Arrus

Origins
Sometime in mid-August 2021, Chafeau, a citizen of Atlechia, decided to start their own nation.They settled on a small island of the coast of Uraka made of ice and named it Arus. The city developed very quickly, becoming the capital of a small confederation composed of surrounding islands.They declared independence of Atlechia on 28th of August and Atlechia didn't contest it, as they saw it: "not worth it to fight over ice".

Government
Arrus, in their early history was composed of 2 towns, Arus (which was of Chafeau's domain) and Evinstead (of Cinderevin's Domain). Arus was the population center and Evinstead more of a hub area. Arus held most of the people but Evinstead held the military. The government was considered by Chafeau himself a Republic but seen as a Monarchy by the ministries. There were 3 ministries that worked like a council and the supreme power was of Chafeau.

The Renagade Conflict
Arrus suffered under Chafeau's inefficient and poorly tought out rule. After several diplomatic embarrassements, and with the threat of war looming, The Ministry of Arrus (at that time made up of Dream, Cinderevin, and Kotsos) decided that this would not stand. They called for the abdication of Chafeau and announced that they would take power.

Soon after the Ministry made their intentions clear, Chafeau called on Atlechia to make a bargain. In exchange for military aid, Chafeau vowed that the islands would join Altechia as a province. Unfortunately, the Ministry declared the bargain invalid, because, according to them, the former king had no power to strike such a deal. Atlechia ignored this objection and offered The Ministry a chance to join Atlechia, arguing that it would be beneficial for both parties.

The Ministry rejected this offer, and attempted to fight for their nation, resulting in the Battle of Renegades. The Atlechians had superior equipment, but The Ministry had more soldiers. The Ministry won this contest, but that wasn’t the end of it. Somehow the Atlechians believed that the Arrus had agreed to a series of 1 v 1 duels to decide the outcome of the war. The duels ended 2-1 in favour of Atlechia. The Ministry protested the outcome as they had not authorized the duels, and Altechia threatened more conflict. However, at this point the Arrus were weary of war. Cinderevin and Swen struck a deal. The people of Arrus joined Atlechia, as a semi-autonomous province, under the leadership of Cinderevin. Chafeau quickly faded into inactivity.

The Aftermath
After the battle of the Renagades Arrus became a province under Atlechia and The Zamotz Union.The Government was modelled after Atlechia's model of a Hoi-Jarl(Leader of Province) ,Jarl(Mayor of the town) and Karl(Council Member). Cinderevin stepped down as Hoi-Jarl a while after and Kotsos stepped up. Under Kotsos Arrus boomed in towns and in new settlers.The Jarldom of Reiectus was founded during this time aswell as TwoTown and Freljorg. Fort Cinder was founded in Honor of Cinderevin, but was not claimed or settled in any way.

The Abandonment of Arrus
With the stagnation of Arrus, Arus itself and TwoTown were abandoned. In the midst of all of this, Kotsos disappeared, never to be seen again. Due to lack of communication and collaboration, all of the Arrusan islands were abandoned by early October.

The Resettling of Arrus
Dream launched many attempts to resettle Arrus after its abandonment. All of them failed in one way or another. Fortunately, the archipelago was successfully resettled after Bonkman, the former Jarl of Reiectus returned to the islands and reclaiming the eastern cluster around the 18th of November. With new leadership and citizens committed to keeping the flame of Arrus burning brightly to the end, the future is looking up for the war-torn archipelago.

Leading to Independence
The time from November to December was uneventfull and Arrus experienced a second boom in activity.

However in late December, amidst the Atlechian-Ahalian Border Dispute, Swen's poor leadership choices and the weakening of the Atlechian state, paved the way to an Independence Sentiment within Arrus, led by Bonkman and Cinderevin. 29th December the idea of independence started to spread among the citizens of the archipelago, 31st January Swen was presented with the independence request.

The Independence talks
Swen was presented with a small text, explaining the nature of Arrus and its citizens and why Arrus should become independent. Several proposals were made, but in the end, the intervention of Bjorgian, past Prime Minister of the Zamotz Union, was the deciding factor to the fate of the archipelago; Arrus would be free while giving up the Island of TwoTown.

Aftermath
With Arrus having left Atlechia and the Zamotz Union, they joined The Commonwealth of Falholt, An Island nation with most of its land set in the Velstmorad sea.

In the following month, North Orium was bought from Soulla and a Border Dispute was settled with the newly formed Nation of New Qanin, Vassal of GoonGuard.