Brothian Upheaval

The conclusion of the Second Westmarch Crisis left the Brothian peoples in a shattered disarray. Traditional centers of power such as Tossagrad and New Dorasterrock were devastated, massive swathes of High and Low Ryzanis were now under Bardonian occupation, a new semi-independent Deutzani state existed and the new Imperial Federation of Ryzan was ruled by who many Ryzanis alledged to be a puppet ruler. Suffice to say, though the fighting had stopped, the turmoil had only just begun.

Olthiac Drift
Following the Ryzani Schism, an event that saw the collapse of the short-lived Imperial Federation of Ryzan and reestablishment of the Ryvenate under Elle Shan, a serious of drastic border changes would commence. In Westreach, a newly independent Olthiac state had been founded after gaining its free from the AWE. It would be hard understate the significance of this as the state, Liberium, would be the first independent Olthiac state to exist in over a century. Following Liberium's independence was a massive paradigm shift amongst the Olthiac peoples, with prominent Olthiac leader, Grand Vizier Konstanty von Liberium soon declaring the secession of Karlsfell and the Clockwork Citadel from Ryzan and the accession of it to the Empire of Bardonia. It is not entirely clear why Konstanty did this; he had declared his territory neutral during the Ryzani Schism, but it did appear that he was unhappy with the Ryvenate's victory and restablishment. Alternatively, some speculate it was a symptom of a longstanding desire to see the Olthiacs liberated from the Ryzanis, although his accession to the Bardonians does call this theory into question. Nonetheless disputes and tensions between Bardonia and Ryzan, which were already high after the war and higher after the schism, rose ever more.

In the year _, yet another Olthiac state would declare independence from the Ryvenate, this time in the small mountainous Olthiac enclave that had been isolated from the rest of the Ryvenate via the secession of Karlsfell. The Spires, named after the high peaks of the Golden Hills, would not follow Karlsfell in their defection to Bardonia, but instead maintain independence as Liberium had done. That being said, many Ryvenate officials have alledged that Bardonian did indeed incite this breakaway, (although such claims have not been confirmed at the time of writing)

Ryzani Spring
Soon after the defection of Karlsfell, swathes of Ryzanis living under Bardonian occupation would themselves defect back to the Ryvenate of Ryzan. All across the southern region of the Greater Bardonian Plain, territories such as Neuheim and even the former Ryzani royal palace would declare their liberation out from under Bardonian thumb and reunification with their brethren in Westreach. Notably, these initial springs occurred primarily in rural areas, with major cities such as Carthya and Tossagrad still remaining firmly in Bardonia's grasp