Thread:High Prince Imrahil/@comment-27758956-20160112015049/@comment-27758956-20160116175047

The Kingdom of Ercia is inspired by the Anglo Saxon kingdoms of West Seax and Mercia.

History: For 200 years the land that is now the Kingdom of Ercia was just a land of squabbling Jarls and Earls with no true king. Then 70 years ago a Earl named Oswald claimed kingship and demanded that ever other Earl and Jarl lay their sword before him and swore vassalage to him. Many laughed and scoffed at Oswald and said he would fall just like every other king, oh how they where wrong. Oswald was not a man to do something without thinking it out and having sufficient backing, and he did. For 3 years Oswald allowed people to come and swear loyalty to him and he did nothing to those who did not. Once again Oswald gave the remaining Earls and Jarls a message to swear loyalty, many of the messengers came back headless. This for Oswald was the ultimate insult, and he decided it was time to play his ace. For most of his life Oswald lived in the hills of the Hill Dwarf Empire and here he made many friends and saved several dwarf lives, and dwarves never forget wrongs or right done to them. One of the dwarves Oswald had saved was the leader of a small but strong clan. With all his vassals and a force of 3000 dwarves Oswald did the one thing no one had ever done before, unite Ercia.

Social classes(order of importance): King Earl(Sworn to king, holds land in his name) Jarl(Sworn to Earl, Holds land in his name) Thegn(Sworn to Jarl, Holds land in his name and raises raises fyrd) Fyrd(Militia raised by thegn) Yeoman(Free land owner, loyal only to king) Huskarl(Household troops of either Thegn, Jarl, Or Earl)

Lore characters: Oswald the Great

Criticism is appreciated.