Orford

Orford is a country in the southwest of Isaehai. Founded from the ashes of the Kingdom of Selon in 283, 2A, Orford is ruled by King August II of House Varum. Orford is bordered to the northeast by Lugrea.

Foundation
After the Selon-Lugrea war of 266, 2A ended in the destruction of the former capital of Selon due to Lugrean privateers infiltrating the city, Selon dissolved into anarchy. The army of Lugrea managed to, for the first time in centuries, extend past the border seventy miles southwest of the Amesrial Ranges and took territory all the way to Mount Joth in the centre of former Selonese territory. Three years passed and the remnants of Selon found themselves assaulted from both land and sea by Lugrean forces.

In this time, members of House Varum who had fled Selon when the war turned in Lugrea's favour managed to barter with Oswarian princes for mercenary fleets to assault new Lugrean territories. The war began anew and the army of House Varum defeated the Lugrean occupying force in the Battle of Bredon Fields in 278, 2A. From there, Varum forces marched southwest until they had defeated most of the Lugrean forces.

Though the members of House Varum that had liberated Selonese territories were lauded in the nation, other noble houses decreed that they had fled the nation in time of war and were thus not eligible to retain their nobility. Thus began the Selonese Civil War of 279, 2A. Fighting lasted for three years, until House Varum emerged victorious in the winter of 279. Declaring Selon an outdated nation, the patriarch of House Varum, Orford Varum, gathered his forces and founded the nation of Orford. Orford officially became a new nation in the summer of 283, and Orford Varum was crowned King Orford the First a week later.

Early Years
The early years of the fledgeling nation were not without hardship. Orfordian forces often had to fight the remnants of the Selonese loyalists, who became nothing more than bandits hiding in the wilderness. In addition, border skirmishes often occurred between Lugrean and Orfordian forces.