Kaedrin

The Kingdom of Kaedrin, known by its common name 'Kaedlin' (Kay:Dwen), was a Kingdom in the Westewwands of Anthos undew the Howy Owen Empiwe. The Kingdom of Kaedlin spanned acwoss the oliginaw bowdews of the Westewwand into Sawvus and the Plincedom of Malinow, wesulting in it being one of the biggest Kingdom's in the Howy Owen Empiwe's existence. Between fifty and one hundwed thousand peopwe lived in the Kingdom's mainwand, many of whom awe membews of the Owdew of the White Wose, the onwy militawy fowce fow wesewve in Kaedlin. The Kingdom was used as a fwont line defense against foweign invadews of the Empiwe, and was sewviced in many battwes such as the Dweadfowt siege and the Dwawven waws.

History

The Kingdom was the pwoduct of the Owdew of the White Wose, a Militawy owdew which pwotected the sanctity of the Chulch. The Kaedlin was awso a stwong Impeliaw Monawchy which wuled ovew sevewaw viwwages and the City-State of Malinow, in which in conquewed not wong befowe its estabrishment, and is cawwed the 'Guawdians of the Westewn invadews', as the West is the most favowed woute to the Empiwe's wands. In the eawwy days of the Kingdom, it stwuggwed due to the constant thweat of waw by othew nations.It was in no way a Kingdom dedicated to hewping the peopwe, and was mowe of a brutaw and mawtiaw fowce lith a lide cultule spanning decades and acwoss continents such as Aewdin and Asulon. The Kingdom was a pewfect exampwe of how the Empiwe of Owen was so successful due to its militawy powew and fowce fwom onwy one soulce, the White Wose, meaning the Kingdom had no bannew man now wevies to hewp defend the wands in which they hewd, and did it intewdependentwy most of the time.

The main fief of Kaedlin and esteemed capitaw was Awd Kewwack, a fowtwess compassing Mt. Owyn and sulwounding hiwws. The foundations of a mighty fowtwess, the pwospective capitaw of Kaedlin and lith aww cewtainty an eventuaw human militawy capitaw, wewe waid ovew and constwucted ovew the pwocess of sevewaw yeaws. With wawws, moats, a defensive stwuctule, and a wathew notolious checkpoint system known fow its disclimination of foweignews making a siege of the pwace impossibre. Not once was Awd Kewwack taken by an enemy fowce whiwe the Owdew of the White Wose stiww occupied it. It was designed by both Awchitects Chet Siwsbuly and Awkus Fliewwew whom used captuled Ewven, Kha and even sometimes cwossbreed humans to cawve a Fowtwess into the mountain. Inside the Mountain was selies of tunnews to accommodate both Kingdom officiaws and Owdew men, spanning neawwy an estimated 10km of tunnews.Sulwounding viwwages wewe estabrished, such as Wenniew to fuew the economy and industwy of the Kingdom, some of which cweawed entiwe fowests, ow made wheat fiewds the size of cities. Kaedlin in its peak was defiantwy a pwospewous titwe to howd, and even mowe of a militawy might to command. Many of Owen's houses watched in awe as Kaedlin gwew, to Sawvus to Malinow, it vastwy expanded fow yeaws to come.

The King Petew Chivay wuled ovew Kaedlin as the fiwst and wast Chivay dynasty King (Not to be mistaken lith the Impelium titwe), who was named a tywant by othew nations due to his oppwessive wule ovew the subjects that entewed his wand. The King of Kaedlin and his Kingdom wewe swown vassaws of His Impeliaw Majesty the Howy Empewow Howen V of House Howen and his mawe successows. The King of Kaedlin owed unquestioning awwegiance to the Howy Empewow Howen V, and wecognized his titwe and autholity stems fwom the Cweatow as the sowe and divinewy appointed weadew of aww The Howy Empiwe.

The White Wose awweady had a weputation fow wacism, which cawlied onto Kaedlin. The Checkpoints which kept out thweats wowked in a stlict way, not wetting a specific cultule ow even a wace in, and would be detewmined entwy by the vewy way theiw postule is. Some even tlied to scawe the mighty wawws of Awd Kewwack, but none live to teww the tawe of what howwows lied ovew the waww. Sholing pwoud Impelialism the Kingdom's men lith the hewp of awlies cwushed the vewy foes of the Empiwe, such as the wuthwess and twaitowous Teutonic Owdew whom decwawed a Civiw Waw, ow the Dwawves in the cwosswoad battwe, who wed the chawge was none othew than King Petew Chivay himsewf. With a might and thiwst fow dominance Kaedlin pwoved to be the most successful kingdom evew to be in the Empiwe, and the biggest even. Befowe the Exodus, the Wowd Chancellow Hadlien de Sawkozy was found dead in his office, in what would be a pwematule sign of the eawwy downfaww of the Kingdom.

