Trillium Alliance



"The Trillium blooms for all Rathnir."

The Trillium Alliance was a pact between the Eastern Empire, Bardonia, the Silver Coalition, and the Kingdom of Nieden. It was formed on November 17th, 2020, and disbanded on January 14th, 2021.

Foundation
Individual treaties between the three nations had existed beforehand, dating back to even before the Great Western War. By combining the Treaty of the East and the Treaty of the West, The Silver Coalition managed to draft the Alliance along the same terms. A trillium flower was chosen as the symbol of the alliance because of its northern origins and because the three leaves represent each of the nations coming together to prosper.

Timeline
November 17th: The Alliance is formed.

November 20th: The member states meet to discuss the recent rise of bandit activity emanating from Yimmu-Audal, beginning the age known as Pax Trillii.

December 9th: The Kingdom of Nieden joins the Trillium Alliance as a ' leaf state', its sovereignty being guaranteed by the three core nations.

January 1st: Empress Carpicious of Yimmu-Audal declares war on the Alliance, starting the Great Rathnir War, and ending the age of Pax Trillii.

January 3rd: The Trillium Alliance wins the Solsdom Event by the third day, achieving over 90% of the points before they were required to stand aside.

January 9rd: The Battle of Urnu-Arrak is won by Trillium forces. Yimmu-Audal capitulates soon after, ending the Great Rathnir War.

January 14th: The Trillium Alliance is disbanded.

Pax Trillii
Pax Trillii is a term used to describe the time-period from November 20th to January 1st, 2021. It is dated as commencing with the negotiation with Storystudio, the assumed head of state during the Yimmu-Audal interim period and concluding with the start of the Great Rathnir War. It was marked by relative global peace and Trillium's diplomatic and military interventionism in global politics.

During the coronation of Empress Dalatra, multiple citizens of Yimmu-Audal declared themselves bandits, slaughtered many of the coronation attendees, and razed the Escharian countryside. Once Empress Dalatra was incapacitated, these raids grew in frequency and the Trillium Alliance responded by meeting with the assumed head of state, StoryStudio. During the impromptu meeting, StoryStudio decided that Grey, a member of the council of elders, would become Emperor-Regent in order to stabilize Yimmu-Audal and prevent its north-eastern cities from seceding. To legitimize the new regent, Allied forces agreed to liberate the Last Bastion from bandit hands and return it to Yimmu-Audal. While the bandits were not ousted completely, the Last Bastion could be returned to the Yimmu-Audal.

On December 15th, 2020, Ean-Caoweather of Yimmu-Audal declared his support for Pax Trillii by setting a 50,000$ bounty on whoever attempts to spark a global conflict. Multiple others contributed to the bounty until it reached 75.000$. These pledges, however, proved to be symbolic as the Trillium War soon broke out, with no one receiving the compensation.

On December 18th, 2020, Imperator Sieg accused several people and nations of conspiring against Escharia and seeking to replace Sieg with another monarch. Members of Trillium responded by denouncing the individuals in question and reassuring their support for Escharia. War was averted through negotiations with the nations involved, resulting in ostracization of some individuals allegedly involved in the conspiracy.

Upon her return to the throne of Yimmu-Audal, Dalatra threatened war against all of the former Valreach states should they not reunify. The Trillium Alliance pledged to defend the rights of the independent settlements and denounced Dalatra’s aggression as delegitimate by proclaiming Aezenfjord, the former VIR capital, to be an independent state protected by Escharia, and by extension, the Trillium Alliance. The threats ceased with the death of Empress Dalatra.

When members of the Vastallosi Alliance of Western Rathnir about old claims of Escharia’s western colony of DKJF. While public and official VAWR opinion viewed this as an attempted invasion, the conflict was resolved through diplomacy.

During the nations inception, Trillium officials viewed the Confederacy of Ryzan as a potential threat. Ryazani citizens raided ill protected remote villages and towns while officials proclaimed a policy of militarily-backed expansionism, annexing Norfthorn territory and threatening to invade Bardonia. Due to the collapse of the Confederacy of Ryzan and the subsequent emergence of multiple successor states, these expansionist ambitions were never fulfilled.