Sultan Duncan el Ashnarti was the ruler of the city of Keltar in Calimshan as late as 1370 DR.[1]
Wealth[]
Duncan Ashnarti (who often dropped the article in his name to sound more like a northerner[1]), was one of the richest men in Keltar, having made his money through connections in the horse-breeding, meat-packing, and shipping industries.[2] He was the owner of a number of tanneries as well, which produced the cowhides used by the Tenassar Saddleworks.[3]
Rule[]
As a ruler, Duncan was a relatively good leader with no need to rely on powerful supporters to keep him in office.[2] He was receptive to input from his advisers, but he was the one in full control. He was proud of the peacefulness of his city.[1]
Relationships[]
A key factor in Duncan's control of Keltar was in the fact that he was also the leader of its only significant crime syndicate, the el Ashnarti family, which maintained a guild of thugs and enforcers. Having married into the el Ahimar crime family, he also connected himself into one of the "four families" of Calimshan.[4] Duncan considered the Kahmir clan his rivals.[3]
Though ordinarily men in their positions would be rivals, Duncan was a decades-long friend of the ynamalik of the shanate surrounding Keltar, Uras el Ihak, and their friendship partly explained the peace of Keltar.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 108. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc), p. 56. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 109. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 110. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.