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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04bfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A N W E T H I A</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A N W E T H I A"><B>home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>News History</I></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="want"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B>Want to know how did the countries formed? Or how did the major clans of       </div> <div> Liosliath emerge? This is for you!                                             </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> History has been broken up into sections being history1 through history11.     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> <A HREF="#news_history9" TITLE="News History">History10</A> and <A HREF="#news_history10" TITLE="News History">History11</A> being what happened in your characters life span.      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Note: Sections are long, logging is suggested.                                 </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                              next - News History1                              </div> <div>                               -  NEWS HISTORY                                -</div> <bR> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> More than thirty centuries ago as well as any can determine, the individual    </div> <div> countries were beginning to take shape; small tribal territories gradually grew</div> <div> into larger kingdoms under the leadership of the most powerful of the tribal   </div> <div> leaders.                                                                       </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The details are vague, but from what has been passed down we learn that in the </div> <div> northern reaches of the land, where the rolling forested plains meet the polar </div> <div> regions, an aggressive nomadic tribe who called themselves the Cruithne        </div> <div> conquered - after a hard fought battle - the Kabares. From the Kabares came    </div> <div> mages who held to the earth; speakers of the earth, a conduit between those    </div> <div> that cannot speak with those who can. Also of the Kabares were mages attuned   </div> <div> with one of the elements of earth, air, water or fire. The Cruithne absorbed   </div> <div> the Kabares into their tribe.                                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> When the Cruithne went to take lands, the entire tribe would go. Warriors,     </div> <div> craftsmen and crafts women, mages, bards, children and all the tribes          </div> <div> belongings. In times of battle all of the Cruithne, as needed, would join in   </div> <div> the battles.                                                                   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Next to fall to the Cruithne were the Boresti. A pattern of conquest was       </div> <div> established where the leader and immediate family was slain, one of the        </div> <div> Cruithne was put in charge, and a tiered system was established where pure     </div> <div> blood Cruithne were always at the top, followed by those of mixed Cruithne     </div> <div> blood and at the lowest strata the indigenous tribal peoples.                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                              next - News History2                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY1                                -</div> <bR> <div> 1001 - 1500                                                                    </div> <div> The Cruithne swept through the lands conquering in turn and over time the      </div> <div> Atecotti, Venicones, Dicalydones , Verturiones, Keranna, Mordant, Garragg and  </div> <div> last the clans of Liosliath. As the Cruithne tribes dispersed to the conquered </div> <div> lands, the professional class - being the craftsmen and crafts woman - and the </div> <div> local indigenous peoples over time shared in their knowledge.                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The ancient Cruithne believed in many gods and goddesses. Every tree, every    </div> <div> bush, every flower, everything had a little deity living in it. Some of their  </div> <div> gods and goddesses were extremely powerful. But most were little deities. Each </div> <div> tribe had theirs. They believed in an Otherworld, the Otherworld was the home  </div> <div> of many gods and goddess. It was a place of joy, where feasts were always      </div> <div> happening. The Otherworld was NOT a heaven. It was NOT a reward for doing      </div> <div> something good on earth. The Cruithne believed that everyone entered the       </div> <div> Otherworld when they died. Waterfalls were one of the many doorways to the     </div> <div> Otherworld. Natural waterfalls, especially small ones, were believed to have   </div> <div> healing power. To the ancient Cruithne, they were entrances to the Otherworld. </div> <div> They believed in omens. Birds, especially, were believed to be able to carry   </div> <div> messages from the between the living world and the Otherworld with the help of </div> <div> the mages. Beliefs which were to be passed down and become some presence in    </div> <div> years to come in the areas they ruled.                                         </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Ruled by the Cruithne the lands were firmly held..                             </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> But, even though the entire continent was held it was not an empire. There was </div> <div> no Cruithne capital city,no Cruithne emperor or single common leader. There was</div> <div> no Cruithne centralized administration, no sophisticated form of government, or</div> <div> written code of law. There was no unified army of all the Cruithne. Rather, the</div> <div> Cruithne consisted of dozens, and dozens, and dozens of individual Cruithne    </div> <div> tribes, each acting independently and on their own. Sometimes these tribes     </div> <div> would join together against a common enemy, frequently they would fight between</div> <div> themselves. This lack of single leader would lead to the Cruithnes downfall.  