Kubal (Nation)

### The Chosen People of Archangel Makeda

Before the sudden and mysterious destruction of the city of Preatari, which ruled all of Glenn for one thousand years, Kubal was a wealthy member of the imperial aristocracy. He was one of the few who, in addition to his sacrifices to the many gods of the city and empire, gave sacrifice and praise to the angels of Sol. One week before the doom, the Archangel Makeda came to Kubal in a dream and told him to flee the city with his family.

### A Fallen Kingdom

The nation of Kubal spent many centuries wandering the world after the fall of Preatari. Three hundred years ago they landed in what was once Northern Preataria, and with the help and thanks of the nation of Larnaca they cleared much of the wilds of dragons, beast, and fairies to found a new kingdom. Then after two centuries of peace, the Larnacans suddenly attacked with the massive fortress of Five Towers appearing in Kubal overnight filled with Larnacan warriors. After six years every descendent of the first king of Kubal was dead and the conquest was complete. Now, despite a brief period of chaos a decade ago called the Shattering Wars, the kingdom has been ruled over and exploited for gold and other riches for the past three generations.

### Five Tribes

Kubal is divided into five tribes, named for their founders, the sons and grandsons of Kubal.

Minervo - The Tribe of Kings

Diano - The Tribe of Hunters

Vulcanus - The Tribe of Craftsmen

Mercurus - The Tribe of Merchants

Levito - The Tribe of Priests

The tribes are not exactly hierarchical, since each tribe contains both peasants and aristocrats, but they form a fairly strict caste system with certain roles restricted to certain tribes. For example, only men of Minervo can be knights and only men of Levito can be priests.

### A House Divided

For most of the Reign of Kings, Kubal's biggest enemy was the orc Hawkzar, self-proclaimed King of Fairies. Less than a decade before the Larnacan conquest, the fey had become increasingly bold and destructive in their attacks on human settlements so King Shallum went personally to the court of Hawkzar and negotiated a peace. They divided the kingdom between them, with Hawkzar ruling the seven "wodes" (which had previously belonged to the tribe of Diano). Nearly the entirety of the tribe of Diano rejected the treaty and declared that they had been betrayed by the king. Some fled into the wodes, while others journeyed west to found a new kingdom in the vast wilderness beyond the Blue Wall mountain range.

A small handful remained loyal to the king and were given the title Watchers. They are paid a small salary to keep watch over the borders between human and fairy lands. They are considered traitors by the rebel Diano living in the wodes.

### Timeline

0: The Archangel Makeda saves Kubal from the destruction of Preatari

27: Kubal migrates from north Preataria down to the Thousand Hills

53: Kubal dies in the Thousand Hills and divides his accumulated herds between his three sons and two grandsons, creating the five tribes of Kubal

127: Growing too populous and fearing becoming divided like the people of the Thousand Hills, the nation of Kubal head south to the Silver City

150: After aiding and befriending the Emperor, the nation of Kubal is given the land of Canovia on the border with Mamlaka

222: Canovia is conquered by a Mamlakan tribe ruled by the half-scorpion demon prince Akrep

456: Kubali priest Ayit kills the demon prince Akrep and becomes the immortal tyrant over all of Mamlaka

556: Kubali knight Mazal kills Ayit and the nation of Kubal takes the fleet (built for world conquest) and leave Mamlaka

612: After half a century of traveling the oceans, fighting monsters, collecting treasures, and recovering the body of Kubal, the nation of Kubal returns to north Preataria, lands, and breaks down the ships to build the city of Fairweather

612-654: Allied with Larnaca, the Kubali fight the fey and other monsters of Northern Preataria to found the Kingdom of Kubal

654: Jeroboam, the first king of Kubal is crowned

842: The Tribe of Hunters rebels after King Shallum makes a peace treaty with the orc king Hawkzar

851: The fortress of Five Towers created by the Larnacan sorcerer Thavarnos

851-57: The Larnacan conquest of Kubal

857: The Treaty of the Olive Grove, rule of Larnaca given to the Count of Ashnos

885: The cruel Ashnos dies childless, Larnaca is given to the half-Kubali Earl of Elkshire

905-08: Elkshire and his entire family die in a number of tragic accidents

908-13: The Shattering Wars

913: Prince Malious given rule over Kubal, forms the Black Table at Five Towers to impose order

923: TODAY

### The Treaty of the Olive Grove

After the fortress of Five Towers appeared in the northern Fairweather plains, it took the many warriors and mages of Larnaca only two weeks to capture the capital city of Fairweather from the completely unprepared Kubali defenders. King Shallum sent his three sons to the far corners of the kingdom, then died defending the city. For the next six years, the Larnacans pursued the royal family from castle to castle. The towns and cities largely surrendered without a fight, as the tribes of Vulcanus, Mercurus, and Levito made their own treaties with the Larnacans in exchange for keeping most of their exclusive privileges. After the last son of King Shallum was killed in the burning of Redpine Keep, the Oracle of Idalium was consulted and she declared that no descendants of Jeroboam (the first king of Kubal) remained alive.

Only a handful of the many strong fortresses of Kubal had been taken by Larnaca in their pursuit of the royal family, so Lord Jethro was able to convince the most powerful Larnacan general, Count Ashnos, to make peace on the condition that knights and lords of Kubal would retain their lands and titles, but each would personally take an oath of loyalty to the Count. This oath was performed in an olive grove outside Fairweather by nearly all knights of Kubal, and forced the king of Larnaca to make Ashnos Viceroy of Kubal or face a powerful rebellion.