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June 1, 2021: North versus South, the war for Western Arcovia.
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: Jarnfell moved upon Albion, determined to expand their lands. Albion rallied together under the banner of Bendigeidfran, who was promptly made King at the expulsion of their Northern invaders. The Breton's lost ground and the advantage of surprise with the unfamiliar mists that inhabited the High Moors of Wylo.
 
: Jarnfell moved upon Albion, determined to expand their lands. Albion rallied together under the banner of Bendigeidfran, who was promptly made King at the expulsion of their Northern invaders. The Breton's lost ground and the advantage of surprise with the unfamiliar mists that inhabited the High Moors of Wylo.
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:Aggressive expansion by the Rus in the Khongrol mountains as well as Jurchen settling further west had resulted in a number of territorial conflicts. Although mostly among peasants at first, armed patrols would eventually be dispatched from both Rusavik and Khonzhou, leading to a number of armed skirmishes over the next several years.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:06, 2 February 2021

This is a work in progress and should be available by go live. Back date from 1121.

Year 1121
Jarnfell continued to execute a series of raids in response to the taxation on travel that turned them into a menace at the Telrae'dor borders, and even a danger at times. During one such series of attacks, the youngest child of a Duke was taken Hostage. They have yet to be released and word has it that the Breton's are bringing them to the Citadel for negotiations.
Jarnfell begins to use the road into Wylo Moors and subsequently Albion, preferring time lost with extra travel to coin given to Telrae'dor.
Year 1120
Jarnfell and Valgard band together to battle a sea serpent who was ravaging the coastline.
War games Hosted by Valgard at the Drasill Grasslands, the victor being the Rus.
Jarnfell began to raid Telrae'dor.
Albion's 5 year reparation ends.
The twenty year philosophy agreement between Bheka and Tenysia ends
Year 1119
Music Festival hosted by Jarnfell and Valgard at the Hill of the Kings.
Valgard acknowledges that it owes Telrae'dor one unspecified vote in the Arcovian Diplomatic Court.
Year 1118
Alfarian Riddari raid Telrae'dor farms after a trade agreement for cabbage falls thru.
Year 1117
Sweating Sickness consumes the Continent, no city state is left unaffected.
Albion and Telrae'dor found themselves embroiled in battle once more, this time their shared religion the catalyst. With Dyrlings on one side and the Frem on the other, each sought to assert the legitimacy of their beliefs over the other. The battle however quickly ended in a cease fire as the sweating sickness ran through the masses of soldiers. The two armies returned home, further spreading the disease.
Tension between Bheka and Tenysia are put on hold since sickness had spread. Trade borders are not crossed and a temporary truce has been enacted
Year 1116
Due to the destroyed grain in the previous year, Valgard has to buy seed from Halberg to offset the seed lost in the grain famine.
Year 1115
In reparation for the loss of beasts, Albion gave the Breton's 80% of their export monopoly for the course of 5 years.
The Grain Famine of the Drasill Grasslands, resulted in a destroyed cereal crop for the Alfarians, though they were not the only ones to feel it's effects.
Albion's decades long practice of Moorland burning fell upon a dry season. The purposefully started fire in an attempt to promote better grazing grounds quickly went out of hand and ended up killing several of the Breton's herds.
Year 1114
Tiberia requests assistance from Fremfolk in a pending war between Arjat/Bheka and Tiberia.
Year 1114
Tiberia requests payment back thrice the sum of what the resources are currently priced at. The situation is sent to the diplomatic courts in Arcovia.
Year 1113
A deadly disease wracks the land of Arjat putting the working population out of commission during a crucial harvest. Arjat suffers a massive economic blow. Diplomatic relations between Tiberia and Arjat are established, Tiberia sends food and resources to cover the loss. No formal agreement was documented.
Year 1112
Telrae'dor fashion shifts to mimic Alfarian fashion for the first time in two hundred years, this generates a great deal of frustration on part of the Alfarian who feel mocked, and further strains politically discussion.
Highland Games hosted by Albion, Halburg won.
Year 1111
Telrae'dor begins to tax the roads leading to the Citadel. Effectively concentrating their efforts on monetary extraction from Jarnfell and Valgard.
Year 1110
The Battle of Wylo Moor. The Albion army went face to face with the Telrae'dor's Calvary. The Dyrlings wanted to assimilate the more genial Frem and expand their nation's borders. The Telrae'dor's proposal included the banning of the tartan and the prohibition of clan land under separate Lairds. The victory fell to the Frem, though it was a narrow one at that.
Year 1109
Halberg bans the recently adopted fashion of codpieces within their city walls, and Arcovia follows.
Year 1107
Jarnfell raiding party goes too far and kills a high-standing Alfarian Jarl's child, the Jarl, holding great political sway launches a blood feud that goes up to the Royal Courts.
