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Welcome to Dragonlance - The Heroes of Kalaman [GURPS 4e]

21:55, 28th March 2024 (GMT+0)

Dragonlance - The Heroes of Kalaman [GURPS 4e]

The War of the Lance officially ended a few months ago with the signing of a peace treaty, though the last real battle was last year when the Godsbringers and others dealt with Takhisis' temple in Neraka. The Godsbringers are heroes all over Ansalon and in Kalaman in particular, as they rescued the captured King Eisen Dragonword. And he is the city’s real hero.

Kalaman, the Jewel of the East, capital of Eastlund, the largest and most remote Solamnic nation, the forerunner of Palanthus in the west, and the home of the Dragonword bloodline, was captured and sacked by the dragonarmies of Takhisis before the Blue Lady became Dragon Highlord of the Blue Dragonarmy. Only Dragonword Keep was left intact, though the king himself became a prisoner of war and removed from his city, his people, his wife, and his daughter. The city is now being rebuilt, taking all the effort and wealth of the returned king. The third reason he is beloved by his subjects.

Being rescued from imprisonment in Xak Tsaroth only moments before the Godsbringers faced the black dragon Onyx and recovered the Disks of Mishakal, the king was present when the gods of good returned in power. He himself was the first cleric of Paladine in the new era and with his new power he returned to Solamnia to free his beloved people, his beloved city, his beloved nation. The second reason he is beloved by his subjects.

And where most nobles think of themselves and their retinue, their knights and their station before they thought of their people, Eisen Dragonword, and the Dragonword line since the beginning, placed the people first. His family had been chosen to lead, to protect the people from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Including the over taxation engaged in by his peers in neighboring Solamnic nations. The first reason he is beloved by his subjects.

And now, with all royal assets tied in the rebuilding of the city, and even more assets needed. With farmers all over the nation sending food to the laborers. With all trained craftsmen rebuilding the city, aided by both elves and dwarves. And the untrained helping where they can. The King of Eastlund, the True Hero of Kalaman, needed his people to do more. To give liberally of their time, money, and labor in service to the crown, the city, and ultimately themselves.

It was time for adventurers to step up and scour the land for hidden treasure. To delve into untold deeps and face danger beyond measure.

And you are some of the first of these adventurers.