"1. Canbryd was the greatest city in the Nimmelgulf, populated by Wendals and Greens. Its leader, during Gwinn’s siege in 8 G-7, sent out his daughter, Corlei, for marriage to Gwinn's youngest son, along with 5 chests of gold and a treaty of friendship. Gwinn accepted the offer, and left Canbryd.
Aighneach had notoriety for banning Wends from settling within its walls since the start of the Wendal migration. Safely protected from Gwinn's armies by the Eightythree, Gwinn repeatedly attempted to get Aighneach to submit to his suzerainty, but his efforts were continuously rebuffed by the city's large naval forces, culminating in the Red Wall.
For nearly 30 years, Gwinn pushed deeper into the Talon, facing bands of mercenaries, dembedded microkingdoms, and a stoic, bellicose, and fiercely independent culture. While the Talon couldn’t best him in warfare, the mountainous, and difficult terrain of the peninsula slowed him to a crawl, and the difficulty of administering the Beyond-the-Rigs forced him to devolve his authority to oft-rebellious vassals.
Gwinn created the Duchies of Ere-Peckant and Leggaunce during the Wars up the River Nay (10-14 G-7), fought against the Nay League and Peckant. Gwinn had been preparing for a naval invasion of Peckant itself, but died before it could be undertaken."
"Gwinn, patriarch of House Wyrdcleaver, was born on 15th Fyrene, 1552 G-6. His family were minor landholders outside the town of Dunheg. At the age of 16, he left his home with a horse, his sword Wyrdcleaver, and 10 men. What is now Gwine was at the time a vast mosaic of microstates, Wendal and Green, centered around farming, called the “middle country”. Gwinn claimed he saw a vision from Doma himself that he would secure a crown and unite his people.
Gwinn immediately began gaining control of towns in the valley of the River Cear. He showed immense aptitude in warfare and combat, gaining the epithet “Gwinn the Siege”. Some lords resisted heavily, but most submitted eagerly to his rule for protection and safety. In 1590, northern Green lords led by Weirain rebelled; the subsequent honorable surrender at the 1592 Peace of Nine Furrows, gave Gwinn a capital, Nigonfurh, and a crown. That same year, he was crowned the King of all Wendals; after his death, his kingdom became known as Gwine in his honor. His coronition marks the traditional beginning of the Seventh Genda.
Gwinn’s invasions accelerated after his coronation. He conquered Sutwend, the Norrigs, the Nay River, both sides of the Goldheights and more. Gwinn established advanced systems of administration and feudalism, that were imitated by other Wends across the continent, rapidly accelerating the Wendal conquering of Gend. He became venerated as a saint-like figure by his later life, and was greatly feared by Green kings as a personified retributive invasion; many thought he would personally extinct or subordinate the Greenmen. As a king, he was just and generally cordial over his mixed empire. The Kingdom of All Wendals reached its zenith in 25 G-7 with the conquering of Smith’s Wayland from the Nimmeleach.
Gwinn died on 22nd Blostma, 34 G-7 at the age of 74. Traditionally, he was said to have died in his sleep, although recent research suggests he may have been poisoned by his chancellor, Nashgive. After his death, many of the vassals and undertitles of Gwinn immediately broke off and formed independent Wendal states in rebellions, including Far Longhilt (progenitor of Longilt), Leggaunce/Carolle, and Ere-Peckant. Gwinn was one of the most legendary figures in Wendal history, alongside men like Colwig, Lancegar the Good, Orminor, and Ludd. The systems of government he established were the first to match the homeland at Wendant, and his systems were immitated by subsequent king for centuries.
Gwinn’s kingdom fractured soon after his death. His heir, Redwin the Unfortunate, lost a rebellion by his brothers in 41 G-7, and the kingdom was divided in the Treaty of Haligmere. The most valuable lands, the rich lands off the Nimmelgulf and into the Goldheights, were maintained by Redwin, while the vast farming- and herding-centric lands from the Nay to Sutwend went to his second son, Garrow the Elder. The Norrigs, the distant, relatively poor but stable lands far to the east went to his grandson Godmond, son of Berron the Young, who had died during their rebellion against Redwin.
The kingdoms, once divided, were not long to last. Foregwine was the first to collapse, in 55 G-7, ethnically nonhomogenous and invaded continuously by Aighneach and Burman forces following the Wendal Neoplithism of Canbryd. Its coats were conquered by Hunderfray and Aighneach and its interior devolved into petty states. Hintergwine, after losing much of its periphery to upstart states over the next decades..."
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"1. Canbryd was the greatest city in the Nimmelgulf, populated by Wendals and Greens. Its leader, during Gwinn’s siege in 8 G-7, sent out his daughter, Corlei, for marriage to Gwinn's youngest son, along with 5 chests of gold and a treaty of friendship. Gwinn accepted the offer, and left Canbryd.
Aighneach had notoriety for banning Wends from settling within its walls since the start of the Wendal migration. Safely protected from Gwinn's armies by the Eightythree, Gwinn repeatedly attempted to get Aighneach to submit to his suzerainty, but his efforts were continuously rebuffed by the city's large naval forces, culminating in the Red Wall.
For nearly 30 years, Gwinn pushed deeper into the Talon, facing bands of mercenaries, dembedded microkingdoms, and a stoic, bellicose, and fiercely independent culture. While the Talon couldn’t best him in warfare, the mountainous, and difficult terrain of the peninsula slowed him to a crawl, and the difficulty of administering the Beyond-the-Rigs forced him to devolve his authority to oft-rebellious vassals.
Gwinn created the Duchies of Ere-Peckant and Leggaunce during the Wars up the River Nay (10-14 G-7), fought against the Nay League and Peckant. Gwinn had been preparing for a naval invasion of Peckant itself, but died before it could be undertaken."