Jelgava

From Turtledove

Jelgava was a kingdom in northeastern part of Derlavai, and participated in the Derlavaian War. It was ruled by King Donalitu before the war.

Jelgava was defeated by Algarve in the second year of the war when Algarve used dragons to fly large numbers of soldiers over the Bratanu Mountains, the mountain range dividing Jelgava and Algarve. Jelgava had a warm climate, and its northern coast was subtropical and a popular holiday vacation destination. The kingdom was marked by an oppressive noble class. Jelgavan tailor Talsu remarked that if the Algarvians had "put down the nobles and walked small themselves," they could have had very little trouble in Jelgava; as it was, Algarvian king Algarve installed his brother, Mainardo, as King of Jelgava and the Algarvians acted like conquerors rather than friends of the common Jelgavans. When Talsu was sent to a dungeon due to Kugu the silversmith's betrayal, the Jelgavan interrogator said that he had done his job under King Donalitu as well as the Algarvians. When Talsu was arrested again after the kingdom's liberation the same interrogator questioned him.