Daran Dalian

Daran Dalian is a legendary Phadean noble and adventurer. He is also the legendary founder of Wylie. He was a member of the Dalian dynasty, descended from the Phadean Emperor Dalas. As a member of a noble family, he was the Phaeror of Nallana Doro. Before he assumed the Phaerorship, he was a Senator.

While Phaeror, he attempted to raise an army against Emperor Solen VI with the help of allies in the Senate. His conspiracy was discovered in 1319 and he fled across the Hassani Desert into Coran. The Governor of Coran attempted to capture him, in 1325, but Dalian fled into Eria, then only weakly patrolled by the Phadean Army. Dalian and his supporters eventually settled in the Wylan Highlands where he established Dara Aphadea, the settlement that would eventually become Wylie.

Dalian claimed the Wylan Highlands for the Phadean Emperor in 1330, proclaiming himself the true Phadean Emperor. Despite claiming to be the Phadean Emperor, he was known more through his Erian language names, either the Tiladuroc (meaning King in the High Castle) or Kinraduroc (meaning King of the Ice Castle).

The Dalians ruled in Dara Aphadea until they were ousted by John Wyles and John Strong in 1377. Wyles went on to rule as King of Wylie until 1863, when the last noble house died out, leading to the move of Wylie into a republic.