Kryn Dynasty

Dominating the northern reaches of Xhorhas the lands of the  were covered in dark clouds that blotted out the sun.

Description
Tales told by Yasha's people describe the civilization of Kryn Empire to be situated within a massive forbidden ruin that the drow had settled. With the use of magic their civilization was kept perpetually shrouded from the sun.

Background
Most of the Kryn Dynasty were drow. Brethen alongside all elves until their minds were swayed and corrupted by the terrible silvered tongue of The Spider Queen. Under her will they became deceptive, cruel and violent. When the Betrayer Gods were defeated and banished during the Calamity, the drow returned to their subterrainian cities to rebuild their power far from the burning light of day.

Studies into current drow society across Exandria point to growing paranoia and madness seeping in from what is believed to be the influence of Tharizdun, the Chained Oblivion by proximity to remnants of his power deep beneath the surface that have grown close to these socieites. Whispers and rumours point to these societies going slowly mad due to this influence.

Those able to penetrate the boundries of the Kryn Dynasty's borders find little iconography of either The Spider Queen or Tharizdun except some ruins that are ancient, crumbling and largely ignored by their society. The Dynasty instead worshipped something new and dangerous known as the Luxen and seek to bring all under its burning banner.

They rallied to the surface of Ghor Dranas, casting the skies into eternal midnight that spreads with their dominion. They began taking the ravenous hordes of beastmen and terrors of the Xhorhasian wastes and indoctrinate them under this new god.

On occasion, a number of people of adolescent age have been found abducted by the Kryn. The number steeply grew in the years after their first open conflicts with the Dwendalian Empire began.

Despite having many open conflicts with the on the Xhorhasian border, all out war between the Kryn Dynasty and the Dwendalian Empire did not begin in earnest until Thuron stole the Beacon from the Hall of Erudition in Zadash as part of a detailed plan from the Empress of Xhorhas, Leylas Kryn. It was taken from him when he was killed by the Crownsguard in the Sewers.

On the third of Fessuran 835 P.D. word had reached Starosta Wyatt of Zadash that The Ashguard Garrison at the Brokenveil Bluffs had fallen to the Kryn Empire. With accounts numbering the dead at over 1000, war had been formally declared against the invading forces and on the wastes of Xhorhas. These advancing armies brough with them the spread of dark skies which hung over the Kryn lands to the east of the Ashkeeper Peaks.

Notable Locations

 * Ghor Dranas
 * Asarius

Kryn Dynasty

 * Leylas Kryn

Military
Soldiers and assassins from the Kryn Empire wore chitinous insect-like leather armor that protruded in large sweeping hooks at the joints and the shoulders. Additionally they wore form-fitting helmets of similar black leather that had onyx studs wrapped around the head. The brow plate of these helmets had backwards facing horns, looking almost demonic.

"Crick"
As referenced in the semi-historical portions of The Courting of the Crick, this derogatory slur use against those from Xhorhas by those of the Julous Dominion, and later by those in the Dwendalian Empire, originated from the cricket-like noise the armor worn by the soldiers of the Kryn Empire made when they charged into battle. Designed with tubes and holes, the armor would make a high-pitched sound like an orchestral swarm of crickets rushing into battle.

Demographics
The Kryn empire was comprised mostly of dark elves/drow.

Notable People

 * Thuron

Culture
Being slavers, the drow of the Kryn Empire would use man, beast, and demons for labor and would use them to fight under their war banner.

Religion
The drow of the Kryn Dynasty worship an unfamiliar deity referred to by the Cobalt Soul as the "Luxon". The drow seek to bring all of Xhorhas under its "Burning Banner".

Artifacts

 * Beacon

Trivia

 * Empress Leylas Kryn's title as an "umavi" is speculated to be one of both political and religious significance (similar to the role of a caliph in the early Islamic world).