The History of Summerlund

The birth of the poet and playwright Damotyre Nudrassen of Summerlund.

After a prolonged period of illness, the famous Tiefling playwright, Damotyre Nudrassen, passes away in his home with his children.

The Summerling soldier Seowyn Greenfields helps repel wolves during a particularly bitter winter. He is recognized for his valor and his tactical cunning, and he comes to the attention of the King. He is made an officer of Phoenix Company.

Having sailed up from Turkhast Overview, the Orcish Hordes begin raiding along Aldorath's eastern and southern coasts.

In 5 SKR, the Orcish Hordes had been raiding along the coasts of Aldorath for years. Although they had been using the Island they called Sharbaduk as a headquarters, their leader, Grukh the Bloody-Seer, commanded that they would now move their forces fully onto the main-land. They chose an area of coastal Dalenshire known as Gaston Strand, just a minor beach-front of no great value, as their landing place. They landed and began disembarking.   To their surprise, they found the united armies of the Seven Kingdoms lying in wait. As Eladrin war-ships bearing Kurdenheim engineers and weapons closed in on either side to hem their ships in, Halfling irregulars rose up from the sand, striking in vulnerable areas. Summerling cavalry rode them down, wielding Dwarf-forged weapons, as Hastane and Goblinoid warriors came from hidden fortifications.   The battle was a complete rout. Barely half of the Orc ships managed to escape, under the command of an ambitious orcish general named Broglarak the Fat. The ships abandoned Grukh, who met his messy end under the knives of the halflings. Although this didn’t end the War of the God King, it set the hordes back considerably.

The birth of Aldwyn Tarmoore, brother of Adala Tarmoore, the Witch-Queen.

The famous king, Aldwyn Tarmoore, passes away.

Birth of Caudus Tarmoore, future King of Summerlund

Construction of the grounds and buildings of the Universitas Tarmoore begins in 701 SKR. The Second Witching War  puts major delays into the works, so the campus is not completed until 725 SKR.

The Second Witching War began in 705 SKR. This was a very different war, however, from the First Witching War . Adala Tarmoore, the Witch-Queen, announced her return by slaying King Varwyn Tarmoore, leaving only his young son, Caudus Tarmoore to rule Summerlund. The new King of Summerlund called the Conclave of the Seven Kingdoms together to face the foe. Although the Seven Kingdoms enjoyed success at first, the Witch Queen’s armies were legion and growing with every battle. Then the Orcish Hordes took advantage of the confusion to begin pushing into Dalenshire from the south, and Gristamere, the Goblinoid kingdom, betrayed the others. Although the Witch Queen was defeated, the Seven Kingdoms have yet to recover from this blow.

The Battle of Blackfields in 709 SKR was a turning point in the Second Witching War. Summerling regulars, led by their king, the young Caudus Tarmoore, were escorting a group of Gristameri soldiers to aid Eladrin warriors who were holding the Tavanion front against the Witch Queen’s forces. The battle seemed like it would be a quick and easy rout of the Witch-Queen’s armies.   Unbeknownst to the humans and eladrin, however, the Gristameri had been contacted by the Witch-Queen and had decided not to aid the other kingdoms against her. At the last minute, the goblins struck. They launched arrows against their human allies, sending them into disarray. Indeed, the bugbear shock troops are believed to have attacked and mauled Caudus Tarmoore, and the young king died of his injuries on the battle field. Without the support they were expecting, the eladrin were butchered by the Witch-Queen’s dark armies. From that day forward, Gristamere was considered an enemy of the other kingdoms, and the Conclave of the Seven Kingdoms has never recovered.

Under pressure from the nobles of Summerlund, Lord Steward Landyn Kassryx yields the throne to Barthold Valmar of the rising noble House Valmar. At the end of his reign, due to failing health, Barthold abdicates in favor of his son, Osmund.

After long delays in its construction caused by the Second Witching War, the Universitas Tarmoore begins its first semester of classes.

In 872 SKR, King Osmund Valmar, known for his excesses, revealed a golden statue of himself that he'd had commissioned. It made him wildly unpopular with the people of Summerlund, whose taxes had paid for it, and it led to his downfall in 873 SKR.

The reign of Califax Padwyn as King of Summerling. It began after his execution of the previous king and ended with his death. He was succeeded by his daughter, Cassandra Padwyn.

Albryn Thonwyr was a member of the Noble House Thonwyr in Summerlund, the son of Queen Cassandra Padwyn and Lord Consort Albar Thonwyr. He was the first member of House Thonwyr to become King or Queen of Summerlund.

Elven diplomats present a Weeping Dannor to the King of Summerlund on the 1,000th anniversary of the Battle of the Burning Sea . The tree is planted on the grounds of the Universitas Tarmoore, where it flourishes.

The War of the Three Heads was the name given to a year-long conflict between the Orcs of Sharbaduk and the Orcish Steppes on one side and military forces from Summerlund, Dalenshire, Faerinwold, and Tavanion on the other side. The War was largely a victory for the allied forces and allowed Summerlund forces to push on and begin the War of the Broken Chain in 1081 SKR.

An important siege in the War of Three Heads, the Fire Wasps, along with Lieutenant Daria Havengard and soldiers of Owlbear Company, held off orcish forces, then slew the orc chieftain Gruzhgarn, beginning the end of the war.

Having gathered allies and enacted various military actions, Crown Prince Harbryn Thonwyr, Commander Karatacus Brightshield, and the Fire Wasps put their plan into motion to take out the Fire Giant King Jorgensturm the Cruel and free Sudwaine from Orcish occupation.

Following the capture of Castle Valkurath by Prince Harbryn Thonwyr, Commander Karatacus Brightshield pushes the Summerling forces into the city. A few days later, Sudwaine  is officially declared reclaimed by Summerlund.

Harbryn Thonwyr, Crown Prince of Summerlund, decides not to take the crown upon the death of his father King Hadyn. This was largely because of the prophecy spoken by the Satyr Threnody at the Winterbright festival earlier in the year. Instead, thinking back to the time of the Second Witching War  and the actions of Landyn Kassryx, he takes the title of Lord Steward until such time as a proper king can be crowned.