History of Diregon & Maddrack

History of Diregon & Maddrack is a book written by Nyava Erin-Arbastor, concerning the history of the nation Rahkar ol Diregon and the continent of the Maddrak region.

= History of Diregon & Maddrack = Onthukhan, Maddrak; a truly strange place home to some truly bizarre people, and Today; I, P. Nyava Erin-Arbastor, will tell you the long tale of the nation known as Rahkar ol Diregon, and the plentiful history of the sub-continent it resides in, Maddrak. The well known history of Maddrak begins with gnomes. Gnomes are thought to have arrived in the realm of Eldham via portal during an ice age many tens of thousands of years ago, and most –if not all– of Maddrak’s inhabitants were gnomes specifically from the now fallen empire of Leytha, though research shows that goblins lived in Maddrak prior to the gnomes’ arrival. The arrival of the gnomes is rumored to have been due to the creation of the nether portal, a big rectangular window composed of obsidian, and lit with raging fire. The nether portal’s creation led gnomes to the hell-ish planes of the nether; an environment filled with abominations, undead, lava, and lost history. The gnomes supposedly found other portals in this hell-ish plane, one of them leading straight to the realm of Eldham, in the continent of Onthukhan. Slavery, something so terible to think about, let alone experience; and yet, it was the exact things the gnomes did once they arrived in Onthukhan. The gnomes were merciless against anyone not of their god’s creation, so they slaughtered the goblin population and enslaved the few remaining survivors. Eventually, after mass breeding of these slaves, the goblins grew tired; packed quarters, unsanitary rooms, forced breeding, etc… The goblins had enough of this, so a massive revolt took place that ended in the mass slaughtering of the gnomes; a truly ironic fate for them –but– the god of the gnomes, seeing his creation’s numbers dwindle, cut off the remaining gnomes from coming back home, stranding many of them. Gnomes had made many enemies during their reign, and seeing as the gnomes were defenseless; they decided to act on it. Hunting the gnomes was commonplace in this period of history, after all, they had to pay for what they had done, didn’t they? The arrival of men in Maddrak is said to be one of the only reasons for the survival of the gnomes species –you see– in desperation, a highly respected gnome went in search to other continents begging them for help, all refused the gnomes’ offer except for one race, humans. Humans were intrigued by the gnome's impressive abilities in many different subjects, so they set up an alliance where they would help the remaining gnome population; and in return, the gnomes would teach the humans some of their knowledge. The alliance was uneasy at first, both races despising attributes of the other, but they both knew that it was a necessary pact that would greatly benefit the both of them. In a separate part of Maddrak, trouble was brewing, a country known as Visio Aeternae was having chaos thrown upon it. The native Visian population was being attacked by a notorious bandit group from a country known as Bardonia. Visio Aeternae, having had enough, decided to cede the attacked lands to a country called Skjoldrbrodir. At the same time as the bandit attacks, something else was going down; Viking raids. The Valdic people were viking-like warriors who came to Visio to take it over. After many fierce battles, and the lack of material from bandit attacks; Visio Aeternae had lost. The Valdic people –having won– took control of Visio Aeternae and became the leaders & mayors of the country. Eventually though, a combination of high banditry rates and low morale among the native Visian population; the country was dissolved, but to understand what it was replaced by, we have to go back in time. The Andlirian Empire was a small nation founded on Maddrak, along with its capital, Romantello; it was also founded as a sort of replacement for Visio Aeternae. Eventually, a small misunderstanding led to the downfall & invasion of the country. The refugees from the invasion set off to live in allied countries, but that would soon change. The original refugees of The Andlirian Empire decided to start anew, they founded the city of Konimu and declared their independence. After some time, The Second Andlirian Empire became part of a treaty with another country, Amarillo. This treaty led them to acquiring some new land, some of which was part of The First Andlirian Empire. Upon arriving, they found and settled a spot for a brand new town, a new Romantello. The city prospered for a long time, it was a small, but very successful town; though, the prosperity would not last. Raiders and looters eventually stormed the city, stealing everything they could, valuables, materials, regular items, and even the Andlirian crown. Many citizens moved out of the town because of