Geley

*"After founding the kingdom of Dorwine he built his tribe into a capital city known as Geley."* - Scripture on Ered's statue

Geley is the capital city of the kingdom of Dorwine where the High Chieftain of the region rules from, the city originated from the tribal lands of Ered's clan who built the city to house The Bloodied Throne where Ered would rule from until his predecessor ascended the throne, the city itself holds strategic value being protected by mountains making it very hard to siege.

## Description

The city of Geley is built around many mountains which act and serve as places for the nordic people to place outposts and small towns allowing for them to spot anything that would be considered suspicious, alongside this the province of Geley is said to be the coldest part of Egion with most of the lakes being frozen for the majority of the year. Alongside the mountains inside the city itself houses The Bloodied Throne where every High Chieftain sits upon.

## History

### Rule of Dorwine

#### Ered's Rule

When Dorwine was created by Ered after forming an alliance with all the tribes throughout the land he declared himself the High Chieftain on the region ruling from his tribal lands, from here he began to expand and enhance his land making it into a city where he named it Geley. With the city having been constructed Ered would also claim the throne there before it was named to be the place from which all High Chiefs would rule from, during his time as ruler he forged alliances with many people including the Empire of Egion so that he may hope to consolidate his power without starting wars. However whilst forming alliances with other factions Ered had also agreed to help these factions in time of war which had the kingdom in mixed opinions on if they should help them or not, these opinions eventually led a young chief called Earnwulf who would raise his own army against Ered eventually challenging him to single combat where the victor would claim the throne, this tradition would then be adopted amongst all the other High Chiefs, after their duel Earnwulf claimed victory after killing Ered and would now be the new High Chief.

#### Earnwulf's Rule

Once Ered was killed by Earnwulf he began to set in motion the armies of new warriors to phase out the old ones who were loyal to the first High Chief and prepare them to fight the Empire as he wanted to cut the alliance with them believing that they served as pawns to the Empire rather than their ally, with his army now ready he would march them south to raid northern villages and towns within the Empire's borders, this act would have the Empire declare war on Dorwine however this act also provided a norse/imperial hybrid species as the raiders had laid with some of the women in these towns. After the raids the Empire had sent an army to go and combat these raiders whilst Earnwulf prepared his army for a flanking attack on the army crippling the Empire's soldiers, whilst the Imperial army marched north one of Earnwulf's generals named Kadal would warn the Imperial army about this flank in hopes of stopping Earnwulf who some had believed to be a tyrant within Dorwine, once the battle commenced Kadal used the battle to challenge Earnwulf in a single combat where the two would fight each other including other soldiers around them. After the battle Earnwulf would be killed allowing for Kadal to become the High Chief and now to negotiate peace between the two warring factions.