Bardonia

Bardonia was founded on 18/10/2020, but wasn't announced as a nation until 24/10/2020 as The Republic of Bardonia. The Bardonians came from the North, guided by the prophets with the promise of a land of Dandelions.

Finally reaching a coastal plain, the initial founders came across a field of Dandelions - as far as the eye could see. Here, the first town was founded and it was name Bardonia.

Etymology
Bardonia is named after the pre-existing discord server of its founder members, The First Republic of Bardonia, which is called "Dank Bard". The community largely theorized that the name of Bardonia was actually inspired by a hamlet in the real world United States, that uses the same name, located in the State of New York within the city of Clarkstown in Rockland County, which is the same state that BackToTheHub is confirmed to have admitted in a Discord conversation. However, this may of just have been a coincidence, as this has been denied by Unic0rnb0i.

Fourth Bardonian Empire (official)
During the Ryzani Civil War, Warden of Westreach and former Bardonian General Crezyman proclaimed Yazov's government as illegitimate, and him as the true Emperor of Bardonia in the now imfamous, BARDONIANS, I AM YOUR EMPEROR! speech on the 26th September 2021. On the 28th September 2021, Andorn reunified with the Empire during a referendum, and soon after Ryzan fell once more, with the territory being divided into provinces.

Government of the Fourth Empire

Autarch


 * Crezyman
 * Lucius Von Savras

Imperial court


 * Crinky
 * Admiral Kartoffel
 * Blood Beard
 * Duke Azael
 * Ratmeatjones
 * Howertt
 * Ole de Medici
 * Patch

Officials


 * Lnedible
 * Tspan (Tr)
 * Baboon
 * Andrew
 * Benjamin Casul (Chaddudeman)
 * Dominus (DNR)
 * Brian Kidd (Brainstormkid)
 * Coop
 * Duel123abc
 * Capna
 * Enzo (thedonenzo)
 * Erova
 * Ice
 * Jay Medici (StrangerJ)
 * Jingo
 * Kyborg10000
 * Laggengineer
 * Mr. House
 * Polar Taigaros (TexanSanta)
 * Robur (Sannicandro)
 * Robyn (Robyn (blueskipper))
 * Sarlician
 * Silent
 * Skhorse85
 * Thunder-Areska (Thunderfantv)
 * Uni Jacobson (Elevenmantis)
 * War goblin (Server724)

The First Republic
Initially, Bardonia operated as an oligarchic republic, however one with little common involvement from the Bardonian citizenry. There existed no official leader but it was run by a single senate body who elected new members to the senate and voted on laws, diplomacy, policy, and many other aspects of state.

There were always 8 senators of Bardonia and if one of them were unavailable a previous senator or respected member of Bardonia will be promoted to an Honorary Senator for meetings, but this was changed on 12/2/2020 when it was agreed that a random number of senators would be voted on / off.

The First Republic referred to Bardonia as a "Fishing Nation" and spent their time fishing in the river that runs through Bardonia City. Through Morning until Night the Bardonians would fish and fish was abundant in Bardonia. Stacks of fish could be found in every city, exported from Bardonia City.

The Capital of Bardonia City was taken from it's capital status and moved to Dorasterrock upon it's discovery. After The Great Golden War shockturtle took a fall off The Drifting Isles and hit his head on a turtle, dying in the process. RamthekidRS swam out to explore the sea and never returned. Socius went into the mines under Bardonia city right before The Great Golden War and never resurfaced. Shimesa ventured off into the wilderness to find himself and find adventure.

The Original Bardonian Senators were: BackToTheHub, Ezexus, Moyye, Socius, ShockTurtle, Tzseu, PercocetFranklin, and Unic0rnb0i

First Republic Senators

 * Ezexus - The Prodigy


 * Moyye - The Brewmaster


 * Tzseu - The Architect
 * BackToTheHub - The One Man Army
 * Unic0rnb0i - The Chancellor


 * Shimesa - The Artificer


 * PercocetFranklin - The Angler


 * RamthekidRS - The Nautilus


 * Socius - The Gemologist


 * shockturtle - The Tinkerer

The Second Republic
Considered by many to be the golden age of Bardonia, The Second Republic had a balanced government and the strongest military Bardonia has ever had.

