Dornrod (kingdom)

The Kingdom of Dornrod was a country centred around the eponymous town during the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
== History ==
Dornrod rose to prominence in 125, when the warlord of the town declared himself the king of the area. The nearby coastline of the Trade Lake was sparsely populated at the time, and there were few to protest this claim.
The new King of Dornrod, Robrecht Tornier, took control of the towns of Innsling and Stralrath in the 130's, and struck out to Genville in 143. He built a fortress at what he considered the northern border of his new realm - this would later become the town of Feldfurt.
His successors added more land to the realm, taking the entirety of modern-day Senheim as well as the Sudflenn which is now part of Kajasthan.
Late on in the kingdom's history, in the 260's, King Floris Walloon made a fatal error in judgement in striking out north of Feldfurt. He conquered Zaltmeer and its surrounds and going as far north as Gehoven along the coast itself. These cities had been under the protection of the Kingdom of Yaradale to the northeast; a fact overlooked by King Floris but not by the Yaradalian King.
Yaradale invaded in 284 to free Zaltmeer, easily taking back the newly-conquered area. He continued south, using his momentum to break through the fortress of Feldfurt and carry on into the Dornish heartland. The Yaradalian forces pillaged and plundered as they went, destroying the Dornish economy before razing the capital to the ground.
After the war King Floris tried to pick up the pieces, rebuilding Dornrod and trading for food to feed his people, but his armies were shattered and the Dornish people humbled. The Kingdom never recovered, and imploded completely after Floris was assassinated in 297.
== Legacy ==
Though shortlived, the Kingdom of Dornrod has had a profound effect on the area it controlled. Dornish culture was heavily enforced throughout the Kingdom, with even the territories around Zaltmeer being permanently changed culturally in the twenty-odd years they were under Dornish hegemony.
In the modern day, Dornrod functions as a de jure Kingdom, with the Grand Duke of Senheim controlling more than half its original area and being entirely justified in taking up the mantle if he so wishes. This has not occurred, though, for complex political reasons.
== See More ==
List of monarchs of DornrodCategory:Countries