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+====== Dar Qat ======
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+^Grosseur | Petite Ville |
+^Pays | [[Riedra]]|
+^Population | 6 430|
+^Population | [[Humains]], [[Inspiré]] et [[Demi-Géants]]|
+^Gouverneur | Seigneur Ralastar|
+^Gouvernement  | [[Inspiré]] |
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+**Dar Qat** est un port éloigné de [[Riedra]] sur la côte ouest de [[Xen'drik]].
+====== Historique ======
+Fondée par des explorateurs de l'Unité de [[Riedra]] bien avant l'établissement de [[cap-tempete]], la petite ville de Dar Qat est un avant-poste pour ce lointain empire.
+====== Descriptif ======
+Dar Qat est une belle ville fabriqué en cristacier (un alliage de cristal et de fer) affichant la puissance de [[Riedra]]. La ville est éclipsée par un [[Monolithe Quorien]] voisin.
+Niché dans les [[Cimeterres]], Dar Qat est situé le long de la rive sud d'une baie faisant saillie dans [[Xen'Drik]] depuis la [[Mer des âmes perdues]].
+Ses occupants comprennent des [[Humains]], des seigneurs [[Inspiré]] et des esclaves [[demi-Géant]]s.
+Tous les trésors, produits raffinés et marchandises du continent destinés à [[Sarlona]] partent de Dar Qat.
+The city is beautiful—more a work of art than a place of habitation. The wall
+surrounding the city is four times the height of a human, formed of blue crysteel
+that glitters in the light of the sun. It seems to have been carved from a single slab of
+crystal, though surely that can’t be possible. Safely behind the wall, a dozen towers
+of glass and stone rise up, studded with crystal spheres that pulse with all the colors
+of the rainbow. The buildings are smooth and rounded, with curved walls that
+create an aesthetic quite unlike the towers of Sharn or the ruins of Cap-Tempête.
+As impressive as the city is, it is dwarfed by the massive monolith that
+stands to the south. The ovoid monument is at least 800 feet tall and covered
+with a tracery of glowing lines.
+Cap-Tempête might be the largest human city in Xen’drik,
+but few people know that it was not the fi rst settlement.
+That honor goes to Dar Qat, the outpost of the distant
+empire of Riedra. The Inspired lords who dominate Riedra
+have long been interested in the resources and secrets
+hidden in Xen’drik, and they established their city a full
+century before the pirates of Khorvaire set the fi rst stones
+of Cap-Tempête. In fact, Riedran merchant vessels have long
+been the favored prey of the northern pirates; were it not
+for the steady stream of Riedran shipping, Cap-Tempête
+might never have been established to begin with.
+Though many Sarlonan expeditions set out from
+Cap-Tempête, Dar Qat is where all Xen’drik trade goods
+bound for Sarlona are refi ned and processed. The city
+also provides a base for more clandestine Riedran exploration
+of the continent. Though the city exports dragonshards,
+the resonant stone of the crystal wastes, long corn,
+gurk’ash, and dream serpents, the quori’s primary interest
+in Xen’drik is the discovery of artifacts related to the
+planar invasion of ages past.
+Few people know that Dal Quor, the Region of Dreams,
+undergoes a cyclical process of implosion and rebirth, and
+that the present age of the Dreaming Dark is thought to be
+“the Dream of the Age.” However, fewer still understand
+the full implications of this cycle of destruction.
+The quori who presently occupy Dal Quor are not the
+same quori who invaded Xen’drik forty thousand years ago.
+Those ancient quori (along with their knowledge and history)
+were destroyed during the last turn of the age, and it
+is the next turn of the age over which the Inspired and the
+kalashtar now wage war. The Inspired seek to prevent Dal
+Quor’s destruction, hoping to maintain the present age
+of the Dreaming Dark for all time. The kalashtar seek to
+advance the schedule of the plane’s rebirth, believing that
+a coming age of light will replace the present darkness.
+The turn of the age means that the quori of the present
+day have no firsthand knowledge of the society that preceded
+them. The relics and lore of the war that destroyed
+Xen’drik are literally priceless to the quori and their
+Inspired servants—especially any power that promises to
+bring Dal Quor and Eberron coterminous once again.
+The Inspired of Dar Qat have recently completed
+the construction of one of the hanbalani altas—the towering
+monoliths that rise across Riedra. Where it towers over
+the city, the monolith acts as a psychic battery, drawing
+on the mental energy of the city’s inhabitants to aid the
+Inspired’s control. The Inspired will undoubtedly start
+constructing new monoliths in the future, to further spread
+their power across the shattered land.
+Strangers are not welcome in Dar Qat, and the Riedrans
+are noted for their xenophobia. Foreigners are
+barbarians and
+criminals whose very presence disrupts the spiritual evolution
+of the Riedran people. The pirates of the Thunder Sea
+have long helped to reinforce these stereotypes, and as a
+result, all Xen’drik business involving the empire must
+be conducted in the Riedran embassy in Cap-Tempête.
+Although a majority of Dar Qat’s inhabitants are
+human, the city has a signifi cant population of dromite and
+half-giant slaves. These psionic half-giants share a connection
+to both the land of their masters and the continent on
+which they now toil—native to Sarlona but descended from
+giant explorers who fled to that land after Xen’drik’s fall.
+For the most part, these slaves are kept passive by constant
+indoctrination and the effects of the hanbalani monolith.
+However, some develop the strength of will to rebel against
+their overlords, and escaped slaves might assist PCs against
+the plans of the Dreaming Dark.
+Infi ltrating Dar Qat is no small task, since the city’s
+human guards are supplemented by empty vessel psychic
+warriors, soulknives, and psions. Seers use remote viewing
+to watch the gates, and kineticists can bring considerable
+firepower to bear against foes who think to take the city by
+force. Though the Inspired seem to have little interest in
+confl ict with Cap-Tempête, they maintain a considerable
+garrison in Dar Qat—both in expectation of hostilities
+from Khorvaire and against the dangers their expeditions
+face exploring the wilds.
+Where there’s a will, there’s typically a way, however—
+especially if a party intent on entering the city has a
+sympathetic ally behind the walls. Perhaps a dromite elocater
+is hidden among the slaves—a gifted teleporter who has
+concealed her talents from her masters, and who is waiting
+for an opportunity to release her comrades from bondage.
+Leadership: Dar Qat is governed by Lord Ralastar
+(LE male tsucora Inspired telepath 5/thrallherd 7 [EPH 153]). He is supported by eleven Inspired aides and
+over seven hundred empty vessels, who perform the important
+and administrative tasks in the city. Although only
+twelve Inspired currently reside in Dar Qat, the presence of
+the empty vessels allows other quori to easily manifest within
+the city. Thus, agents of the Dreaming Dark can appear at
+any time, posing a threat to characters of any level. The
+commander of the guards is Harulkek (LE male tsucora
+Inspired psychic warrior 9), but if the Dreaming Dark or
+the Thousand Eyes suspects great danger, far more capable
+agents can be dispatched to protect the city.
+Demographics: Humans 95%, dromites 2%, other
+(empty vessels, giants, half-giants, Inspired) 3%.
+Economics: 2,000 gp purchase limit; no asset limit.
+Dar Qat is focused on processing trade goods and shipping
+to Sarlona, not trade within the city.
+Dar Qat. The Inspired lords of Riedra are just as interested in the resources of Xen'drik as the people of Khorvaire. Dar Qat is a Riedran port, a fortress built from glittering crysteel (grown crystal as strong as steel) and dwarfed by a nearby monolith believed to serve as a psychic anchor for the city. Outsiders are rarely welcome within the walls of Dar Qat.
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