Greyhawk Rebooted - 576CY

hands. The Overking also

appointed viceroys to
oversee the administration
of the expanding empire.
The House of Cranden was
granted the Viceroyalty of
the South Province, with
its capital at Zelradton.
The House of Naelax
gained the Viceroyalty of
the North Province, based
in Eastfair. The viceroys
had near total autonomy
within their realms to
efficiently deal with local
problems, answering only
to the Overking.

Over the rest of Nasran’s

reign and that of his son,
Serran, the Aerdy armies
won victory after victory.
The Overking’s reach
extended into what would
become The Pale, the
the Flinties to the Gnatmarsh. The rulers
Urnst states, and the Shield Lands, and
of Rel Mord were distant kin of the Aerdi
the Tenh Confederation was forced to pay
house of Rax, descendants of those Aerdi
tribute to avoid absorption.
clans who had not continued to the east.
Their rivalry came to an end when Grand
Nasran was by all accounts a wise and
Prince Almor II of the Aerdi led his forces
dutiful ruler, and few openly begrudged
against the Nehron at the Battle of a
him his new title. However, it quickly
Fortnight’s Length in -110 CY. It was a
became clear to all the Celestial Houses
pivotal historical event that solidified the
(as the major noble houses of the Aerdi
power of the Oeridian kingdom of Aerdy.
had come to call themselves) that power in
The Oeridian hero-goddess Daern may
the Great Kingdom was being centralized
have been present at the battle, for her
in the hands of the rulers of Rauxes, and
mortal life is said to have ended shortly
that the fortunes of the Great Kingdom
thereafter.
would now rest with them. The needs and
intrigues of the Celestial Houses would
Following this seminal battle, Grand
soon become subordinate to the politics of
Prince Nasran of Cranden declared
the Malachite Throne.
“Universal Peace” and was crowned as
the first Overking of The Great Kingdom
It was the prudence of the Cranden
of Aerdy in Rauxes marking Year 1 of the
dynasty that solidified the realm’s power
Common Year calendar. Being a pious
structure over the next century and it
man, Nasran founded the See of Medegia
continued to expand and absorb smaller
not long after his declaration and granted
tribes and nations and became a potent
it to the Church of Pholtus, entrusting the
force for order and good in the Flanaess
sacred heartlands of the Aerdi into sacred

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