Ardat Azael

Ardat Azael (formerly known as Ardat Trafalgar and Ardat Mosul) is the capital city of the caliphate of Ardat, the religious center of Ardatism, former residence of the caliph Dalatra Mosulia and personal property of DukeSoulEater (Duke Azael). the city was built and settled 500 years ago in the eastern corner of the Ummarnu Mesa. The most important building of the city was the Monastery of Infinite Pleasure, religious center of ardatism and home of the caliph.

The city has been an important point of trade and traffic of cultural and religious goods due to its main tourist attractions: The bath house of lovers, a place where travelers can relax and enjoy the hot springs, and the Mosulia Hotel and Casino, one of the most active financial buildings in Rathnir. The city is the center of power in Ardat and across the mesa, and had a lot of important relations to Yimmu-Audal empire and the Valdreach Imperial Republic. It was the edge of conflict during the cold war with Uldarash.

On the year 205 AJC, the whole caliphate was granted its independence from the empire. During the Bardonian attempt to world conquest, the caliphate was handed down to Bardonia as an autonomous region and later purchased by Axyr. Later after the The Battle of New Dorasterrock and dissolution of parts of the Bardonian Empire, Axyr, retired and handed the city back to the native Lamiatrophus and is now owned by Caliph Duke Azael and for the first time in decades Ardat is fully independent.

Origins
The first humans and lamiatrophus in populate the once fertile continent of Ummarnu (also named Kanyew by eastern civilizations) were the mamori, a confederation of pre-Neolithic nomadic, gatherer and marrower peoples who lived in caves and communal huts in a strongly matriarchal structure, in which the most important figure of power was the "polygamous mother", a woman (the majority time was human) that gave birth to the best warriors of the horde, once the mamori discovered metallurgy their first metallurgical work was with the gold of the plateau, since the lands in which they settled contained huge and numerous deposits of gold and few iron deposits, therefore, their society began to prosper peacefully thanks to the trade in handicrafts and gold. their society began to settle and grow potatoes and domesticate goats, in addition to tribal gastronomy (which is still very present today) that included recipes with spider eyes, silver fish and a subspecies of larva called "lula". Even before the discovery of iron metallurgy, the mamori already dominated all the surrounding cultures: the Paleshi, the Gesei, the waka, the Xijot and the Aradat (who gave their name to this new culture), assimilating religious aspects, customs and technology.

It was at this time that the feeling of unity and hegemony arose in the different cultures around the Ummarnu plateau, and it was also the time when they began to be called "Ardat", which means: beauty in ardatian, due to the immense amount of symbolism and sexual practices in their culture, during the Ardatian Neolithic, a great tool to "civilize and assimilate" the other cultures of the region were the marriage alliances and the dissemination of the new religion that exalted carnal pleasures and peace, the " proto-ardatism ", 5,000 years ago proto-ardatism professed ideas very similar to modern ardatism, but with ritual differences such as the castration of members of the national army, the rejection of homosexual relationships and an immense idolatry of succubi and inccubi, which were considered a superior race within the cult frequently. This is how, under a theocratic vision of power, the first caliphate of Ardat was founded, with it's capital in Navaska, ruled by the succubus Manyira Navaska.

The Caliphate of Ardat-Neveska
The first caliphate of Ardat Neveska was a theocratic and repressive state that dominated Ummarnu for 600 years until the year -4,900 before the arrival of the Yimmu-Audal empire to Rathnir, with the assassination of the last calipha of the Neveska dynasty, the calipha Rosajad Naveskali and her children by rebels belonging to the Gesei tribe, this resulted in the exile of the Gesei people of Ummarnu and the collapse of the first caliphate of Ardat, which fell in a 50-year interregnum until the arrival of the human caliph Bosori Talewan, founder of the second dynasty and the second caliphate of Ardat, the caliphate of Ardat Talewani, which is known as "the caliphate of the 10 dynasties", since despite the death of its dynasties, the government quickly chose new ones using meritocratic standards, it was during this time (from -4850 to -3800) that culture, literature, music, technology and the arts flourished in a period of relative stability and economic growth. Due to the emergence of what is known as "Ardatian mercantilism", which brought postperity and culture from overseas nations to the Ummarnu plateau, it was during this time that the inccubus prophet Dain, professed his doctrine of tolerance and understanding that would end up evolving into modern Ardatism

The First Ardatian Empire
It was around the year -2100 that the peaceful caliphate of Ardat Mosul reached its maximum splendor in terms of economy and territory, dominating the entire territory of Ummarnu and small colonies in Altequina Minor to exploit wood, a very scarce resource in Ummarnu, and cocoa, a luxury good which the Ardatians were addicted to, wood and cocoa ended up being worth a third of their weight in gold, therefore, many commercial partners of the caliphate began to expand into more territory of the Altequina minor peninsula and Haven to be able to sell more cocoa beans and wood for the growing caliphate, which demanded it in large part for its immense fleet of merchant ships, therefore, many of these partners (most of Dønsktop, Carvay and Asturcia) began a long campaign of expansion known as "the wars of chocolate" because of the high price of cocoa, wars financed by wealthy Ardatian businessmen and merchants who wanted to take advantage of the cocoa and wood traffic, one of these businessmen was Ismael Mako, who managed to climb the pyramid of power of the caliphate with the help of his commercial partners from Dønsktopt until he became the caliph (assasinating it's politic rivals), it was thus that an immense campaign of warlike expansion began throughout Haven and Altequina Minor, subjugating to the native peoples with the help of large companies dedicated to exporting cocoa and wood in order to build port cities and colonies to supply the growing demand for cocoa and wood. It was thus, in the year -2100 the caliphate became the first Ardatian empire, one of the most powerful states in the history of Rathnir.

