In 725 Syranthir left his home and his enemies after learning that his wife and brother had slept together. His army, ever loyal to him, chose to follow. They set off to follow the Janube river east, eventually finding employ as mercenaries by the Sweet Sea merchants to combat the Baloris barbarians. After performing this service, Syranthir and his army traveled east into lands unknown to civilized peoples.
In 729 Syranthir met the Pelandans of lake Orin who guided him down the Oronin river where Dolebury (later the capital of Carmania) was established. Syranthir fell in love with the Lady of Lake (she is the daughter of the lake and the goddess of water) and oracle for the people of lake Oronin. He pledged to help fight the surrounding Spolite horde that threatened her people. They began their relationship when he visited the city wall of Kendesos.
The Lady of Lake (Charmain) had a castle in the water (called Castle Blue). She prohibited her lover from coming there, so they usually met on a small island in the lake.
Aegrastus, king of the Spolites, had a magical mirror that he used as
a weapon against Loskalmi Knights called "Mirror of Gbaji". The
mirror could find the weaknesses in things. Spolites also feared the
mirror but they always won battles while they dared to use it and saw
their own weaknesses. So Carmanians defeated Spolites but could not
chase their retreat. The Lady of Lake told Syranthir that she had an
item that could defeat even the evil magic of Gbaji's Mirror. Out of
concern for the Pelandans he pledged to protect, he felt it necessary
to gain access to this item of power. So, he set out in a boat with a
companion. He stayed on the island while the comanion (impersonating
Syranthir) pushed off into the water and paddled the boat back to
shore. He either followed the Lady of Lake or found a spiral
passageway that led into the water around the island. He actually
rode his white stallion down the spiral road into the water of the
lake. Syranthir never returned from this HeroQuest but did get to
meet his baby son, Carmanos during the journey. More information on
this quest can be found at:
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/syranthirdeath-e.htm
There seems to be some controversy of whether Carmanos made pilgrimages or prophetic retreats from Castle Blue to the world of humans while he was growing up. However:
In 750 ST Carmanos the Prophet, son of Syranthir and the goddess Charmain (Lady of the Lake), returned from Castle Blue bearing the legendary Tablets of Stone. At the city of Brinnus he taught first taught the new doctrine that combined the Jernotian Way of Pelanda with the wizard Estrekor's Romanakrin doctrine. He exalted Idovanus as Romanakirn – the Highest God, the God of Good. This Romanakrin way described the role of the Invisible God's two prime emanations – Idovanus and Gansatarus. Carmanos established the Order of Magi to expose the deceit of Gansatarus and to divine the will of Idovanus. He restricted the worship of Idovanus to the Order of Magi. However, the rest of the population is allowed to worship Good Gods as determined by the Magi.
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