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426 AC-428 AC Inath-Wakenti, Valley of the Blue Sands
By: Dungeon Master Date: September 20, 2023, 12:38 am
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[center]Story of the Elven Exiles
Inath-Wakenti, Valley of the Blue Sands
The Elven Exiles trilogy begins in spring 426 AC and ends in
spring 428 AC. [/center]
Khalkist Mountains
Skyfire Mountains
Northern Khur
Inath-Wakenti, meaning "Vale of Silence," is the elvish name for
a horseshoe-shaped valley near where the desert of Khur meets
the Khalkist Mountains. The legends of the elves claim that this
was the first place on Krynn where the gods set foot in
corporeal form, henceforth serving as a kind of neutral ground.
This place is known by the people of Khur as the "Valley of the
Blue Sands" because of the bright blue-green color of its soil,
which also seems to absorb sound. While Khurish city-folk
dismiss it as legend, the nomads of Khur consider it sacred to
their gods and allow no one to enter it.
The ancient elven sorcerer Vedvedsica was also rumored to have
been exiled to the Vale of Silence by Speaker of the Stars
Silvanos Goldeneye for some unnamed, terrible transgression.
Post War of Souls
A few years after the War of Souls, Speaker of the Sun and Stars
Gilthas Pathfinder sent his wife Kerianseray on an expedition to
the valley to estimate whether it could serve as a new homeland
for the elven race. The valley has a much better climate than
the rest of Khur, being spared the blistering heat of the
desert. A wide and shallow stream - named the Lioness' Creek by
Qualinesti archivist Favaronas - provides clear water.
Even though cedars and pines are plentiful, there are no animals
or insects in the valley. Ancient lichen-free ruins built from
huge stone blocks, large monolithic spires, and paved roads are
clear signs that the valley was inhabited in the distant past
though by what race remains unknown. Beneath the spires (perhaps
sealed by them) are misty tunnels decorated with beautiful
Silvanesti paintings depicting the Thon-Thalas strangely devoid
of living beings. The only "inhabitants" of Inath-Wakenti seem
to be small globes of light with various colors (red, yellow,
blue, green, white, and smoky orange) that make any living being
they touch disappear and ghostly apparitions that look different
to different individuals.
From the Story of the Pathfinder -Speaker of the Sun and Stars
Gilthas Kanan
Following the last disastrous foray into Silvanesti in 426 AC,
Gilthas declared that they would no longer throw elven lives
away by trying to take back the elven nation. Instead, his
people would try and find a new temporary sanctuary for his
people. He found a valley called the Inath-Wakenti and he had
his wife lead a contingent of scouts to investigate it.
While his wife was gone, an assassin tried to kill him when he
was hit by an arrow on the right side in the hollow of his neck
and it also cut his jaw. When his servant Planchet pulled the
arrow from his body, he did not pass out from the pain of it
ripping out of his body. His life was attempted on by the
Khurish Prince Shobbat, who shot an arrow from three miles away
with the aid of magic. Gilthas would not allow his people to go
to war over this and held them in check. Eventually, when his
wife came back from her scouting trip, she did some things that
were detrimental to the elves living in Khur against the people
of Khur. Gilthas had to do the hardest thing of his speakership,
and that was to strip her of her command. When the Khur Nomads
showed up following this, she took control of most of the army
in a rebellion to attack the nomads. Before this could happen,
Gilthas' people were able to talk things out with the nomads,
and when Kerianseray was going to give herself up, the Khan's
soldiers crushed the nomads, and Kerianseray disappeared.
Gilthas was heartbroken, but he decided to march his people to
Inath-Wakenti.
Despite the sudden disappearance of his wife, Gilthas knew deep
within himself that she was not dead and dispatched a search
party to go and find her while he and the rest of the elven
nation continued their march to Inath-Wakenti.
While Gilthas and his people journeyed through the harsh desert
of Khur. They were continually attacked by the Nomad tribes led
by Adala. It was the Nomads' belief that it was their fate to
keep the Valley of the High Ones free from the elves. Another
reason for the aggression was due in part to the misconception
that the elves were responsible for the massacre of a nomadic
tribe of Adala's. Which was actually brought about by a creature
sent to kill the Lioness by the wizard Faertus. Mainly by virtue
of the Speaker's resolve, the elves were able to withstand the
constant attacks of the Nomads. Gilthas led his people to a
section of rocky outpeaks called the Lion's Teeth for shelter.
Gilthas then finds that he is suffering from the illness
consumption that is ravaging his body from the inside out. The
Nomads capture, maim, and return a group of elves to Gilthas on
Lion's Teeth.
With the help of a Nomad named Wapah, who sees that Adala is
wrong for her actions. Gilthas and the elves sneak off Lion's
Teeth and make a final push for Inath-Wakenti. While the group
of maimed elves led by his closest friend Planchet stays behind
to make the Nomads think the elves are still there, and fight
the Nomads who might pursue the elven nation. Gilthas is very
upset as he knows Planchet and the maimed elves have basically
volunteered for a suicide mission. Nonetheless, Gilthas departs
for the Valley.
