Viamontian Lore

The war-like Viamontian have a tendency to conquer other lands in an effort to broaden their borders. Disciplined and fiercely loyal to their leaders, the Viamontians have long been the scourge of the other heritage groups of Ispar. - Viamontian Description (Character Creation)

Viamontians are one of the Isparian Cultures. Their homeland is the kingdom of Viamont, on Ispar. Viamontians are among the human heritage groups to find themselves displaced on Dereth, along with the Aluvians, Gharu'ndim, and Sho. Viamontians were the fourth of the human heritage groups to begin to arrive on Dereth.

History on Ispar

Long ago the Roulean Empire had expanded to control the lands around the Ironsea. The Rouleans saw no benefit in conquering the Viamontian peninsula, and so the tribes that would later form Viamont, and their neighboring Aluvia, remained chaotic and disorganized.

The tribes of this era warred over territory and livestock. Relations between these tribes were characterized by unstable alliances, opportunistic treachery, and vicious blood feuds. The tribes were organized around clans and ruled by a hereditary clan chieftain. The most successful clans were led by chieftains who were not only mighty warriors, but also cunning politicians.

Clans were loyal to their chieftains. There are no stories of an ambitious family member killing and supplanting a cheiftain. All records of death of chieftains were attributed to war with other clans, natural causes, or misadventure. Successors to failing or dying clan chiefs were usually named by the incumbent, or anointed in ritualized trial by combat.

