Making sense of the Mage Wars (Again)

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From MMRPG episode 47 The Night of Goss:

Raddan Goss, a student of the teachings of Kargas Dolunt, had learned how to increase the effectiveness of Dolunt’s theories of land-magic transfers and had discovered how to increase one’s self to an almost divine state of being.

After years of exhaustive study he finally decided that more land was necessary for his experimentation and violently expelled a neighboring sorcerer from his lands. That sorcerer was allied with a powerful woman named Vadaley who brought quick retribution to one of Raddan’s own students situated near her lands.
This conflict began the Mage Wars erupted into a massive conflict for dominance of the lands of the North and their magical abilities.

Raddan Goss' tomb is located beneath the mountains of the Ash Hills. This doesn't necessarily mean that his semi-autonomous barony was there, but it may be an indication.

The ash hills would be an interesting choice for a home base, but I think as a semi autonomous barony, there is the problem of the Peshwah. The Ash Hills are in "Indian Country" to borrow a phrase. Raddan Goss may have had a seclusium there but I think more than that unlikely. Anybody know if that "semi-autonomous barony" business is an exact quote?

I still wonder if "the Tower of Booh" might not somehow be related to Raddan.

In anycase that is a cool quote on the start of the mage wars. I think there is an interesting way to tie this in with The Gnome Cache, If you happened to read my post https://boggswood.blogspot.com/2020/07/t...ap-of.html I tied the revolt there to the Mage Wars as most logical.

I can easily see a scenerio where the rebel leading the revolt in Blackmoor is both a wizard and a friend of the Vadaley's. So the territory Raddan takes over is Blackmoor - which he certainly does have control over at some point, which would certainly be perceived as a threat by the Vadaley's.