The capital Dorasterrock was declared the economic capital of Rathnir by Stoney himself, as it housed the most famous mega mart on the server, Dorasterrock Market. With items in quantity, items of quality, and marked up prices, it's reliability and convenience were used by players all around Rathnir. The Dorasterrock Market supported every Bardonian town's upkeep and still made a profit.

The Trillium Alliance was formed shortly after The Great Golden War creating the strongest Alliance and power that Rathnir has ever seen. So strong it took on the entirety of Rathnir in The Coalition War in a decisive victory. The downfall of the Second Republic was when they announced a World Conquest, which started out in the Senate's favor. The 2nd Republic took over most of Syltor and pushed south, but the toxicity and out of game harassment of the Stoneworks community made them cancel the conquest. The only senator who wanted to continue the conquest was Unic0rnb0i, but the 2nd Republic and the Bardonians voted massively against the continuation of the conquest. This vote caused the downfall of the 2nd Republic as Unic0rnb0i and BackToTheHub resigned shortly after, then the Bardonian Representatives decided to coup the government, capturing Ezexus and BackToTheHub., Ezexus was executed, but with help from some allies Hub escaped, losing an arm in the process. During the coup:

- BacktotheHub claimed The Drifting Isles independent and defended them from the 3rd Republic, using the isles as a mercenary base and renaming them to "The Deadman's Isles".

-Tzseu fled to a desert in the Huitca Federation founding the small town of seaso.

- Moyye headed to the North East corner of Plagos and setup the Headquarters for the Brewer's Guild, where he continued his practice.

-Unic0rnb0i took the alias as "The Chancellor" forming The Chancellor's Hands and causing chaos and havoc throughout Rathnir as a Terrorist Crime Lord.

Second Republic Senators

 * Ezexus - The Prodigy
 * Moyye - The Brewmaster


 * Tzseu - The Architect
 * BackToTheHub - The One Man Army
 * Unic0rnb0i - The Chancellor

The Third Republic
With increasing internal conflict as a result of the Bardonian Wars and foreign support from the Sterling Crownlands, a swift coup d'état was launched with the presiding senators either being imprisoned or fleeing into exile.

On 20th January 2021, The "Third Republic" period began, named after the third batch of senators to govern Bardonia.

The Founding Fathers of the Third Republic:


 * Crezyman,
 * MamaMurphy666/WallaceTheGromit,
 * LobsterLights
 * JurzTheAndal (Until Jurz was later elected the first president)

Under the Third Republican era, Bardonia operated as a unitary republic that is split into several provincial regions. Residents of these regions vote for their respective senators and from these senators, all Bardonians vote for their next president.

A constitution was drawn up by the interim government which set out the details and functions of the Senators, President, the Court and the provincial governments. Enshrined in this constitution was also the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to petition the government and the freedom from involuntary taxation

Third Republic Senators

 * AP
 * Crezyman
 * DHVO
 * Pwou
 * LobsterLights
 * mama the murphy/WallaceTheGromit (powershare)
 * JurzTheAndal (President)

The Function of President
The role of the president was to act as a unified voice of Bardonia when dealing with all of Rathnir and was expected to serve Bardonia in protecting their foreign interests.

The president was de-facto the head of state but were limited domestically in several ways:


 * The President could only vote in the Bardonian senate in the event of a tie and within the senate, they purely presided over meetings (but can debate).
 * The President could serve for an unlimited number of terms but elections must occur at a minimum of every 2 weeks.
 * In the event of a loss of support, the senate could impeach the president and remove them from their current office with a simply majority.

Presidental History

 * JurzTheAndal
 * 20th January 2021 - 30th January 2021


 * Crezyman
 * 31st January 2021 - 1st February 2021

The First Bardonian Empire
The 31st of January 2021 - After The Third Republic became too involved in a conflict with Raykara and Escharia, they were haunted by the spirits of Fallen Escharia. With political pressure and the vengeful spirits at each town's door, The Bardonians reached out to former senator Unic0rnb0i who at the time was going by an alias "The Chancellor". Uni offered to bail the Bardonians out of the current situation as long as they declared him as their dictator and ruler, the Bardonians voted and put The Chancellor into power, who took the new title of Supreme Chancellor.