Timeline

Portal Year	Roulean Year	Event
	Unknown	Long after the Rouleans had brought imperial order to the lands around the Ironsea, the tribes that would become the nations of Viamont and Aluvia remained chaotic and disorganized. The Viamontian peninsula was home to a collection of independent tribes.
	Several hundred years ago	The Corcosi tribe comes to prominence when a stranger named Karlun appears in their midst. His origin is unknown, but he is certainly not a native of the Viamontian peninsula. He took over as chieftain of the Corcosi tribe in unprecedented fashion. Through conquest, diplomacy, and treachery, Karlun managed to bring most of the other tribes under his leadership within one generation. Notable tribes that Karlun had not gained power over are Bellenni and Lotili. The resisting tribes form an alliance of their own. [Editor's note: If we assume that 'several hundred years ago' means less than a thousand years this event occurred, at the earliest, around 300 RC, and no later than 570s RC, when our next event with a date may have occurred.]
		King Elous I, Karlun's son, reigns in Viamont. [Editor's note: Though Elous I is not mentioned in the article, this is assumed based on the fact that Elous II is Karlun's grandson.]
		King Elous II, Karlun's granson, reigns in Viamont.
	574 RC or earlier	King Elous II dies in personal combat, fighting against the shaman-wizard Bassano of the Bellenni and the warrior matron Pova of the Lotili, in the first battle between the resisting tribes and Karlun's bloodline. With the defeat of Elous II, hopes of defeating the resisting tribes vanishes, and a Viamontian Civil War begins. The war lasts almost 100 years.
		During the civil war, Elous III reigns in Viamont. [Editor's note: Though Elous III is not mentioned in the article, this is assumed based Elous V being mentioned later.]
		During the civil war, Elous IV reigns in Viamont. [Editor's note: Though Elous IV is not mentioned in the article, this is assumed based Elous V being mentioned later.]
		During the civil war, King Elous V reigns in Viamont.
	674 RC or earlier	The civil war concludes in a battle outside of the royal town of Corcosa. Both sides fight until there are not enough soldiers left to continue. In the end, Elous V is victorious, with the royal forces holding a tactical advantage enough to win a surrender from Bellenni and Lotili. The various tribes are too spent from their age of civil war to continue the fight any longer, and the new realm enjoys a 30 year period of peace.
	704 RC or earlier	Elous V's reign ends as no other Viamontian ruler since Karlun had, he died peacefully, in his bed. Elous VI begins his reign of Viamont. By this time, border wars once again ignite between the lords of Viamont.
	704 RC or earlier	Elous VI begins building a national military to unite Viamont. In addition, Elous VI establishes a war academy to make sure his own personal forces are the best-trained soldiers in Viamont. Other lords send their own most promising soldiers to this academy, and this practice would become the foundation of the fearsome Ferran Knights of later days.
	704 RC	Elous VI uses his new army and invades Aluvia. They defeat the Aluvians at the Plain of Ayrifal.
	After 704 RC Prior to 779 RC	With Aluvia conquered, Viamont uses Roulean expertise and wealth and resources from Aluvia and builds a fleet large enough to transport their army across the Ironsea. Thus begins a wave of Viamontian military adventurism. [Editor's note: We can assume that this occurred prior to the end of Alfrega's reign in Aluvia, since Osric began to mend relations with the Aluvian people.]
		Viamontian corsairs raid Roulean ports around the Ironsea.
	After 1003 RC Prior to 1103 RC	Legions of Viamontians under the bull banner march against Milantos and Gharu'n. The Milantans repell the invasion in a horrifying scorched-earth campaign, while the Viamontians succeeded in Gharu'n due do the Century of Storms.
-30 PY	1264 RC	Aluvia After approximately 400 years pass since the reign of Cellric II had begun, the reign of Cedraic III begins.
-15 PY	1274 RC	Aluvia Cedraic opens up trade with nations across the sea including the Gharu’ndim and the Sho and with that trade comes prosperity. To the west, however, Viamont bides: it will only be a matter of time before war returns to the land.
-15 PY	1274 RC	Gharu'n The Malika Qadira bint Balj reigns in Gharu'n. There is always the threat of war, from both Viamont and Milantos, but the desert kingdom is once again a place where the sharpness of a man's mind is far more valuable than that of his sword.
-15 PY	1274 RC	Aluvia The portals created by the Sundering begin to appear on Ispar in the Aluvian lands, and the first humans begin to arrive on Dereth.
-15 PY	1274 RC	All Nations The appearance of the portals in Aluvia has disrupted all of Ispar. No one knows what they are or why they have appeared. The people of Ispar are afraid, and the Viamontians take advantage of this situation.
-15 PY	1274 RC	Aluvia, Roulea, Viamont King Varicci di Corcosi reigns in Viamont. Viamont invades Aluvia and Roulea. After early victories in Aluvia, the Aluvians put up a resistance, and the war falls into a stalemate. The Duke Bellenesse leads the invasion of Roulea. The Roulean Empire collapses, its imperial army annihilated and its Emperor killed in his palace by Bellenesse. The Viamontian army presses on to Gharu'n.
-12 PY	1276 RC	Gharu'n, Viamont Within two years, after a siege by sea and by land, the Viamontians take Tirethas. Viamontian army marches east along the northern edge of the Naqut pushing back the Gharu'ndim army. Gharu'ndim resistance solidifies around the city of Shiryaz. Viamontians are fought to a standstill there, and Shiryaz remains free.
-5 PY	1281 RC	Viamont King Varicci di Corcosi holds a tournament in honor of the 14th birthday of Eleonora du Bellenesse, duaghter of Duke Bellenesse. The tournament is held at Lord Marden's estate. In the final fight of the tourney, Prince Renlen, son of Varicci, brutally kills Darren Marden, son of Lord Marden. The crowd is horrified, and the knights of Bellenesse ready themselves to fight. The Royal Guard move into the pit, forming a circle around the prince. The King makes his way to his Knights, followed by the elder prince, Varicci di Corcosi II. The Royal Guard encircle the King and his sons and escorted them out of the pit, barely averting a civil war.
-3 PY	1282 RC	Viamont Another tournaments is held on the anniversary of the death of Darren Marden. Prince Renlen makes a great show of expressing his regret at the outcome of the duel one year prior, but throughout his speech, he never actually apologizes for the murder of Darren.
-2 PY	1283 RC	Gharu'n, Viamont Talal ibn Qamuz of Nishadina is caught smuggling Old Roulean texts, saved from Tirethas, to sell to the Viamontians. The Malika of Gharu'n uses this situation to her advantage, and orders Talal to Viamont, with 1000 copies of the the Roulean text The Treatise of the Individual. He is sent to Viamont to peddle these copies to his Viamontian clients of nobility, including Countess Lotila, Count Renari, and Duke Bellenesse. As punishment for his crime, he is forever banished from Gharu'n.
0 PY	1284 RC	Gharu'n, Sho Portals to Dereth begin to appear in Gharu'n and Sho.
3 PY	1286 RC	Viamont Lord Marden announces that he will hold a tournament in honor of the fall of Lizistan. He invites knights from all the duchies of Viamont. The Duke Bellenesse orders his knights to decline the invitation. Carlo di Cenza, squire of Sir Bellas, notices that the Duke has been acting strangely for several months now. The Duke has been rejecting being treated like a noble, and has distanced himself from the rest of Viamontian nobility. Carlo suspects the Old Roulean texts that have been in the Duke's fortress for the past few years. In secret, Eleonora, Sir Bellas, and Carlo attend the tourney. Eleonora, disguised under her armor, enters the tournament. Eleonora wins the tourney, defeating the final opponent and nephew of King Varicci, Count Corcima. As has been tradition for five years now (since the tournament where Darren was killed), the victor has one final duel with one of the princes of Viamont, which they always lose. Eleonora duels prince Renlen and kills him. Eleonora, Sir Bellas, and Carlo escape the area and begin to head back to the duchy of Bellenesse. At this point, Carlo recounts the events in his journal. He is sure these actions will lead to civil war. Meanwhile, a failed assassination attempt is carried out against King Varicci. The assassin escapes the royal palace. The royal guard track the assassin to a village in the Aluvian territories held by Viamont. The captain of the guard believes the assassin escaped through one of the mysterious portals. Prince Varicci believes that the assassin, Oswald, was hired by Duke Bellenesse. With the blessing of his father, Prince Varicci begins a campaign to exterminate the house of Bellenesse.
3 PY	1286 RC	Gharu'n, Viamont The Viamontian army camped outside Shiryaz is recalled back to Viamont, to deal with a crisis in their homeland.
8 PY	1289 RC	Viamont The royal army of Viamont, lead by prince Varicci di Corcosi II, enter the lands of Bellenesse and lay siege to the Duke's fortress. The rebels, lead by Eleonora du Bellenesse and the Duke of Bellenesse, flee through a mysterious portal. Varicci and his army follow them.
16 PY	1295 RC	Aluvia, Gharu'n, Sho, Viamont The last remnants of Bellenesse's rebellion have been all but eradicated. The followers of Bellenesse had distracted King Varicci from his campaigns elsewhere on Ispar, but with the rebellion defeated, Varicci once again turns his attention to the other lands of Ispar. The war between Aluvia and Viamont continues. Aluvia holds their western borders, and both sides have taken heavy losses, but the tides seem to be turning in favor of Viamont. The war between Gharu'n and Viamont continues as well. The Gharu'ndim believe their nation only continues to exist because King Varicci has not yet chosen to press his attack. The Sho worry what will happen to them should the Viamontians conquer Gharu'n completely.

