Editing Sundered Empire (section)

==Dragon Magazine==
Now, the sourcebooks for Chainmail hardly warranted the term. They were very minimalistic in terms of information. As such, whilst Chainmail was a thing, [[Wizards of the Coast]] tried to support it through a bevvy of articles taking place in various issues of [[Dragon Magazine]].

'''Dragon #285''' presents the very first of these articles; an examination of the history of the Empire of Ravilla, establishing that part of their motivation for spreading to conquer Western Oerik was to control [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|sorcerers]], whose sudden manifestation amidst their ranks they blamed for a sudden demonic resurgence. The article also came with a 3e profile for a new monster - the Crested Felldrake - and information on the Duelling Societies that the gray elves of Ravilla created before the Godwar erupted. As one of the articles nodding towards actually playing a D&D campaign set in the Sundered Empire, this sidebar includes some tips on how to represent a PC's membership in a Dueling Society.

'''Dragon #286''' expands upon Ahmut's Legion, mostly by detailing its alliance with the Red Scythe - an underground sect of [[Nerull]] worshippers who turned to the Reaper for the power to cast off their hated elven overlords. It also includes 3e stas of the [[Gnoll]] Slaughterpit [[Zombie]], a gruesome undead warrior made by [[fleshcrafting|sewing two extra arms and a second head onto a gnoll's corpse before reanimating it]].

'''Dragon #287''' details the founding of Thalos, incorporating a sidebar with 3e stats for worshipping [[Stern Alia]] the Shield Mother (alignment: Lawful Neutral in Eastern Oerik, Lawful Good in Thalos, symbol: shield, holy weapon: longsword, [[Cleric Domain|domains]]: Law, Protection, War) and 3e stats for the Hammerer, a powerful melee-focused war-constructed created by Thalosian gnomish [[artificer]]s.

'''Dragon #288''' focused on Chainmail's own mechanics, providing an illustrated guide to combat in order to make it easier to understand.

'''Dragon #289''' talks about the gnollish hordes of Naresh, and includes a 3e statblock for the Abyssal Maw, a new demon originally introduced as part of the Nareshian hordes. This demon would later go on to reappear in official sourcebooks in both 4th edition and 5th edition.

'''Dragon #290''' steps back into focusing on Chainmail mechanics, providing a number of potential tactics for a player to use to lead their warband to victory.

'''Dragon #291''' looked at the history of the dwarven People's State of Mordengard, and provided a 3e statblock for one of their elemental troopers, the Stone Spike.

'''Dragon #292''' featured a two-fer deal; a look at Drazen's horde of hobgoblins, with stats for the battle-trained War Ape, and a look at some unconventional possible configurations for warbands.

'''Dragon #293''' examines an area of the Sundered Empire not officially covered in the splatbooks; the Free States, a former puppet state of Ravilla and now a band of loosely-aligned independent races struggling to survive in the Godwar. This provides a new Chainmail mercenary trooper, the [[Ogre]] Merc. It also takes a look at a nonstandard approach to Mordengard warbands.

'''Dragon #294''' looks at some new underground-set adventure scenarios for Chainmail, and how to take advantage of those in D&D, as well as some sample warbands focused on three-player or larger games of Chainmail.

'''Dragon #295''' examines the Children of Nassica, five relics from the Demon War of Ravilla's ancient past, and how to use those in both Chainmail and D&D. It then follows up with some tactics specifically aimed at those looking to play three-player and larger games of Chainmail.

'''Dragon #296''' talks about the history of the Scalebane battlefield, the sight of an ancient slaughter of dragons, and provides 3e stats for the Ebon Glaive, an artifact-weapon forged for Stratis himself to fight dragons. It folllows up with some examples of new Drazen's Horde warbands to take advantage of the Hobgoblin Adept commander.

'''Dragon #297''' provides five new Chainmail scenarios tied into the Ghostwind Plateau expansion.

'''Dragon #298''' examines House Kilsek, the exiled [[drow]] faction, in greater detail, complete with two new Prestige Classes based on models from the warband; the Bloodsister, a female drow warrior specialized in tunnel-fighting, dual-wielding and sneak attacks, and the Nightshade, a [[drow]] assassin with a magical affinity for venom.

'''Dragon #315''' was the last issue to ever have anything to do with the setting, introducing the Soldiers of the Last Order, a militant splinter-sect of Drazen's Horde that has developed around a new worship of [[Nomog-Geaya]], the racial patron of hobgoblins. It comes complete with a prestige class to represent the Boge (Shaman) of Nomog-Geaya, a powerful warrior-cleric dedicated to spreading his word.

In addition to the above, Chainmail also found a secondary home in the "Role Models" articles for issues 286, 287, 289 and 290, covering specific paint schemes and modelling tips.

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