Ven ir'Kesslan

Ven ir'Kesslan was the founder and first King of the nation of New Galifar . [1]

History

Ven ir'Kesslan was a duke and accomplished diplomat in the nation of Cyre in the early 900s. Distraught by the break up of the Kingdom of Galifar due to the Last War , Duke Ven envisioned a new kingdom based on Galifar's ideals where people would not have to participate in the Last War's petty power struggles. [1] [2]

Duke Ven petitioned King Connos ir'Wynarn of Cyre to be able to settle the lands east of the Endworld Mountains , which he believed where uninhabited. King Connos was won over by Ven's idealist vision and agreed. [3] Ven then gathered an expedition of thousands of folks across the Five Nations with similar views towards the Last War, and in 928 YK the expeditionary fleet sailed to Q'barra . About a third of the fleet was lost in the ocean journey to pirates, storms, and the war, but the rest of the expedition eventually made landfall in Adder Bay , establishing the town of Adderport and the kingdom of New Galifar. [1] [2]

Ven chose Q'barra because he believed that the mountains and seas bordering Q'barra would shield his new kingdom from the destruction of the Last War, but was surprised to find that Q'barra was not as uninhabited as he had thought. The jungles were also the home to dragonborn , kobolds , and lizardfolk . Ven's settlers inadvertently disturbed holy sites belonging to these groups, sparking intermittent conflicts between them, particularly the dragonborn, and the settlers. But through diplomatic overtures, King Ven eventually brokered a shaky peace with the dragonborn. [1] [2]

Legacy

King Ven ir'Kesslan's kingdom of New Galifar and his treaties with the dragonborn still exist today, and his grandson Sebastes ir'Kesslan is the current king of New Galifar. [1] [2]

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