Kingdom of Eskorn
Eskorn, also known as the Wild Dragon Realm, was a human kingdom located in eastern Laerakond.
The realm was known as the Wild Dragon Realm not for its draconic past but for the Wilddragons, one of its former ruling families. Eskorn was considered a backwater realm pretending to be a kingdom by the rest of the nations of Laerakond.
Although the former dragon lords of Eskorn had slaves from many humanoid races, after Eskorn was freed members of the demihuman races went to other lands, and Eskorn became a land inhabited mostly by humans.
The royal dynasty barely enforced the laws of the region, moving from one settlement to the next and the law of the land moved with them. The capital of Stormhelm was a small city on the Dragon Sea rife with political intrigue and backstabbing.
Eskorn was composed of mostly wooded hills, streams, marshes, and many tiny ponds shrouded in mists at dawn and dusk. The wilderness was full of oxen, boars, venison, and groundfowl, wild turkeys that could grow as large as human children.
The forests were studded with small steadings shared by several families. Trails were frequent, but roads were rare and had no signposts or other marks to help travelers to traverse the land. Eskornar settlements were small towns surrounded by villages and farms called "royal keeps", although no royal family lived on them. Most of them were a haven for merchants, moneylenders, and wealthy folk who wanted to live in safety.
Eskorn was most populous along the western coastal roads that connected the royal keeps, and those places were heavily patrolled by the king's knights. Eastern Eskorn, on the other hand, was a lawless place full of ruins, outlaws and dangerous beasts.
History
Originally an empire dominated by a dragon named Eskornamundyr, Eskorn became a human kingdom after a successful rebellion led by the legendary warrior Aunglass Roaryl, that happened several centuries before the Spellplague. This battle became known as the "Deliverance". The dragonborn who helped the rebels to win their freedom left Eskorn not long after to help their kin in Skelkor, and Eskorn became a human-dominated land.
Since the Deliverance, five human dynasties ruled Eskorn, and four ended violently. Among the most famous of those dynasties was the Wilddragon dynasty. The ruling dynasty as of 1479 DR was the Roaryl dynasty.
Founding Date
1244
Type
Geopolitical, Kingdom
Capital
Alternative Names
The Wild Dragon Realm
Demonym
Eskornar
Leader
Head of State
Government System
Monarchy, Absolute
Controlled Territories
Notable Members
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