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Amharon Toumanian

Amharon (c. 210 - 242) was a prince of the Toumanii tribe in central Vadya during the early to mid 3rd Century. He led his tribe to hegemony over the Bay of Amharon, ruling the area for over two decades before the surrounding tribes curbed his power and annihilated his tribe.

Amharon was born in the 210's to Prince Kelredan Toumanian and his consort Adyshe. He was the only one of his siblings to survive infancy, and by twelve it was clear Amharon was a tactical genius. His father sought his advice in the small-scale tribal conflicts that arose from time to time.

When Kelredan died in 221 Amharon succeeded to the throne. He immediately consolidated his rule as expected, trawling his tribal capital of Lijvar for potential pretenders and killing them wherever they were found. Then, without any warning or even any apparent planning, Amharon raised the tribal levies and attacked the Servorii town of Norzhen. He conquered it without serious resistance, enslaving the Servorii and quickly moving on to the next tribe.

Prince Amharon conquered Tzilkar in 223, then Gyimru in 227 and Sarkap four years after that. The Toumanii state experienced growing pains for the next while, with the Toumanii population of thirty thousand struggling to maintain control of a rebellious slave population of over two hundred thousand. The Prince solved this issue by offering citizenship to any slaves giving information of rebel leaders in Toumanii territory. Hundreds quickly came forward and, by 238, the entire Bay of Amharon was pacified by force.

The neighbouring tribes didn't turn a blind eye to Amharon's conquests. While he was pacifying his new lands the powerful Jurnetii and Poredii tribes were gathering their forces and winning over the smaller tribes in the area. In 239 the coalition attacked, slowly making gains as Amharon could not be on every front at once. The battles Amharon commanded ended in crushing defeat for the coalition forces, but his lieutenants were less competent, and by 241 the Toumanii had lost their lands and been confined to Lijvar.

The Siege of Lijvar was one of the first sieges in northeastern Tairghol, lasting a year and a half. It ended in December 242, when the Toumanii answered a coalition ultimatum by betraying Amharon and sending him to the coalition camp while begging for clemency themselves. Amharon was executed that night, and the Toumanii who had betrayed him were hunted mercilessly and annihilated as well.
Ormas Gulf

The Ormas Gulf is an oceanic feature lying between the Huon Range and Natala Head. The entirety of its coast belongs to Dalfore, and the gulf itself is rife with fishing villages and trading towns, being a part of the trade route between the West Sea and the Yerlenzee.

The Gulf is named for the Tungrid nobleman Ormahas, one of the sons of Adagan Khan and the first ruler of the splinter state, and later client khanate, of Ormol.
Streshi (language)

The Streshi language is spoken in southern and eastern Cudumbian countries, close to the heartlands of the Sacred Coalition. Though it is a Caharlic language related to Huon, Pharomese and Tianguese, Streshi resembles a Latinisation of its relatives - its written form is phonetic, rather than pictorial, and it has no tonal inflections.
Tuathalain

Tuathalain is a formerly powerful Gabrain noble family. They held the Duchy of Ruorgagh as vassals of the King of Faramond from the Great Gap until their ousting in the Attack on the Ruadhain Forest.

Presently the Tuathalains are landless retainers in the service of House Lusugenet, the presiding royal family of Faramond.

The arms of House Tuathalain are 'Ermine, a rose Vert'.
War of the Zaltersee

The War of the Zaltersee was fought between the Kingdom of Dornrod and the Kingdom of Yaradale in the late 3rd Century. It resulted in the formation of the free Duchy of Zaltersee.

## Background

The Dornish King Floris Walloon advanced too far north during his conquests - he took the city of Zaltmeer and its surrounds. This angered the neighbouring Kingdom of Yaradale, which had seen Zaltmeer as a valuable trading ally and was protective of its freedom.

## The War

The Yaradalian King Genbert Hoorstein marshalled his forces and, in 284, marched across the border. He took Oostergein and Hoffloopen quickly and left a force of around seven hundred to lay siege to Zaltmeer.

Continuing south, King Genbert met Dornish forces under Count Jan van Einbeck at the Battle of Woudlem. The fight was a decisive victory for Genbert, who then proceeded to lay siege to Feldfurt where the Dornish survivors of Woudlem had taken refuge.

Feldfurt fell in early 286, and shortly afterwards Genbert was challenged by another Dornish nobleman, Count Danil Tornier. Though the Dornishmen were defeated at the Battle of Dikstadt, they inflicted casualties high enough to force Genbert to withdraw temporarily.

By now both sides were exhausted. The war continued until the spring of 288 for the sake of honour, at which point King Floris admitted defeat.

## Aftermath

The peace terms were that Zaltmeer, Oostergein and Hoffloopen would be released to form the free Duchy of Zaltersee. Though initially independent, this duchy was quickly made a satellite state of Yaradale.

Additionally, Dornrod conceded the Yaradalian right to maintain a garrison in the Dornish fortress of Feldfurt.

The exhaustion caused by this war was one of the major factors contributing to the collapse of Dornrod in 297. Once the country disintegrated, the Yaradalians in Feldfurt sallied out and secured the surrounding countryside - this was then ceded to the Duchy of Zaltersee.
Tungrids

The Tungrids were a race of steppe nomads originating from the Flentia River valley. In the mid-4th Century, Reman aggression and persecution forced them west, where they were confronted by stubborn Varhold.

