Second Empire of Uldarash

The Second Empire of Uldarash, also known as the Empire of Uldarash or simply Uldarash is a political entity in Haven a successor state to the Empire of Uldarash. It was founded on March 5, 2021 when all the former nations of Haven, except for the Kingdom of Trafalgar, united to remove all eastern influences from Haven, namely the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa.

The Second Empire of Uldarash is regarded as one of Rathnir's most powerful and stable states, given its large population, well-equipped military, relatively large economy, and generally stable political landscape.

Circumstances of formation
The circumstances of the Empire's sudden expansion on 3 March has its origins in the participation as a founding member of the Golden Ring of Haven, a mutual defense alliance of the states on the continent of Haven. The seminal event which lead to the First Empire's collapse and the subsequent expansion and formation of the Second Empire was the Battle of Sanctuary and subsequent battle of Hapatmitas.

The Battle of Sanctuary and the dismantlement of Uldarash
"Main article: Loic's War"The Battle of Sanctuary started with the declaration of the formation of the Sewor Mafia by a few of the members of the Handy Helpers, who claimed much of the south of Ummarnu and the north of Haven, all territory of the First Empire. After proclaiming the Empire of the Sewor Mafia, the warriors of the Sewor Mafia launched an attack on the city of Sanctuary, and the Golden Ring assembled in response. However, in the middle of the battle, the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa launched an attack on Sanctuary, and the immediately subsequent Battle of Hapatmitas, citing their reason for attacking as Aurora having allegedly violated their previous treaty by inserting spies into Viodoxa. This claim is disputed by Aurora as being baseless, as the Viodoxan leaders have not forwarded any proof of such actions, with Aurora further claiming any information they have gotten on Viodoxa are those available to the public. The Golden Ring held their own against the Sewor Mafia as more Ring reinforcements poured into the city, that is until the Mafia was suddenly reinforced by nearly 20 players from Viodoxa, heavily tipping the battle in their favor. The Ring forces quickly retreated to the capital of Hapatmitas in its defense as the timer on the land war had neared its end, and the land war on Hapatmitas had just begun. The dwindling forces of the Ring were quickly routed, and individual Uldarash and Aurorans were chased around the city by hoards of the iron armor equipped Viodoxans led by their netherite clad leaders. The Ring forces were further hampered by the fact that, as a sizeable part of their forces were neither part of the land war attack on Hapatmitas or residents of Hapatmitas, they could not break, place, or interact with blocks whatsoever, leading to many deaths.

Aftermath
In the aftermath of the war, Haven erupted into chaos, with the many polities that once formed the First Empire having declared independence and the fate of the continent unsure. In the days after the conflict, Aurora and Viodoxa attempted to pursue negotiations. During this period, the various leaders of the newly independent nations of Haven that were already participating in the Golden Ring came together at a summit in the capital of Aurora, Fornost. There they declared the formation of the "True Empire of Uldarash", that soon after came to be known as the Second Empire of Uldarash. During the summit, all the nations of Haven, with the exception of Trafalgar and the Viodoxan client state of Aruna had joined together in the new Second Empire, naming the King of Aurora, Aurelian, the Regent-Emperor. This event further complicated the already ongoing negotiations, which had evolved from negotiations with just the states of Aurora and the Imperial Archonate, but into that of the whole of Haven, with new Empire.

With the changes in the circumstances and the new political goals of either state, the negotiations further degenerated and fear of an outbreak of war again swelled. