Kavaad line of rulers

  • Period: 323 to 752

    Zokesh Dynasty

  • Period: 323 to 359

    Arkhon I

    Arkhon the Great, or the Hero, was a Prince of Estakeem and the first king of Kavaad
  • Period: 359 to 370

    Rhygon I

    Rhygon the Bright
  • Period: 370 to 427

    Aeshon I

    Aeshon the Slayer. The Demon Tide and the Archlich were finally defeated during Aeshon's reign. He named Lady Soliel a saint and made several trips to her dryad tree on Tol'Anar where his paladins cleared out enemy stragglers.
  • Period: 427 to 471

    Rhygon II

    Rhygon the Enlightened. He wrote the Book of Angels and united the humans and gnomes in one faith under Manarakh. With no heir, he left the kingdom to his uncle Seraphon.
  • Period: 471 to 476

    Seraphon

    Seraphon the Winged. Younger brother of Aeshon I. He was an aasimar, lending credence to the claim that House Zokesh descended from the legendary Mithar and consequently from Manarakh himself. He was a beloved prince, but his reign as an elderly king was short.
  • Period: 476 to 530

    Khathar

    Son of Seraphon, cousin to Rhygon II. King Khathar saw the start of the Infernal Invasion and fought a back-and-forth war with the devils, trending towards defeat near the end of his reign.
  • Period: 530 to 561

    Aeshon II

    Aeshon took over Khathar's war with the armies of the Hells, continuing a ruinous struggle.
  • Period: 561 to 575

    Kharo

    Kharo the Warrior. He led a successful campaign against the devils in his early reign, but the victory was short-lived. He spent the rest of his reign chasing the high of those early victories.
  • Period: 575 to 619

    Rhygon III

    Rhygon the Victorious oversaw the driving-back of the Infernal Invasion. With the aid of the Mage to Balzamar, Xanthe Eshemekhu, his armies cleared Kavaad of devils. He then initiated reconstruction of the major cities that were damaged. Many smaller settlements were deemed unsalvageable and left to the wilderness.
  • Period: 619 to 634

    Maro

    Maro the Restorer continued the reconstruction in the wake of the Infernal Invasion. His attempts at restoring certain megastructures were opposed or outright sabotaged, as the courts deemed the work too costly and too ambitious. Thus, more of ancient Kavaad was left to crumble in the wilderness.
  • Period: 634 to 651

    Aeshon III

    Aeshon the Invulnerable faced attempted usurpers from his extended family, but all attempts failed, and he remained on the throne. When peace was reestablished, Aeshon abdicated in favor of his eldest son Rhygon IV, and died a year later.
  • Period: 651 to 670

    Rhygon IV

    Rhygon the Defender. In his early reign, he kept the Agranorian king Lander VI out of Kavaad without much trouble, successfully deterring future Agranorian aggression.
  • Period: 670 to 719

    Thaero

    Thaero the Wise. During Thaero's reign, the neighbouring kingdoms were focused on internal affairs, allowing Thaero to govern peacefully. He allied himself with merchant families and guilds and constructed several new buildings, including his own final resting place in Redgate.
  • Period: 719 to 734

    Arkhon II

    Arkhon the Conquerer claimed Virdenia over a series of wars against Agranor, expanding the border in 721 and again in 733. His conquests were led by the Gosters, whom he awarded the land as a third barony and promised a noble sword.
  • Period: 734 to 752

    Rhygon V

    Rhygon . His two eldest were twins and married the wealthy Meisent twins in an alliance with their father Borostan. He awarded the Gosters with the sword Stormrose, as promised by Arkhon II.
  • Period: 752 to 854

    Meisent Dynasty

  • Period: 752 to 781

    Tymas

    Tymas the Wealthy. His twin sister Tysanna married Aeshon Zokesh, the twin brother of Tymas' wife Cyra. Tymas' father Borostan Meisent arranged the alliance, but when Aeshon was named the heir, Borostan had Aeshon killed (and Tysanna too, though that may have been unintentional).
  • Period: 781 to 821

    Leomont

  • Period: 821 to 847

    Jerestan

    Jerestan the Mad ruled with grace for years before he became obsessed with a prophecy about his family's blood being used to free the demon Daeszal. To thwart the prophecy, he started a genocide of the Zokesh bloodline, leaving only four others behind when he died himself. His court magus Kanilm Foheen took over in the interim between the war and the coronation of Jerestan's youngest, Cyrsanna.
  • Period: 847 to 848

    Viceroy Foheen

    Jerestan's court magus Kanilm Foheen was viceroy in the year following the king's death.
  • Period: 848 to 854

    Cyrsanna

    Cyrsanna the Child Queen was crowned at age 5, so all real power was delegated to the royal advisors and secret organisations/hags using her to control her uncle Patriarch Corbin.