THE HELCRANI ANACTAR ARTAHIR |
725-665 b.S., Helcrani
Anactar. Artahir was the firstborn son of the Helcrani anactar Curogane
II. From
an early age he revealed a strong and ambitious character. He had a strong will
and the intelligence to achieve his goals. Very soon he was distinquished as a
superb archer and warrior. However, as a character, he was rather absolute and
hard to live with. His father had seen these attributes and tried to help him
improve his character, but all his efforts weren't meant to succeed.
Artahir lived most of his life under the shadow of his wise father. He concealed
his ambitions well however and everybody in Centorauria
thought that Artahir had the wisdom of his father.
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Artahir lived most of his life under the shadow of his wise father. He concealed
his ambitions well however and everybody in Centorauria
thought that Artahir had the wisdom of his father.
In 675 b.S. Curogane II
died and Artahir took his place as governor of Milkengrad
and Councelor of the Centoraurian king, Agelron the Quick. His advises at the
start were wise and correct.
However, the opportunity for Artahir to reveal his secret ambitions appeared in
668 b.S., when the Erpheronian
king Parem invaded Centorauria. Excuse for this invasion was provided by a
conflict between sheperds about Midlanir, the island between Efirhal and Accam.
Centoraurian sheperds reacted violently in the attempt of their Erpheronian colleagues
to extent their meadows to a land they considered theirs for centuries.
Artahir saw the chance. If
he'd could take over Erpheronia, he would be powerful enough to capture the
Centoraurian throne too. Caltheria wouldn’t stand long and
Kyrania was doomed
to fall. He would unite all humans under his
rule and the elves and the dwarves
would be forced to recognize his authority. He would unite the Sarvonian
continent in one state, the Kingdom of Artahiria. Then he would divide Sarvonia
to the seven Fratrae in order to unite all nations in one. He would thus make Avá's
Dream pure as Herself by the sword. The Dream may be bad by its nature, but it
would be reflected to the sword and thus restored to its original beauty and
goodness. These presumptuous thoughts were written down by Artahir himself, and
restored by Tychandar, in a book where it is obvious that the author was taken
away by his entusiasm, the moment he wrote it. The book is named
“Reflections”.
So Artahir disobeyed his
king and invaded Erpheronia. His army, although significantly smaller than the
enemy, advanced fast. Accam fell in 666 b.S. and in the next year the
Erpheronian capital Voldar was besieged.
Artahir, however, in his enthusiasm overlooked Westhron and put a small garisson
to guard it. He thought that its residents would prepare their city for the
oncoming siege. He was wrong here.
Ileor, the commander
of Westhron raised an army and managed to capture all the Helcrani garisson.
This way he managed to attack them at their defenseless rear. The Milkengradians
were trapped between two foes. Artahir died in his attempt to secure the
escaping of his army, paying his ambitions with his life.
Aftermath - The Great Promise. After Ileor charged against the Milkengradian army and Artahir
fell dead under the Erpheronian might, his son Ogygor assumed control over the army and retreated south inside
the Thaelon forest. While the Helcrani tried to regroup inside the forest, Ileor sent a regiment and liberated
Cemphiria. Now the enemy was encircled. Ogygor, unaware of this, headed with his amy towards the city, but, as he saw the
Erpheronian banner flying over the walls and the enemy army at his rear, he
decided to retreat to the west. He hoped that somehow he could inform the fleet at Efirhal about the situation in order to come
for them and pick them
up. Ogygor retreated to the western shore in a point where the Efirhal was visible. Unfortunately for him, he had fallen in Ileor's trap. The entire
Erpheronian army had them encircled.
Ileor felt great sympathy for those men who defied the most powerful human kingdom and almost achieved the impossible. He considered
their policy very honorable not to mistreat the local population and not to avoid unnecessary killing. So Ileor, now that the Helcrani were trapped without provisions or hope, he offered a favorable peace treaty.
In reference to this act he was later on named "the kind". Ogygor was so
touched by this behaviour that he foretold that the next time that there would
appear an Erpheronian with such a kind soul, the Helcrani would surrender their
most precious treasure. This Erpheronian would be
Thar, who wasn't only given princess Curogana but also the helcran
independence.
Many scholars support the greatly disputed theory, that Artahir's "Reflections", the book where he wrote his plans of uniting the Sarvonian continent, were surrendered to Thar, after his marriage with Curogana, and inspired him in forming Tharania. This
dispute still dominates among the circles of Santharian scholars with many arguments pro and against the
impact of this book. "Reflections" was published in 212 a.S. by Tychandar of
Sostra.
"Daring over our powers, adventurous dispite prudent advise and optimist when in
danger." (Thucidides A270)
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