Garusk
| Garusk | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Realm: | Alesian Elluria |
| Province: | Elluria |
| Predominate Races: | Humans, Dwarves, Elves, and Giants |
| Year Founded: | Circa 470 |
| Government: | Empire |
| Head of State: | The Garatos of Elluria, Etaudus Paralor |
| Religion: | Polytheistic |
Origins & History
Approximately three hundred years ago, an Alesian general named Glindor Corvarath killed the ruling Alesian Emperor Kravo Jornothen in a military mutiny along the banks of the Pen River deep in the orc-held Shadowlands. Jornothen had gone mad and was obsessed with achieving immortality through glorious death in battle. He took three legions of Alesian troops up the Pen River to confront the Orcs, and led his forces into a narrow defile where they would be hopelessly surrounded by orcs. With the help of Larold Vertonthen, Glindor led a successful mutiny against the Emperor, and safely withdrew the Alesian forces before they could be annihilated by the orcs. Gharvol Jornothen, son of the deposed Emperor, humiliated himself by panicking in the face of the orcs during the Alesian retreat and lost the support of the military that he would have needed to maintain his family's hold on the throne. After Glindor claimed the Imperial throne in Charnath and adopted the dynastic name Paralor, Gharvol was sent into exile in the remote village of Heldo, in Osk.
Glindor's rule has seen the reform and expansion of the Imperial bureaucracy, reclamation of territory from orcish control, and curbs on some of the traditional prerogatives of the nobility. He also defeated the Hrungarth king in Morarth and annexed all of Hrungarth into the Imperium, and made Bahija an Alesian colony. In the year 470, the Alesians became embroiled in the politics of Veth when the Ellurian goverment in exile sent out emissaries seeking military aid after Aslar conquered Elluria in the Southlands Wars. The Imperium sent several legions under the command of Larold Vertonthen and Prince Etaudus Paralor to Garusk. The unexpected invasion caught the Aslarians by surprise, and the Alesians inflicted a number of defeats on Aslarian forces and pushed them back to the banks of the Rainbow River. The peace negotiations restored the borders to their original position before the war, and recreated the kingdom of Tollor to act as a buffer between Aslar and the new Alesian Elluria.