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Invasion of Tar'Thalran and Firhbank

Combatants| * Thalranese Marches

Casualties| * Tar'Thalran (Naval):
	+ 111,600 KIA
	+ 113,000 WIA/MIA
* Firhbank (Naval):
	+ 80,000 KIA
	+ 120,000 WIA/MIA
* Firhbank (Gate):
	+ 25,000 KIA
	+ 50,000 WIA/MIA
	+ 94,000 KIA
	+ 188,100 WIA/MIA
* Firhbank (Naval):
	+ 24,000 KIA
	+ 49,500 WIA/MIA
* Firhbank (Gate):
	+ 45,000 KIA
	+ 45,000 WIA/MIA

The **Invasion of Tar'Thalran and Firhbank** was a 447 A.U. invasion of the Thalranese Marches by the Second Fialta Imperium which launched the Second Coalition War.

## Background

The invasion was prompted by the assassination of the Imperial Crown Prince Claudius, which the Imperium blamed on the Thalranese Marches and used as casus belli. Prince Claudius was a senior naval officer who had been selected as Emperor Asterion's heir two years earlier in 445 A.U., which was notable due to his having been of genteel but non-aristocratic birth.

Lord Karenus of the Thalranese Marches received advanced notice of the invasion while the Marches were in the midst of an election for the next Marcher Prince following the resignation of Prince Gunnot. Karenus won the election, and drew on the crippled Thalranese treasury, debt, and personal favors in order to raise private raider fleets to defend against the invasion. Thalranese forces were under-strength in home territories at the time due to many forces performing mercenary service abroad.

## Summary

The Imperium's invasion consisted of a simultaneous two-pronged naval invasion.

### Tar'Thalran

One Imperial fleet, using stealth technology, slipped past Semal to engage Thalranese raiders en-route to Tar'Thalran. After a promising start, though, the naval drive toward Tar'Thalran stalled. The Thalranese endured heavy losses, but the effective strength of the Imperial invasion force was blunted.

### Firhbank

A second Imperial fleet stuck deep into Thalranese territory to attack Firhbank, apparently making use of translane navigation. The Imperial navy crushed the Thalranese fleet at Firhbank, but the army failed to gain any ground in their disastrous attempted gate landing. The Imperial ground forces were battered, and the fleet appeared to withdraw.

## Aftermath

The battle saw the Imperial invasion repelled on both fronts, though with heavy losses for both sides. Following the invasion, rumors swirled that Imperial naval commanders who failed to press against the Thalranese were executed for cowardice.

The invasion resulted in the Shantine Empire joining the war in solidarity with the Thalranese, followed shortly thereafter by Aeldrum and Alusia.
Inner Circle.

The "Inner Circle" was a political and bureaucratic movement originating within the Alusian Department of State. While the highly shadowy nature of Alusian recordkeeping on this matter makes it impossible to establish with certainty whether he founded the movement, Lavrency Beriak is widely recognized as the mastermind in bringing the movement to power through a campaign of infiltration through every facet of the Alusian civil service. The policy of the Inner Circle was first and foremost to extend itself and advance its leaders to the highest levels of power. Seeing themselves as the true guardians of Alusian state ideology, members of the Inner Circle identified their movement with the Alusian state and held the State as a transcendent entity above the individual, even the Emperor or Imperial House. This policy would ultimately culminate in the extermination of the Alusian Imperial house during the Legitimist Crisis.

While Emperor Alekai Chevik was an ally of the Inner Circle, the movement did not substantially penetrate the top brass of Alusian military command, and the military remained an effectively independent entity in Alusian political economy throughout the latter half of the 5th century. Through the long decades of the Alusian Regency, the Inner Circle's monopoly on the civil service would quietly splinter as, without an administrative genius like Beriak to keep all the plates spinning, different members of the Inner Circle would carve out administrative fiefdoms to support their differing positions on the core tenets of Alusian bureaucratic ideology. The Inner Circle appears to have made an accommodation with Darko Korascik on the latter's accession to power, after multiple unsuccessful efforts to assassinate him.
Koniran Rebellion

The **Koniran Rebellion** was a civil war on Konira in 440 A.U..

## History

Prince Ymres came to power on Konira in 435 A.U., and his rule was described somewhat favorably, though he had a reputation for petulance and a notorious tendency to find insults in the smallest matters. The Koniran Rebellion appeared largely to have been triggered by disputes over his right to impose various laws, including very strict libel laws against him and his court but perhaps more saliently the right to farm tax services out to non-governmental entities, especially the Bank of Valdos. Simmering discontentment with these laws may have provided the necessary fuel for the explosion of public remonstration of Ymres's government when the Prince signed an act requiring landholders in the hill country of Konira to legally establish the history of their claims to the land they occupied; believing that these claims would be judged in Konira's anemic courts, which relied heavily on Valdosian contractors, many small freeholders were convinced that the act was a thinly veiled land-grab by a partial and corrupt Valdosian authority. A Fialta named Settram soon emerged to give voice and legal justification to discontented peasants seeking a change in leadership; Settram claimed a right to Ymres's throne, and while many intellectual leaders of the hill country rebellion insisted that their claims were limited to land issues, the rebellion swiftly took on a fully revolutionary character, with Settram embodying a broad platform of promised reforms.

