D'Hara/History
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The Book of D'Hara
When the Judge of Shadovar, Sir Valdrix, refused to uphold the feudal rights of Duchess Katayanna Ogren, and instead issued a ban on her for claiming her feudal rights, Duchess Katayanna seceded her duchy creating D’Hara. Soon after, the Ruler of Shadovar, disgusted by the actions of Judge Valdrix, stepped down, but not before fighting a duel to the death with Judge Valdrix in which they were both seriously injured, causing Valdrix to loose his position. Before the duel, Valdrix further showed he was a traitor by lifting the ban on the previous dictator of Shadovar. The new judge of Shadovar promptly banned Valdrix and 3 others for their actions.
Emperor Mathias then stepped down from Ruler of Shadovar and joined D’Hara, as did the Duke of Nebel and many other nobles, leaving Shadovar an empty husk of its former self. D’Hara then declared war on Shadovar to reunite the two duchies under a new banner and a new ruler. The war with Shadovar officially ended with Marquis Naracan of Nebel switched the allegiance of his county to the new Queendom of D'Hara, ending Shadovar and reunifying the former duchies together.
Dragon Rebellion of D'Hara
The rhetoric of this rebellion was the result of a division created in the D’Haran nobility. For several reasons unmentioned here, it was decided by the Dragon Queen Katayanna that she should abdicate from the throne in order to lead a colony effort to the mainland past Paisly. At the same time, a growing lack of confidence in the sanity of the Dragon Queen and severe mistrust in her behavior led to opposition among the nobles who would remain in D’Hara. After a breakdown in meaningful communication, General Cenarious maneuvered a group of disillusioned nobles into a rebellion to overthrow the Queen. The rebels stated that because the Queen was stealing gold from the realm to found the colony, enough to destroy parent realm of D'Hara, and because of the Queen's recent behavior against a duke of renown, they were no longer able to accept her rule. The colonists were not involved in the rebellion and were supported even after the Dragon Queen was overthrown and banned. The colonists became involved in the rebellion, mainly in support of the Queen, but were unable to stop the uprising. Dragon King Cenarious took the throne of D’Hara and began completely restructuring the hierarchy of the realm. During the rebellion the vast majority of the colonists fled with all the wealth they had thus far accumulated and followed Katayanna to the mainland realm of Caerwyn. With the damage done and the rebellion over, and with the colonists no longer members of D'Haran nobility, their wishes were soon disregarded by the new king. During the coup d’état Cenarious had promised to aid the colonists if they would aid his rebellion, or at the very least stay out of it, in support those remaining behind in D'Hara. It was thus no surprise that he turned his back on the colonists after they had all supported Katayanna and attempted to work against him during the rebellion.
Lord Bowie has since submitted an essay on this subject titled "Cause and Consequence of the D’Haran Rebellion in the Spring of 5 YD" to the Dwilight University in the Summer of 7 YD (or the 22 of June 2009).
Crusade for Sallowtown
The infamous Demon of Dwilight, Lord Bowie Ironsides, had successfully launched a Crusade for the city of Sallowtown in the name of the Great Dragon Sallow. He was given the Mandate of Sallowtown by the Great Dragon himself and charged with reviving the Sallowsian culture and prominence on the continent. By bringing civilization back to the suffering Sallowsians, and performing the necessary rituals, he has been named their Prince. With the blessings of the ancestors, he shall bring back the glory and power Sallowtown once wielded. The D’Haran Crusaders who have participated in this noble cause deserve their due recognition. They are: Duke Hexic Jeckyl, Marquis Rathan Himoura, Dame Sorsha McDowell, Sir Gislher Ehrenstein, and Sir Carlos Francisco Torres de los Reyes. The Sallowsian Sir Kratos Wolff participated with honours. The Prophet Tenebrioun Kiri-Jolith also deserves mention for preaching the faith in the city to prepare them for their deliverance.
