Telan Heród

"His Glory, the Great and One’s Kingdom upon Gothe, Telan Heród - the Land of  Heród Beneath the Telan."

- Official State Title of Telan Heród.

High King Ethyr, Defender of the Liege of Life, servant of his Church - Ethyr Hige Delaran Telan, second of his name, son of Belthys Hugh Nyburn Telan, is king and the supreme earthly leader of Telan Heród.  Heród, an ancient nation, is currently under the rule of the powerful dynastic family of the Telan.  Telan currently sits as a powerful nation, poised on the edge of becoming an empire."

- Record by the state historian of Heród, Ere Badene, Weodn, 17th 4746 DE, at his majesty's coronation.

## Telan Heród at a Glance

Telan Heród is at war, some would argue with the world. Its current efforts are all part of a long-held Telanian national initiative to wage war against the heathen religions of the world.  Since their ascension, the Telan family have enfranchised the Church of St. Ageel Triumphant, instituting it as the state religion and beginning a campaign of persecution against other faiths.  Within the Heród borders, formerly foundational Enneans, the Followers of Aeleam, Haukkenism, and the faithful of Mordenity, and even some worshippers of Lucai faced forced conversions, expulsion or execution in Telan Heród.

A populous, temperate nation with a number of quality resources and one of the most significant navies in the world has seen its growth rarely stymied.   The monks of St. Prudence the Wanderer are famed cartographers and serve graciously to extend the world exploration and dominance efforts of Telan.  They can be seen serving regularly as crew of any Heródian ship of significance.

Orders of knighthood, shaped by the beliefs of the Ageelian priesthood, have formed over the centuries since, leaving the Heródian citizenry and surrounding nations of little doubt of zeal of the Ageelian Church and its patron state.  An uneasy peace within and a exhaustion with a war of expansion without, currently characterizes the mood of the people in the region near Telan Heród.

## The Second Telanian War

Their current war, dubbed the Second Telanian War: The Maiden's Crusade, by their church leaders, has been a protracted series of wearying conflicts, land and naval battles and invasionary actions against Hilden. This religious crusade is said to have begun when a young prince of the kingdom, Prince Edulin Grath Nyburn Telan and his cousin Dutchess Caedra Deneease Telan attended an Agelday service at the Shine of the Sacred Maiden, at the foot of Shom, the Ageelian name for Mount Dorman.  This religious pilgrimage had been permitted by Hilden at the time, as a treaty and agreement between the states. The young duo would claim to see the maiden herself in vision, and thus was St. Valefrain purported to tell them that the Dark was stirring, that, "Telan must seize the mountain and cast down the scarred and dead empire."

Upon return to Telan, the prince and princess, moved by their vision demanded that they be wed, and with the blessings of the Church, the cousins, who had seen the vision, were married. Within a year, the fervent prince would gather war bands around him and begin his war. Within a handful of years Edulin and Caedra, upon their coronation would be king and queen, and would be replaced by their son, Belthys Hugh Nyburn Telan, the father of the present High King of Telan Heród, Ethyr Hige Delaran Telan.