Settram's claim to Konira rested on two premises: 1. Ymres was a weak ruler 2. When every child of the former prince died, Settram became the heir, and he did not give his consent for his inheritance to be transferred to the newborn Ymres.

Settram was captured in the Labor Day Weekend Special Operation, a joint operation by the Confederate Inquisition and Confederate special forces, and taken into Ymres' custody. With its leader captured, the rebellion was quickly put down. After the war, Ymres remained a weak ruler, with his actions largely dictated by his massive debts to the Bank of Valdos and his government maintained mostly by his chamberlain Astor.
High Elves

**High Elves** (also called **Aeldmen Elves** or simply **Aeldmen**) are an aristocratic line of elves that tend to be found in Aeldrum.

## Stereotypes

High Elves are seen as haughty, stratified, racist and classist assholes.

## Political Power

The high elves dominate the trading hub of Aeldrum and form the ruling class of the spires. Ruling over a multicultural (and more recently, multi-pocket-dimensional) empire, the High Elves have managed to maintain the complete disdain for "lesser" creatures (which is to say, everyone else) which propelled them to rout them in the early days of Aeldrum.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.
Jessie Smitts

Jessie in the KM Celestial Expeditionary Dress Uniform, looking slightly uncomfortable out of her suit of armor

## Basic Information

### Relatives

* Daft Smitty (father)
* Ellie Collins (mother)

### Relations

* Allie Flashpan (companion, spiritual sister)

## Alignment

### Ending

Devoted Neutral

**Jessie Smitts** was the bodyguard and longtime companion of Allie Flashpan.

## Personality

Generally speaking laid back and unusually calm for the orcish race, Jessie was happy to keep in the background of Allie's adventures, making sure that she made it out when her daring got the better of her good sense.

Jessie was devoted to Allie, viewing her as a sister and companion. She silently bore through Allie's many crises of confidence and made sure that she could find a safe place with her.

## History

*Main article: The Deep Ether Campaign*
*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.
Jane

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**Jane** may refer to:

* Jane "Patches" MacDuff, a human from Ireland who participated in The Shambler Campaign
* Jane Sief, a reporter in Castle Lidenia during the Halls of Lidenia One-Shot
Jesus

There is a mysterious phenomenon of significant individuals throughout the universe whose names refer or relate to an unknown person named **Jesus** H. Christ.

## List of Known Individuals

* J. E. Sus
* J. Paul Getty
* Luigi G. Alberghi
* Selene H. Veer
* Isra Sumayya Abdullah
* Mona Isa
* Amalia J. Spiros
* Ludivine J. Charbonneau

## List of Known Fictional Characters

These individuals only exist in stories that do not take place in our universe.

* Ziyad al-Khali
J. Paul Getty

**J. Paul Getty** was a human mercenary working for the Knights Mercantile.

## Personality

Getty was an extremely energetic individual with an addiction to gambling and taking risks. As such, he would always take point when entering enemy territory and made deals with Eldritch beings.

## History

### Early Life

Getty grew up in a loving, fairly well-off home. He was a bit of a trouble-making in school, being caught on several occasions in money-making schemes. Such schemes included orchestrating fights with betting, selling "grab-bags" of drugs, and a lottery.

After graduating from school, young Getty quickly became indebted to both the mob and by unaffiliated loan sharks. To pay off his debts, he became a hit-man. During this time, his father, George Franklin Getty, passed away from heart failure. He left a mysterious glass eyeball to his son with a message of "The luck of the Gettys sees no limit."

During a subsequent contract assassination, Getty lost his own eye and used his inheritance as a prosthetic. From there, he became more successful in his assassinations, and started taking even more risks as a result. Eventually, he lost 10,000cr. in a bet on a horse race. Soon after, he was approached by the Knights Mercantile, who bought his debt in exchange for mercenary work under them.

### Taino Basin

*Main article: The Aztlan Campaign*
*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## Trivia

* Getty is a Jesus character.
* Out of character, Getty's name comes from the real-life oil tycoon.
Irish Civil War

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The **Irish Civil War** may refer to any of three wars fought on Ireland:

* The First Irish Civil War, fought from 60-65 B.U. and resulting in the formation of the Irish Free State
* The Second Irish Civil War, fought from 137-140 A.U. and resulting in the establishment of the Irish Provincial Government
* The Irish War of Independence, fought from 354-356 A.U. and resulting in the creation of the Irish People's Republic
Hiram Klausman