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Towards the end of the 1400s here and there revolts started to happen, the    </div> <div> Cruithnes were too thinly spread.                                             </div> <div>                              next - News History3                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY2                                -</div> <bR> <div>                                      1501                                      </div> <div> In Liosliath Laogarius of the Docartaig clan, who held an area of the southern </div> <div> most lands of Liosliath rallied the clans about his leadership. At that time   </div> <div> the clans, each led by its own chieftain, were: McDaid, Farlane, McDevit,      </div> <div> Melaghlin, Clachan, Uladh, Docartaig, Luader, Tarpaigh, Duthchas, Gilchrist,   </div> <div> Seiridh, Gulban, Tuama and Muldonie. The first recognized King of Liosliath,   </div> <div> Laogarius Docartaig lead the combined clans and forced the Cruithne nobles and </div> <div> warriors out of their country.                                                 </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> During the final battles at the area where Garragg, Mordant and Liosliath share</div> <div> borders, mages on all sides used fire, water, wind the land and shoreline was  </div> <div> brought to ruin by the magics. The McDavits led by Chieftain Briartach McDevit </div> <div> were decimated, Chieftain Odharnait McDaid took the remnants of the McDavits   </div> <div> under her protection, appointing Sibeal McDevit as a sub-chief to hold the     </div> <div> Barren Lands and lands surrounding that wasteland and west to the Piorad Pass. </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> A group of six mages went to Laogarius Docartaig. He sensitive to the lands and</div> <div> to magic felt the damage done to the earth, and agreed to summon the council of</div> <div> kings, what is known is of that councils agreement.                            </div> <div>         The Lledrith Guardians were formed, mages tied to the earth, not to any</div> <div> country                                                                        </div> <div>          One area in mid-continent, a high plateau ringed by steep mountains   </div> <div> was declared taboo by the Guardians, for reasons unknown. Of all the continent </div> <div> that area which became known as Eavld for its towering oak trees remained free </div> <div> of any wars from that day forward.                                             </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The first Caer Glas is built at the Docartaig clan port city of Carraig.       </div> <div> Through politics and force, the Docartaig clan gains more land by absorbing the</div> <div> lands of the Luader, being the southern most tip of Liosliath from the Stanyon </div> <div> Mountains south and west. Gregoir Luader is named sub-chief.                   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 1503 - 1700 Over the span of years:                                            </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Those of Keranna revolted and took their country from the Cruithnes.          </div> <div> Shortly after Liosliath pushed out the Cruithne, Those of Garragg allied with  </div> <div> Mordant and took their lands back                                              </div> <div> Atecotti, Venicones, Dicalydones , Verturiones over a period of years took     </div> <div> their lands back from the Cruithne.                                            </div> <div> Eventually the Cruithnes, those who survived that is, held a small piece of   </div> <div> land on the north west coast below the plains and a small rocky island off the </div> <div> north western coast line the island they named Kaba.                           </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Liosliath does its best to totally isolate itself, the two passs guarded.     </div> <div>         The Farlane clan joins with the McDaid clan. Parthhlan Farlane named   </div> <div> sub-chief to hold the plains area bordered by the Docartaig holdings to the    </div> <div> south, Tannis River to the west, Bay of Lathi to the east and a road about two </div> <div> days travel from Cein Glas.                                                    </div> <div>         Duthchas clan absorbs the smaller Gilchrist, Seiridh clans. Tighearnan </div> <div> Gilchrist is appointed to hold the lands to the east and west of Vik Pass and  </div> <div> south to, but not including the village surrounding Caer Donn. Isibeal Seiridh </div> <div> is named to hold lands in the south east.                                      </div> <div> Larger clans, led by a single chieftain are better suited to hold the passes.  </div> <div>         Lagarius passes peacefully in his sleep in 1531, the position of King  </div> <div> inherited by his son Ciorstaidh. Laogarius line continues to hold the throne of</div> <div> Lioslaith. In 1699, Mairsile Docartaig sits on her throne.                     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                              next - News History4                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY3                                -</div> <bR> <div> 1701 - 2000                                                                    </div> <div> War begets war, once the leaders found they could hold their own lands they    </div> <div> wanted more.                                                                   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The first to step forward were those of Keranna who quickly conquered Mordant  </div> <div> to its east. Dwyn Nuda, war leader of the Keranna flush with his victories than</div> <div> pushed on into Atecot (Atecotti country) expecting a easy victory. The Atecot  </div> <div> fought for many years before finally succumbing to trickery to this day not    </div> <div> fully understood.                                                