| Dûshera | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Location | East of Tantûrak |
| People and History | |
| Inhabitants | Men |
| Map | |
In Middle-earth Role Playing, Dûshera was a land in the southwest of Middle-earth south of the central Yellow Mountains between the Bay of Ûsakan to the west and the river Koros to the east.[1]
Dûshera was a warm, wet, hilly land that was criss-crossed by streams and punctuated with lakes and swamps. Dûshera was inhabited by various peoples, most notably Mûmakanin-speaking fisherfolk along the coasts and Chailuk-speaking Woses in the remote hills with the Nan Koros dominated by Mûmakani.[1] Dûshera was a sparsely settled land. Men with a ruddy complexion lived near the perimeter of the Pel Dûshera, a lake in the norwestern part of Dûshera, and in small independent hill towns along the base of the low mountains that flank the area. The inhabitants of the towns grew corn and wheat with some having been able to export some wheat to Elves and Hathorians in the south to river traders who were by majority Elves or Kirani.[2]
In the mid Third Age the borders of Dûshera were near the western edge of the rainforest in the west, the river Koros in the east and in the south along the hills that ran from the rainforest in the southwest almost to the swamp of Geeshaan in the southeast.[3]
Dûshera seems to have also been inhabited by Black Númenóreans and seems to have included a kingdom that was ruled by Black Númenóreans.[4]
History
In T.A. 1327, Uthcû, a Black Númenórean was born as the heir to the throne of a kingdom as the oldest son of Drecca, a Black Númenórean Prince in Dûshera. After having been informed by his arms instructor that his younger brother Jenthar had discovered that Uthcû had bribed his arms instructor to avoid unreasonable amounts of time in the training yard and that Jenthar intended to inform their father, the sixteen year old Uthcû killed his arms instructor and Jenthar with a dagger, but had to flee by horse when one of his father's guards saw him standing over the still form of his brother with a bloody dagger in his hand.[4]
In T.A. 1357 Uthcû left the bejewelled courts of Sarûl, the capital of the Black Númenórean realm of Tantûrak to join the [[Army of the Southern Dragon] of the Ringwraith Akhôrahil. He quickly rose through the ranks and had become a general by T.A. 1367[5] In T.A. 1641 he received a lesser ring of power that prolonged his live[6] from Akhôrahil[7]. After that,[7] Akhôrahil returned to Mordor at a request from Sauron[8]. The Army of the Soutnern Dragon led by Uthcû conquered Tulwang in T.A. 1657 and Ciryatandor in T.A. 1802 where Uthcû used Barad Carannûn as his capital. Ten years later, in T.A. 1812 Uthcû broke his ties with his liege Akhôrahil, but was killed three years later in T.A. 1815 when Sangarunya, a general loyal to Akhôrahil, led the eastern part of the Army of the Soutern dragon in a surprise attack on Barad Carannûn.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 . "Dûshera". Iron Crown Enterprises
- ↑ Terry K. Amthor (1982), The Court of Ardor (#2500), section 6.12 DÛSHERA, pp. 15-16
- ↑ Terry K. Amthor (1982), The Court of Ardor (#2500), GAMEMASTER'S REFERENCE MAP KEY, p. 8 and borderlines of Dûshera on map on p. 9
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 William E. Wilson, Gary D McClellan, Robert J. McCarter (1991), Nazgûl's Citadel (#8205), section 4.0 PEOPLE OF NOTE, UTHCÛ, pp. 23-24
- ↑ William E. Wilson, Gary D McClellan, Robert J. McCarter (1991), Nazgûl's Citadel (#8205), section 2.3 THE HISTORY OF NY CHENNACATT, p. 14
- ↑ William E. Wilson, Gary D McClellan, Robert J. McCarter (1991), Nazgûl's Citadel (#8205), section 4.0 PEOPLE OF NOTE, TARTAS IZAIN, p. 22
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 William E. Wilson, Gary D McClellan, Robert J. McCarter (1991), Nazgûl's Citadel (#8205), section 2.1 THE TALE OF YEARS, T.A. 1641 p. 6
- ↑ William E. Wilson, Gary D McClellan, Robert J. McCarter (1991), Nazgûl's Citadel (#8205), section 2.3 NY CHENNACATT AFTER T.A. 1640, p. 15
- ↑ William E. Wilson, Gary D McClellan, Robert J. McCarter (1991), Nazgûl's Citadel (#8205), section 2.1 THE TALE OF YEARS, p. 6