Within the next couple days the new dictator upheld his end of the agreement. Political pressure dissipated and the spirits of Fallen Escharia calmed, stopping their attacks on the citizens of Bardonia. Bardonians stayed in their cities quietly while they recovered from political struggles and the spirit attacks. Despite The Chancellor's efforts the numbers of Bardonians plummeted meeting an all time low for the once prospering nation. The Chancellor set priority on recovering Bardonian population and building within Bardonia, often seeking help from The Chancellor's Hands to extort money from other nations and keep the nation afloat on his own.

The Chancellor soon took a position leading from afar as he would isolate himself in Andorn, communicating to the Bardonians through letters and astral projection which he had learned previously from Green Tomato. He would begin receiving Himotherapy treatment for his schizophrenia and multi-personality disorder from HimoS401 to help him better lead Bardonia.

The Second Bardonian Empire
Many of Bardonia's former Grand Council perished during the The Battle of Ferrymen or died afterwards from their wounds (most notably The Chancellor, Uni). This led to a massive power vacuum leading to multiple movements and overall chaos.

Soon after the announcement of Uni's death, Jacw claimed the throne and acted as the Emperor of Bardonia. He then ceded his power to ElevenMantis, Prince of Bardonia. During his coronation at New Dorasterrock, he was assassinated by The_Mobius who mysteriously made it out of the battle alive despite survivors seeing him perish. Mobius then crowned himself Emperor of Bardonia and formed an oligarchy of his closest allies (who become part of The Grand Council) and forms a system nearly identical to the prior government.

Government of the Second Empire of Bardonia
Emperor Mobius - Lead the nation and was the ultimate authority in Bardonia. Originally, people questioned how well an administration under Mobius would go but as the country did suprisingly well under him his rule was generally approved of by the populace. He dedicated nearly all of his time to external matters.

Grand Lieutenant Ice (I_ce) - Lead Bardonia internally and occasionally acted as a diplomat. Not much before becoming Grand Lieutenant, Ice was an ordinary citizen who rose the ranks after Jacw recommended him to Uni at the end of the previous Empire. Ice took on nearly all of the burden of running Bardonia internally which caused him to burn out by the time the Third Empire started. He was often referred to as "second in command" due to how vocal and active he was although he was initially intended to be below Grand General Axyr.

Grand General Axyr - Lead the Dandelion Guard, Bardonia's military. After the loss of the Auron's Peak armory, Bardonia had very few sets of armor. He grinded nonstop to make new sets which strengthened the nation. Not wanting any more responsibility, this is what he mainly focused on.

Grand Architect Crezyman - The once Bardonian President and nationalist became not anti-Bardonia but anti-Mobius at the start of the Second Empire. He actively tried to dismantle Bardonia thinking that Mobius would run the country into the ground. After eventually joining back, he was forgiven and worked as a diplomat.

A Rough Beginning
The new government had a rough start. The capital city of New Dorasterrock and the city hosting the Bardonian armory Auron's Peak had both declared independence in the same day. This left the country a shell of what it formally was. The Empire also lost the provinces of Andorn, Avalon, Heli, Wivamovia, Skjoldrbrodir and Savras, leaving the nation with less land than it ever had in its history.

Rumors of a civil war spread across what was left of the nation. Nobody knew what was going to happen to Bardonia and outside thought that it was the end for Bardonia. After negations were made between the two sides (Mobius, I_ce and Axyr on one side; Crezyman and ElevenMantis on the other) the war was called off and a figurehead "Chancellor" role with no power was created.

The country, being as weak as it was, was still somewhat feared due to the reputation of the previous administrations. Although they were able to slowly regain land (like the merge with the HSE, see below), they still suffered from depopulation and their capital was mostly deserted.

Writers note: This page is to be finished tomorrow.

Bardonian Reform
After months of unorganized government, a player named Abrewt decided to pitch a reform idea to Mobius and the Grand Council. With the help of the Grand Council and officials Andrew was able to draft the Bardonian Reform Act. The Reform Act had helped to cut down on issues like de-centralization, among many others.

During this time, the Prophet came to Bardonia (OOC: Uni came back to Bardonia). He was made emperor and approved the Reform Act. After these changes were made, the government decided to officially end the Second Bardonian Empire and they reformed themselves into the Third Empire.

