The Duchy of the Lands Between the Mountains - House Southbay Era

Maps

Southbay Duchy 443KS

Founding Date

July 443KS

Predecessor Organization

The Duchy of the Lands Between the Mountains - House Darklyn Era

Leader

ser Allon Stormborn

Ruling Organization

House Southbay of Southbay

Leader Title

Duke of the lands Between the Mountains

Founders

ser Allon Stormborn

Parent Organization

House Southbay of Southbay

Subsidiary Organizations

Location

Southbay

Notable Members

House Southbay of Southbay

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The Sickness
Plague / Epidemic

A disease commonly referred to as 'The Sickness' swept through The Kingdom of Somercrag.
It mostly affected women and those with the ability to bear children, and disproportionately affected Noble Households.
The Sickness killed as many as one in ten people in Somercrag over the course of the year and a half it ravaged the country, before mysteriously stopping.

Location
The Kingdom of Somercrag

Additional timelines

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Skanler Duchy

The Kingdom of Somercrag
440 KS

20 /2

Somercrag is Called to War
Military action

Queen Malina Somercrag called upon her Duchal Vassal to raise their banners and begin massing troops at The Pass to cross The Witwell Mountains and begin working to oppose The Irogonie Aggression.
Each duchy formed its own army, allowing the Dukes, Duchesses or their Marshals to command the troops they knew best.

Additional timelines

The Life of ser Odric Vortane

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Kingdom of Somercrag
440 KS

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The Kingdom of Somercrag declares war on The Kingdom of Irogonie
Military: War

The Kingdom of Somercrag entered into a formal alliance with several Families of The Lamas Plains to oppose The Kingdom of Irogonie's Aggressive Expansion into their lands.
In her capacity as Marshal of the Royal Council, ser Sola Somercrag declares war on Irogonie.

Location
The Lamas Plains

Additional timelines

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Skanler Duchy

The Kingdom of Irogonie

The Kingdom of Somercrag
440 KS

18 /9

The Kingdom of Irogonie Surrenders
Diplomatic action

Following their defeat at The Battle of Starfield and the death of Prince Lur Lighthelm, the The Kingdom of Irogonie surrendered to The Kingdom of Somercrag.

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Additional timelines

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of ser Sola Somercrag

The Kingdom of Irogonie

The Kingdom of Somercrag
440 KS

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The Armies Return to Somercrag
Population Migration / Travel

The forces of The Kingdom of Somercrag returned through The Pass, marking the beginning of a period of celebration across the country.

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Location
The Pass

Additional timelines

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Life of ser Sola Somercrag

The Kingdom of Somercrag
441 KS

20 /4 01:00

The Death of ser Sola Somercrag; The Death of Duke Brennar Hayford
Life, Death

The official story, told by the only survivors of the event and proclaimed by Queen Malina Somercrag, is that ser Sola Somercrag and her companions were riding to The City of Bayglen with evidence of Duke Brennar Hayford's crimes when they were caught by an army led by the Duke and his Marshal ser Edam Bracks, themselves doggedly pursued by ser Kyra Crowler and her men-at-arms.
Ser Edam was torn between his loyalty to his Duke and to the crown. When Duke Brennar struck down ser Sola, Edam finally realised he could not stand by and allow this treason, so he had in turn struck down Duke Brennar.

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Location
Knightsgrave

More reading
The Death of ser Sola Somercrag

Additional timelines

The Life of ser Mattheo Foxworth

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Life of ser Sola Somercrag

The Life of Edam

The Life of Lady Terin Gaunt-Foxworth

The Kingdom of Somercrag
441 KS

28 /7

ser Tyon Cray's Armies Leave Fairstrand
Population Migration / Travel

The forces in Fairstrand loyal to ser Tyon Cray's cause, comprised mostly of the honour guards of the present Dukes and Duchesses, departed by foot under the command of ser Astris Conklyn to march to The Pass and enter The Kingdom of Somercrag there before sailing down The Flametongue to The City of Bayglen.

Meanwhile Tyon himself would sail on The Black Bull to Castle Blackbar to meet a second army raised from the houses of The Blackbar Duchy, including his own men-at-arms from Baremaw to march on Bayglen from the North.

