Acregor
Various elven, human, and humanoid peoples have lived in this area of the Dragon Hills over thousands of years. The elves originally were here, but then the Hyperboreans sacked their city of Aranost and drove the elves south into the deeper forest. Then for a time the Hyperboreans were here, and they even rebuilt Aranost in their own style. Eventually, their empire fell as well so that by 2514 I.R. the city was again abandoned.
Over the next several decades, various bands of orcs, goblinoids, trolls, and ogres moved into the Dragon Hills. Although settlements of humans were in the region, other forces were also present, and the departure of the Hyperboreans left a power vacuum. The humanoids found the hills to be open and welcoming, and provided good, rugged land in which to hide and make their camps, and from which they could raid nearby farms, fields, and wayward travelers.
Then in 2740 I.R., a half-troll by the name of Acregor Ironclaw arrived in the Dragon Hills with a band of ogres. Finding the humanoids of the hills in disarray, he set out to unify them into a single nation. It was a propitious time: The Hyperboreans were long gone, and the Foerdewaith were just beginning their path to empire. Acregor easily brought all of the tribes of the Dragon Hills under his banner, and for another 80 years, they became the terror of The Plains. In this time, he reoccupied Aranost as his capital and built an enormous tower to act as his burial monument so that even when he was gone, he would continue to watch over his realm.
It is probably no surprise, however, that as he finally reached old age, Acregor’s grip on his nation (which by then he had named after himself) began to break. Challengers arose until eventually he was assassinated in 2822 I.R. After three years of internal fighting, one of Acregor’s ogre lieutenants claimed the mantle of Acregor and named himself king. The so-called Kingdom of Acregor has existed since that time, sometimes under an aggressive king who sought expansion and other times under weak rulers who faced continual civil war. But none has ever held the Dragon Hills as tightly as did the original Acregor, nor has any had his vision. Which is certainly something the neighboring human realms can be thankful for.
Today, Acregor is an annoyance and, at times, a grave danger to those passing near the Dragon Hills, but at least for now poses no real threat to Darnagal, Glendovel Close, or the other major settlements of The Plains of Mayfurrow.
The humanoids of Acregor are wary when they are in the southern Dragon Hills, as the family of blue dragons living there does not always take kindly to intrusions, whether accidental or intentional.
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Acregor
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