Unther
Ruled modern day Reinestad for some time. Pantheon was heavily involved, nearly direct rule of their people. Some of the arcane orders of Unther rebelled against the God-Kings, uncovering several lost Imastari portals to other realms and opening one seeking allies against their oppressors. They unknowingly opened a portal to a world of fanatically religious orcs, who flooded through and waged war on Reinestad. The orcs brought their pantheon of gods with them, and together seemed poised to take all of Astora. Mulhorand allied with Unther and together they waged war on the orcs, eventually winning a pyrrhic victory. Most of the Untheric pantheon lay dead, along with several Mulhorandi gods, but the orcs were scattered, their surviving gods in flight to the outer planes, and the portal closed. At this time Enlil, patriarch of the Untheric pantheon, abdicated his throne and left the realm, leaving his son Gilgeam as sole remaining deity and God King of Unther. Gilgeam continued to rule for over a millenia, though as time passed the people of Unther began to chafe under his rule, triggering a feedback loop of unrest triggering a heavier handed rule, which then triggered more unrest. By the end of his rule, Gilgeam held a tenuous grasp on Unther, maintained only through his divine strength and the strength of his few remaining followers. Tiamat, a long-standing enemy of Gilgeam, conspired to take down her rival, and set her followers to spread her cult throughout Unther. Many flocked to her banner, happy for any opportunity to extract themselves from Gilgeam’s rule, and soon the cult of Tiamat had grown strong enough to summon her to Astora. Once there, she set to work dismantling Gilgeam’s rule and preparing to take him down. Upon discovering her presence, Gilgeam marched out and challenged Tiamat to direct combat. In the battle that followed, Tiamat was slain by Gilgeam, though it was a hard fought victory for him. Unknown to Gilgeam, Tiamat had planned for this outcome, and had already enlisted dragons of the five chromatic flights to be her vessel in the event of her death. When the five dragons reunited, Tiamat was reborn on Astora, and flew out to slay the now weakened Gilgeam. The nation of Unther fell along with Gilgeam, descending into anarchy as Tiamat and her cultists ran rampant with power through the land, causing widespread death and destruction. Fearing the destruction would not be contained to Unther’s now defunct borders, Netheril mounted a massive military response, personally led by their Mage-King, Karza. Tiamat was hunted down by an avatar of Kord, seeking vengeance for the death of Gilgeam, and her cultists were systematically hunted down, facing death or exile by the hands of the Netherese. Their borders now secure, Netheril returned to their homes, having no desire to take on the burden of restoring order to the now broken realm.
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