Unther Unther was one of the Old Empires in eastern Faerûn . The Untherite were brought to Toril from Earth by the Imaskar Empire looking for some manpower . After countless praises , the gods of the Untheric pantheon were able to manifest into Toril by sending physical avatars . With the help of their deities , the former slaves freed themselves and settled that lands that later became Unther . Ironically , their rival in the millennia to come was another human tribe captured by the Imaskari and freed at the same time , which founded the empire of Mulhorand . Government . After the foundation of the First Untheric Empire , the god - kings of the Untheric pantheon ruled the land without opposition . After Enlil left the Realms in - 734 DR , Gilgeam became the inmortal ruler of Unther until his death in 1358 DR . In the chaotic period before Gilgeam ' s death , Mulhorand conquered most of Unther , and a group of spellcaster s known Northern Wizards were able to maintain the north free of the presence of the occupation force . Then , the Spellplague ravaged the land and Unther was transported to the world of Abeir , and a second incarnation of Gilgeam appeared to lead them against the Abeiran genasi before the Second Sundering returned Unther to the world of Toril . People and culture . The populace of Unther before 1358 DR was primarily composed of humans of the Mulan ethnic group , with a few humans of other ethnic groups as a minority . A few demihuman s also were also part of the Untheran populace , but only as slaves . This situation changed after the death of Gilgeam , in 1358 DR . Mulhorand quickly conquered the land and most slaves became property of the Mulhorandi clergy , gaining the rights of the Mulhorandi slaves . The surviving nobles fled and became fugitives in their own lands . When the Spellplague transported Unther to the world of Abeir , both the Untherans and the Mulhorandi became slaves of the Shyran genasi . With the return of Gilgeam as the ruler of the 15th century ' s Unther , the laws and culture of Unther became more or less the same as they were before his death . < ref name = " TDYK / Hardcover - p41 - 44 " > < / ref > Society . Unther began as a benevolent nation , but after millenia of governing the land , Gilgeam became corrupted with power and in doing so , it also corrupted the nobility . Because of that , for most of its history Unther was seen as the most miserable of the tyrannies in Faerûn . While the government espoused the power of law , the ruling class had no regard for human life and less for demihumans . Members of the lower social classes lived not to prosper but only to survive , and many inhabitants opposed Gilgeam ' s rule . After the death of Gilgeam , most of Unther territory became part of Mulhorand . In those lands , the culture and society was not different from the Mulhorandi ones . In the north , the few free cities of Unther looked with contempt for their traitorous brethren while trying to maintain alive their old customs . In the post - Sundering years , the society of Unther was not so different from that of the years before Tiamat killed Gilgeam . Language . The language of Unther was called Untheric . It belonged to the same language family that originated the Mulhorandi language , but over the course of many centuries it evolved on its own to the point that very few similarities remained between the two languages . Military . Members of the Untheric military usually became officers . Untheric battle tactics and methods were considered to be old - fashioned by the standards of other faerûnian nations , because the army of Unther was poorly trained and used mostly bronze weapons and armors . Navy and seafaring . Vessels from Unther were named after sea creatures or sea - related myths . Geography . Unther was located in lowlands around west of the Alamber Sea . Originally a larger nation that composed Chessenta , Chondath , the southern coast of Aglarond , and part of the Shaar , by 1372 DR it was composed mostly by the regions near the Black Ash Plain , the Methwood and the lands near the Smoking Mountains and south of the River Alamber . All of Unther ' s territories were changed or destroyed during the Spellplague , and became part of Tymanther . After the Second Sundering , Unther was able to reclaim most of their northern lands , but were unable to retrieve the lands near the Smoking Mountains and south of the River Alamber , that remained as part of Tymanther . < ref name = " TDYK / Hardcover - p483 - 484 " > < / ref > History . Unther ' s origins were strongly tied to that of Mulhorand . After the Untheric pantheon helped to free the Mulans from their Imaskari masters , those among them who were supremacist settled in the lands west of the Alamber Sea and founded the nation of Unther . The Untherans warred against the Turami natives , droving them to lands of Mulhorand , and after that Unther became a highly magical society , prospering under the rule of its god - kings . Unther and Mulhorand clashed occasionally , but eventually realized that warfare was pointless , so all conflicts were carefully controlled by the god - kings while both nations agreed on a common border in the River of Swords . Unther expanded their territories to the north and west , warring with the dwarves of the Great Rift , and gained a reputation for having fierce and ruthless warriors who were hated by those they conquered . The age known as the " First Untheric Empire " ended when the wizard Thayd instilled a rebellion against the god - kings that eventually led to the Orcgate Wars and the Battle of the Gods that killed most of the Untheric pantheon . Unther lost its southern territories to rebellion and never was able to retrieve them . Soon after its holdings in Chondath collapsed as well . A few decades later Narfell and Raumathar went to war and tried to either conquer or enlist the aid of Unther , but failed at both . Enlil left Toril in - 731 DR , making Gilgeam the supreme god - king of Unther , starting the Second Empire of Unther and the Untheric Calendar . Unther , however , had declined greatly and piece by piece its far - flung colonies rebelled . Eventually , Chessenta succeeded in conquering Unther and ruled it as a vassal state for nearly a century . After the dead of the Chessentan hero Tchazzar , Unther was able to free itself and turned its focus inward . After the Godswar , Gilgeam was slain by Tiamat , and Mulhorand took the opportunity and conquered most of the Untheran territories . The Northern Wizards ruled the few free regions trying to cling to their old customs and lifestyle . In 1385 DR , most of Unther was engulfed by the Spellplague and transported to the world of Abeir . A fragment of the dragonborn nation of Tymanchebar was transplanted from Abeir onto the lands Unther . As of 1479 DR , these dragonborn had formed the realm of Tymanther , named in honor of their native realm and the realm that they believed they destroyed . During their time in Abeir , the survivors among the Untherans and the occupation Mulhorandi armies in Unther became slaves of the Shyr an genasi . Hearing the pleas of the people of Unther , a second incarnation of Gilgeam arose to defend them . In order to win against the Abeirans , Gilgeam struck a pact with the demon lord Graz ' zt in exchange for a demon army . < ref name = " TDYK / Hardcover - p94 , 141 , 310 " > < / ref > On the eve of a great battle against the Shyrans , however , they suddenly returned to Toril as part of the Second Sundering . Gilgeam took advantage of the new situation and quickly led them against the dragonborn , starting the First Tymanther - Unther War . < ref name = " TDYK / Hardcover - p109 - 115 " > < / ref > The Untherite army , bolstered by the demons , was able to reclaim most of their old northern territory and even put the dragonborn city of Djerad Kethendi under siege . < ref name = " TDYK / Hardcover - p173 " > < / ref > But when they tried to conquer the territories south of the River Alamber and to siege Djerad Thymar , the Tymantherans were able to retaliate thanks to the unlikely arrival of a devil army from Malbolge sent to destroy Gilgeam ' s demon allies . < ref name = " TDYK / Hardcover - p466 - 468 " > < / ref > Without the advantage of numbers and facing the unified force of the dragonborn and devils , and the threat of the Second Sundering trying to return Tymanther to Abeir ( a process that was stopped by Enlil ) , the Untherite armies were forced to retread to Unthalass . Although he was defeated , Gilgeam didn ' t relent from his plan to retrieve all of the former lands of Unther . As of 1489 DR , Tymanther and Unther were waging a new war , although the Untherite army was unable to defeat the dragon turtle that protected Djerad Kethendi .