this, leaving it empty and desolate. Before the ransaking of Romantello, there was a city named Lafros, it was founded by pirates and populated by refugees, along with many more. It was founded on the land of The Second Andlirian Empire, which made them very unhappy. After some time, Lafros managed to house more citizens than even The Second Andlirian Empire itself. This caused Lafros to declare itself a nation, though it was obviously not received well. The League of Vircon promised to solve the Lafros issue for The Second Andlirian Empire, so they decided to apply for membership and were very quickly welcomed to the league. The Second Andlirian Empire annexed the entirety of Lafros after joining The League of Vircon, though this made Lafros’ citizens very upset at the country. They had no power to do anything against the Empire, and this was made worse when their king, DireWolf, died in a war. For a short time, a person named Shawsassin was declared king, though was quickly coup’d by two people, Konstantinos Myers & Retrigot, who were aided by one Erikku Kunekari, a vampire of Visian descent. After the coup, Konstantinos was declared the king of Lafros. This was quickly followed by another coup, but this time, on the official Second Andlirian Empire. The coup was carried out by Malano Erikku, who successfully got Jalhike Rokalim to step down as leader. Right after the mess that just happened, Erikku Kunekari –the new king– dissolved The Second Andlirian Empire, and replaced it with an empire that in and of itself had been replaced, Visio Aeternae; now known simply as Visio. This newfound stability was not to last, Lafros –now a vassal of Visio– decided to declare independence, and was immediately met with a declaration of war from Visio. The declaration of war had an unintended effect, a sort of domino effect if you will. Many countries began getting involved both directly, and indirectly in the war; one of these countries was Merkonis, where the battle would take place. In the second battle of Perria, Lafros was defeated; the people of Lafros fled the country on a large galleon that was waiting just in case. After the war, Visio found itself in a friendly position to the country of Soliana, and after some diplomatic talks, the two eventually agreed to become one; and so, the two became one, Visio peacefully annexed Soliana. Going backwards in time a bit, and moving back to the region of the gnomes, you would find even more history; a country called Phoenia. Phoenia was a country with a small town called Venishire, because of this, Phoenia was frequently called simply, The Shire. The original king of Phoenia was named Tunder, and eventually they decided to expand their small nation. Many cities grew around Venishire, but there was a problem with this; the rapid expansion caused the population to become thinly spread across the nation. Eventually, Tunder ordered a fortress to be built in the southwest; the king wanted even more claim to land than the country already had. The king of Phoenia had someone named Lo build the fortress, they were accompanied by 2 people, TideSingerr, and Firedragone1; though, they didn’t simply plan on building the fortress, they had greater ambitions. Lo and their accomplices planned to take over the country of Phoenia, though no violence had to happen; Tunder gave their lands, crown, and some money to Lo. With this newfound power, Lo renamed the country; and so, The Republic of New Phoenia was born, though it is commonly known simply as South Phoenia. Lutumshire, a small town in the deserts of Phoenia, had no clue what was about to happen to them. Lo, the new chancellor of Phoenia, decided to sell off some inactive towns in the nation, and Lutumshire was labeled as one of these towns. Lutumshire was going to be sold to a separate nation altogether, but the mayor of the town, TheClarkyCat, had something to say about this. Clarky and his right hand man, 36Reaper, decided to draft a declaration of independence as quickly as possible. The declaration was sent to Lo the second it was done, and Lo agreed to recognize the country as independent; on one condition, both sign a mutual defense pact, so the new country of Lutum agreed. There was still one issue left in Lo’s mind, who would he sell the land to? So, he held a vote. The winner of the vote was Lutum, by an impressive 100% agreement; this led to them increasing in size by 5 times. After they gained the land, Clarky moved the capital of Lutum to a forest; though, the name Lutumshire remained. The first election of Lutum had two candidates, WesselVanLeeuwen, and an infamous warmonger running as a joke. WesselVanLeeuwen won by only a single vote. When you hear the words “strip club” the last thing you would believe is that a pact between two countries would happen there, and yet, that’s exactly what happened. After Lutum’s monarch received word from a “Mr. X” to join a coalition against a country known as