Kingdom of Ardena

The Kingdom of Ardena, also known as Arden, is a nation located in northern Syltor. Ardena was founded on may of 2022, Ardena was born from a union of two towns, Arcem & Ardena.

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Background
Much of Ardena's history has been lost to time but it is believed that Ardena, which was called Dralahad at the time, was formed as a union, which consisted of the towns Arcem and Ardena. Shortly after Dralahad was formed Bardonia fell to a coup, leaving Dralahad independent, at this time, Dralahad was nothing more than a loose collection of small towns, some active some not.

The Ardena - Andorn rejoining deal
Around March of 2022 Andorn had came to Ardena with a request that they join Andorn, thus beginning the Ardena - Andorn rejoining discussion. It was at this time as well, that David von Kendal joined the town of Arcem. David quickly found his way as the sole diplomat between Andorn and Ardena. The rejoining discussion took over several weeks as both sides discussed terms. Eventually both sides agreed upon a set of terms and Ardena was officially a part of Andorn. some of the main terms agreed upon during the rejoining deal are listed below.


 * Ardena shall receive protection from Andorn
 * Andorn will give Ardena economic support
 * Ardena will have rule over their land
 * Ardena's military was Andorns military

The Triarchy
Sometime after the rejoining deal with Andorn Henry der Aeternus was taken as a prisoner of war during the Dena Skirmish. Henry der Aeternus was believed to be dead at this time, but returned to Arcem six years later. He had managed to narrowly escape their compound after another nation warred their illegal squatting town. Henry and Garnet were both instated as absolute rulers of Ardena, alongside David von Kendal, forming The Triarchy.

Dena Skirmish ( 02/10/22 - 02/20/22 )
The Dena Skirmish was a war between Ardena and the Citadel of Castamere. The Citadel of Castamere was a small town located on the west border near the sea. The small squatter group had originally set up camp on a small island just a few meters north of Dena, which at the time was a small camp near the river that had surrounded the Citadel.

Diplomacy with the Citadel of Castamere
Attempts at Diplomacy with the Citadel were met with hostility.

" You'll be in our group soon enough once we take over your province. " - AutumnFox

The squatter group wanted to be shown on the map. They didn't ask for independence but instead wanted to be shown separate from Ardena, to which the Triarchs said no and demanded that they quit coming up with ridiculous demands. The squatters went on with their heinous demands and kept replying in a hostile manner.

The squatters refused to communicate peacefully up until Ardena had joined Andorn. Ardena, with the help of Andorn, had began to scout the Citadel for vantage points in preparation for a war. The citizens of the Citadel knew what was coming, they knew they were about to lose a war. A few days after preparing for war the leader of the small group came to the Triarchs to negotiate a surrender.

The Surrender
Their leader, AutumnFox, came to us requesting a cessation of hostilities, to which the Triarchs agreed. The squatters had offered to leave Ardena in exchange for time to gather and move their things elsewhere. Ardena gave them a week to move their things, if they weren't gone by then the Cessation of hostilities would be voided and the war would continue. In the end the squatters packed their things and left Ardena for good.

Negotiating with Imperium
Sometime after the third Andorn crisis Andorn had began negotiating with Imperium. Communication with their government on the matter was failing which caused tensions between members to rise. Eventually no one was trustworthy, the Andornian government was a free for all. After a few weeks of negotiating with Imperium, Askonia had joined New Dorasterrock Accords aligning themselves with Imperium. If Andorn had went through with their deal to join Imperium they would ultimately have to give Savras to Askonia.

Attempted Coup
After weeks of fighting an announcement by CharlieS401 announcing her coup on Andorn. However, the coup lacked backing from the general population thus ending the coup.

Threats from Askonia
Eventually a diplomacy ticket between Askonia and Andorn was opened regarding the Savras province. The months after the 3rd crisis Andorn had been receiving multiple threats from the Goblin Empire of Askonia and their strong and ever growing military.

Ardena - Askonia Border issues
Sometime during the whole ordeal with Askonia, Andorn, and Savras it had been noticed by Ardenian government that the map guild had made a mistake regarding the land, which gave Askonia a good chunk of Ardenian land. The ticket, being overseen by Salos von Kendal, went horribly and caused tensions between Ardena, Askonia, and Andorn to rise. Andorn had accidentally over claimed and took a good chunk of Askonian land. Ardena was completely shut out of the diplomacy regarding their land despite the rejoining deal giving them sovereignty over their land and borders which caused Ardenian government to grow angry at Andorn. Eventually the fighting had stopped and an agreement had been made, Salos von Kendal would fix the border and give Askonia back the excess land that Andorn had claimed.

The Andorn Collapse
At this point things were getting rough, fights would break out between government members once a day. David von Kendal, the only Ardenian to be highest ranking member of government in Andorn had grown tired of the constant bickering and was sick of Ardena being shut out when it came to having a say in government. Salos von Kendal had approached David von Kendal with a plan, a plan to secede from Andorn and form a new nation, a better nation... A better Andorn, this plan was called "The Northern Dragon Plan." In hindsight the plan was flawless, The northern most provinces of Andorn would secede and form a new nation called Eskus, everything had been extensively planned weeks before the secession. Eventually Salos and David had had enough with the bickering, one argument went to far thus putting the Northern Dragon Plan in to action. Ardena hit the first blow and announced their succession first, followed by an announcement made by Salos announcing the secession of several other provinces as well as the formation of Eskus.

The formation of Eskus
Eskus was a new nation that had formed in the North after the collapse of Andorn that would face criticism by Old Andorn members, Imperium, and Rebels.

Eskus joins Askonia
After receiving threats from old Andorn government Eskus had decided that the best option would be to join Askonia for protection. Join Askonia had in many ways worked in favor of every party involved, especially Ardena. For a long period of time Ardena had seen it's population drop to extreme lows            ( Inactivity ) but after joining Askonia, Ardena had seen a raise in population.

In the end, Old Andorn left Eskus alone for the most part, it would however take ages for Ardena regain a peaceful relationship with Andorn.

Rebellion against Eskus
Many questioned the decision to leave Andorn, some saw it as risky, unnecessary, or some just didn't understand the whole situation. There were a select few that didn't like Eskus at all, these people will start off small by questioning the decision to leave Andorn but they will gradually grow from questions to full on terrorist attacks. These rebels disliked the government of both Eskus and over the next few weeks of Andorns falling would threaten Eskus government telling them that if they didn't follow through with their demands they would Coup Eskus, reform Andorn, and turn it into a Democratic Republic. Of course these threats were Empty threats and nothing was done by these members other than a few minor attacks on the province of Kendalis.

The rebellion consisted of two groups, the Krakovia rebels lead by Ceiling Light and the Ardenian rebels which were lead by Dottasov. Ardena tried desperately to shut the rebellion down but couldn't do much other than making Dottasov and all the other rebels involved Kill On Sight within the Nation and Province. Dottasov would continue to come back and attack Kendalis and a few other towns after being exiled from the nation.

It was later discovered that the rebels were hiding in an Ardenian town called thelesia at the time lied just outside the border of Ardena in another province called "Orbithill." Since the claim was outside of their domain there wasn't much Ardena could on a provincial scale and they wouldn't have the power to do anything until the Orbithill province joins Ardena at a later date.

Eskus Dissolves
At this point Eskus had been in Askonia for a few months. Eskus was not seen as a necessary government body so Askonia requested that Eskus dissolved. Due to the fact that Eskus was actively dealing with rebels this seemed like the best decision, so Eskus was therefore dissolved.