Aerdi History

Gilbra the Weak, 2nd Grand Prince of the Kingdom of Aerdy Born -215 CY, Died -198 CY Reigned -206 to -198 CY Gilbra, -203 CY Dean-Charles Chapman in   The White Queen The assassination of his father and older brother in Roland left Mikar’s younger son, Gilbra as the successor to the title of Grand Prince. His mother, Hildora remained a prisoner of the cabal of Rolandi nobles who had carried out the treacherous deed. By fortunate happenstance he had remained in Rel Astra instead of accompanying his parents and brother to Roland, which had been meant to show that a Garasteth of Mikar’s line still held the reins of power, even if it was a 9 year old boy. The person to who it fell to act as regent was his 47 year old uncle, Erian, who had always been Mikar’s most trusted aid and general, and had recently been created, Duke of Jalpa. It was his duty to hold the Kingdom of Aerdy together in this tumultuous time. The Regent’s obvious first course of action was to revenge the death of

Mikar the Founder, also called The Fair, 1st Grand Prince of the Kingdom of Aerdy Born -255 CY, Died -198 CY Reigned -217 to -198 CY Ehlissa XVI conducts a  ritual in the Court of Karnosa, c. -208 Art by Kristina Gehrmann While -209 CY spelled the end of Mikar’s hopes of immediately conquering the remnant of Thalland, for Ehlissa it saw the unification once again of that state which had been split into eastern and western halves since -254 CY. Ehlissa XIV of Western Ehlissa had died in -213 CY without a clear heir other than her cousin, Ehlissa XIII of Eastern Ehlissa.   With Western Ehlissa ruled by a Council of Elders which was known for being particularly corrupt, the mood of the populace and lesser nobles of the nation soon turned sour. Into that situation stepped Arnoult, Fasstal of the Zelrad and Protector of Eastern Ehlissa. Through bribes and diplomacy he was able to secure an agreement whereby he and the Council would rule a reunited queendom, with Ehlissa XIII of Eastern

Mikar the Founder, also called The Fair, 1 st Grand Prince of the Kingdom of Aerdy Born -255 CY, Died -206 CY Reigned -217 to -206 CY Iron Crown of the Bladelands Leo G. Carroll as King Duncan in the  Philco Television Playhouse production of MacBeth, 1949 The first thing that needs to be understood about the Kingdom of Aerdy was its nature. Though the Celestial Houses( 1 ) were the primary powers in the Kingdom they were not the only one. There were a number of other minor clans who were signatories of the Rel Astra Compact, although only the Montesseri of Medegia were of great consequence and enter this history. Tradition placed great value on the independence of the individual clans that made up an Oeridian tribe. They existed as a confederation of semi-autonomous clans banded together for their mutual benefit, though this shifted into more cohesive structures for some tribes during the Migrations. As has been seen the confederation of the migratory Aerdi Tribe fell apart upon