The Third Bardonian Empire
After Mobius had calmed the chaos of the 2nd Empire, the last remaining Prophet of the 5 that originally brought Bardonia to Rathnir stepped up. The Prophet spoke to Mobius, showing Mobius visions of a Bardonia in a golden age, walking the path of prosperity. Mobius, striving for this future, did anything he needed to in order to make it happen, even stepping off the throne. The Prophet became the Emperor of Bardonia with promises to guide Bardonia into a golden age, an age of prosperity, an age comparible to The 2nd Republic. The first thing passed was government reforms, adding government jobs and spreading out the work load.

Government of the Third Empire of Bardonia

Emperor/Chancellor


 * The Prophet (Unic0rn B0i)

Grand Council


 * Grand Inquisitor - Yazov
 * Grand General - Crezyman
 * Grand Defender- Axyr
 * Grand Lieutenant - Mobius
 * Grand Minister - Andrew
 * Grand Ambassador - Jacw
 * Grand Criterion - I_ce
 * Grand Industrialist - Jacob Azurov
 * Grand Architect - D_loaded

Officials


 * Ezexus
 * Shadowking0103
 * Thunder-Areska
 * Sol
 * Crinky
 * Ceibi Dandelion

Senatorial Period
After the Third Bardonian empire had been Dissolved by The Third Coalition during the War of Southeren Aggression, the Fourth Republic had been instated. The original form of government would stay for around a week as it was proven that Bardonia could never go back to a republic.

This government would run similar to the Second Republic but with six senators being


 * Yazov
 * Andrew
 * Crinky
 * Yuca
 * Ceibi
 * Capna

The Fourth Empire
As it became apparent that the Senatorial Government could not work the senators decided to hold a vote. With a 5-1 Vote the Senate had decided to give all of their power to Yazov (The Chancellor). After the election all senators had resigned from their Positions except for Andrew, Ceibi, and Crinky. The senator role would be changed back into the Grand Council role again, and the nation would run similar to the The Third Empire although there were changes. The Chancellor would hold sole power over the Government with an Empress as the figurehead of the state.

Government of the Fourth Republic

Empress


 * Debi

The Chancellor


 * Yazov

Grand Council


 * Grand Minister - Andrew
 * Grand Inaugurator- Crinky
 * Grand Criterion- Ceibi Dandelion

Officials


 * Eleven

Grand Duchy of Bardonia
After a few weeks of the existence of the Great Northren Confederacy many higher ups in the Government from all sides had realized it was Ineffective. Because of this ineffectiveness Yazov (The Chancellor) and the Grand Council had decided to leave the Confederacy and join the Soleàn Irastre de et Escharii as a Grand duchy with Yazov as the Duke.

Government of the Grand Duchy of Bardonia

Duke


 * Yazov

Provincial Council


 * Andrew
 * Crinky
 * Eleven
 * Debi

Officials


 * Debi
 * Edd
 * Ice

Law
When stepping foot in nation of Bardonia, it is expected for all to abide to the Bardonian Law.

During the Third Republic, a national court would see to the trial of criminals as per the Bardonian Law. A judge would be appointed by the senate monthly to oversee all trials for that month.

During the First Empire, The Supreme Chancellor judged cases or hands picked a judge for the trial, if one is offered. The option of trial by combat is always viable, although The Supreme Chancellor decides the type of combat, the gear, the opponents(s), and the arena. If any character dies in a Bardonian trial by combat it counts as a character death.

During the Second Empire, a lawyer and fair trial was always offered although the Emperor was still the ultimate authority.

Literature
The Bardonian National Anthem was created by OneSonOfLoki on the 22nd of January 2021. The cultural effects of Bardonian contribution to the arts is far-reaching. Even in music, Bardonians have spearheaded the Rathnir music scene with the release of the debut music disc by B.W.A., "Straight Outta The Peak", which caused international attention due to its salacious lyrics.

Culture
In Bardonia you may see masses of Dandelions gathered about in it's towns, Bardonians often collect any dandelion they come across and plants them in their towns or near their roads. The Dandelions are very important to Bardonia and are believed to represent something different to each Bardonian. Bardonians used to refer to themselves as a fishing nation pre-Golden War and made sure each city was stocked with stacks of fish. The Bardonian Empire changed this description and now describes themselves as "The greatest military nation in Rathnir". Bardonians are known to be easy going to their allies. The cultural heritage of Bardonia is seen in their combat finesse, perfecting the art of combat to a repetitive motion and a flexible mind. The Bardonians often perform combat skirmishes amongst each other in preparations of bigger wars. Among their battle preparations is the Bardonian Defense which they used against Uldarash in The Great Golden War where they focus on keeping attackers out and held back by natural blockades, berry bushes, and campfires while they pick them off with bows or flank attackers from behind.

