Drak'harth

The **Drak'harth** was an incredibly formidable Dragonborn kingdom from southern Therae. Its history has largely fallen from the public consoucness, with their lack of documentation leaving much of their origin spread through verbal accounts.

## History

### Pre-Galdonan History

The Drak'harth are evidenced to have settled in modern Anterra in the rough period of the years 250-350, Calidoren Calendar. The oldest settlement in the region, Throstmiir, is where their population would settle on this land.

### The Draconic War

*Year 390*

The Drak'harth made their existence known to the Galdonan Empire, at the time reaching their peak of expansion and power. Despite Galdona's military supremacy to all surrounding them, they were no match for the Drak'harth. Led by Emperor Dramtel Baldrinn, they were fast, efficient and brutal in their methods.

Under the lead of Dramtel Baldrinn, the Drak'harth severed the Galdonan Empire in two. By the year 395, they had taken hold of a 3rd of former Galdonan Land. By 397, the land they controlled in Aolwyn alone was greater than Galdona had ever managed to take hold of in its history. The Drak'harth were unending in their ferocity and expansion.

#### The Great Betrayal

Year 397

Noldra Navyre, second wife of Emperor Baldrinn and high tactician of the Drak'harth military. As the Drak'harth expansion prepared to take more of Galdonan's owned territory, she sent a single letter.

> To those whom rule Galdona,
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> My name is Noldra Navyre. I am one of the wives of Emperor Dramtel Baldrinn, and tactical advisor of our armies. We are the Drak'harth, hailing from south.
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> I wish to meet, I will sail to your province in secret. I believe this was must end.
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> Noldra Navyre, Letter to the High Council of Galdona

With this, she left to Galdona. No details on what occurred in the meeting which followed; however, following this Galdona re-established their monarchal rule with Emperor Jon Malham of Galdona.

#### The Galdonan Counter-Offensive

Under the rule of Emperor Malham, Galdona began to push back on the Drak'harth's invasion for the first time. In 2 years, they had pushed back the Drak'harth enough to appear as a possible threat for them, with multiple reports from both sides citing that Emperor Malham wielded unrivalled god like powers.

In the wake of this, Emperor Baldrinn sought out equivalent power in order to dispose of Malham. No one quite knows what he sought, but news of his death spread. With the death of their ruler, the Drak'harth quickly became unstable and were forced to leave Aolwyn completely in the year of 399.

### The Leonin Incursion and the Inner Draconic Wars

The retreat from Aolwyn was the first of many steps that lead to the fall of Drak'harth.

Zedrath, one of the great gererals under Emperor Baldrinn, took command of the Drak'harth following their ruler's death. He was well versed in his predecessors military tactics and capable of leading armies under him, however, that was where his abilities as a leader ended.

#### The Leonin Incursion

Year 400

Only a few months after their retreat from Aolwyn, Drak'harth's leadership was undecided. As the various lords of its nobility attempted to push for rulership, their northern provinces were under attack.

A small, yet incredibly well trained military force The Knights of Divination, had passed over the Lion's Mane from Dawnstride. Leonin's. For Drak'harth's history, passage into the Great Sands of Dawnstride was never attempted. Such a region was not fit for Draconic beings to live in with comfort. Leonin's, for that reason, had never been interacted with by the Drak'harth. Without a strong leader to lead their military, the Drak'harth struggled to face the far more unified Leonin army leading to them losing a portion of land to the north east, bordering the Lions Mane.

#### Inner Draconic War

Year 413

Following this loss of land, the people of Drak'harth lost much faith in Emperor Zedrath. This was when his new advisor, Ulim Arlasar, joined Zedrath's court. He fed ideas to Zedrath, persuading him that to take power of the throne he must gain power equal to that which Emperor Baldrinn had looked for. He headed south towards their ancient homelands and was not seen of again.

This once again left a power vaccum, the throne of Drak'harth was left empty once again. Ulim Arlasar pushed for himself to take the throne, until a new potential leader arrived, Klien Sunshield.

Following this, the true conflict began between supporters of Sunshield and Arlasar. 4 years into the conflict, Klien Sunshield was slain and his cause was continued by his sister Kimera Sunshield. Eventually, she would achieve victory and take the seat of power over the Drak'harth 3 years later, Year 420.

### The Fall

With the rise of Empress Kimera Sunshield, Drak'harth seemed to be ready to return to its former glory. Renaming their Capital to Throstmiir after her suposed ancestor and apparent creator of the Drak'harth. Then came their final war.

#### The Dawncall Conquest

Years 421-428

As Drak'harth was beginning their preparations of reclaiming the land lost in the Leonin Incursion, the Dawncall Army led by then Commander Ater Dawncaller were readying for their full scale invasion.

Ater Dawncaller was cousin of then King of Dawnstride, Ulfgan Dawnstride. He was to lead his army on behalf of his cousin and found a new region to be claimed. The Dawncall Army pushed into the region with haste, quickly taking hold of the entire northern portion of the Drak'harth, where the vast Ebro Planes stretched between the various mountain ranges. This was quite familiar to the landscapes of the great sands.

Empress Kimera attempted to hold the leonin forces off where the great Luzan Forest began. The goal was to keep them back here, and to then push along the Lions mane and to then take the pass which the Dawnstide forces were passing through. When the Dawncall Army reached the Luzan Forest, however, they did not push forth. They held their line for months, waiting for something. The Drak'harth were sure that the Leonin's were unadapt and unsure of how to attack in such landscape.

Following this, a legion of Hadozee, pushed forth through the jungle. Manoeuvring above the Drak'harth lines, they made openings for the Dawncall Army to push in. It was quickly realised that the Drak'harth were no longer the great invaders of continents any longer, and if their people were to survive, Empress Sunshield must surrender. This she did, calling for Commander Dawncaller to meet her for peace talks, and Peace they achieved.

With this, the Drak'harth was no more.