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07-15-2009, 05:18 PM
Source: Dreams of the Red Wizards (AD&D), circa 1357 DR
The Agneh: This family has a long history of Tharchions and Wizards in its membership. The most illustrious current member is Mari Agneh, Tharchioness of Bezantur, who was the black sheep of the family because of her past as an adventuring thief until she was appointed to her current post. She has embraced her family again and appointed most of them to official posts within her city government. Many people have noticed that these posts are those with the most prestige for the least work-a situation about which the family members have never been heard to protest. The Agneh clan is the leading family of Bezantur.
The Tharchioness of Bezantur, Mari Agneh, rules the city with a light but whimsical hand. Uniquely, she rules and gathers her taxes by theft. There are no tax collectors or custom officers at the docks to collect a percentage of a cargo. There are no bureaucrats waiting to be bribed. But every cargo that is conveyed anywhere on the docks or through the city, or stored in one of the hundred of warehouses, leaves Bezantur lighter than it entered.
Dockworkers, warehousemen, porters, drayers, and random beggars are all members of the Thieves Guild, and Mari Agneh is the Upright Man of the Guild.
One might wonder why she bothers, as she could do the same thieving officially, but her heritage as a master thief probably has something to do with it. As a result of this policy of taxation by theft, the city watch is very slow to respond to any calls for assistance because of theft.
Source: Spellbound (AD&D), circa 1368 DR
After a brief power struggle, Aznar Thrul became Tharchion of the Priador after defeating Mari Agneh, the Tharchioness of Bezantur.
After the Priador tharch’s creation, the Tharchioness of Bezantur, Mari Agneh, made it clear that she wanted rulership over the expanded province. Her rival, the cunning and thoroughly wicked Aznar Thrul, squared off with her in a furious wizard’s conflict from which he emerged the victor, reducing Agneh to the status of mindless slave. Agneh lives today, a puppet to Thrul’s will and kept alive for his amusement, though most believe she is dead.
In the wake of the conquest of the coastal cities and the Salamander War, Bezantur was reorganized as provincial capital of the new tharch of the Priador. Aznar Thrul, an ambitious young Red Wizard, and Mari Agneh, tharchioness of Bezantur, were the leading candidates for rulership of the new tharch. When Agneh disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the position went to Thrul, who has ruled with an iron hand ever since.
With a population of over 100,000, Bezantur is Thay’s largest city, vital to the nation’s prosperity and ultimate survival. During her tenure, the whimsical Mari Agneh eliminated all taxes in Bezantur, contenting herself with confiscating small portions of every cargo which entered her city. Under Aznar Thrul this policy has continued, making Bezantur a thriving port city where anything and everything is available for purchase.
Unknown to anyone save Aznar Thrul and his closest friends, the citadel houses former tharchioness of Bezantur Mari Agneh, thought by most to be dead. In fact, the ex-tharchioness would probably be better off dead, since she now lives as Aznar Thrul’s mindless slave. It amuses the tharchion to keep his predecessor in this state, bent to his will, acting as a sycophantic servant and entertainment for guests at his elaborate parties. For her part, Mari may or may not be aware of how she is being treated; if she is ever freed from the magical compulsion, her desire for vengeance will be terrible to behold.
The Agneh: This family has a long history of Tharchions and Wizards in its membership. The most illustrious current member is Mari Agneh, Tharchioness of Bezantur, who was the black sheep of the family because of her past as an adventuring thief until she was appointed to her current post. She has embraced her family again and appointed most of them to official posts within her city government. Many people have noticed that these posts are those with the most prestige for the least work-a situation about which the family members have never been heard to protest. The Agneh clan is the leading family of Bezantur.
The Tharchioness of Bezantur, Mari Agneh, rules the city with a light but whimsical hand. Uniquely, she rules and gathers her taxes by theft. There are no tax collectors or custom officers at the docks to collect a percentage of a cargo. There are no bureaucrats waiting to be bribed. But every cargo that is conveyed anywhere on the docks or through the city, or stored in one of the hundred of warehouses, leaves Bezantur lighter than it entered.
Dockworkers, warehousemen, porters, drayers, and random beggars are all members of the Thieves Guild, and Mari Agneh is the Upright Man of the Guild.
One might wonder why she bothers, as she could do the same thieving officially, but her heritage as a master thief probably has something to do with it. As a result of this policy of taxation by theft, the city watch is very slow to respond to any calls for assistance because of theft.
Source: Spellbound (AD&D), circa 1368 DR
After a brief power struggle, Aznar Thrul became Tharchion of the Priador after defeating Mari Agneh, the Tharchioness of Bezantur.
After the Priador tharch’s creation, the Tharchioness of Bezantur, Mari Agneh, made it clear that she wanted rulership over the expanded province. Her rival, the cunning and thoroughly wicked Aznar Thrul, squared off with her in a furious wizard’s conflict from which he emerged the victor, reducing Agneh to the status of mindless slave. Agneh lives today, a puppet to Thrul’s will and kept alive for his amusement, though most believe she is dead.
In the wake of the conquest of the coastal cities and the Salamander War, Bezantur was reorganized as provincial capital of the new tharch of the Priador. Aznar Thrul, an ambitious young Red Wizard, and Mari Agneh, tharchioness of Bezantur, were the leading candidates for rulership of the new tharch. When Agneh disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the position went to Thrul, who has ruled with an iron hand ever since.
With a population of over 100,000, Bezantur is Thay’s largest city, vital to the nation’s prosperity and ultimate survival. During her tenure, the whimsical Mari Agneh eliminated all taxes in Bezantur, contenting herself with confiscating small portions of every cargo which entered her city. Under Aznar Thrul this policy has continued, making Bezantur a thriving port city where anything and everything is available for purchase.
Unknown to anyone save Aznar Thrul and his closest friends, the citadel houses former tharchioness of Bezantur Mari Agneh, thought by most to be dead. In fact, the ex-tharchioness would probably be better off dead, since she now lives as Aznar Thrul’s mindless slave. It amuses the tharchion to keep his predecessor in this state, bent to his will, acting as a sycophantic servant and entertainment for guests at his elaborate parties. For her part, Mari may or may not be aware of how she is being treated; if she is ever freed from the magical compulsion, her desire for vengeance will be terrible to behold.