| Category | Fallen Empires | ||||||||||
| World | Bal-Kriav | ||||||||||
| Region | Karnegmoth | ||||||||||
| Government | Confederacy | ||||||||||
| Capital | Norilenwen | ||||||||||
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| Deities | Corellon | ||||||||||
| Enemies | Râpha-Sûn | ||||||||||
| Reign | 1145 HE - 222 | ||||||||||
| Map | Cinduk |
In the Horgon Era, after Râpha-Sûn was free of Abâthigûr (862 HE - 1011 HE), trappers, loggers and miners began making their presence known in the Vale of Gul. An area loosely claimed by the fey, wood elves, sprites, thorns, wood woad, satyr, it had no permanent settlements. When they learned that their aggressive neighbors had laws dictating that control of an area was based on permanent settlements, they built Norilenwen. When this was not enough, they united under the Ethenoran Confederacy on 19 Brighstar 1145 HE. For many years after, Râpha-Sûn respected the rights of the valley's united inhabitants.
In the Holentur War (210 - 222), Râpha-Sûn warred with the Ethenorans. Their Spiritual Council made many overtures with their aggressors, but were refused peace unless given total ownership of Holentur's adamantine mines. With a deep spiritual connection to this area, this was refused; in the same way a dryad is linked to a specific tree, the fey of Holentur were spiritually attached to the forest around them. This magical link allowed them to move through the forest with the speed and grace of a high-level druid.
... and with the last breath of each Ethenoran, an old wood died, petrified, sinking into the earth.
- excerpt from the book - "Holentur Petrification"
The end came in 222, when Holentur, the heart and strength of the confederacy, was occupied.
At its peak, Ethenoran controlled a vast area stretching from Holentur to lake Waloom. It was loosely controlled with local leaders often handling matters themselves. Râpha-Sûn's war council, following ancient Durkoth war manuals, took full advantage of this.