Kingdom of Levenstad

The Kingdom of Levenstad was a petty kingdom located around the River Leven. It was founded by Harwyn I, a descendant of Harold Brythonhal. The capital of Levenstad was the eponymous castle of Levenstad, which was used by the subsequent Kingdoms of Brythonia and Valkanren as a capital too.

Until a period known as the Oswinian era, Levenstad followed the Deronist faith from its Cyng roots. Oswin the Convert, a nobleman from Swanhaven who inherited the kingdom, changed the state religion to Hynethism and made his subjects convert.

Cyng migration
"Harold built Brythonia up from the ground, conquering it with his army of Cyng migrants."

- A History of Brythonia, Joffrey of Vauche

The castle of Levenstad was constructed by Harold Brythonhal when he led the Cyng people south to occupy the lands around the River Leven. At that point, Brythonia was mainly unsettled, save for the sapling kingdoms of Swanhaven and Hetzburg, both of which practised Hynethism. Harold spread the theses of Deronism to the north of Brythonia, which Swanhaven and Hetzburg immediately saw as a threat; thus, the Valkanrian Inquisition was formed.

Although Harold expressly called himself Lord of Levenstad, and not king, over the years, Levenstad would grow to encompass much of the River Leven. Harold would die peacefully, and his descendant Harwyn would later be selected as a King of Levenstad. Levenstad's prosperity would go uninterrupted until the landing of the Crevidians on the mouth of the Leven, where they established their colony of Ellgyr. Levenstad and Ellgyr would engage in a systematic rivalry for hundreds of years until the signing of the Treaty of Respect by Harvell II and Lord Mayor Vanther Costarei.

Swanhaven inheritance
The House of Brythonhal died out with Harold IV of Levenstad. His distant cousin, Oswin Osveryc, a petty nobleman from Swanhaven, was selected to be King of Levenstad. This alarmed the Deronists in Levenstad, who quickly opposed Oswin's rule. However, they were quickly put down by the royal army, and Oswin began his mission of converting the people of Levenstad to Hynethism.

Edward the Conqueror
The end of the Kingdom of Levenstad came when Edward I, of the House of Edgerren, conquered the other petty kingdoms in Brythonia through either marriage or bloodshed. He began with the Kingdom of Alryne, then Swanhaven, and lastly married a Dornay of Hetzburg to seal the pact. Lowell soon swore fealty, and he declared the Kingdom of Levenstad defunct, replacing it with the Kingdom of Brythonia.