Giacaumo II

Giacaumo II was the first son of King Celcedric I. After his father fell ill, he abdicated, and Giacaumo II would become King of the Heartland for the next 29 years. In 129 AGC he abdicated and left the throne to his oldest daughter, Olivenna.

Reign
Giacaumo II had a much les smooth period to rule over the Kingdom than his father. Invasion from the south, east and northeast plagued Lihanna from 111 until 126 AGC.

The first challenge he faced was the First Eshabiddi Invasion, which was caused by an immense drought on the other side of the Saviav Mountains in the year 111 AGC. Several tribes decided to cross the Bashakid Pass and wreak havoc on the outskirts of the Easternwood. They nearly sacked Biulanca, were it not for the retaliation by the Lihannese army. The largest part of the horde was driven back into the mountains. After this incident Giacaumo II decided to build a fortified border post in the Pass, in 113 AGC.

The second ordeal were attacks by large squads of brigands coming from the Saviavna Forest, north of the Easternwood. It took very coordinated missions to finally crush the epicentre of their operations, in 121 AGC.

In 124 AGC the Mudamard Province decided to unilaterally declare its independence from the Republic of Moava, to the south. The insurgents also demanded a small part of the Southernwood as belonging to their newly founded state. Giacaumo would have none of it, and went to war. The Mudamardi War raged for just over a year, and took a lot of casualties on both sides (Lihanna / Moava vs. Mudamard).

Over the course of his last five years he'd lose both sons to a mysterious disease they'd contracted while traveling through the inner forests of the Juddaur Greatwood. Mentally exhausted, he abdicated in 129 AGC, and left the throne to his oldest daughter, Olivenna. She would be the first queen to sit on the throne.

Death
Almost ten years after his abdication, Giacaumo II died quietly in his sleep. His death is still a mystery. He was only in his 50's, and physically nothing was wrong with him. People still suspect the king killed himself, since he had nothing left to live for. The final years of his life he had become increasingly melancholic, and he drank a lot.