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tal’dorei campaign guide

honor. Even stoutness that is all bluster—like a halfling finer intelligence, they enslaved their tailless “ravenite”
shouting “Fight me!” at a creature more than three times brethren, and kept them in servitude within Draconia
its size—is respected if it can be molded into true courage. and below, working the mines and caves of the Dreemoth
Stout halflings tend to surprise humans who know of Ravine. Untrusting of outsiders by nature, Draconian
their kind from experiences with meek Lightfoot home- citizens held an aloof and elitist air throughout their inter-
bodies, and can be truly cunning diplomats when using actions with the other races of the world, and attempts to
this surprise to their advantage. Seeker Assum Emring, build an alliance were stymied by pride and misunder-
for instance, is proud to claim that his first meeting with standing until the destruction of Draconia at the hand of
Sovereign Uriel Tal’Dorei II shocked the sovereign so the Chroma Conclave. Surviving draconians have since
greatly he was very nearly arrested—but was offered a scattered across the world, many still in shock over the
position on the Sovereign’s staff the very next day! loss of their homeland and trying to acclimate to a world
where they have no social standing.
humans ravenites

The Chroma Conclave’s destruction of Draconia allowed
While dwarves, elves, and halflings laid early claim to these
the ravenites to break the bonds of abuse and slavery,
lands by surviving the Calamity, the humans who journeyed
allowing them to set out upon the path to self-deter-
across the Ozmit Sea from Issylra quickly created the most
mination. Many ravenites now venture into the world
widespread civilization on Tal’Dorei. Diverse in skills and
with eyes filled with wonder, wishing to see all there is
quick to populate, their cities rose and spread to the eastern
to see beyond the rock and chains that marked much of
shores, eventually growing into their strong and just nation,
their existence. Few ravenites can resist jeering at their
though their missteps along the way have often been nothing
old oppressors when they meet, and the draconians must
short of catastrophic. Human adventurers can hail from any-
decide how they will respond: with grace and the spirit of
where in Tal’Dorei, though most call the lands connected by
reconciliation, or with resentment and bile?
the Silvercut Roadway their home: the Bladeshimmer Shore-
line, the Dividing Plains, and the Lucidian Coast.
Humans living along the Silvercut provide the infrastruc-
ture for trade across the continent, and as such are often
involved in some form of craft, business, or production.
Should they be more industrious with their pursuits, the
capital city of Emon is a chaotic, multicultural hub of poten-
tial greatness. Due to the open trade routes between Issylra,
Marquet, and Tal’Dorei, humans often relocate between the
lands in search of their fortune, so there is quite a variety of
cultural background among such large cities. Beyond
the cities, dozens of human-made outposts lie on the
fringe of the wilderness. Outlanders, explorers, and
hermits take refuge here from the hectic day-to-day
of city life, but still find danger enough in the wilder-
ness to keep them on their toes.
dragonborn

Dragonborn of Exandria have lived in near isolation
for ages, keeping to the lands of Wildemount to
guard their culture, their secrets, and their rites from
the opportunistic human kingdoms that rule most
of that land. Yet, following the rise of Tal’Dorei,
the new sovereign extended the open hand of
diplomacy to the small nation of Draconia, and
dragonborn were transformed from a myth to a
people one could see every day walking the streets
of Emon. All dragonborn, draconian and ravenite
alike, can be of any scale color.

draconians
The Draconian dragonborn stemmed from a bloodline
that developed a tail at birth. Claiming stronger traits and