High Kingdom of Aestyria

The High Kingdom of Aestyria was a nation on Helmia consisting of the former Kingdom of Daelyria, Archduchy of Astoria and formerly, the Kingdom of Kastollia. It was a semi-constitutional monarchy led by High King Unburnt I Blackfyre and the High Princes, those by the time being Jensen Naryshkin, Beastfrog Nymeros, and Dusk Synderys. It was the predecessor of the Kingdom of Varandoy-Aestyria, after merging back with Varandoy.

Location
Aestyria was located in the north of Rathnir, on a subcontinent of Nieden, Helmia.

Regions
The land can be split up further than the two archduchies it consists of. There are grand duchies and duchies.

The Merger
The merger discussion has happened during the time of the Halondian Civil War, where Miksa, former Master of Coin, joined the rebels as their "Rex" and declared independence from Daelyria, with a demand to the king to step down. The region of Halond was filled with strong warriors, and excellent trappers and had few, but strong allies. Daelyria on the other side was assured troops from its many allies, including Frosmyre and Lunaris. Tensions were rising when the first walls and fortifications between Domia and Frostarch were built, while the entire country rallied to Frostarch to fight against the Halondian rebels. Even though they were few, both sides wanted to avoid war, as also Kyydrosil might have gotten involved, which they already did some days ago when declaring war on Daelyria. This war they wanted to avoid would only cause destruction and bloodbaths on both sides. So then Miksa came over to Frostarch to "Perhaps negotiate peace". Initially both sides thought it was an action to buy more time. The peace talks started 1 hour before Daelyria would've declared war, but in the end the peace talks were fruitful and Halondia (now Halond) became a grand duchy, the king stayed in place but a merge with the three member nations (Astoria, Daelyria and Baykonia) was arranged, also starting deals with the Zamotz Union on Eldham, as they owned Baykonia as a colony on Rathnir, leading to the creation of "Zamotz-Helmia", a union of Zamotz, Astoria and Daelyria.

The early stages
The beginning stages of Arcovel (as it used to be called until the secession event) were, as they were for all countries, hard. Even though the people enjoyed being a large nation on the map for once ("Arcovel thicc"), the system was very much the same Daelyrian one (which caused a civil war), but with extra grand duchies and nobles. The military was in a very bad shape, some grand duchies were inactive while some had tons of active members, and duchies (still!) don't have a name, because the duchy system wasn't used in Astoria and Baykonia.

Development
In a few days time new areas were being established quickly, like the Arcovel railway which was now a claimed area by RacingSoviet, connecting major towns without rails getting griefed (looking at you Dankus), new maps precisely showing the kingdom's borders, and the revival of Illerya. Even though there were still minor conflicts with Halond, Murad Demus, their grand duke, assured to be cooperative and civil with the government. The establishment of the Arcovel Bellman, the newspaper run by Spoken Kaerfels also helped in the process.

Kyydrosil land purchase
On September 6 2021 the city state of Kyydrosil bought land from Arcovel and Hälge, to form the State of Kyydrosil. At this time, Arcovel and Kyydrosil have signed a Non Aggression pact as well.

Dixieland squatter war
In Baykonia, a group of squatters made a town called "Dixieland". The government asked them to leave the country, as Arcovel isn't a place to illegally steal land from. After refusing, Arcovel collected forces and declared war. This war was cancelled by admins on Kingkmy's behalf some hours before the start, as the people from Dixieland were "all at school" during the time, as they all live in the same time zone. Using the short time they have to reprepare, they declare war on Duragrad, the capital of the UBSR. This got them a three-day protection from being declared war again. Throughout the conflict, Dixieland bragged with having support from either Tortuga, Yimmu-Audal or others, which proved to be untrue.

Second declaration
Arcovel declared war again, at a different time to make a compromise regarding the time zone difference. Arcovel was preparing, even constructing a siege camp in their vicinity, yet one hour before the start of the war, when everyone was doing last minute preparations, the war was cancelled again by admins for the same reason mentioned before. This outraged many Arcovellians, who went ahead to contact admins about this behaviour, as there were people in Dixieland. For Arcovel the problem was still there. So they went to Dixieland, some naked to discuss the terms and time for the next war. Without engaging in any attempt to negotiate, they stood still, looked them in the eye and started to kill the Arcovellians, sometimes even using hacks.

Third "declaration" and war
The admins resolved this issue by getting both leaders in a ticket to discuss the time. Both factions agreed on Saturday, September 11th, 2pm UTC. Though this mess of a squatter war made the admins decide on a 2 week break from land wars, so an RP-war had to be arranged. When the battle started, Arcovel and their allies of Credia and Kastollia faced little to no resistance, as expected. Then however the events of the war turned bloodier. A bandit recruited for Arcovel started to kill all spectators, including Blanc and Hazel McSpiegel, peaceful monks who would visit the region and many more. The war the Arcovellians won with pride turned into a toxic bloodbath where the army would almost split in two sides. One on a blood frenzy, the other trying to stop the massacre. The was was a huge letdown and has left a sour taste in the mouth of many Arcovellians.

Arcovellian military reforms
After weeks of demanding changes from the government, some military reforms were passed to bring mandatory military training and proper discipline to the people. The reforms cut down the amount of legions, started a testing process to acknowledge the skill level of each warrior, and the election of Alpha Kaerfels as Legate after his short term as Regent of War during Dusk's absence.

Kastollian independence from Baykonia
After the Zamotz Union announced that they would leave the Zamotz-Helmian Union because of miscommunication and shady transactions when Kastollia bought large parts of Baykonia without the Zamotz Union agreeing to changing the administration, Kastollia declared independence from Baykonia and would join Arcovel, leaving Salameberg as the last remaining Baykonian piece of territory in Helmia.

Kastollian Secession
After several weeks, Kastollia, Halondia and Ataraxia considered the High King's administration inefficient and inactive. So Halond and Ataraxia joined the Kastollian archduchy, which caused controversies in Arcovel and after some days the archduchy seceded from Arcovel, which was then renamed to Aestyria, the current name.

Kastollia restored the Triarch Kingdom of Kastollia (later Varandoy) with the three monarchs Jayhawk, former High Prince, Undye of Ataraxia and Murad of Halondia.

Reunion with Varandoy and annexation of Alamayn
The countries of Varandoy and Aestyria reunited under the new Kingdom of Varandoy Aestyrian Kingdom, VAK for short on the 13th of October. On the 24th, the annexation of the Argenteus province of Neo-Alamayn as well as Neo-Alamayn itself became a protectorate of the new kingdom. The militaries started the process of merging, and a sort of shared High Command was created in the new nation. Several rebel states sprung up in Neo-Alamayn as a result of it's new protectorate status. Most surrendered as soon as the government of VAK threatened to send their dreaded legions upon their cities. Others, such as Strandland and Cuslandia are still being dealt with. With the Sicirian agreement, VAK split the land of Alamayn with Plagatea, with all Plagosi lands going to Plagatea and the rest being directly annexed by VAK.

Succession of Aestyrian Monarchs
Till this day, Aestyria only had one monarch.

 - Unburnt Blackfyre, the First of His Name, High King of Aestyria, and Protector of Daelyria and Astoria (08/28/21 - Present Day, coronated on the fifteenth of October 2021)