Declaration of Sovereignty of the Valenar Nation

Founding

The elves claimed domain over “ancestral lands,” and an army of elf mercenaries made themselves the lords of southern Cyre and declared the newfound sovereignty of the Valenar nation.

The elves renamed the cities, and a number of Aerenal elves were brought in to build things anew in the elf style. The humans of the area raised no objection—Metrol was a distant and far-off place. Queen Dannel and her generals decried the Valenar betrayal, but could spare no forces to retake the land. Indeed, they could ill afford the loss of the elf mercenaries already in their employ. In the end, the new land was not recognized, but no army marched south, and payments to elf mercenaries continued.  

The actions of the elves in 956 were puzzling. A people devoted to battle, who idolized their ancestors’ struggle against the overwhelming might of the goblin empire, had never displayed an interest in holding land. After declaring the sovereignty of a huge area, precious few took on even the most fundamental tasks of governance.   Indeed, the former Cyrans discovered a degree of independence they had never known before. Some have opined that the Valenar warriors actually sought to instigate an invasion, bringing glorious war to the sweeping plains of Valenar, where they could reenact the struggle of their honored ancestors. If so, they must have been sorely disappointed when Cyre refused their bait.   Whatever the true objective, Valenar independence resulted in a greater number of Valenar warclans employing House Deneith to broker contracts with other nations. Again, more than a few Valenar bands simply roved the Talenta Plains and other places as a freestanding fighting force, loyal only to their battlelust. - Renowned Zil librarian Augusta Wainwocket