Defeating Varhold and its vast alliance, the Tungrids under their leader Adagan Khan settled south of the Huon Range, building permanent settlements for the first time in their history.

After Adagan's death in 528, the Tungrid state splintered among his many sons.

The Tungrids originated from an area east of the Flentia River valley between the cities of Umbraus and Eremanthus.
Talorian Fang

Talorian Fang is an ornate sword and symbol of the power of the Talorian Cyngs.

Initially a wooden training sword, legend says that Cyng Thursteinn the Anvil reforged it into a bronze-hilted steel sword using only his bare hands; this gave rise to his epithet.

According to Talrycg tradition, this means that the spirit in the sword owes the Cyng a favour for increasing its worldly status. Legend says that it will repay this debt when Talor is in danger.
Morin

House Morin is a powerful Lacrivian noble family situated on the coast of the Trade Lake. It holds the Duchy of Aritoux, as well as the lower titles of Baronne d'Aurisier et Chappes.

House Morin has several vassals of its own - Houses Rouzette, Torneur, Alarie, Sadouville and Perier - and is subject directly to the royal family, House Ardouin.

The arms of House Morin are 'Quarterly, I and IV, Gules, an eight-pointed mullet Argent; II and III, of the last, a twice-headed lion rampant Or'.
Rossoryevsk

Rossoryevsk is one of the seven Stranyas of Ghorny and was once an independent nation in and of itself.

## History

Rossoryevsk formed in 544 when the Czar of Levetsk died and split his kingdom. At the time Rossoryevsk only contained the region around Krasnolovsk - the Rossorsk region. Over time it ate into the neighbouring kingdom of Tvemovsk, and in 577 conquered the kingdom of Ryevsk in its entirety.

After this, Rossoryevsk got involved in larger politics, joining five of the other six Stranyas on the world stage - Timapol did not yet exist.

Rossoryevsk allied itself with Guvyurt and Korokhovo made an enemy of the then-small kingdom of Kharkasy. In 601 war broke out, and the Twelve Years' War raged across the Ghornish region for over a decade.

By the end of the war Rossoryevsk, and every other kingdom that had taken part, was exhausted and beaten. The priesthood of the Varslavic Pantheon that had its headquarters in Krasnolovsk offered solace in the times of peace afterwards, and preached peace to such a degree that Rossoryevsk joined a priesthood-sponsored non-aggression pact with the new state of Timapol, and the power of this pact increased until all seven Stranyas were part of it.

Once at this point, the priests' strangehold over the pact crept ever greater until the Czars were Czars in name alone. By 658 Rossoryevsk was no longer independent, and though the priests were still required to pay lip-service to the Czars it was merely a formality.

The priests grew to demand more and more of the Czars, though the Czar of Rossoryevsk profited instead of losing due to the priesthood bringing the other Stranyas' wealth back to his own state. However, the Rossoryev Czar of the time, Trukhin, was sympathetic to the other Czars and began to secretly meet with them and align against the priesthood.

By 677 Trukhin had the Czars' full support, and issued the Medolsk Ultimatum the next year. The Ultimatum was very blunt, demanding the priesthood remove themselves from power or Trukhin's recently-hired mercenary band, the Varslavic First Spears, would lock the High Temple's doors and burn the priests alive with their riches.

Understandably, the priests complied and, since then, Rossoryevsk has been the capital of an oligarchic republic. The Czars recognised that they had conflicting interests and that these would not necessarily reflect the concerns of the general populace, so they made themselves subject to a council of seven elected noblemen from the Stranyas. Decades later two military officials were added to this council for defence purposes.

Since then Rossoryevsk has been a relatively peaceful place, only baring its fangs during the Hylbinic War of 703, during which the Czar had a spat with the independent ruler of the kingdom of Halubinya.
Trilliam Farnton

Trilliam Farnton (601 - 636) was a Scanbroughan nobleman of House Farnton, the son of Caped Man Ellesman Farnton. He is known most for the failed Siege of Pertwill Hall.

Trilliam was born in 601 and raised as Ellesman's eldest son - indeed, after his younger brother died in infancy Trilliam became the only Farnton child. As a child he was spoiled terribly and as such became used to getting his way.

Trilliam was a proponent of Scanbrough's independence. Upon the declaration of war beginning the Scanbroughan Secession, he raised forces from the east of his father's domain of Arkwell and headed for Goldenleaf, where he laid siege to the settlement.

After he was forced away from Goldenleaf by the approach of Faramond's royal army in April 635, Trilliam retreated into Scanbrough and joined the combined force gathering south of Wodeley.

The next time Trilliam is mentioned is after he met his end at the Battle of Shepsted Hill. He and his command of twenty-three knytes and two hundred light horsemen were cut off from the main Scanbroughan force and surrounded by Faramondian spearmen; Trilliam was mortally wounded leading a charge to escape the encirclement.
Packmoor

Packmoor is a poor Dunn village located on the northern side of a low range of hills separating Dunfleasel from Faramond and Gabrainn. It boasts nothing to be proud of, being a subsistence farming village only. Little trade passes through Packmoor and the ground is poor due to its proximity to Suren's Desert.

