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The origins of the city date to the prehistory of Belkondíl. It was most likely founded during the first period of Olgish expansion in the late third millennium B.E.B., presumably as a Brethanian fort overlooking the upper Brethan. No evidence remains of this time, but it can be assumed that the settlement grew fast, profiting from its strategic situation at the crossroads of eastern and western Belkondíl. By the fourth century E.B., it had become an important trading post and was noted for levying tolls from all merchants crossing the Brethan and wielding significant power over the trans-Belkondilian trade of the era. | The origins of the city date to the prehistory of Belkondíl. It was most likely founded during the first period of Olgish expansion in the late third millennium B.E.B., presumably as a Brethanian fort overlooking the upper Brethan. No evidence remains of this time, but it can be assumed that the settlement grew fast, profiting from its strategic situation at the crossroads of eastern and western Belkondíl. By the fourth century E.B., it had become an important trading post and was noted for levying tolls from all merchants crossing the Brethan and wielding significant power over the trans-Belkondilian trade of the era. | ||
Initially a close ally of the Lécaronian Emperors, who granted the city extraordinary commerce and tax privileges, Narn Aran was almost completely destroyed at the end of Hémira’s Rebellion of 1487 E.B., when countess Hémira of Orinion, after a failed campaign against Talis and Soskilón, rallied her scattered troops in the city and refused | Initially a close ally of the Lécaronian Emperors, who granted the city extraordinary commerce and tax privileges, Narn Aran was almost completely destroyed at the end of Hémira’s Rebellion of 1487 E.B., when countess Hémira of Orinion, after a failed campaign against Talis and Soskilón, rallied her scattered troops in the city and refused to surrender to the Second Imperial Army, leading to the siege and eventual sack of Narn Aran and the death of Hémira. The city was rebuilt over a course of six years 1488–1494 E.B. under her nephew and successor, Mendúrin II of Orinion, who established its compact layout and renowned defences. Narn Aran was thereafter briefly capital of Orinion until, after the death of Mendúrin III in 1533 E.B., the county was declared an imperial appanage and the capital moved to the ceremonially more eminent Molbewín. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
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==Layout and Architecture== | ==Layout and Architecture== | ||
Narn Aran is noted for the tight layout it received during the city's reconstruction under Mendúrin II | Narn Aran is noted for the tight layout it received during the city's reconstruction under Mendúrin II, comprising of two concentric circles of fortifications, the inner containing the majority of the city and a donjon as citadel in its centre. A limited number of workshops and depots are located between the inner and outer ring, but by baronial decree the space outside of the outer ring has to be kept free and unobstructed at all times. The walls are built from cobbled [[Olgish Highlands|Highland]] granite, making Narn Aran one of only two Belkondilian cities, alongside Lágon, which are fully fortified in stone. Its eastern bridge is the only major dry crossing of the Brethan. | ||
[Category: Orinian Cities][Category: Belkondilian Geography] | |||