Anglunia, they were skeptical of it. Clarky decided that a citizen of Anglunia, Welpish, should probably know about the current situation, so he showed them the letter that was sent. A few days after this, Lutum met with phoenia in the dingy strip club of Lutum, 36Reaper being the dancer in the background of the meeting. Lo and WesselVanLeeuwen eventually came to a strange agreement, Lutum would give Lo 4 chicken eggs, and 4 cow eggs. In return for these relatively cheap items, Lo would give Lutum twenty-thousand dollars. After this strange incident, the leaders of both Lutum and Phoenia joined something known only as The Clown War; but that wasn't the issue, the issue was that they joined on opposing sides; therefore, going against their mutual defense pact. A new defense pact between the two countries was quickly written, this caused Lutum to not only be neutral in the war, but for them to leave the war entirely. Although the Clown War was no longer a concern to Lutum, they had another problem on their hands. A man named John Emerald was planning on seizing power from Lutum’s monarchy, with the help of the once loyal 36Reaper. In the end, 36Reaper betrayed John Emerald, and he was confronted by both 36Reaper, and Clarky; though no court was held, John Emerald admitted to his crimes and was promptly exiled.

The next election of Lutum was approaching, and this time the candidates were different; 36Reaper, Nermy, Bissop, John Emerald, and Lord Volt. 36Reaper’s speeches were filled with warmongering and slander of two of the other candidates, Lord Volt & Nermy. Eventually, 36Reaper managed to convince Clarky to hold a trial regarding his accusations of Lord Volt’s involvement with John Emerald’s plot. Letters were sent of the conversations between Volt and John Emerald, and so, Clarky ruled guilty, though eventually changed the verdict to innocent. 36Reaper apologized to Volt, though this would not help much in regards to his reputation. The day of the election results came after much debacle, and it was a tie. Bissop and 36Reaper tied in the election, so a re-vote was held. Bissop was crowned king of Lutum thanks to the re-vote; although they later fell into a coma, and soon died. In Bishop's stead, Lord Volt was made the prime minister, enraging 36Reaper to this very day. Although Volt was prime minister, Clarky would still act as the king of Lutum On what seemed to be a regular, sunny day, South Phoenia declared that it would annex The Holy Kingdom of Lutum. You may be wondering; what caused tensions to rise so highly so quickly? And the answer would be found in a single town on the edge of Phoenia, Klatch. Klatch was already incredibly close to the capital of Lutum, Lutumshire, but they decided that they would expand their claim slightly closer to protect a bridge. To Lutum, this seemed like a minor transgression, so they asked them to recede their claim slightly; at the same time, however, Lutum was building a settlement that straddled the border between the two countries. The king of phoenia wanted to avoid conflict, so he ordered Klatch to recede their claim, but all this caused was a large banner proclaiming “come and take it!” to be put up on the wall of Klatch facing Lutumshire. This split the officials of South Phoenia, and so, a vote was held among their high ranking officials; a 5-3 in favor of war against Lutum. Clarky awoke in the morning realizing something awful, and a dread began to build; Lutumshire’s taxes had not been paid, and the city was quickly being desecrated and robbed. Clarky quickly sent letters to all of his citizens and friends to come and gather their things quickly, anything they could save; but very few were able to make it there in time. Some of the officials in Phoenia saw this as a golden opportunity, they arrived in Lutumshired and gave clarky an ultimatum; “we will send our knights and pay your taxes in order to save your city, but in return, you must give us your country.” King Clarky, seeing no other options, agreed. All of Lutum’s citizens moved to an undisclosed location in this snow dubbed “Lutnam.” It was cold, morale was low, and there was little hope that they could regain their country; this was a bad time for Lutum overall. There was a bit of hope that Lutum could regain their country though, The Andlirian Empire and the Zamotz Union both thought that South Phoenia was being too aggressive, and so they denounced the country. Both countries and the original members of Lutum created The Phoenix Council to try and resolve the massive issue of the annexation of Lutum. The Phoenix Council was quickly disbanded after Zamotz and Andliria stopped cooperation. After much behind the scenes government action and clearly visible backlash, the king of phoenia and one of its high ranking officials resigned. Abbejohn, the new high chancellor, declared that Lutum could once more have its independence; though this did little to end the phoenix crisis.