Location
Fairstrand

Additional timelines

The Life of ser Mattheo Foxworth

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn

The Kingdom of Somercrag
441 KS

18 /11

King Tyon I Cray appoints Six Dukes; the Dukes of Somercrag Recognise King Tyon I Cray;
Life, Milestone

As the victor of The Battle of Bayglen, King Tyon I Cray appointed six Dukes - Lady Jaenis Skanler, Lord Croll Blackbar and Lady Mariella Gaunt-Goulsblud to resume their previous positions, ser Edgarth Hayford to be restored to his father's seat once he had been recovered from his position as a hostage of the remaining Royalist Soldiers, Hallkatla Darklyn to take up her father's seat which she had won from him during the war, and ser Newall Foxworth to take up a new Duchal seat over the the lands North of The Witwells that had been ceded from The Kingdom of Irogonie at the end of The Irogonie Aggression.

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Location
The City of Bayglen

Additional timelines

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn

The Foxworth Duchy

The Kingdom of Somercrag
442 KS

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King Tyon I Cray is Crowned
Era beginning/end

On the first day of the new year King Tyon I Cray was crowned by a gathering of his Dukes and Duchesses.
A great number of guests attended the momentous event, not only Somercrag's Lords and Ladies, but also Princett Nym Cimber at the head of a large part from The Kingdom of Rotheval and Prince Emerson Arturson of The Irogonian Royal Family.
As an additional part of the celebrations, the newly crowned King officiated the wedding of Lady Terin Foxworth and Lady Hellna Gaunt, arranged during The Tourney at Fairstrand 441KS. With the sad passing of her brother during the The Battle of Bayglen, Hellna was now to inherit The Gaunt Duchy.
The King also used this moment to dispense justice over the captured Royalist Soldiers. Ser Kyra Crowler was personally executed by the King before the gathered crowd. Other captured soldiers were given an opportunity to bend the knee to the king or be executed in the Castle's grounds, away from the public eye. Non military prisoners were given the opportunity to bend the knee or be exiled from the capital.
In a private meeting with Tyon's Royal Council Ser Allon Southbay was told that while the king would uphold his resolution of The Siege of Haycastle, he did not support it. He also directed the new Lord to strip Edam of his ranks and titles.
Finally, ser Mattheo Foxworth was knighted in absentia for his service in the various battles of the Revolution. Ser Newall Foxworth left Bayglen that evening to attempt to find his missing son.

Location
Bayglen Castle

Additional timelines

The Life of ser Mattheo Foxworth

The Hayford Duchy

The Kingdom of Rotheval

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Foxworth Duchy

The Life of Lady Terin Gaunt-Foxworth

The Kingdom of Irogonie

The Kingdom of Somercrag
444 KS

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444 KS

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King Tyon Raises Taxes
Financial Event

To pay for King Tyon I Cray's wedding, his vassals were expected to increase their tithes to him from one-quarter of their income to one-third. They would also be expected to contribute to the celebrations by arranging entertainment and food for the guests, as well as gifts to the newlyweds.

Additional timelines

The Timeskip 444-454KS

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn

The Foxworth Duchy

The Kingdom of Somercrag
444 KS

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444 KS

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Gianas Wyrm Travels to Southbay
Expedition

Gianas, an orphaned street urchin living in the abandoned wealth of Riverfoot had been plagued by Prophetic Visions in the days leading up to the town's collapse into the sea.
Waking amid the devastation, she was driven by the visions to follow the coast - first East, then South, then West, barely stopping for food or sleep, ragged and alone, to finally collapse unconscious on the threshold of Southbay's Church of the Stormwyrm.
She was soon recognised as a Stormprophet and welcomed into the church's growing ranks.

Location
Southbay

Additional timelines

The Timeskip 444-454KS

History of Greland

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn
447 KS

17 /4

The Stormwyrm's Influence Spreads
Construction beginning/end

News reaches Southbay and The City of Bayglen of the founding of the first The Church of the Stormwyrm outside of The Kingdom of Somercrag, in Northpoint in The Kingdom of Hillhurst.

