The Caravingian Kings were a line of Reetland Kings who claimed descent from Isengrim,
the first king of Reetland and before him the legendary Arnulf
the Giant Killer. The early Kings of this
line guided the nation successfully through some difficult years including the disruption
to the kingdom caused by the invasion of the Eastern Horde in 297 which caused King Isembard
to define narrower more defensible borders for his kingdom. Unfortunately the Kings were also notable for their
longrunning disputes with the Church of
Pelor which culminated in King Carloman II claiming
divinity for himself and his ancestors as part of a new state religion. When this was denounced by the Peloreans he started
to actively persecute that church which led
St. James, then a young Pelorean bishop, to lead his
followers out of Reetland to start anew in the Cambrian region.
King Carloman pressed ahead with his new religion building himself a magnificent cathedral
in Cantes in which he was later buried.
His grandson King Carloman III became even more irked by the Peloreans remaining in Reetland when
they cannonised
St. James in 66 and the following year he ordered his troops into Cambria with a view to
crushing the nascent kingdom thereby teaching the Peloreans a lesson.
The plan backfired in spectacular fashion when his troops surrendered to
St. Olwyn. Carloman was furious and when the defeated
general returned he had him summarily executed which in turn precipitated a mutiny within the army.
A brief civil war followed which was ended when his popular younger son Prince Dagobert sided with the
rebels allowing many who were loyal to the Caravingian House to also switch sides.
Carloman was exiled to Sankhar but his elder son Prince Lothar who up to then had supported his father
chose to foreswear the crown and
remain in Reetland.
The new king changed the name of his house to Borsten to signify a new beginning. He also
restated the principle of religious freedom which had been one of the founding principles
of Reetland and signed a peace treaty with Cambria.