History of Vyrania

Looking to make a name for himself, Reverence, a Tiefling seafarer, takes a ship west. He sails a more southerly route around the Dosite Archipelago to avoid the storms completely and reaches the Kingdom of Kuldir on the eastern shores of Jord. He is welcomed as a guest of the kingdom and stays for two and a half years before returning to Jamitari with gifts and documentation of his journey.

Named after his, at the time of his birth, still living grandfather to curry favor, Oswin the Younger was born as the tie-breaking maneuver to avoid a war of succession between his twin father and uncle. His birth was well timed as soon afterwards a virulent plague began to cross the land and within months his both his father and uncle were dead along with the majority of his extended family.   He ruled almost exactly thirty-seven years to the day from his coronation at the age of 2. To protect his health advisors of his late father held the reins of government while his claim on the throne was kept secure by loyalists until he reached his majority. Pressure was also placed on him to marry and have children as his family line was essentially exhausted of heirs. He married at age 18 and over the course of six years had three children: the Princes Oswin (III), Essen, and Tatarin.   His elder sons Oswin and Essen grew to adulthood. Tatarin died before reaching adolescence. Oswin the Younger had to deal with factionalism against his rule from within and without, even between his own sons vying for preference in succession until they had their first children. Given his age at the time of his death, many suspected foul play, though no official claims or charge was ever made.

Having had an amiable relationship based on trade and diplomacy for centuries, the Dragonborn Emirate was successfully negotiated into a merger with the Kingdom of Brovia by Queen Jacina and Emir Vorkris Morseth. The Emirate remains autonomous regarding most internal affairs.

Braid was more mentally secure than his father, and had claimed to want reform within the realm, he was unable to enact decisive policies, especially on the military front. At first he decided to continue the war started by his father, only to attempt suing for peace later. When negotiations failed the war was expanded. Braid's 14 year reign became highly reactionary. While the Empire's size largely stayed the same, military settlements and outposts expanded along contested borders in the wake of a wave of nationalism. Braid died of an illness while on a tour of the Empire's western frontier near Darellon.

Marden ended the longstanding war with the northern realms and reinvested in domestic infrastructure. The Imperium modernizes, but makes no attempts at compensating the states that will eventually join together as the Confederacy. A dissident group of Brovian citizens organized an assassination plot on the Emperor while he was traveling on his personal steam train. A bomb was planted on the tracks and detonated as his private car passed over. The armored car, a gift from the Dragonborn Emirate, saved his life. However, a secondary bomb was thrown into the midst of his surviving retinue as they prepared to flee the area.

(1412-    ) Ascended to the Imperium throne at the age of 19 upon the assassination of his father, soon afterwards declaring war on the Glayswen Confederacy. Marden II's reign has, thus far, been entirely concurrent with the Great War.