Koramia and the Fall of Imperial Simmeria

This is an article on the History of Feyworld
Years: 936 NC to c. 1900 NC
Age: The Third Age of Man
Continent: Duria
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In the same year that Garimund of Ryard discovered the Koram, a group of Imperial legionaries were ambushed and slaughtered to the man by a mysterious group of people from northern Aurea. These savage people, known then as the Narbars, provided Zeth with its greatest enemy since its conflicts with Cardos during the days of the Republic. The Narbar people fought savagely against an unprepared Empire, and, after ten years of fighting, a small outpost in what was formerly Norlund was abandoned as the troops headed back to defend Zeth. It would be the first of many legions ordered home in the name of defending the Empire. Eventually, the Narbars were defeated and pacified, but Imperial troops remained to keep the peace and insure no further uprisings. When an old enemy of Zeth, the Cordosi, rose up to wage war against the Empire, the Imperial troops counterattacked and quickly took the Cordosian capital. Soon thereafter, tacitly trying to insure no invader could threaten Zeth again, they continued to move inland, and pulled troops out of the seemingly pacified Simmeria to facilitate this move.

Chaos followed in Simmeria whenever troops departed as warring and feuding factions vied for control over the weapons and fortifications left behind, as well as for the responsibility and pleasures of command. Finally, in 628 IC, the last two groups of legionaries left in the old province of Simmeria proclaimed independence from the Empire, signifying the end of Imperial rule in Simmeria. The centuries that followed were filled with war and desolation as various power groups and individuals vied for control over ever-smaller parcels of land. Orcs slipped in from across the Sea of Blades and, with the giants who had been beaten almost to extinction in the mountains, raided the wealthy human and hobbit agricultural settlements heartlessly. As the Empire's grip strengthened in the south, Simmeria wallowed in petty warfare. It was during this time of confusion and conflict that the original Koram was stolen. Copious copies existed, but the original was never recovered.