History of Torith

Frederick Mavroune declares himself the king of men, believing his nation the only one in the world.

Thlanish forces attempt to invade the Savannah once more. The second war had heavy casualties on both sides, but the Thlanish were once again repulsed from the region. The war resulted in the construction of the Great North Wall.

Members of the warring orc tribes abandon the war effort in the Swamps of Greshk and mount an invasion of Bevaria and Thlane. Bevarian and Thlanish troops manage to fight off these threats and gain territory in the swamps themselves.

The defeated Thlanish launch an attack into the war-torn savannah. The Thlanish take hold of the Savannahs for a year, but are forced back into the Angel Desert. The war ends as a third Bevarian victory, but the number of casualties they took made it feel as a draw rather than a victory.

Human expeditionaries make contact with an Elven forest patrol team. The sides, unable to understand one another, rely on trading goods to show their good intentions.

The Thlanish States, in light of the plague, join together in two separate societies to better combat the disease. In the West of the Angel Desert is the Second Thlanish Kingdom: led by the King in Westmarch. To the East was the Thlanish Farmer's Commune; led by the village of Thlane. The two societies grow hostilities almost instanty and a deep divide runs through the sub-continent.

The Thlanish Cold War was a period of spying and small skirmishes between the two Thlanish states. The Cold War contributed greatly to the development of spycraft and espionage in the world in general. Word of spycraft soon spread to Thlane's neighbors; especially in the Swamps of Greshk.

The Northern Nomads of Eropa enter into a psuedo civil war between the rapidly-approaching sedimentary lifestyle in the Dwarven Togos Mountain Range and the largely nomadic Panamousian Steppe. The war ended in the separation of the two societies. Following the war the mountain societies began to rapidly settle and form their own village societies atop the mountains.

Bevaria begins to send weapons, armor, and advisors to the Southeastern Yannun tribe in the swamps of Greshk. Its ally Western Thlane also sends resources into Yannun. In 1020 Bevaria gets directly involved in the Great Unification War and invades the swamps once again. The Farmer's Commune, seeing an opportunity to destroy one of its enemies and to prevent Bevaria from gaining another ally, declares war on Bevaria. The Western Kingdom of Thlane gets dragged into the war on the side of Bevaria and Yannun. The 11 orc tribes continue to fight all other armies that originate from outside their swamp.

Thlanish beatmasters, clerics, priests, and psychomancers, and the best rider of the empire manage to tame and mount a captured dragon. The first Dragon Rider, Marcos DeFresco, uses this dragon to further destroy Orc and Eatern Thlanish armies.

Marcos DeFresco and the 4 new Thlanish dragon riders burn down and destroy 8 orc villages in a brutal campaign of fear against the orc, taking advantage of their belief of dragons being sacred and vengeful spirits. The campaign greatly demoralized the orcs and all but destroyed their ability to continue their war against Yannun.

Yannunese settlers from the continent of Eropa make landing in the swamps and set up a singular settlement, Aiuma Fortress. The fortress and the peninsula become a minor trading location for the Empire. The Yannunese settlers eventually make contact with the Andylustian Union.

Thlanish settlers of Eropa land in the desert regions of the peninsula. The Thlanish set up New Madrado as a port city on the peninsula and begin to trade with the Union as well. The Thlanish arrival marks when the Peninsula was propped up onto the world stage.

The Amarian Republic pushes past Angello's Wall and sets up multiple camps as new colonies. The Amarians overpower and enslave the Milite populations of the ice and use them in mining the precious resources under the ice. The Amarians send further expeditions and eventually reach the other nations present on the continent. The resources mined from the wall allow the Union to create and use better equipments in its military.

Every single dwarf of Andylustia disappeared from the kingdom, seemingly going overnight and leaving none of their posessions behind.   Unbeknownst to the others of the world the dwarves were called upon the Cosmic Lýn to defend Terrum from a portal to the Helvellian Realm of Blizzards that was deep underneath Andylustia.

In light of the raids and attacks in their territory the Bevarian military surrenders and the kingdom retracts any and all claims on Thlanish-owned territory.

After a year had passed, Argamottese declared war on Mavroune. The allies of the Union quickly severed ties, not wanting to be involved with the Union's problems. The War was extremely bloody and left thousands dead. Despite their efforts, the Elven Monarchy was much more prepared for an invasion into the human territories. As 1544 came Mavrouneberg was taken and castle Amersque was occupied. The war officially ended once Johan and the royal family were discovered dead in their chambers.

After the human defeat and the Elven takeover Argamottese quickly went to restore the glory of what was the Dual Monarchy. In order to keep the human populations happy Argamottese moved the capital from Port Mawrth to Mavrouneberg, which was renamed to Saint Claudsburg; named for the Saint that brokered peace between the two churches of the races during the Dual Monarchy. Argamottese had also given humans complete freedom when it came to where they lived, worked, and what religion they practiced. The policies that Argamottese had passed all calmed the human populations enough to the point of complacency and acceptance of the Elf overlords.

