Alethkar
Alethkar was founded as Alethela in the Silver Kingdoms Epoch. It survived the Desolations, but at an unknown point was fractured into ten princedoms.
The founders of these princedoms were the sons of Sunmaker, making the present day Alethi great houses his descendants.
For centuries, Alethkar was divided into these self-governed princedoms until former King Gavilar conquered and united them. He was crowned the first king since Sunmaker, who'd cast down the Hierocracy.
The Alethi first encountered the Parshendi during Gavilar's expedition into the Shattered Plains.
When King Gavilar was assassinated by the Parshendi in 1167, his son, Elhokar, became king and declared war on the Parshendi in what became known as "The Vengence Pact".
Culture
They have tan skin and pure black hair. They are a grand people with a natural nobility to them. Alethi hair always breeds true, proportionate to how much Alethi blood one has. Foreign blood would mean stray hairs of another color (like that of Adolin, for example).
The men are tall and well made. Lighteyed men dress in dark coats that are elaborately embroidered, looking like generals on a field. They wear masculine colors: maroon, navy, forest green, deep burnt orange.
Lighteyed women are even more splendid. They wear grand dresses, their bright colors a contrast to the dark tones favored by the men. The left sleeve of each dress is longer than the right, covering the left hand. For women of age, this is their "safehand" and it is to be covered at all times. Common darkeyed women wear a glove instead of the safepouch that lighteyed women wear.
Women wear their hair pinned atop their heads, either in intricate braids or in loose piles. It is often woven with ribbons or ornaments, along with gems that glow with Stormlight.
History
Alethkar was founded as Alethela in the Silver Kingdoms Epoch. It survived the Desolations, but at an unknown point was fractured into ten princedoms. The founders of these princedoms were the sons of Sunmaker, making the present day Alethi great houses his descendants. For centuries, Alethkar was divided into these self-governed princedoms until former King Gavilar conquered and united them. He was crowned the first king since Sunmaker, who'd cast down the Hierocracy.
Territories
Alethkar isn't in the harshest of the stormlands, but neither is it some soft-skinned Western land. Buildings there are built low and squat, sturdy sides pointed eastward toward the Origin, like the shoulder of a man set and ready to take the force of an impact. Windows are placed only on the leeward - the westward - side. Like the grass and the trees there, humankind had learned to weather the storms.
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