Tal the Just

After the Desolation of Lanaria, Tal, a younger son of the Emperor, took five score refugees, across the Dagger Sea and settled in the land of Westrun. There, they found themselves at war with the Nandi tribesmen and were forced to carve out strongholds in the marshes of that foreboding land. Tal resisted calls to become the leader of this new people, creating instead a set of laws and a juridical body, under which they all would live.

In time, the refugees intermarried with the more peace-abiding savages, turning them from hunting and gathering to permanent habitations. Chief among these habitations was the New Ald Casera on the Edge of the Water, which came to be known more simply as the City of Watersedge. From that city-state many provinces would come to be ruled; and the kingdom which descended from the principality would come to bear the name of its founder: Talir.

It is a natural place then for the colossus of Tal the Just to have been raised. This great statue was a gift to the people of Talir from the last of the Vyrum craftsmen, Hlaloreon the Bard. Hlaloreon had taken refuge among the people of Watersedge for many years while he was hunted by those who sought vengeance upon him.  

The colossus stands astride the walled harbor of Watersedge, one foot upon each terminal point of the sea wall. While the years and the salt have been unkind to its pockmarked surface, the structure is still intact and fills visitors with wonder. The lighthouses under each of its feet have guided many ships upon the Dagger Sea to safe harbor.