When Breland seized control of the Galifar consulate in 894 YK, some Cyrans wished to maintain their nation’s ties to Stormreach. Queen Mishann was concerned with the war and had little interest in the matter, but she allowed Lord Traven ir’Thavar to settle in Stormreach with a band of merchants. There was no official consulate, but the Cyrans became an accepted part of the community. Following the Darguul conquest of southern Cyre, a wave of refugees crossed the Thunder Sea, seeking to escape the madness of war. Traven’s son Taraval devoted his family’s fortune to buying up property and creating homes for the refugees, and Dannel’s Pride was born. Even then, the refugees were desperate, bitter folk, and the reputation of the Cyrans began to fade. Matters only became worse after the Day of Mourning. Since the disaster, the population of Dannel’s Pride has skyrocketed with refugees seeking shelter. Most Stormreachers avoid Dannel’s Pride and consider it to be a dangerous place.
A little piece of Cyre survives in Dannel’s Pride. Once a small community, the ward is now bursting with refugees. It is a place of Cyran nostalgia and hope, but also a place of anger, regret, and overcrowding.
When Cyre still existed, the ward began as a trading outpost established by Cyran merchants and diplomats. Then came the Last War and the Mourning. Now the original trading outpost is the heart of what the ward’s inhabitants call Little Cyre, a shadow of their homeland.
The ward is filled with the poor and the desperate. Many have nothing, yet they do all they can to re-create their lost homeland. The community pays outrageous amounts to purchase Cyran relics, while neglecting everyday needs. Moreover, too many people live in too small a place with too much pride and too many dashed hopes. The shadow of the Day of Mourning fills Dannel’s Pride with despair and outrage, and gangs and militias feed on this. The Storm Hammers, led by Miraan, is a visible and growing gang, while Dannel’s Wrath builds strength in the shadows and prepares to take bloody vengeance for its fallen country.
In the refugees’ flight from the Mournland, many Cyran items ended up in Dannel’s Pride. No shop specializes in such goods, but a persistent shopper can find them, from magic items to unusual maps. A PC can make a Gather Information check once per week to find out if a particular item, or type of item, is available. Cyrans get a +5 bonus on this check. If something is available, the owner might not want gold for it; sometimes the refugees want things more complicated than coin.