Editing Arkhosia

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'''Arkhosia''' is a historical empire from the [[Nentir Vale]] setting of [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. It was the great empire of the [[dragonborn]], ruled over by both [[Metallic Dragon]]s and [[Chromatic Dragon]]s in a rare and almost unthinkable alliance, but was ultimately brought low by a decades-long bloody war with the [[tiefling]] empire of [[Bael Turath]].

Most of the details on Arkhosia come from the "Ecology of the Dragonborn" article in issue #365 of [[Dragon Magazine]] and from the "Player's Handbook Races: Dragonborn" mini-sourcebook.

The Arkhosian dragonborn were master of the arts of blending magic with martial traditions, with extensive colleges training both [[swordmage]]s and [[bladesinger]]s for use on the battlefield. This would even pass on to some of their vassal states; Rethmil, a human nation-state, maintains a tradition of "[[knight]]s" in the form of swordmages and bladesingers riding [[dragonne]]s, because of its time as a vassal to Arkhosia.

The primary [[Dragon Gods]] of Arkhosia were [[Io]], [[Bahamut]] and [[Tiamat]], with Bahamut being the empire's primary patron and Tiamat pushed from acceptable worship over the course of its life. It was also home to two unique faiths; the Arkhosian Imperial Church, which worshipped a triumvirate of [[Erathis]], [[Ioun]] and [[Kord]], and the Io's Children faith, which revered Bahamut and Tiamat simultaneously, but also downplayed their moral extremeness, presenting them as polar opposites that point towards a middle way that is neither good nor evil, but a draconic ideal.

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