Traatonor

Traatonor is imfamous as the Robber Baron. The God of greed, corruption, and selfishness. A great number of empires have banned the worship of Traatonor. Those that haven't frown on his worship. Its hard to argue, however, that he has not been one of the most influential Gods.

Even before his ascension, Traatonor was not a generous man. The Empire of Ariali (the Empire of the Silver Shadow, in elvish) was little more than a kleptocracy ruled by Traatonor and his cronies. The people were highly taxed and lived in poverty while the ruling class lived in sprawling, luxurious estates. No man was richer than Traatonor himself. The capital city of Traatonor served as merely a place to store his servants and workers who worked tirelessly to serve him in his palace. Despite this, Traatonor understood the power of magic and made sure the best conduits and arcanists were in his payroll and kept happy. Even as his people ate dirt to soften the bite of their hunger, the ruling class of Ariali pushed the boundaries of what was magically possible. His ascension 1200 years ago was marked by dark ages broken only by Aleros himself.

Traatonor's legacy has permeated very empire, republic, and kingdom that has followed. Not bothering to communicate with the masses, Traatonor speaks only to the rich and powerful. He guides them not towards a better world but toward greater wealth. He slowly trains them to abandon morals and ethics in favor for the ultimate utility of money and political power. Despite everyone's best attempts, the sociopathic men and women who embrace Traatonor are difficult to discover and even more difficult to uproot. Rumor has it that the servants of Traatonor have since been twisted into a race of lizardmen who haunt the borders of his cataclysm. These rumors, however, are largely dismissed.

Traatonor's riverside estate, on the far eastern midline of Sorrial, quickly turned to swampland. This slowed and swelled the Pandere River which has allowed the Werran woods to spring up around it. Not many have sought to wander in to Traatonor's cataclysm and most do not return. The few who return suggest those who died were the lucky ones.