After the defeat of the Khaganate Argamottese named the only human council member the regional governor of the Khaganate Territories and promised money and power in return for his loyalty.

The Thlanish lords and colonial advisors all meet in Madrado with the king to revisit their involvement in their Andylustian colony deep inside of the Wall Territory. Over the course of 2 months it was decided that a war over the colony would not be worth the Thlanish lives and resources that would be put into should Argamottese make an ultimatum.

The Republic of Amare's refusal of Argamottese' offer led to war between the two nations. Fighting in the war only occured during the spring and summer months, as the bitter cold only lead to mass deaths and victory for neither side. In an effort to gain the upper hand against the Amarians; Argamottese promised to lift the Milites from poverty if they fought for him. With the help of the Milites Argamottese was able to attack the Amarian forces in the harsh winter, forcing heavy casualties onto their forces. The catastrophic losses to the Milites and their rapid loss of territory forces Amare to surrender its territory to Argamottese.

The Amarian city of Yamarrow is placed under siege by the Thlanish colonial forces. Both sides are undermanned, undersupplied, and underfed, leading to a long and brutal siege of the city. As the months grew, soldiers on both sides of the siege started to lose men to hunger and ilness. As the 7th month came; the Amarian defenders staged a desperate breakout attempt by sending all who remained into the completely surprised and fatigued Thlanish attackers. The Breakout saw the bloodiest, most gruesome, and highest casaulty rate ever seen in a battle up until point. The starving Amarians retreated from their positions and instead retreated to their own settlement to defend and work on producing their own food before the winter months.

The lower naval officers of the Thlanish and Amarian ships at the coast of Tansania mutiny against their commanders and forceful take control of both fleets after a short skirmish. Now equipped with a full fleet the Tansanian Congressional Republic declares itself independent from both Amare and Thlane. Both Thlane and Amare, no longer seeing value in holding the island, agree to allow it to have independence but with heavy reparations for both causing the war and to repay for their fleets; something that the Tansanian government accepted reluctantly.

Republican rebels secure the capital of the Kingdom of Bevaria. The king manages to escape the dire situaton into Reinhardt Castle in the deep North of Bevaria. Reilamen herself makes a visit to the city after its capture to deliver a speech to the liberated city and amass more troops to fight for her army.

As part of the Rebuildist Ideology Adela Reilamen begins a series of purges to "purify" the nation of the old. The nobles and knights of the old kingdom were all killed in their homes by Republican forces, along with their estates being burned and their stewards massacred. Following the purge of Bevarian nobility came the cultural purge. Old statues, monuments, legends, myths, temples, and the Frozen Palace were all destroyed and replaced with ones of the Republic and Reilamen. The purge came as a shock to Eropa as a whole. Not only did Rebuildism become successful, but its true intentions were now seen far and wide, and many kings started to crack down the ideology heavily.

On Unification Day Cerevis held a masquerade ball for all to enter. No expense was saved for the celebration and many commoners experienced the life of a noble for the first time. At a large dinner table Cerevis announced the misdeads of his advisors and what they had done to the common people. He then told the commoners to do as they wish to the advisors who had ruined their lives and their estates. By the time the night had ened, all of the advisors were hung in the streets; their posessions stolen and sold.

Cerevis III rises to the throne. In the first decade of his rise to power he removes many of the rights that his mother had established, claiming that they did nothing but remove power from the emperor. His actions greatly upset the people and sparked small rebellions in the empire's countryside.

The final part of Stanislow's plan to please the people. Cerevis was placed on public trial, and his numerous crimes against the people and state were listed to him. As his trial concluded members of the Imperial Parliament were split between two punishments: Death and Life Imprisonment. Stanislow, wanting to please both sides and avoid the death of his own brother, decreed that Cerevis would be exiled to the Martal Republic where he will live out the rest of his days. As he was taken away Cerevis swore that he would make his return and take back what was rightfully his, a threat left empty.

Markarath, the Dark Prince of the Vampires, is killed in the Valley of Spirits by Stanislow. The death of the Vampire's Dark Prince causes them to split off into smaller warlords. The vampires slowly drift away from killing Imperials to each other, which slowly leads to their near extinction.

Stanislow's victory over the vampires and the dragons made him an almost legendary figure. Many across the world told stories of the great king who banished evil from the world. After the war, Stanislow proved that he was no longer a young prince, but an emperor.

The Story Begins here. Emperor Stanislow is dead, and replaced by a regency council who refuses to hand power to either of his twin sons.

Thlanish forces storm and capture the important border fortress of Sterling fortress as Amarian legions move secure Northern Bevaria. The surviving Bevarian armies and Northmen war parties turn to guerilla warfare to harass the Amarian-Thlanish garrisons an supply lines. After several months the levies of Bevaria arrive and liberate the forest and fortress from Amarian hands.