split

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Split is a village in the Zatar region.

The initial outbursts from the fallen elemental sorcerer man-child, Khendahl, were quelled by The Wardens, allowing the town to survive the Fall until the Shadows came. The Shadows slew the internal threat but also murdered the blacksmith, Rhistel The Honorless, leaving the town without reliable defenses from encroaching monsters. The town clutched onto the edges of survivability.

A boy, Gomer, mourning the loss of his cat-turned-snail takes the carcass of his transformed friend to establish the Empty Shell Tavern and Inn. A poignant sobriquet of both his life without his friend and the town failing to rise from their challenges.

Timeline

• 3702: During the Fall, the village is attacked by elementals, destroying or murdering half its population. Ben Costal is slain by a water weird in Khendahl’s elemental rage, and his crush Amy is murdered by him after spurning his advances. A newborn, Viktor With, is abandoned in the woods by his ashamed mother Pia With. The Wardens arrive, slaying the elementals to save the surviving half of the village, including Gomer’s cat-turned-flail snail, Inky. Weeks later, the Shadows pass through the village, murdering Rhistel the Honorless, raiding his shop, and slaying his son Khendahl.
• 3718: Gomer establishes the Empty Shell tavern and inn.

Locations

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