The County of Derwing was a small county located in the Damescrown region. It was mostly known for being the home of the Morbanite Chargers as well as being the ancestral home of the Derwing dynasty.
The Dominion of The Middle Alen[]
The first incarnation of Derwing was founded after the Wars of Dominion in 426 BA, where Castan V The Great granted his Alenic lieutenant and friend Clothar an effective "Greater Derwing", also known as the Dominion of the Middle Alen which occupied the areas between the Vertesk Dominion and Bal Mire.
First County[]
20 years later Clothar would die of cancer and his successors never managed to regain the trust of their vassals, leading to large scale civil wars. This resulted in lords swearing fealty to neighboring dominions and the ultimate dissolution of the The Dominion of The Middle Alen. The Derwing dynasty would be able to keep control of the County of Derwing until The War of The Sorceror King, almost 1400 years later. This is referred to as the "First County of Derwing" although it technically being the successor to The Dominion of The Middle Alen.
Contested Area[]
During The War of The Sorcerer King, the County of Derwing was devastated during one of several invasions, and all of the ruling Derwing dynasty members would be killed. The only surviving family members would be those lucky enough to have been away, or living in other areas of Cannor.
Following the Treaty of Anbenncóst and the establishment of the Elfrealm of Arbaran, the newly formed realm gained the right to the lands of Derwing, which was considered a mere territory at the edge of the Disputed Lands. In 1025 the closest surviving member of the Derwing Dynasty, one Henric Derwing, petitions Ianren the Rider, for the return of his family's ancestral lands. Ianren refuses, citing the instability of the region, as well as the Derwings' impoverished status. This led to a longstanding rivalry between the Derwings and Ianren's family.
Second County[]
The Derwing dynasty fade into relative obscurity until 1252, when the Morbanite Chargers mercenary company, captained by one Lain Derwing, signed a contract with the Marquisate of Arbaran, as stipulated in Arbaran's Mercenary Land Grant of 1227. The Marquis saw fit to allow the Chargers to base themselves in Derwing and Wrothcross. Following the end of the Wars of Rule, Lain I Derwing was officially made Count of Derwing and Wrothcross as a reward for loyal service, the chargers settled and disbanded, and the Second County of Derwing was born, once again with a ruler from the Derwing dynasty.