The anarchs of Shyr are one of the oldest orders of swordmages on either Abeir or Toril, having originated long ago amongst genasi arcane spellcasters on the continent of Shyr. In contrast to some of the more esoteric or abjuration based swordmages, anarchs of Shyr concentrate on focusing the arcane magic that flows through the Elemental Chaos into powerful blasts of energy. This has served the anarchs of Shyr well for centuries, making them ideal enemies of the dragons of Abeir and Returned Abeir.