Julous Dominion

The Julous Dominion was a country in the Marrow Valley on the continent of Wildemount until it was conquered and incorporated by the Dwendalian Empire in 545 PD.

History
The Julous Dominion was established "numerous decades" after the Divergence, when the nomadic peoples who struggled for survival, battling hunger among barren, rocky lands of the Marrow Valley, defending themselves against wild beasts, and fighting with each other over fertile land. Among the chaos, small civilizations started to emerge, eventually united around the central township of Zadash. The town built in the center of the valley around 435 PD or about four hundred years before 835 PD, and ruled by the Julous family (by some accounts, a family of noble blood taking its roots before the Calamity) It was a well-defended community with an organized army and became It became a harbour for the struggling folk of the valley and, as a result, a center for agricultural expansion increasing food supplies to accommodate the population growth.

The rule of the Julous family grew with each generation and became known as the Julous Dominion with the capital city in Zadash. Some groups of people who refused to join the dominion founded their own village of Kamordah in the southwest Marrow Valley. Two largest territories in the Western Wynandir, Julios Dominion and the bordering counrty of the Dwendalian Empire made an agreement to avoid conflict while they still maintain bilaterally advantageous trade. Despite the fact that both states had a enough wealth of resources to sustain themselves, both factions were eager to discover the other's weaknesses. The discovery of Herethis mine, a rich platinum mine within the Julous Dominion, further increased the appeal for empire's expansion.

Circa 544 PD, the Julous Dominion wanted the remote villages near Kamordah to accept their rule and forced the independent populace to go back into the Cyrios Mountains. Around this time, religions uprisings swept the Dwendalian Empire but were swiftly scattered, and the rebellious priests executed by Emperor Manfried Dwendal in the event that will be called the Admonition. To distract the public's outrage from this event, the emperor proclaimed the Julous Dominion an enemy of the empire, and later that year, and declared a diversion war on the neighboring nation. During the Marrow War, according to Simone Deepwell, a major battle was fought in or near Felderwin. The dominion lacked the unified military force of the empire and its territories were occupied after "over sixteen months" of conflict. The dominion's capital city of Zadash was the last Dominion stronghold to fall, which occured in 545 PD. Thereafter, Baron Inock Julous and Baroness Tessandra Julous were executed on the emperor's order during their peace negotiation. "Their bodies were displayed publicly along with the narrative that they had attempted an assassination on the emperor during the peace talks". Left without both of their rulers, the Julous Dominion ceased to exist, making it the last territory to be conquered by Dwendalian Empire.

After the Dwendalian Empire emerged victorious in the Marrow War, to ease the tension within the newly conquered Julous Dominion, Emperor Manfried declared that all citizens of the dominion would keep their lands and homesteads. No soldiers would stand trial or be punished for their previous allegiance. The empire has also began to culturally merge with Julous Dominion society borrowing their way of life, laws, and rules with those of the people of Zadash and adjusted as they saw fit. Mollymauk Tealeaf found an old, rusted helmet in a graveyard near the Amber Road between Alfield and Zadash, which was recognized by Caleb Widogast to be a relic from the time of the dominion.