Kingdom of Dhern Kaldür

The Dhernish lacked an official banner, so often times the Clan banner for the Maybournes was used as an alternative.

## General Information

### Ethnic Groups

Helinskan Patuljac
Katavians

### Currency

Gending

The **Kingdom of Dhern Kaldür**, **Oberjarldom of Dhern Kaldür**, or simply **Dhern Kaldür**, was a Patuljac kingdom that existed in Helinska from the late 900s-1000s until 1934. It had existed under Katavian territory since migrations had forced them across the Laron during the Cataclysm. Prior to that, they were a rival to the Kingdom of Eldcyning that loosely stretched from the Laronian, Quesi, and Felrinese regions to the westernmost parts of the O’Leary County of Thurman.

In 1934, a major revolt across Katavia led by the Clansteel Brigade and supported by the Aquilon-Askalis-Jabeyrack Concordance overpowered the Dhernish. In retribution for the occupation, many large caverns were deliberately caved in and all known entrances destroyed or blocked. It is currently unknown whether or not a large Patuljac state still exists in Katavia (Liam can change this if he wants).

## History

### Early History (Possibly 900s-1100s)

As a confederation of various Dhernish Clans, Dhern Kaldür was initially beset with instability. In the 1100s, it is suspected that a major succession war took place, coinciding with reports of many cave-ins and earthquakes across Central Helinska. After this war, the reigning Oberjarl Navruk II centralized his power and the Faith of Yodan, creating a proto-federalized state.

### Modern History (1900-1934)

In the 1900s, Dhernish forces hampered and stopped most early Airolian fracking ventures in Upper and Lower Volecia. However, when the Katavian Oil Baronies seized power in the region post-Cataclysm, the intense oil fracking undertaken by the Baronies immensely disturbed Dhern Kaldür. The Kingdom’s Precognitors were assembled and predicted a major societal upheaval in the “surfacedweller kingdom” in the near future, and Dhern Kaldür began preparing extensively for war.

In the middle of the Katavian Civil War, Dhernish forces emerged from their caverns and dwellings to take control of the warring factions and halt fracking in the region. Thanks to their planning beforehand, numerical superiority, and suddenness of attack, Dhernish forces overwhelmed all Katavian factions but the legitimate government in only 3 days. The legitimate government, which had a soldier capable of translating Dhernish to Katavian and several strokes of significant luck, achieved excellent relations with Dhern Kaldür and was made an autonomous Clan of the kingdom.

The greater Helinskan reception to the Dhernish expansion was overwhelmingly hostile. The idea of ‘Helinska for Helinskans’–considering the Patuljac to be foreign and non-Helinskan–was propagated largely by Polmaria and her allies. Seeking allies, Dhern Kaldür originally reached out to the Eldcyning, but a longstanding blood feud meant Eldcyning neutrality. However, a handful of anti-Concordance nations pledged their support for the Dhernish, forming the Dynastic Pact. The Pact, while not particularly effective, was incredibly influential in the later O’Leary War of Changing.

As the Concordance clamped down on the Dynastic Pact's members, a joint Katavian-Concordance coalition overthrew Dhernish rule of Katavia.