He is given the title First Prince of the Sword. The eldest brother of the Daughter-Heir is sworn to protect her with his life, and is prepared from an early age to take control of the army of Andor. The eldest daughter is known as the Daughter-Heir, and is always sent to Tar Valon to study. After this it became tradition that a queen would rule. However, it wasn't always intended that a queen would rule - it happened that the sons of Andor's first two Queens were killed, and so their daughters became queens. The tradition of Andor is that only a queen must sit on the Lion Throne of Andor, and wear the Rose Crown. Cautious expansion marked the reigns of the early queens of Andor. As a result, Andor began only with the capital city of Caemlyn and the small surrounding villages.

Instead, she focused on controlling only what she could. Unlike many nobles of the time, Queen Ishara knew that no one ruler would be able to take control of Hawkwing's entire empire. Many of Andor's traditions were established during these early years.

Ishara declared herself the first Queen of Andor, establishing an unbroken bloodline of female rulers: Endara withdrew any claim to the governorship or crown and swore fealty to Ishara. Ishara and Souran returned to Andor and married. Endara's daughter, Ishara Casalain, began a romance with General Souran Maravaile, the commander of the siege, in the early FY 990s.Īfter the death of Artur Hawkwing in FY 994, Ishara and the new Amyrlin Seat, Deane Aryman, persuaded Souran Maravaile to lift the siege of Tar Valon. In FY 975 Hawkwing's armies besieged Tar Valon, a siege that was to last for the remaining lifespan of the Empire. Displaying regret for his harsh treatment of Aldeshar, Hawkwing permitted its people to return home and appointed Endara Casalain, King Ramedar's daughter, as the Imperial Governor of Andor in FY 967. The first governor was Jeorad Manyard (who was more interested in creating a translation of The Prophecies of the Dragon), but his rule did not last long. The precise borders of Andor Province are unknown, but Caemlyn was the ruling city. The Imperial Province of Andor was created early on, spanning the central regions of the Empire. Hawkwing set about organizing his Empire into provinces. This period of rage, the Black Years, ended after Hawkwing's aborted invasion of the Aiel Waste and his marriage to the lady Tamika. During the Consolidation, Hawkwing conquered Caembarin early in his campaign, but Aldeshar did not fully surrender until FY 963, the last nation to be added to his growing Empire.īlaming King Joal Ramedar of Aldeshar for the murder of his wife, Amaline Paendrag Tagora, three years previously, Hawkwing put Ramedar to death and scattered the people of Aldeshar across the Empire. Caembarin attacked Shandalle a few months later and Aldeshar followed suit the following year, allegedly due to the manipulations of the Amyrlin Seat, Bonwhin Meraighdin.

Aldeshar and Caembarin, named for its capital at the rebuilt city of Caemlyn, were two of the most militarily powerful nations of their time and sent armies against the false Dragon Guaire Amalasan in the War of the Second Dragon, although it was actually King Artur Paendrag Tanreall, known as Artur Hawkwing, of the small kingdom of Shandalle, east of Caembarin, who defeated Amalasan. During the Trolloc Wars both kingdoms were destroyed.Īfter the conclusion of the wars, the kingdoms of Farashelle, Aldeshar, and Caembarin arose out of the ruins of the two older kingdoms. The city of Hai Caemlyn was founded as one of Coremanda's major strongholds, a large city close to the River Erinin, which was important for trade. 3.4 Transferred from Taravin to Trakandĭuring the first millennium after the Breaking, the territory of Andor was held by two of the Ten Nations, Manetheren in the west and Coremanda in the east.

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