Oswahr

Oswahr was born into clan Dara, part of the Swanda Khaganate deep in the savanna of Kalorone. In 289 he rose to power by defeating the Swanda khagan and taking that position for himself. Then began the work of expanding his Khaganate to include the Jobar, Taintar, and Balawar hordes. Wanting to further establish himself as a player in Dorone politics, he founded the city of Merakahn in 293, which he hoped would one day rival the Dorone center of power, Tar-Makil. Meanwhile he had become frustrated with his northern neighbor Aphestion, which held vast areas of fertile land but was protected by a peace treaty with the Dorones. At the congregation of 304, Oswahr demanded that the treaty be broken and they pillage the rich lands of Aphestion. The congregate refused, and when Oswahr made clear he would not heed its decision he was forced to flee the city with assassins at his back. The following year he had assembled an army and broke the Aphestnian forces at Remhost and followed that up by sacking Aphestion's capital, Kelaga, and slaughtering its royal family. Congregate riders had harassed Oswahr progress the whole way through and, not satisfed with his conquests, he turned his horde south toward Tar-Makil with dreams of becoming the greatest khagan who ever lived. He initially defeated the congregate men on the field, but it was all a ruse, for as he entered the city, intent to kill every congregate member he could find, he was betrayed and surrounded. Oswahr died that day and much of his horde with him. In the following decades Merakahn was abandoned and the landscape of Kalorone was once more dotted with dozens of rival khaganates and clans. While Oswahr's own people remained virtually unchanged by his existence, he did achieve one feat of great significance. Aphestion, the greatest kingdom of its time and the first great human nation, could not survive the destruction of its capital and demise of its leaders, and broke into several smaller states, none of which would ever rival the grandeur of their predecessor.

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Born: 253; Kalorone

Died: 307; Tar-Makil

Race: Dorone