After discovering their trickery, the Nomads pursue the elves
and position themselves between the elves and the valley.
Gilthas leads his people in what he feels may be their last
stand. Facing certain defeat, Gilthas suffers a wound to his
head and falls. While looking up to the sky, he sees dark
figures approach. The search party he had sent out was
successful in finding Kerian, as well as Porthios and Alhana
Starbreeze. Together with a small band of fighters mounted on
Griffons, the Lioness swoops down from the sky to save the elven
nation from destruction at the hands of the Nomads. Gilthas then
leads his people into the Inath-Wakenti to establish a new home
for the united elven nation.
The Valley of Inath-Wakenti
After the final confrontation with the desert Nomads. Gilthas
led the united elven nation into the Valley he hoped would be
their salvation. Free from the scorching heat and the violent
attacks from the Nomads, the elves rejoiced. Their joy was short
lived however, as life in the valley was exactly as Kerian had
described it to Gilthas previously. Lifeless. Not only was there
no food to be had. There were also strange Will O' The Wisps
that dogged any elves that might venture too far into the
valley. The Wisps were responsible for many an elf disappearing
from the camp. Confronted with these new developments, Gilthas
had to do his best to avoid a public confrontation with
Porthios. Porthios was pushing very hard to take control of the
Elven Armies and go to war to reclaim the elven homelands. On
top of everything else, the disease Gilthas was suffering from
was starting to take its toll on his health.
A grand meeting of all elves called a Sinthal-Elish was called.
During which, Porthios made his play to sway the elves to fight.
Gilthas decided to let all the elves choose which road their
fate would take them. Any elves wishing to leave with Porthios
and Alhana had his blessing to do so. The Lioness was conflicted
about her desires, but chose to stand by her husband and his
decision to stay in the Valley and move onward to establish a
new elven stronghold. With the decision made, Gilthas began in
earnest the process of deciphering the mysteries of
Inath-Wakenti. He and the elven scholars pored over every piece
of information they had in their possession that could help them
make a new life for themselves in the Valley, but the more they
found out, the more questions arose. Gilthas remained steadfast,
though, even if every other elf left with Porthios, he would
stay and let fate decide his destiny in the valley.
The next day, the elves brought about the division of the elven
nation once again. Every elven warrior, save for a few hundred,
decided to ride with Porthios to take back Qualinesti. The
civilian elves were to remain with their Speaker in the valley.
Porthios told Kerian the route he planned to take, fully
expecting Gilthas to be dead soon from his disease. Once
Porthios and the Army of Liberation departed, he turned and
began his journey into the valley by stepping into Lioness
Creek, which had been named after his wife.
As the elves journeyed into the Valley, Gilthas found that it
was much as his wife had described. Lifeless and filled with
ghostly spirits and weird creatures of light. The valley was
also filled with massive stone monoliths that looked to have
been shaped and placed in some pattern. Other phenomena that
plagued the elves were the continuing disappearance of their
dwindling food supply. The valley seemed intent on making sure
the elves were to perish by starvation or outright destruction
by the Will O' The Wisps. If these lights touched a person, they
immediately blinked out of existence. Kerian believed the wisps
to be guardians of the valley. Not just keeping the living out,
but keeping whatever they were guarding in. Kerian also told
Gilthas of the massive tunnel system that ran under the valley.
Somehow, there was a greater story about the valley that was
eluding them thus far. During this time, the rogue wizard
Faertus had made his way back into the valley and was heading to
what he called the Stair of Distant Vision with an elf captive
named Favaronus, who was with Kerian's original scouting party.
Favaronus began to decipher the lost scrolls of the valley, and
Faertus needed him to finish the translation that would bring
about a spell that would kill all the elves.
After an attack by ghostly spirits, Gilthas became even more
ill. It was also wondered if Lady Sa'ida, who was a cleric of
Elir-Sana (Mishakal), would be able to help cure Gilthas as well
as lend advice in dealing with the dead spirits. Kerian departed
immediately to get the priestess. It was also around the time
Favaronus was visited by spirits telling him how how might be
able to stop the wizard Faertus. Kerian returned with the
priestess just in time to save Gilthas from dying, although not
fully curing him. Sa'ida also helped the elves protect
themselves from the ghostly attacks. It was then that Faertus
began the complex spell that would use the valley's hidden power
to destroy the elves. During the chaos the spell was creating in
the valley, Gilthas began to hemorrhage blood internally and
slowly began to die. Just as Faertus began to recite the last
line of the spell, he was killed by a Dark Knight who had
mistaken him for the since departed Porthios.
With that, Favaronus finished the spell and unleashed the
valley's hidden power that restored life to Inath-Wakenti.
The unleashed power also restored Gilthas to full health as well
as the rest of the elven nation. Inath-Wakenti became a utopia
in a matter of minutes. Flora and fauna were everywhere. The
elves finally had a place to call home.
