THE PROUDLANDS
The Proudlands is one of the seven kingdoms of Cephri and lies next west of the Linking Sea. When it was it's own kingdom it was known as the "Golden Dynasty" most likely due to the abundance of gold mines in the region. Their current name is derived from their proud nature and the kingdoms ties to lions.
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The Proudlands is ruled by House Young who have ruled since the Nishan invasion, the current ruler is Lord Ulthor Young. House Young was one of the Nishan invaders who grew strong enough to topple the former kings. House Young overthrew House Casterly who had ruled since the beginning of tales itself.
The founding member of House Casterly is Casterly the Clever he was said to have climbed the castle at dark of night with his back facing the sea, when he reached the top he supposedly said “it’s like a knife’s edge” giving the castle it’s name; after that he slipped into the castle and at night began loosing rats and mice and other such animals, one account says he let loose a pride of lions. He convinced the family that ruled Knife’s Edge that he was the sun god and they had dishonoured him, out of fear they ran out of castle however both of the daughters vowed to serve him as repent for their sins, so he married both the daughters. House Westerly to this day press the claim they were the rulers of Knife’s Edge and It should be returned. Casterly the Clever supposedly took the sun’s gold to brighten his hair to beautiful blonde.
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GEOGRAPHY
It is known for its rugged hills, rolling plains, fertile fields, and broadleaf forests. The land contains lakes and rivers, and the hills conceal systems of caves and caverns.
The region lies along the coast of the Linking Sea, with Iron Bay and the Bronze Isles to the north.
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Along the coast is Knife's Edge, the seat of Young, a fortress carved out of a massive hill of solid rock. South of the castle and still along the coast Casterly Rock, the second largest castle in the Proudlands, and seat to former kings House Casterly.
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Rivers that flow into the Proudlands are the River Reach and the Trident West-Fork, periods of mountains lie to the north just below North's Node, presumably the source of the River Trident flows from here. Another range of mountains lies in between Knife's Edge and Blackton Fort. Forests are found down south of the Proudlands.
PEOPLE&ECONOMY
The Proudlands are not the largest, most populous, or most fertile part of the realm, but they are the richest. Full of hills and crags, the land is dotted with mines from which pour gold and silver in astonishing quantities. The two main gold mines are at Knife's Edge and Casterly Rock. There are settlements which become ghost towns once nearby mines stop producing ore. Besides farming, there is also some fishery settlements.
MILITARY STRENGTH
An estimate tells us the military strength of the Proudlands to be fifty thousand to fifty five thousand men strong, though this count includes even green boys, and depletes most castles of any protection.
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During The Dance of Dragons, Lord Lyon Casterly controlled about 29,000 troops.
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The Young fleet at Knife's Edge consists of twenty or thirty cogs, carracks, galleys, and dromonds, while lesser lords have two or three ships for patrolling. The total power of all ships may be sixty or seventy vessels.
HISTORY
THE DAWN AGE
The founding member of House Casterly is Casterly the Clever he was said to have climbed the castle at dark of night with his back facing the sea, when he reached the top he supposedly said “it’s like a knife’s edge” giving the castle it’s name; after that he slipped into the castle and at night began loosing rats and mice and other such animals, one account says he let loose a pride of lions. He convinced the family that ruled Knife’s Edge that he was the sun god and they had dishonoured him, out of fear they ran out of castle however both of the daughters vowed to serve him as repent for their sins, so he married both the daughters. House Westerly to this day press the claim they were the rulers of Knife’s Edge and It should be returned. Casterly the Clever supposedly took the sun’s gold to brighten his hair to beautiful blonde.
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NISHANS
The Nishans arrived to the Proudlands first by ship. The Proudlands were the first kingdom to go up against the Nishans so they were pretty overwhelmed at the start as the Nishans had superior weaponry. House Casterly in the end were defeated by House Young who surpassed them as rulers of the kingdom. The King James Casterly gave up his crown and in the peace negotiations it was written the new King Andor Young would marry his daughter Beth Casterly. Still retaining some degree of their power. The following generations of Young and Casterly married eachother as custom of the peace pact however these marriages became less frequent and rather none at all anymore but King James Casterly had ensured the place of his house and unlike other first men houses they did not collapse into obscurity.
BLACKFYRE RULE
During Aegon I rule, the Hand of the King was Lord Norfil Casterly who served from Aegon's coronation in 142 AC and til his own death in 176 AC. Aegon I is best known for his reign which was the longest Cephri has ever seen from 142 AC to 190 AC. Alongside Lord Casterly the Seven Kingdoms prospered and were in peaceful times. On some coins King Aegon's face is still there and in Sunworth there lies a statue of him by the entrance to the Citadel.