**Hiram Klausman** was an officer in the Imperial Navy during the late Mage Imperium. As commander of the 3rd Battle Squadron of the Sector Fleet during the Scramble for Hybern, he successfully forced the surrender of all Hybern Consortium warships around Milgar and captured them. Following the death of Rear Admiral Roland Drumpf during Ehrlai An'Drosse and Julia Brahm's wedding, Klausman was given permanent control of the Kartak Battlegroup. He succeeded Flynn Malley to the Rear Admiralty following Malley's death while fighting the First Kirvan Crusade in 1754 A.C., and eventually became a full Imperial Admiral charged with the "Kirvan Theater." To better prosecute the war against the Kirvans, Admiral Klausman summarily seized the Holden Expanse, giving House Holden newly conquered dwarven planets as compensation. During the final years of the Mage Imperium, Grand Admiral Klausman rebelled against the authority of the Seer Council with ambitions of becoming an Emperor, only to be assassinated in 1774 C.A. by his second-in-command Brune Dorset.
Krussk

Krussk stoically dealing with his various venereal diseases

**Krussk** was an orc who was very concerned about his genitalia. His great claim to fame was being the emotional heart of the Expedition to the Aetheric Pin and managing to be the only orc in known history to consentually bed an elf (although admittedly he was not initially aware of her species).

## Personality

Krussk was a particularly libidinous example of the orcish race and spent most of the time he was not high with his friend Sujeshi Kaito thinking about how he could deal with his various sexual problems. In fact, Krussk began to get high more and more often as an escape from the concerns of the flesh.

## History

*See also: The Celestial Corsairs Campaign*
*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.
House Keith

**House Keith** were the hereditary rulers of Telrion, the Hybern Sector's dominant supply of Quicksilver during the late Mage Imperium.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

The Keiths had a troubled political past within the Hybern Sector, having ousted (and largely exterminated) the Holden and Drosse families, which previously shared rulership of Telrion in a triumvirate arrangement. Afterwards, the Keiths attempted to secure a grand alliance with House Semokku and House Linder. Lady Astrid Keith, heir to Telrion, was married to Prince Statler Semokku until his assassination (widely believed to have been Lady Keith’s doing), which sparked a succession crisis over Milgar. This resulted in a year-long civil war, in which evidence emerged that Lady Keith’s daughter Petra was a bastard, not born of Statler but rather of Astrid Keith’s bodyguard, Duncan. Mia Keith and her husband Prince Johan Linder were both killed by Semokku loyalists while attending the wedding of Lady Keith to Statler’s younger brother, and Lord Clarence II’s son (also Clarence) was brutally maimed. The civil war left the Keiths without Milgar and disrupted their alliance with both House Semokku and House Linder. Lady Astrid Keith was disinherited for her failure, leading her younger brother to succeed to the throne as Lord Clarence III, ten years after the Milgravian crisis.

After gaining control of Telrion, the Keiths created The Telranian Quicksilver Company, which provides them with enormous wealth and accorded the head of the dynasty the title of “Lord” (rather than governor). As such, the family commanded the loyalty of tens of thousands of indigenous Telranian warriors, who had sworn perpetual “clan-oaths” of loyalty to House Keith. House Keith’s strong connection to the navy allowed it to accrue a sizable personal fleet and vast fortune without significant questioning from Imperial authorities, but the family remained secondary in influence to House Brahm.
Irish Provincial Government

Dublin Castle, seat of the Governorship

The **Irish Provincial Government** was the name given to the Aeldman government on Ireland. It enforced its rule primarily through the Republican Irish Constabulary, with the Aeldrum Trade Company and rearward elements of the Aeldrum Dragoons in support.

At the time of the Irish War of Independence, the Provincial Government was headed by Governor Sabina Rothclaw, a psionic outcast who had clawed her way to the governorship with the aid of her psionically connected sister, Rath. She used the Irish Government's power to fund her investigations into the occult nature of Ireland and into the nature of psionic ability.
Jenkins (Station Adventure)

## Jenkins

**Jenkins** was a secret member of the Cult of Adalna who joined the Aeldrum Trade Company security team on The Station during The Station Adventure. He was melted by aetheric energy while trying to sabotage an aetheric reactor.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Station Adventure*
Jacob

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**Jacob** may refer to:

* Jacob Sildran, the Hybern Sector's Deputy Minister of Technology during the late Mage Imperium
* Jacob Parr, leader of the Freebooters on Videna during The Skinchanger Campaign
* Byron Jacobs, a student in Pristville in the Cult of the Uberpantheon
Kalmat, God of the Lost

**Kalmat, God of the Lost** is one of the various Savage Gods.

Kalmat is perhaps the closest thing to a diplomat or a recruiter the Savage Gods have: he seeks out the desperate and the wayward, and brings them to the attention of Korbog and Dravak. Kalmat enlists to his aid many prior supernatural recruits, who form a sort of divine priesthood for the Savage Gods; mortal or godly, Kalmat's agents are purveyors of salvation and protection or press-gangers, depending on the moment -- genuine promises, tricks, threats and outright kidnapping are all put to good use. Kalmat and his brethren are seen as corruptors by more civilized gods -- the Elvish Triad despises him for leading wild elves astray, the Mirror likewise.
Judah Brahm

**Judah Brahm** was the grandnephew of Gov. Maria Brahm of Hybern at the time of the Milgravian Succession War, and entered the war as an observer to legitimate the Keiths; after the Semokku victory, he founded the Milgravian Redevelopment Bank to ensure proper accounting of tithes. During the Mage Imperium II Campaign, Brahm was the chairman of the Hybern Consortium and the Brahm family's economic wizard.
Jonathan Pickman

test
Old Pickman is a raging bull whose mighty hands are grey
His fury comes out in the night, his cunning in the day

