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High Kingdom of Urland

The High Kingdom of Urland was founded from the confederation of a speculated three hundred individual tribes of [Urlic] peoples in Southern Ecoralia. Archaeological records find that the High Kingdom was founded roughly around 900BCE, though historians tend to divide the High Kingdom into 3 distinct eras as the High Kingdom evolved beyond its foundation.

The High Kingdom was a fierce competitor and rival to many of its neighbours at various times, leading to its eventual diplomatic isolation and downfall in 20 CE, such as the Wizkanian Empire, Great Sedic Confederation and Leauge of Ilona. Though external forces are not the only reason for the region’s collapse. The High Kingdom’s titular rotating High Kings and the near independence of its subject tribes led to many internal conflicts, not too dissimilar to the High Kingdom of Æðelstan. Some records show many minor civil wars during the High Kingdom’s existence.

Etymology
Urland means "Ourland" in Urlic, their belief is that are the rulers over “Our Land”, where “Our Land” is everything.

History
The High Kingdom was a confederation of ~300 individual tribes - though, of these tribes, only 21 were granted the right to become the High King. These “Twenty One Tribes”, also known as the “Bledhisnga Bledh” (Blessed Blood) were in actuality the only tribes given representation at all under the confederation, with the other 279 tribes subjects under the primary 21.

The seat of “High King” and the confederation itself evolved from a spiritual belief that the land in which these people lived belonged to no singular child of the Gods, thus the divinely blessed bloods came to a semi-mythical historical accord after several devastating wars which declared each and every child (and tribe) of the Gods equal - granting each of the blessed bloods a chance to rule “Urland” (Lit. Our Land) as the spirits and gods’ guardian and protector of the land.

The seat rotated to the next tribe in queue upon the death of a High King, how tribes were queued is currently debated as it seems some tribes were granted the seat more than once in a row, showing some sign of tampering or changes to the initial accord. The most popular theory is that if a High King proved extremely competent, the tribe would be given a “Divine Writ” from the clerical class of people to grant them the right to rule by succession rather than rotation until the Gods deem the tribe unworthy.

Early High Kingdom
foundation etc

League of Ilona
Although at first Urland was a weaker state compared to Ilona they attempted to challenge Ilonan hegemony in the north and raided various border cities. Urland was not able to conquer any land from Ilona but it did weaken it economically and threatened its credibility as a hegemon in the north.

Wizkanian Empire
Archaeological evidence shows that the Wizkanian Empire and the High kingdom of Urland were in contact with each other during 700 BCE, [and even traded with each other...]

Society and culture
The “Úrlendhac” (Úrlac, later on) peoples were a very diverse group. While they all shared one faith (to a degree), many of the tribes claimed descent from a variety of sources. Some even recorded to share some semblance of descent from Sedic peoples, giving credence to some of the language’s diverse dialects.