In 3007 AR, when Taldor founded the province of Cheliax, the region of Ravounel did not officially become part of the empire due to a clerical error. This error was never corrected, and Ravounel remained an unofficial territory of Taldor and later Cheliax after it seceded in 4081 AR. As Cheliax plunged into civil war after the death of Aroden, Ravounel insisted on independence and became home to many anti-Thrune dissidents, something which House Thrune saw as treason.
During the years of Thrune rule, the people of Ravounel feigned loyalty on the surface but secretly remained rebellious.
In 4716 AR, shortly after the Glorious Reclamation rose up against House Thrune, Barzillai Thrune volunteered to take charge of enforcing martial law in Kintargo and the entire archduchy of Ravounel. As soon as he arrived in Kintargo, Barzillai paid the local Kuthite temple to abduct Jilia Bainilus and transform her into a vampire against her will. Three days later, Barzillai and his agents struck against all known or suspected dissidents, driving them off or killing them. He also enacted seven unjust and darkly whimsical new laws with which all Kintargo's citizens would have to abide.
In response to Barzillai's tyranny, a group of adventurers resurrected the old Silver Ravens, deposed him, and uncovered the loophole within the Kintargo Contract. In the process, they allowed Ravounel to secede from Cheliax in 4717 AR without the threat of military invasion from their former country. At the same time, Vyre, which had been part of the archduchy but predated Cheliax by more than a millenium, became an independent city-state.
Kintargo, also known as the Silver City, is the capital of Ravounel and is situated on Nisroch Bay at the mouth of the Yolubilis River.[6] It is the main harbor for ships heading north to Varisia and west to Anchor's End.