Most Bardonians are known to have a natural lust towards fighting and war, even the builders or farmers can be entranced by Bardonian war culture and leave their cities to participate in a war or raid.

The cultural effects of Bardonian contribution to the arts is far-reaching. Even in music, Bardonians have spearheaded the Rathnir music scene with the release of the debut music disc by B.W.A., "Straight Outta The Peak", which caused international attention due to its salacious lyrics.

The Chancellor introduced The Bardonian Cha Cha Slide during the 1st Empire, he sang the movements and the Bardonians followed. The Bardonian Cha Cha Slide represents Bardonia's trust in their leader and their coordination with each other, on the dance floor and on the battlefield.

Bardonian Holidays and Festivals
Bardonia has a list of Holidays and Festivals that they celebrate on multiple occasions:

Book and Quil Day
Book and Quil Day: On the 3rd of every month Bardonians are requested to write a book with a minimum of 10 pages. A single writable book is usually provided by government figures if requested. If a Bardonian is caught on this day without a book and quil in their inventory, they will be laughed at and called PvP brain by other Bardonians. Near the end of the day the Emperor will read through the books and pick their favorite, who will normally receive an award.

Beef Wellington Day
Beef Wellington Day: On the 14th of every month the Bardonians can't consume anything except bread and steak, this includes alcohol and potions. They will play mind games with each other on this day including the cultural knee breaking game of 6D Chess Kneesweeper.

Dandelion Day
Dandelion Day: On the 26th of every month Bardonians visit a Dandelion shrine or temple, then proceed to place 20 or more dandelions near said shrine. This is important as it's said on this day the dandelion's abilities to amplify are doubled. If this isn't done, it's said to bring bad luck to the Bardonian and their town/city.

The Dandelion Festival
The Dandelion Festival: On a randomly selected day the Emperor chooses, usually before a great war or during a great period of peace, a Dandelion Festival will be held. The Dandelion Festival usually starts with a feast, then somewhere in the middle is the Bardonian Drunken Fight Pit, and it ends off with the Bardonian Cha Cha Slide which is sang by the Emperor themselves.

The Trillium Alliance
Bardonia was one of the 3 entities that had formed The Trillium Alliance and were described as "The Muscle" of the alliance. The Trillium has since disbanded.

Syltor League
WIP

Carpicious
Carpicious was the first person to be executed by Bardonia, she was executed for crimes against the Trillium and for leading the Coalition forces that fought the Trillium in The Great Rathnir War.

Ezexus
Ezexus the Prodigy was the first senator to be executed by Bardonia. The 3rd Republic Senate and President executed him for the actions of the 2nd Republic's attempt on World Conquest. He was executed on 1/20/2021 in New Dorasterrock.

Dex Og
Dex Og was executed for multiple mass murders and killing sprees, and was previously one of the most notorious terrorists on the server. He was executed on January 16th, 2021, in New Dorasterrock as the final event of the Dandelion Festival.

Provincial/District representation
Provinces and Districts are different. Districts are plots of land close to towns that have representation. Whilst provinces are larger parts of land that are made out of different districts. Although provincial representatives have a higher ranking over district representatives they only have jurisdiction within their own province. This is same with district representatives and average citizens. Once a representative of a district or province you will gain immediate communication with the Grand council and Emperor. Provinces can also be merged with other provinces to create more centralized governing, while new provinces can also be formed when the power of the central government wants to expand it's power. An example can be the former province of Solanum, it formed when multiple citizens decided that the province of Bardonia was inactive so a new province was designed to take control of a large portion of the western parts to make the south more active. But after the Ferrymen war the province once again became inactive so the entire province went to New Dorasterrock.

Solanaria
The province of Solanaria has an interesting history. It started as a part of the Bardonia city province in March, but in April it turned into a new province called the Solanum province. In July it returned to the Bardonia province. But it once again became a new province in October 2021. Port Solanaria is the oldest town in the province, with Steinburg being the second, Fort Ruston is the 3rd oldest. Virothen, Tompurcia and Patania were founded later.