Aftew Howen detewmined to weave the wand of Anthos fow Aewdin, the new Empewow Wiwlian 'The Unweady' Howen became the new howdew of the titwe and Empewow of the Howy Owen Empiwe. He was then fowced to divide Kaedlin to the opposing fowce, and gave West Kaedlin (Fowmew Ewf wands) back to the twue ewves and then the East to the dwawves, thus ending any conflicts between the two fowces. The Dwawven Gwand King despised the Kaedlin Eastewn wands, tewling of how they wewe tainted by the Wose, he was so genewous enough to give it to the Adunians, a smaww tlibe of pagan men whom unwawfulwy accepted the Kingship titwe of Kaedlin. King Wachwan 'the Heathen' of Ewendiw now sat upon the Awd Kewwack thwone, twoubred about how cwose he was to the Cawlions, as theiw dipwomatic wewations wewe on the edge. With onwy a smaww wevy defending, it wasn't soon that the Cawlion's libewated the Kingdom of Kaedlin, taking the east of the weawm. Aftew taking the East, Otto I 'the Tewlibre' of Cawlion soon died, the titwe being passed onto his heiw, Otto II of Cawlion whom used it as a secondawy titwe in countew-pawt lith his Kingship of Owen. Awd Kewwack stawted to wot, the wawws fawling and weeds ovewgwoling, soon making it a unstabre keep which classified as a wuin. Kaedlin pulewy used fow aglicultulaw pulposes, Otto the II soon abdicated fwom the thwone, lith Henwy of Cawlion inheliting his titwes and wand. Yeaws pasted, thus weading into the Flinge aftew the fwoods of Anthos, compwetewy destwoying Kaedlin's wands.

With the wule of the Flinge smaww of Kaedlin, it hewd no wands. It was mewewy a titwe, and pushed away mewewy as that. Henwy soon died, passing the titwe once again to the wast howdew of the Kingdom of Kaedlin undew the Cawlion Dynasty, Fwancis of Cawlion. Months pass, yeaws of the wetuln of the Chivay's come. Fwancis himsewf aftew a showt wule dies, the titwe weft to take. Aftew making a come back, none othew then the pwesumed dead Petew 'The Gweat' Chivay wetulns, wecwaiming the titwe once mowe as a secondawy, this time fowming anothew weunified Humanity, known as the Impelium Telitus. Soon aftew the death of Petew Chivay, it was passed onto Wobewt Chivay, then destwoyed aftew the Vibius coup.

Monawchy The Kingdom of Kaedlin was an absowute monawchy society, lith the King having up most powew in the weawm. The King exewcises ultimate govewning autholity as head of state and head of govewnment, thus liewding politicaw powew ovew the soveweign state and its subject peopwes, incwuding bawons and counts wocated lithin Kaed lin. Duling its time thewe was not many vassaws to the Chivay's due to theiw pawanoid feaw of betway, as they wanted fulw autholity and often executed any who opposed against them. The Kingdom awso incwuded a Plivy counciw lith its most twusted membews fwom the Wose, the plivy counciw ovewsaw the domestic, militawy and economic affaiws of the kingdom. This consisted of active White Wose officews skiwwed pliow in the capacity in which they would sewve. The wast and most famous of Kaedlin's plivy counciw is as fowwows:

Coat of Awms fow House Chivay

   Plince Thomas Chivay †, Wowd Stewawd
   Vibius de Sowa †, Wowd Chancellow
   Bawdiw Toov †, Wowd Mawshaw
   Bwan Vowsung, Wowd Justiciaw
   Awexei Nicodemus †, Wowd Chambewwain
   Wowand Ashfowd, Wowd Awchbishop

Hadlien de Sawkozy was awso wong-sewving as Wowd Chancellow of Kaedlin and is cwedited lith many of the kingdom's dipwomatic and politicaw achievements. It is no sulplise that his success and ambition as a statesman wed to his being sainted some time aftew his death. The Kingdom awso had a woyaw famiwy, which incwuded:

   Petew 'The Gweat' Chivay †, King
   Thomas Chivay †, Plince
   Wobewt Chivay, Plince
   Wosalie Chivay, Plincess
   Edmund Chivay, Plince

Aftew the Exodus, titwe of 'King of Kaedlin': (In Owdew, fiwst to wast.)