Location
Northpoint

Additional timelines

The Timeskip 444-454KS

History of Greland

The Kingdom of Hillhurst

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn
448 KS

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448 KS

31 /12

The Kingdom of Somercrag Rescues Refugees from Rotheval and Hillhurst
Population Migration / Travel

Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford concieved a response to the eruption of The Boxsart Hills, inspired by her own relocation of the oppressed peoples of Barrowton many years ago. Throughout The Kingdom of Somercrag the Duchal Houses would each be responsible for raising fund. These funds would be used to create stores of food, clothing, and other supplies, as well as to to outfit the ships of Somercrag's Royal Fleet for the rescue opertion. The ships would make several trips around the coast of The Continent of Greland, ferrying smallfolk from the worst affected areas on the shores of The Hurst Channelto various ruined or abandoned settlements throughout Somercrag to be settled.

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Location
The Hurst Channel

Additional timelines

The Timeskip 444-454KS

The Life of Lord Tylan Hewlett

The Hayford Duchy

The Kingdom of Rotheval

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Kingdom of Hillhurst

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn

The Foxworth Duchy

The Life of Lady Terin Gaunt-Foxworth

The Kingdom of Irogonie

The Kingdom of Somercrag
449 KS

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Tourney in the Southbay Duchy
Sporting Event / Competition

House Falcin of Calford hosted a Tourney on behalf of their liege House Southbay of Southbay.

Location
Calford

Additional timelines

The Timeskip 444-454KS

History of Greland

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn
453 KS

27 /10

Ser Allon Stormborn Announces his Intention to Depart from Southbay
Diplomatic action

During the The Festival of the Stormwyrm ser Allon Southbay announced his intention to, in the opening months of the next year, put aside his ties to House Southbay of Southbay, The Southbay Duchy and The Kingdom of Somercrag as a whole in order to pursue his famillial rights to High Hill, a ruined castle in The Swamps of Baycotte.

Location
The City of Southbay

Additional timelines

The Timeskip 444-454KS

History of Greland

The Life of ser Allon Stormborn
454 KS

20 /4 01:00

ser Darris Blackmyre is Executed
Life, Death

Having been captured during the second battle of Thurnon, ser Darris Blackmyre was executed by Black Knights as part of the interrogation of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford.

Additional timelines

History of Greland

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Kingdom of Somercrag
454 KS

15 /9

The Death of Anabes Blackwood-Justmann
Life, Death

Anabes was captured by Elliot and Hannah Dent-Frosher during an attack by House Blackwood on House Hayford's army camp on the Northern shore of Westlake.
As a noble prisoner she was taken to Duke Edgarth Hayford's personal tent to have her wounds assessed and to be questioned, however shortly after she began to choke and, despite the attention of several healers, died.
The cause of her death was later determined to be Chokewine poison, which she is assumed to have administered to herself in preference to prolonged capture and questioning.

Additional timelines

The Hayford Duchy

History of Greland
454 KS

1 /11

The End of the Secession
Diplomatic action

Following the death of Duke Edgarth Hayford and the release of the Readiness Reports for the coming Winter, King Tyon I Cray issued Terms of Surrender to the Secessionist Forces. After some negotiation they were accepted, and the war ended.

Additional timelines

The Life of Lord Tylan Hewlett

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Life of Duke Newall Foxworth

The Foxworth Duchy

The Life of Lady Terin Gaunt-Foxworth

The Kingdom of Somercrag
455 KS

1 /3

The Hillhurstfolk Leave
Disbandment

Throughout the days leading up to the beginning of March, a change came upon cities across The Kingdom of Somercrag. At first it was small and subtle, a closed business here, a home boarded up there. But by the time the various Councils sat for their March sessions, it was clear something was afoot.
From landmark businesses like Tales Retold on the The Royal Lawn in The City of Bayglen, to the populations of cities from Dewfalls to Southbay, the Hillhurst-folk in Somercrag had begun to leave. Almost all did so quietly, loading their possessions into handcarts or onto boats and disappearing into the night. They took care not to abscond on debts or leave anyone in a poor position by their leaving, but it's also clear they feel whatever debt they might have owed for the Somercrag Rescue Effort 448KS had been repaid, in their own minds if not the mids of those they left behind.
The only true betrayal came from Rila Wren-Stoneheart, who stole away one night with fully half of the Somercrag Royal Fleet.

Location
The Kingdom of Somercrag

Additional timelines

The Life of Lord Tylan Hewlett

The Hayford Duchy

The Gaunt Duchy

History of Greland

The Blackbar Duchy

The Life of King Tyon I Cray

The Skanler Duchy

The Life of Lady Ophelia Foxworth-Hayford

The Foxworth Duchy

The Kingdom of Somercrag

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