The Rise of the White Eagle in Dracia

This is an article on the History of Feyworld
Years: c. 300 BF to c. 150 NC
Age: The Long Night
Continent: Aurea
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As the Aurean Empire contracted, ancient Dracia became dominated by sixteen major tribes, including the Aedi, the Ampulae, the Bastrei, the Bolji, the Draci, the Temesh, the Tysiri and the Vatali. According to Dracian legend, these tribes were eventually unified under the rule of Byrebanus, nicknamed the White Eagle. He was advised by a wizard and diviner named Decanaeus, who is said to have learned his craft in far-off Aebasa (though many modern scholars suggest this is a later addition to the tale, as it is generally believed that the Septira were the first Galloreans to come to Aurea). Byrebanus's early rule was dominated by constant warfare as he brought the various tribes under his control and constructed stone castles across the Temesh river valley during a time in which most fortifications were little more than hill forts. In contrast, his latter reign was said to be fair, honest and prosperous. It is said that Byrebanus had sixteen wives (and hundreds of children), one wife chosen from each of the tribe he dominated, though it is notable that his own tribe is never mentioned in the legends. By the time of his death, somewhere around 650 BI, Byrebanus was a beloved monarch, the people united under his rule had given up wine, all slaves were emancipated and he had codified his decrees into the Byrebanan Laws. One of his sons, a warrior-priest named Comoras was elected by the tribal aristocracy to succeed his father and continued to uphold the laws and traditions. He was succeeded by Cotyx the Fat, by who's time the people of the Temesh river valley had become complacent farmers, comfortable in their peaceful, agrarian traditions. They were ripe for conquest.