The people of the Golden Realm, as do many in the south, have dark skin. It is one of the Twelve Nations.
Connections
- Cataphracts are elite troops of the Golden Realm.
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The lady of Adherion said that her slippers were made of silk from the Golden Realm (30.03)
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The Golden Realm was recently defeated by an alliance of the gnolls of the Burning Land and the orcs of Grumluda at the Battle of the Last River
- Elhanen the Silent has brought cataphracts and blind lion priests to the Shuttered City. She stole Last Light, the sword of the King in Yellow.
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The Golden Realm is a centre of worship for the King in Splendour
- Teodo, the Golden Realm’s most sacred artifact, was cast from melted-down swords that were themselves forged from meteors. It was recently taken by the gnolls, but the Great Mother refuses to have it in the City of Smoke (50.30).
- There are Golden Realm slaves in the Burning Lands. One, Abassi, has converted “praying gnolls” to the King.
- When the elf court split and the unseelie elves departed, it is said that they went - along with the horses - by white barge to the Golden Realm. Also among the Twelve Nations is Alacoda, nation of the high elves.
- Zealots who were expelled from the Golden Realm for their extreme views live in a tower (07.33), fight with gleaming metal armour, are blind except for their one-eyed leader, and torture people to convert them to the worship of the King in Splendour.