His eyes scan the crew like a watchful hawk
His voice is as shrill as the waking cock
His mouth takes Rum and the finest meat
His hands flay alive the indiscreet
And then push the rest out the airlock
 test

, Poem of an Unidentified Crewman of the *Tarim Terror*

"**I ate him. He tasted fishy**"
 — Kannibal Kaptain Klaus

**Captain Jonathan Pickman** was a Margravate Privateer-turned-renegade-turned-Naga Agent.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

Pickman was an almost godly inspiration to his men, bellowing terrifying threats to accompany every command and following through on both with insane gusto. He remained one of the most visible and frightening agents of the Naga.

Even in death, his head on the tip of an etheric saber, Pickman continued to (somewhat hoarsely) howl curses at his men until his hair caught fire and engulfed him.

## History

### Career

*Main article: The Celestial Corsairs Campaign*
After a short career in service to the Margravate of Tarim, which Pickman ended by raiding a Margravate convoy and stealing a warship, Pickman and his crew took to piracy. After a chance encounter with the *Taigun* saved them from death at the hands of Gul'Dan raiders, Pickman and his surviving officers struck out into the deepest ether.

### Naga Agent

When lost and desperate, he found a small crop of coral and, on it, cultists of the Naga. Pickman killed them and waited for their masters to arrive, offering knowledge of the *Taigun* and its trajectory. For this service, Pickman was allowed to ply his pirate trade as an agent of the Naga and a transporter for the Perfect Princes.

He became a terror to travelers between Celestial and Imperial Space, growing increasingly deranged as the grafts and implants gifted to him by the Naga took their inevitable toll.

### Death

*Main article: The Deep Ether Campaign*
Pickman met his death against the new crew of the *Taigun* at the Foundation Station at the hands of Allie Flashpan.
James

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**James** may refer to:

* James Braun, chief physician on the KM's Deep Ether expedition
* James Fhtagnleton, an Inquisitor in the Confederate Inquisition
* James "Johnny" John, leader of the Copper Feet Gang on Bishant
Irish Racial Trait

The curious propensity of Irishmen to have high-proof alcohol on their person at all times. Irishmen can, every so often, produce a bottle of whiskey, seemingly out of thin air. Astute Irish bombers have learned to quickly convert these into a molotov cocktail, albiet reluctantly, as it is a waste of good whiskey.

## Notes

A half-Irish individual receives a pint of Guinness instead of genuine Irish whiskey.
Kyra Lazarus

**Admiral Kyra Lazarus** was a prominent half-elf Aeldman naval commander during the late 5th century A.U.; she oversaw naval operations at the Battle of Semal-Marivan and the retaliatory invasion of the League of Sovereign Republics. She was granted the title of Baron of Harwel for her service, and briefly served as Minister of War for the du Montreal administration prior to his impeachment, returning to her former post as Admiral.
High Weaver

**High Weaver** was the title given to the head of the Church of the Spires, who led the Church from the Aeldrum Spire. Below the High Weaver were seven "Silk Threads" presiding over the six remaining spires and the Pin Jump, with the Serene Doge of Aeldrum as an honorary eighth Silk Thread of the Aeldrum Spire.

## History

The High Weaver title was established at the Church's Great Conclave of 450 A.U.. Lars Tresson was nominated as the first High Weaver.

In the 530s A.U. the High Weaver was Janne Balthassar.
Inquisitorial-Legate Schism

The **Inquisitorial-Legate Schism** began sometime around 1760 C.A. as a result of The Seer Crisis.

## Background

As The Seer Crisis deepened and confidence in the moral authority of the Seer Council waned, bulwarks of Imperial power emerged both at the core of the Imperium and on its frontier. A class of Seer Legates, including High Seer MacDonald of Hybern, was created to restore order to rebellious sectors. Granted the authority of the Seer Council within their respective sectors, these supposedly temporary Legates became a permanent fixture across the Imperium, vying with and often browbeating sector governors. Parallel to this system of control was the Imperial Inquisition, which actively searched for and rooted out heresy. This function sometimes brought the Inquisition into conflict with the Seer Legates.

## Escalation

In one shocking development, a Grand Inquisitor, Radovan, accused Seer-Legate Lammus of The Sigmus Sector, of Apostasy for communing with a god that, Radovan alleged, could not be Adalna. Lammus, a candidate for the Seer Council, denied the allegation and, of course, declared Radovan a traitor the Imperium. The Seer Council hesitated to summarily denounce Radovan, lest it tip its hand toward Lammus as candidate, but was also loathe to conduct a trial of either party. Moreover, few Grand Inquisitors were willing to renounce their colleague, perhaps eager for a precedent that would further strengthen their vast legal powers.

