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CYRE (THE MOURNLAND) INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT CYRE
• Cyre was the ancestral seat of the
Capital: Metrol (destroyed)
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of Making. The house maintained arcane
philosophy; creativity, versatility
workshops across Cyre. Who knows what
treasures wait in Cannith vaults for those
Destroyed at the end of the Last War, Cyre now who brave the dangers of the Mournland?
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• Stories say communities of warforged live
across Khorvaire.
Before the war, Cyre was the seat of the kings in the Mournland, including the insurgent
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commerce and culture. By tradition, Cyre’s Cyran fashions involved bright colors
Princess Mishann had the rightful claim to the and glamerweave. Some have made a
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they alone were in the right in the Last War, they wear clothing cut in the Cyran style, but
unquestionably lost more to the war than any entirely in black; this is generally known as
other nation. As a Cyran, you stand on the moral ¹5W]ZVQVO _MIZ º
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Cyrans like to say that their culture represents
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to say, a little bit of everything. Cyrans value When creating a character from Cyre, consider
diversity and versatility, both in talents and the following.
thought. Cyre couldn’t match Karrnath in What Have You Lost? Did you lose wealth
martial discipline or Aundair in the arcane or status? Did you have family or loved ones lost
arts, but as a nation it was characterized by the in the Mourning? Did you lose something you
ÆM`QJQTQ\a WN Q\[ NWZKM[ could one day recover from the Mournland—
While the Sovereign Host was the dominant arcane research, an heirloom artifact? Consider
NIQ\P WN +aZM \PM ;QT^MZ .TIUM PIL I [QOVQÅKIV\ the impact this has on your background. As a
following. Many survivors have questioned their Cyran noble or soldier, your estates have been
faith in the wake of the Mourning, but some lost and your army scattered; but you still have
believe that this is a divine trial and a time when the respect of your comrades or peers.
faith is needed more than ever. What Do You Hold Onto? Do you have a
Queen Dannel ir’Wynarn was in Metrol on trinket that embodies Cyre for you? Is your wand
the Day of Mourning and is presumed to be or weapon an heirloom of your family? As an
dead. Her son Prince Oargev ir’Wynarn holds entertainer or guild artisan, are you preserving a
court in New Cyre, a massive refugee camp set particular Cyran tradition?
up in Breland. Some refugees support Oargev What Drives You? Are you determined
and the dream of a restored Cyre, while others to solve the mystery of the Mourning? Do
prefer to focus on the future instead of trying to you want to help other refugees? Or are you
reclaim the past. As a Cyran you should decide only concerned with your personal survival? Is
whether you hold tight to your national identity, there something you want to recover from the
or whether consider yourself to be an adventurer Mournland, or would you prefer to never set foot
without a nation. in it again? Do you hold a grudge against the
nations that fought against Cyre in the war, or
are you only concerned with the future?
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