History of Hurssia, 1161 - 1166

• Hurssia and the New Emporer
• Kursaval
• Turse
• Ukrall
• The Larrowmoor Forest and the Grusk Mountains
• The Shire and the Shirewood
• The Guilds

Hurssia and the New Emporer

Since his release, and the banishment of Aragorn, Luknar has re-declared himself Emporer. Although no one is in a position to argue, several groups have shown their displeasure. Among those who have outwardly sworn loyalty are Queen Tullia I of Kursaval, The Sheriffs of the Shire and King Ortar of the Larrowmor Forest.

Kursaval

During Freshyear of 1161 Queen Tullia I, oldest surviving child of King Aleksandr XVI was crowned ruler of Kursaval.   Duke Quintith remained as Lord Wizard and Duke Torman continued to rule the Duchy of Rew.   Apart from these two nobles, all the others were new appointments.   Klerryed, the half-elf son of Duchess Neumya of Uridge, became the new Field Marshall.   Sir Kael became Count Kael, and was given the region of Barander to govern.   Lady Brangwen became the Queen's knight commander, with her first job to be the organising of new knights.   Princess Jekky became the new ruler of Vern, although she did not take the lesser title of Duchess.   Sir Isandr, one of the last original knights of Issiad, became the Master of the Knights and was given Lanmere and a Counthood (as is traditional).   The towns of Lethander and Uridge are both still in the hands of the crown, since there have been no new suitable nobles to fill the positions.   A new Lord Chancellor, Lord Chamberlain and Lord Magistrate have also been appointed.

Turse

At the beginning of 1161 Turse divided up into two nations, as agreed by the resistence forces a year earlier.   East Turse is now ruled by King Ketteran, formerly a knight of the Green Lady.   His appointment has outraged some in Hurssian political circles, namely the Shire, but these have so far been largely ignored.   West Turse is now ruled by King Getyphin, one of the former Barons of old Turse.   The Baron was believed to have died at the hands of the Green lady, some 200 years ago, and thus was not taken into account when Turse was originally divided up.   He has made it quite clear that he does not approve of the split in Turse, or the appointment of his adversory, King Ketteran.   A legal challenge put to the supreme ruler of Hurssia, Emperor Luknar, has failed.   Although neither state has declared war on the other, diplomatic measures are being taken nearer and nearer to their most crude form.

Ukrall

In the summer of 1161 a group of 'adventurers' rescued Count Ervlich from his own dungeon in his castle in Milger.   Although questions were asked no one is quite sure how he got there or why he wasn't slain.   Since these are largerly unimportant, and since he was the last remaining Ukrallish noble, he has been crowned King.   Although there was never actually any fighting in the Ukrall, the country has fallen into ruin over the previous decade,   and the economy is in a poor state. Many of the senior positions within the Ukrallish regime remain unfilled, even by 1166.

The Larrowmor Forest and The Grusk Mountains

The Elven and Dwarven kingdoms remained largely untouched by the wrath of Aragorn and the Green Lady.   King Ortar has continued to rule the Larrowmor, as have Kings Galar and Thekk of the Gruskan Mountains.   The only event of note was the birth of Galar's first born in 1157, and the Birthrite Ceremony be held in 1166. During the cermon, war with the goblins broke out, and King Galar was killed.   Duke Vindalf has been appointed regent until Thorluck is old enough to assume the crown.

The goblin kingdoms have had two changes of rulership in the described period.   In 1163 Ging Grutag tradgically died in his sleep. As is traditional, his death was far from peaceful.   The next ruler of the goblins was King Larenthug, a goblin of mysterious origins.   He was leader of the White Forests, a splinter group of the Storm Slayers and mortal enemies of the Blood-Claws, of whom Grutag was one.   Larenthug ruled for two years, and tried to implement several political reforms, which were unfortunatly not heard over the din of battle!   He was ousted in 1164 by a half-orc named Nardik, a traditional Storm-Slayer and part time mercenary.   In 1166, Nardik battled with the dwarven Halls of Clan Stonebeard, losing.   Two days later Laranthug returned to take control. Laranthug now wishes to promote peace and culture amongst the goblins.

The Shire and The Shirewood

The Shire has re-elected its sheriffs and is peacefully rebuilding the looted remains left by Aragorn.   In an unheard of move they have outwardly criticised the decision to crown Sir Ketteran king of East Turse.   Although these protests were largely ignored it has shocked some in political circles.   Also on the agenda for the Shire has been the crowning of kings full-stop.   They are currently petitioning the Emporer to abandon the divine right of kings in favour of a more democratic and representive form of government of Hurssia.

The Shirewood has been ruled by Earl Skarrin, the half-elf son of Skarra. He was given the position by Tullia. It is unknown whether he has been approached by King Ortar, like his predecessor was.

The Guilds

Many of the guilds were relatively unaffected by the reign of the Green Lady and Aragorn.   Three of note, namely the Guild of Wizardry, The Thieves Guild and the Slayers Brotherhood are worth talking about.   The latter two, during the reign of Aragorn, were heavily sought out, although rarely found.   As a consequence of this they both emabarked on a campaign of covert operations against Aragorn's troops.   After the fall of Aragorn in 1161, they spent much of the year tracking down his followers, extracting revenge and helping themselves to the rather large piles of taxes that Aragorn had collected.   This brought them into some conflict with the Crown authorities.   Both guilds have now returned to their more original roles, but have profited quite nicely from the fall of the Necromancer.

The Guild of Wizardry was decimated by Aragorn, who feared the guild and wanted them destroyed.   The resulting situation in 1161 was a guild which numbered less than two dozen wizards and a small contingent of dragons.   Most of 1161 has been spent sorting out which spell books survived, and thus which spells, and who would take on the role of Guildmaster.   The small legal rangle took up much of the year, during which time the guild moved its headquarters to Nyr'Danr, in the complex of cellars beneath the old School of Wizardry. The matter was resolved by mid-1162, when four guildmasters were appointed. The four positions would be totally independent of each other, but would meet on a yearly basis to discus magical matters.

The four new guildmasters are Silanus Shadonai, an elven mage from the Larrowmor Forest. He spent much of 1162 to 1166 continuing his work to rebuild the Grey School in Y'Goth, Ukrall.   The old guild hall and many of the research labs and 'holding' pens for extraplanar creatures have been destroyed, and the work has taken some time, with the magical side still incomplete.   Mestranis Quillstrong has become master of the School of Wizardry in Nyr'Danr, which suffered the least at the hands of Aragorn.   Mestranis was responsible for saving most of the guilds books and historical papers.   Grand Wizard Smake, the very ancient and clever gnome illusionist was never found by Aragorn, neither was his guildhouse somewhere in South East Hurssia.   Although neither has reappeared, the guild is known to be in existance again.

The guild's presence in Lanmere has traditionally been led by the head of the church of Tarrak.   Unfortunately, from Aragorn's reign to 1166 there was no High priest of Tarak, and therefore no Guildmaster.   To this end the steel dragon, Ptira, was appointed Acting-Guildmaster, until the former position was filled.   In 1166 Bishop Cryssania was changed into a human as a reward by Tarak, and ascended to High Priestess. She has now taken up the post of guildmaster.