As Sa'ida journeyed back to her home, she was paid a visit by
Zivilyn, who she found out was the "guiding" force behind the
elves' success. For this, he was to be banished from the heavens
for 500 years and lose his divine powers, while inhabiting the
body of an elderly man. To him, the survival of the elf race was
worth it. Kerian also bore Gilthas a son he named Balif. And as
soon as she was able flew off to join Porthios in his war to
reclaim the elven homelands. It would be up to Gilthas to raise
his son in the meantime.
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426 AC-428 AC Inath-Wakenti, Valley of the Blue Sands
By: Dungeon Master Date: July 22, 2025, 6:15 pm
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Inath-Wakenti
Inath-Wakenti, meaning "Vale of Silence," is the elvish name for
a horseshoe-shaped valley near where the desert of Khur meets
the Khalkist Mountains. The legends of the elves claim that this
was the first place on Krynn where the gods set foot in
corporeal form, henceforth serving as a kind of neutral ground.
After the War of Souls, The Surviving Elves of the Elven Nations
have made their Home Here in this Valley, led by Speaker of the
Sun and Stars Gilthas Pathfinder and his wife, Queen
Kerianseray, the fabled Lioness, his General and Protector.
Geography of Inath-Wakenti
Lioness Creek
Magical Gates into the Valley
The First Gate -Teth-Kith-Kanan (The Outside Doors) -
Watchtowers
The Second Gate -Teth-Sithas (Inner Doorway)
The Third Gate -Teth-Balif-Balif’s Gate (The Doorway into
Inath-Wakenti)
Defensive Housing
Elf Housing -Woodshaped
The Tympanum- Meaning, Drum. Made of White Granite
Tower of the Sun and Stars
Lake Planchet
The Orchids, Pears, Apples,
Flaxon Fields
Mt. Rakaris
Granite
The Elves of Inath-Wakenti
Speaker of the Sun and Star Gilthas Kanan, The Pathfinder, Son
of a Qualinesti Princess, Lauralanthalasa Kanan, and Tanthalas
"Tanis" Half-Elven
Queen Kerianseray "Kerian" the Lioness, The Kagonesti Wild Elf
Queen
Balifaris Kanan (January 1, 427 AC
Seneschal Amrynn
Advisor and Chief Diplomat Gilthanas Kanan
Advisor Kiryn Caladon
Royal Archivist Favaronas Qualinesti Elf
Liliornin White Robe Elven Wizard
Commanding General of the Elven Army, General Hamaramis
Speaker’s Advisors
Steward
Master Cartographer Sithelbathan
Scribes
Vixona Ambrodel, A Royal Map-Maker, scribe, and archivist. Wife
of Hythanas Ambrodel
Pages
Messengers
Senator Saeros Oaktree Silvanesti
Senator Nara Dawn Kagonesti
Qualinesti Advisor
Royal Valet
Inath-Wakenti Elven Army
General of the Army General Hamaramis
General of the Wildrunners General Taranath
General of the Windriders, Queen Kerianseray the Lioness (Has
returned to the Fight to retake Qualinesti)
General of the Windriders, General Damara Ambrodel
Captain of the Archers, Captain Saida
Possible Professions of the Elven Nation
Artists
Poets
Bards
The Apothecarist Redinivis
Blacksmith
Candlemaker
Carter
Clothmaker
Dyers
Gardeners
Treeshapers
Masons
Merchants
Bakers
Stables
Traders
Qualinesti Names
Female Names
Ailea, Deanna, Gilleana, Kaylan, Laurana, Merathanos, Ororana,
Rhyana, Thorala, Verhanna.
Male Names
Armantaro, Gilthanas, Harmanutis, Kelevendros, Kemian,
Paladithel, Quenavalen, Solarinas, Tanthalas, Vanthanoris.
Silvanesti Names
Female names
Aleaha, Ladine, Lisindrela, Maleesa, Nemetranee, Raenavalona,
Roselenna, Serinda, Telisina, Thyanel.
Male Names
Avonathalonus, Falindrithan, Jahran, Kardanon, Lothas,
Maravallon, Pellarin, Quimathon, Silvanas, Terevalis
Althonos, Caladon, Calostin, Dralathalas, Kaldeist, Lanthaloran,
Oakleaf, Rathenas, Starbreeze, Takmarin.
Elves of the Nation
Naien Qualinesti Windrider
Wildrunner Captain Hythanas Ambrodel -Qualinesti Elf, Younger
Brother of Damara and Lashia, has married Vixona, A Royal
Map-Maker, scribe, and archivist, pregnant
Redinivis runs the Apothecary
Sindar
Guests
Lady Sa'ida, cleric of Elir-Sana (Mishakal), the nation of the
elves, owes this human cleric their existence.
Zivilyn sacrificed his godhood for Five Hundred Years, he is
locked in the old body of his last avatar disguise. Last seen
heading in a cart with Lady Sa'ida traveling towards Qualinesti
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