Rise and Fall of the Runelords

The disappearance of the Heroes of Sandpoint

Thassilon was founded by First King Xin who had been exiled from his homeland of Azlant for promoting heretical beliefs. As the empire grew beyond the bounds of Xin's ability to control, both militarily and administratively, he appointed powerful wizards as governors to oversee his lands. The mightiest of these were the runelords, seven of the most skilled (and power-hungry) wizards in Thassilon, if not all of Golarion.

The runelords later assassinated Xin and subjugated those loyal to him—including his own son, who became a puppet emperor—while each plotted within his or her own lands to become ruler of all Thassilon.

Thassilon occupied parts of what today are the nations of Varisia, the Hold of Belkzen, and the Lands of the Linnorm Kings

Date of Setting

4707