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Zalreb Dynasty (concept)

Beginning in 746 IS with Boqqar Belora, the Zalrebs ascended after the Third Tetenik, and were the last dynasty to rule the Boqqarut. Compared to the soaring accomplishments of their predecessors, the accomplishments of the Zalrebs are generally considered insignificant, with Belora and his descendents overseeing the conclusion of the Boqqarut's decline. Their rule was one of declining authority, with the Lodges and nobles entering into open political struggles, barely contained by Belora and his successors, who skillfully managed to prevent the withering structures of the state from collapsing. With Belora's death in 773 IS, it seemed that another Tetenik would soon begin, however his son Raleri was able to ascend relatively easily, with many other claimants having been mysteriously murdered.

His involvement, though never confirmed, became a widespread rumor, and in order to compensate for his lack of popularity, he would begin ruling by fear. Many of his notable opponents disappeared mysteriously, and most were too scared to move against him. However, his allegedly-murderous policies (which he maintained until his death were mere coincidence), meant that his son, Ayule, was able to inheirit rather easily in 817 IS. Ayule is famous for a single action, an action which would demolish almost all vestiges of the Boqqarut's power. For he would launch Ayule's Expedition, an invasion of the north which would end disasterously, leaving Ayule in deep debt to a network of karavuux and nobles, and shattering the core of the Damotan army. Upon his death in 835 IS, the mantle of Boqqar passed to his son Kayoba, who would largely continue this ineffectiveness, his reign plagued with insubordination until his heirless death in 861, marking the end of the Boqqarut, with the succession struggle boiling over into the Etami Tetenik.

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