Packmoor gets its name from Packe Moor, a large expanse of flat ground split between Dunfleasel and Gabrainn. This has bastardised and, for expediency, is now referred to as the Packmoor, same as the village.
Second Siege of the Snake's Nest

### Outcome

Legio de Nemus ousted from the Snake's NestIlahr comes under control of the Farmadrate of Kath

The Second Siege of the Snake's Nest was an action fought between the Farmandrate of Kath and a rogue Reman army, the Legio de Nemus, occupying the fortress of the Snake's Nest on the outskirts of Ilahr.

## Background

The town of Ilahr held strategic significance for any commander attempting control of western Semnaria. As such, it was attacked in 655 by four rogue Reman legions seeking to establish a splinter state in the area. The Siege of the Snake's Nest lasted three years and resulted in the destruction of three of these legions by disease and betrayal. The remaining legion, the Legio de Nemus, took control of Ilahr in 658.

To the north, Parsanians still held strong. The splinter state of Kath had managed to claw its way to regional power, and the newly-crowned Farmandar of Kath realised that taking Ilahr would grant him a border with the Farmandrate of Rustif, an old and valued ally of his family's. So Kath prepared for war.

## The Siege

The Farmandar took the town of Ilahr in May 651 and laid siege to the detached fortress of the Snake's Nest at the same time. For the commander of the Legio de Nemus, who cared little for local politics and paid next to no attention to the local lords, this attack came completely out of the blue - he was stuck with enough food to last a paltry three months.

Several weeks in, a mysterious fire in the castle granary cut Reman food stores in half, and the Farmandar realised this. He was content to simply wait the defenders out and, in July of 651, his patience was rewarded. The defenders marched out under a flag of truce and were escorted as far as Podium by the Farmandar's men.

## Aftermath

Exactly as he had predicted, the conquest of Ilahr put the Farmandar within reach of Rustif. With this ally by his side, the Farmandar's power grew exponentially and his borders were fully secured several years later.

For the Legio de Nemus the future was less certain. After spending over four years wandering the wreckage of the Reman Republic, they faded away without a trace, a footnote on the pages of history.
Christian Lanz

**Christian Lanz** is Mexican-American actor and voice actor. He provided his voice as Vernon Blake in *Batman: The Enemy Within*. Christian also does additional characters in *Batman: The Telltale Series*.

## Credits

### *Batman: The Telltale Series*

* Drug Dealer #1 - "Realm of Shadows"
* Falcone's Assistant - "Realm of Shadows"
* GCPD Officer - "Realm of Shadows"
* Reporter - "Realm of Shadows"
* Thug #2 - "Realm of Shadows"
* Thug #6 - "New World Order"
* Enforcer #1 - "Guardian of Gotham"
* Immate #3 - "Guardian of Gotham" to "City of Light"

### *Batman: The Enemy Within*

* Vernon Blake - "The Enigma" to "The Pact"
* Minister - "The Enigma"
* Riddler's Goon - "The Enigma"
Tadmor

Tadmor is a large Halarbic city-state lying in Suren's Desert - its neighbours are Mamelkert, Falsil, Roumidia, Kajasthan, Harvota and Dessar.

## History

The city of Tadmor is one of the oldest cities in the interior of Tairghol, dating back to the 7th Century BCE. It was the western centre of trade during the Vardanid Dynasty, growing rich in trade with Tianguo.

When the Vardano-Reman Religious Wars occurred and the Vardanid state fell, Tadmor formed its own nation with the new Arshavid Dynasty at its head. Under the oppression of the Arshavids, Tadmor struggled within itself. Eventually, in 675, the Arshavids were overthrown in a coup and the city became a republic.

Under its new governance Tadmor prospered, and many towns from the surrounding areas defected to bask in Tadmor's reflected wealth. Currently Tadmor is the most respected of the peaceful Halarbic countries, and forms the backbone of a coalition against Kajasthan.

## Geography

Most towns in the city-state are founded around oases, with the surrounding countryside being flat, featureless desert. Surrounding the city of Tadmor are the oasis-towns of Qanabil, Misekia, Haruzeh, Kafafir and Salmar.
Sack of Jyltheim

### Outcome

Annihilation of Varholdian deserters living in JyltheimSack of the city of Jyltheim

The Sack of Jyltheim was an action fought between the Cyngdom of Talor and a band of Varholdian deserters living in the city of Jyltheim.

## Background

In 510, a band of Varholdian deserters tried to raid into northern Talor and were met in battle at the Greenstream River by Cyng Allnoth the Wall. The Varholdians caught Allnoth by surprise and he was forced to hold the bridge over the Greenstream while his retinue armed themselves to fight back.

The Varholdians were driven back, but not before Cyng Allnoth was mortally wounded. He died after the battle and was succeeded by his son Cyng Aethelhere Strongmace, who immediately set out for revenge.

Aethelhere's first act as Cyng was to find the raiders' base in Jyltheim. He meticulously planned his attack, and the next year, in 511, Aethelhere set out with his retinue.

## Battle and Sack

Aethelhere attacked in the dead of winter, January 511. The Varholdian deserters had taken over the mead hall in the centre of Jyltheim and scared the townsfolk into cooperation - the people of Jyltheim supplied them with food and drink in exchange for their lives.

Cyng Aethelhere knew this, but did not discriminate between the townsfolk and the deserters. He reasoned that the townsfolk had brought themselves level with the deserters by helping them, however unwillingly, and by by sharing the town with them.