For his part, Radovan fled the Sigmus Sector in search of support. He could have well sought out the support of Seer-Legate MacDonald of Hybern, another candidate for the Seer Council and his former master. MacDonald was a figure of near-religious adoration in his own right, leading to accusations from some that MacDonald was a Revivalist posing as Imperialist.
Jerry

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**Jerry** may refer to:

* Jerry Crockdockle, a kobold insurgent and mine boss on Telrion during the Fistful of Crecibles Campaign
* Jerry Swanwallow, an occultist in Southgate, Semal during the Gangsters Campaign
Julia

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**Julia** may refer to:

* Julia Brahm, grandneice of Gov. Maria Brahm of Hybern during the late Mage Imperium
* Julia Katiche, daughter of Lord Niles Katiche of Karaval during the late Mage Imperium
Inanis

The **Inanis** is a device for creating blank souls. It was invented by Dr. Garrel the Automaton and Rose Clintock.

## Function

The device operates under theories from Unified Theory of Soul. It forces a large amount of etheric energy together in a coherent shape, with all the structures of a normal soul. In the center of the device is a platform that raises a vessel to contain the newly-minted soul.

To ensure that the soul functions as normal souls do and is not merely a demon, the design for the blank souls was based on a human souls. It outputs the corresponding structures for interfacing with human organs and overall body plan. Since human souls are capable of possessing other objects, like trees, this is deemed suitable enough.

## Uses

One known use of this device is to create smart guns.
Kirvan

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**"Kirvan"** could refer to:

* Kirva, the Flame, a major god of the Great Pantheon
* The Church of Kirva, the institution dedicated to her worship
* Kirvan Script, the language of Kirva and her servants
Elven Triad

The **Elven Triad** is the patron of the Elves and a part of the Great Pantheon. The Triad is a collection of gods, bound together in a manner similar to Valdos and Dalthad, that have claimed an entire race, the elves, as their exclusive province: some say the elves were created by the Triad, others say they were molded from some early humanoid race. Whatever the truth, the Triad showers the elves with gifts but guards them jealously; servants of the Triad are rarely evangelists -- one is either chosen from birth (i.e. born an elf) or not. Perhaps because the Triad is not interested in conversion, angels serving these gods manifest more subtly, rarely taking direct physical form -- not for them the shape of a titanic warlord or even a more humble, human scale like Idolmar; they show themselves obliquely, by inspiring and guiding mortals or making possible incredible works of crafting or construction. Despite their depiction as a trinity, there is dispute as to whether The Triad is three different Gods or one God with three aspects.

The three depicted members of the Triad are:

* Thalis, the Warrior
* Lethara, the Gardener
* Validian, the Bard

### Worshippers

* The Elvish Enclaves
* The Mirror Enclaves are the Celestial counterpart to the Elvish Enclaves of Imperial Space, albeit differing significantly in culture and ethos. These Mirror Enclaves worship the God of Mirrors, but many appear to accept the Triad as three dominant elements of their god's countless facets. For their part, Imperial triad worshipers mistrust what they see as the "Aspect Multiplication" of the God of Mirrors; at best, they consider it a needless complication, and at worst a heresy that allows the Triad to be interpreted to support almost any doctrine conceivable, including a reconciliation of Shantara and the Triad as aspects of a common god.
* The Order of the Ivory Blade
* The "Enlightened"
Ireland

**Ireland** is a Pocket Dimension in the vicinity of Aeldrum. It has been, at various times, conquered, liberated, freed, colonized, and recolonized by its more powerful neighbors. Still, Ireland has always been a thorn in the side of any nation that interferes in their affairs. In the modern era, the pocket dimension is governed as the Republic of Ireland and is the most significant member of the New League of Sovereign Republics.

## Geography

Ireland can be roughly divided into the capital city of Dublin, the Irish Pale composed of Dublin and the surrounding industrialized areas, the outlying farmland, and the mostly unexplored swampland.

## Locations

### Dublin

*Main article: Dublin*
Dublin is the capital city of Ireland.

### The Irish Pale

*Main article: Irish Pale*
The Irish Pale is the name of the more industrialized areas in and around the capital.

## History

### Irish Monarchy

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

### First Irish Civil War

*Main article: First Irish Civil War*
The First Irish Civil War (65 - 60 B.U.) consisted of an anarchic mess of freebooters, adventurers, and rebels taking over the Irish government following the overthrow of the Irish Monarchy.

### Irish Free State

*Main article: Irish Free State*
The Free State was the result of the wild elements of the rebels taking control of the government and instituting a short lived Libertarian utopia.

### Second Irish Civil War

*Main article: Second Irish Civil War*
Aeldrum establishes its ascent as a major colonial power by intervening in the Second Irish Civil War (137 - 140 A.U.), eventually subduing both sides and establishing the Irish Provincial Government to rule over what quickly became their largest and most productive colony.

### Irish Provincial Government

*Main article: Irish Provincial Government*
The Irish Provincial Government was the name given to the Aeldman government on Ireland.

### Irish War of Independence

*Main article: Irish War of Independence*
*See also: The Irish Campaign*
The Irish War of Independence (354 - 356 A.U.) was a conflict fought between the Irish Provincial Government and a coalition of Irish Rebel groups that became known as the Irish Republican Army. The war saw the reestablishment of a free Ireland.

