The Kingdom of Tor Navall lay between Chessenta and Turmish near where Akanul exists today. It was an old kingdom that thrived between 200 and 700 UC. The family crest was that of a white swan wings spread in flight over a blue sky. Although the kingdom no longer exists, numerous artifacts can still be found with its emblem across the realm. Plates, paintings, tapestries, and vases are the most common although in-tact armor of the royal army is highly valued by collectors because of the enchanted capes attached to them that move without wind. 

Tor Navall was ruled by a series of queens and is one of the earliest known matriachies of Faerun not counting the dark elves. The founding queen was Isabella Toreana, a formidable woman, who was both cunning and ambitious. Her daughter Dina was even more so and doubled the size of the kingdom through military conquests and shrewd trading. (See Rulers of Tor Navall on pages 312-343 for more detailed information.)

The main exports of Tor Navall were fabric and dishware. The blue gemstone daylily, now believed extinct, once thrived in Tor Navall and created a beautiful blue dye that was in heavy demand.

The downfall of the kingdom was slow but began about 400 UC when queen Tabithia Toreana the II began an ill-fated campaign to conquer neighboring kingdoms. Initially successful, her army pushed as far as the Shaar Desolation before laying siege to a desert city of Paresh Gelb now also lost to time. (See the City of Paresh Gelb on pages 711-742 for more detailed information.) Her army’s destruction was the result of bad timing rather than bad military tactics. They happened to arrive just at the beginning of the monsoon season. One night, a storm rolled through unlike any in recorded history before or after. The entire valley flooded. When the water receded several weeks later, the inhabitants of Paresh Gelb left their hilltop city to find 10,000 drowned soldiers of Tor Navall littering the surrounding valley. The body of queen Tabitha was never covered. The Gelbs could not burn the bodies so they dug huge burial crypts and buried the whole host. Some historians say this took 6 weeks, some 6 months, and some 6 years. The truth is lost to time.

Needless to say, the kingdom of Tor Navall continued to decline as they slowly lost territory until only a small patch of land remained containing the royal castle and its surrounding forests. The last queen of Tor Navall, Queen Isabella the 12th, married one of the neighboring rulers and Tor Navall was absorbed into their kingdom until the land of Akanul appeared and destroyed it. 

Excerpts from “Lost Kingdoms” by Kyrie Menather, historian bard.