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The History of the Nation of
Kul Tiras
Part I:
General Information
Part II: History
Part III: People & Culture
Part IV: Geography of the Land
Part V: Sites & Settlements
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General Information |
| Capital: |
Boralus |
| Population: |
10,000 (85% human, 10% Ironforge
dwarf, 3% high elf, 2% goblin) |
| Government: |
Hereditary monarchy |
| Religion: |
Holy Light |
| Ruler: |
Admiral Tandred Proudmoore |
| Languages: |
Common, Dwarven, Goblin,
Thalassian |
| Resources: |
Gold, grain, livestock, seafood,
lumber |
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History
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one-thousand years ago, the city-state of Kul Tiras was founded upon a
large island west of Khaz Modan and in between Azeroth and Lordaeron.
Kul Tiras developed a thriving economy based on fishing and exports.
Over the years mighty fleets of merchant vessels were built and they
sailed throughout the seas in search of exotic goods to trade and
sell.
 Over the many years
the great nation of Kul Tiras thrived on exports of seafood,
livestock, lumber, grain, gold, and other artifacts. Also over the
years they have developed problems with pirates and raiders on the
seas and on the coasts. Murlocs constantly posed a problem to those
on the island. These threats, however, have become larger and more
serious especially since the Second War all the way to present day.
Always possessing a
heavily armed and extremely powerful fleet, Kul Tiras only used their
war vessels to protect shipping passages between the mainland and the
island. Upon the Second War, their war fleets were unleashed as Grand
Admiral Daelin Proudmoore entered Kul Tiras into the Alliance and took
a vow to help his old friend, Sir Anduin Lothar. Despite the first
sea battle against the orcish war fleet which resulted in the
destruction of the human war ships, the armada of Kul Tiras proved to
be a valuable asset of the Alliance war effort. Throughout the war
Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore proved to be one of the staunchest
supporters of the Alliance. Even though the fleets had triumphed in
the Second War, the Horde ships devastated the fleet and it never has
recovered since. For this, the people of Kul Tiras hold a dire hatred
for the orcs.
 One notable event
happened in the final days of the Second War during the Siege of
Blackrock Spire. As the Alliance mobilized their forces to end the
orcish threat once and for all, Sir Lothar attempted to arrange a
meeting with the orcish warchief Orgrim Doomhammer. However, the
parley proved to be an ambush. Orcs and ogres tore Lothar and his
party asunder. Furious of the death of Anduin Lothar, Grand Admiral
Daelin Proudmoore took command of the Alliance forces and assaulted
Blackrock Spire. After an intense battle the Alliance forces were
victorious and ran the orcs out. Once the orcs retreated to the Dark
Portal in the Blasted Lands, they were destroyed.
Several years after,
the Third War erupted. Kul Tiras sent its fleets against the undead
Scourge but was able to do very little. Most of the ships were
destroyed, heavily damaged, or retreated back to Kul Tiras.
For reasons unknown
to the people of Kul Tiras, Jaina Proudmoore, a powerful sorceress and
daughter to dear Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore, sailed to west
Kalimdor and took half of the remaining fleet with her. Several
months later, the Grand Admiral, figuring out that he could not
prevent Lordaeron’s fall and reckoning that his daughter may require
help in the western lands took the remaining ships and sailed to meet
her. Neither of the Proudmoore’s have returned nor has any word come
back from Kalimdor.
 In the absence of
his father Admiral Tandred Proudmoore is now the acting Grand Admiral of Kul Tiras. In the four years since Daelin Proudmoore’s departure
Tandred has build the Kul Tiras fleet back up but it compares not to
the once grand fleets of years past. With help from his lady friend
Captain Misham Waycrest they do their best to destroy the Murlocs,
Naga, and pirates that threaten the coasts and vessels of our Great
Nation of Kul Tiras. Tandred does what he can with the fewer ships
and fewer men available but does not quite fill his father’s shoes.
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People & Culture
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people of Kul Tiras are wealthy, especially compared to the ravaged
northern lands, and proud of their
 nation. They wear traditional
green and fly flags with Kul Tiras’ anchor emblem. Like Hillsbrad’s
citizens, Kul Tiras’ people celebrate Hordefall every year. They hate
the Scourge for wiping out the rest of their continent; they hate naga,
murlocs and pirates for sinking their ships and stealing their
resources; and they hate orcs for decimating their fleets in the
Second War. They are staunch members of the Alliance and friends of
Ironforge.
The citizens of Kul
Tiras possess a deep-seated anxiety. Their eyes dart about. Often
looking to the west, where the greatest leaders of Kul Tiras and many
of their warriors vanished, they wonder if they will ever again see
their missing families. They are glad to have a Proudmoore as their
leader, but all know that Tandred is not the man his father was.
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Geography of the Land
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Tiras is a large island off Khaz Modan’s west coast, between Azeroth
and Lordaeron. The unsettled areas are covered with rolling hills and
sparse evergreen woods. Nearby Crestfall, immediately off the
northeast coast, and farther Tol Barad, in the same direction, are
also parts of Kul Tiras. Kul Tiras is temperate, though subject to
sudden ocean storms. The nation is also very windy, which makes
zeppelin rides perilous. Wild game includes few forest creatures such
as foxes, squirrels and the occasional black bear. Kul Tiras’ shores
possess good fishing and provide ample seafood. It is said that Kul
Tiras has the best lobster and king crab in all the land.
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Sites &
Settlements
Boralus,
Crestfall, Tol Barad,
The Sea
  oralus,
Kul Tiras’ capital, lies on the island’s west coast. The city’s
population has dwindled since Jaina’s and Daelin’s exodus, and many
houses and surrounding farms lie empty. Currently the city's
population stands at four-thousand heads. The people have drawn
in away from the fringes and toward the coast; one can wander for a
short while through the abandoned residential districts and market
places in the city’s east side. An ideal place for a secret society
or hidden cabal, the town was eerily quiet. Still, Boralus is a
friendly enough harbor, though almost all its citizens carry long
knives to “gut the murlocs and naga.” Kul Tiras’ diminished fleet
patrols the wasterways leading to the harbor, so merchants from
Southshore, Menethil Harbor and (rarely) Kalimdor make Boralus a
regular stop.
large island off Kul Tiras’ northeast coast, Crestfall boasts a
sizable community of boaters and fishermen. These people do not like
strangers—some visitors are nearly shot when approaching a town at
night on this island. The riflemen are constantly on guard from the
naga have been plaguing them recently. Rumors abound that a large
naga force, under a warlord called Zethresh, hides near Crestfall’s
west shore. Zethresh reputedly seeks to cleanse the ocean and her
isles of human encroachment.
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secret is kept from many of the world and most are never allowed to
visit.
The site of many
historic battles in the Second War, Tol Barad is now home to a magic
prison. Wizards from both Dalaran and Stormwind
 oversee the complex,
and prisoners include enemy mages, lesser and greater demons, warlocks
and undead war criminals. The wizards do not allow anyone near the
island and keep the prison’s existence a secret.
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biggest asset to Kul Tiras is also its greatest danger: the sea.
Murlocs and naga crawl from the sea to torment sailors and fishermen.
Priates roam the waters preying on merchant vessels. Captain Dannol
Scurvgrin, a truly vile pirate lord, has ties to the Bloodsail Pirates
of the South Seas and sees Kul Tiras as his next big prize.
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