Dosharen History

The Partition

Dosharen began as the northern half of the Erbaune Empire. Around Year 430 P.M., the empire split over one question: whether non-Highborn citizens could hold seats on the imperial council. Dosharen’s faction wanted them seated. House Dajimir in the south refused on principle. After decades of deadlock, both sides agreed to a partition. Dosharen took the north, Shejara took the south, and the border between them has been tense ever since.

The Charter

The reform side won, with one limit. Dosharen’s currency already depended on Daruner blood, so the Highborn houses could not be removed from government. The charter gave the houses permanent seats in the Parliament and added seats for elected representatives of the common professions: merchants, craftsmen, scholars, and dock and trade interests. Neither group can outvote the other, and each treats the other’s seats as legitimate. The Parliament’s own rules say a member who denies this is acting in bad faith.

Common folk hold real seats in the Parliament. The houses’ seats cannot be taken from them.

Centuries of Gridlock

Since the charter, no house has gained enough power to rule alone, and the elected members have never held enough votes to override the houses. Each side can block the other, so the republic changes slowly. New houses have been seated by becoming indispensable. House Oshim was seated for building the trade with Kyr’elian and Gankora. House Sejathin is the latest to gain leverage.

Over this time, House Ristila became the house that binds the others’ agreements, and the republic’s justice split into separate channels. See the Parliament’s section on justice.

Recent Years

The border with Shejara went quiet about sixty years ago, when the last steady trade ended without any announcement. The Eventide Brigade formed in Year 587 P.M. and is now headquartered in Ahjis. A year ago, Gresin Orin of the Gate of Zerathrain invented the Ren Exerter. The gate found under Terima is the newest unknown.