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Late in the year shortly before the first snows Kerannas forces attempt to    </div> <div> break through the Vik pass of the Naithair Mountains, in the first week of     </div> <div> battle King Caratacus Docartaig is trapped and slain. His son Donagh takes over</div> <div> the command of Liosliath warriors. The attack is repulsed after bloody         </div> <div> battles.                                                                       </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Garragg conquered Veni (Venicones) and Alba. Garragg attempted to invade       </div> <div> Liosliath by land believing Liosliath would be weak after the battles with     </div> <div> Keranna. Fresh forces, and more importantly skilled healers, from the          </div> <div> Melaghlin, Clachan and Uladh clans exactly the resources needed. Those clans   </div> <div> along with the Duthchas, McDaid, Gulban, Tuama and Muldanie commanded by       </div> <div> Warrior Queen Meadhbh Docartaig defeat the forces of King Maurus.              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Circa 1760, Strife brought about by real and sometimes vastly exaggerated      </div> <div> episodes has the Gulban, Tuama and Muldanie clans in continual strife. Queen   </div> <div> Meadhbh Docartaig journeys to Caer Righ to meet with the three clan chiefs,    </div> <div> setting a precedent continued to this day of Liosliath justice, being the Royal</div> <div> Court. There she finds Tuama and Muldanie at fault. Four days and three nights </div> <div> of heated discussions yield the outcome where Lochlainn Gulban takes over the </div> <div> lands of the Tuama and Muldanie clans. Lochlainn appoints Siofra Tuama as      </div> <div> sub-chief to hold the lands at the foothills of the Naithair mountains. Siofra,</div> <div> her brother a master smith, knows the area is Lochlainn rich in ores.          </div> <div> Mathghamhain Muldanie is appointed sub-chief to hold the lands one days travel </div> <div> inland from the Iarthar Ocean, that coastline does have a small yet serviceable</div> <div> port.                                                                          </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> At Caer Pent, healers, herbalists and apothecaries of the Melaghlin, Clachan   </div> <div> and Uladh clans have frequently been meeting. Realizing as the neighboring     </div> <div> clans become more powerful, individually each could be taken over by one of its</div> <div> neighbors, the three clans decide to unite under one chief with Melaghlin the  </div> <div> largest clan being the obvious. Chief Raibeart Melaghlin, will head the clan.  </div> <div> Sub-chief Seastnan Clachan will tend to the lands half a days travel           </div> <div> south,north and east of the Tannis River Falls. Sub-Chief Sibeal Uladh will    </div> <div> tend to the lands half a days travel north,south and east from the caves along </div> <div> the coastline.                                                                 </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Early 1780s Queen Meadhbh Docartaig dies when her horse stumbles on a mountain</div> <div> path and she and the steed both tumble into a gorge of the Stanyon Mountains.  </div> <div> Her second son Cunobelinus Aedh Docartaig, who had been eying the Tarpaigh     </div> <div> lands for their wheat fields and whiskey production, claims the throne.        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Clan Chief Fionnghuala Tarpaigh steadfastly refuses to give up her lands to    </div> <div> either the Docartaigs to the south or Melaghlins to the north. As King,      </div> <div> Cunobelinus is not in a position to usurp her lands until at one festival a    </div> <div> inebriated Fionnghuala pulled a blade and threw that blade at Naomh,           </div> <div> Cunobelinuss wife. The blade struck home killing Naomh. Fionnghualas fate was</div> <div> sealed, the executioners blade. The Tarpaigh clan honor price for such a      </div> <div> action was considered mild by many, Cunobelinus appointed Fionnghualas        </div> <div> daughter Mairin as sub-chief and allowed Tarpaigh to tend to their lands.      </div> <div> Within a year Cunobelinus passed. Some say poison, others say natural causes.  </div> <div> Catigern Docartaig inherits the throne.                                        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Now the major clans of Liosliath are five, Docartaig, Melaghlin, Gulban, McDaid</div> <div> and Duthchas.                                                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The northern plains becomes home to the remnants of tribes and to those        </div> <div> outlawed by their own countries.                                               </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> In the mid 1780s a flotilla of Garraggs warships attacks Carraig, Liosliaths</div> <div> major port and location of the King Catigern Docartaig Keep - Caer Glas. The   </div> <div> port city is laid to ruin during weeks of fighting. Catigern Docartaigs forces</div> <div> barely manage to defeat the Garragg forces, a very heavy first snowfall aids   </div> <div> the Liosliath forces, a snowfall later attributed, perhaps falsely, to         </div> <div> Catigerns wife Dierdre who was known to be a water mage.                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                              next - News History5                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY4                                -</div> <bR> <div> 2001 - 2500                                                                    </div> <div> Keranna and Garragg battle over the years, Mordant sitting between the two     </div> <div> powers changes hands multiple times.                                           </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> During the mid 2490s Garragg as legend speaks captured a Keranna ship, using  </div> <div> that ship they sailed into Kerannas port city of Naiose where the Keranna     </div> <div> Emperor Haydn Merfyn was visiting. Merfyn was slain by three mages, a water    </div> <div> mage a fire mage and a air mage. All three of Garraggs mages were captured by </div> <div> the Keranna forces and executed as were all others of Garragg on the captured  </div> <div> Keranna ship. Haydns daughter Iona Aoife Merfyn became Empress, and within two</div> <div> weeks sent forces by land and sea to Garragg. The land forces were to take the </div> <div> two routes one along the southern coastline and one along the northern border  </div> <div> of Mordant where it meets Eavld. The forces on the southern route were given   </div> <div> orders to split their force and have half travel along the southern border of  </div> <div> Garragg along the foothills of the mountains while the other half of the      </div> <div> Keranna southern force was to find a way across the northern border of         </div> <div> Liosliath. All four of the Keranna forces, three traveling by land and the     </div> <div> fourth by sea where to converge at Ainslie, Kerannas Garraggs capital city on</div> <div> the western coast. Blinded by her rage Empress Iona Merfyn refused Kerannas   </div> <div> military and naval leaders advice and guidance. Kerannas forces set off in the</div> <div> early winter poorly equipped with orders to live off the land or Mordant,      </div> <div> Liosliath and Garragg and impress whatever mages they came across.             </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                           Liosliaths first Allting                            </div> <div>         King Catigern Docartaig summoned all the Chiefs and sub-chiefs to Caer </div> <div> Glas for a meeting to determine multiple aspects relating to the well being of </div> <div> Liosliath. As in past meetings with fifteen, five chiefs and ten sub-chiefs    </div> <div> along with various representatives from each clan the meeting was disruptive.  </div> <div> Sometime during that meeting and before the customary feast where no business  </div> <div> can be conducted, a new noble hierarchy naming convention was laid in place.   </div> <div> From that day forward the King became known as the Thane, as whoever sits upon </div> <div> the throne of Liosliath does not own the land, rather holding it in trust as </div> <div> it's ruler and protector. Clan Chiefs will be known as Pennaeth, responsible</div> <div> for ensuring the clan holdings prosperity, unity and keeping the peace between </div> <div> the major clans. The sub-chiefs would be known as Ducs, responsible for the   </div> <div> lands their Pennaeth allows them to hold. Ducs will have Barwyns to help in  </div> <div> that respect.                                                                  </div> <div>         Thane Catigern Docartaig established the Allting, a council made up of </div> <div> the Thane and five Pennaeths. The Allting to meet no less than twice a year.  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Meanwhile the Atecot secretly meet with Alba, Veni and Diones. The agreement   </div> <div> was made none would join in the fight till after Keranna and Garragg joined in </div> <div> battle. Than the four tribes would decide what to do. With little resistance   </div> <div> from Mordant, a land war torn, the Kerenna northern expedition force made good </div> <div> time. Conversely, the southern land expedition force met with overwhelming     </div> <div> resistance from Liosliath on the southern side of the mountain range and the   </div> <div> strong resistance by the Garragg on the northern side of the mountain range.   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Kerannas twenty three ships, full of men and supplies, sailed into a storm    </div> <div> stronger than they had ever believed possible, is told to this day the storm   </div> <div> was non natural but conjured by magic. Fourteen of the ships went down or where</div> <div> otherwise lost. The eight remaining limped back to Kerannas port and the wrath</div> <div> of Empress Iona Merfyn. The two southern Keranna forces after losing close to a</div> <div> third of its mages and fighters turned back and retreated to Keranna.          </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> By sword and magic Keranna extracted a heavy toll on the northern clans lands  </div> <div> of Liosliath, including the death of Thane Catigern Docartaig. The land is     </div> <div> again tethering on the brink of collapse, as each Clan look to their own       </div> <div> affairs, Liosliath left without a Thane.                                       </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Kerannas northern expedition force for reasons still unknown turned back to   </div> <div> Keranna without engaging the Garragg forces. Kerannas might suffers a serious </div> <div> setback.                                                                       </div> <div>                              next - News History6                              </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY5                                -</div> <bR> <div> 2492                                                                           </div> <div> Ailbhe Docartaig - known as the White for her uncommonly fair skin - comes of  </div> <div> age, and immediately demonstrates the spirit of the Docartaig Clan is as fierce</div> <div> as ever. She gathers the southern clans to her banner, and is declared Thane of</div> <div> Liosliath. The northern Clans soon follow suit and swear allegiance.           </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> King Cowal nGaulder of Garragg assembles a large land based force and starts  </div> <div> across Mordant towards Kerenna.                                                </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> King Oengus of Mordant calls for aid from Atecot, Alba, Veni, Diones and       </div> <div> Liosliath. Pennaeth Seamus McDaid heeds Oengus call without conferring with the</div> <div> other clan chiefs or the High Thane of Liosliath. The kings of Atecot, Alba,   </div> <div> Veni and Diones also answer the call. With the combined forces of Mordant,     </div> <div> Alba, Veni, Diones and the McDaids of Liosliath the Garragg forces are routed </div> <div> at a battle of both magic and steel. To this day the battlefield in Mordant is </div> <div> barren.                                                                        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Garraggs might suffers a serious setback.                                     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The alliance of Mordant, Atecot, Alba, Veni and Diones falls apart over petty  </div> <div> bickering and age old feuds.                                                   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Proving once and for all her intention to keep Liosliath one land, Ailbhe the  </div> <div> White invites - by way of her White Company - Seamus McDaid to Carraig, there to</div> <div> answer for his unilateral actions. This is the first time the Guards are       </div> <div> deployed; a symbolic force, made up of warriors from all the Clans, they will  </div> <div> rise to command great respect and neutrality.                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> What is said between the Thane and the Clan Chief is unknown to this day, but  </div> <div> when Seamus leaves Carraig his oldest child and heir, Devnet - quickly dubbed  </div> <div> the Black for far darker skin than the High Thane - remains behind, betrothed</div> <div> to Ailbhe.                                                                     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 2496                                                                           </div> <div> As the broken might of Garragg turn eyes toward the south, Thane Ailbhe, with  </div> <div> the support of every Pennaeth in Liosliath, starts the construction of several </div> <div> strongholds in and above the passes in the Naithair mountain-range separating  </div> <div> her land from that of Garragg.                                                 </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> In December, on Winter Solstice, she marries Damhnait McDaid. To the great     </div> <div> surprise of all, the marriage not only lasts, but appears happy and stable; to </div> <div> much less of a surprise it also remain childless.                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 2500                                                                           </div> <div> The White Tower of Carraig is built on Thane Ailbhes orders as a gift to her  </div> <div> spouse on their 4th wedding day. The strange date add to the rumors that fly   </div> <div> when masons from the desert City of Alkazamora are brought for the task. The   </div> <div> tower becomes a sight to behold, as it rise a good fifty feet above the        </div> <div> battlements of Caer Glas.                                                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 2547                                                                           </div> <div> Damhnait McDaid of the Clan McDaid, known as Devnet the Black, and Consort to  </div> <div> the Thane of Liosliath, dies after a winter of illness. After fifty-two years  </div> <div> on the throne, Ailbha Docartaig of the Clan Docartaig pass away within a       </div> <div> fortnight - some say from grief. A cousin of Devnet, Deoradhan McDaid, is      </div> <div> elected by the Penneath Allting take the throne.                               </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The White Tower is sealed.                                                     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 2602                                                                           </div> <div> The Desert City of Alkazamora is frozen overnight - some say because of a      </div> <div> magical accident. None can tell for certain, but from that day forward the     </div> <div> White Tower in Carraig is warm to the touch, and shines faintly in the dark.   </div> <div> The seals, when attempted, can no longer be broken.                            </div> <div>                              next - News History7                              </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY6                                -</div> <bR> <div> 2700s                                                                         </div> <div> A pestilence sweeps through the lands, many succumb to include Thane Deoradhan </div> <div> McDaid of Liosliath. His first born, a daughter Tuilelaith, inherits the       </div> <div> throne. Countries tighten up their borders. Thane Tuilelaith McDaid closes the </div> <div> port of Carraig.                                                               </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> From Eavld a cure is found and distributed throughout the lands. At first the  </div> <div> cure is suspected - facing a almost certain death or whatever the cure brings  </div> <div> most take the cure and are saved.                                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The Liosliath throne remains in the hands of Deoradhan McDaid descendents     </div> <div> until mid 2700s when Thane Aithbhreac McDaid who had recently inherited       </div> <div> abdicates the throne due to health issues and retires to a isolated community  </div> <div> in the McDaid holdings. Penneath Sian Dutchas, happens to be in Caer Glas when </div> <div> Aithbhreac abdicates, she steps forward and makes a claim to the throne. The   </div> <div> other four Penneaths are furious at such actions political dealings are       </div> <div> quickly underway. Sian convinces the Gulban and McDaid Penneaths to support    </div> <div> her. Penneaths of Melaghlin and Docartaig, in a two to three minority, while   </div> <div> against Sians actions outwardly support her.                