Tempesta

= The city of Tempesta = The history of Tempesta needs to be told as one full of difficulties, since the Great Exodus, the moment when the ancestors of the future city were forced to flee from their original settlement. There is not enough information from the past. Only myths and legends remain.

The previous History: Cornere and the Great Exodus
The records of Valore History, the nation that would accept the citizens of that great disappeared city on their lands, assure that the migrations came from the south of their territories.

The most probable thing that could explain the Great Exodus was the succession of natural disasters and diseases. These, as was common throughout Antiquity, were linked to the divine fury. Said divinities were related with ancient beliefs involving the Sun and a "Lake of Lapis" where the mystical city was founded. By now, that pantheon of gods is long forgotten since the adoption of Cornism.

Legends and ancient tales prior to the foundation describe certain elements that make us suspect this: '' "The fury of the gods led to the sinking of Cornere amid raging burning waves that swept through the fields and crops they encountered at his path." ""If we want to know more about the ancient Cornere there are plenty of descriptions among the Tempesta people. Cornere it is known among Tempesta citizens as the city of the great cornfields, which stretched to the horizon. Recalling those legends, Tempesta ended up creating myths and stories around corn, an important crop that will never reach the quantity of Cornere again.

Without the main source of subsistence, the city of Cornere begun a period of crisis, most possible linked to famines and diseases related to bad nutrition. This situation could not be maintained for long, and it forced the leaders to initiate a massive migration.

The only thing we know about Cornere government is that it was an oligarchy ruled by the social elite. But the republican nature of the Tempesta government make us suspect that in a specific moment that could have changed. This resulted in Cornere becoming a Republic which explains the political tradition of Tempesta.

Since the start of the Great Exodus, the people of the dissapeared Cornere travelled for months across wild and savage lands. They became a nomad people and tried to survive from hunting and gathering.

That situation would last until the moment they entered in the nation of Valore.

Tempesta and Valore
The 14th of July of the year 2021, the Treaty of Tempesta was signed, during the goverment of Aldern Thibeus and Thayn Choo, 1st Speakers of Valore. Tempesta became part of Valore, with its own political organization and an independent way of estructuring their military forces.

The Bandits Question
During the initial moments of being part of Valore, the founder of the city asked for support from the nation, trying to atract citizens. At the same time, the first bandit attack occurred, not in the city itself, but towards the founder, known as Cannon. The situation was unstable, the city was empty and questions asked about how to solves the bandit problem were left unanswerd.

However, one comment could be extracted from the meager advice that was eventually given: “Build walls”. Some would say that answer was insignificant, without any actual support given to the construction of the city. But it announces one of the most important and impressive projects that would eventually start in the city: the construction of the great walls of Tempesta. With that, and all the records among the cities of Valore, we can assure that Tempesta would become the first walled city in the territory of Valore.

But during those days a wall was not feasible, and problems remained. Without any help, there were multiple raids in the city, still under construction. Tempesta suffered from a lack of citizenry, leading to the inability to develop. This caused mistrust among SPQT, who noticed the passivity of those in the government who had sworn to give them protection and support.

The raids continued until 22/07/2021, when Valore declared national emergency due to information about a planned coup between Slayden27 and SPQT. An ultimatum was sent to the Tempestan leaders:"'The people of Tempesta will be forced out of their city and give up any claims they have on the land and will settle somewhere else outside the control of the Northern Lights Alliance. They will no longer get representation in the senate and the location will be resettled by loyal citizens. If the people of Tempesta agree to these terms they will not be declared enemies of the state and therefore not stand trial. This amnesty is due to the last minute betrayal of the main traitor Slayden by the Tempesta people.'"Fortunately, and thanks to an intense diplomatic discourse, the situation between Tempesta and Valore reached a point of understanding after several negotiation periods. Not much time later, everything came back to “normal”. The conflict did not escalate to a point of no return, and that allowed the development of Tempesta to begin in earnest. But the difficulties would remain, at least during the rest of this period.

Not to long after this problems, one of the main leaders of the city had left temporarily because all of the constant bandit attacks. Only one remained in front of every planned project. Without any builders willing to help, Tempesta was incapable of advancing.

The beginning of the development
In august, two weeks after the Bandit Question, the structures of the famous library and the capital building started their construction. At the present the first building mentioned is finished, along with the archives, and begins to hold an important amount of documents about History of Tempesta; military, religion and much more.

The housing started to develop at great speed, and in a month, the growth of the city was indeed considerable. Outside the great walls, the suburbs of the city were born.

And with this, the development of Tempesta begun. The raids and bandits stopped as the new walls were built. The city started to present itself as a place for living in peace. As one of the cultural centers of Valore.

But soon, a new political conflict would start. Valore and Tempesta would face a new situation that changed the fate of one of them: A proposition to merge with the newly founded Verillion Imperium.

Merger with the Imperium: A golden era for culture and growth.
The town of tempesta joined the Northern Verillion Imperium -known as As'rian Commonwealth in the present- after the fall of Valore, during an instabality period in which the two parts tried to maintain their power. At the end, the part of the Senate who supported merging into the Imperium reached victory. A new moment for Tempesta was starting. After the change in government, Tempesta had gone into a resting period, in which their consuls and citizens promote the construction of the Citadel of the Lasts, as a symbol of its principal function: the last stand for their people. Thanks to a collective work between the population of Tempesta, the structure that holds the higher parts of the city still impresses the curious travelers who arrive at the main gates.

It was during this time when the historical production began in Tempesta. Thanks to the Library being finished and the work of his principal librarian Xtian with his assistant -and historian- Marius, the records of the city started to reach the community. It was then when the first chronicles about the discovery of Zedpesta, writen by Xtian -who is the governor of that colony- appeared. The first two volumes of Tempesta by Marius -which we are using to share the lore here-, were published in these new days. At the time, and now, many citizens considered this period to be a golden age. And indeed it was, not only for the change of government, but the great development described and cultural production too. All of that was making Tempesta and its citizens known between the nations around them.

Broken promises of autonomy
As it should be obvious, the agreement of ending the Valorian regime and support given to Verillion did have a favorable point for Tempesta. Their consuls wanted what Valore had taken from the city: their autonomy and freedom to act on their own. Reunions were made between Imperatur Aegeus and the consuls -Red Primus and Artillerianus XI- to make a final agreement. The negotiations were successful, or at least, that was the feeling of Primus and Artillerianus, who returned to Tempesta celebrating the fullfiled desires. The truth seems to be more complicated. Aegeus and the higher officials of the Imperium burned the treaty after the two consuls abandoned the negotiations hall, producing a context of future tensions that would reach soon, during the Crisis of Appeareance.

Events and stories from the records
The 17th of october 2021, heavy downpours caused the southern cenote to flood, becoming one large lake that is yet to be named. The citizens began to link the formation of that lake with the ancient stories of Cornere and its Lake of Lapis. Cornism gains more support every day, and this event has only further strengthened the beliefs of the citizens of Tempesta.