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Allies and Adversaries of Tal’Dorei

Many are the dangers of Tal’Dorei, and even mighty adventurers quickly learn to watch their step in these lands,
whether in deepest wilderness or in the middle of one of its many settlements. What follows is a handful of the mon-
sters, warriors, and agents iconic to Tal’Dorei for use in your campaign. As with any monster, the DM should feel
free to adjust these traits using the guidelines in the DMG to make them better serve the needs of their campaign.
ashari people of Tal’Dorei. Led by a half-orc ashari named Lor-

kathar, a group of firetamers keep watch over the volatile
Scar of the Cinder King on the outskirts of Emon.
Though the tribes of the Ashari wardens are neutral and
Firetamers are the elite elementalists of the Pyrah,
spurn the “petty political nonsense” that they consider
using their attunement to the primordial forces of the
outsiders to be focused on, it is still all too easy to run
world to not just create fire, not just command it, but tame
afoul of the Ashari. They consider the strange elemen-
it to their will. A firetamer of Pyrah is nothing like the
tal rifts over which they are guardians to be of foremost
manic pyromancers of Tal’Dorei; while the latter reck-
importance, and it is very easy for strangers to take actions
lessly wields fire as a weapon, firetamers use their talent to
that unknowingly disrupt the delicate balance over which
protect others from fire’s destructive power—or to use that
the Ashari carefully watch. Though they are generally
same power to destroy those who threaten their people.
friendly to travelers—particularly to travelers in need—
Firetamers are almost always accompanied by a salaman-
they are guarded, and do not hesitate to act to eliminate
der, a fire elemental, or a small herd of magma or smoke
threats to the elemental powers and their own way of life.
mephits. While home in Pyrah, ashari firetamers use their
ashari firetamer power to control the Rift of Flame or to control the flames
of the Cindergrove.
Of all the ashari tribes, the fire ashari of Pyrah have
suffered the greatest. Their people were all but destroyed ashari stoneguard
when Thordak burst through the Rift of Flame in his
The earth ashari of Terrah are a stoic people, slow to
cataclysmic return to Exandria. Yet despite their immense
change socially, and more likely to fight defensive battles
hardships, the fire ashari have given selflessly to the

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