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On the southern fringes of the [[Andorian Empire]] along the border with the [[Neumeni Territories]], in the year 591 PR, Nessandra, was forced to marry Maricus, Caldunoin's acting governor. Her husband had been a client ruler under the empire and affer his passing, she was considered part of the emperor's inheritance. | On the southern fringes of the [[Andorian Empire]] along the border with the [[Neumeni Territories]], in the year 591 PR, Nessandra, was forced to marry Maricus, Caldunoin's acting governor. Her husband had been a client ruler under the empire and affer his passing, she was considered part of the emperor's inheritance. | ||
Escaping her circumstances around 595 PR, she returned to her homeland and grew into a powerful sorceress and tactician. In 599 PR, she led raids against Caldunoin, drawing | Escaping her circumstances around 595 PR, she returned to her homeland and grew into a powerful sorceress and tactician. In 599 PR, she led raids against Caldunoin, drawing Maricus' ire further. Using guerrilla tactics, Nessandra foiled the governor's numerous attempts to crush the Neumeni in open battle. Eventually, she trapped Maricus, killing him and avenging herself. | ||
An Andorian-raised Phyrangi general, Brondalwyr, replaced the previous governor. Brondalwyr had been stationed in Caldunoin since 594 PR, as his origins were believed to help him deal with the local tribals. As governor, he often led forays into the marches to fight raiders. During one such sortie, he was captured during a surprise assault in 603 PR. As a prisoner, Brondalwyr became disillusioned with Palmithra, seeing the injustices they inflicted on his captors. Eventually, he took Nessandra as a lover and championed her cause, unifying various clans under her banner. In 612 PR, the Dorenti captured Caldunoin. | An Andorian-raised Phyrangi general, Brondalwyr, replaced the previous governor. Brondalwyr had been stationed in Caldunoin since 594 PR, as his origins were believed to help him deal with the local tribals. As governor, he often led forays into the marches to fight raiders. During one such sortie, he was captured during a surprise assault in 603 PR. As a prisoner, Brondalwyr became disillusioned with Palmithra, seeing the injustices they inflicted on his captors. Eventually, he took Nessandra as a lover and championed her cause, unifying various clans under her banner. In 612 PR, the Dorenti captured Caldunoin. | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 29 September 2026
The Kingdom of Nymorra was a country in northern and central Athelonesia. Its capital was Caldunoin.
History
Rise of Nessandra
On the southern fringes of the Andorian Empire along the border with the Neumeni Territories, in the year 591 PR, Nessandra, was forced to marry Maricus, Caldunoin's acting governor. Her husband had been a client ruler under the empire and affer his passing, she was considered part of the emperor's inheritance.
Escaping her circumstances around 595 PR, she returned to her homeland and grew into a powerful sorceress and tactician. In 599 PR, she led raids against Caldunoin, drawing Maricus' ire further. Using guerrilla tactics, Nessandra foiled the governor's numerous attempts to crush the Neumeni in open battle. Eventually, she trapped Maricus, killing him and avenging herself.
An Andorian-raised Phyrangi general, Brondalwyr, replaced the previous governor. Brondalwyr had been stationed in Caldunoin since 594 PR, as his origins were believed to help him deal with the local tribals. As governor, he often led forays into the marches to fight raiders. During one such sortie, he was captured during a surprise assault in 603 PR. As a prisoner, Brondalwyr became disillusioned with Palmithra, seeing the injustices they inflicted on his captors. Eventually, he took Nessandra as a lover and championed her cause, unifying various clans under her banner. In 612 PR, the Dorenti captured Caldunoin.
Jealous chieftains, led by a heated rival, Leomer, assassinated Brondalwyr in 616 PR. Nessandra disappeared the following year, possibly in mourning for her lover, perhaps secretly assassinated as well.
Brondalwyr and Nessandra's son, Caswallon I, slew Leomer in battle in 619 PR, beginning a period of warfare against other Dorenti tribes that continued to oppose him. In 626 PR, Caswallon pacified his worst detractors by sword or diplomacy, winning over his supporters and many of his rivals and earning their recognition as king of the Nymorran Dorenti.
Decline
Nymorra's decline had been associated with three major factors.
The first of these occurred long before the existence of Nymorra, with the ever-expanding great Marsh of Delcimbre. Like the Andorian Empire before it, this was a major factor in a civilization's decline.
Beginning in 782 PR, the Velashaar horde rampaged into Nymorran territory. An aging King Caswallon II defeated the horde east of Caldunoin in 798 PR, forcing them to route south into Sithras, but the damage had been done. His passing, however, led to a period of incompetent or tyrannical successors - sometimes both. Further, the Kingdom of Sithras, claiming a political marriage between the two realms, absorbed the kingdom in 935 PR. During the following century, Brondalwyr's paternal line was extinguished.