Abridged History of the Reo'hoari States

The Abridged History of the Reo'hoari States is a literary source created by Akele Ithati Sindi, the founder of the Third Order of the Sacred Bladed and the Second Reo'hoari Republic. It is used for the purpose of information on Reo'hoari governments predating the Reo'hoari Union, founded in 1449 ABD.

= Abridged History of the Reo'hoari States	 =

Early Reo'hoari Civilisation: 0 - 345 ABD
The First Order of the Sacred Blades (20-342 ABD) - The First Order of the Blades was founded in 20 ABD and was a very small community of well-trained melee legends. They built the First Temple of the Blades, and began the tradition of Blade Training. You upgrade blade as you move through the program from Silver Blade, to Gold Blade, before finally passing and building your own blade with either diamonds or the rarer emeralds to make your own blade. The Order was corrupt, however, and many paid to pass the test, weakening the Blades' power overall. The Order came crashing down in 342 ABD when the weaklings ordered the First Blue Blade Massacre, in which many well trained warriors were slain by mercenary forces. The leftover forces of the Order formed the Emerald Army, and the First War of the Blades began.

The First War of the Blades (342-345 ABD) - It was the Emerald Army versus the now weakened and collapsing Order and its mercenary army. The one battle that occurred during the war was a large scale bloody attack on the resource rich plateaus in the south of the Order. The battle was a decisive victory for the Emerald Army and a hard blow to the mercenaries, who were poorly organized and room for infighting opened shortly afterwards. The weaklings sought more control over the blades, so searched in the depths of the Underworld for a more powerful material to power new blades, and that is where the Black Crystal was discovered. Alone, it was brown, flaky and harmless. but with the bonus power of gold added to it, it becomes ever more powerful. It is a useful material, stronger than diamond and emerald, but in a blade, it has the correct items to become supercharged and manipulate the holder. This ultimately led to the collapse of the Order, and the formation of the Black Order, a group of people enchanted by their blades to commit to the Black Crystal's needs for ever more power. In 345 ABD, 2 years after the Battle of the Grand Plateau, the First Order of the Blade ceased to exist, and the Black Order began its quest to seize control of all known land.

Republican Era: 345 - 1187 ABD
The Second Order of the Sacred Blades/The Old Republic (345-1122 ABD) - It was a fresh start for the Order, and with the destruction of the First Temple of the Blades by the Black Order, the Emerald Temple was constructed. The temple was built entirely out of green materials, and was twice the height of the previous temple, at 175 blocks tall. The previous traditions continued in the Republic, and previous bribed officials were ousted from the Blade Training program, replaced by members of the Senate. The Senate had more control over the Republic than they previously had in the First Order, allowing them to make new laws, such as the outlawing of Black Blades from the Republic, as it disturbed the balance of power in the Order. Meanwhile, the Black Order set up their own territorial claim north of the Republic. The two nations frequently had scuffles about their borders, most of them because of military build-up on their border by the Black Order. Things remained peaceful apart from a few scuffles between the Knights of the Blue and Black Blades. However, as the years went on, the loyal servants of the Republic were slowly replaced with more business-minded individuals who were more focused on money than their duty. The Republic became more and more money-influenced, which allowed the Black Order to breach the ranks and gain large amounts of control over the Republic. In an effort to end the corruption in 1100 ABD, the Senate replaced most of its officials with ones under their influence, further weakening the Republic, until the Black Order took their chance to wipe out the Republic once and for all, and declared war in 1122 ABD.

The Second War of the Blades (1122-1187 ABD) - The Second War was what set the division into stone, with the Black Order and the Order of the Sacred Blades being now permanent enemies. The Black Order crossed the border into the Republic with the Death Battalions, vicious fighters with armour made of Black Crystals which controlled their minds. At this point the main hub of the Black Order was in the depths of the Underworld, in the Emperor's Temple, where a large Black Crystal was kept, controlled by the Emperor of the Black Order, Mon Carleios. This allowed him to control his army from the comfort of his throne room, out of harm's way and protected by a vast lava pool that covered the bottom of the Underworld for thousands of blocks. On the other side, the Old Republic fought with their soldiers in: The war accumulated over 220,000 casualties in total, and the aftermath resulted in the collapse of the Old Republic in 1187 ABD.
 * The Battle of Emerald Mount (1132-1135 ABD)
 * The Battle of the Holy Peninsular (1137-1145 ABD)
 * The Battle of the Emerald Temple (1146 ABD)
 * The Battles of the Great Plains (1147-1153, 1156-1171 and 1172-1177 ABD).

First Imperial Era: 1187 - 1205 ABD
Tua Korah Ineriun (First Dark Empire) (1187-1202 ABD) - Upon the fall of the Old Republic, the Black Order, under the leadership of the now-Ineria (Emperor) Mon Carleios, staged a decade-long conquest against the continent of Hani'kae, by the end of which the Ineriun would control much of eastern Hani'kae, seizing all of the Raposan lands, its claims even expanding as far west as the modern-day lands of Xelionople and as far south as the Roheraki, a cultural group of the Reo'hoari that lives along the southeast tip of the continent. This conquest, however, was short-lived, and after it was discovered that the Ineria's underlings in the Lower Council were planning to replace him, he would enact a scorched earth policy across the Empire, burning all that could be burned to ashes, salting the earth along the east coast to prevent the establishment of future societies. The only form of civilisation that still inhabits the region is the Tsaytsa, a nomadic group stretching across central Hani'kae.

Ineriatun Raskag (Imperial Remnants) (1202-1205 ABD) - Mon Carleios' mission was not complete however, and in the following years after the official fall of the Ineriun he would attempt to destroy all remnants of his Empire, which were smaller pockets of territory from across the former lands. These were named the 'Imperial Remnants' as there were so many of them that most of their names have been lost to history. The majority of these states had been vanquished after 3 years, with the final dissolution of the Death Battalions and the expelling of Mon Carleios to the Underworld, never to be seen again, marking the end of the Imperial Era.

Dark Age: 1205 - 1450 ABD
The Reo'hoari Tribes (1205-1405 ABD) - The Matan Archipelago was fractured along ethnic lines following the fall of the Ineriun, each tribe developing mostly independent of each other. This was a turning point in the cultural side of history, as the people of the southern isle broke away culturally to form a new path for themselves. The Raposans, who had historically developed in a different style to the rest of the people groups, further forged their own path, building a small trade empire that would last them another 50 years or so, before falling back into the nature of the rest of the tribes. It was during this time that Matanui began construction, and the people there drew up the first plans for a reunited Reo'hoari state, however the way that the tribes had developed meant that the organisation of prior states would not function in the new political climate of the archipelago. Change was needed, and the legacy of the Elders, the last surviving members of the Order, became a form of prophecy, stating that one day they would return and bring the Reo'hoari people back to the limelight. However, one day in 1405 ABD, a large boat would arrive on the shores of the central island, upon it the surviving Elders, including one Akele Ithati Sindi.

Second Reo'hoari Republic (1405 - 1449 ABD) - The prophecy was indeed partly true, the Elders had returned for the purpose of reuniting the people under one banner. However, it was quickly established that a Republic would not last, and the Elders agreed, along the basis of founding a new system that would stand the test of time. They believed that the Republic would not survive in the event of a Black Order resurgence, which had been feared since the collapse of the Ineriun. So, it was set up as a transitional government, run entirely by the Order and would help rebuild the nation's cities into full working order. The Republic was short-lived, but necessary for the establishment of a future government which would last and stand a chance in Kylorne's new political climate.