Post by GRWelsh on Dec 16, 2007 10:10:48 GMT -5
Some quotes:
"Once the most powerful force for order and good, the Aerdians have declined over the last century to an unspeakable state of decadency. After a millenium of leadership, its rulers and nobles turned to evil and irrationality. Its current monarch, Ivid V of the royal house of Naelax, is reported to be quite mad, but crafty and deviously capable nonetheless" (Guide, p. 23).
"The last heir to the House of Rax fell to assassination during the Turmoil Between Crowns [427 CY]. When the demon-seeing House of Naelax ascended the Malachite Throne, the whole of South Province refused to swear loyalty, and joined the Iron League*... Consensus of opinion holds that all of the Overkings who have ruled from the Malachite Throne since circa 450 CY (the line of the House of Naelax) are insane or demon-ridden or both. Evil is in the ascendancy everywhere in the Flanaess, and the Great Kingdom revels in debauchery" (Guide, p. 10).
* Must be an error, since the entire South Province didn't join the Iron League. But a large chunk of it did: Onnwal, Irongate, Idee, and Sunndi.
On the Regional Alignment map-chart (Guide, p. 44), the Great Kingdom has the icons for Chaotic Neutral, Neutral Evil (twice) and Lawful Evil. If you want to draw conclusions based on where they are located on the map (a dubious thing to do, probably), South Province is Lawful Evil, North Province and Medegia are Neutral Evil, and Rauxes -- ruled by the Overking directly, is Chaotic Neutral.
And EGG's recent comment to Scott: "As the one that conceptualized the character of Ivid V, Overking, I assure you he is demented, malign, and thoroughly evil. Think of the Emperor John Ominer in The Broken Lands by Fred Saberhagen, and then make the mental image more vile and scheming."
"Once the most powerful force for order and good, the Aerdians have declined over the last century to an unspeakable state of decadency. After a millenium of leadership, its rulers and nobles turned to evil and irrationality. Its current monarch, Ivid V of the royal house of Naelax, is reported to be quite mad, but crafty and deviously capable nonetheless" (Guide, p. 23).
"The last heir to the House of Rax fell to assassination during the Turmoil Between Crowns [427 CY]. When the demon-seeing House of Naelax ascended the Malachite Throne, the whole of South Province refused to swear loyalty, and joined the Iron League*... Consensus of opinion holds that all of the Overkings who have ruled from the Malachite Throne since circa 450 CY (the line of the House of Naelax) are insane or demon-ridden or both. Evil is in the ascendancy everywhere in the Flanaess, and the Great Kingdom revels in debauchery" (Guide, p. 10).
* Must be an error, since the entire South Province didn't join the Iron League. But a large chunk of it did: Onnwal, Irongate, Idee, and Sunndi.
On the Regional Alignment map-chart (Guide, p. 44), the Great Kingdom has the icons for Chaotic Neutral, Neutral Evil (twice) and Lawful Evil. If you want to draw conclusions based on where they are located on the map (a dubious thing to do, probably), South Province is Lawful Evil, North Province and Medegia are Neutral Evil, and Rauxes -- ruled by the Overking directly, is Chaotic Neutral.
And EGG's recent comment to Scott: "As the one that conceptualized the character of Ivid V, Overking, I assure you he is demented, malign, and thoroughly evil. Think of the Emperor John Ominer in The Broken Lands by Fred Saberhagen, and then make the mental image more vile and scheming."