Texts

Ancient Discoveries Halaetan Magic Letter From Home (Viamontian) Shadow Pass The Reign of Alfrega The Thrungus - Part I The Thrungus - Part II The Thrungus - Part III The Thrungus - Part IV

Town Network Signs

Bluespire (Town Network Sign) Eastwatch (Town Network Sign) Fiun Outpost (Town Network Sign) Greenspire (Town Network Sign) Redspire (Town Network Sign) Sanamar (Town Network Sign) Silyun (Town Network Sign) Westwatch (Town Network Sign) Eater (Town Network Painting) Fiun (Town Network Painting) Ruschk (Town Network Painting)

Internet Articles

• A Primer on Halaetan Geography
• Assassination
• Discovery
• Sanamar Under Siege
• The Armor of the Viamontian Invaders
• The Execution
• The Fall of the Fiun
• The Invasion of Ispar
• The Malika and the Individual
• The Origins and Current Disposition of Viamont
• The Ruschk
• The Thing in the Basement
• The Tournament Part I
• The Tournament Part II
• The Tournament Part III
• The Viamontian Knight
• Character Creation - Racial Lore: Viamontian
• Character Creation - Naming: Viamontian

Items

The Red Bull The Boar of Cinghalle The Stag of Bellenesse The Royal Bull of Sanamar Karlun's Visage Mirrored Justice Smite

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