The gold trade transformed the Ardatian empire into a rich nation with enormous purchasing power, which expanded Ardatian culture and religion throughout the world, the main engine of its expansion were the trade corporations dedicated to trafficking in luxury goods from all over the world; wiskey and emeralds from Valdreach; sweet berries, honey and sugar from Niederen; Vodka and tobacco from Vsevograd, anything the growing population of the Ardatian empire might like, however, from the year -1000, a strain of the coral plague (possibly imported from the shores of the sea of ​​pearls) began to deplete the population of Ardat, who had no defenses against the disease, the empire entered a state of emergency and redistributed its logistics and money in private medical care, which neglected trade with the colonies and made the large corporations that kept afloat the needs of the empire lose millions of Ardatian dirhams (currency), in addition to this, the management of Empress Aura Mako neglected the health needs of the poorest and most salaried of the capital, so they upraised against the emerald palace in 893 and the empress committed suicide with poison, this is how the Ardatian empire came to an end and the colonies were transformed in citie-states all over the world, to this was added, in 800, an invasion attempt from Geshemi against the weakened third caliphate of Ardat, which led to a war that would last almost 6 centuries until the arrival of the first Jadgasian colonizers Yimmu-Audal's first empire, who allied with the Geshemi to break through and defeat the caliphate's defenses, the Yimmu Audal empire ended up subduing both civilizations militarily and diplomatically.

Yimmu-Audual Subjugation and Eventual Rulership
Although Ardat had lost its independence and had become a vassal state of the Yimmu-Audal empire, the occupation was peaceful and mutually beneficial to both cultures, the empire allowed Ardatism to spread freely as a religion and many members were allowed from the province to acquire positions of power in the empire, in addition to helping trade to recover and a new era of capitalism and wealth arrived for the Ummarnu plateau, with new trading partners in Urnu-Arrak and access to the technology of portals brought by the empire that greatly facilitated international trade, it was in this era of splendor that the private bank Mosulia Bank was founded in Urnu-Arrak by the noble succubus Xylapax bin Mosul from the city of Ardat Mosul, she climbed the pyramid of power of the Yimmu-Audal empire and negotiated the independence of Ardat from the Audalian domain, a dream that she could not see fulfilled, since she died shortly before the independence of Ardat, she was deified as a national heroine and her daughter, Dalatra Mosulia became the first caliph of the Caliphate of Ardat Mosul, now independent, yet they maintained strong ties with the Yimmu-Audal empire.

The Viper War
During the Viper War, Dalatra was forced to give the order to destroy the ancient city of Manetheran to end the Sewer Mafia. Ever since then Ardat would adopt th reputation of being willing to do whatever it took to protect their homeland and crush their enemies.

Ardat was victorious in the conflict and gained hegemony over eastern Ummarnu. After the Viper War, Ardat Mosul underwent military and security reforms that transformed it into a safer city. Despite this, the Caliphate grew and became an attractive tourist destination thanks to the inauguration of the Mosulia Hotel-Casino.

Personal Union with Yimmu-Audal
One day at the bank, Dalatra received a highly classified imperial communiqué. The Council of Elders of Urnu-Arrak had chosen her as successor to Emperor Harbardr after it had monitored her progress in the Viper War and in the administration of the caliphate of Ardat Mosul.

Though the position was eagerly accepted, the union was marked by deep instability and unrest. These issues started from the very moment the coronation took place, on November 18, 2020. At the coronation, celebrations were interrupted by a rebellion of Dex_Og and ViewedMarquis that ended up killing 20+ people in the event. They declared themselves to be The Pillagers, and Dex_Og swore himself as the Blood God and the real claimant to the throne of YA. He claimed that the empire had become weak under the established chain of leadership, and he claimed that he could reinvigorate it. Dalatra's claim to the throne was also rejected by the Social Audal Union, as they saw Dalatra as a malevolent banker who funded ill happenings around Rathnir, so they declared independence from the crown. Her earliest days as empress were spent putting down these revolts. Notably, the revolt was put down with the help of Bardonia. This would be the first crack in the confidence of the Audaladae state.

Ardat Azael
Under the leadership of Duke Azael, Ardat would negotiate favourable terms of vassalship with the Uraki Imperium. Ardat would also later come to own parts of the territory of the Grizzlybear lounge, although it would later peacefully grant these to the Astyllean Empire under terms that Duke Azael be made a leader in their military and political structures.