### Irish People's Republic

*Main article: Irish People's Republic*
The Irish People's Republic was the communist successor to the Irish Free State which replaced the Irish Provincial Government at the end of the Irish War of Independence.

## Culture

Years of colonization by the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum have led to a significant Aeldman influence into the prevailing culture of Dublin and the Pale. in the farmlands and hinterlands, traditional Irish culture dominates.
Kobolds of T

The **Kobolds of T** were a band of revolutionary kobolds on Telrion, led by Tucker the Kobold.

## History

The Kobolds of T began after a failed raid by Ian McKeough against the town of Geat's Bail led to several of the McKeough Mining Conglomerate's mines having their kobold slaves liberated. Emboldened by their escaped brethren, more and more kobolds banded together to escape slavery. Some went to the Lintair mines, where they were paid an actual wage (and, in no small part because of the selection of having the gumption to escape, performed far better than their enslaved peers). Others were not satisfied merely by escape, however. They chose to fight, either aiding their brethren in the escape, or causing mayhem through terrorism—most prominently through the so called “Kobolds of T”, a terrorist group that agitated for the freedom of all kobolds. (Whether the T stood for Terrorism, Telrion or the group’s now infamous leader Tucker is unclear). Some of the well-to-do professionals of Telrion came to support antislavery, as well as some preachers who knew a great missionary opportunity when they saw one.

## Notable Members

* Tucker the Kobold (leader)
* Jerry Crockdockle (lieutenant, mine manager)
* Henry Crockdockle (lieutenant)
* Krunk the Kobold (lieutenant)
* Krack the Kobold (lieutenant)
* Ko-bald (lead trap designer)
* "Stone-Faced" Steve the Kobold
Jerry Crockdockle

Jerry the Business Kobold

**Jerry Crockdockle** was a kobold affiliated with Tucker's kobold insurgency on Telrion. Thanks to his entrepreneurial spirit and courage, he became a lieutenant to Tucker and eventually the first successful Kobold mine manager.

## Personality

Unlike his brother Henry, Jerry had a good intellect and (slightly) greater sense of self preservation. More introverted and less of an exhibitionist, Jerry was a far more reliable leader for Kobolds, and proved himself several times after his initial promotion during the Great Rose Stomp, competently handling his kobold brethren in storming the Malvern mine while Aristom and company fought Jimmy McKeough outside.

Jerry was content with his newfound managerial position, and became a mine boss for Felli Lintair for many years until she left the planet after her husband's death. Afterwords, he decided to create his own mining company, and used his acumen to begin a series of Kobold owned and operated mines, with the assistance of Anna van Kreuger and her Free Kobolds Bureau.

## History

*Main article: A Fistful of Crecibles*
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## Trivia

* Jerry was played by Lux after their first kobold, Stone drowned attempting to retrieve his pet rock.
Improved Unarmed Strike

***NOTICE: This article deals with game mechanics rather than with Aeldrum lore. More complete and up-to-date documentation of game mechanics and rulesets can be found here.***

Characters that take the **Improved Unarmed Strike** Special Ability are granted the following effect: Does not provoke attacks of opportunity from armed opponents when
attacking them while unarmed.

## Prerequisites

Improved Unarmed Strike has no prerequisites.

## Recommendations

Consider spec-ing into the Bruiser build.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* Luigi G. Alberghi
Kenneth Bouquet

**Kenneth Bouquet** (known more commonly as **"Ken Bucket"**) was a student at the Pristville School for Advancement with an internship at the Academy of Lidenia - Pristville Satellite Center. In 424 A.U., during his final year at the school, he was one of the original members of the Cult of the Uberpantheon.
Inspector Broz

**Inspector Broz** was part of the Imperial Inquisition in the Hybern Sector during the Seer Crisis of the late Mage Imperium. As commander of *The Inexorable*, he worked with Keith forces to secure Karaval from House Katiche following the assassinations of Inquisitor Serim Milozc and Inspectors Slobodan and Ratco in 1750 C.A..
Jimmy McKeough

Jimmy was always doing his best to sport his GAINS

**Jimmy McKeough** was one of the children and lieutenants of Ian McKeough, at one time the head of the most powerful dwarven mining families of Telrion.

## Personality

Jimmy was obsessed with his absurdly muscular body and calling his brothers morons

## History

*Main article: A Fistful of Crecibles*
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Jimmy died in 375 A.U., captured by Aristom Eldeth and tortured to death by Alice.
Italian

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"**Italian**" could refer to:

* People or things originating from the pocket dimension of Genova (also called "Italy")
* The Italian Language spoken on Genova
Irish Borderers

The **Irish Borderers** are Irishmen who live on the boundaries between the outlying farmland surrounding Dublin and the undeveloped swampland. In times of popular uprising or revolution, the borderers tend to form the core of the rebel militias.

One famous group of borderers was the group led by Leo Cronin during the Irish War of Independence (later called the Karma Kameleons when leadership was passed to Gordon Lloyd Flashpan).
Jabragu'ul

**Jabragu'ul** was a Gul'Dan of Clan Zangul who aided the Knights Mercantile in Dalcia during The Russian Campaign.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Russian Campaign*
Industrial-State Cooperatives

**Industrial-State Cooperatives**, or **ISCs**, were state-integrated corporate superconglomerates in the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum.