When the Fyrdmen of House Eorlfric attacked, they struck without mercy. On the night of the 23rd of January the Fyrdmen came from all directions, silently killing the deserter sentries and setting fire to the outbuildings of Jyltheim.

The wooden outbuildings caught easily and the fire quickly spread to the town centre. The deserters were burned alive in the mead hall, and those who tried to escape were caught as they fled the city and crucified later at the site of the Greenstream battle.

## Legacy

The entire population of Jyltheim was killed in the Sack. It was later settled by ambitious farmers who used the stone foundations to rebuild some of the buildings in the town centre, and since the formation of Satï has become a major administrative centre, but it has never regained its former size.

The Sack of Jyltheim sent a clear message to other Varholdian deserters in the region: Talor was not to be trifled with. The Cyngdom saw few further attacks from deserters, and those few were dealt with just as mercilessly.
Talahas Ricfriding

Talahas Ricfriding (363 - 427) was the head of House Ricfriding during the late 4th Century and a major player in the game of Talorian politics.

## Personality

He was known as an eccentric man fascinated with the peasants of Eorlsburh, taking dozens of lowborn concubines and often throwing lavish feasts for whole suburbs. This didn't mean he was kind, however; he was one of the major advocates of the exile of house Higwalding on nothing more than a chance they were involved in the murder of Cyng Beohrtsige Bellringer.

Talahas had many children but only legitimised three: Eomer, who would later become Cyng Eomer Bonespear; Eowyn, whom he married off to Freoric Leodwalding to cement House Leodwalding's support for Eomer's candidacy as Cyng; and Eostan Ricfriding, who would become the father of Cyng Seaxwulf of the Waves.
Rolimar

Rolimar is a heavily fortified town in western Lacrive, the seat of the House le Villiers. It boasts squat, thick walls and towers sprawling over a wide perimeter in the latest feudal technology.

In terms of its garrison, Rolimar is relatively well-defended. The barracks hold space for up to five thousand men, with additional billets available in the houses of the townsfolk. Nearly every family in Rolimar has at least one soldier in the family.

Due to the War of the South Lake, a Dalforean League force numbering more than seventy thousand is currently marching on Rolimar, and expect to encircle the settlement and lay siege in spring of 765.

The fortress is currently home to four thousand men, though the Cont le Villiers and his chevaliens are busy collecting more recruits from the surrounding countryside, and columns of reinforcements are marching from Bouchier and Clernois in preparation for the upcoming siege.

## History

Rolimar was founded as Roux-le-Mar, which translates as 'House on the Sea', in the 3rd Century BCE. Its name stems from Lake Vernier, a small body of water that serves as the source of the Feriche River. The original settlement was built on the edge of the lake, with a motte-and-bailey castle a kilometre inland.

Over time the castle grew in importance, with the town slowly migrating nearer to its walls. Several noble houses occupied the castle at different stages, with the village elders voting a prominent family into residence when the previous house's bloodline ran dry.

As tensions rose in the Lacrivian region, the castle was upgraded zealously as powerful factions saw Rolimar as a strategic location in the area.
Taloric (language group)

The Taloric language group comprises a number of languages with Germanic roots. They dominate the area around the Trade Lake, though are fairly localised to that area.

The language group is generally believed to have originated in a tongue named Proto-Talorian. This later evolved and split in three - Pre-Dalforic, Lakespeak and Middle Talorian. The first, Pre-Dalforic, proliferates most widely. Its direct descendant language Dalforean is spoken west of the Trade Lake, and it is known that many descendants of Pre-Dalforic were also present east of the Flentia River before the Great Gap. This is evidenced by the presence of government records dating pre-Gap, and by the existence of Dalforic enclaves, languages such as Ormenthian and Moranian directly east of the river and in Caer Moranh respectively.

The second descendant of Proto-Talorian was Lakespeak. This evolved into High Lakespeak and Low Lakespeak as the people on opposing shores of the Trade Lake developed different speech patterns, and the former evolved further into Harnese. Lakespeak was also adapted into a third language, Flennish, which now dominates the lower reaches of the Spurnian River. One dialect of this Flennish language, spoken widely in The Spur, has coincidentally reformed into perfect English.

The final product of the Proto-Talorian language, Middle Talorian, has two descendants: Talorian and Varlish. These are spoken mostly on the northern shore of the Trade Lake, and resemble dialects of Scandinavian languages.
Wallefreid

House Wallefreid were a Faramondian-cultured noble family reigning in the town of Goldenleaf from the 2nd Century BCE to the 2nd Century CE. They were wiped out when the Kingdom of Faramond expanded into the area.

## History

House Wallefreid was one of the earliest noble families on the Trade Lake coast by over a century, and for this reason it is suspected they were actually descendants of nobility from the original Flentian Fleet during the 7th Century BCE.

Whatever their roots, the Wallefreids made it known that their domain was Goldenleaf and its surrounds. They attempted to expand into Shepsted early on, but were resisted by the local populace and forced out.

Later on the Wallefreids established several cadet branches. One of these families, House Parthwille, still survives in much its original form.

