Dole

• Dolish Penninsula
• Politics of Dole
• Ethnicity of Dole

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Dole is a vast land located in northern Westros that is dominated by the Dolish people, and the endless grasslands that characterize it.

The region of Dole is dominated by the Dragonoph Temple of Dole of whom has dominated the region of Dole religiously since the coming of the Prophets of Glaurung into the region centuries previous.

Dole was originally founded by a tribe of early Germans called the Dolish long before the coming of the Numenorians into Europe, and the Dolish would build themselves in the region for centuries. The Dolish Empire would stretch throughout nearly all of modern day Westeros, and would be one of the most powerful pre-Numenorian human kingdoms in Europe. When the Empire of Numeron arrived they would battle against the Dolish Empire and over many years the Dolish were pushed back farther and farther into their Empire until they controlled nothing more then the small land they have now. Dole would remain a land dominated by the Dolish but it had become a client state where the Numenorians left them to their own devices. Under these circumstances techonology and modernization did not reach them as many of the other Numenorian provinces, and thus following the Downfall of Numeron the region of Dole was far behind many of the other areas. Dole would attempt to regrow itself, and was having major success to its east, and south, but this all changed with the coming of House Strong into the picture. After fighting against them and losing they found themselves pitted against the city of Harrenhall and they found no ability to take control of the city. After fighting a devestating war against Harrenhall the region of Dole has fallen into isolation and the vast population found throughout the region are now leaderless and devided.

Geography

See Also : Harrenhall (Region)

History

Early History

Dole was originally founded by a tribe of early Germans called the Dolish long before the coming of the Numenorians into Europe, and the Dolish would build themselves in the region for centuries. The Dolish Empire would stretch throughout nearly all of modern day Westeros, and would be one of the most powerful pre-Numenorian human kingdoms in Europe. When the Empire of Numeron arrived they would battle against the Dolish Empire and over many years the Dolish were pushed back farther and farther into their Empire until they controlled nothing more then the small land they have now. Dole would remain a land dominated by the Dolish but it had become a client state where the Numenorians left them to their own devices. Under these circumstances techonology and modernization did not reach them as many of the other Numenorian provinces, and thus following the Downfall of Numeron the region of Dole was far behind many of the other areas. Dole would attempt to regrow itself, and was having major success to its east, and south, but this all changed with the coming of House Strong into the picture.

The First Harrenhall-Dole War

Main Article : First Harrenhall-Dole War

The Destruction of Dole Hundreds of Thousands would perish in the fighting. In the end though Katniss Everdeen my family died out there, and the reason they died...the reason all of them died was because your father was a coward. You will pay for his crimes. I will make you pay for his crimes.

