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#1 Hammerhead Feb 10, 2011 23:08:03	I am a bit confused about this: is the Tyr Region the whole area of the world that the remaining city states are in or is it just the area near Tyr city? Also why is the Dragon of Tyr called that if he doesn't live there?
#2 fromost_the_grimm_02 Feb 10, 2011 23:45:34	Personally, I consider the Tyr region as being what's considered 'the known lands' by your average city-state citizen - from the Ringing Mountains to the edge of the Silt Sea, from Makla in the Smoking Crown Mountains and Draj in the north down to Balic in the south.  Borderlanders, caravaneers and members of far-ranging elven tribes might know a little more.  Most people would never have left the city-state of their birth, and even fewer would have seen a map. The DSCS defines it as 'the part of the world that includes all of civilized Athas' (p.10).  IIRC, one of 2E's splatbooks noted Tyr was an ancient city with origins in the Green Age, which would explain the etymology. And thus The Dragon of [the] Tyr [Region].
#3 Janx_14 Feb 10, 2011 23:48:42	With how old it is, it may have been the capitol of a sort of Kingdom of Tyr originally which stretched the whole region.
#4 Cyber-Dave Feb 11, 2011 16:12:11	I thought it was written somewhere that it was just a small logging town, or some such...
#5 pavek Feb 11, 2011 19:04:51	The Tyr region is all of known Athas from  the original map, the new world map is also labeled as "The Tyr Region".  For more info on the city-state of Tyr read this community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...
#6 Palladinae Feb 12, 2011 4:55:27	Tyr Region was named so because of the Wanderer, who was first person to describe it. He travelled City-States and their surroundings far and wide, he even seen places far away, and called region of Sven Cities Tyr Region to honour his place of birth. This is written in 2 edition Wanderer's Journal.