Elarion Dominion

Flag of the Dominion

### Early History

The first settlers arrived in the Elarion isles shortly after the Diaspora era began.

A steady stream of new arrivals ensured, small villages popped up around the coastline of the islands, the stream of new arrivals did however cease quickly, one the waters surrounding the island group became very fierce.

With the new settlers not arriving anymore, the inhabitants were in near total isolation for over a millennia, which would result in the inhabitants slowly becoming their own distinct sub-race, of elves.

As time passed, the culture on the Elarion isles grew into a rather unique clan-like structure. Every Elarion, highborn or lowborn was part of a clan.

Each of these clans, at their peak, had hundreds of houses, each with their own origins and unique traditions. In Elarion custom it was seen as a taboo to marry outside the clan you were a part of.

The four great clans were the Canu, Tantizu, Pumia and at last the Tsuri.

In Elarion early history, the clans would often fight each other over long periods. This state of war that the isles often experienced, fueled the scientific front in a lot of development, a remnant of their scientific roots from the Diaspora days.

### Formation

Things started to get very interesting, when one year a discovery long lost to time was made by a prominent house in the Tantizu clan.

It is not known what discovery was made, but what is known is that shortly after, there was a massive boom of progress in the field of magical technology, or Elar-tech as it would later go on to be known as; By the end of that century the Tantizu had united the Elarion isles.

Thus began the Elarion Dominion; in the first couple of centuries, the newly formed dominion was still isolated on their islands, the waters were still too treacherous to traverse for all but the most skilled sailors. In their time in isolation, they honed their skills and continued to develop their strange technology, this time not for war but for living better.

Many advances were made, artificial light, central heating, better metallurgy and many more things. But one invention would ultimately prove to top all the others, a gravity defying leap in their society. A small-scale scientific operation had discovered a way to defy gravity itself; their plan was to use it to freight grain from the agricultural districts into the cities. However others had more ambitious ideas with such a groundbreaking discovery, and it was not long till the first prototypes of flying craft were developed. With time these machines gained the informal nickname “cloud-hoppers” with immense speed they could fly just below the clouds, avoiding the treacherous waters surrounding their home islands.

### The Plan

With the ever growing political tensions between the clans, it was decided that a common goal was needed, and thus the upper echelons of Elarion society began to lay plans. Initially They sent craft out to gauge the outside world, after sufficient reconnaissance, they came to a shocking discovery, the rest of the world was starkly inferior when it came to technology and weaponry, only some of their elven kin ever came close. In the second stage they sent out craft armed with the best cartographers of their time, and fully mapped out Terra, in various different ways. Now all they had to do was prepare; and so they did, for 50 years they trained their troops, perfected their designs, laid out detailed plans and strategies, and the conquest could begin.

### The Conquest

In the early mornings of a clear midsummer day, they were finally ready to start their plans, thousands of aeronauts had trained for years for that exact day. It is said the sky around the islands were alive that day, as thousands of cloud-hoppers departed from the fields.

Their many years of pre-planning made their advantages even more deadly, not much a bow and arrow can do to a wing of metal saucers arriving at one's castle. Many of the more primitive species and cultures saw the conquest of the Elarion, as deities themselves descending from the heavens.

During the conquest, they would heavily rely on the shock and awe of their appearance coupled with the trinkets they had on them, to secure the tribute of a realm. In most cases it worked, and a tributary system was quickly established; however in some cases some groups would try to put up a futile resistance. The most famous cases of resistance during the conquest is the fate of Khatoba, Khatoba was the capital city of a sizable Enkadim realm, granted the realm had grown to a big size that encumbered most of the northern parts of Koth. Granted they had enjoyed stability for centuries, and were in the middle of their golden age, not easy to see why they would think they could stand a chance against the newly arrived. When the Elarion crafts flew over Khatoba, and dropped its entourage into the palace, the emperor of Khatoba stood firm, him and his court would not pay tribute to the Elarion; It is said the Elarion entourage merely bowed, acknowledged the Khatoban emperors words  and then left the city. It was decided among the upper echelons of Elarion, to make an example out of Khatoba, they would employ one of their new weapons for the first time, to see how effective it was, and the legend describes it as a true invention of horror.

Dawn had just broken over Khatoba, the sky mostly clear of any clouds, which made it even more easy to spot the singular dot moving ever closer to the city, as the dot came closer it was evident it was an Elarion cloud-hopper, but flying alone something very unusual at the time. Without lowering its speed the craft flew over the city of Khatoba, but in its wake a small purple teardrop-shaped thing was dropped from the ship as it flew over Khatoba. When the garrison went to locate where it had landed, they just found a deep hole, not bigger than the size of a clenched fist. Shortly after discovering the hole, it began to emanate a low humming noise very clearly coming from deep in the hole, after fifteen minutes the low humming became a loud throbbing, the earth itself began to shake and cracks spread out from the hole, at that point it was already too late for the citizens of Khatoba. By the end of the following minute the entire city would be swallowed up by the ground itself, leaving few survivors to tell their dreaded tale.

Within the subsequent years, most of Koth was subjugated into the dominion, and would stay within its iron grip right until the fall. For centuries the dominion ruled absently, still preferring to isolate themselves on their home islands, they would not share any technology or cultural ideas, they would show up to their subjects irregularly to collect taxes and inspect the local development, but they would leave as quickly as they came.

One thing the Elar spread universally was their language, to be able to communicate with their subjects, the dominion set up successful language schools all across Koth. The language would eventually go on to become, what is modernly referred to as the “Common tongue” with all its branches.

### The Fall

Very little is known of the fall of the Elarion dominion, yet some fragments remain. In the four years prior to the fall, the dominion was beset by a violent civil war between three of the great clans. The war was mostly fought in the Elarion islands, but dangerous new weapons were being put to use, at an ever careless rate. One day, like the flip of a switch, they were gone; Something happened on the Elarion isles, a shockwave struck all of Terra, and a harsh winter beset the world for nearly half a year. It was evident to most that the dominion was gone, and the biggest power vacuum ever seen had just been created.

Terra was a very violent place in the first century after the fall, but despite the fall and total loss of their homeland, some Elarion houses survived, most of them low ranking houses living in Spur, the only Elarion city outside of Elarion. Creating the Spurian Hegemony. But even that would come to an end when the elves were beaten during the dawn war.