Second Empire of Uldarash

The Second Empire of Uldarash is a successor state to the Empire of Uldarash. It was founded when all the former nations of Haven, except for Trafalgar, united.

Circumstances of formation
The circumstances of the Empire's sudden expansion on 3 March has its origins in the participation as a founding member of the Golden Ring of Haven, a mutual defense alliance of the states on the continent of Haven. The seminal event which lead to the First Empire's collapse and the subsequent expansion and formation of the Second Empire was the Battle of Sanctuary and subsequent battle of Hapatmitas.

The Battle of Sanctuary and the dismantlement of Uldarash
The Battle of Sanctuary started with the declaration of the formation of the Sewor Mafia by a few of the members of the Handy Helpers, who claimed much of the south of Ummarnu and the north of Haven, all territory of the First Empire. After proclaiming the Empire of the Sewor Mafia, the warriors of the Sewor Mafia launched an attack on the city of Sanctuary, and the Golden Ring assembled in response. However, in the middle of the battle, the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa launched an attack on Sanctuary, and the immediately subsequent Battle of Hapatmitas, citing their reason for attacking as Aurora having allegedly violated their previous treaty by inserting spies into Viodoxa. This claim is disputed by Aurora as being baseless, as the Viodoxan leaders have not forwarded any proof of such actions, with Aurora further claiming any information they have gotten on Viodoxa are those available to the public. The Golden Ring held their own against the Sewor Mafia as more Ring reinforcements poured into the city, that is until the Mafia was suddenly reinforced by nearly 20 players from Viodoxa, heavily tipping the battle in their favor. The Ring forces quickly retreated to the capital of Hapatmitas in its defense as the timer on the land war had neared its end, and the land war on Hapatmitas had just begun. The dwindling forces of the Ring were quickly routed, and individual Uldarash and Aurorans were chased around the city by hoardes of the iron armor equipped Viodoxans led by their netherite clad leaders. The Ring forces were further hampered by the fact that, as a sizeable part of their forces were neither part of the land war attack on Hapatmitas or residents of Hapatmitas, they could not break, place, or interact with blocks whatsoever, leading to many deaths.

Aftermath
In the aftermath of the war, Haven erupted into chaos, with the many polities that once formed the First Empire having declared independence and the fate of the continent unsure. In the days after the conflict, Aurora and Viodoxa attempted to pursue negotiations. During this period, the various leaders of the newly independent nations of Haven that were already participating in the Golden Ring came together at a summit in the capital of Aurora, Fornost. There they declared the formation of the "True Empire of Uldarash", that soon after came to be known as the Second Empire of Uldarash. During the summit, all the nations of Haven, with the exception of Trafalgar and the Viodoxan client state of Aruna had joined together in the new Second Empire, naming the King of Aurora, Aurelian, the Regent-Emperor. This event further complicated the already ongoing negotiations, which had evolved from negotiations with just the states of Aurora and the Imperial Archonate, but into that of the whole of Haven, with new Empire.

With the changes in the circumstances and the new political goals of either state, the negotiations further degenerated and fear of an outbreak of war again swelled. Soon after however the Republic of Soumere, the Imperial Archonate, and Bardonia met at the Atlas Accords seeking a non-aggression pact with Uldarash along with the demands that any claims Uldarash on Aruna and the Eastern Duchy (lands claimed by Soumere) had to be bought by mutual agreement if any change in the ownership of the lands were to occur, and the new Emperor of Uldarash could not be an Auroran, and that both sides were to cease any and all espionage and propaganda efforts. This lead to a freeze in negotiations, as the Uldarashis had to quickly choose a new emperor in place of the current regent, and ran against the Uldarashi goals of reabsorbing Aruna. Offers were given from both sides, with rumors of initial offers for Aruna at nearly one million, to two hundred thousand, and denied payment. The tense freeze in negotiations in once again increased fears of war, with the war weary population of Haven once again worrying for the possibility of war. This fear was soon assuaged by the sudden ultimatum issued by the Doge of Kush that either side was not to engage in antagonism, and if seen as antagonism by the Doge, he would personally deliver over 15 sets of Prot IV Diamond Armor, two hundred thousand, over a stack of ancient debris (around 16 or more netherite ingots), over a hundred golden apples, a mending netherite pick, and various other gear that he had collected to the antagonized party, and that he would leave the server, and a declaration of secession from the Second Empire in order to maintain neutrality.

This hail mary by the Doge of Kush then allowed the Uldarashi and Viodoxan governments to negotiate for peace eventually sign a treaty.