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TYWON CASTERLY
Lord Tywon was 17 (in 848 AC)when behind his father’s back destroyed the two houses of Hawthorne and Hale who had not repaid back their loans they took from Lord Tywell(Tywon's father) 3 years ago. Tywon’s mother died when he was 6 and his father had a mistress she would act like she was the lady of the castle bossing everyone even Tywon’s father. She wore the jewels that Tywon’s mother wore so Tywon would be exceedingly furious. When his father died of a heart attack when climbing the stairs to see his mistress in 855 AC, the first thing Tywon ,as lord, did was strip the woman and paraded her in the streets and hang her.
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Tywon was ruthless and got back all his loans and other promises, if he didn’t get them back on time he would take one of their children as a hostage and they would get it back only when they paid the loan. Tywon in 3 years brought Casterly back to it’s mighty self and the council of lords called to elect the new king in 862 AC offered him the throne due to his effectiveness but he said “My brother Kevan Casterly is the king and I will serve as Hand Of the King”.
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His brother was not near as serious as Tywon so he would be good as the king. effectively his brother Kevan was a puppet as Tywon pretty much ruled but Kevan did his own things with the people like tourneys. The people didn’t like Tywon’s harshness with laws.
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When his brother died of an illness in 870 AC his son Gerion,18 took over. He dies in 890 AC(38 years old) of the same illness that took Kevan. His son,20, rules in 890 AC.
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The new king Orson Casterly did not do much of the ruling and gave it all to Tywon. Increasingly Orson became obsessed with the Blackfyres and dragons it didn’t help with Taena Skies who was continuously telling him about dragons and how to become one. When he was 16 he started to order Red Fìros to be made and he was going mad. Tywon tried to stop him but Orson would frequently insult Tywon.
Tywon resigned as Hand when 895 AC when he named Tywon’s son(Ser Jamie Casterly) into the kingsguard.
Ser Jamie Casterly was 23 and he was known to be a great swordsman but the king did it to strip Tywon of his golden heir. Jamie also went to King’s Landing because Orson’s sister and Jamie’s cousin told him she would be allowed to go with him. They both were in love.
However Orson did not let her come back so Jamie went unhappy as Tywon had also left. He was left alone.
THE YOUTH REBELLION
The rebellion started because Lord Devlin Young’s son was accused of conspiracy against the king because Taena had told the king that her spies had intercepted one of his ravens where he wrote about the king being mad and someone needing to dispose of him and place a regent for his son.
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The king called down Andor Young to King’s Landing and inprisoned him he also called Lord Young to come and answer for his son’s crimes of treason. Lord Young called for a trial by combat in which the king said “I choose fire” so Lord Young burnt alive while 500 men stood and watched. Andor Young was publicly beheaded to a stunned and silent crowd.
Lord Ulthor Young now called his banners in rebellion he also asked his friends Ser Samuel and Aeyron Archer to convince their lieges to call the banners and they do.
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Before the deciding battle of the rebellion(Battle of the Bask) Tywon had been marching towards King’s Landing with 11,000 fresh troops no-one knew if he were to defend the king or join the rebellion. After the battle the rebel host all went to GoldGift to regroup but Ulthor went on to King’s Landing against the wishes of the leader of the army Aeyron Archer.
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Ulthor and Tywon reached it just minutes after each other so the sacking of King’s landing had started by Tywon but it continued with Ulthor Young’s army.Ulthor's men, Ser Gregor Hull and Ser Hoare Lorch, savagely killed the beloved Queen and her children,
Ulthor tried to declare himself king but everyone shot it down and a council was called, where they decided to have a young king so Aeyron was chosen.
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RECENT EVENTS
A CROWN FOR A KING
The Proudlands swear allegiance for the rebel cause and for Ulthor, however the Proudlands is also split between Ulthor and Lord Tywon Casterly with the older generations remaining neutral awaiting Tywon's decision. The Proudlands immediately invade the Dawnlands successfully capturing it however almost immediately The Northerner invade the Proudlands laying siege to Knife's Edge, they abandon that siege regrouping at GoldGift when Ulthor's army rides west to Hunter's Hill.
A MATE FOR DARKNESS:SUN AND SNOW
Samuel and Sugar go to Casterland where the two separate. While spending time in the city, they realise that splitting up was the wrong choice and they join each other to go to Eilleas.