The Korbarids were a Escanni tribe originating from the Deepwoods and residing in their name sake, Corvuria for much of history.
History[]
Origins[]
Modern scholars suggest that the Korbarids migrated from the deep Deepwoods forest sometime shortly after the Castanite Exodus in 640 BA, settling in the lands left by the New Castanites. Early Korbarid texts suggest that they too witnessed the Sighting of the Silver Dragon of Castanor that the lost Castanites saw during The Lost Years which led to the eventual migration of the Korbarids and the beginning of the Korbarid Dragon Cult.
Early History[]
Over time the Korbarids migrated to the less-forested lands of Corvuria to the south of the Vertbern Mountains, though constant gnollish and Castanite expansion pushed the people into the forested south of Raven Hill along the Dostanesck River where the Korbarids became a hostile fixture in the region, preventing Corvuria from being fully colonised by imperial powers such as Castanor and the Damerian Republic. During this time the Korbarids became increasingly isolationist and hostile to outsiders, a trait that applies to many Corvurians to this day.
Dragonwake[]
The dragon-worshipping Korbarids saw the Dragonwake as an omen to return to their people to greatness and forcefully moving into the northern regions of Corvuria, establishing themselves as a stabilising force over fleeing migrants as well as the panicking Castanorian citizens of the former Castanorian province of Dostanor. The Korbarids consolidated their power in the recently abandoned citadel of Bal Dostan (later known as Arca Corvur), replacing the fallen Dostanorian Dominion and forming the Korbarid Kingdom.
Kingdom of the Korbarids[]
The new kingdom quickly became a major power and buffer state between the resurgent Late Castan's Empire and the newly founded Kingdom of the Wexonards. Despite being hostile to Castanorian influence in the past, the new kingdom quickly took to Castanorian customs and government and established a powerful military presence in the north and a strong economical one in its southern coasts, trading with the likes of Bulwar and Kheterata. In 547, fearing the increasingly powerful Wexonards, the Korbarids became a client state of Late Castan's Empire in which the area flourished greatly.
Daravan's Folly[]
In 666 the gnolls of Sarhal reformed into the Second Xhaz and the Invasion of the Third Xhaz promptly arrived in Cannor, in which the Korbarids faced the brunt of their invasion. Despite being with forces from Castanor, the eternal bane of gnolls, the coalition still faced major defeats and many gnoll warpacks managed to pass through Corvuria and sack Cannor interior.
In what is known today as the Battle of Daravan's Folly the Korbard king Daravan the Malignant performed a dark ritual and flooded the entire southern coast of Corvuria in order to kill the gnollish host and prevent further invasions, as well as the retreating coalition forces consisting of his own men and Castanor's, including the Castanorian Emperor Castan Oldways.
Unbeknownst to Daravan, his dark spell, combined with the newly flooded coast and the great loss of life created the inhospitable cursed swamp known today as Daravan's Folly which over time would gradually increase in size spreading further into mainland Corvuria - destroying the economical southern region of the kingdom and forcing a massive influx of refugees north to the Vertbern Basin. By 1444 most of Corvuria is consumed by the swamps.
Castanorian Rule[]
In 672, in retaliation for Daravan's Folly, Castanor invaded formally ending the Korbarid Kingdom, with its people becoming subjects of the Empire. Unlike the past in which the Korbarids enjoyed relative rights within Castanor this time round they became an oppressed people, with the much of the Korbarid culture being assimilated in the Castanorian one - leading to the Castanized name of Corvurian. Along with this the Korbarid Dragon Cult was demonized and forced underground.
Elven Rule[]
In 1021 the Korbarids (now Corvurian) found themselves under the rule of Jaher and his sun elves in which they were marginalized even more. While the ruling sun elves refused to interbreed with the humans, the upper nobility imitated their elven ways.