Takavia

Takavia is an exarchate of the Western Drakaes in the northwestern Drakaesland. It borders the Drakaen exarchates of Amarillo to the east and Arthholds to the south. It also borders the Kingdom of the Shattered Isles to the south and north.

Mierzan Civilization
Thousands of years ago a civilization put down roots in what is now modern Takavia. This civilization was formed by a group of Mierzans, commonly referred to as "Mind Goblins". The Mierzans created an advanced society relying on a local resource known as Trousite. Trousite is a blue, gem like, stone with magical properties. The Mierzans used Trousite to master the powers of psionics. The Mierzan civilization valued powerful psionic capabilities, thus, the Mierzan with the most powerful psionics was known as the Dactator and ruled over all other Mierzans. The last and only known Dactator went by the name of Knox and is most famous for the creation of the Trousimancy Guild, an organization that specialized in the use of Trousite.

The Great Flood
Located south of the Mierzan civilization was a fledgling group of humans that worshipped the god Deiodeo. This group of humans built the first settlements of Seeburg. Another group of humans, the Varan family, started building a settlement below the plateaus the followers of Deiodeo and the Mierzan civilization built their cities on. The settlers of the Varan family found allies with both the Mierzans and the followers of Deiodeo and began to trade with them both. The Mierzans struck deals with the Varans and opened mines in Varan lands. On the other hand, the followers of Deiodeo spread their religion to the Varans, converting them. Unfortunately, the lands occupied by the Varan family were flooded by a great storm, forming a sea where there was previously a forest. The Varans were forced to leave their land, and settled with the followers of Deiodeo.

The First Ride of Castor's Haunt
After the great flood occurred traders from the far off land of Greycliff arrived in Seeburg and established relations with the people there. This led to a long and beneficial friendship between the two peoples. When these traders returned to Greycliff they brought new of the lands to the south and the civilizations there. The leader of Greycliff, Castor Khan, decided to leave his barren homeland, and ventured out with a group of riders. These riders pillaged the northern cities in Mierza. Countless Mierzan's fell at the hands of Castor Khan, and the Mierzan civilization fell within a fortnight. The surviving Mierzans were scattered and displaced from their homeland as other groups of humans moved in to control the area. The region was sacked of all it's valuables, and Castor Khan returned to Greycliff to share his newfound riches with his people.

Foundation of Seeberg and the Fall of Greycliff
After the fall of the Mierzan Civilization, Seeberg officially formed a nation with Lord Hugo at it's head. At roughly this time Greycliff was infected with a deep corruption. A small contingent of Mierzans and Dactator Valio had infiltrated Castor Khan's homeland. The Mierzans sought revenge for the destruction of their homeland and vowed to return the favor. A large amount of Trousite had been removed from Mierza and brought to Greycliff after Castor Khan's raids. Using this supply of Trousite the Mierzans built a bomb which was effectively used to eradicate all life there, including the Mierzans. Unknown to the Mierzans, Castor Khan had left earlier that week on a diplomatic mission to Seeberg. Several days after he arrived at Seeberg Castor Khan was made aware of the detonation, and elected to stay in the southern lands of Seeberg than to return to his now dead homeland in the north.

Foundation of Takavia
After joining Seeberg Castor Khan traveled to the surrounding nations. Castor Khan arrived in Aquaria looking to settle and build a town. What Khan found when he arrived however, was an area completed abandoned with nothing but ruins near the northern border. Khan settled in one of these ruins and declared the land his under the nation of Takavia, formally leaving Seeberg.

The Confederacy of Autonomous States
After Takavia was formally independent deals were struck with the city-state of Milolandia in Wadenreich and the squatter town of Noricum past the northern border of Takavia. The 3 towns and territories had agreed to form a single confederacy of which all their lands would be apart of. Soon after this confederacy was announced however, Milolandia failed to gain independence from Wadenreich and thus moved their town from the far south to Takavian holdings in the north. This migration meant the necessity for a confederacy was much less apparent and the government was reformed to be a monarchy with Castor Khan at it's head. Noricum was given the option to leave the nation if they wished which they opted to do.

Euclidean Annexation
Shortly after the end of the confederacy, Castor Khan opened talks with Euclidea, the nation to the north. After very short negotiations all Euclidean land was ceded to Castor Khan and thus expanded the borders of Takavia. More than half of the newly annexed land was afterwards gifted to the Simulami Empire and Aurum Solis. A small island of land that was owned by Euclidea was given to the newly formed nation of Noricum.

First Noricum Revolt
Shortly after the foundation of Noricum their leader, Fear, was the subject of several small scandals. In response, Castor Khan broke his previously made promise of selling land to Noricum in an attempt to cut ties with Fear and Noricum. In response, Fear threatened to go to war to forcibly take land from Takavia. After hearing reports of negative citizen conditions in Noricum from the senators under Fear, Castor Khan helped successfully stage a coup against Fear, putting a new government in power.

Second Noricum Revolt
After Fear's expulsion from Noricum, an election was held to decide which of the senators would become Prime Minister of Noricum. While viewing election results Castor Khan noticed that high ranking members from the southern nation of Kardovia were voting in the election under the guise of new citizens. Castor immediately made the temporary prime minister aware of this and the election was redone, with Nico becoming the new Prime Minister. Because of the previously mentioned election tampering, Takavia made Noricum a vassal state, under an agreement signed between Castor and Jacob, the temporary leader of Noricum directly following fear. Not aware that this agreement had been signed, Nico attempted to sell Noricum to Kardovia. This event led to a heated debate between Castor Khan and Spinny Femboi, the leader of Kardovia. Castor immediately went to his northern friends in the Simulami Empire to ask for assistance. Rather than provided the requested assistance, a member of the Simulami Empire, Greenskin, stepped in as a moderator and effectively led to a peaceful solution between Takavia, Noricum, and Kardovia. While peace was achieved Castor Khan vowed not to trust a southern nation again and to protect the land of Takavia, no matter the cost.

Takavia-Seeberg Merge
Immediately following the Second Noricum Revolt Castor Khan began talks with Lord Hugo to merge their nations into one. The talks were short and successful. A senate was created to better represent the interests of the people and Castor Khan remained valarch of Takavia.