“The The Dolish were a people that represented in the beggining everything that was an honorable member of society. As they fought we marveled at the honor they fought with, and the determination that they died with, and as time went on a small sliver of fear ran up my back that they would fight to the last. When we burned down their villages, massdacred their armies, and took their women for slaves there attitude changed very quickly.” — Robert Strong Dole was always an enemy of House Strong, since the first days of House Strong entering Westros the Dolish people had for whatever reason come to absolutely hate the members of Harrenhall who they believed looked down on the Dolish and their way of living. Dole and Harrenhall having had a long and dirty history between eachother and this usually ignites into war over some meaningless town between the two or some stupid insult leveled at the other Houses. In this case the leader of Dole at the time ordered the murder of several Harrenhall tradesmen in an attempt to control trade in the center of the Dolish Peninsula. Robert Strong the leader of the Harrenhall city and kingdom demanded revenge, but was calmed by his best friend Davos Seaworth, and instead sent diplomats to the Dolish to try and discuss how to end the conflict peacefully. Instead of talking the Dolish would execute the diplomats and send their bodies in pieces back to the capital. These murders were too much for even Davos to argue against and Robert was finally able to rouse enough support to lead a revenge killing in which Robert Strong rode with two thousand horses and burned down an entire Dole village. The killing would be hundreds, as the Dolish were unspuspecting, and Robert burned several more villages, before they finally stopped and returned to Harrenhall. “The The Dolish were a people that represented in the beggining everything that was an honorable member of society. As they fought we marveled at the honor they fought with, and the determination that they died with, and as time went on a small sliver of fear ran up my back that they would fight to the last. When we burned down their villages, massdacred their armies, and took their women for slaves there attitude changed very quickly.” — Robert Strong With this act the two went to war, and the war was at first heavily favored by the Dolish who enjoyed a massive superiority in numbers but as time went on the superior skills, and equipment of Harrenhall coupled with brilliant maneuvers by Stannis Strong led the Dolish to begin to lose the war. In one particular battle the forces of House Strong were led by Robert Strong with some three thousand cavalry while his brother Stannis, and Davos Seaworth led another two thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry around the side, and during this battle the two forces defeated an army of some thirty thousand Dolish. Following this defeat the Strong forces would move against the cultural capital of Kingsgrave where they would easily enter the un-walled city and they took cultural artifacts and basically burned the capital of the Dolish people to the ground. This series of defeats led to the Dolish besieging the House Strong town of Wurzberg where they besieged it with well over one hundred thousand men against fewer then thirty thousand on the defenders side. The siege went on for well over a year with the Dolish unable to properly besiege the town and taking increasingly large casualties to both the battle and even larger to desertions as the clan leaders returned to their homes for the winter. As the Dolish retreated from the siege the large forces of Harrenhall who were barely even damaged moved themselves and begin harassing the much larger force as it made its way back to Dole. Every time the Dolish attempted to battle the forces of Harrenhall they retreated and since the command of the Dolish was weaker many clans walked in wrong directions and were massacred as they drifted from the main force. This continued for weeks until completely exhausted and nearly at the point of breaking the forces of Dole stood their ground and a large land battle took place which led the destruction of much of the Dolish forces and minimal casualties to the Harrenhall forces. Treaty of Kingsgrave The massacres of the retreating Dolish forces were seen differently by many among the armies, but either way the leader of the Dolish was dead during the battle, and the remaining clan leaders sent out word to the Harrenhall army that they wished to parlay, and with the cavalry army of Stannis Strong still running rampant in northern Dole the meeting was to be held at Kingsgrave. With no bargaining power left and a well organized army on its doorstep the Dolish leadership would surrender unconditionally to the forces of Harrenhall. With the surrender they gave two major concessions to the forces of Harrenhall including the independence of two large regions west of Harrenhall in the form of the Realm of Dolentia, and the Republic of Karrenhall of which both were led by puppets for the forces of Harrenhall.

Politics of Dole

The Region of Dole is dominated by the Dolish of whom have formed many large Kingdoms, but the remnent of the ancient Empire of Numeron still lingers in the northeast in the survival of the Kingdom of Lollard, while the new comers into the region in the form of the Goths have begun to push into the region as they now dominate some of southern Dole.

Major Nations

Name	Dominent Ethnicity	Government Type	Ruling Power	Capital
Kingdom of Stor	Dolish	Absolute Monarchy		Storr
Kingdom of Sunset	Dolish	Theocracy
Kingdom of Lollard	Numenorians	Absolute Monarchy	House Lollard	Minas Lollar
Realm of Kingsgrave	Dolish	Monarchy	House Everdeen	Kingsgrave
Kingdom of Harrenhall	Goths	Triarchy	House Strong	Harrenhall
Realm of Arnor	Numenorian/Dolish	Absolute Monarchy	Ar-Brentey Hemsworth

Minor Nations

Name	Dominent Ethnicity	Government Type	Ruling Power	Capital
Kingdom of Greenmore	Dolish	Absolute Monarchy	House Grundmun
Kingdom of Lowdale	Dolish	Tribal Monarchy
Realm of Dolentia	Dolish	Tribal Monarchy
Republic of Karrenhall	Goths	Merchant Republic	Karrenhall Guild of Seven	Karrenhall

Former Nations

Name	Cause of End	Government Type	Ruling Power	Capital
Empire of Dole	Political Collapse	Constitutional Monarchy	Monarchy of Kingsgrave	Kingsgrave
Republic of Dole	Civil War	Republic	Dolish Senate	Kingsgrave

Demographics

Religion

The region of Dole is dominated by the Dragonoph Temple of Dole of whom has dominated the region of Dole religiously since the coming of the Prophets of Glaurung into the region centuries previous.