Kenderax

Kenderax was one of the first children of Invernix and Sartoria. As a grandson of Typhon and Echidna, Kenderax was blessed with fire breath, impervious scale armor, and a prodigious arrogance.

Kenderax wished to conquer and reign over the people of Cimmeria. The dragon monarchs waited for Sadroston‘s death, but Kenderax was not so patient. He sowed his teeth to form an army of kobolds and then used his soldiers to conquer a kingdom. Kenderax attacked the dwarven city of Fangaroot. King Karnafaust of the Dwarves was incinerated by Kenderax and the dwarven people fled the city. The red dragon remained to rule over his kobold subjects and whatever slaves were brought before him.

Kenderax was content with this life for more than a century. He assisted his parents in conquering Cimmeria, specifically the Northern Terror Mountains where Invernix and Sartoria set up their realm. After the initial conquest of Cimmeria, Kenderax was able to relax and oppress his subjects in peace for many years.

Kenderax’s simple life of evil was interrupted by Shaelin for the dwarf lord had sworn an oath to avenge his brethren who perished during Kenderax’s invasion of Fangaroot. After being released from his oath of peace by King Cogard, Shaelin organized an army to retake Fangaroot. The dwarves invaded with their allies. Shaelin led a strikeforce straight to Kenderax. The dwarven paladin and the red dragon killed each other in the combat. Kenderax’s kobolds proved victorious in the broader conflict and repelled Shaelin’s army. Kenderax lay dead, but Fangaroot remained in draconic claws.

Kenderax left a legacy of death and destruction. His execution was one of the instigating events of the Dragon War. Fangaroot remained infested with kobolds for several more centuries. Eventually Balin and Terry rooted the kobolds out to reclaim the city under its new name, Balin’s Holt.

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Setting the Stage Podcast

86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

I interviewed Daniel, my cohost of the Tabletop Community Spotlight! Daniel created his own setting called Ithasen with an in-progress wuxia TTRPG system called Metanoia to go along with it. Ithasen has a spiritual force known as Ren that pervades the world. Ren is a magical manifestation of the user's, or Rennim's, will upon the universe. Rennim that cultivate their will grow stronger and capable of more amazing feats as the concentrate their power and force of personality.Within Ithasen there are seven lineages of people that decide what type of Ren they can use. Anamor use conversion Ren. Elkyr use flux Ren. Janim use elasticity Ren. Nyl use influence Ren. Okoi use recurrence Ren. Haqol use harmony Ren. Finally, Daruner use use coalescent ren. The two races lineages that drive unique politics in Ithasen are the Daruner and the Haqol.Daruner children absorb the Ren talents of both their parents, becoming a perfect blend of Daruner and another lineage parent. Through this mixing, a Daruner family could potentially include all other lineages within itself. This power has placed Daruner as the nobility of Ithasen.Haqol's power of harmony allows them to amplify the Ren powers of others. This puts Haqol in a vulnerable position as unscrupulous people will do anything to incorporate Haqol lineage into their bloodline. Haqol have experienced something akin to a genocide as their lineage has been consistently absorbed by other lineages and diluted over the centuries.There's a whole lot more than that so strap in!Daniel has a fully setup GitHub Wiki for information on Metanoia and Ithasen that you can explore.There's a Metanoid Discord server you can join to discuss the rules and setting with other fans.The occasional musing on TTRPGs can be found on Daniel's blog, Tabletop Discourse.GoCorral YouTube Channel for watching the Tabletop Community Spotlight.Vote in the CRIT Awards! Voting is open until August 23rd.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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