Idlebruuke

 "Idlebruuke has claimed all those who have opposed me, mortal. They ride now as my champions and generals. You shall be no different."

 "Oooh, can I be a cook then? I've always had a passion for the culinary arts."

 - Eustace Frennen and Kestrel Adain

One of the former provinces of the Kingdom of Vaelorn, Idlebruuke was once a lavish agricultural powerhouse for the kingdom but after the Madness of Tuir was set upon the populace, the province was cordoned off from the rest of the island.

Founding and Early Rule
First colonised in 614, Idlebruuke was, even from the beginning, a bounty of crops and mining. The first governor of the official province, Redlund Horace, was given the province and a lordship for his family's loyalty to the Royal House of Nimaruun. With his royal decree and a large force of settlers and men-at-arms, Lord Horace founded the first city in Idlebruuke, Lord's Triumph. From there House HoraceUthen expanded the province ever westward until they met the far edge of island. At a long cliff was founded the city of Theldren, which now stands as Idlebruuke's capitol.

It was not long until the riches of Idlebruuke were sent throughout the kingdom and House Horace grew rich on the bounty of the province. However, the House was notoriously unfaithful and barren. After Redlund, only three generations of male heirs were born and by 734, Walden Horace married his older daughter to the heir of House Frennen, a prestigious family from Brightshore. And so, the province passed to Garret Frennen who moved the capitol from Lord's Triumph in the east to Theldren for he enjoyed the wind in that city and it's fresh air.

Under House Frennen
Ruled by House Frennen, Idlebruuke became even more industrious and began to supply most of the precious ore to the capitol and the lordly families of Vaelorn. In 820, by the law of Lord Uld Frennen, the mines of Idlebruuke moved to full capacity and shipped over 3,000 tonnes of gold to Brightshore every full moon. Rich, powerful and idle, the younger Frennens began to dabble in the darker magics that lay in the deep places of the world. They took up tutelage by sorcerers and Nua'dar shadow priests to learn the ways of secret power.

Sadly, this tutelage brought wickedness into greater proportion in the hearts of the young Frennens and it grew and grew until finally in 896, the most wicked among them, Eustace Frennen, came into the lordship of the House.

Eustace Frennen, Lord of Idlebruuke
As Lord of Idlebruuke, Eustace Frennen was highly unconcerned with the goings on of the province. All the economical production of the area was left in the hands of common born advisors while Lord Frennen pursued greater and greater amounts of power in the arcane. Though neither Spire-Tested nor Spire-Trained, Lord Frennen was a remarkably gifted man when it came to magic.