K

[Kath]
[Kanday]
[Kaldor]
[Karnis]
[Kesume]
[Khala]
[Kobar]
[Kom]
[Komii]
[Korad]
[Krasula]
[Kronas]
[Kuseme]

Kath
A tribal peoples in Kaldor
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Kanday
Neighboring Kingdom [Tharda 2]

In 661, Kanday had an independent alliance with Moleryn. . Kanday demanded the withdrawal of the League from Moleryn but Colura ignored the demand. Kanday then declared war on the League although it was ill prepared. The five-year War seemed destined to add pieces of Kanday to the League. At the Battle of Teb Marsh (663) not only did the League defeat the forces of Kanday; it also captured the royal keep of Ibonost. Queen Arelora of Kanday then took personal command of the demoralised army and started to push Colura's Guards back. In 665 at the Battle of Eidru, she captured first Eidru and then Kuseme when the panicked Guards fleeing her forces failed to close the gates fast enough to bar her advancing knights. Colura and the remnants of the Guard retreated to Coranan and managed to raise Kobar Bridge. By the terms of the Peace of Quivum in 666, Kanday annexed Kuseme and Eidru, regained Ibonost, but the League kept Moleryn. Although Colura finished his term of office, he was discredited, and was something of an object of ridicule. He died of a stroke in 670, and it seems likely that the stress of the Five-Year War had much to do with his early death.

In 712 the Kandian Earl of Kuseme sent some knights to enforce his claims on villages to the east and north of Eidru. Two of these were within the borders of Ramala province. The Senate ordered the Marshal of Ramala, Kronas Elernin, to attack and take Kuseme. He invested Kuseme and left a small force to maintain the siege. After a few months of forced marching, the Ramala Legion and the Kandian army finally met outside of Eidru. The Kandian force was routed and Eirdu keep taken. Before hostilities could resume, Kanday and the Republic concluded a peace treaty ceding Kesume, Eidru, and the territories to the Thardic Republic. Andasin IV hadn't wanted war to start with, and the Senate did not want to see Kronas cover himself with glory. His supporters in the Senate were able to arrange for him to be appointed both Marshal and Magistrate of the new Eidel Province.
Relations with Kanday are presently peaceful. The Senate has been trying to pressure King Andasin IV to aid in restraining the Mimeyi Gozyda who occasionally raids the Salt Route. Andasin’s position is that the Mimeyi are an independent people, not subject to his wishes, and overt action against them by the Republic would be viewed with disfavor by Kanday. Attempts by the senate to reach an agreement with Kanday regarding increased or coordinated patrols of the Salt Route have so far proved futile. [Tharda 4]
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Kaldor
Without approval of the Senates he used funds earmarked for the defences of Moleryn to provoke the Salt War with Kaldor over the Salt Route. Kaldor was resoundingly defeated at the Battle of Chelna Gap (672). Popular approval was so strong; the Senates had to stifle their resentment. But in 673 at the Battle of Ramala Gap, the League was defeated by Kaldor and forced to accept trade and territorial concessions. Kaldoran traders were exempted from various tariffs and tolls and the League had to forego any further claims to territories beyond Trobridge Inn.
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Karnis
Third Autarch (650-57) drummed up popular support and forced the Senates to permit an invasion of Kom in 654. He claimed (with particularly flimsy evidence) that the Federation of Kom was preparing to seize Imrium, but they were totally unprepared for war. Karnis proceeded from Imrium to the River Pech and swiftly descended down the valley. Dividing the Guards in three, he attacked Stimos, Dumon and Parnan simultaneously. Parnan surrendered as soon as the League armies appeared, and Duman and Stimos surrendered after token resistance. The two senates vying over control of the new territory finally reached a compromise whereby Kom became a province administrated by Karnis on behalf of the two Republics, with the assistance of the representatives of the Senates. [Tharda 2]
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Kesume
Town seceded to the Republic from Kanday in 712.
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Khala
Morgathian under-priest [Tharda 2]
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Kobar
He was the sixth emperor of the Corani Empire. He reigned for 43 years. He promoted trade and internal communications. He also extended the empire south to the Eryn River and began to the conquest of Peran. Father to Laketta, the seventh emperor. [Tharda 1]
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Kom
Place, people? Invaded by Karnis, Third Autarch of the Thardic League in 654. [Tharda 2]
The two Senates vying over control of the new territory finally reached a compromise whereby Kom became a province administered by Karnis on behalf of the two Republics, with the assistance of the representatives of the Senates.
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Komii
Tribe defeated by the Corani Empire under Arosta’s Reign in 373.
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Korad
The 12th emperor of the Corani Empire. A moron, he spent his reign issuing forgettable juvenile edicts while the nobility won back its old powers. Poisoned by his adopted son, Shorka. [Tharda 1]
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Krasula
A famous character of legend, often seen as shy, timid and weak.
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Kronas, General
He has effectively pacified Eidel province. In the process he as executed, exiled or enslaves most of the Kandian nobility who were foolish enough to remain behind. As Magistrate, he has been the principal prosecutor of treason trials in the principal prosecutor of treason trials in the province, which have brought him considerable land and money. By redistributing these lands, he has effectively doubled the number of clients obligated to him and his clan. None of his enemies in the Senate are happy about he growth of his power. There is a growing desire to appoint him to the post of Marshal of Ramala in 722. Kronas has on several occasions commented that he could, given proper support, pacify one third of the province in each year of his term. Due to his carefully worded vague statements on major issues, Kronas has managed to gain some support from every senatorial faction. Interestingly, elements of the rural youth are becoming increasingly either Reform of Imperialist minded, and both groups favor Kronas, but for different reasons.
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Kuseme
A town fought over during the Five-Year War. [Tharda 3]
Earl who sent knights to enforce his claims on villages to the east and north of Eidru, within the borders of Ramala province. Started the Tharda-Kanday war in 712that lasted 2 years.
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