## History

Beginning in the early 450s A.U., ISCs were managed by the ISC Board, a legacy of Finance Minister Manuel Emiir.

## Notable ISCs

* General Etheric Corporation
* Mossag Industries
* Ursa Arms Consortium
* Nebai Technnologies
* Aeldrum Mechatronics Corporation
* Aeldrum Pharmaceutical Consortium
* Aeldrum Industrial Export Consortium
* Aeldrum Colonial Development Corporation
Kobolds

***Kobolds***"*Kobolds are a valiant upstart race which pulled itself up by the the thumbs of their oppressors to take their rightful place in the cosmos. Though their lives are short, the Kobolds live them vivaciously, and are always a pleasure to be around. They can be found wherever there are warm rocks and new adventures to be had.*" —  The Intrepid Guide to the Cosmos
**Kobolds** are aggressive, industrious small reptilian humanoids. They are noted for their skill at building traps and preparing ambushes. They are thought of as less intelligent than Humans and Elves.
Istomir

**Istomir** was a minor power in Fialta Space. It was a successor state to the former Shantaran Free State.

## History

The creation of Istomir was declared by the Archpriestess Neverin in 453 A.U., during the Alusian-Shantine War. It grew to include territory from both the former Shantaran Free State and the defunct Fialta Union.
Irving Stumpf

**Irving Stumpf** was a Shantine agent hired by the Aeldrum Trade Company security team on The Station as a weapons specialist. He was killed by Fialta operatives during The Station Adventure.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Station Adventure*
Karma Kameleons

*See also: The Irish Campaign*
The **Karma Kameleons** were a group of Irish Borderers led by Gordon Lloyd Flashpan that fought against the Irish Provincial Government during the Irish War of Independence. The group was responsible for carrying out the raid on the Dublin Arms Company and for assassinating Governor Sabina Rothclaw.

## Notable Members

* Gordon Lloyd Flashpan (leader)
* Daft Smitty
* Aed Dillon
* Eamon O'Finnegan
* McFitzpatrick
* O'Callaghan
* Piss Shivers
* Shreksaw Hewitt
Intrepid Guide to the Cosmos

The **Intrepid Guide to the Cosmos** is a pocket-sized traveler's guide published by Intrepid Publications. Containing various bits of wisdom about common things in the Cosmos, the Intrepid Guide is favored by the adventurous and overconfident traveler over the more staid pocket editions of the Encyclopedia Imperia. The Intrepid Guide is one of many publications which implicitly endorses Dick's "Primacy" theory of sentient nature, and encourages manly and sporting conflict where it perhaps would not have a place in polite society.

Since Mr. Intrepid's death, his work has been continued by his many strange and cultish fans and his faithful reporters (most of whom continue to work for the Aeldrum News Network). Many bizarre editions purporting to have the true words of Dick are now circulating the cosmos, though the definitive guide continues to be updated by Intrepid Publications, as handy guides with the words BE PRIME AND CARRY ON in big letters on the cover seem to be oddly reassuring to a certain kind of cosmic denizen.
John Jones

**John Jones** was a "Backup Engineer" on Lavalle during A Series of Unorphanate Events (One-Shot), whose job was to push the molten carts of Steel at the cokeworks / rolling mill / steel can factory when the steam engines fail (constantly). He went on to become known as a prominent conspiracy theorist during the First Coalition War.
Jacques Vanel

*"Aeldrum has no gods, Aeldrum needs no gods. Our ancestors knew the price of trusting divine promises."*
 — Vanel, 449 A.U.

## Basic Information

### Affiliation

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
	+ Aeldrum Secularists

## Alignment

### Ending

Zealous Neutral

**Baron Jacques Vanel** was a leading Secularist politician in the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum during the mid-400s A.U.

## History

Baron Vanel rose to prominence in 449 A.U. with as speech to the Aeldrum Parliament strongly opposed to the increasingly popular Church of the Spires. In 451 A.U., he was appointed as Aeldrum's Minister for Secular Affairs and Aeldman Values.

Details of apparent human sacrifices used for religious augury by a radical Spiran sect in the colonies came to light in 452 A.U., leading to violence between Spirans and Secularists and prompting Vanel to call for the abolition of the Church of the Spires. He was later assassinated by Spiran radicals outside of the Empire Club. Leaked correspondence from the Aeldman Department of Intelligence later suggested that the supposed ritual sacrifices might have actually been an attempt to slander the Church of the Spires, with many in Aeldrum speculating that the late Vanel may have been behind it.
Kartak

"**Would that I never set eyes on this accursed planet. Carnage was all that awaited us, and death the only thing that remains. The screams of the dwarves echo in my mind, their melting forms seared forever into my sight. What is lost cannot be regained.*

I should be dying down there with them."*
 — Astrid Keith, from her unpublished journals

**Kartak** was the capital of the Episurian Empire.

## History

Widely recognized as one of the great historical worlds of the dwarves, its devastation during the Episurian War and the subsequent depletion of its population by half a century of Imperial  occupation left it a barren shell, raked over yet again during the civil wars that rocked the Hybern Sector after the Sundering and the subsequent Fialta invasion and 4th Kirvan Crusade into the Hybern-Kartak region. Which modern world actually corresponds to the Kartak of old is a matter of some dispute, for a number of Fialta and Shantine worlds in the region boast dwarven ruins of an extent and stature worthy of the legendary halls of the Episurian Empire.
Kirvan Saints

**Kirvan Saints** are extraordinary individuals recognized posthumously by the Kirvan Church for their service to the goddess Kirva.