When Faramond expanded into the area, the Wallefreids resisted. They had fortified their town with a motte-and-bailey skirt wall, and held out for several weeks before the Faramondians began to hurl flaming pitch at the defences. After the siege, the Wallefreids were put to death along with most of their cadet branches, and House Parthwille was installed as a loyal vassal of the new Faramondian King.

## Coat of Arms

The arms of House Wallefreid were 'Vert, two acorns palewise, slipped and leaved Or'. This is in reference to a sacred grove of oak trees in the nearby forest.
Zhen Shan

Zhen Shan is a mountain and dormant volcano on the island of Yudao. It is named after the Zhen dynasty, the ruling dynasty of Tianguo when the island was settled.

Zhen Shan rises some 1400 metres above sea level, and is heavily forested on its northern reaches. To the south, the people of the island have deforested its slopes to create farmland.
Seaxwulf Ricfriding

Seaxwulf of the Waves (410 - 437) was the fifth Cyng of Talor and the second of the Ricfriding line, following in the footsteps of his uncle, the fourth Cyng Eomer Bonespear. He was known to be a distant and lonely Cyng, taking refuge at sea.

Seaxwulf, though chosen by the Ricfriding family as their candidate, did not want to be Cyng. He protested all he could but was overruled by an old Talorian law - if a Cyng dies in combat, his house is the next to take the throne.

Seaxwulf is described to be a man of slight frame and medium height. He loved to explore and trade, and had no stomach for the administrative side of Cyngship, nor for the political struggles of the court. Leaving government of the country to his cousin Beohelm Ricfriding, he passed his four-year reign by sailing - the first expedition went to trade with Varhold, his second went south to Lacrive and Faramond, then in 437 he struck northeast for the Spurnian River. His final expedition never returned and is said to have been dashed on the rocks surrounding the Spur.

When Seaxwulf failed to return from his last expedition, the throne was claimed by Cyneheah Boarslayer.

## Controversy

Seaxwulf's final expedition is widely accepted to have been destroyed - eyewitness reports from the city of Edgeview states that his ship was lost with all hands - however, given Seaxwulf's attitude towards the throne, there are unproven claims that his expedition instead settled somewhere along the Spurnian River.
Upmoor

Upmoor is a village in the southeast of Talor. It lies several leagues to the east of the Hurva River and has a population of around a thousand.

The village is long and thin, drawn along the main road that runs from the Dalforean border all the way along the Talorian coast and eventually terminates at the Greenstream River. There are fields of wheat and barley surrounding the village; these form most of the work done by the populace. Few specialist services are available in Upmoor and anyone requiring a service must travel to an adjacent town, be it Ganruck, Hydale or even Fenwich.
Vas

Vas is a small kingdom, part of the Sacred Coalition's Northern Wing. It is governed from Cydarmus, and through the last hundred years its ruling family has inherited the towns of Diaretus and Lentie. Several decades ago, King Gerontian launched the Vasian Invasion of East Stresh, capturing the town of Marthus before its larger neighbour Prai Stresh finished off the victim country of Stresh.

## History

Vas began in the 5th Century as a Reman region of semi-autonomy centred around the city of Cydarmus. This province of Vasia sought self-governance after the Bread Riots caused the local populace to lose faith in the Reman government's ability to provide them with food.

The region slowly reined in more autonomy until, by the time of the Vardano-Reman Religious Wars two centuries later, Vasia was all but independent. It paid homage to the consuls, received food and other items from the Republic, and supplied the army with soldiers, but otherwise was fully self-governing.

The province of Vasia was governed by a Reman Praeses, locally referred to as the King of Vas.The King was voted in, and there were, importantly, no restrictions on who could run. Foreigners very often ran for the Kingship, and often were elected.

During the aforementioned Religious Wars, Vasia remained untouched by riots and invaders. King Freidrich von Eindfelt was the one to formally secede from the Reman Republic in 660. Vasia threw off its Reman shackles and became the new Kingdom of Vas.

Almost immediately Vas was attacked by the splinter states at its borders - the Cudumbian state of Stresh invaded and took Marthus and Panettus during the Vasian-Streshi War of 664. With this, Vas was reduced to a city-state - King Freidrich was humiliated, and was forced to declare the Kingdom defunct. It became the short-lived Free City of Cydarmus.

King Herias of Vas managed to inherit the towns of Diaretus and Lentie from the southern Kingdom of Tarsza after the death of its King in 714. With the acquisition of these settlements, the state was no longer a free city but a Kingdom onnce more; Herias reinstated the Kingdom of Vas in 717, when he was sure he would retain his new holdings. He integrated these settlements well, and passed the baton to his son Gerontian in 721.

King Gerontian was not as patient and peaceful as his father. In 738 he took back Marthus from Stresh, putting the Kingdom of Vas in its current state.
Tinsandur

Tinsandur, locally known as Þinsandur, is a Varlish town on the edge of the Ulgardian stretch of the Trade Lake. Lying on the road from Asvanger to the regional capital Lingstrup, Tinsandur is sandwiched between the moorland of Sjobredd to the north and the turbulent Sea of Ivar to the south.

The men of Tinsandur are renowned as seamen, and are sought far and wide to man sea-going vessels. This is mostly due to the Sea of Ivar - an unusually rough and storm-ridden part of the Trade Lake which is also incredibly forgiving. This makes the perfect environment in which to breed tough sailors, who then proliferate in the ocean ports of the West Sea and the Great Northern Bight.

