Dinas Goleddol

Dinas Goleddol, often known simply as Dinas, is a city of the Dhum Teic, lying on the eastern border between Bryncaer and Teyrnas.
== Geography ==
Dinas Goleddol presently lies on a small rise surrounded by plains. Only two leagues to the east is the forbidding border with the Eastforest. This has not always been the case, though. The beginning of the Eastforest was more than twenty leagues east when the town was founded, having moved forward during the Great Gap.
== History ==
Dinas was founded during the first colonisation of the area in the 5th Century BCE, by the Irish cog Laois. The original settlers, led by Diarmuid ua Duibhne, saw the need for fortification, and built high drystone walls and towers - this now makes up the lower levels of the northern keep, called Diarmuid's Hold.
The Hyrellians, farmers and herdsmen at heart, lived peaceably in several smaller settlements around the castle for hundreds of years. Whenever they were threatened they would take refuge in the keep and wait for the danger to pass.
Eventually, the status quo was changed. The growing influence of the Reman Republic in the area from the 2nd Century BCE led to the creation of several proto-states nearby, and the first determined warlord, Gwynlais of Fyddin, managed to conquer Dinas. The city passed into the hands of the more formal state of Ceneldis several decades later, a nation which grew in power enough to survive into the early 2nd Century CE.
When Ceneldis collapsed in 128CE, Dinas Goleddol passed into the ownership of the Lords of Bryncaer. These militaristic dukes put effort into repairing and maintaining Diarmuid's Hold before expanding the fortifications to make Dinas Goleddol a formidable fortress. It became Bryncaer's southern redoubt, defending the capital along with Inarbel in the north, Corsteir in the west and the lost castle of Caer Llebryc in the east.
Dinas Goleddol remained in the possession of Bryncaer until the Great Gap - afterwards it is evident Bryncaer cast its lot in with several other states. Cairia, Weldeland and Pirreny were all merged with Bryncaer to form the organisation of the Dhum Teic, the Forest Corridor.
Since the Gap, Dinas Goleddol has served as one of the greatest Dhum fortresses. With help from its neighbouring strongholds, Dinas has repelled several Eastforester attacks. It was the rallying ground for the armies of the Dhum Teic and Caer Moranh during the Pirrenian War, and the decisive Battle of Glaswell was fought only ten leagues south of the city.
Category:Settlements
Category:Dhum Teic
Category:Ceneldis
Category:Bryncaer