Silvay

The Brouenhanzen of Silvay, or simply Silvay, is a province within the Imperial Archonal Union of Viodoxa.

Silvay lies on the southeastern corner of Rathnir, west of the continent of Cymru and south of Sparwood. Silvay consists of five counties: Bødur, Aussay, Kumaur, Nidaros and Salapet. The capital and the largest city, Miklagard is the second largest city in Cymru and the third in Viodoxa. It is bordered by Aezenfjord and New Interland in the north, the Nekkic and Tengalan seas in the west, and the Viodoxan provinces of Valron and Fortuna to the east, and the provinces of Demiarbéz and Eisenland to the south. Silvay’s land is divided in two continents: The counties of Bødur, Thedan, Nidaros and Salapet in Cymru; and the county of Kumaur in Sparwood.

Silvay has it’s origins in the Kingdom of Kumuur which was founded on February 12nd 2021, and later became a part of the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa as Silvay, which collapsed on June 19th 2021, giving independence to Silvay. On 20th June, it united with Aussay into Preyllea, a union which disbanded a day later. On the 22nd, Silvay, among many other former Viodoxan provinces united to reform the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa. It achieved independence once again on October 21st 2021, and united with Adytum and Seratov to form the Seratovian State the same day.

This province is a multi-cultural region in Cymru, housing several different cultures in distinct counties. The largest cultures are the Silvish in Kumaur, Varingian in Nidaros and Bødurian in Bødur. The official languages in Silvay are Silvish and Traveler’s Tongue.

Beginnings
In Late November 2020, the VIR or Valdreach Imperial Republic conquered all of Cymru, but a few days later it entered a civil war with an anti-monarchist rebellion. In Early December, the VIR collapsed, and Ciborea declared independence. In Early January 2021, Sørveien annexed Ciborea due to their inactivity.

Kingdom of Kumuur
Silvay’s history starts in the Kingdom of Kumuur (not to confuse Kumuur with ‘Kumaur’, it’s capital.), a kingdom founded by Breton Aerouant and Deltafox. Unbeknownst to them, the area Kumuur was founded belonged to Aezenfjord. The Kingdom then began to grow quickly as new players came in to this mercantile city, and began making bonds with the growing Viodoxa to it’s east.

Kumuur Crisis
A prior misunderstanding led Aezenfjord to see that the settlement was mistakenly placed on their land as disingenuous, thus revoking the land claims of Kumuur. Three representatives met in Kumaur to solve the ongoing crisis: Valen McSpiegel, Valerie and SirMisterPanda. This was resolved by the Kumuur Accords, in which Aezenfjord set an alliance with Viodoxa and gave them the city, while Aezenfjord gained the cities of Concord and Falkheim.

The city had a population boom later on, and Viodoxa had adopted the name “Kamarum” for Kumaur, one of the many city names, and a religious reawakening began in the city, for it’s citizens couldn’t find a cure to the curse that had long plagued the lands of the former VIR. It was also around this time when Sørveien became very inactive, which resulted in Viodoxa and Isren Draca annexing it.

Purple Insurrection
Some time in April, the Kingdom of Kumuur, now a province of Viodoxa, was renamed to Silvay, keeping the city’s name to Kumaur. In June 2021, Viodoxa was suffering an internal crisis also known as the Purple Insurrection or the First Viodoxan Civil War. Silvay was, at the time, a supporter of Valen's Viodoxa, and Breton Aerouant was found out to be a Loic supporter. Neither side ended up winning, and Valen disbanded Viodoxa into it’s provinces, resulting in Silvay’s independence on 19th June 2021. The next day, Silvay and the former Viodoxan province of Aussay united into Preyllea, a short-lived state which collapsed a day later, due to Breton opposing this union. Silvay then united with the other successor provinces to reform Viodoxa. Valen left Breton in charge of Silvay, however, the other Viodoxan states didn't like this, so they kicked out Breton holding any office, and left Kedian McSpiegel briefly in charge of the province before it was returned to breton shortly thereafter. On 30th June 2021, a hurricane struck Kumaur and flooded most of the lowlands in Silvay.