Tinsandur, like many towns in the area, has no resident feudal lord. Instead it is ruled from afar, by the Bjarn of Lingstrup - the House af Lingarn. In the past, it was part of the Kingdom of Asvangria, and before that Varhold.
Tairghol Wikia

*In the beginning there was peace. Then came humanity, sailing from across the seas. Where they settled, they brought fire and steel. They forced the People from their homes, and established homes of their own. Now, the fragile balance on the continent is under threat.*

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Yerlen

Yerlen is a large country in the Vasterlands in northwest Tairghol, bordered to the west by Vadya, the east by Trisk and Efulia, and bounded to the north and south by ocean and mountains.

Yerlen's capital is the city of Havwald, and two other major centers, to the east and west respectively, are Varpne and Lintzee.

Yerlen is one of very few states in the area that is not a member of the Dalforean League, instead being prosperous enough to ensure its own safety and having a large enough economy to support its population without large-scale trade.

Yerlen, unusually, is ruled by a Burgermeister - that is, the municipal government of Havwald before Yerlen was formed has remained the system of government instead of being replaced by a higher power.

## History

Yerlen is one of many states that appeared following the Great Gap. Initially it was the city of Havwald, with a swathe of land around it. Lintzee and Varpne were similarly city-states, and both were integrated peacefully in the late 5th Century after the Honourable Gamble.

After this the Burgermeister's objective was to connect the two enclaves - to this end he enlisted the help of the duchy of Gehemnia and, in 502, both countries invaded and partitioned the duchy of Unterwerden. This was followed by the conquest of the duchy of Vost-Mitland in 510.

By this time the burgeoning trade state was rich enough to support itself, and when he invaded Nordzeeland in 515 the Burgermeister didn't call on Gehemnia to help. This caused a rift between Yerlen and Gehemnia, ultimately resulting in the dissolution of their alliance.

Over the next forty years Yerlen had peace. It built up relations with the tribes of northeast Vadya and eventually employed the warriors of the Faranorii tribe to distract the Free Cities of Ankershagen and Penzlin while Yerlenese levies massed on the border. In 563 the city of Penzlin fell after a year-long siege and Ankershagen fell three years later.

By 570 Yerlen was the eminent power in the central Vasterlands and, in 574, the trading republic of Ost-Mitland elected to join the powerhouse.

## Ideology

The people of Yerlen value honour above all else. This is an intrinsic part of their culture, leading to Yerlen being the most highly-trusted country in the Vasterlands.
Serdhand

House Serdhand is one of the Aladornic Houses assigned to Angog Post in Dalfore's Krasnar region. The head of the House traditionally serves as the captain of the fortress's garrison.

The arms of House Serdhand are 'Bendy Argent and Or, two swords crossed in saltire Azure'.

House Serdhand is one of the oldest Houses in Dalfore; few survive past five generations yet House Serdhand has existed since Minister Tannell Aladorn first put his law in place in 311.

The House takes its name from its founder Anaros Serdhand who, upon a visit by Minister Tannell, challenged and defeated the captain of the Minister's bodyguard after the captain personally insulted Anaros. When asked about the duel, Minister Tannell commented that 'The man had a fine sword hand'. The term 'sword hand' became Anaros' epithet and, by the time he was appointed head of an Aladornic House when Tannell returned to Delfar, it had bastardised to its current form 'serdhand', and became his surname.
Longseoireacht

The Longseoireacht was an Irish skeid longship, part of the Celtic Squadron of the Eastern Fleet. Captained by Ivar of Waterford, it settled in what is now the Dhum Teic.

The Longseoireacht followed a group of Irish, Scottish and Welsh ships along the Flentia River and then along the Tauric River. After the river ran out, the group disembarked and continued on foot. The Longseoireacht and its fellow ships the Ciara Connacht and the Laois carried on and travelled towards the Veledic Range. Once there, the Longseoireacht settled at Balgar, now the fortress town of Trefwyyre in the Dhum Teic.
Urcanism

Urcanism is a monotheistic religion stemming from Ekdianism. Urcanists believe that the events of the Ekdianist apocalypse (Ekdos' battle with the Zahurians) occurred not in the future but in the long-forgotten past. They usually cite the Great Gap as evidence of this. Ekdos, after defeating the Zahurians, transcended into the heavens to take on the form of Urcane, the supreme god.

## Prayer

Believers are expected to strive to be the very best - they wish to be as close to 'supreme' as possible in order to become closer to their omniscient, omnipotent god. They view prayer as a lesser form of worship; it is tantamount to begging Urcan to help them become stronger, and this would insinuate that they have given up and are unworthy of being part of the religion.

## Afterlife

Urcanists believe that after death, people are taken to the Tower of the Sky, a mythical building on the Solitary Peak hidden from human sight by Urcan's strong magic. There they are judged by a number of physical and mental trials, after which the worthy are admitted into Urcan's realm in the heavens. There they live out eternity attending to Urcan and being waited on themselves, hand and foot, by the unlucky masses that failed the trials.

