Thorn (location)
- For other uses, see Thorn.
| Thorn | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Plane | Dominaria |
| Status | Fallen |
| Part of | Terisiare |
| Later part of | Kjeldor and New Argive |
Thorn was one of the Northern Provinces during the Dark Age of Terisiare on Dominaria.[1]
History
After the Brothers' War and the Fall of Penregon, the nation of Argive survived for some time into the period of the Dark Age. As the cold temperatures slowly kept increasing, the larger cities of old were unable to sustain themselves and fell apart, leaving behind only a loose collection of farmsteads and villages. These became known as the Northern Provinces, which through the Dark Age contained many lesser city-states and open land, and among them was Thorn.
Thorn was established in the wake of Argive and sustained itself through the falling temperatures of the Dark Age, but eventually fell to the frost come the Ice Age. Nothing else is known of Thorn, save that the legendary Tivadar of Church of Tal fame was born there. Tivadar would eventually reform the Church to focus on the threat of the rampaging goblins rather than magic and spellcasters. During Tivadar's Crusade, he and his Knightly Order, aided by the wizard Rasputin Dreamweaver, temporarily restored civilization to Terisiare by throwing back the Goblin Invasions. This event brought a close to the period known as the Dark Age, as the Church fell apart when its enemy had been driven back to their mountain holes.
Long after its abandonment, the land of former Thorn would later be re-settled by the hardy Kjeldorans, and even later would be included in the terrain of New Argive after the Thaw.
References
- ↑ Jeff Grubb - The Gathering Dark (1999), Wizards of the Coast