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Horde Campaign

Official Game Adventure

by Curtis M. Scott

Table of Contents

Introduction ....................................... .2

Chapter 1 The Coming of the Horde ..................... .3

Chapter 2 The War of Semphar ........................ .11

Chapter 3 The Conquest of Khazari ..................... .16

Chapter 4 The Invasion of Shou Lung ................... .21

Chapter 5 The War with Thay .......................... .28

Chapter 6 The War in Rashemen ....................... .32

Color Plates. ...................................... .33

Chapter 7 The Crusade .............................. .52

Conclusion.. .................................... ..59

BATTLESYSTEM

Statistics ........................... .61

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Introduction

The steppe no-

mads have existed

for millennia. Ref-

erences to the

the scrolls of lost

Imaskar and the silver glyph plates of the First

Emperor of Shou Lung. In each age they seem

to live an unchanging existence; their customs,

gods and way of life never varying for centu-

ries.

This is no more true of the nomads than of

any other people. Tribes appear and disappear,

wars change grazing grounds, leaders come

and go. Life on the steppe seems changeless

because of the rigors of the steppe itself.

For thousands of years the peoples of

Faerun and Kara-Tur dismissed the nomads as

barbarians. No longer.

The Horde Wars, the Tuigan invasions of

Kara-Tur and Faerun, have had a major impact

on East and West. Landscapes have changed

permanently, the Dragonwall is broken, and

Khazari is no more. Zhentil Keep established

two new outposts deep in Faerun. The conse-

quences of Faerun unity, the result of the

Tuigan threat, have yet to be assessed. No

event in recent memory, save the Time of

Troubles, had such an impact on the future of

the Realms.

This is a history of the Horde Wars from a mil-

itary perspective. It is too soon to determine

what the long term effects of the Horde Wars

will be, but a careful accounting of the military

practices of the Horde and its opponents, and

an assessment of events leading to the Wars,

should provide military and political scholars

with employment in the years to come.

This history follows the life of Hoekun

Yamun, Khahan of the Tuigan, Emperor of All

The World, whose fortunes rose and fell with

the Horde Wars. Perhaps the most striking ele-

ment of the Wars is that they began with the

ambitions of one man, rather than political

and economic tensions. Koja of Khazari said,

Yamun Khahan tried to make the world over

in his image, to weave a picture that would

encompass the entire globe!" Even in failure

Yamuns name is forever engraved in the histo-

ry of the Forgotten Realms.

The author is indebted to the careful render-

ings of events painted by Thom Reaversons

History of the Crusade and Koja of Khazaris

Life among the Tuigan. Without the careful,

unbiased chronicles of these scholars, none

could undertake a history of the Wars with

accuracy.

The author also acknowledges the assistance

of the temple of Deneir in Procampur and

Prelate Wenslan Amthur, for allowing him to

examine the complete manuscript of Vilhiard

of Procampurs A Discovery of the World. It is

only with this older manuscript that nomad

life can be understood and the rise of Yamun

Khahan placed in context of the history of the

Endless Waste.

How to Use This Book

This single 48 page history can be under-

stood best if it is read in context with other

material of the Horde Wars: the Horde boxed

set, the Empires Trilogy (Horselords, Dra-

gonwall, and Crusade), and the Empires Ad-

ventures Trilogy (Storm Riders, Black Courser

and Blood Charge). Enough information is

given here, however, to allow military gamers

and FORGOTTEN REALMS® campaign enthusi-

asts to understand the scope of the Horde

Wars without them.

Miniatures gamers will also find AD&D®

BATTLESYSTEM statistics for all participants

in the Horde Wars. They will allow miniatures

gamers to recreate the battles of the Horde

Wars, of Yamun Khahan, General Batu Min Ho,

and King Azoun. Enough general information

about troop dispositions and terrain is given in

each chapter to allow miniatures gamers to

devise BATTLESYSTEM scenarios.

horse people are found in

Chapter 1

The Coming of

the Horde

The greatest joy a man can have is victory;

to conquer ones enemies, to pursue them, to

deprive them of their possessions, to reduce

their families to tears, to ride on their horses,

to make love to their wives and daughters!"

