The Pentari Alignment

The Pentari Alignment, or the Kingdom of the Pentari, (Olmë: Haliniad ar Pendhaer) known in its early years as the Alignment of Allantra, was one of the larger succesor kingdoms of the Caras Lenanh and also last to secede from it.

Formed in 3083 TC, six years after Ettari's death, it came into being as the brainchild of Norwe aep Cwernach, an extremely wealthy elven merchant. At the time, Eirien's hold over Neuvalon had been weakening, with Serisia -- a vital trading hub -- declaring independence within three months of the empire's fracture, and Gweirniu's usurping the southern territories a year later. The loss of one of the finest military minds of the time; one of the few who had originally remained loyal, had left Eirien unable to successfully and effectively defend the only remaining imperial hold on Neuvalon: the North.

Seizing the opportunity, Norwe sailed to Allantra in late 3082, creating a pact with the archondae of the city, formally breaking away from the empire within several months. With the majority of the imperial fleet under his command, Allantra becoming the kingdom's new capital, and bringing with it its riches, Norwe finalised his ascent to power by crowning himself a king. His unorthodox foreign policy that focused on trade, rather than war, his attempts to reconcile and promote amicable relations between the plethora of races and ethnicities that had inhabited the territory of the Alignment at the time, and finally the implementation of state schools and building of librareums, had allowed the new kingdom to endure the majority of the Warlord era.

For the remainder of its existence, with minor interruptions, its citizens enjoyed a high standard of life, compared to the rest of the fallen empire. The only war waged against the other Successors was the one against the Reborn Empire, which had called a "blood-march" or Tuith Gwaedd, in the elven tongue, against the Alignment, in 3225. Allantra was besieged, but the tide of the battle was turned by the arrival of reinforcements from Starcast. In 3226, not a year later, the war had ended, but relations remained strained for many decades to come. Over time, as had happened in the other successor kingdoms, the elven population dwindled, until they themselves became a minority; the elite ruling class. Due to the expense of maintaining its overseas holdings, they would be abandoned one by one over the years; the last one being the Isle of Lloremar, which had been granted independence in 3915. The Alignment would finally meet its end in 3939, when Allantra was peacefully annexed by the Kingdom of Neuvalon -- shortly thereafter the city was renamed Antrijs. Nonetheless, it had managed to outlive all the other successors, remaining a proud, yet humble city of traders and scholars.