Sometime Mid-June, when Bardonia conquered Ryzan, a Ryzani immigration wave to Kumaur began. On 17th September 2021, Viodoxa, Yimmu-Audal and Escharia united to form the Triumvirate of Denumain, a mega-state encompassing the continents of Cymru, Alteniquia and Nieden. In mid-October the counties were established. The second one being the arrival of the now Hanzerouenn Hávi Asagrim, Genevieve, Cherno, and other peoples. The third wave was the mass immigrations to Miklagard in Mid-October.

Libertalian Independence War
On 16th October, the union collapsed, and on the same day the Libertalian Independence War started, which happened mainly between Silvay and Libertalia. A city within Silvay’s borders was wrongly assigned as Libertalian. Both sides tried to negotiate in Salapet, but this ultimately failed. Danzig then called the Imperial Army as a backup, and as soon as they arrived there were disagreements with the townspeople. It is unknown which, but one of the sides shot first to the opposing band and this started the conflict. This ultimately began the Libertalian Independence War, where the Viodoxan forces lost.

Fall of the Second Archonate
This war triggered Viodoxa’s collapse, which was caused by the royal crisis in Viodoxa’s leader positions. Hazel resigned in favor of Blanc, who approached Yazov to become the archon of Viodoxa. They both recognised the dire situation Viodoxa was in and they divided the country into it’s former provinces on 21st October 2021. Silvay was granted independence for the second time, and on the same day, Silvay agreed to unite with Adytum and Seratov to form the Seratovian State. From this point on, Silvay’s community began to be very active in the region.

On 6th November 2021, after a bloody war in the neighboring province of Interium, the city of Fortuna decided to join Silvay. This started the fourth immigration wave. 2 weeks later, a war was fought against squatters in the county of Nidaros known as ‘Skeld’. On 5th December 2021, a crisis between Greater Karolium and the county of Fortuna began, which spilled over Silvay. The Seratovian and Silvish governments made an agreement with Greater Karolium that they would obtain most of Fortuna’s land, except the cities. Later on November, the fifth wave began, with the creation of Lothrin and the arrival of the Luthrun people.

On 11th December 2021, Loic announced his second return to Viodoxa, which triggered the Second Viodoxan Civil War. On the same day, Silvay announced it’s neutrality upon this conflict, and the Seratovian State had reformed to the Third Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa. On 8th January 2022, some reforms were made regarding the subdivision borders. The county of Findara was disbanded, the division of the county of Thedan and the occupation of Federal Land by Guilded Coast and Salapet County. On the 25th of the same month, the capital of Silvay was changed from Kumaur to Miklagard.

Archonal Union
On January 28th, Hazel’s Viodoxa capitulated to Loic’s Viodoxa. This caused the sixth immigration wave, which were the Adytum refugees in Silvay, an example of this is the establishment of Ryoujing by Ryou Bakura. On 4th February 2022, the provincial reforms by Loic were made, which made the county of Fortuna a separate province, which also gained lands from south-east Silvay.

A period of internal stability rose in Silvay as cities like Ryoujing and Ansicün developed to the point they became relevant cities in Cymru's stage. During the first semester of 2022, Silvay's population have been losing distribution and have been moved to the largest cities, leaving the rural areas unpopulated. On July 2022, Kedian replaced Ieldore as the Hanzerouenn because of inactivity.

Politics
Silvay is led by a Hanzerouenn, while the second-in-charge is the Prime Minister. There are five ministers for five departments, and these are: the Minister of War, the Minister of Culture, the Minister of Architecture, the Minister of Logistics and the Minister of Humanities. Below these positions there’s the Kemian High Council, a rank automatically given to county governors, but this does not apply to only governors. And on the bottom there’s the Barons, a rank automatically given to town governors.

These are the ministers:


 * Minister of War: Melancton Asagrim [DerpyLove_]
 * Minister of Culture: Genevieve
 * Minister of Architecture: Richard Edishield-McSpiegel
 * Minister of Logistics: Aldric Eadhin Asagrim
 * Minister of Humanities: Ryou Bakura

Silvay is organized into five counties:

Bødur:
 * Bødur (Capital: Ryoujing)
 * Thedan (Capital: Ansicün)
 * Kumaur (Capital: Kumaur)
 * Nidaros (Capital: Miklagard)
 * Salapet (Capital: Salapet)

Thedan:
 * Ryoujing


 * Ansicün
 * Ferrington

Kumaur:


 * Kumaur

Salapet:

Nidaros:
 * Salapet
 * Vannes


 * Miklagard
 * Krasnode
 * Helheim