Tz'Jarr

Tz'Jarr was a male hobgoblin and the Iron Emperor of the Iron Authority, a hobgoblin empire in the Rifenmist Peninsula of Tal'Dorei.

Tz'Jarr was first mentioned in Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting. So far, he has not appeared nor been mentioned onstream.

History
Tz'Jarr was the Iron Emperor of the Iron Authority, a hobgoblin empire that had asserted its authority over the squabbling goblin tribes of the Rifenmist Peninsula in 812 PD. By 712 PD, the Iron Authority had launched grand military campaigns with the goal of becoming as large and powerful as possible before collapsing under internal mistrust and greed. At that time, an event known as the Iron Tide took place, in which the Iron Authority did not stop growing for the next decade, swallowing the other hobgoblin kingdoms and expanding its territory until it had conquered the Beynsfal Plateaus, uniting them under the authority of the Iron Emperor, after which it turned its attention to the Rifenmist Jungle, where it was subsequently locked in a decades-long war to subjugate the jungle's natives, the Orroyen Tribes.

As Iron Emperor, Tz'Jarr was the supreme military commander of the empire and was loyally served by the four royal generals that ruled the empire's city-states, of which the Iron Authority was composed of five — Ezordam-Har, Hdar-Fye, Ortam-Vellak, Rybad-Kol, and the capital Tz'Arrm, which was directly ruled by Tz'Jarr — that all swore fealty to the Iron Emperor.

As of 812 PD, Tz'Jarr had a son and the only heir to his throne, Zuun'dak.

Zuun'dak
Zuun'dak was Tz'Jarr's son and the only heir to the throne Iron Authority. Despite being groomed to become a great general, Zuun'dak felt trepidation regarding the brutality of the empire, feelings that turned to a longing for escape after being briefly captured by the Orroyen Tribes. While fleeing, he was caught and captured by a party who had to decide between returning Zuun'dak to the Orroyen or possibly aid and groom the heir to defect as a rebellious force against his father.