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Message: <blockquote data-quote="njorgard" data-source="post: 1514796" data-attributes="member: 919">The Fall of Roedran - a historical footnoteI thought it proper to add this little narrative about Roedran's history to give some context to the events in the last few parts of this story hour...-------------------------------------------------------------------------The Fall of RoedranThe origins of the Barony of Roedran can be traced back 250 years to the appointment of Count Penrith of Karolem as regent of the southern city of Medore.  Pernith, in turn, appointed his brother Ferragus as surveyor and steward of the frontier lands to the south.Ferragus was an audacious character.  Having participated in many expeditions to uncharted territories, the task of taming this wild frontier suited him well.  In less than 15 years he had explored and charted most of the borderlands to the southeast.  His explorations took him deep within jungles and forests that were previously known only to Samusian primitives.  In one of Ferragus’s most notorious expeditions, he crossed the Antarius into Kundrian territory, making it all the way to the savage lands of Radazar.  It was here where he encountered the Urdian Horde – a band of bloodthirsty mercenaries led by the Kundrian warlord Ur.  Ferragus was badly injured in this encounter and was forced to retreat back into Hintaneese territory.As the war between Kundria and Hintai escalated, the warlord Ur retraced Ferragus’s steps several years later trying to find new access points into Hintai.  By this time, Penrith of Karolem had already commissioned several outposts to watch over the frontier.  He had also given Ferragus a military field rank and sufficient troops to repel Ur’s incursion. As steward of the southeastern frontier, Ferragus settled in these lands with his troops. Together with Samusian natives, Ferragus created several large communities.  Thus, the Barony of Roedran was born.At first, these communities were highly dependent on hunting and foraging.  They blended ancient Samusian wilderness lore with more modern Hintaneese military techniques to form effective hunter-gatherer units.  Noblemen from all parts of Hintai became interested in learning Roedran techniques for hunting game.  This expedited the creation of large hunting preserves, which in turn accelerated the expansion of the territory of Roedran.Ancient Samusian customs rubbed off on Hintaneese settlers as evidenced by the appearance of the Mestorien.  These were strange self-proclaimed protectors of the natural balance endowed with arcane abilities and a supernatural control of the environment.  Together with the border guard, the Mestorien successfully repelled Kundrian attacks for the next 150 years.  But Ferragus’s successors became increasingly complacent and careless about Roedran’s resources.  This situation angered the Mestorien who after repeated attempts to restore the balance between Roedran and the forest withdrew deep into the forest never to be heard from again.After the withdrawal of the Mestorien, Kundrian assaults on Roedran became more frequent and intense.  Finally, in the year 892, the warlord Koron used spies and misinformation to divide the border guards and fight his way through Hintaneese soil.  He reached Roedran and burned most of it to the ground.  Unwilling to sacrifice troops to retake a difficult position to defend, Lord Erecos of Medore cut the supply lines between Kundria and Koron’s forces, poisoned the water supplies, and starved most of Koron’s troops.  Roedran would now remain a buffer territory between Kundria and Hintai.</blockquote>

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