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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Idabrius" data-source="post: 4303193" data-attributes="member: 67832">Lavaas, a historyPrefaceThis work will detail the history of my homeland in terms that I hope any man or woman who can read Floran will be able to understand. The singers will carry it to the Eikwood to share with the elves so that it may join their traditions and legends as well. A copy will be sent to the dwarves at Vegrin so that they may place it safely in their vaults where no man may tread.This has been seven years in the writing, and now that I am finally free of the burden of this text I can only hope that scholars will copy it the world over and the history of my people will be remembered.Since the Nor∂manu kept no dates other than the number of years their current chief or king ruled, I must use the Floran system of timekeeping. With this in mind, a few dates are important to remember before the chronicle begins:1st Year of Kings (1998th Year of the City): The birthday of Evrard the Lame who instated the Roll of Kings114 K. - The Florans defeat the Aylmen in Ayland (modern-day Rutland) after a rebellion against newly-established Floran authority in the region of Arbellor; they march south to consolidate their victories.119 K. - The defeat of the Wellings and the establishment of the new Floran capital at Aescon; the Site of the Relics is consecrated and the Floran king Clovis declares that his goddess Pallea is descended from the union of the Floran goddess Nyx and the Nor∂manu goddess Mallearn.559 K. - Subjugation of southerly Nor∂manu tribes in modern-day Lavaas.793 K. - Total control over Lavaas (La val) established, last Nor∂manu tribes are subdued.801 K. - The Sargothine Wars begin.1110 K. - The Sargothine Wars end with Sargoth's surrender to terms.1237 K. - The Amaranth Line dies out; the Empire is thrown into chaos.1312 K. - Korlan the Young establishes the royal house of Lavaas (the Coralaine, named after Korlan) by defying the edicts of the perpetually weak Cantor-regent.1330 K. - The Red Summer War; Korlan takes his new people to war against the Regency. They are repelled, however the Aylmen (by now known as Rutlanders) take the opportunity to strike back against Regency garrisons in the region and win their own freedom.1336 K. - Ruttish warriors sack Regenthill, signaling the failure of the Regency to reclaim Imperial power.The Coming of the FloransThe Florans came to Lavaas late in their Imperial conquests. Spreading out from Aescon, they already commanded a good deal of the north and were inching their way down towards the Midlands. The Floran general and imperial consul Marten Phillipi led the first wave of conquests into Lavaas and effectively divided the Nor∂manu tribes that lived there along regional lines. By using their own hatreds and feuds against them he was able to secure a relatively stable border that followed the Iceflow river and gave him an opportunity to shuttle troops across the build permanent garrisons.His work was followed by the Amaranth Emperor Juston IV who ordered the complete and utter subjugation of all border-tribes in the empire. This involved not only Lavaas but the marshes south of Weland and several other border areas. It was during this period that the dwarf settlements of Vegrin and Stavanger recieved their land holdings in guarantee by the Amaranth line as part of an agreement to assist in bringing those regions under imperial authority. Positions of governorship were established in Lavaas and the program of cultural eradication was undertaken there as it had been throughout Floresan as native practices were discouraged and foreign southern social customs came to dominant.The Sargothine WarsWhen the first Sargothine Wars began, Lavaas served as little more than a recruiting station for the Floresan armies. Bold Floresian knights were accompanied by the "wild companies" of Lavaasinian footmen. The classical fighting style of the Nor∂manu was exploited to create these wild companies each of which was more likely to be lightly armored and carry a familial sword (as they could afford no other weapons.) However, pay was good in the Floran levees and soon the wild companies began to form a real power base back home. When the Sargothine Wars finally came to an end, generations of Lavaasin soldiers had been trained under Floran command. They knew how to stiffen their ranks with dismounted knights and how to make use of the heavy shock power of well-trained and armored horsemen.Collapse and DeclineAt first, when the Amaranth line failed, the Lavaasinians followed the new cantor-regent in the same way as all the provinces. However, as structure and order in the south began to break down many local Lavaasinians who had been part of the wild companies began to think of grabbing power for themselves. After all, they were heirs to the Floran strategies and cultures just as much as the Florans themselves were. To be honest, their thinking was not far off the mark. By this point in history there was no true Nor∂manu blood left as the intermarriage of Floran settlers and utter eradication of customs native to the Nor∂manu ensured the Florans would inherit Lavaas no matter who was in command. The bravest and most daring of these wild-captains was Korlan the Young, so-called for his extreme youth at the time of his first battle. He openly defied the cantor-regent in Regenthill and declared himself chief governor and Prince of all Lavaas. When the regent was weak enough to agree to this self-made title, Korlan decided that the man didn't deserve the power he wielded. By the end of that year Lavaas expelled all Regenthill tax collectors and officials. Korlan himself took oaths of fealty from his warbands.The Six HousesThe captains of each of these warbands went on to found one of the great houses of Lavaas. The Teralsons, the Hardottir, the Genner, the Veynsons, the Degerre, and the Savor each lay claim to Ducal power because one of their ancestors was a captain under Korlan's command. Korlan himself founded the royal house of Lavaas, though his own offspring would never rule.The coming of the CoralainIn the year 2105 K. the King of Lavaas, a man named Stag Olafson, abdicated the throne. He was under extreme pressure from the general estates and the five Dukes and one Duchess of the kingdom as he had forcibly seized power in a coup almost a decade earlier. After several defeats against the armies of Weland along the southern banks of the Iceflow, the land was ready to see a new man take the throne. His cousin, Lars Olafson, was crowned. However, Lars refused to take Stag's surname. Rather, he gave himself a new one, fashioned after the name of the prince who gave Lavaas its freedom - Korlan. Therefore, he became known as Lars Coralaine.</blockquote>

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