Year 1106
Aoibhínn and Isla O'Scanlan took control of Albion. Jarnfell and many other countries vied for a political marriage with the two sisters, but none prevailed.
Year 1104
Nothwulf's bride Zasha, died, ending the watery treaty.
Year 1102
Tiberia requests stallions from Arjat. Arjat refuses to export to Tiberia. Tiberia sets about to capture and steal these favored stallions. Arjat, incensed, refuses to deal with Tiberia in any matters of trade for the next 40 years.
Year 1100
Traditional Bantu find Sythian philosophy tainting their own. As a result, a twenty-year treaty was conducted to prohibit confusion in the state.
Year 1098
Devastating Avalanche which prompted a treaty between Valgard and Jarnfell.
Year 1089
Nothwulf Nader, Warlord of Jarnfell, married Zasha Petrovich, niece to the ruling family of Rusavik, fulfilling the Jarnfall/Rusavik treaty.
Year 1088
After a particularly devastating battle, the Alfarian's stepped into the 'ring' drawing up a ceasefire treaty for the Bretons and Rus. This contract stated that a political marriage between the two countries should occur and join fleets.
Year 1081
Conflict erupts between Telrae'dor and Jarnfell in the Islinglam Valley as Telrae'dor makes a grab for the fertile grasslands and cereal crops.
Year 1079
Saw the start of a 10 year battle on the Kenning between the Bretons and Rus. Both wanting to dominate the watery passage and as a result, each losing their fair share of ships and persons over the course of the battle.
Year 1078
There was an uprising of the Albion clans in an attempt to over throw the King Bendigeidfran. He having grown a bit mad with age and power. The uprising was victorious and saw the new reign of the O'Scanlan monarchy.
Year 1075
Hill at the top of Cyning Fjord (lies between Jarnfell and Valgard) was a equally sore point to both sides. The ownership often changing depending on who you ask. It is site of the Holy Tree, Yggdrasil for the Alfarians and Irminsul for the Bretons and fanatics on both sides use it as a point of contention.
After much abuse to the chosen Dyrling diplomat, the Bretons prematurely trick the Telrae'dor out of their position.
Year 1068
The fifteen year war ends when Arjat enters the fray on the side of the north, forcing everyone to table to negotiate peace.
Year 1061
Failed Political Marriage between Valgard and Jarnfell, The King of Valgard was to marry King Ecgfirth of Jarnfell's daughter, Banu. However upon the Valgardian ruler learning of certain behaviors by his intended (think Elizabeth Bathory), he rejected the match and took for his bride an Alfarian woman. This launched one of the worst bloodletting in Essealas History and with no decisive victor.
Jarnfell suffered a low yield of ore, with most going to the very Alfarian's they were fighting. As a result they turned to the Dyrlings for assistance, being the closest neighbor, next to the genial Frem. King Ecgfirth bit his tongue and worked out an agreement, a diplomat to sit on the Breton's small council for no less than a sixteen year timespan and in exchange they were provided the necessary finances in order to wage their war.
Year 1059
During a bad crop year, the rye crop contracted ergot. Due to the needed delivery of iron ore, the grain merchants delivered bad grain to Jarnfell rather then fail to keep up their end of the grain delivery. Ergot caused wide spread issues in both Jarnfell and Valgard as ergot causes both hallucinogens and miscarriages. After a lot of shouting and threats, cooler heads prevailed and a revised treaty allowed for a larger supply of grain to Jarnfell with the understanding they would stock pile grain against normal yearly shortages. No matter what the reason, the grain-ore treaty is one of the few ways in which Jarnfell and Valgard remain allied.
Year 1053
A fifteen year war between begins; Jarnfell, Valgard and Rusavik on one side vs Telrae'dor, Albion and Tiberia.
Year 1050
The peace treaty between Bheka and Tenysia fail and border wars continue
Year 1045
The Fremfolk conducted cattle raids upon Jarnfell livestock, the action prompted return border raids from the Bretons.
Year 1035
Jarnfell moved upon Albion, determined to expand their lands. Albion rallied together under the banner of Bendigeidfran, who was promptly made King at the expulsion of their Northern invaders. The Breton's lost ground and the advantage of surprise with the unfamiliar mists that inhabited the High Moors of Wylo.
Year 1022
Aggressive expansion by the Rus in the Khongrol mountains as well as Jurchen settling further west had resulted in a number of territorial conflicts. Although mostly among peasants at first, armed patrols would eventually be dispatched from both Rusavik and Khonzhou, leading to a number of armed skirmishes over the next several years.
Year 950
Tiberia promises nobles to wed Fremfolk in order to secure borders between the two city states should war break out. Tiberia send 5 men from noble families to help secure this alliance.
Year 918
After centuries of the same families wielding power in Tiberia, a night of death occurs shattering the status quo. Disease rips through the nobility causing untold casualties. Many think it's poison, others believe it's a punishment from God for the nobles breaking their contract with the citizens. One man believes it's a disease born from water not properly cleaned from the bathhouses.
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