Thus Urcanists see themselves as the chosen few, as the trials are said to be such that only true believers of Urcan will pass them. Because of this, they are quick to look down on heathens and heretics; after all, in the afterlife these unbelievers will be their inferiors, so why not act like that is the case now as well?
Oenipont

Oenipont is a mountain village in Arvam, the only town to be located in the Jan'ah Hills. The town is nestled in a valley, through which runs a stream - the Oenia River - hence the name 'Oenipont', which translates to 'Bridge over the Oenia'. The town is seen as having a rugged charm, being built over several levels in the valley. There are open spaces and trees in abundance as opposed to most Arvamic towns.
Patronya

Patronya is the seat of the Great Rex and thus the capital nation of the Sacred Coalition. It lies on the southern border of the Coalition in its Southern Wing, bordering Mamzua, Fluminus, Druqua, Sarvalneiv and Travaenia inside the Coalition as well as Cuchium on the outside.

The north of Patronya lies on the Flentia River.
Roderick Lhantun

Aide-Marshal of the Packmoor

Marshal of Armel

Roderick Lhantun (611 - 672) was the head of House Lhantun and Baron of Pantmawr, a small town on the Packmoor. He was a minor commander during the Scanbroughan Secession, and earned fame and glory during the Battle of Shepsted Hill as a commander of archers and men-at-arms.

After the Secession, Lhantun stayed loyal to his liege's liegelord, the Duke of Armel, and seceded to become part of the new Kingdom of Dunfleasel. He served as the commander of Armel's forces during the Sultan's War.

## Personality

Roderick was known by his friends as being soft-spoken and peaceful. He was a patron of the arts, such as they are in the backwater of Pantmawr.

## History

### Early Life

Roderick was born in 611 to Baron Herd of Pantmawr and his wife Jeanne. He was an only child, and was tutored by his father's personal friend Count Seachan of the Packmoor. It was here that his tactical genius was realised through countless games of chess played against Seachan's household guard. Roderick inherited his father's lands in 630 when his father died due to a local outbreak of cholera.

### Scanbroughan Secession

Roderick was tested early. In 634, the Scanbroughan Secession took place and Roderick was nominated by Count Seachan to command several dozen men-at-arms and archers during the conflict. By the end of the two-year war, this command had swelled to two thousand - all of Packmoor's levies, as well as many men pledged to the Counties of Limebridge and Greenal as well. He acquitted himself particularly well during the Battle of Shepsted Hill, and was appointed Aide-Marshal of the Packmoor.

### Later Life

From here until his later years, Roderick had a peaceful life. He married and had children, then promised those children in marriage, as was tradition in the are, to strengthen familial ties between himself and the other local lords.

### Sultan's War

In 659, Roderick was again called to war. Dunfleasel was invaded by Falsil, and with the capital under siege and the King trapped, it fell - somwhow - to Roderick to command all of Dunfleasel's forces - a modest seven thousand men or so. He was supported by the King of Faramond and his men, and spent the war poking at the numerically superior Falsili forces. He did, in December 660, take the city of Takalmas. The King of Faramond, acting on 'Roderick's orders', put the city to the torch and massacred the local noblemen to get revenge for the death of the Dunn royal family at the Sack of Berham the year before.

### Abdication and Death

Roderick never really lived down that last action. He was so disgusted by the Sack of Takalmas that, immediately after the war, he lay down his sword and stepped down as Aide-Marshal. The next year, he abdicated in favour of his son Folster. He died in 672, in a bed which had been carried out into the orchards of Pantmawr, surrounded by his wife and children.
Mounted Men

The Mounted Men are a Dianfirric knightly order operating in the wastes south of the Jurikh Line. Drawn mostly from the skilled horsemen of the Jan'ah Hills and northern Dalfore, they are responsible for deadening the blows of the Plainspeople before they reach the defensive lines to the north. They number around seven thousand, but are stretched over a border of nearly 2,500km from Dessar to Kiba Sud.

## History

The Mounted Men were originally a mercenary unit in the pay of the Sheikh of Khaira during the Fifty Year War. After the end of this conflict, the unit was kept on as an auxiliary force of the Vardanid Empire to guard the southern border against raiders.

After the Great Gap, the threat had not diminished, but had changed in nature. The Mounted Men now fought the Plainspeople, with any raiders foolhardy enough to attack from the south being savaged by this new foe. Over time, human resistance against the People was organised more thoroughly, and the Mounted Men became an international force, not in the pay of any one nation. They were still primarily funded by the Vardanids, however, as it was mostly the Vardanids they defended.

After the collapse of the Vardanid Empire in the 7th Century, the Mounted Men were truly independent. The force shrank from twenty thousand to its current seven, as the new geopolitical field was far more fragmented and poorer.

Currently the Mounted Men are in a boom, working together with the Talorian Order and the Knights of the Sea Gods to defend the human world from devastation.
Third Siege of Roumur Castle

Combatants| House de la Munte | House de CaringoisSeveral branch families* House de Remerre
* House Pomierre
* House Ferenchard

The Third Siege of Roumur Castle was the last action of the Struggles of House Munte, in which House de la Munte was defeated and replaced as guardians of Roumur by House de Caringois.

## Background

Roumur was still reeling from the vicious Second Siege of Roumur Castle three years earlier, which had badly sapped the manpower of its defending House.

House de Caringois was a large, powerful House from the east - it and its branch families owned land as far away as Argenin, and now the head of the house Cont Richaud de Caringois set his sights on the rich iron-mining town that would ensure his armies stayed in supply of iron and steel.

