Aegis

To talk of Aegis is to discuss several distinct regions, known collectively as Regaria. At one point Regaria split into seven different kingdoms, each was its own great realm. When the Great Empire of Resh, and later the Sunshadows arrived on this continent, they encountered the King in the North, the King of Mountain and Vale, the King of the Rock, the King of the East, the Storm King, the King of the Iron Islands, and the Prince of Sands, each dominant in his own lands.

And before there were seven kingdoms, hundreds of kingdoms and different peoples existed. The earliest period of Aegis, long before the Sunshadows, before the first eladrin incursions, and even before the mindflayer empire of Nihilath, is called the Dawn Age. During this era, the children of the forest, ie the wild elves, lived alone throughout Aegis and worshiped the primal spirits, such as the gods of the trees and rocks and streams. This period lasted until the arrival of the First Men, survivors of the collapse of Nihilath, former slaves fleeing the underground feeding camps. They came up through caves from below the mountains of Quibahl. The First Men brought bronze weapons and horses with them, in addition to their own gods. They warred with the children of the forest and cut down their beloved forests.


The war between the children of the forest and the First Men lasted for centuries until they buried their enmity by forging the Pact. The Pact was a great peace treaty that ended the Dawn Age and began the Age of Heroes: Almost two thousand years of friendship between the First Men and the elves as well as general peace on Aegis. They worked together, traded between their villages, and some of the First Men even took on the old gods of the children, adopting the carved weirwoods as their own.

That peace was shattered when the eladrin armies swept in from their fortresses in the Feywild and in a few short years conquered most of Aegis, forming the first of three eladrin empires to dominate Aegis. For almost another two thousand years, the people of Aegis, man and elf, were subjects to the eladrins, living as they always had, in villages and small communities.

Then, when the Cendriane Empire collapsed and the eladrins retreated back into the Feywild, man began to organize themselves more, in bigger communities, in order to better be able to defend themselves. Soon the first citystates were formed.

500 years later, Tomaz Regar, a young warlord, used his sword and his army to unite the city states of the east, founding Regaria and crowning himself as king at the tender age of 22. And his ambition didn't stop there. For another 53 years, He expanded his kingdom, annexing what is Damaria and Valar today. After his death his grandsons and so on followed in his footsteps, and a mere 300 years later, Regaria encompassed all of Aegis.
 
For about 100 years, there was once again peace on Aegis, but then the Great Empire of Resh invaded Regaria via the southern ports of Quibahl, and 7 years later, Regaria was no more.

For nearly 200 years, the Empire held on to Aegis, but then King Markus made an alliance with the Kingdom, and started the fires of revolution. In a few short years, the Empire was defeated, and they retreated back across the sea.

Regaria was restored, and King Markus spoke of a new golden age to come. Thousands of years with peace and prosperity. Unfortunately, he couldn't have been more wrong. Just 110 years later, King Markus III dies, with no apparent heirs, and Regaria is plunged into a 17-year long very bloody civil war. Peace is made in -734, but there is no winner, no one strong enough to claim the throne, so the Kingdom of Regaria is dissolved and divided into the old seven realms.

For two hundred years, the seven realms continued their semi-civil-war, trying to gain the upper hand, but to little avail. So when the Sunshadows arrived on their dragons, the continent was ripe for plucking.


In -523, the five eladrin brothers and their extensive family came from the Feywild with their green dragons. Rumored to be fleeing a murderous betrayal in the Feywild, they first appeared in a forest in Valar. From there, they quickly built a powerbase and took over Valar, then marched on the rest of Aegis. While usually outnumbered 3 to 1, the green dragons more than made up for the difference. The armies of the other realms were one by one swept aside, until the Sunshadows a mere 5 years later could call themselves rulers of the Empire of the Sun, fourth eladrin empire on Aegis.

500 years the Empire of the Sun lasted, with the Sunshadows ruling with their dragons and iron fists. Never has Aegis had such unpopular and brutal rulers. Executions were every occurrences, and anyone who as much as thought badly off the Sunshadows were dragged away and never seen again. Their secret police, called the Silver Spiders, had eyes and ears everywhere. Or almost. Somehow the Silver Spiders missed the brewing and planning of the Regar family, who led the rebellion against the eladrin overlord. The armies had been gathered in secret, and when they struck, they surprised everyone. Most of the dragons were quickly taken out of the equation, and the Regars thought it would quickly be over, but they had underestimated just how many had linked their faith to the Sunshadows, and a surprising large amount of nobles flocked to the black and gold banner of the Sunshadows. Four years the bloody war lasted, ending with Arim Regar personally executing Emperor Ri'am Sunshadow and his 6 wives on the steps of the church of Bane.

Regaria was once more again whole and under the guidance of the Regar family. And just three years later, the First Great Demon War began.

Now, 250 years later, Regaria is once again no more. The Second Demon War broke the rule of the Regars, when nearly all of them were slain during the incursion of a demon horde. Most of Regaria avoided the demons, or rather, the damage dealt has been repaired, except the fractured kingdom. Regaria is once again the Seven Realms, battling and scheming for the control of Aegis.

The Seven Realms are as follow:
- The North, ruled by the Khim Jensen, King of the North
- Gundar, ruled by the Harald Zork, King of the Mountain and Vale
- The Iron Isles, ruled by the Jack Tempest, King of the Iron Isles
- Valar, ruled by the Emin Moonshadow, the Storm King
- Damari, ruled by the Kegan Andar, King of the Rock
- Regaria, ruled by the John Regar, King of the East
- Quibahl, ruled by the Elisabeth Sunspear, Princess of the Sands