Leadership

The leadership of the Solanaria province is very divided, the western section, which is Port Solanaria, Patania and Fort Ruston is Tuberist led, the leaders are Elder potatoes in the religion. But the eastern section, which is Virothen, Tompurcia and Steinburg is unknown. The western section is led by a mayor/governor of the province, while the eastern section is led by a lord.

Current towns/villages


 * Port Solanaria - Capital city
 * Virothen - Other capital?
 * Patania - Wood farming city
 * Fort Ruston - Main fortress
 * Steinburg/Tompurcia - Idk

Wivamovia
Indomitable Dynasty

The province of Wivamovia began in early of 2021 as the Wivamovia Order. Its leader, Indomitable founded the city of Nothrook as its capitol. These people would be granted into Bardonia during the Andorn Crisis as a separate vassal and formed the Province of Wivamovia. Thoughts of rebellion in the Wivamovian government were quelled after Crezy one of the leaders of Bardonia disbanded the Wivamovian Order. The Wivamovian Order was incorporated into Andorn controlled by Lucius Von Savras. Most Wivamovians left their historic country to set sail for more adventures in Eldham. This caused nearly all of Wivamovia's cities to be abandoned and fall under disrepair.

Cities at the time:


 * Nothrook (Capitol)
 * Hinomir
 * Jabal

Patch Dynasty

During the Bardonian Spring, Andorn would secede from Bardonia and form the Empire of Andorn. Wivamovia would see most of its abandoned land be divided up until its main remaining land formed the Province of Avondale. Patch, given provincial control of the new province would take control of Nothrook and buildup its citadel. Jabal would collapse from inactivity and Hinomir nearly collapse due to inactivity as well.

Cities at the time:


 * Nothrook (Capitol)
 * Hinomir

Casulian Dynasty

When the War on Bandits and the 2nd Andorn Crisis broke out in Andorn, possession of Hinomir was somehow given to Capna, a revolutionary at the time. Seeing this, the Andorn government managed to contact one of the original members of Hinomir, BenBuilds17, to retake control of the city. The province of Avondale would suffer from constant bandit attacked until Operation Kiesfall was conducted. Hinomir especially nearly suffered from bankruptcy and near collapse.

The Great Golden War / The Poo War
Bardonia was the defenders of Bardonia City against the attacking armies of The Empire of Uldarash. Bardonia claimed a crushing victory and used the victory to assert themselves on the world stage. Many say The Great Golden War was one of the best wars that have been fought in Rathnir.

The Battle of The Last Bastion
Bardonia on behalf of the Trillium declared war against The Last Bastion which was being inhabited by bandits in an attempt to recover it for Yimmu-Audal and hopes to decrease bandit population. The bastion was destroyed by the bandits and although Bardonia won the battle with a decisive victory, they suffered some loss to their armories and Ezexus's personal vault which was looted using glitch exploits by TheRealJay2.

The Bardonian-Rextopian Wars
Bardonia declared war and wiped out Rextopia due to their overwhelming levels of toxicity. See Rextown for details.

The Coalition War
Bardonia fought on behalf of the Trillium during the coalition war. All 5 senators of The Bardonian 2nd Republic lead the Trillium troops in this first world war. Ezexus, and BacktotheHub lead the attacking party, while Unic0rnb0i, Moyye, and Tzseu lead the defending party. The Trillium proved they were stronger than a united Rathnir when they struck the last blow to the Coalition and gained the land of Yimmu-Audal.

The Dandelion War
Bardonia had a key hand in the events of the Dandelion War which contained different battles, conflicts, and resolutions.

Battle of Bardonian Fort Lee
On April 18th 5 bandits known as the Ferrymen raided New Dorasterrock killing a few and managing to escape with some gear stolen and camped outside the walls, later a group of 6 Bardonian soldiers gathered on the walls and prepared for a counter attack. The troops jumped down after Crezyman and Mobius charged down to give chase to the Ferrymen. The fighting began at the construction zone for Bardonian Fort Lee where fighting was intense with cobwebs being placed all over by the Ferrymen to slow down the Bardonian charge, although the Bardonians lost 4 of their 6 troops they managed to force the Ferrymen into retreat and killed 3 of the 5 and managing to retrieve a large portion of their gear. But sadly this was only going to be a skirmish compared to what was about to happen next.

