About

The Formation of Teres was, at the beginning, a slow and arduous process. The colonisation of the eastern continent with tens of frontier settlements took time and resources that were not in good supply, and with the constant threat of wild-folk raids, many lives and towns were lost. This period lasted around 20 years before the discovery of the Helm of Aelfred and the beginning of the Lythic Conquest.

Notable frontier settlements

• Baerhurst

• Loughton

• Craggen

The Wildfolk relations

Not all relations with the wildfolk were negative, some notable settlements made good on promises to treat with and befriend wildfolk natives, offering foreign goods and agriculture knowledge.

Power struggles in the early years of Teres - 439 BUE

After a few years of scattered gords and clustered towns, a few barons began to rise in power, promising a new land for the refugees of Thêsos. Small skirmishes and inter-political battles plagued the new country for almost a decade until one baron, Laethmar Moras, witheld a particularly strong force of wild folk and protected multiple towns, including those not within his barony.

Unification of Teres - 428 BUE

After 11 years of politics, defence and war, Laethmar Moras had gained the trust and friendship of almost every civilised settlement on the continent and in 428 BUE he crowned himself king at 25 y/o and named his new country Teres, a twisted translation of the phrase "Those Forsaken" from Wyrmtongue.

The Discovery of The Helm of Aelfred - 402 BUE

After a raid into Dwarvern Mountains, the son of Leathmar; Aethelred, returned to his father alone, the sole survivor of the raid at 20 years of age. He returned with an enchanted helm, which his father bid to him as a gift and reward.

Soon after, Laethmar died of a fast spreading illness, he was 52. His son, Aethelred inherited Teres and announced to his realm that he had been chosen by a new god, or rather, eight. The theology of The Eight Saints had been spreading more and more since the Unification and had become popular enough that it was the dominant religion of Teres. He crowned himself King Aethelred Lythenmar to honor his father, rather than stick with the name given to him from Thêsos, and was met with fading resistance after almost immediately leading the most successful conquest of their history, quickly claiming almost double the land they already held.

• 445 BUE

• 332 BUE

Teres

• Laethmar Moras

• King Aethelred Lythenmar