Cyre

**Cyre** was a former nation in the southeast of the continent of Khorvaire. The entire nation was destroyed at the end of the Last War by a cataclysmic event known as the Mourning, and is now known as the Mournland. At its height, Cyre once included parts of what are now Valenar and Darguun.

## Society

Humans, half-elves, and halflings are common survivors of the Mourning, along with the occasional shifter or changeling. Most people of Cyre followed the Sovereign Host, which is true of most survivors, but some have turned away from the religion, or else devoted themselves to darker faiths in their search for vengeance or succor.

Cyran fashion tended toward bright colors—similar to Aundairian fashion but without the flamboyance of Aundair's hats and ruffles. Cyran style also favored large amounts of jewelry, in quantities that others sometimes found gaudy. Although some Cyran survivors try to blend in to their new homes, others cling defiantly to the fashions of the dead nation.

## History

### Under Galifar

Cyre was originally a kingdom of its own, and one of the Five Nations. Then King Galifar I came and united the 5 Nations by conquest to form the Kingdom of Galifar. Under Galifar's system of succession, Cyre became a province, and was ruled by one of the children of the current king. Over the centuries, a tradition formed that the governor-prince of Cyre was the child that would become the next King of Galifar. For centuries Cyre was the jewel in the crown of Galifar, a fertile land renowned for its craft and culture.

### The Last War

After King Jarot's death in 894 YK, his daughter Mishann, governor-prince of Cyre, should have, by all rights and traditions, assumed the throne, but she was prevented from doing so by her ambitious siblings. This conflict over who should inherit the throne of Galifar ignited the Last War between Cyre, who supported Mishann, and the other Five Nations. For a hundred years, Cyrans viewed the Last War as a personal affront, a war against them as a nation.

Cyre was pressed on all sides during the Last War, but it was able to hold its own thanks to its wealth. Cyre was one of the main nations behind the development of Warforged, and it also hired mercenary armies to help hold off the other nations. However this strategy wound up costing Cyre. Cyre's hired elf mercenaries annexed the southeastern part of the country for themselves in 956 YK to create the nation of Valenar. Almost a decade later in 969, a hobgoblin mercenary chieftain named Haruuc rebelled with his goblinoid army and formed the nation of Darguun from the southwest of Cyre.

During its heyday, Cyre was a land of plenty, with lush farmlands, thriving cities, traditions of art, and elegant styles. As the primary battleground of much of the Last War however, it was dying by inches even before the Day of Mourning. Its outlying settlements were all but razed, and its cities were filled with the hopeless, the homeless, and the destitute.

### The Day of Mourning

On the 20th of Olarune in 994 YK, the nation of Cyre was wiped out in an magical catastrophe, later dubbed the Day of Mourning. While the causes of this event are unknown, and accounts of what actually happened that day vary, but then end of the day, Cyre was covered in mist and anything caught within the mists were killed or transformed. Over a million Cyrans died, along with troops from Thrane, Breland, and Karrnath. The survivors were those outside of Cyre's borders, or those able to flee Cyre quickly through mundane or magical means. The new nations of Darguun and Valenar were not affected

### After the Last War

Survivors have dispersed across Khorvaire, with some traveling as far as Stormreach in Xen'drik. Prince Oargev, son of Queen Dannel, rules New Cyre in Breland, a camp containing the largest concentration of Cyran refugees, but Cyre as a nation is gone. Losing both Cyre and Queen Dannel to the Mourning was a heavy blow, and survivors still harbor grudges against all the other Five Nations.