Lorentainé (pronounced Lorent-ay-ne) is the capital city of the Kingdom of Lorent that sits on the banks of the Bloodwine River. It is known for its high red walls, high culture, courtly intrigue and impeccable streets.
History[]
Origins[]
The ancient origins of the city lie in the various outposts built by Castanor around the eastern reaches of the Bloodwine around 250 BA. These outposts were meagre at best and were said to be scouting and tradings posts for the local Lencori tribes. During this time Castanor had brought much of Escann and Dostanor to its dominion, and had founded great colonial cities like Vertesk and Damenath to exert its influence on the Dameshead sea, and the proto-Redfort lands served as a soft border for the empire.
Not much else is known of the coming and goings of the pre-Redfort sites, but it would only be under the Damerian Republic that Redfort would grow to prominence.
Under the Damerian Republic[]
In 288 BA the Damerian Republic seceded from Castanor during the Second War of the Cerulean League and by this time the Redfort proper had been constructed. The Damerians had retained a trading policy with the tribes and maintained cordial relations during this time, using the site as a main way to trade and recruit Lencori auxiliaries in the war.
The Redfort, like it did for Castanor, proved as a reliable border for the Damerian Republic in their many attempts of conquering Lencenor but eventually during the Lencori Wars in 78 the republic, along with the Gnomish Hierarchy, partitioned the region amongst themselves, and the Redfort grew into a city and served as the regional capital for the republic.
During The Dragonwake[]
The city around the Redfort was burned in 474 by Nimrith the Red during the Dragonwake, leaving only a small portion of the fort itself intact. Many refugees would eventually seek refuge with the Rubenti tribe downriver that had been granted settlement and vasalan status by the republic, and soon a second city would be built at the site of modern-day Lorentaine.
Lorentish Kingdom[]
In 523 the lands around the Redfort became the heartlands of the Lorentish Kingdom founded by the warlord Lorenan the Great, and was subsequently refered to as Lorent-by-the-River. Only two years later Lorenan was elected as High King of Lencenor and the city tripled in size, and became the de-facto capital of the entire region.
War of the Sorcerer King[]
During the War of the Sorcerer King Lorent-by-the-River was a major city and one of the last bastions of freedom in the war. It is said during The Battle of Lorent-by-the-River, when the recently landed elves and their allies in the League of Free Realms relieved the besieged city that the Bloodwine River that it sat on lived up to its namesake.
The city's modern day name was also coined shortly before the battle, with an unknown elven soldier calling it by its elven name: Lorentainé. The relieved Lorentish peoples welcomed the Free Realms and these strange saviours with open arms, and in the victory banquet that followed it is said that Rewan Lorentis proclaimed:
"We are indebted to you, Dameria, and our strange saviours - who hath spoken in such strange and melodial tongue! I shall name this place as your people call it: Lorentainé, for it is now forever bound to both yours and mine"
The city was never captured by the Sorceror King and many Lorentines today hold that title with pride.
Ioriellan Renaissance[]
Areas of the City[]
- Threeflowers: named after the three kingdoms of the War of the Three Roses
- Highcour: the temple district, houses the main temple to Adean in Lorent