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Agarion
| PREMISE MAP MAJOR HOUSES MINOR HOUSES COURTIERS DOMESDAY HOLDS APPLICATION DROPBOX | the five kingdoms of agarion. The original five kingdoms were as thus: the Northern Lights, the Midgard (later split into the Craig to the west and the Sommerlands to the east), the Edge, the Six Keys and Starfall. These were united under the rule of House Vysgoth and together brought an end to the First, heralding the Year of Mankind's Dominion. The calendar now marks 1328 Anno Dominium Hominis. It has been forty years since Prince Eulorys II was survived by his father the King Rhaemar, whose spirit soon followed in grief. Whereas Eulorys II's infant son, Daemon III, stood to inherit the crown, this line of succession was contested by Vaelarys, the Second of Rhaemar's Name. Backed by half the lords of the land, including, unexpectedly, Lord Vallens the Kingmaker, the dispute was soon settled in a bloodless coup. The queen and her infant king, now deposed of all authority, were banished from Agarion. For two decades, Vaelarys reigned. Some hailed him as a much needed reformist who single-handedly turned the realm around, while others spake of him still as an usurper who excelled only at conjuring appearances of good kingship by wrapping despotism in a cult of personality. Whichever side was true, it was not to last. As the years wore on, Vaelarys began to regret merely exiling his nephew. The cold shadow of apprehension spread like poison and sure enough, it was an ill omen that blew in as the once infant king prepared to take his right by force. Daemon III rose to power amidst mixed opinions on the streets. His rebellion was not a bloodless one and the years of warring ushered his regime in a storm of discontent. But he was gifted with the same stock of charisma that had served his uncle so well in his time, and so covered his mental defects with a predatory charm and a generous coffer. Yet, there was only so much that a smile and a wink could suppress. Just as it seemed that the brutal overthrow of Vaelarys Vysgoth and his children was all but forgotten, the king's madness began to grow increasingly more apparent. In the early days, only those closest to him would catch glimpses of his darker side and doubt what they had seen, but it was only a matter of time before word spread. Amidst this, the death of his second-born by his first wife has inspired a paranoid obsession in the king to father an army of successors. A game of thrones is about to stir anew...or perhaps it had never truly ended at all. ( READ MORE ) |