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Originally posted by sleyvas
Several weeks later, using the Phylactery of Mellifleur and the Skull Staff of the Necromancer, Velsharoon performs a ritual to transfer the “spirit” of the god Mellifleur from the Phylactery of Mellifleur and into the vestige phylactery that is part of the Skull Staff of the Necromancer. The next day, Mellifleur's consciousness was sent to “the place where vestiges go”. Mellifleur then made a pact with the vestige of Karsus and transferred it into the vestige phylactery that is part of the Skull Staff of the Necromancer, and then establishes telepathic rapport with Karsus via the staff. Using the now cleansed Phylactery of Mellifleur as a focal point, in a modified Ritual of Endless Night, Velsharoon ascends to godhood with the sponsorship of the deity Talos. The red wizards of Soorenar are some of the first converts, and many former priests of Myrkul in Thay flock to the city in order to turn the land surrounding the Tower Terrible into a temple complex.

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In –8350 DR, a splinter tribe of the ancient Durpari
traveled northeast to settle in the fertile basin of the
Raurin Plateau. During the Nemrut period (–8350 to
–7975), named for the civilization’s first warlord, the
Imaskari lived in tribal communities ruled by chiefs and
the warrior aristocracy. The spread of agriculture during
this time led to a rising population and the founding of
many farming villages on the plateau.
The founding of the Imperial City of Inupras ushered
in the Early Dynastic period (–7975 to –6422), when
Umyatin assumed the title of lord artificer and emperor.
This period was marked primarily by the Imaskari elite’s
mastery of transdimensional magic. The artificers used
this knowledge to create a sprawling network of portals,
which allowed them to cross vast distances in the blink of
an eye. These permanent, two-way portals were constructed
as circles of massive bronze spires, each etched with an
intricate runic design said to be batrachi in origin. These
Bukhara Spires allowed whole legions to pass swiftly from
one domain to the next, precipitating the rapid expansion
of the Imaskar Empire across eastern Faerűn. By the end
of the Early Dynastic period, the empire’s borders reached
from the Great Ice Sea to the Golden Water, and from the
Alamber Sea to the Katakoro Plateau in Kara-Tur.
First to fall to the burgeoning empire were the kobold
tribes of Zexthandrim, followed by the korobokuru
dwarves of Shan Nala. Subsequent campaigns brought
about the subjugation of the Taangan steppe peoples and
the annexation of Khati, Durpar, and Ulgarth. Imaskar’s
first military defeat came in –6788 DR, when its western
outpost in Aerilpar was besieged by forest landwyrms.
A Raudor peasant rebellion followed in –6779, but the
uprising was quickly put down.

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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
At the moment I've only got one arena detailed in unther but you are right, blood sports should be a major focus in untheric society. I also have one heresy in unther that of bane and milgram being the same, I see no reason not to expand that to include other faerunian deities whose churches are trying to make inroads into untheric society. I think I would opt for tchazzars worship rather than lathander as it has a much closer proximity and an ancient enmity between the two.

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Originally posted by Gary Dallison
as for the setites, I've been trying to figure out the ultimate goal of these rebellious infiltrators. While the cult of Set invariably wants the pharaohs overthrown, I think the okothian sarrukh infiltrating their ranks would much rather bring one of the pharaohs children over to their side and use him as a puppet pharaoh.
I originally discounted yuan ti because there is no mention of them in okoth and also because they were created in mhairshaulk in chult. I was going down the route of using were serpents but lately I have been toying with the idea of a new breed of histaachi like creatures.

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