Harsengaard

Harsengaard or Fort Harsengaard is a medieval-like fortification located north of the city of Celtenn, in the Duchy of Varmerion, which is a apart of the Aesperium Niedea. Reconstruction of Harsengaard began on February 20th 2022 within the ruins of the Imperium.

Present Etymology
Fort Harsengaard is named Harsengaard because of the temporary immigrants that came to call it a temporary home, whose name were the "Harsengaard", as it used to be called the Imperium. Though since that name belonged to settlements that have long since collapsed, the Harsengaards renamed it after themselves, deeming that they are the ones that now call the bastion their own for the time being, and therefore it should be named after them.

Present History
The history of Harsengaard is quite long, spanning back several months. Despite having such a rich history, most of it is lost to time and before restoration efforts began, it lay in ruins for quite awhile before Harsengaards arrived to call the place their temporary home. This wiki page will detail events that happened only after the Aesperium decided to begin restoration efforts, along with important historical context. Refer to the Kassan wiki page regarding information that dates before the reconstruction began.

Stories of the immigrants
A group of tribespeople calling themselves the Harsengaard, that first began as simple hunter gatherers that eventually banded together in order to build in the far east from Sarlatova and Fjllheim without any of the local government's positions. One of these people, AutumnFox started construction on a great sky city that would've been called Avis which these tribespeople would call their home. During construction however, the people of Fjllheim noticed the towering megastructure being built in the sky without their permission, and subsequently, told the Harsengaards to leave, or die. To the tribespeople, their lives were far more valuable and decided to start heading west, far from these unwelcoming lands. After long hours or days of travel, they finally arrive on the peninsula of Drahadad, calling the land they now choose to live upon, Etheria. After getting their bearings they decide to name their settlement the great fortress of Kastamir. However, unbeknownst to them, they were in the nation of Andorn and shortly after settling, the citizens of Andorn forcefully evicted the tribespeople, and AutumnFox and his fellow brothers and sisters now have no place to call a home once more.

Hope for a better future
Achill Zevedeos, a Kesevor for the Imperetor of the Aesperium Niedea, had heard about the woes of these travelers from the east and decides to willingly part with some imperial ruins called Kassan. With no other choice for the time being, AutumnFox led the rest of the Harsengaards to the Aesperium Niedea where they currently reside in the the now renamed, Fort Harsengaard.

Present Day
Parts of the abandoned settlement had to be torn down in order to make the location more defendable from outside threats. The bastion was originally reconstructed by Toastisnice and Hannorey, local Celtennites who prepared the land for the Harsengaards to call their home. Harsengaard today stands as a bastion defending the city of Celtenn from threats that come from the north. Legally it is considered a Military installation, but most still refer to it as an informal settlement, at least until the Harsengaards can find a proper home in the Aesperium Niedea. There have been talks within the Aesperium to decide what to do next with the bastion after the Harsengaards settle elsewhere. Some options may include giving it to the Celtennite restorers that refurbished Harsengaard, for them to call it their own outpost. Others, such as the current leader of Celtenn, Oakerd Arkoden, have suggested to integrate Harsengaard into Celtenn as a permanent Celtenn Military Instillation. However, as of writing this article, there have been no agreed upon statements on the immediate future of Fort Harsengaard.

History before Restoration and Re-settlement efforts
Harsengaard's history can be distinctly separated into two eras. The Pre-Restoration era, and the Post-Restoration era. Referred to as the P.R.E and the P.R. eras respectively. The P.R.E era of Harsengaard's history is easily the most densely packed, but at the same time the most poorly documented. The P.R. era, by comparison is the shorter of the two, but more well documented. The P.R.E. can be divided into 3 discernable periods. The Oogleron Period, the Kassan Period, and the Imperium Period.

Oogleron Period
Believed to be the oldest and possibly the beginning of the settlement of Harsengaard.

History
Oogleron, was a settlement owned by Bardonia. It was said that it was completely abandoned after an attempt to rebel against the Bardonian government failed, and the citizens were forced to evacuate and never come back. Not much is known about this period as of time of writing.

Kassan Period
The Kassan Period is the most well documented of the 3 P.R.E periods. However, the original author was extremely biased in their descriptions of Kassan. With no surviving members, the following information must be taken with a grain of salt, as there are no other surviving records of Kassan.

History


Kassan was a town of social-democracy, established by Toregorn the Bright Ingot. Before Toregorn settled however, there were only ruins of Oogleron, an unknown abandoned city to the settlers. These explorers however, had new hopes, ideas, and ambitions of the future. With this in mind Toregorn named Kassan a land of social-democracy. Oftentimes, workers from Bardonia or other parts of Rathnir came through the settlement, either as migratory workers looking for a job or calling the land home, working together with the Kassan Worker's Union to help develop their burgeoning community.

The main idea of Kassan's Workers Union was that every worker deserved a reward for their hard work. This is why Toregorn wanted to get more power and influence for the settlement so they can protect the community's interests. The idea was that "In Kassan, all people can find home and work". Despite being able to successfully re-settle in Kassan, parts of the settlement still lay in disrepair: the old castle and western gates were still abandoned, because the outpost didn't had enough resources to claim and repair them. However the rest of former Oogleron was successfully reclaimed by the people of Kassan, namely a brewery, some houses, an alchemist's workshop, a tavern and even part of the fields.

Kassan was said to be spacious enough to support any size of home. The union previously allowed small-time land owners to settle around the town, supporting local trade in exchange for protection against outside threats. This changed once the Empire of Escharia took notice of Kassan's presence, with several diplomatic approaches and various missionaries of the Soleannen faith being sent to attempt to persuade the town to become their ally within Bardonian borders, this however bore no success as the town fell into ruin before any allying could be done.

Imperium Period
The Imperium Period marks end of Kassan, and is believed to be the shortest period in Harsengaard's history.

"It's a rock out in god knows where. It's my rock though." -FreakyFlyingMaid

Imperium was a small fort town on the fringe of the Bardonian Empire and has not sworn loyalty to it in any way during its lifetime, in any shape or form. Previously known as Kassan, the land of social democracy. It's owners fled and the town fell into ruin for a while. This was until a pair of explorers new to the nation found the ruins and began reconstructions.

The town has grown rapidly and had over six members of different roles and responsibility and advocated for a fair and helpful community. That too like its predecessors were ultimately fell off, after Bardonia's borders started to shrink more after the fall, the Town of Imperium followed, with their 6/7 members now gone with it. Since then, they were publicaly declared as Imperial ruins until the Harsengaards decided to move in after being accepted to stay in the Aesperium Niedea.