First battle of Istanboulder
In retaliation the member states of the Anti Bandit League rallied their forces as they prepared for battle against the Ferrymen. In the first attack/raid on the Ferrymen base at the ruins of Istandboulder. In this battle multiple Sewer Mafia members and several Niedene Spirits lead a raid on the Ferrymen tower at Istanboulder using only stone axes and wielding no armor except the skin of Greentomato in honour of him. Although all of the attackers were quickly defeated and killed many Ferrymen reported to have died or have weakened armor. Soon after the first engagement, words of an upcoming war declaration from The Ferrymen on Bardonia spread quickly. As a response to the hearsay, choochie15, a citizen of Vraelea, was requested to claim a Dalatra's Ring around The Ferrymen's tower by Mobius, the leader of The Anti-Bandit League and Grand Lieutenant of Bardonia, and Chancellor Uni. The funds were sent from the Bardonian treasury and not long after, a claimed ring encircled The Ferrymen and their tower. Thanks to the distraction caused by the Sewer Mafia and attention to building on their own land, the Ferrymen did not notice this. Before Bardonia could accept or create a war request of their own, a lands war was declared out of nowhere by ViewedMarquis, Theios-Essukdal's Grand Bashar, with the land of Jirn. This influenced a meeting that was being hosted by Uni at the time to switch from a talk of tactics to a rallying call of war. Nations agreed to unite under a single banner for this next upcoming battle which would decide Rathnir's future. In response to this, the Ferrymen began to prepare for the upcoming battle. An advertisement was placed calling for enlistment into their ranks, offering looted gear to those who joined. Their ranks more than doubled on the eve of the battle. A wall and other defensive structures were added around their original tower.

Second battle of Istanboulder
On 4/20, at 7:53 EST, the battle of Istanboulder commenced. The Coalition of Bardonia, TE, Uldarash, Viodoxa, Aurlûnor, and many more, gathered in a small stonebrick fort to the southeast of the Ferrymen fort, a large structure of netherrack and wood. Unic0rnb0i organized the fighters into 4 groups of 5-10 people each, as it was noticed from the Ferrymen's youtube that they'd often lure people into groups of 4-5. The Ferrymen brought more players from wherever they come from to assist in the defense. When the war started, the coalition waited for about 30 minutes before attacking. Many Ferrymen sat between their fort and the coalition outpost, one with a large herd of angry dogs. The coalition eventually attacked out, they encircled the fort, and many minor skirmishes occurred. The first large exchange happened in front of the front gate of the fort, which was left open by the Ferrymen, but the attackers never forced their way inside, and the Ferrymen placed blocks in front of the gates to block their way. They broke off more. The longest chase of the battle happened with The60th, who was chased by many soldiers until he was cornered in a river and killed. The coalition sustained many more deaths at the hands of the smaller force of Ferrymen. There was significant fighting in the forest to the north, northeast, and to the south. The battle was won by the Ferrymen who drove back the Coalition. But sadly Unic0rnb0i who was the leader of Bardonia perished as the Ferrymen chased him down and killed him.

Flight from Bardonia - The Aftermath of The Second battle of Istanboulder
After the dramatic sequence of events at Istanboulder and the battle against the Ferrymen the Bardonian troops returned home grieving for the loss of their chancellor. The former president Jacw becomes the new chancellor and declares Bardonia no longer a Empire but instead a coalition of multiple provinces and city states, he abdicates afterwards for Uni's son Elevenmantis become the new chancellor of Bardonia. But 5 minutes after Eleven's coronation a swift coup d'etat by Mobius that kills Eleven and he is crowned Emperor of Bardonia instead. Soon many cities and provinces including Auron's peak and its surrounding areas, New Dorasterrock and it's province, Helian kingdom and many colonies declare independence from the weakened Bardonia.

Many believed at the time that April 20th, 2021 was Bardonia's last day as a true empire although they have now been proved otherwise.

Rebirth
After the flight from Bardonia, many provinces such as Andorn, New Dorasterrock and other former territories eventually return to Bardonia. This sudden return allows Bardonia to function again properly. With Mobius being crowned Emperor, the power vaccum that was once there had been put out. The Emperor brought stability in a time where it was much needed. Towns would begin to flourish as new citizens had joined. After the ban of 36 Ferrymen members there has been relative peace in Bardonia.