Astapf, the one who put the banner on Klatch, and owner of a town in phoenia, Rapture, decided that he wanted independence. The AWE, a country that remained quiet until now, sought to gain rapture’s loyalty, so they backed its insurrection. The AWE also offered for Lutum to become a protectorate, a deal they were quick to accept; though, this fractured relations between Zamotz and Andliria, who had their own offers to Lutum. Eventually, after much fighting both over agreements, and in the literal sense; Lutum was okay, it was allowed to keep its land and Phoenia would revert their borders to before the now dubbed Phoenix Crisis began. Klatch would also remove all buildings from what was now Lutumite land. Phoenia wasn’t doing very well, even after returning Lutum’s land they still were rapidly deteriorating, this caused a split. South Phoenia became 2 separate governments; the Phoenian government, and the Solianan government. After this, a large and powerful city known as Portavel, along with the aforementioned city of raptor, declared independence and joined the Zamotz union as separate provinces. With so many losses, the split in Phoenia’s government became permanent, Soliana and Phoenia were now two separate nations. With that, the phoenix crisis was over, and both sides agreed, though unofficially, to never do that again. Lutum, now a protectorate of the AWE, realized something: their population had decreased, and immensely so at that. The few remaining citizens of Lutum had a momentous task ahead of them; they basically had to rebuild Lutum from scratch. Thankfully, Lutum was now protected under something known as the Triple Entente; A treaty that included the AWE, Aristios, and the Zamotz Union. All the Entente asked from Lutum was support, seeing as it had little to no soldier power. Lutum would help the Entente with supplies, logistics, information, etc… and luckily for them, most of the backlash that would be aimed toward them, instead went to the AWE, and by extension, the Entente. Lutum’s terrain also helped with this; they owned a desert that they dubbed, “The Sand Mines.” The mines were used many times for intimidation. Lutum saw rapid growth during this period of time, with many people joining the nation. Infrastructure and buildings alike were constantly being constructed during the rapid growth in Lutum, which caused even more people to join. Eventually, the stress of running such a successful country, mixed with the horrors of Lutnam; Clakry gave his adopted son, Blue Arbiter, the crown of Lutum. With the new king, the AWE announced Lutum as fully independent; and so, a celebration was held. The events that took place during the celebration would come to be known as “The Long Night in Lutum.” Not many talk of what happened that night, as it caused many citizens and non-citizens alike to have ptsd around poles.. If you have heard everything up to this point, you would realize something, stability never lasts for very long, so enjoy it while you can. After all of these incidents, something worse happened; Babylus. Babylus was a holy site dedicated to worshiping the wither, among other demons; but the worst part was, they were using land belonging to Lutum. The settlement was built by someone named Tucimam, along with a few of their accomplices. It was discovered a few days after its building by a player named Huyyvv. Huyyvv informed Lord Volt of the situation occurring, and they began diplomacy. They warned Tucimam and told him that he would either have to become a city in Lutum, or be forced out of their lands. Tucimam disagreed, stating that these were “his lands'' and that he had built the city. The now appointed Grand Knight of Lutum, DarkWolf, was alerted of the situation and arrived promptly. Huyyvv began to return to the city of Lutumshire to continue diplomacy, but was struck down by Tucimam’s axe. Very soon after, the former king of Lutum arrived, Clarky; he wanted to see what all the fuss was about, but he was nearly killed by a bucket full of lava carried by Tucimam. After his show of wrath, his citizens quickly left the claim and defected to Lutum; seeing as he was the only one left, he pleaded to his demons and gods to help him. Volt and Clarky, reasonably upset at his actions, declared war; they brought in many Lutum citizens to help them. It was at this time that the currently appointed king of Lutum, Blue Arbiter, heard of the situation; with his ally, RageO’Fire. Blue arrived in the city of Babylus and brought order to the Lutumite forces, and after a full night, obtained