Founding of the Kingdom

Discovery, Exploration

The Kingdom was founded at the shores of this bay 140 years ago by the great, great grandfather and great, great uncle of the current King. The co-founder and first King’s name was King Gerald the First (Gerald Boclair). At the time, Gerald was just a young and ambitious man who was the fourth son of the Boclair family – which was a noble family. Since he was the fourth son, he knew that he would not inherit much so he took whatever his father would give him and commissioned the expedition that founded Oldon. He convinced his younger brother (and fifth son), Thaddeus Boclair, to do the same. They pooled their money, purchased three ships and hired seamen, fighters, farmers, and tradesmen and they headed out on the sea. Unfortunately, they encountered bad storms and harsh conditions. They lost 1 of the 3 ships and 15 men during the first 23 days at sea. On the 24 day, they were out of rations, many of the men were becoming sick and weak, and they were just about ready to give up. They sent out a general prayer to all the Gods for help, promising that they would dedicate themselves to any God that helped them. Poseidon (a God that they had not known of prior to this) heard their prayers, from his palace on the ocean floor. Poseidon rose out of the water, riding on a chariot pulled by six creatures that had the upper body and head of a horse and the tail of a fish (hippocampi). Poseidon approached their boats, and in a booming voice, he said “I Poseidon have heard your prayer and I will help. In return you and your descendants will become my worshippers”. Immediately his chariot lurched forward at great speed toward their ships, passing between them, and a huge wave formed behind him and carried their boats for 12 long hours, at great speed, and landed them in the bay. The ships miraculously missed all the rocks and dangers and glided right into the bay and then the waves stopped. At that point Poseidon said, “here is your new land, make a camp and rest and in 3 days choose one man from among you. That man is to stand in the water here in this bay and call my name. I will take him below with me and instruct him in my ways and what shall be done here in this valley”. The hippocampi and Poseidon sank into the bay water. The men were saved and, although they were afraid, they did as they were told. Thaddeus Boclair was the one who chose to go out into the water to do as Poseidon said. On the third day he walked out into the water and called Poseidon. The water below him rose up from under him and formed into a large horse which lifted him on its back. The horse then ran out into the water and as it vanished below the water, its hind legs became a tale. Thaddeus was gone for 3 weeks. The men waited and fished and hunted and started making tools and settling in during that time. When Thaddeus returned, he looked like he had aged maybe 4 years – and he said to him it seemed he was gone for 4 years. In that time, he had become a priest of Poseidon and he now returned and helped them start the new Kingdom. He was able to use magic and over time his ability with magic grew. After they formed a safe village area, they sent the two ships back to their old homelands to bring back more people and supplies and establish trade