Kingdom of Aran | |
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Goverment | |
Type of Goverment | Absolute Monarchy |
Head of State | King of Aran |
Secondary Leaders | Duke of Aran |
Geography | |
Location | Fairmarket |
Capital | Twinvale |
Population | |
Languages | Low German |
Demonym | Radanese |
Religion | R'hllor |
Races, and Ethnicity | Brann |
Population | Placeholder |
The Kingdom of Aran is a medium sized kingdom located in south-western Westros in the region of Fairbanks, and near the Island of Frey. The Kingdom of Aran is situated mainly on the Island of Radin but has spread to many other islands in the Frey region of Fairmarket and thus shares no land border with any nation, but is in close proximity to the Empire of Frey to their south, and the Kingdom of Lucerne to their west and north.
The Kingdom of Aran is one of the few Brannish Kingdoms that exist in Europe, and following the end of the Riverlands as somewhat of an independant kingdom they have been the site of basically the Brannish culture ever since.
The Kingdom of Aran is ruled by a heridetary monarchy under House Osnard of whom has led the land ever since they rebelled against House Jennett and the KIngdom of Fairmarket that controlled them previously.
The Kingdom of Aran is dominated by the High Aran Temple of R'hllor of which while not outlawing other religions has an extremely tight hold over the Kingdom of Aran and it is only in the Andal dominated Dutchy of Myril that the worship of Dragonoph is allowed to dominate and this is only done with the most careful work of the Duke of Myril.
House Osnard first entered the island of Radin during the Great Migration, after they got into a disagreement with the Riverlords that had taken control of the Riverlands. House Osnard spent centuries as a loyalist to the forces of House Jennett, but following the Driving Tide in Lucerne a revolution sprang up when William Lovie I. sent them logisitical support in order to assist them in becoming independant. House Osnard became the ruler of the Kingdom of Aran after this as the forces of House Jennett were unable to resist the overwhelming popular support for House Osnard, and from there they made the capital of Twinvale into a true capital for their kingdom while also trying to make relationships with the Freys of whom they angled towards and away from the Riverlands and Fairmarket. The Kingdom of Aran would begin to turn away from the Empire of Frey following a series of mistakes by the Frey's and this would culminate in the rape of Meera Osnard which would spark Aran to instigate conflict. The Kingdom of Aran due to the increased hostilities would be invaded by the Empire of Frey but disastrous leadership from the Freys and assistance from their ally in the Kingdom of Lucerne would lead to a complete victory for the Kingdom of Aran during the conflict. Following the Invasion of Radin there was no peace treaty between Aran, and the Freys and thus a state of constant warfare existed but this would diminish greatly due to the Aran's taking part in the Summit of Riverrun where they became a protectorate of the Kingdom of Lucerne of which forced a hasty peace treaty to be drawn up between the Kingdom of Aran, and the Empire of Frey lest the Kingdom of Lucerne invade Frey Island.
Geography[]
Political Geography[]
The Kingdom of Aran is situated mainly on the Island of Radin but has spread to many other islands in the Frey region of Fairmarket and thus shares no land border with any nation, but is in close proximity to the Empire of Frey to their south, and the Kingdom of Lucerne to their west and north.
History[]
Early History[]
House Osnard first entered the island of Radin during the Great Migration, after they got into a disagreement with the Riverlords that had taken control of the Riverlands. House Osnard spent centuries as a loyalist to the forces of House Jennett, but following the Driving Tide in Lucerne a revolution sprang up when William Lovie I. sent them logisitical support in order to assist them in becoming independant. House Osnard became the ruler of the Kingdom of Aran after this as the forces of House Jennett were unable to resist the overwhelming popular support for House Osnard, and from there they made the capital of Twinvale into a true capital for their kingdom while also trying to make relationships with the Freys of whom they angled towards and away from the Riverlands and Fairmarket.