Tucimam’s head via execution. And in exchange for not having to work in Lutum’s sand mines, Tucimam ceded his claim to the land. And thus ended the incident of Babylus; Lutum was once more stabilized. After Babylus, things worsened still; bandit attacks were frequent, Lutum’s actions were no longer blamed on the AWE, and many people joined simply to steal. It was not a great time for the Holy Kingdom of Lutum. The bandit attacks were made worse by the fact that Lutum had almost no people who could fight, as it was filled with mostly peaceful people wanting to pursue their desires. Though the bleak times were not to last; Lutum continued to prosper in the face of adversity, and its community was all the stronger for it. Eventually though, leading a nation became far too taxing for the once energetic Blue, he held an election, but as is tradition, the vote was split. The two people at the forefront of the vote were LocalTomboy, and Lord Volt. One being there since almost the beginning, the other, a newcomer. King Blue Arbiter decided that Volt would lead the nation, with Tomboy as his heir. And with that, the mostly peaceful reign of Blue Arbiter was done. All said and done however, Lord Volt was not appointed King, Tomboy had gone behind the scenes and blackmailed the government; So, on that fateful day, Tomboy was pronounced Queen of Lutum instead of Lord Volt. Although many unification efforts were attempted in Maddrak, few succeeded; foreign policy, alliances, culture, treaties, pacts, etc… were all factors in preventing large-scale union efforts. This all changed when Eldham Entente was dissolved, and the Silver league –joined by Visio– was left without purpose. Vespera was a merger-country between both Lutum, and Visio, two countries with messy histories, and forged by the phoenix crisis. Vespera is a country that is very accepting of all outsiders, because not only did both countries separate already house multiple different kinds of races, together, they had almost every race imaginable within their borders. Vespera joined many alliances, some notable ones are; the Onthukhan pact, the Covenant of Embers, and the Silver League. Vespera was a unique country in its form of government, having both of its predecessors be monarchies, you would expect it to do the same; though, it didn’t. Instead of a monarchy, Vepera housed two rulers in the form of a Diarchy. Vespera not only houses two rulers, but also their royal council members, who act as advisors and diplomats. Vepera’s Diarch’s were the previous leaders of the two original countries, Erriku Cartier, and LocalTomboy; though, Erriku Cartier quickly resigned and gave his position to Erriku Kunekari. Not too long after, Tomboy also resigned and gave her position to Huyyvv, a respected member of the community. After Tomboys resignation was when most people found out about the blackmail due to their public fight. Vepera was part of 2 major conflicts, the Second Sand War, and the War of Scorched Shields. Most of Vespera’s history was about improving itself, whether that be the governmental system, the infrastructure, buildings, community, or otherwise. The final improvement of Vespera would be another merge. Diregon, where we stand today, it is Vespera combined with the neighboring country of Swardia. Its government was high ranking citizens, a council of 7, an heir to the throne, and the emperor. The first emperor of Diregon was someone from the country of Swardia, and his name was Shojiro; though no heir was chosen. Some of the council member include: faith, a wealthy fisherwoman who had long been around; Erriku Kunekari, sometimes known as Antares and one the leaders of Vespera; Lord Volt, a long time official; Huyyvv; diarch of Vespera; and others, though some chose to abdicate later on. The first bit of Diregon’s history is quite rough; soon after forming they had elections, though some positions were non-elective, very narrowly avoided becoming part of a war, and began some major changes to the social system. And its citizens were told very little about all of it. Many complained over the new government and demanded it take their opinions into account. Diregon’s government, hearing this, decided that they needed reforms. So right after changing almost everything, it would do it all over again; though, what these reforms are is unknown, because that is where our current history leaves us. Thank you, reader, for listening to me ramble on about this country's long –and very complicated to research– history. I hope to see you around soon!

-Signed, P. Nyava