Vol. III.: Tærràdhiyn's Return

The moment Tærràdhiyn's ship landed on the banks of his eternal princedom, the last stone of his shining castle was laid. His son, Tæyùbor, had sat the pale white throne for over a decade, and had had children of his own. To denote his legacy, he founded the Most Ancient House of Tæyùborîc, the house that supplied the realm with its first-ever successor. However, Tærràdhiyn was livid. Tæyùbor had raised the living standard of the Pærrîae, and he had ennobled them with privileges to the point of emancipation. Furthermore, Tæyùbor had deceitfully tricked his brother Yærrùthiyn into a hellish death thousands of feat beneath the earth. To perish in such a way was unacceptable for an Okhéia, let alone one of the legendary prince's sons. As such, Tærràdhiyn made his son bring him to the rock with which he had trapped Yærrùthiyn in the volcanic caves. They reopened the entrance, and the legendary prince forced his son Tæyùbor to follow Yærrùthiyn's fate. As the new prince of Thiranaedh was about to descend into the fiery depths of the volcanic mines, a dark, sickly figure jumped at him, clad in shining armour and armed with a finely-crafted warhammer.

Yærrùthiyn, who had spent his days beneath the ground hammering at an anvil, forging magical armaments to exact his revenge, had waited for this moment for over a decade. The two brothers fought, and though Tæyùbor was nimble, quick and healthy, his slashed and thrusts could not pierce Yærrùthiyn's armour. Slowly but steadily, Yærrùthiyn started to win the fight. With one swift stroke, he bashed Tæyùbor's left eye in, stunning him. As he brought down his finishing blow, trumpets sounded from afar, and what remained of Tærràdhiyn's family, his two fighting sons, his Liegellan twins, his new wife Lyèrrá and his old wife's daughter Tærràdhiya, watched as the sound of hooves thundered down the tall mountain slopes that surrounded the Thiranuodh shining castle. What must have been ten or so troops of cavalry charged down at them, headed by none other than Thiyàdiyn, the bellicose brother that had saved the realm from Lejiran invasion. When he arrived, he threw the banners and guidons of defeated Lejiran formations down at their feet, and got off his horse. He beckoned his brothers to lay down their arms, and saved Tæyùbor from certain death. To appease Yærrùthiyn, Thiyàdiyn put the Pærrîae back into chains, and tasked Yærrùthiyn with keeping them there. The latter would go on to found The Carthæline Order of Yærrùthiynîc, named after the Carthæline Sede, the holy princely throne of Thiranaedh.

Tæyùbor was sent off to Liegalla, to act as the first-ever ambassador to the home country. Tærràdhiyn had advised Thiyàdiyn not to punish Tæyùbor too severely, fearing that such punishment would go on to sow the seeds of family feud between the houses Yærrùthiynîc & Tæyùborîc in the future. Unfortunately for Thiranaedh, these feuds would prove to be inevitable. Tærràdhiyn's return was publicly celebrated, but Thiyàdiyn warned his father that he would kill him if he ever abandoned his princedom again. Tærràdhiyn was re-installed as the rightful prince, after which he married Tærràdhiyà, his wife's daughter. Meanwhile, Lyèrrá and Thiyàdiyn had fallen in love, and she opted to follow him to his encampment on the Lejiran frontier.

This lax, non-monogamous attitude to personal relationships is still prevalent in Thiranaedh today.

Although peace was restored and the princedom was yet again stable, the cracks in the prince's power began to show, and despite the realm being happy about the aging prince's Tærràdhiyn's return, many recognised that true power resided with Thiyàdiyn, whose military victories made him a popular figure for the Okhéia.