## The Siege

The walls of Roumur were still broken and cracked from the attacks of House Erlinghard. There was one large breach near the main eastern gate, and when House de Caringois arrived Cont Richaud ordered his troops into a dual attack - the men oh Houses de Remerre and Ferenchard would attack the breach, while the de Caringois and Pomierre troops mounted an escalade on the low southern wall.

The fighting was fierce, but eventually the badly-outnumbered defenders were forced to retreat to the inner keep, which had remained intact.

Cont Geoffrois II de la Munte, the defending officer, was offered a parley that evening, and agreed to attend with his senior commanders. He and his retinue were poisoned and stabbed by the attackers during the parley, leaving the defenders of the castle leaderless.

Of the de la Munte children, the eldest son Frere took command at the age of sixteen. His brothers Demechard and Santoin, twins at age fourteen, were told to take the secret route out of the castle - a tunnel that led deep into the southern Lericonne Mountains.

The next morning the attackers mounted an escalade on the inner keep. The defenders fought bravely and punched well above their weight due to the strategic advantage, but eventually they were overrun and the entire garrison, including Frere, were slaughtered.

## Aftermath

Demechard and Santoin escaped through the tunnel and into the Lericonne Mountains, but quickly burned through their food supply. Santoin was gored by a bull while trying to catch a calf to slaughter and eat, a wound that festered and became infected. He died soon afterwards.

Demechard made it to Clernois and apprenticed himself to a baker. He inherited the business and nowadays, the descendants of House de la Munte can be found in the same bakery. Though the first few generations of de la Munte post-Roumur tried to maintain their heritage and lineage, they found it difficult to remind themselves of their nobility in a world where revealing it would have meant attacks from assassins of House de Caringois or other aggressive local families.

House de Caringois held Roumur until the 270's as part of the country of Lericonnia, when it was yielded to the branch family House Relecont due to lines of succession.
Natala Head

Natala Head is an outcrop of land on the coast of the West Sea. It is currently part of Dalfore, as it has been since the foundation of the town of Natala in the area during the 3rd Century BCE.

The undersea geography of Natala Head is complicated, with the innumerable peaks and falls giving rise to theories that it was once the site of a great mountain range. In the present day, this has the effect of making the sea currents unpredictable and dangerous around the Head; many ships have been lost in the area and the general rule of thumb is to give Natala Head a wide berth.
Valurilor

The Valurilor was a Wallachian cog, part of the Slavic Squadron of the Eastern Fleet. It was captained by Vlad Draculesti, the father of Vlad Tepes.

The Valurilor led several other Wallachian ships down the Flentia River, splitting early from the Eastern Fleet when an altercation with the captain's son led Tepes to split off early on in the journey. The Valurilor's sister ships settled along the northern bank of the Flentia in Buscua and Uclia. Once the last ship to accompany the Valurilor, the Rovine, settled at the mouth of the Uclian River, the Valurilor sailed up this river, through the Uclian Lake, and settled at Garbovi, now the city of Achicus, in the south of the Jurnar Hills.
Verrec de la Rudan

Verrec de la Rudan, known in folktales as Sir Verrec of the Ruadhain, is a Lacrivian folk hero. In the usual way, the truth has been inflated, and the real Verrec was a landless chevalien living somewhere in the northern region of the Ruadhain Forest.

The Tale of Sir Verrec regards his victory over the evil King Henry the Brown, with the help of the kind King Elerick. These two characters are identified with Count Henri du Losse, the Cont de Clanoît, and Duke Elerick Loxham, the Duke of Welldale.
Richeleu

House Richeleu is one of the most powerful families in Lacrive. The current head of the house, Jerome Richeleu, holds the Duchy of Argenin as well as the Barony of Mont-Sarmans. The former title makes the Richeleu family direct vassals of the King of Lacrive.

## Coat of Arms

The arms of House Richeleu are possibly the most complicated landed arms in the country: 'Quarterly, I Ermine, a bordure Gules, over all a Periconnic sash. II Azure, three otters Brunatre. III Or, a griffin rampant Argent. IV Vert, five mullets of the fifth'.

The first quarter of these arms represent the original Richeleu arms, from the 6th Century before division of the field came into fashion. The second quarter represents the chevalien family Yves-Thermout, who have served the Richeleus faithfully since before the Great Gap. The third represents House Sertois, who have long been married into House Richeleu, and the fourth quarter has one mullet for each house the Richeleu fiefdom has absorbed over the years: le Faucheur, Roualt, le Penven, le Menn and Lagadec.
Nuntrick

Nuntrick is a village in Dalfore. It is part of the administrative region of Krasnar. Lying in the north of the Isfelian Plains, Nuntrick is considered one of the most beautiful, homely villages in western Tairghol.

Nuntrick is governed by the kind Bryoreus family, residing in Nuntrick Manor in the east of the village. The family has always been good to the villagers, investing in public projects. Nuntrick is one of the few villages in Dalfore to offer education to all, though due to farmwork this offer is often turned down by the farming majority.

Recently another noble house, House Aratris, was created by the Minister himself as a reward to a political ally, and the friction caused by this new balance of power has yet to materialise.

Nuntrick was founded in the 1st Century by House Bryoreus as an independent farming village. When Dalfore arrived in the area in the 3rd Century the town was absorbed into the nation and House Bryoreus retained noble status.