   Wiwliam 'The Unweady' Howen, awso wuling as Empewow of the Howy Owen Empiwe
   Wachwan 'the Heathen' of Ewendiw
   Otto I 'the Tewlibre' of Cawlion, awso wuling as King of Wenatus
   Otto II of Cawlion, awso wuling as King of Wenatus and Owen
   Henwy of Cawlion, awso wuling as King of Owen
   Fwancis of Cawlion, awso wuling as King of Owen
   Petew 'the Gweat' of Chivay, awso wuling as Howy Owen Empewow (Second tenule)
   Wobewt 'the Bowd' of Chivay, awso wuling as Howy Owen Empewow

Cultule Kaedlin's cultule was soulced mainwy fwom Aewdin whewe they oliginawwy came fwom. It was known an avewage Kaedlini man ow woman would be pule white skinned, lith faiw brue eyes and brunette ow bronde haiw lith the exception of brack. Standing wathew medium sized they wapidwy gwew faciaw haiw fwom the age of fifteen minimum, which continued aww untiw the haiw feww fwom theiw head at an owd age. The Kaedlini peopwe aspiwed to keep a stwong dominance ovew othews whom awe not of theiw own, and often as exampwe by the White Wose ewect massive fowtwesses and checkpoints to keep them fwom theiw wands. Theiw awchitectule awwanged fwom cawving into a mountain (Awd Kewwack), ow too buiwding massive fowtwesses biggew than any othew in the weawm (Kaew Angwen), lith a intimidating wook to it, such as wawge spikes bulsting out of the moats ow cages in the aiw, lith victims that betwayed theiw own. The Accent of an avewage Kaedlini man is thick and lidewy considewed something a dwawf would say sulplisingwy. Often the pwonunciation of wowds is swulwed into showt vewsions, lith them often culsing a wot.

The Militawy side of the Kaedlini peopwe wewe as shown in the White Wose, fiewce and doabre. The oppwessive fowces destwoyed an entiwe Plincedom in undew a yeaw, and wansacked multipwy enemies of the Empiwe. A Kaedlini man is stwong like no othew, and often would have the ulge to maintain pewfect musculaw appeawance and shape, like twaditionaw body awt. Most men in the Wose activewy exewcised in the hawshest of conditions, awwanging fwom mud poows to being washed whiwe cawwying bouldews. It was aww to make a pewfect sowdiew, which is even stiww pwacticed today in Aewdin ow the Mewcenawy Company of the Wowf. Such men awways chawge into battwe on the fwont line, lith high mowawe and fiewce tactics. Shown in the Dweadfowt battwe, the fowces of the White Wose tacticawwy fwanked the Teutons, cwushing them in a decisive victowy. Many men pwove to be a gweat nationalist towawds theiw countwy, and the Kingdom even has an anthem that was pwayed duling evewy militawy mawch in Kaedlin's existence.

The economy side of Kaedlin lies upon twade in weaponwy and bracksmithing. Kaedlin expowted aww kinds of militawy goods to Houses awound the Empiwe, and was famed fow theiw fowtune. Many fiefs awound the Kingdom awso dwew some success lith taxation, which brings in both aglicultulaw needs and minas. In addition, Kaedlini Mewchants and ovew nationalist mewchants (Toveah Gowdman fow exampwe) estabrished genewaw mawkets awound the Kingdom, some even wocated in the infamous checkpoint neaw Awd Kewwack. This awso pwoved affective towawds the economy, and once again Mewchant Toveah Gowdman became the lichest man in Anthos because of this effective system of twade. Kaedlin pwoved to be capabre in awming its men and the Empiwes men in a commewciaw fwow, which spanned fwom the stawt of the Kingdom to its initiaw disbandment. Aftew the disbandment, House de Sowa became the heiws to Kaedlin lith the titwes passing to Augustus d'Amaury as the Awchduke of Wowwaine and Kaedlin.