Imperial Provinces of Aristios

"Aristios announces total war; the fatherland shall not fall!"

- Otto en Olea Aristios, officially the Imperial Provinces of Aristios, was a nation located on Eldham in the continent of Elastra.

Decline of the Second Kingdom of Aristios
Without a strong government the Kingdom started to decline. It had heavy rat influence and it was not centralized. Citizens had more loyalty to their local lords rather than Kratoras Azriel. Eventually the King grew sick and his right hand man Hirodius was too ill to run the nation. The Rattist officials based in Krugmar sent an ultimatum demanding Aristios join the Holy Rattican Empire, resulting in the signature of the Troktiko Pact in, leading to the full integration of Aristios into the Rattican.

Return of Otto en Olea
After the integration there was panic in Aristios, many Aristii nobles had not been informed and many disagreed. Despite the fact of high disapproval, the lords simply did not have the courage or spirit to fight back. This all changed when Hessel van Gallisti, Lord of the Gallisti County sent a letter to the Imperial House of Olea to trying to reach for Otto.

When Otto heard he quickly grabbed his personal guard and hired a small group of mercenaries and sailed to Perdin. With him came Anthonius Wize en Olea, Sir Aerbous and Lord Apollyon of Abbadon. Together they landed into Perdin and started planning the revolt. The Rattican had slow administrative capabilities and could not integrate fast. The loyalists took advantage of this and quickly sent messages to Hugo en Airgead of the Shattered Isles, Globblet'Akirebureakaz of Akirashalam, Oliver en Olmero and other local leaders who would resist. However, amongst the loyal lords there were some Aristii traitors. Changingwolf refused to sign anything without the agreement of Azriel and Hirodius lied and pretended to support Otto's coup but in reality was feeding information to the Rattican. By that point much of the world had grown up after the Aristii Civil War and had learned to hate Otto; to believe he was a total fool and dictator. This caused the Rats to underestimate the Olea family and they did not act.

Declaration of Independence in Akirashalam
At this point Otto had prepared a larger army and hired mercenaries. He moved all the nobility to Akirashalam, his new capital, and prepared to declare independence. Globblet'Akirebureakaz crowned him Imperial Kratoras and ruler of the land. Then an international announcement was sent. The world was shocked, it had been 86 years since Otto had been in power and yet an announcement from the 'boogieman' of Aristios, the 'mad' Emperor who ruled the world one century ago had returned.

A speech was made by Otto explaining why Aristios should leave the Rattican and thereby Ashai.

"To begin with, the withdrawal from the Rattican by the Aristii people because they believe that the Rattican does not represent their national identity and interest. Furthermore, the Rattican has very little cultural connection with Aristios. It is also very important to note that the Aristii people will be outnumbering the rest of the Rattican citizens in their own nation which will cause instability altogether.

Secondly, the annexation of Aristios by the Rattican is considered illegitimate by the government of The Imperial Provinces of Aristios for the following reasons. Firstly, the ‘Emperor’ of Aristios, Azriel acted on it without consulting the Senate or most Governors. Furthermore, this delegation believes that Emperor Azriel was forced to commit this illegitimate merge by his advisor and Rattican authorities threatening to overthrow him. Due to inactivity, Azriel refused to seek and get assistance causing him to accept this outrageous annexation.

The Imperial Provinces of Aristios will not be recognizing this merge and claim the entirety of the Provinces of Sanctus, Bel-Ismer and The Shattered Isles after consulting and collaborating with the local stakeholders and authorities.

The delegation of The Imperial Provinces of Aristios urge the Rattican to recognize this justified withdrawal and recognize the independence of The Imperial Provinces of Aristios. In addition, Imperial Kratoras Otto Olea invites a delegation from the Rattican to a meeting held in the Cactus Palace with an Aristii delegation to discuss the withdrawal and other issues that the Rattican has with this movement."

- Otto en Olea

Shortly after Olea's speech, multiple regional governors of formerly Aristii territory issued the Akirashalam Papers, a joint, unilateral declaration of independence, declaring the prior annexation by the Rattican "illegitimate."

Battle of Perdin
Ashai's forces landed on the coast south of Perdin and put it to siege.

The Siege of Akirashalam
Aristios was at war!

Ashai and CATO had come to finish what they tried to start in Perdin, to destroy the Aristii. However they would not be coming to Perdin this time- but to the glorious capital of Akirashalam, the home of the Tasqar people. The Aristii were caught off-guard by the surprise attack, but they tried to find their footing, putting the country into full mobilization.

Aristios had managed to pull together a motley crew of a a few vanguards and auxiliaries to defend against the siege while Ashai had brought the full force of its army to bare and had subsumed assistance from annexed Aristii territories. The siege was staggering and the city fell in tens of minutes Otto en Olea was killed in the battle and their forces were utterly routed.

Aftermath
This was the first time in Aristii history a town had been captured by an invading force. An absolute humiliation. With the Kratoras dead, and his final order to split the Imperial Provinces, the fire of the revolution died.