The Invasion of Radin[]
Main Article : Invasion of Radin
The Invasion of Radin This was a mistake from the first moment we set foot on this island. |
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Following the rape of Meera Osnard, and the retreat of the Freys from the island the Freys would nearly immediatly begin massing forces to invade the Island of Radin where they would take by force the Kingdom of Aran. Jared Frey demanded the command, and would be given it as Walder Frey barely thought anything of Aran and was far more focused on the Lucernians travelling into the Divine Lands where he would send several of his more capable children and relatives. At the same time as Jared was planning the invasion of the mainland of the Kingdom of Aran it would Walder Frey that also would command the invasion of the Dutchy of Grey Brann within Aran, and in this regard he would send Jared Frey would amass an army of some seven thousand men, and was carried by the Frey Fleet to Radin where the Aran fleet would not engage them due to the vastly superior numbers, and quality of the Frey fleet in comparison to their own. The one exception to this was a brief naval battle between three ships commanded by Rovin Tikkanen on the side of the Kingdom of Aran, and six ships commanded between Patrek Frey, and Halden Anister but shortly into the battle Halden Anister would cause the sinking of one of the Frey ships and then fired on the two remaining frey ships. This entire action was watched by Rovin Tikkanen and his son Risto with great excitement and following Halden Anister sinking the last of the Frey ships they would approach Rovin Tikkanen's boat and he told Rovin that some of the Frey's coming ashore mainly those close to Olyvar Frey were not bad people. Following this Rovin would return to the port of Gwendale where he would send a raven to Twinvale telling them of the Frey infighting. Landing on the island Jared spit their force into two with two thousand men going west and landing further down under the command of Olyvar Frey while the five thousand remaining would travel directly for the main city of Aran in the form of Twinvale where they would lay siege to the city.
Olyvar Frey would capture a castle that stood separating the western half of the island from the eastern half and he garrisoned it with some eight hundred men, and then left it under the command of the capable John Urdentrot while he took the remaining 1200 men and made his way towards Twinvale. In the east Jared Frey led his five thousand men westward in a direct line against the city of Twinvale, but as he moved he would lose some 1500 men after he would insult the Lady of House Acorn and then executed Travis Acorn of which led to the House Acorn forces pulling back only a few days into the attack. Moving on despite this they would be stopped when they met the forces of the Kingdom of Arran of whom arrayed against them with some four thousand men, thus slightly outnumbering the now depleted Frey army. Jared was advised by his council to pull back and call for more men from the boats as the Freys could call on thousands more easily, but instead Jared refused this and called for battle to be made immediately. The battle would be a complete route as Jared Frey launched the attack, and the forces of House Frey were gaining victory after a brilliant victory on the left flank by Olyn of the Trident, but Jared would launch himself into battle attempting to gain the honor of winning the battle, and was struck down by an arrow to the head and died on the spot. His son Tytos Frey attempted to rally the troops but, his death would signal a full scale retreat as the center collapsed. The Frey army under Olyn of the Trident would retreat in as good an order as could be expected but still only half the original army was able to make it back to the boats.
Treaty of Radin[]Main Article : Treaty of Radin |
Goverment[]
Demographics[]
Ethnicity []
Ethnicity | Proportion of Population |
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Brann | 84% |
Andal | 14% |
Other | 2% |
Religion[]
The Kingdom of Aran is dominated by the High Aran Temple of R'hllor of which while not outlawing other religions has an extremely tight hold over the Kingdom of Aran and it is only in the Andal dominated Dutchy of Myril that the worship of Dragonoph is allowed to dominate and this is only done with the most careful work of the Duke of Myril.
Religion | Share of Population |
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R'hllor | 70% |
Dragonoph | 27% |
Other | 3% |
Houses of Aran[]
Name | Seat |
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House Osnard | Twinvale |
House Yille | Castle Yille |
House Tikkanen | Gwendale |
House Meedgard | Twinvale |