The Farmland Bandits
During the peace process between Second Empire of Uldarash and Viodoxa, some players of unknown origin had launched an attack on Uldarashi city of Sanctuary, and were quickly defeated by the Uldarashi. However due to be tipped off by an unknown source, the Hand had appeared and attacked the raiders and the Uldarashi. The Uldarashi, seeking not to further escalate the conflict and waste equipment in such a tense period quickly retreated, leaving the raiders to be massacred by the The Chancellor's Hands.

Beginning of Entropy's era
During the events following the destruction of the moon, Emperor Aurelian began to prepare The Order of Aurora to combat this new threat. Sensing this threat to her power the continent of Haven appeared to have caught the eye of this Goddess as she attempted to turn trusted allies and even high ranking members of Uldarash to her side. To what extent this succeeded is unknown, however Timeken was known to have come under her control.

After the emergence of Entropy, Athaz and Carpicious visited Fornost to speak with Aurelian about ways to suppress her from taking control of Carp. During this process Queen Red, the wife of Aurelian made friends with Carpicious, and they spent time together talking about ways to help Carp deal with Entropy, and the various problems they dealth with in daily life.

Laying the spirits to rest
Following the collapse of the old empire Emperor Emeritus Rumknight and a few remaining members of the old council of lords gathered in Loremere to construct a peaceful town and live out the rest of their days in peace. However, at the arrival of Entropy Rum forsook this oath and created a great armory to assist in this war, consisting of 4 sets of protection 4 netherite, and at least 6 sets of protection 4 Diamond armor and a sizeable amount high valued weapons and rare equipment. Unfortunately, Entropy caught wind of this and launched an attack on the armory. Bravely Rum held her at bay as Aurelian, Athaz, Theodore, Tyler, Valen, and ex Archon Zelious escaped. Sadly she overpowered him, ending the life of the final ruler of the First Empire. Many members of the party that had escaped swore vengeance against the Entropy for her killing of one of the most august figures in Rathnir.

Entropy Raids
Entropy has launched 3 raids at Fornost, with the latter two being the most intense. These assaults consisted of hordes of giant slimes both inside the walls, and outside, the summoning of Ravagers, and small minions of Entropy that took the form of rabbits. During the second assault, Entropy enlisted the aid of the legendary corrupted warrior BackToTheHub, who strenghened by Entropy, was able to withstand the counterattack of many knights of the Order, and many other well known warriors who had come to help defend Fornost from the assault by Entropy. Eventually he had escaped, teleporting out of the battlefield with Entropy magic.

Inbetween the first and second raid, Hub had returned to Fornost, and kidnapped Queen Red after Emperor Aurelian and his daughter Nikephoros gave chase to him, and like during the second raid, he teleported away to his home in The Abyssal Isles where he sacrificed the Queen's arms, leaving her blind and bleeding before leaving her at the front door of the Emperor's home. Upon returning from searching for any sign of where Hub could have went, Aurelian returned home, only to find her injured and losing blood on the steps of their home. Chaplain of the Order TheMrFURB upon hearing the screams quickly ran towards their home, rendering aid to her, saving her from death.

First Empress Elected
Shortly after the defeat of Entropy Tequilaknight falls seriously ill and is deemed by the Uldarash Imperial Council that he is unfit to continue rule. During the meeting four candidates were recommended or volunteered themselves for the running these being: Polystralian of the Chevkri Republic, Caterina Qwaser of Montroig, Crispy Schnoz of Boulderov, and Gamerblox of Alokhrad.  The election resulted in a 66% victory of Qwaser becoming the first empress in the History of Uldarash.

Two Emperors
The Uldarashi government is headed by two Emperors, one from House Aurora and the other from House Knight. Both are Emperors in their own right and share power in the government, however Emperor Aurelian has taken a more active role in administration, while Emperor Tequila has dedicated himself to the building of the new capital.

Council of Lords
Below the two Emperors, is the advisory body of the Council of Lords. The Council of Lords consists of the leaders of each of the consituent countries of Uldarash, from the Guardian of Montroig, to the King of Andross, also in the council are two additional officials appointed by the King of Aurora, the King's Ambassador, and the King's Hand. As well as the additional Auroran representatives, the other consitutent countries, especially the democratic ones send multiple ministers to the council, but most of those with the exception of Polystrian, take a less active role. Disputes between lords are typically handled through negotiations between the lords themselves with the supervision of one of the Emperors.

Diplomacy
Diplomacy in Uldarash is typically done through direct messages from the Emperor to foreign powers, to embassies sent government to carry out the Emperor's will. One such diplomatic embassy can be seen in the form of the visit by the, at the time, King's Ambassador Nikephoros to Aurlûnor Velande to establish diplomatic contact. On occasion, when both Emperors are occupied by other business, diplomats will be assigned to certain countries, or to handle certain issues upon agreement of the House of Lords, with the diplomat being assigned typically the King's Ambassador, or when even they are unavailable, the King's Hand.