Kastollia

Information in Brief
The petty nations of Kais-Adonia, Stonia and Atollia decided to band together into Kastollia due to their shared human heritage. When they built, cultivated and expanded they soon happened upon Baykonia. The ruling power in the area. Kastollia offered to pay gold and tribute to Baykonia in return for being allowed to declare their state and rule their own lands. The Baykonian Pigmen declined citing that Kastollia should bow and integrate. This eventually lead to conflict in which Kastollia fought Baykonia and its coalition of nations at its side.

Kastollia lost, but later gained its independence through secession once it became evident that Kastollia had outgrown Baykonia militarily, economically and population wise.

History and Origins
Legends say that all three kingdoms of Kastollia was founded by a mason, a fisherman, and a mystic

The mason founded Stonia on a stone hill

The fisherman founded Atollia on a river valley

The mystic founded Kais-Adonnia on a barren mountain top

Nomads of the east

On the great steppes of the Nieden continent, a group of nomadic tribes formed a clan by the name “Bast '' with no definitive borders the people of the clan Bast travelled great lengths for land suitable for pasture. The beliefs and cultures of the people of Bast is not known but it is speculated that they believed in a form of animism praying to great tree stumps for wisdom. After 3 centuries of searching for pasture land and domesticating sheeps the Bast clan was finally dissolved from internal fighting and a zoonotic disease that killed many herds of sheep and tribe members.

From the dissolution of the Bast clan rose another group which was made up of Northern Nideans and members of the now dissolved Bast clan the Bastonians. From the tongues of the northern Nideans the ways of agriculture was taught and thus began a new chapter. On the southern tip of modern day Simulami stood stone behemoths covering and protecting the citizens of Bastonia. With influence from the northern Nideans the proto-Bastonians decided it was worthwhile to invest in wheat farming and for this to work they had to abandon their old nomadic pastoral ways and settle down. The Bastonians grew a variety of crops such as wheat, carrot, and potatoes yet their ancestor’s legacy lives in their big lamb herds. A great city was built from the ground called “Bastonia”. Central Kastollia was the place that made the most sense for its geography was similar to that of Bastonia with hilly mountain sides.

Kais-Adonia was founded by the mystic Jayhawk. His origins unknown he supposedly led a small band of humans and heralded them to a place he saw in his visions. The Greypeak mountain. There his people founded Meteora and started to spread their influence and cultivate the land. The surrounding native people of Central Kastollia soon joined together in order to further a new civilization. Seeing as the peninsula of Kastollia was formerly controlled by Pigmen many human proto-nations felt more connection and rallied with Kais-Adonia instead such as Atollia and Stonia due to their shared race.

True natives
The origins of Atollia and Kais Adonia are more mysterious and less documented than that of Stonia but we do know that most of them were natives of Western Nieden.

Initial Growth

After the tree petty kingdoms of Kais-Adonia, Stonia and Atollia encountered eachother they quickly decided to band together in faith and unity. So that they could prosper and eventually form their own nation. The Kastollian words to live by are Diligence and Dreams and so the people and the crown worked endlessly to build and to toil. An army was made, envoys were sent, 9 cities were erected. It was a time of great work. Diamond mines were discovered, magic was researched. It was a period of extreme growth and till this day its not slowing down.

Three Crown Liberation War (Kastollian Uprising)

After the Crown decided they could show Kastollia to the world they contacted Baykonia. During the peace talks Kastollia offered huge swathes of wealth to King Peg of Baykonia. King Peg having plans for his holdings and especially in the Kastollian area of his province declined the piles of gold laying before him. The negotiations quickly took a turn from there and war became imminent. The then three kings of Kastollia went to war. Their troops numerous but their experience low. Baykonia also had many allies supporting them. In the Battle of Salameberg the Kastollians managed to capture Salameberg but blood-crazed the Kastollian troops followed the joint Baykonian forces out of the city leaving their main objective. Outside the city and in the mountains due to Baykonians having terrain experience the tides of battle turned and Kastollia was defeated. King Jayhawk was also quite wounded in the battle. There he lost his eye and now its only a gaping void where it once was a vigilant eye.

Dixie Betrayal
The newly formed Kastollian suffered from instability after its loss to Baykonia in the Battle of Salameberg. During this time a former lord of Stonia incited rebellion and formed the Dixie State and based himself in western Kastollia (then the border of Baykonia and Kastollia). King Kmy a skilled orator managed to gather many people for his cause and he was becoming a growing power. Kastollia then having joined the High Kingdom of Aestyria under the new union called Arcovel tried to fight Dixie on several occations.

Dixie Rebels and their Guerilla Tactics

The tactic employed mostly by Dixie Troops were moving around and avoiding direct conflict as Arcovel had a much stronger standing army. Eventually after 2 failed war declaration attempts due to the Dixie army not showing up to battle the Kastollians and Aestyrians decided to siege their capital.

The Battle of the West had begun. Kastollian and Aestyrians troops overwhelmed Dixie troops and entered the city. Eventually the Dixie troops barricaded themselves in a tavern and the populace saw this as a crushing defeat as the Dixie troops did not even fight. They surrendered and left Helmia and traveled to the far side of the world.

Kastollian Exit from Arcovel

After a while in Arcovel discontent started brewing. Many provinces in Arcovel were quite disgruntled at the kings absence and the Arcovellians states ineffeciency aswell as the dukes misrepresentation in the government. Many of the provinces then started to look to Kastollia which had started to become a great power in the region. Its citizens active and its state bustling the Halondians and Ataraxians of Arcovel choosed to join Kastollia under the new name of Varandoy. Together these 3 provinces left Arcovel and split off. Due to the sheer weight and importance of Halondia and Ataraxia to Arcovel it died and became Aestyria instead.

Noxist Crusades

Seeing Helmia as fractured the Noxists declared a crusade for Helmia in order to revive their ancient homeland of Noxnorr. Their fort Vel-Deur now a Kastollian City served as a beachhead for their operations. The Noxists would march on Salameberg and with sword and blood they would reclaim Helmia. Alarmed at this Kastollia (Varandoy) and Aestyria banded together to combat this threat. A giant army was gathered in less than 24 hours and a wall was erected around Salameberg. The Grand Bishop Darkobalde of Noxists had miscalculated when he declared war on Helmia. The fracture has not made it weak it has made it extremely militarized. Upon seeing the great army before them discontent grew and the Grand Bishop was assassinated by his own in order to signify their surrender. The war was over and the Crusade lasted merely a day.

Kings - Aurel ( abdicated ), Jayhawk, Thal

Advisors - Jihadist Witness, Mreep

Lords - Daragan of Lakierka, Isehadl Shortear of Embertown, Tree of Azuirs, Unknown of Orientem, Pimp of Fersvik, Konstantine of Cheviatoll

Masters - Arctic commonly known as Yasuttutavien Aikvittaekaurelenks Vittensuk( Master of Scribery), Charlie Stump ( Master of Land), Patka ( Master of Gold), It is unknown who is the Master of Diplomacy ( at least to me, the Master of Scribery)

Grand Warden - Undye, Ianak ( formerly)

Grand Sargon- NTBBB

Prefect - Pin Turtle, Hemanoid, Rexodi ( formerly), Sir Leider Geil ( risen up the ranks)