Yamun Khahan

The Grand Army of the Tuigan, known as

the Horde, was born in the violence of tribal

warfare and the betrayal of a single man.

Yamun, a noyan of the Hoekun (a minor tribe

of the Tuigan people), son of the Khan, stran-

gled his father in battle to gain the title. The

murder was the first in a long string of dra-

conian measures which made Yamun Khahan

and Emperor of All The World!"

Gaining control of the Hoekun (probably in

1334 DR), Yamun led his tribe against his

Tuigan neighbors. He gained the alliance of

another minor tribe (the Basymits), and togeth-

er they raided the Jamaqua, the Dalats, and

the other Tuigan tribes. After each raid, the

Khahan sent emissaries with a simple offer:

join him or die. Through a combination of

diplomacy, treachery and warfare, Yamun se-

cured the alliance of most of the Clan and was

elected Khahan of the Tuigan.

After asserting control over his own clan he

conquered the Naican, the Commani, and the

Oigur. The other tribes soon joined his grow-

ing army.

This was Yamun Khahans secret: instead of

crushing his ene-

mies and starting

could call upon. Some khans of small ordus

were greatly respected because they allied

with larger ordus and could call up the war-

riors of allies in time of war.

Regardless of their power, khans commonly

had rights and privileges granted to no other

member of the ordu. It was not permitted to

challenge the khan to a blood duel, and many

tribes maintained that it was an ill omen to

spill the blood of a khan. In return for his

service to the ordu, the khan was provided the

best food and lodging, although this was likely

no better than that enjoyed by the head of a

yurt.

Most disputes between ordus were managed

through a complex web of blood ties, mar-

riage, and obligations among the noyan. In

theory, disputes between ordus were settled

by peaceful means. In practice, disputes were

usually settled in favor of the most powerful

khan.

Despite political effort, warfare was waged

between ordus. Ordus battled for grazing or

water rights, raiders descended upon the

oboghs of neighboring ordu to steal livestock

or wives.

A tribe was made of many ordus. Tribes

ranged over specific geographic areas. Al-

though the boundaries were fluid, ordus often

crossed into the territory of a neighboring

tribe, creating border turmoil.

Khan was not the greatest title which could

be achieved. At rare moments when faced

with an outside threat or when a charismatic

leader arose, the khans might elect a

khahan, a great khan. Once awarded, the title

could not be taken away except by force. The

khahan was the ruler of all the khans of a

tribe, a title of great prestige and power. It nor-

mally went to the khan having the most power

and political savvy. Unless there was an obvi-

ously superior candidate, (or a crucial outside

threat) even a powerful khan was not always

named khahan. Only a few of the tribes had a

khahan, and two in one century was ex-

tremely rare.

blood feuds,

Yamun gave the

khans of the clans

a chance to join

him. In these ear-

ly days, dreams of world conquest governed

his actions. We have little documentation of

the battles among the steppe tribes. No reli-

able observers were there, and the Tuigan

themselves have no written language. There-

fore, the details gleaned by Koja of Khazari

during his stay with the Tuigan must guide our

analysis.

Organization of the Tribes

Those who have not lived in the Endless

Waste often view the nomads of the steppe as

a single people. The truth is that the barbari-

ans are divided into many different tribes,

each with its own customs, alliances, and ha-

treds.

The tribes of the steppe tend to follow the

same organization. The basic unit is the yurt,

ruled by the head of the household. A number

of grouped yurts become an obogh (horde).

The households of a single obogh typically

travel, hunt and herd together, though each

yurt tends its own livestock.

Three or four oboghs normally made up a

small ordu. Larger ordus contained as many

as 30 oboghs, though ordu of this size were

usually found only in the more prosperous

regions of the steppe. Within the ordu, certain

families are considered noyan (noble). The

hereditary leader of the ordu was the Khan.

Khans ruled their ordus, and each khan did

as he pleased, so long as his obogh would obey

him. The nomads were more likely to follow a

strong leader. In the face of a weak khan,

oboghs rarely separated from their ordu, wait-

ing instead for a more ambitious scion of the

noyan to come to power.

The power of a khan was determined by the

military force he commanded, or the allies he

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