History of Daly

King Liot is chosen from the remaining nobility to take rulership of the new Kingdom of Daly and ascends the throne in the newly constructed capital.

The new kingdom started seeing frequent raids by Paruel, who were beaten off frequently but continued to plague the coastline for the next decade.

The Great Plague almost halved the population in the course of one year.

The Second Plague ravaged the kingdom again, although thankfully immunity was still high and it only carried off 1 in 10, targeting mostly the elderly and sick.

The void on the throne leads to an uprising of the temples, demanding to take over the rule of the country

Increasingly paranoid and determined to do something to wipe out the lingering doubts about his rule, King Heron led an invasion south, destroying several existing Elven towns in search of land and riches.

A concerted push brought the south banks of the Enth into the kingdom, and extended the eastern border as far as Lake Liot and the Icebound Peaks

The eldest son of Queen Nienna takes the throne.

The town of Lynnport is built to provide a safe harbour for those sailing from La Liotsound to the new lands in the south.

The shock of losing half of the capital and many of the oldest villages in the kingdom is too much, and King Tristam dies during the disaster.

king Jared dies, succeeded by his daughter Queen Livet

Monsters start flooding over the new southern border, creating an ongoing war that lasts nearly 25 years intermittently.

An advance in farming technology nearly doubles the food production of Daly, with many more crops able to be planted in the same area with careful use of complementary species and better grafting and splicing available.

A settlement treaty is written with the remaining lands between the kingdom and the Frozen Fingers, and Prince Lovil is dispatched to build a settlement and bring order to the area

King Newalt dies, succeeded by his son, Lovil.

The settled area to the east is formally brought into the Kingdom, which now stretches from the Liot to the Lovil and over to the mountain range forming the spine of the island.

A settlement treaty is signed for the area to the north of the Liot with the people of the desert

King Lovil dies, leaving behind only a son born out of wedlock named Geraint.  The nobles press instead for the crown to pass to his nephew, Hira, son of Lovil's sister Princess Lieth.

A peace treaty is signed with the peoples south of the Lovil, bringing a large swath of land into the kingdom.

Duchess Ila is chosen by the remaining nobles to take the throne, having the closest blood ties back to the founders, in an attempt to cut off any claims from the Avilet Empire (who had an equivalent claim to Daly through Queen Avril of Avilet, granddaughter of Queen Livet)

A peace treaty is signed with the south in order to help rebuilding and resettlement efforts resulting from the tidal wave.  The temples are heavily involved in bringing this about, rather than the displomatic efforts of the nobles.

The temples, having grown in power exponentially, strike against the King, justifying it with the illegitimacy of his grandfather's birth and the revocation of his divine right to rule.

A settlement treaty is written with the remaining lands to the north, extending the kingdom all the way to the north coast. A fortress is built at Dragonwatch to better protect the west coast and La Liotsound.

Queen Haileth dies at the age of 66, succeeded by her eldest son, Hira II, but with her remaining 3 children taking an equal hand in the running of Daly.

The capital is moved to West Bour, the city new King Hira helped design and build to modern standards.  This move marks the final death blow to any hope of religions holding significant power in Daly ever again.

Unknown assassins kill King Hira II, his wife and children, and his brother Prince Godric, leaving only his younger brother Tristram, safe in the north desert forts.

A settlement treaty is written with the dwarves and elves of the Frozen Fingers and the Bour Forest, allowing expansion towards the east coast

The refugee Dwarves build North Tiervik and it's passage, as both thanks to the Adventurer's Society who took them in, and as a way to easily move back and forth across the mountains

King Tristram III abdicates in favour of his oldest child, his daughter Haileth.

The ascension of King Godric to the throne is challenged by his cousin Princess Aliette, married into the Avilet royal family (in turn descended from Queen Livet I) and claiming greater right through both marriage to the legitimate heir, Prince Aefric of Avilet, and through her father Prince Newalt, King Tristram III's only son.

After nearly a decade, King Godric manages to defeat his cousin and her husband, signing a peace treaty with Emperor Aeric of Avilet and finally being able to officially claim the throne of Daly.