## Overview

Sainthood is rare in the cosmic scheme (the Council of Kirvan Patriarchs recognizes a few saints per year, many of them long-dead or semi-fictitious), and often disputed – what the local Kirvan church considers a saint might not be recognized by the Council of Patriarchs for decades or centuries, if ever.

Sainthood is of course posthumous: it requires the affirmation of two Kirvan angels that the individual in question was known to Kirva for their actions in life.

## Sainthood and Nobility

Within the Shantine Empire, only the descendants of saints are nobles, and typically their privileges are linked to the hagiography of their ancestors (e.g. land grants based on the place of their ancestor’s martyrdom). Ancestral hagiography is also important for political promotion: military positions are often preferentially granted to the heirs of great warrior-saints. Nobles are thus obsessed with their bloodline and preserving as many links to saints as possible to preserve themselves against accusations of dilution or exaggerated heredity. The Shantine Imperial family, the House of Kataph, includes dozens of saints in its ancestry and more than a few prophets.

## Prophets of Kirva

*Main article: Prophets of Kirva*
In extraordinary cases it is possible to be named a Prophet of Kirva – this is a title which may be held in life, and it implies not merely a heroic action on behalf of Kirva but a direct communion. Prophets are exceedingly rare (once in centuries), never unanimously accepted and usually the catalyst for bloody civil disturbance.

## Notes

1. ↑ Dire insults used by Shantine aristocrats against each other include “saint’s in-law” and other variations on non-blood relationships.
Insurgency on Singe

*See also: The Singe Campaign*
The **Insurgency on Singe** was a local rebellion in 370 A.U. against the rule of the Aeldrum Trade Company on the planet Singe. The Singe Rebels fought a guerrilla war in the swamps and jungles of Singe, eventually wearing the dispirited soldiers of the ATC into a general mutiny.
Irish Republican Army

The **Irish Republican Army** was a coalition of Irish Rebel groups that fought against the Irish Provincial Government in the Irish War of Independence to ultimately establish the Irish People's Republic. Chief among the rebel groups was the communist "Civic Labor Association of Irish Need" (CLAIN) and elements of the Free State Army; most famously, Leo Cronin's borderer group (better known as the Karma Kameleons).
Kuplan Kuon

**Kuplan "Jesus" Kuon** was a halfling spy employed by the Knights Mercantile who participated in the The Skinchanger Campaign on Videna.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Skinchanger Campaign*
Kartak Occupational Authority

The **Kartak Occupational Authority** was the occupied territory of the former Episurian Empire's Core Worlds (destroyed and subjected to genocide by the Mage Imperium), now carved up by various Imperial Navy captains, all under Governor-General Liet Harth, as part of the Episurian Administrative Confederacy. The Occupational Authority consists of about fifteen worlds. Within the Occupational Authority, there are five "Navy Administered" worlds each under a military governor, and the remaining ten are administered by collaborator governments drawn from the surviving dwarven clans.
Infinite Wishes

**Infinite Wishes** was a Bishant based corporation founded and led by former Church of Kirva clergyman Kersien Roo.

## History

In 526 A.U., Kersien Roo left the priesthood to co-found Infinite Wishes, a theologic company researching methods to "focus the power of prayer, just as a glass focuses the light of the sun." Infinite Wishes manages hostels to assist the sick and elderly, or help them pass on "in Kirva's arms." As of 528 A.U., Infinite Wishes' Prayers of HealingTM can help patients recover from common diseases and injuries, healing even serious wounds in a matter of minutes[citation needed]. As of 529 A.U., Infinite Wishes offers Prayers of AbundanceTM. Farms receiving this service report significantly increased crop output.

The company has been criticized for inflating its prices on several occasions. Prayers of HealingTM are difficult to afford for lower-to-middle class citizens[according to whom?]. For Prayers of AbundanceTM, farmers owe Infinite Wishes 80% of profits above the previous year's yield. In a public statement, co-owner co-founder Enacra Masue rebuffed the criticism, saying "Even if we increased the charge to 99%, farmers would still profit from our technology. Without our smart business decisions, IW would never have grown into the institution it is today."

In late 529 A.U., the Shantine government acquired research rights in Infinite Wishes in return for an undisclosed amount of money.
Jack the Cabin Boy

## Jack

**Jack the Cabin Boy** was a Fialta privateer who was fried by the aether during the Fialta-Shantine War.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Fialta-Shantine One-Shot Series*