Tyron+(d'Cannith)

=Tyvon Cannith (aka Tyvon the Excoriate)=

Tyvon d'Cannith was a promising scion in the middle period of the Last War, working from a Cannith enclave in southern Cyre as an alchemist and brewer of potions. He knew of the //eldritch machines// being stood up to create the Warforged, and like all Canniths was trained in the care and upkeep of the new living constructs. However, the 'Forged were never his main concern.

In his studies, Tyvon was drawn to the works of ancient Hobgoblin //dashoors// (artificers) of the Dhakaani Empire, and he made several trips to Dhakaani ruins in the Seawall Mountains to learn more, accompanied by a Flesh Golem he had created. On one such trip he discovered a Schema describing how to permanently infuse Eberron Dragonshards with the spells //fog cloud//, //silence// and //mass inflict light wounds//.

His dealings with the local Dhakaani clans -- spiritual descendants of the Empire who had avoided service as mercenaries in the War -- led him further and further away from the House. In 969 Tyvon journeyed to the Seven Caves, a place of great power and lore in Goblinoid history. What he saw is not known -- but somehow he avoided the //Dekanter'dar// infesting the mountain and the Wyverns guarding it. Soon after he committed the act that resulted in his excoriation by House Cannith in 974 or 975 YK, a few years after Haruuc led the mercenary revolution that carved the nation of Darguun from southern Cyre (including the Cannith enclave where Tyvon had worked).

After his excoriation (during which he lost his golem), Tyvon forged ties with the Dhakaani clan chiefs in what's now northern Darguun, and at first they were happy to fund his research into ancient artificer traditions. Eventually, the Dhakaani stopped helping him, and he turned instead to a Ghaal'dar warlord, Kogaa of the //Gan'dur//r Clan. Sometime in mid-997 he visited Sharn and made contact with the NZZN corporation, a contact which changed the focus of that entire organization. He was also actively helping to organize and equip the new Dark Hand Clan out of disaffected mercenaries and clanless outlaws. Tyvon accompanied (some say directed) the Dark Hands when they entered Breland (by way of a passage through the mountains to an abandoned Dwarf hold on the Brelish side) to secure Eberron Dragonshards and lay claim to the remains of a legacy weapon from the short-lived Ku'un Dynasty, 7,500 years ago -- //Guurgaal//.

His co-leaders in the effort, the Barghest Diizina and a Hobgoblin //duur'kala// (Mariin Dhakaan and her team), didn't trust him yet relied on his many alchemical concoctions, potions and small magical items for their successes. In particular, so-called "Mourning Stones" -- Eberron shards infused with spells to simulate The Mourning, and used as grenade-like weapons -- were used with deadly effect. During the incursion (fall 997 through mid-Zarantyr 998), hundreds of Eberron shards were recovered, as well as the ancient bronzewood shaft of //Guurgaal// -- in the center of a stone bearing runes purporting to be a translation of the Draconic Prophecy itself! The //duur'kala// began the process of translating the Prohecy, and both the shaft and charcoal rubbings of the stone have been sent back to Darguun.

Now that the Dark Hand incursion has been defeated, Tyvon has seemingly disappeared...