King Jarot ir'Wynarn (? – 894 YK) was the last ruler of the Kingdom of Galifar. Upon King Jarot's death, his five children disputed the right of succession and began the Last War.[1][2][4]
History[]
The last ruler of Galifar, Jarot ir'Wynarn, was born into the royal family and received an excellent education, having Drago ir'Loran (a Karrnathi supreme swordmaster) as one of his tutors.[5] Jarot reached the throne while his children were still young, so he relied on regents and his own siblings to keep acting as Governor-princes of the Five Nations, while the new king's offspring grew up and learned about their future responsibilities.[6]
Jarot was driven to paranoia by dreams that troubled him of threats to his rule. He suspected every power, both foreign and internal, of conspiring to overthrow his beloved kingdom. Everyone from the dragonmarked houses to the elves of Aerenal to the dragons of Argonnessen were plotting to depose him. Because of this paranoia, the monarch began secret military projects to reinforce the infrastructure of Galifar. These projects included the warforged and the floating fortresses in Breland. He also began a massive military buildup in each of the Five Nations.[2][4]
But the conflict that King Jarot prepared for he would never live to see. When the king died, the crown should have passed to Princess Mishann of Cyre, his eldest daughter. Instead, Prince Thalin, Prince Kaius, and Princess Wroann rejected the appointment of their older sister. Though Prince Wrogar, King Jarot's fourth child and governor-prince of the nation of Aundair supported his sister, it was not enough and soon the Five Nations used the armies King Jarot had amassed along with the new technologies to wage war against one another.[2]
This bloody conflict became known as the Last War, thanks in part to the Korranberg Chronicle.[1][2]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Keith Baker, Bill Slavicsek, & James Wyatt (2004). Eberron Campaign Setting. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 134. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Bill Slavicsek, David Noonan, and Christopher Perkins (2005). Five Nations. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 10–11. ISBN 0-7869-3690-8.
- ↑ Keith Baker, Jeremy Crawford, & James Wyatt (2019). Eberron: Rising from the Last War. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 7. ISBN 0786966890.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 James Wyatt, Wolfgang Baur, Ari Marmell (2007). The Forge of War. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 9–10. ISBN 0-7869-4153-7.
- ↑ Keith Baker (2006/09/11). Player's Handbook II. Eberron Expanded. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016/11/01. Retrieved on 2021/08/15.
- ↑ Bill Slavicsek, David Noonan, and Christopher Perkins (2005). Five Nations. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 77. ISBN 0-7869-3690-8.