Kingdom of the North

## History

### Pre-Crusade

The area that makes up the Kingdom of the North is a vast temperate region that is home to the *Polin Valley*, fertile farmland for anyone who controls it, its for this reason why the Dragon-born from the land beyond the North migrated south into this land. Man was the peasant farmers and servants, the Dragon-born were the ones in the positions of power and a strict caste system was developed to humanity down. The Dragon-born would soon be displaced from their positions of power by a Crusade organized by *Icorus Philakrates* of the *Valantierian Empire*.

### Post Crusade 2578-2622

*The Crusade* was a massive success. The Dragon-Born were expelled from much of the southern regions and new lords from the southern lands were put in control of the land. This new Northern Kingdom was run by *Henrick Odenburg* and under him this new Kingdom would begin to solidify its borders and ties with the Valantierian Empire helped make sure his reign was seen as legitimate. Henrick would also make a new law code based off the ancient laws of the North, and taking inspiration from the Kingdoms on the Kleines Peninsula and the Valantierian Empire. This new legal document would be known as the the Odenburg Code as all of his decedents would use this law code making only minor revisions to it. While a good administrator Henrick was not a conqueror, much of the North still laided under Dragon-Born rule and there probing attacks were a constant threat to the citizens of the North. To deal with this threat Henrick attempted to organize an army to invade but before he could accomplish this he would meet his demise at the age of 66 in 2622 AFL.

### The Northern Empire 2622-2658

#### Second Northern Crusade 2622-2627

At the age of 42 Alfred would ascend to the Throne, he would carry out his fathers goal of conquering the rest of the Dragon-Born lands. While his father was no military man Alfred absolutely was, he was given a fief on the border lands when he was 20 and would have to deal with constant Dragon-Born raids, making him accustomed to the military life and their tactics. Alfred would continue his fathers asperation of conquering the rest of the Dragon-Born territories and in the early summer of 2622 he would wage war against the Dragon-Born in the *Second Northern Crusade*, this was not the international effort like the first but was just a war consisting of Northmen and in a five year campaign against the Dragon-Born Alfred and his men would eventually be successful and conquer the whole of the North. The Dragon-Born were either killed, expelled, or in very rare circumstances they were given titles in the Government of they were especially skilled.

#### First Alfredian Era 2627-2658

With the success in the Second Crusade Alfred would look south, the two titans of the Valantierian Empire and the *Calastar Republic* had only a few years before fought the *First Valantier Calastar War for Dominance* and successfully defeated that ancient state. In the time between the two conflicts Alfred would attack the other Kingdoms of the Kleines Peninsula that hadn't yet been conquered by the Calastar Republic or already owned by the North. These series of Wars would be known as the Wars of Alfred as they were the only true wars that he would carry out. These wars were decisive victories for Alfred and the North, the Kingdoms were quickly subjugated. After these wars there was an unstable peace in the Coridian Sea, the three major powers of the Valantierian Empire, the Calastar Republic, and the Northern Kingdom were the three largest forces in the area during this short stretch of time and were at peace. The North was undergoing an economic boom during this area as the Dragon-Born raids were quelled and peace reigned in the Northern heartland.

The Second Valantier Calastar War for Dominance would break out in 2629 AFL. The two Empires would once again clash in Praha and on the

### The Northern Confederation

#### Second Alfredian Age

##### The Third Peninsular War

The *Third Peninsular War* was a conflict much like the prior two which pitted the Calastar Empire against a unified Klienes Peninsula. The Armies on the Coalition side would be led by *Torgier Mosgen*, Alfred Odenberg, and Vihelm [Add his last name later], all leaders of Klienes Kingdoms. Alfred couldn't let *Julian* take control of the entire Kleines Peninsula so he would be the head of the efforts to organize the Coalition, sending his most skilled diplomates. In the *Gofenrode Agreement* the three powers made the alliance official and would begin mustering armies in a United effort. The North was a large Kingdom that would take a long time to muster its men so the plan was to wait for Alfred then to march against Julian in a united force.

Torgier after assembling his own army saw an opportunity to the Capital of Kunnenburg and leapt on the opportunity,

## Government

One of the main legacies from the Great Northern Crusade was the court language. Many of the lords that would repopulate the North were from Valantierian lands and as such the language that they spoke was Valantierian.

## List of Kings

Henrick 2578-2622 AFL

Alfred 2622-

Alexander To be determined-2673

Alfred II 2673-2711 atleast