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Ortûlékian territory at this point seems to be mostly restricted to Ortûlék proper and the western Rouningwood, while most of western and southwestern Belkondíl is occupied by the Noldorinians. East of the Ortûlékian domain, the early Besokians engage on recurring explorations from at least B.E.B. 3200, and the Sosks establish their presence in Oakshire around 2500. The first horses are domesticated here in the following two centuries, driving the expansion of the Sosks southward across the Edhennín. By 2100, four Soskish kingdoms have been established in Belkondíl, Tûnusta in the later Oakshire, Hûnutû and Dûroc in the Edhennín, and Norfêgu in Morineb. Soskilón is founded as a trading station under the name Ûrîdun-e-Sârish in 2053; at this point, the Olgs have begun their expansion south and are in permanent contact with the flourishing Soskish kingdoms. Their clans are already in frequent contention with each other, and by the end of the 21<sup>st</sup> century, tensions within the Ortûlékian population have reached boiling point. The final stage of the first Olgish expansion, which inspired the monumental and legendary account of the First War and the Parting of the Peoples, is brief and violent, driving the Auls, Genes, and Noldorinians from their lands to claim them for themselves and subduing the Soskish kingdom save for Tûnusta. | Ortûlékian territory at this point seems to be mostly restricted to Ortûlék proper and the western Rouningwood, while most of western and southwestern Belkondíl is occupied by the Noldorinians. East of the Ortûlékian domain, the early Besokians engage on recurring explorations from at least B.E.B. 3200, and the Sosks establish their presence in Oakshire around 2500. The first horses are domesticated here in the following two centuries, driving the expansion of the Sosks southward across the Edhennín. By 2100, four Soskish kingdoms have been established in Belkondíl, Tûnusta in the later Oakshire, Hûnutû and Dûroc in the Edhennín, and Norfêgu in Morineb. Soskilón is founded as a trading station under the name Ûrîdun-e-Sârish in 2053; at this point, the Olgs have begun their expansion south and are in permanent contact with the flourishing Soskish kingdoms. Their clans are already in frequent contention with each other, and by the end of the 21<sup>st</sup> century, tensions within the Ortûlékian population have reached boiling point. The final stage of the first Olgish expansion, which inspired the monumental and legendary account of the First War and the Parting of the Peoples, is brief and violent, driving the Auls, Genes, and Noldorinians from their lands to claim them for themselves and subduing the Soskish kingdom save for Tûnusta. | ||
By 2011, according to legend, all of Belkondíl save for Oakshire and the Noldorin is under Olgish rule. The clans make peace, united under one high king ruling from Lágon. This first Kingdom of Belkondíl lasts for only a few centuries before tension break it apart again. The Olgish Clan Wars rage for most of the middle Bronze Age and end in the foundation of several smaller kingdoms, the most important of them Lon Avoch of the White Sea, founded in 1298. This is the end of the clan as the primary political unit in Olgish culture, replaced by new, semi-territorial counties and principalities. The relative stability of the following centuries facilitates the second Olgish expansion, into the Ilathw valley, displacing the Early Aribelian populations there, and north into the western Reknaya. According to legend, the same period also saw the first invasions from the west, when the mythical Nathari people landed on the shores of Belkondíl and faught several bloody battles until their decisive defeat at the hands of Irlikun of Lon Avoch in the 1222 Second Battle of Mortim-Arnim. | By 2011, according to legend, all of Belkondíl save for Oakshire and the Noldorin is under Olgish rule. The clans make peace, united under one high king ruling from Lágon. This first Kingdom of Belkondíl lasts for only a few centuries before tension break it apart again. The Olgish Clan Wars rage for most of the middle Bronze Age and end in the foundation of several smaller kingdoms, the most important of them Lon Avoch of the White Sea, founded in 1298, beginning the Age of Younger Kings. This is the end of the clan as the primary political unit in Olgish culture, replaced by new, semi-territorial counties and principalities. The relative stability of the following centuries facilitates the second Olgish expansion, into the Ilathw valley, displacing the Early Aribelian populations there, and north into the western Reknaya. According to legend, the same period also saw the first invasions from the west, when the mythical Nathari people landed on the shores of Belkondíl and faught several bloody battles until their decisive defeat at the hands of Irlikun of Lon Avoch in the 1222 Second Battle of Mortim-Arnim. | ||
This time of relative peace is followed by another period of unrest when the larger kingdoms of the Younger Kings break apart and in 1185, Lágon finally loses its, long only symbolic, status as foremost city of Belkondíl as its royal bloodline is expelled and goes into exile in the Kingdom of Simaël. The following Age of Towers is marked by brief wars and the formation of smaller, self-sufficient kingdoms, longingly looking back at the glory of the Younger Kings. The first parchment manuscripts in Early Old Olgish survive from this time, in the form of chronicles and early heroic poetry. | |||
As the Bronze Age draws to an end, a new power briefly appears in Belkondíl as the emerging Iilish Empire invades from the sea and, beginning in 286, occupies most of the Edhennín west beyond the Cëlac and the northern part of Morineb. The Iilish Occupation lasts for more than 250 years and leaves persisting traces on eastern Belkondíl, most notably the structuring of the Edhennín into the counties of Nerrid, Gëllun, and Ton. Only when the Dragon in Banishment, the rightful heir to the royal line of Lágon and the rule over all of Belkdoníl, returns from exile and rallies the Olgish forces behind him can the foreign invadors be expelled. The Battle of the Glírob in 3 and the following Sacking of Iliston in the autumn of B.E.B. 1 prove fatal for the occupying host; the Iiles leave Belkondíl for good. The charismatic leader of this rebellion, the Dragon in Banishment, Enethin of Cëllar, ceizes his sudden popularity to claim the title of Enethin of Ortûlék and the permanent leadership over the council of Olgish peers. His recognition by the kings and queens of Belkondíl marks the return of High Kingship as it has before only existed in legend and at the same time the beginning of a new era, defined by the newly developed metal his legendary sword Brithalion was forged from. The Bronze Age of Belkondíl comes to an end. | |||
The first decades of the Iron Age are branded by the growing aspirations of the new King of the Olgs, whose increasingly ambitious claims of dominion are finally formalized in E.B. 19. For the first time, Belkondíl is defined as a territory, and so are its counties, the new unit of division its young king has devised. Ortûlék, until now only a place of worship, becomes site to his castle and capital of the Second Kingdom of Belkondíl. Enethin is elegant in rewarding his followers and quick to dispose of enemies. A large faction of the Edhennian nobility, who partially sided with the Iilish Empire during the war, are banished with all of their retinue in a long and opulent trial in E.B. 17 and forced to resettle in Iilish territory. They are subsequently granted lands in southern Amasia by the Iilish Emperor, beginning conflicts with the Dasmilians and Hakessians that will lead to the Olgish Conquest of Seligon. | |||