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to the faithful to see through to completion. Aroden does
not control whether the Prophecies come true, they claim.
Adherents to the Prophecies do. Their constant expansion
and ever-growing financial holdings continue to inch
them toward the ultimate goal of their philosophy.
Although many Drumish dwarves support the selfdenying
rhetoric of Kalistrade’s prophets, the official
doctrine recognizes only humans as worthy of the universe’s
ultimate reward. Social status and cultural upbringing do
not matter to a Drumish merchant, so long as the adherent
is capable of generating wealth for himself and thus prove
his value to the world. Even freed or escaped slaves are
welcome to live by the dictates of the Prophecies, meaning
many refugees from Cheliax or Isger seek the fields and
mines of Druma as the first step to greater success in the
footsteps of Kalistrade. While some few escape the clutches
of poverty to become members of the ruling elite, most find
that their meager accumulation of wealth cements them into
lowly positions as menials or indentured servants. Many
join Druma’s justly infamous Mercenary League, while
others abandon the dour nation for the “freer” freedom of
the River Kingdoms.
Galt
ETERNAL REVOLUTION
Alignment: CN
Capital: Isarn (42,700)
Notable Settlements: Edme (13,600), Litran (4,900),
Woodsedge (14,200)
Ruler: Citizen Goss, Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
Government: Revolutionary anarchy
Languages: Common, Hallit
Religion: Calistria, Cayden Cailean, Erastil, Shelyn,
Norgorber, Iomedae
When Cheliax fell to deviltry with the ascendance of the
vile House Thrune, the scholars of its most distant vassal,
Galt, exploded with opprobrium. The half-elf philosopher
Hosetter, dean of the Torvin Academy of Edme, issued a
series of scathing political essays entitled Imperial Betrayal
that soon spread to the volatile cities of Andoran and
even the Chelish heartland, enumerating the crimes of
Cheliax’s new overlords and calling the people of a onceproud
nation to arms in defense of their common ideals.
At the same time, Darl Jubannich, the famous poet of
Woodsedge, capitalized on the unrest by issuing his own
highly publicized missives in a broadsheet series called
On Government, which undermined the very concept of the
divine right of kings. Sedition spread to all corners of the
empire, taking root in the disgruntled merchant classes of
Almas and fomenting open rebellion in Isarn, the ancient
capital of Galt. From there, rebellion blossomed into
revolt, with unruly mobs tearing down the old institutions
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of Cheliaxian rule and condemning the nation’s effete
nobility to the guillotine.
Only 5 years after helping the Revolutionary Council
he chaired establish Republicanism as the law of the
land, Hosetter himself was condemned to the headsman’s
axe. Jubannich f led to Andoran, abandoning the bloody
experiment he had helped initiate. Galt fell completely
under the sway of the mob, and the Red Revolution has
lasted now more than 40 years.
The people of Galt have been fiercely independent
throughout history, first as a semi-independent ally of
Taldor and buffer against the wild nations of the River
Kingdoms and later as the easternmost province of the
old Chelish Empire. When Galt fell to Cheliax in the Even-
Tongued Conquest, few of the decadent nobles in Oppara
mourned its loss, considering it but the most civilized
of the lawless River Kingdoms, a place where respectable
thieves and brigands went to retire. On the frontier far
from Westcrown, Galt developed a reputation for loose
laws and even looser morality, a magnet for artists, freethinkers,
and unorthodox scholars. Passion has always run
deep in Galt, and a nation once known for its hot-blooded
character has transformed into a nation best known simply
for its blood.
No government since Hosetter’s execution has lasted
more than a handful of years. From time to time, a bully
or patriot rises to take command of the Revolutionary
Council, but the reigns are always short, as infighting
and betrayal condemn leader after leader to public
executions before frenzied crowds. Only the masked
judges of the nation’s elaborate show trials command
enduring power, as their anonymous nature protects
them from retribution. The Revolution found its roots
in political idealism and an attempt to scapegoat the
nation’s Chelish nobility for its economic and social
problems. But the old nobles are long gone, f led to the
River Kingdoms or Andoran or thrust into the guillotine.
The old revolutionary fervor and bloodlust still remains,
but the aspirations of the past have given way to bitter
recrimination and endless efforts to punish those
responsible for the nation’s current woes. Revolution has
plundered Galt’s treasures, destroyed its universities,
and betrayed its people. Little remains now save hatred,
distrust, and fear—and the tireless guillotine.
Galt’s neighbors look upon their former ally with
apprehension and dread, fearing the spread of the mob
into their own borders. Andoran, having survived a
revolution of its own inspired by the same thinkers and
political situation, is especially wary of events in Galt, and
keeps a large army of minutemen stationed at the nations’
common borders in the Verduran Wood and the Five Kings
Valley. Overwhelmed by refugees in the early decades
of Galt’s coup, Andoran now refuses entry to all but the
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