First Lanàdi House of Elybeðra

1 HK -. First Lanàdi House of Elybeðra. House of Agnar the First of Lanàdus through his…

Considered the Fifth Dynasty of the Lanàdyr (i.e., natives of Lanàdus), the House of Elybeðra came into being following the untimely death of the warlord, King Berun I. Selected from the Lanàdi nobility by the priests of Irāyn, the patriarch was crowned in the year following the coronation of Āúla I, 2 HK.

Lineage

  1. King Agnar the First of Lanàdus. He was born circa 20 AR at Lanàdus. He was crowned in 2 HK by the priests of Irāyn at Lanàdus. He married Lady Savàdya of Greym in 2 HK at Tor Trèmendūm; she bore him eight children. Agnar I is famous both as the first monarch of the Fifth Lanàdi Dynasty and as the architect of Kry Elybeðra, home of the Elybeðra dynasty. A statue in the central courtyard of Kry Elybeðra depicts an unhanded Agnar as an elder King in long robes and spectacles. Though the statue’s robes are bare today, period accounts of the sculpture describe it as having been painted with detailed architectural elements (e.g., arches, columns, stonework). Until 1246 HK, the statue also held a large golden compass in one hand and a golden stylus in the other. These items and the hands that once held them, were broken and removed from the keep during the unrest that followed the Empire’s fall. He died in 33 HK, alone in his studies. The Crown of Fire passed to his eldest son…
  2. King Agnar the Second of Lanàdus. He was born circa 7 HK at Lanàdus. He was crowned in 33 HK by the priests of Irāyn at Lanàdus. The debaucherous Agnar II enjoyed the attentions of innumerable resident noblewomen at Kryr Trèmendūm until the priests of Irāyn disbanded the harem in 36 HK. He was married to Lady Ilsāys, a devout noblewoman (and later priestess) that same year. Despite this forced union, Agnar continued his carnal pursuits and is believed to have fathered hundreds of bastards. To this day, Lanàdi bastards are called the “Sons of Agnar”. Agnar died from undisclosed circumstances on the evening of his 46th birthday in 53 HK. The Crown of Fire passed to his only child by Ilsāys…
  3. Queen Agāydā the First of Lanàdus. She was born in 37 HK at Lanàdus. She was crowned in 53 HK by her mother, Priestess Ilsāys of Irāyn at Kyrm Oryrāyn. Queen Agāydā, served most of her reign from halls of Kyrm Oryrāyn, the only place she felt safe from repeated assassination attempts by bastard half-siblings and their cohorts. The temple prospered greatly during her reign. She fell in love with a commoner, who she met by chance in a lower chapel of Kyrm Oryrāyn. They were married in 56 HK at Kyrm Oryrāyn. His name was not recorded. They had many children and lived long and cloistered lives. She died in 99 HK. The Burning Crown passed to her eldest surviving son…
  4. King Saldāyr the First of Lanàdus. He was born in 59 HK at Lanàdus. He married Lady Galàsēa of Lanàdus in 76 HK at Kyrm Oryrāyn. He was crowned in 99 HK by the priests of Irāyn at Kryr Trèmendūm. The son of a commoner, he was often referred to as the “Half-King” during his lifetime. Despite the insulting (though sometimes endearing) epithet, he was much beloved by the people of Lanàdus. The priests of Kyrm Oryrāyn pressured him to meet his mother’s generosity (toward the temple) but instead he made improvements to infrastructure, the building of two colleges, and extensive wharves and sea walls in many ports. During his reign, there were numerous accounts of the King appearing in local pubs and inns, drinking and singing with locals. His insouciance led to his death. A man named Mayd Daðmàron, claiming to be the grandson of Agnar II, cornered and stabbed the King at an Anðris tavern in 108 HK. Mayd’s claim to the throne was never investigated. The assassin was dragged through the streets of Anðris, spitted “delicately” and slowly roasted in a city square. Childless, the Burning Crown passed to Saldāyr’s sister…
  5. Queen Elébyra the First of Lanàdus. She was born in 61 HK at Lanàdus. She married Lord Tēlus the Black in 77 HK. Their marriage was reputed to be strained well before her coronation. She was crowned in 108 HK by the priests of Irāyn at Kyrm Oryrāyn. Her first order as Queen was to kill her husband, an order executed without objection from the priests. Before his execution, she denounced him as an “unnatural man”. Her second order was to gather each of Tēlus’ sons and have them castrated. This too was done. Her daughters were then summoned and subjected to examination. Only the virgin was spared. With this done, Elébyra I abdicated the Burning Crown to her virginal daughter…
  6. Queen Agydira the First of Lanàdus. She was born in 94 HK at Lanàdus. She was crowned in 108 HK by the priests of Irāyn at Kyrm Oryrāyn, aged 14. Her mother, Elébyra I, served as Queen Advisor until Agydira’s marriage to Lord Gaðéran of Lanàdus in 115 HK at Kyrm Oryrāyn. On their wedding day, the Queen Advisor committed herself to Kyrm Oryrāyn and was never seen again. Agydira I worked closely with the Pryr Irāyn, but was never permitted to see or talk to her mother. She exceeded the Burning Crown in 118 HK and was enthroned at Kryr Trèmendūm. She died in 121 HK following a long illness resulting from childbirth. The Burning Crown passed to her only child…
  7. King Agnar the Third of Lanàdus. He was born in 116 HK. He was crowned in 118 HK by the priests of Irāyn at Kyrm Oryrāyn, aged 2. His father served as Regent to the Burning Crown until his death in 125 HK. At that time, High King Dēōdin I claimed fatherly rights over the orphaned King. The High King’s fatherly dotings changed in 132 HK when his wife gave him a natural son. By 134 HK, Agnar III was unwelcome at Kryr Trèmendūm. Agnar III waited for an opportunity to ruin the High King, and seized the opportunity twenty years later when the High King’s son became King of Ummon. Whether Dēōdin II’s trial of combat was fixed or not, may never be known. The truth was made irrelevant by the imprisonment of the High King’s son and the consequent embarrassment to High Crown. When the Dēōdin I challenged the Agnar III to a duel in 154 HK, the younger monarch believed he could easily dispatch the elder statesman. He was wrong. Both men suffered mortal wounds and died. The Burning Crown passed to his daughter…
  8. Queen Agydira the Second of Lanàdus. She was born in 137 HK at Lanàdus. She was crowned in 154 HK by the priests of Irāyn at Kyrm Oryrāyn. Agydira II was horrified by the Ummòni “death spectacle” that claimed her beloved father, Agnar III.