History of Kaliteth

Main: Kaliteth

The lands of Kaliteth [kal-i-teth], aka. the Isles of Kaliteth, are made up of a grand archipelago located to the southwest of lands of Jedok and north of the lands of Om’Buccar. For thousands of years, these lands, and the people in them, lay under the control of Ödithrax, the supreme ruler of the Ödika Empire. Only little over a century has passed since the Fall of the Empire.

Ancient History

Although rumors speak of ancient tombs of historical record which once existed, only a disparate collection of tales kept by oral tradition currently remain of the history of Kaliteth prior to the foundation of the Ödika Empire. These tales tell of a primitive, tribal people living in isolated groups within the vast, untamed wilderness of Kaliteth. These people had no written language, lived in crude tents and used weapons and tools crafted from stick, stone and bone. The tribes were generally small, little more than a large family, led by the strongest warrior of the tribe. Trade between tribes was not uncommon, but neither was inter-tribal warfare. The tribe, led by a shaman, also followed superstitious religious practices devoted to primitive deity.

Ödika Empire

The Ödika Empire [ō-di-ka] was an era of imperial rule of Kaliteth by the god-king Ödithrax, which lasted for 7,381 years (0-7381), until the Fall of the Empire. It was the first form of government for the entirety of Kaliteth and the only known empire of Edæroth. At the height of the empire, from 6400 to 7100 C.O., the Imperial Army was the larger than the combined military force of all other people of Edæroth and the whole of the Leginon and Östifar regions, as well as much of the other two regions, were under the control of the empire. The decline of the empire, leading ultimately to the Fall of the Empire, was due to the civil unrest and revolt following the events of Ödithrax's Folly (in 7122).