Urkhun became the first Khan of the Khuzait approximately forty years before the Calradic civil war.[1] He is the ancestor of Monchug Urkhunait, the current Khan.
Background[]
Urkhun would unify the various clans of horse lords who inhabited the Great Grass Sea to the far east of Calradia. Urkhun and led his people to the west and into the frontier territories of the Calradic Empire and established his khanate there.
As a ruthless leader, Urkhun forced discipline upon the subjugated Khuzait so they would ride to war at his command rather than at their own whims. He centralized the Khuzait and forced them to adapt their nomadic lifestyle to the settled ways upon the Devseg Plateau.
At Baltakhand, Urkhun and his riders braved the frigid air and forced the fortress into submission. He broke the mercenary armies of Ortongard, rewarding the town to his Khergit allies. When Urkhun reached the town of Makeb, he demanded tribute from its petty king, but when the demand was refused Urkhun beheaded the king himself and took the town for himself.[2]
Once Urkhun died, the Khuzait clans began to chafe from the yoke he placed upon them. The Khan's family took on the name "Urkhunait" to honor him and legitimize their claim to the khanate.
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