DMs Only: Aisildur

The following was once common knowledge for players in the Wold. It still could be, but it is now out of date. However, it is important reading for any DM setting an adventure there. I hope someone (me or someone else someday) will make an up-to-date version and put it in the Woldipedia.

Antique Aisildur Scrolls (background info on the area)

The preceding was written, I think, before the Aisildur game was started, the game that later was called the Swords of Redemption. In that game, set in Aisildur, player characters escaped heartseeding and went on to fight the theocracy. One later theme of that game was that of driving a wedge between the Emperor and royal family on one side and the priesthood on the other. Here is a link to the entire archives of that game.

Also, the Gold and Storm Dragons, two groups who later merged to make the Platinum Dragons, were deeply involved in the politics surrounding the royal family and the Emperor. Here are the archives for the first part of the Gold Dragon adventures and the archives for The Three, who became the Storm Dragons, who merged with the Golds to make the Platinum Dragons, is all here.

However, these games ran over the better part of 1995-2008, so that's a lot to read through. See below for some highlights.

November 29th, 2001 - The Gold Dragons first encounter heartseeds.

August 31st, 2007 - Per DM Kent, the Emperor had been free of his heartseed for several months, and several factions, in and out of Aisildur, were conspiring to fight the power of the priesthood.

February 7th, 2008 - The Swords of Redemption destroy the Heart of Ga'al, that is, the motherplant of all heartseeds, and following this event, all heartseeds Wold-wide wither and die.