The Kimberan Dynasty

# **The Dynasty of Kimber**

## Fallen Grace

Once a prosperous place, the kingdom ruled by the Kimber bloodline used to be the Old World's greatest superpower until it's slow decline throughout the last few centuries due to several important and unfortunate events; Exodus, Betrayal, Invasion and Uprisings. The dynasty once held nearly the entirety of the southern sub-continent of the Old World, having formed a coalition with the UnderLords inhabiting the mountainous region at the center of the sub-continent whom formed a nice bulwark against the brutish southlanders. At the height of the Kimber bloodline's success, the southlanders had been cowed into but a small corner as well.

The dynasty used to boast one of the grandest armies of Old World, led by Vledim Hendrick Kimber. However, the prince became jealous of his brother and king at the time, William 'The Stalwart' Kimber. The young prince sought out dark magics, forcing his men to come with him to an old elven tomb. Whatever dark powers he found, it corrupted him and he used them to attempt a takeover on the rest of the Old World. The Dynasty fought against the disgraced prince valiantly at the cost of it's own armies. The Dreaded One would eventually be defeated after a few years, but it left a blemish on the kingdom's reputation. Due to the faults of a jealous prince, the dynasty became distrusted on a world scale. On a local scale, arcane spellcasters would slowly become looked down upon, and regularly treated like possible necromancers.

Some of the continent's best magic academies and arcane spellcasters existed within the kingdom sometime ago. However, due to diverging philosophies with the local archmagi and a little miscommunication, many arcane spellcasters would pack up and leave to go join the archmagi's next project or simply disappear. Leaving the Dynasty of Kimber severely weakened when it came to its expertise with the arcane. After such events, *all* arcane casters have become mistrusted by the public for their actions.

In more recent years, dissident elements would become greedier, seeking to take things away from their kingdom and lay claim to areas already owned to loyal followers of the king. The dynasty attempted to resist against the radical elements until an agreement was reached. The dynasty generously offered part of its land to the radicals in order to appease them and keep the rest of their kingdom safe from the lawbreakers.

Among the chaos created by the lawbreakers, a new religion emerged. It spoke strongly to the people, it gave them something new to believe in than the gods they were more familiar with. The church of Bradarian commands much power, enough power to sway all but crown loyalists. While the crown does not fully approve of all the church's actions, it has been allowed to remain within the kingdom.

Unfortunately, whilst the crown dealt with other matters and its armies dwindling, the brutes from the south would slowly invade the kingdom, taking even more territory every month. With the radicals swayed, attention has been shifted to dealing with these monsters.

Written by Alex Robinwind, Historiographer Royal

## The Kimberan Dynasty

### Diversity

80% Human, 10% Dwarves and Halflings, 10% mixing bowl

### Ruler

Willard 'The Unfortunate' Kimber

In the present day, the Kimberan Dynasty is but a fraction of what it used to be, it was once one of the strongest factions on the Old world. While alone it is no longer one of the strongest, it still has the prestige of being the one to spawn many new nations across the land that have reputations of their own for good or bad with lingering influence. The kingdom is a mess, but the bloodline is more than a success with how far spread out it has become.

The remaining kingdom is very tightly knit together, they have weathered many terrible events that have rocked the people several times, they've become a little used to it and the shattering is just another hurdle to overcome. They are united in their loyalty to the crown and each other, but is that trust and loyalty really worth giving? The residents seem to believe so at least.

The land is in a weird circumstance, before the revolution and the land taken by the southlanders, they were having trouble keeping things in line and order due to dwindling resources and an ever increasing population. Though now that their territory and population has been greatly reduced, they have less to oversee and take care of, thus easier to maintain what they have left. Thankfully, the shattering seemed to have as much of an effect on the southlanders as it did them, so the Dynasty is taking the opportunity to reestablish control of its current territories and rebuild in time before any more catastrophes happen.

The only real resource the kingdom has maintained, is its coffers. With their remaining wealth, the dynasty is one of the largest supporters of the settlement in the new world, more than willing to sponsor potential adventurers to go help Horos build in hopes that resources, knowledge and perhaps support could be one day sent back.