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 2765 - Thane Sian Dutchas drowns when the river boat she is traveling in hits a</div> <div> rock outcropping. Of some surprise, she is the only fatality. The Penneath     </div> <div> Allting convenes at Cier Pent. Muadhnait, a scholar from the Dutchas clan,     </div> <div> proposes to the Allting where once a Pennaeth is selected to be the Thane, he  </div> <div> or she will pass the Pennaeth of his/her clan to a brother, sister or close    </div> <div> relative but not to a son or daughter. This proposal meant to thwart future    </div> <div> manipulations such as accomplished by Sian. The Penneath Allting agrees and    </div> <div> such becomes law. At the Allting Aedan Docartaig. of middle age with offspring </div> <div> close to adult age, is selected as Thane.                                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> late 2790s                                                                    </div> <div> During a fierce winters storm - Thane Aedan Docartaig and all hands are lost at</div> <div> sea. Ceri Docartaig inherits.                                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Stories of strange creatures wandering the Northern Plains make their way      </div> <div> through the lands, with no credible eye witness accounts the stories pass into </div> <div> myth over decades.                                                             </div> <div>                              next - News History8                              </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY7                                -</div> <bR> <div> 3000-3300                                                                      </div> <div> Early 3000s - In Kerenna, the slaves revolt. For ten years or more the slaves </div> <div> of Kerenna, aided by mages, battle the Emperors forces. One mage betrays the  </div> <div> slaves as she gives away to the Kerenna general the slaves plans. The mage is  </div> <div> never heard of after the slaves are cut down and the revolt squashed.          </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> One Darius Lazar comes to prominence in the Plains slowly over a period of     </div> <div> close to twenty five years, none knew Dariuss origin, by persuasion and       </div> <div> oratory he manages to pull together a number of the nomadic tribes and outlaw  </div> <div> groups.                                                                        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 3121 Drought! Lush green lands slowly wither and turn brown. The Tannis River  </div> <div> slows to a trickle and water is scarce in Liosliath. Wells are deepened        </div> <div> providing the bare amount of water to sustain the population. Where the Tannis </div> <div> River emerges from underneath the Naithair Mountains the water level is so low </div> <div> as to allow explorations. Penneath Ciorstag Gulban invites Thane Ceri Docartaig</div> <div> to inspect the mines at the Naithair Mountains and the Tannis stream bed. While</div> <div> inspecting a deep ore mine, the ceiling caves in trapping Penneath Ciorstag    </div> <div> Gulban, Thane Ceri Docartaig along with fourteen others. Valiant efforts to dig</div> <div> through the rubble are abandoned when more cave-ins occur.                     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> A deep cave is found in the rock face over which the river normally thunders. A</div> <div> group of 12 led by Taileflath Clachan enter the cave, the group is never heard </div> <div> from again.                                                                    </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 3124 - Rains have come after almost three years without, drought parched lands </div> <div> soak up the rain, the Tannis River overflows its banks causing massive         </div> <div> flooding. Hamlets along the river are washed away, half of the Gulban clans    </div> <div> river boats are damaged beyond repair. Duc Aillil Farlane OMcDaid presss all </div> <div> available horses and wagons of the McDaid clan into supporting the             </div> <div> transportation needs normally provided by the river boats.                     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> While inspecting a deep ore mine, the ceiling caves in trapping Penneath       </div> <div> Ciorstag Gulban, Thane Ceri Docartaig along with fourteen others. Valiant      </div> <div> efforts to dig through the rubble are abandoned when more cave-ins occur, mine </div> <div> engineers declare the mine unsafe, the torrential downpours being the cause.   </div> <div> Ceri did not leave a heir, the Penneath Allting convenes within four days of   </div> <div> her death and names Goronwy Gulban as Thane.                                   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                              next - News History9                              </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY8                                -</div> <bR> <div> 3400-3459                                                                      </div> <div> Thane Goronwy Gulban raises a special tax to re-enforce the strongholds        </div> <div> guarding Vik Pass and Piorad Pass and repair the roads of Lioslaith. At first  </div> <div> the tax, of coin and labor, is met with resistance. Within months the benefits </div> <div> of the road repairs are seen. Oddly enough the brilliant blue fabric and       </div> <div> tapestries now available via a widened road from the villages of Duc Seiridh   </div> <div> ODuthchas is one of the major factors in the acceptance of road repairs.      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 3428                                                                           </div> <div> Duc Daibhidh OMcDaid, Duc of the Barren Lands, reports the first sightings of </div> <div> strange lights within the Barren Lands. For three years the reports continue   </div> <div> bringing fear to many. Thane Goronwy Gulban commands Penneath McDaid to        </div> <div> investigate. The investigation party of thirty nine brave and well equipped    </div> <div> warriors begins their journey on the first night of a full autumn moon and     </div> <div> spends forty three days in the Barren Lands. They are finally driven from the  </div> <div> barren lands by a succession of fierce storms atypical for the autumn season.  </div> <div> Initial reports of caves and underground passageways showing signs of recent   </div> <div> habitation are given to the Thane and Penneath Allting at Caer Cein. Within    </div> <div> three weeks Thane Goronwy Gulban the Penneath Allting and all thirty nine who  </div> <div> had spent time in the Barren Lands are stricken with fatal illness.            </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> With the entire leadership of Liosliath gone in the space of days, an          </div> <div> unprecedented event, Boadicea Gulban, Goronwys spouse, claims the throne.     </div> <div> Within weeks spouses of the deceased Pennaeths step forward to take over as   </div> <div> Penneath. The new Penneath Allting dictates at a distance studies of the Barren</div> <div> Lands.                                                                         </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 3429                                                                           </div> <div> Thane Boadicea Gulban gives birth to Cormach, Goronwys son.                   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> 3450                                                                           </div> <div> Tellurian n’Gaulder succeeds his father as King of Garragg. Unlike his father  </div> <div> Tellurian is extremely ambitious and desires to make a name for himself. His   </div> <div> first act upon being crowned is to declare war on Mordant, citing castle       </div> <div> rustling as the reason. Mordant circumvents war by arranging royal weddings    </div> <div> where King Devin Alessa takes Terisa n’Gaulder as his queen and Emperor        </div> <div> Tellurian n’Gaulder takes Samantha Alessa as his empress.                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> From Kaba, one named Meabh. Maebh, warrior, seeress, with unsurpassed oratory  </div> <div> skills and her promises to restore the greatness the Cruithne once held rallies</div> <div> the Cruithne tribes still inhabiting Dionce. Rumors of parts of Atecot, Alba   </div> <div> and the barbarian plains tribes flocking to her war banner spread like         </div> <div> wildfire.                                                                      </div> <div>   </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                  <A NAME="news_history9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>NEWS HISTORY10                                -</div> <bR> <div> Liosliath had from its earliest history been a nation of clans, loosely allied </div> <div> and often times fighting with each other however any attempts by foreign powers</div> <div> would be met by a gathering of the clans to preserve their homeland. About 1500</div> <div> one of the clan chieftans Laogarius Docartaig- was accepted by all the clans as</div> <div> their King. In time the ruler of Liosliath would become known as Thane.        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>         War has raged throughout the known world for hundreds of years, while  </div> <div> not every country has been engaged in the wars, the wars have been going on    </div> <div> with periods of dominance by different powers. Liosliath, with its mountain    </div> <div> range northern border with few passes and a rugged coastline is somewhat       </div> <div> naturally protected. A fact of geography which allowed Liosliath to flourish   </div> <div> and advance further than the other countries of Noswize. Since roughly the     </div> <div> early 3400s Liosliath has been free of major wars on its own soil, occasional </div> <div> skirmishes at border and coastline did occur.                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                      3485                                      </div> <div> Thane Cormach Gulban of Liosliath sent a courier to Tellurian nGaulder the    </div> <div> Emperor of Garragg with the offer of hospitality and feast at the in Carraig at</div> <div> Caer Glas (Thanes Castle), Tellurian nGaulder with nobles and men at arms    </div> <div> arrived and were well greeted, at the feast those of Garragg turned on their   </div> <div> hosts with sword and dagger -Liosliath traditions of hospitality shattered with</div> <div> treachery and blood. Cormach along with almost all his family being put to     </div> <div> death along with many of the other Liosliath nobles and clan members. Emperor  </div> <div> Tellurian nGaulder sat Rufino Thom nGaulder his youngest son on the throne of</div> <div> Liosliath. Liosliath subjugated and occupied, the occupation was ruthless with </div> <div> clan lands seized and given to supporters of Garragg with Liosliath clan       </div> <div> leaders being held captive or declared outlaws in their own land. Overwhelmed  </div> <div> by the Garragg forces and deceptions outwardly the clans had no choice but to  </div> <div> outwardly accept Garragg rule, except for those who fled to the hills and wilds</div> <div> of Liosliath and gave battle where and when they could to the Garragg forces.  </div> <div>         Maebh of Kaba, warrior, seeress, with unsurpassed oratory skills and   </div> <div> her promises to restore the greatness the Cruithne once held rallies the       </div> <div> Cruithne tribes still inhabiting Dionce. Parts of Atecot, Alba and the         </div> <div> barbarian plains tribes flocking to her war banner spread like wildfire,       </div> <div> rumored is support for the alliance from Mordant. Maebh forces press on the    </div> <div> northern borders of Garragg.                                                   </div> <div>         Garragg over time had to recall more and more of its men at arms from  </div> <div> Liosliath to protect its own northern borders and quelch internal insurrection </div> <div> which was starting to flare up. With the Garragg presence in Liosliath weakened</div> <div> the resistance was able to reclaim remote sections of their country. Word      </div> <div> spread of this accomplishment and soon from all over Liosliath the clans took  </div> <div> more direct actions against the Garragg presence.                              </div> <div>         Within this time the Ley Riders led by Kaya and Liosliath warriors led </div> <div> by Niahl Docartaig gave battle to some strange beasts. Those of Liosliath and  </div> <div> the Ley Riders defeated the beasts, during the battle Niahl Docartaig and Kaya </div> <div> were separated from the defending group. When the two returned to the group    </div> <div> they were both bloodied, what happened further neither would speak of.         </div> <div>         Despite the rebellion against foreign rule, the Garragg presence was   </div> <div> too strong to defeat. Garragg questioners would on capturing any resistance    </div> <div> member or suspected resistance member subject the one to tortures or rope,     </div> <div> rack, hot iron. Few were released from that. Five years ago, Garragg’s northern</div> <div> border was being breached by Maebh forces, the vast majority of Garragg s      </div> <div> military was pulled back leaving the Garragg placed King, Rufino Thom          </div> <div> nGaulder, and nobles with their personal guards and a very small military     </div> <div> force.                                                                         </div> <div>         At the end of 3497 and first half of 3498, those warriors of Liosliath </div> <div> seized the opportunity and from the remote sections it held began reclaiming   </div> <div> hamlets, villages and towns than Carraig.                                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                 Summer of 3498                                 </div> <div> Under a flag of truce a Liosliath force led by Niahl Docartaig rode into Caer  </div> <div> Glas and took over the castle, confining Garraggs Rufino Thom nGaulder in a  </div> <div> cell. Niahl of clan Docartaig is accepted by the Pennaeth Allting as Thane,    </div> <div> Niahl takes the Liosliath throne and initiates the rebuilding of the lands.    </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                  End of 3498                                   </div> <div> At this time in Anwethias history there is no dominating power, a condition   </div> <div> that cannot last. Liosliath is ambitious.But first it must rebuild itself while</div> <div> facing dangerous challenges such as rogue mages, pirates, coastal and border   </div> <div> raiders, politics and infighting, illness and natural disasters add their      </div> <div> destabilizing presence.                                                        </div> <div>                                                                                                              </div> <div>                                  <A NAME="news_history10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>NEWS HISTORY11                                </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                    Jan 3500                                    </div> <div>         News reached Caer Glas of the death of General Beircheart. The well    </div> <div> known and honored warrior fell while leading his troops in a successful attack </div> <div> on a group of bandits who had been terrorizing the roads. Ley Rider Kaya, Mage </div> <div> Iosobal and Thane Niahl were in the Great Hall when the news arrived.          </div> <div> Beircharts body was carried back to Caer Glas and at the insistence of the    </div> <div> Thane was placed in a crypt in the catacombs underneath the keep.              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                         State of the World April 3500                          </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>         Blizzards at the northern borders of Garragg halted all fighting for   </div> <div> the first three months of the year. Time for both the forces of Emperor        </div> <div> Tellurian nGaulder and Maebh of Kaba to heal their wounds and prepare for     </div> <div> spring battles. Emperor Tellurian took full advantage of this lull to quell the</div> <div> internal insurrections forcing those who lead the insurrections to the front   </div> <div> lines of the northern border.                                                  </div> <div>         In Liosliath, those true to the clans take back their lands. Those     </div> <div> seated by Emperor Tellurian are either dispatched to unmarked grave or ransomed</div> <div> back. Rufino Thom nGaulder remains in a dungeon cell in Caer Glas, the price  </div> <div> and conditions of his release being negotiated. Within Carraig and throughout  </div> <div> Liosliath, those who had sympathized with Garragg find themselves at a         </div> <div> disadvantage. Business and ships are taken from Garragg sycophants and handed  </div> <div> to those who had fought against Garragg. Vigilante justice flares up, quickly  </div> <div> Thane Niahl puts an end to that.                                               </div> <div>         The upper reaches of the Tannis river are frozen over the first two    </div> <div> months of 3500, foodstuffs for the northern clans of Duthchas, Gulban and      </div> <div> McDaid are in dangerous short supply. That situation alleviated when Penneath  </div> <div> Melaghin and the McDaid Duc of Plains arrange food shipments with the help of  </div> <div> Thane Niahl,Penneath Docartaig and Carraigs Harbor master.                     </div> <div>         In early spring, suspected pirates are seen off the coast of Liosliath.</div> <div> Nothing seems to come of the pirate sighting.                                  </div> <div>         Spring also brings the construction of a public river garden in        </div> <div> Carraig. Many of those living in Carraig, true natives of Liosliath and        </div> <div> inheritors of foreigners who had come and stayed at Carraig work tirelessly on </div> <div> the gardens which become a point of civic pride.                               </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                 NEWS HISTORY11      <B>                          </B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>