Dehran

Dehran, officially the Lugaldom of Dehran, is a small city-state on the southwest coast of Iristoya. While it is nominally a monarchy ruled by a single Lugal, currently it is ruled by a triumvirate of leaders, comprising the Chiefs of the Igere, Tidarin and Kuhlin, due to a recent civil conflict. The nation itself is newly forged but the city itself is fairly ancient.
The city of Dehran sits on a small bay on the southwest coast of the main island of the Iristoya continent, surrounded on all sides by a vast desert. The land is filled with large and rich caves and is bordered in the north by a large plateau.
== History ==
Dehran is made up of four ethnic groups, the human Tidarin, Igere, and Arag, and the non-human Kuhlin. In ancient times before recorded history, the Igere lived somewhere to the west of Abexilias, the Arag lived somewhere in the southern deserts, and the Tidarin lived in modern Dehran. The Kuhlin are a sand-like people with an unknown origin, and their exact location from which they came to Dehran is unknown.
=== Migration Period ===
Around 1000 BTE the Kuhlin migrated to Dehran and attempted to settle there. This would lead to a brief war with the Tidarin, who were victorious and subjugated the Kuhlin under them for many years. However, five hundred years later, the Igere would arrive in the northwest, on the base of a nearby river, and begin to war Tidarin. The war ends with small gains on Igere's side and the independence of the Kuhlin. So began the first Three Clans period, with the three nations jostling for control over Dehran and the surrounding lands.
=== Arag Conquests ===
After about three hundred years of relative balance, the order of Dehran was shattered with the arrival of the Arag. The Arag landed in Kuhlin lands and all but wiped them out in 184 BTE, relegating them to minority status in Dehran from then on. They then fought wars with Igere and Tidarin, taking lands and establishing themselves briefly as Dehran's chief power. However, soon afterwards, the Igere and Tidarin would team up on them, with the ensuing war ending with yet another Three Clans period, this time with the Kuhlin being replaced by the Arag. In the later end of this period, the Arag would settle down and found the modern city of Dehran, making it their capital and cementing their growth for a time.
=== Igere Dominion ===
Shortly after the Traveler's Era began, the Igere went to war with the Arag and won, gaining control of the Arag and by extension the Kuhlin as well. This powerhouse was quickly defeated as the Arag revolted with help from Tidarin and the Kuhlin, but this marked the rise of Igere as the dominant power in the region. While there were still three clans and they were all relatively equal in power, the Igere would dominant this period with a series of notable conquests, reaching their height culturally around the middle of this period.
Unfortunately, around this time numerous other groups began migrating into the region, including the Myrina, who successfully forced the Igere out of their homeland in 298 TE. Seeking a home, they submit to Arag and move to a sector of the city of Dehran, dramatically shifting the balance of power towards Arag once again.
=== Unification War ===
Arag, now the dominant power, sought to cement their rule by conquering the Tidarin as well, forming the first true Lugaldom of Dehran. However, the Igere and the Kuhlin, now allied with the Tidarin, stood up to them, resulting in a massive eight-year war that ended with Igere, Kuhlin, and Tidarin forces storming Dehran and capturing it from the Arag. In the ensuing peace, the Lugaldom the Arag wanted was established, but with a temporary regency under the rulers of the Kuhlin, Tidarin, and Igere, until a Lugal or Nin could be decided on. 
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