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Arangoth - History - Culture - Monarchy - Provincial Government - Royal Guard - Drache - Outside Drache History Arangoth has a long and colorful history. The Kingdom of Arangoth was first founded nearly five centuries before the present, but a terrible civil war half a century ago led to the collapse of the Old Kingdom and the flight of the royal family. Alysia "AngelSin" returned from exile a few years ago and was proclaimed queen, but has since vanished once more. Prince Arlok ul-Dorn, the heir to the throne at the time of the flight of the royal family, recently awoke from a long enchanted sleep and was proclaimed King in Northern Arangoth, then later King of All Arangoth after the reconciliation of Arlok and the Regency Council. The Origins of the Kingdom of Arangoth Arangothians are ethnically a mixture of the native Goxal and the invading Igmerind people who founded several sitharangel or grand duchies here a few hundred years ago. In the year 1, the sithire or grand duke of Northern Arangoth founded the city of Tagrana, which is considered to mark the founding of the Kingdom of Arangoth. Tagran, the first king, was originally considered only the first among equals. However, about the year 130, a conflict among the lesser sithirel led to the extinction of the major families, and the King became yet more powerful by virtue of his ability to appoint provincial leaders. Around 300, when Arangoth was embroiled in a war with the Assi, the Order of the Beady Eye offered its services to the monarchy, assured Arangothian victories there and elsewhere, and became increasingly powerful on the frontiers of the Kingdom. The Era of the Khalar War King Aladar took as his second wife Rosebud, the daughter of an Eastern Arangothian witch. When her true nature was revealed, it became necessary for an impostor named Tsetsa to impersonate the Queen in public. Dissatisfied with this role, Tsetsa convinced the Khalar ambassador Helehkri that Arangoth was planning to invade its northern neighbor. This led to a bloody and needless war beginning in the year 384, a war which, however, Arangoth won handily. The Khalar surrendered and turned over to Arangoth their most prized possession, the Siren Stone, which caused a number of problems in and of itself. The Fall of Old Arangoth King Dorn sent his three sons Arlok, Oryan, and Ware out into the far provinces so that they could learn at first hand how to govern. There the princes discovered that the Order of the Beady Eye had long been abusing their powerful position on the frontier. King Dorn vowed to oust the corrupt Order from power; the Order in turn gathered its forces to resist. About the same time, Prince Arlok and his fiancee Melinxa Swanneck turned hungry wolves on a group of girls of noble birth who were conspiring to murder an innocent peasant; this was the infamous Slaughter in the Maze. As a result, both the Order of the Beady Eye and a large part of the Arangothian nobility rose up and, in an attack upon Tagrana in the year 415, murdered King Dorn as his three sons fled from the destruction of the city. For the next fifty years there was no monarchy in Arangoth. The 'Alysian' Era (465-468) In the year 465, Alysia, a granddaughter of Prince Ware, returned to Arangoth with her husband Blkdragon. They established Drache as a major city and proclaimed themselves King and Queen. In the year 467, however, they vanished, appointing their advisor The Raven as regent in their absence. Drache and the surrounding area became very cosmopolitan due to the influx of foreigners in this period. Old BDI Mailing Lists - December, 1995 Before there was Blkdragon-L@lists.io.com, there were BlackDragon@bnbcomp.net and blkdragon@wayreth.erik.net.Although no complete set of posts from these lists is known to survive, we've pieced together what's available as a rare look at the formative months of BDI. Old BDI Mailing Lists - March, 1996 Old mailing list posts for March 1996. Old BDI Mailing Lists - April, 1996 Old mailing list posts for April 1996. The 'Arlokek' Era (469-472) The Raven disappears, but in Drache a Council of Nobles arises and in the North a long asleep Prince awakens. After months of tension the nation is at peace once more under King Arlok ul-Dorn, technically AngelSin's grand-uncle, and the provincial government of the Regency Council. An Aslari-Ellurian war is settled only when armies from across the sea intervene. Drache is rocked by cults, vampires, plagues, and magical mists.