PORT
OF TUMPER
Port of Tumper is a city of the Desert River Province,
situated at the
southern end of the Valley of the Sparrows near waterfall of the
Northern River where it pours into the Great Misty Sea. Resting high on
the clifftops, this city overlooks the Great Misty Sea. [As this city
is above ground and the eastern shore of the
Flathead Ocean lies far underground, the author of this encyclopedia
can only speculate that this was one of the flying carpet ports
possibly alluded to in the "G.U.E. on Nine Zorkmids a Day."]
To
the north of Tumper is an entrance to the Great Underground Empire--one
of its tunnels leading all the way to the subterranean Temple of
Agrippa.
During
the mid-tenth century, this city was allied with Thaddeus Kaine who
ruled the entire Desert River Province from Castle Irondune
across
the river. When the lawless Irondune was besieged by the
rampaging armies of Lord Ellron in 945 GUE, the armies of Tumper were
assembled and at hand to heed the summons of Kaine's armies. This call
for reinforcements was not issued until 949 GUE, when a female pilgrim
at Irondune relayed a successful battle strategy through
Kaine's radio system. The armies of Tumper went forth,
crushing
the ravenous hordes of Lord Ellron and freeing the castle from
oppression.
Northern
River & Frozen River Terran Map