Just over two weeks after its success, the Crusade faltered and failed. Many reasons were thrown as to why this happened. Among them was the lack of military presence by the Crusaders, whom all left after the city was taken over, save for one, the takeover unit being converted to militia by the Prince immediately after the takeover, leaving no unit of strength in the city, and finally the indiscretion by the Prince which led to his eventual ejection. The Prince had relations with one of Sallowtown's young princesses and impregnated her, later on giving birth to a son. The Sallowsians overthrew the noble rule and tossed the Prince back into the Qubel Channel, where he swore he would return.
The Dwilight Dueling Circuit
On the Fourth of July, Summer of 7 YD, D'Hara's finest nobles founded the continent's first dueling guild, the Dwilight Dueling Circuit. It was conceived by Prince Bowie and Duke Mathias, funded by the Prince, authorized by Count Gislher to be constructed over the old dueling ring in the region of Qubel, and supported by Duke Hexic. Since its construction, it has already become an attraction for the island-tombed realm.
The First Census
Since the Prince enrolled in the Dwilight University he has taken a greater focus on the history and society of D'Hara. To further his studies on the realm, he ordered announced the first Census. It was supported by only 2% of the nobility, but gathered interesting data nonetheless. While the King was not a participant, the Prince was.
Gap in Records
This was the period of the expulsion of the Demon Prince due to an exposed plot for rebellion, and then the wedding of Duke Mathias Ridder and Marshal Sorsha McDowell.
More details on the rebellion plot and the expulsion can be found here: Expulsion of Demon Prince.
More details on that subject and the wedding can be found here: Rebellion Plot and Wedding.
The War for Paisly
As recorded by Asriel Octavius.
On the 12th Day of Autumn in the 8th Year of Dwilight D’Hara declared war on Madina and attacked the city of Paisly. The same day, Terran allied itself with D’Hara and, a day later, also declared war on Madina. The Dragon King of D’Hara, Cenarious Stormrage, stated that the war was due to the hostile and insulting behaviour of Duchess Nightling Balewind of Paisly and the failure of Doge Tacin of Madina to control her.
The initial force which landed in Paisly was beaten back but they were reinforced over the next two days and were able to wipe out all the Madinan units guarding Paisly as well as wounding Nightling herself. In this they were aided by a monster attack against Paisly. However, the defenders rapidly began raising militia units to defend the city leading to days of protracted fighting. Terran forces were unable to aid in this since they were occupied trying to fight their way past the horde of monsters in Paisland.
After a few days the Madinans in Paisly were defeated and at last some Terran forces arrived to occupy the city while the D’Haran forces refitted in Port Raviel. The D’Haran forces were divided into two groups, the First and the Second Wave. The First Wave left immediately and began a friendly takeover as soon as they arrived in Paisly, aided by their Terran allies. There then followed a brief period where the occasional Madinan unit appeared and was wiped out whilst the Terrans struggled to get more reinforcements through Paisland and the D’Haran Second Wave refitted.
The season turned to winter and a day later reports reached D’Hara that the massed forces gathered in Madina were sailing for Paisly. The Second Wave was immediately ordered to Paisly along with everyone in Port Raviel. It was calculated that the combined allied forces in Paisly would be able to use their defensive advantage to defeat the slightly larger Madinan force. It was hoped that the takeover might even be complete by the time the Madinans arrived due to the long travel times on the stormy winter seas.
And, on the 3rd Day of Winter, just three days after it had started, the takeover was completed and Paisly became part of D'Hara. However, there was no time for the conquerors to celebrate since the same day news arrived of the vast forces that Madina was bringing north. Their huge fleet had been sighted just a few hours from Paisly and it was obvious that this would be one of the greatest battles in Dwilightian history. Madina had mustered almost twelve hundred men to attack the city, which was defended by a combined Terran and D'Haran force of almost a thousand men. Since the defenders would have the advantage of the walls it was impossible to predict how the battle would go. At the same time Duke Mathias stepped down from his stewardship of Port Nebel and was reappointed as the Duke of Paisly.
On the 5th Day of Winter a small Madinan force of seventy men landed and were shot down by the archers on the walls. They were wiped out to the last man but succeeded in killing two defenders with their bows. It was assumed they had arrived early by mistake, their ships sailing ahead of the main fleet.
