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The origins of the city date to the prehistory of Belkondíl. It was most likely founded during the [[Olgish People#History|first period of Olgish expansion]] in the late third millennium B.E.B., presumably as a [[Brethanian People|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 [[Olgish People#History|first period of Olgish expansion]] in the late third millennium B.E.B., presumably as a [[Brethanian People|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 [[Lécaron|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 | Initially a close ally of the [[Lécaron|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 175 L.R., 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 [[Lécaronian Imperial Military#Second Imperial Army|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 176–182 L.R. 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 of Orinion|Mendúrin III]] in 221 L.R., the county was declared an [[Lécaronian Appanages|imperial appanage]] and the capital moved to the ceremonially more eminent [[Molbewín]]. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||