The Story of Rivain

Rivain, this peninsula was once home to the ancient elves. Although we don’t know much about them, ruins still exist all over Rivain. The notable structure that still stand is the stone-encased Plateu and steps on which the capital is built on

When the elves disappeared they were replaced, like much of thedas, with the Tevinter Imperium. The building that holds the Circle of Dairsmuid was built to be the summer palace of the Archon at the time.

But the Rivaini people are not easily subjugated. In -53 ancient, rebels managed to strike back against their Tevinter rulers and forced them back across the landbridge to Antiva. Among the rebels, a queen was crowned, Ximena Trastamara I.

Traders from all over Thedas would make Rivain their home, and where traders are, pirates thrive. The elven ruins of Llomeryn became a smugglers cove, a home to pirates and criminals.

In 6:32 Steel new overlords had come to Rivain. The Qunari had landed.

Spreading from the north, the qunari were unstoppable in their conquest. Quickly reaching and taking the capital of Dairsmuid, slaughtering the royal family. All except one.

Years earlier, one of the royal children had been exiled. Rialto Trastamara became a pirate, making Llomeryn his h

ome.

When the Qunari took Dairsmuid, he crowned himself the pirate King and conscripted the pirate crews and petty criminals of Llomerryn in defense against the qunari invaders. Refugees flocked to Llomerryn, and it quickly grew into a sprawling town in its own right. When the chantry called its exalted march, they joined forces with Rialto and forced the qunari back into the north to their colony of Kont-arr where they have remained ever since. The Llomeryn accords were signed, granting the qunari dominion over their colony but giving back the rest of the nation to Rialto.

After the war Rialto moved back into the capital and a new age came to Rivain. Under the scrutiny of the chantry, Rialto converted to Andrastianism.

The people of the capital approved of the religion of their saviours and many converted as well. However, the people

of Llomeryn were outraged, the people who had fought to save Rivain still held their own religion as they had for so many generations. Tensions grew between the former pirate settlement and the capital. The tensions would reach their peak in 7:88 Storm when the queen of Rivain at the time, Ximena II would lead an army of Chantry fanatics to Llomeryn,  massacring the leaders and anyone else that refused to convert and the tensions calmed... for a time.

But the hatred of the capital would never be forgotten, like a wound too infected to ever heal properly.

Rivains current queen is Ximena Trastamara III, known better as her nickname “The Mad Queen” granted to her for her tyrannical actions.

A few years ago her son Linda Trastamara mysteriously vanished from public eye. Most saying an accident occurred but many others pointing to foul play.

In response to Ximenas insane new laws, the unwarranted annulment of the circle and rumors of selling people to the qunari, a new rebellion lead by a new pirate monarch is bubbling to the surface.

Furthermore, a darkness looms over the country. Rumors have begun to spread of a new faction entering the stage.

The organisation, lead by the mysterious Lady in Pink.