Qalatesh
races = Qabalrin Elfes (formerly); Vampires|source = Dungeon Magazine 122, pg. 73-80|country = Qabalrin empire|size = City-state|area = Khyber under the Anneau de Tempêtes}}Qalatesh is the name for the capital of the city-state of the Qabalrin, the Perdu civilization of Elfes from the Âge des Géants that once occupied the Anneau de Tempêtes in Xen'Drik.
Histoire
The Qabalrin Elfes were the first mortals to discover the great mysteries of necromancy. They are said to be responsible for the creation of the first vampires.
Their city-state was destroyed by a Géant Siberys dragonshard that fell from the sky more than forty-millennia ago. The resulting impact created the Anneau de Tempêtes. The Elfique city existed over a thousand miles southeast of what is modern-day Cap-Tempête.
The Qabalrin were powerful conjurers and necromancers. The Géants believed that the Qabalrin's magic was evil, and derived from L'Ombre of their version of the Sovereign of Light and Law, Ouralon. When their civilization was destroyed the Géants declared that Ouralon was punishing the Elfes for deriving their magic from his Ombre.
Legacy
The impact of the Heart of Siberys striking the land created the Anneau de Tempêtes and dropped the ruins of the Qabalrin city-state into Khyber.
The traditions of the Qabalrin are rumored to have Inspiré the dark practices of the line of Vol, and the faith of The Le Sang Divin was first started in the island of Farlnen in the Principautés de Lhazaar.
The ruins of the Qabalrin Elfes are now occupied by various Mort-vivant remnants of their people.
Notes
The fortress city of the Qabalrin is not named in any Eberron sourcebooks. The capital of the Perdu Elfique civilization of the Anneau de Tempêtes is named Qalatesh in the Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard real-time-strategy video game.