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Many Houses have since consolidated through marriage or died off due to lack of heirs (for those opposed to adopting Nerts). Of the eighteen original houses, only four remain.

The first power to rise in the wake of the Sundering, The Folan Hegemony rose to provenance through the will and power of The Blood King. After carving out the borders of his kingdom, a strict system of magocracy was established and baronies were awarded to the great mages of the Hegemony. Within their borders, a blood oath binds the familial lines of the baronial houses, extending to those inducted into those houses and sharing their surname.

Major construction around the mystical obelisk and ruins is completed and the town named Hightower. Hightower is established as the capital of Fola.

The Blood King disappeared entirely. The forces of the Hegemony quickly began to search for him, but many have long since given up.

Several houses formed a coalition and attempted to usurp the King, thereby violating their oaths to him and the Hegemony at large in favor of their own selfish ambitions. The heads of those houses were exsanguinated overnight and their broken, twisted corpses were discovered by household staff the next day. Minor members of those houses also perished horribly; witness accounts say the capital city was filled with agonized screams throughout the night. Ten Houses were eliminated that night.

The Blood King performed a terrible work of magic, intervening directly in the all-consuming war between the powers of Aldwa. He magically enforced peace across the lands of Aldwa and drew its contemporary borders on the map, quite literally, with this act. This feat of magic also resulted in the obfuscation of the King’s name, now stricken from the minds of Folans.