King Godric, his younger son Prince Lovil, and several of his nobles, who were unfortunately sailing at the time of the tidal wave, are killed.

King Harding signs a settlement treaty with the remaining lands to the south east, meaning the kingdom now encircles the Bour Forest and covers most of the south coast

A settlement treaty is signed to expand the kingdom northwards along the eastern edge of the Frozen Fingers

The scale of the Liot disaster plunges King Harding into a deep depression. He takes his own life without producing a heir, and the crown goes to Marguerith, the 6 year old granddaughter of his younger brother, with her uncle Duke Idorith standing as regent.

A trade treaty is signed between Daly and the Avilet Empire

King Meric, seeing treachery everywhere, sets off to try and form an alliance with the dangerous Paruel, scared that the Avilet Empire will use Prince Gregor to try and take his throne. He is not heard from again

Princess Livet, the King's younger sister, marries Duke Byshirom and they build North Byshirom together to provide a counterpoint to the increasing power of the mages who now control the entire Bour Riding from West Bour- technically still the capital, but without a royal court since the early 700's.

Built as a feat of modern engineering at the top of the cliffs, Long is aligned with the pass through the central mountains of Daly and the pass through the mountains of Avilet into the heart of the Empire, forming the quickest route for goods to flow back and forth.

During the festival relocating the capital, King Tristram IV abdicates in favour of his son, Kentric

King Kentric takes part personally in the Link, having had reports that half of the Bonded Ones have mysteriously passed away. Within a day of the ceremony being completed, the temples of the Dark Gods resume service as if nothing had ever happened

King Godric III takes the throne, and promptly marries his cousin Princess Mariella to Baron Marthric of Avilet, descendent of the exiled Prince Gregor, in order to deepen links between the two countries. This exemplifies his reign, which is one of the most politically charged in Dalian history

In a blow to the now ancient Duke Byshirom, North Byshirom is razed to the ground overnight in a 'freak magical accident'. King Godric III responds by calling a grand conference, after which he inserts handpicked mages into the Arcane Academy and requires all magic users henceforth wishing to go beyond a certain level to pass various tests and exams to prove their control. His sister, Princess Livet (named for their great-aunt) is one of these mages

The Link is once again stolen by unknown hands. King Godric III, realising he is too old to deal with the issue himself, sends his daughter, Mage-Princess Jessamine, to seek it out. She is not heard from again

Feeling herself too old to rule well, Queen Haileth III abdicates in favour of her son, Meric

A trade treaty is negotiated with the kingdom of Osmein, allowing new plants and herbs to be brought into Daly. Healing potions rapidly become more commonplace due to the potent new strains of herbs coming from Osmein

King Meric II retires to build a fortified city overlooking the Wooded Isles, at the south end of the new mainland territories, ceding the throne to his eldest child, Marguerith. There are rumours the new city is either to protect, or protected by, a dragon.

A party of adventurers find the Link and the Bonded Ones still guarding it, held in some form of suspended animation. The lost Mage-Princess Jessamine is one of them. They report in secret to Queen Marguerith III, who elects to keep the knowledge within the royal family only

Queen Marguerith II falls from her horse riding out to deal with a minor peasant uprising, breaking her neck. Her eldest son, Godric, succeeds the throne

Both King Godric IV and the next in succession, his brother Prince Jareth, die in unfortunate accidents less than 4 months apart. The throne passes to Prince Jareth's daughter, Livet, still only 16

King Tristram V, Queen Livet II's cousin twice removed, takes the throne. His mother, the sorceress Princess Liovette, attends as his advisor

King Tristram V dies in his sleep, at exactly the same time as his unnaturally youthful mother Princess Liovette. He is succeeded by his eldest daughter, Morgause

An advance in military magic allows Queen Morgause to reduce the standing army to less than half. The retired soldiers are all given a healthy pension and the retraining of their choice, but many choose to travel to other countries as mercenary bands

The temples are in disarray, and petition the Queen for help in maintaining faith and peace. Some were predicting plague, others armies of celestial or fiendish beings, yet others uncontrollable civil war. None of these seem to be coming to pass, and now the common consensus is that the Link was a half-millennia long practical joke