The Kingdom of Sartar is the epicenter of the Hero Wars. Its eponymous founder united the lawless tribes that lived as exiles and organized them into a unified principality. After marrying the Feathered Horse Queen, Sartar was named King, and Sartar began a rapid growth to power and prestige.
Sartar was occupied by the Lunar Empire for a generation, but overthrew Lunar rule in 1625.
Short History
Sartar unified the tribes in eastern Dragon Pass in 1490 and married the Feathered Horse Queen in 1495. Under Sartar’s rule, the people turned from pillage to trade. Sartar and the Feathered Horse Queen set up tax posts, temples, and treasuries. Sartar built roads and forts to protect the farmers and traders from trolls and nomads. He and his heirs fostered literacy, experimentation, and culture.
In 1602, the Lunar Empire invaded the kingdom and sacked Boldhome. The royal house resisted vigorously and, due to this, received Hero status posthumously. Agents and assassins hunted the survivors across the world.
After a generation of sporadic rebellions against Lunar domination, the Empire attempted to eradicate the cult of Orlanth (the patron god of the hill tribes). Instead of Dragon Pass being pacified, Sartar erupted in rebellion. In 1625, desperate heroquesters raised a Unknown that destroyed the Imperial Lunar Army and its priests. Kallyr Starbrow, the rebel warleader, liberated Boldhome and proclaimed herself Prince of Sartar. Sartar is now free of the Lunar Occupation.