Giacaumo I

Giacaumo I, also called "Giacaumo the Founder", was the first to don the mantle of King of the Heartland in the year 47 AGC. His reign lasted for 30 years.

Great Collapse and Olive Uprising
After the Great Collapse, massive turmoil broke out on the continent of Nuimucand, and also in the Lihanni Republic. Food shortages, mutiny, etc. all took their toll on the already brittle state. When the First Olive Uprising took place in 45 AGC, Giacaumo and his father Celcedric operated in the vanguard. The reason for this event was that the elite of Aidylbaranna taxed heavily, while still perpetuating their own lavish lifestyle.

Giacaumo, aided by twenty bannermen, stormed the citadel where all the elite were amassing. Together with his men he scattered the ranks of the republican guard, and took most of the senators hostage. He kept this position for three days, but was ousted by a military force that forced their way in. Giacaumo, his father and the other insurgents fled through the sewers, into the forest.

Two years later, in the height of summer, after he gathered enough able men, he stormed the city again, this time with great succes. This was called the Second Olive Uprising. He gave the elite a choice: a life of common men, or death. After seeing their reluctance to keep their dignity, he executed them all himself.

King
Two months later, when autumn had arrived, Giacaumo declared the founding of the Kingdom of Lihanna, and was crowned by his father, who had been severely injured in battle, and felt he was unfit for the position.

One year after his coronation, he fathered a son with Olivenna of Clan Halmorra. They called the child Borbas, but he died two days later. One year later Celcedric was born, and this was to be the future king. Four years later, in 53 AGC, Princess Eilaria was born.

Death
After 30 years of reigning over the Kingdom of Lihanna, Giacaumo fell ill in the spring of 78 AGC. In the summer of that year, Giacaumo abdicated and crowned his son, Celcedric I. He was almost unable to stand upright when he did so. In the early days of 79 AGC, he died in his sleep.