The Master Tavern Keeper’s History of the Old World #272: “The Devastation of Nehekhara”

Step back into the tavern in Tobaro as the Master Tavern Keeper, Sedrik, and Heinrich recount the single darkest chapter in the history of the Old World: The Devastation of Nehekhara. When the Great Necromancer Nagash poisoned the Vitae Tarn in the World's Edge Mountains, he sealed the doom of an entire civilization. Over the course of a single agonizing year, the life-giving Vitae River transformed into the foul, black-blooded Great Mortis River. As toxic floods choked the fields and pestilence ravaged every city, only the immortal Liche Priests of the Mortuary Cult remained to witness and record the end of their nation. Join us as we read from their ancient Utterances, detail the heartbreaking fall of King Alcadizzar’s realm, and explore the horror that turned Nehekhara into the Land of the Dead. In this episode:

Tavern Banter: Sedrik’s dark riddle and a brief reprieve in Tobaro

The Mortis River: Nagash’s poisoning of the Vitae Tarn

The Utterances of the Mortuary Cult: Unfiltering the horror through ancient Liche Priest writings

Famine & Pestilence: The collapse of Nehekhara's crops, cities, and armies

The Flight to Araby: Desperate refugees flee toward the River of the Serpent

The Fall of King Alcadizzar: Nagash marches from Nagashizzar to claim his prize

"Once with 'Vitae' did you bless, but now with 'Mortis' do you curse..."

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