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Following this in 150 A.I. Arthor Royce formally established the Kingdom of the Mountains and Vale moving his court and holdings to Gulltown and ruling from there. No more would he be just the king of Runestone but now the entire land from mountain to sea, coast to coast. Runestone was handed to his brother Coratt Royce as custodian while Gulltown became the royal lordship.

in 152 A.I. civil war in the Waynwood lands over succession for lord Baldyer Waynwood would see the Royce backing Helgarrd Waynwood the blood brother of the king himself. The war was quick but brutal seeing the dissident faction destroyed and the true heir put back in power.

In 165 A.I. conflict between the Arryns and the Redshields broke out over Kippres. At the same time the Waynwoods fought the Redforts for control of Ninestars. The Arryns and Waynwoods would come to blows during their wars leading to the Arryns losing their conquest while the Waynwoods would succeed in theirs. This would lead to growing amenity between the two of them that would not be easy to ease.

Whispers of the return of the Corbray's started to surface in the vale, Lord Arryn himself sent men to investigate who returned speaking of invasion. This invasion never materialised but the threat of it was enough, seeking to fortify the realm King Arthor Royce began construction of a mighty gate in the high passes to block the only viable invasion path of his lands. This gate would finish construction in 167 A.I. and soon the Lord Arryn would formalise with the help of the Royce the establishment of the Knights of the Gate, an order of warriors of the old gods to guard the gate from invaders.