not a grand religion the faith had small temple and shrine in many places and word spread. They used the Faith of Zilchus, the god of money and business, to sell stakes in the venture to the more influential and wealthy elements of society. It is said that for 10,000 gold you could have your own barony and the more you invested the greater your position would be. In many ways Matryk was effectively selling land that he neither owned nor had even seen but it did work.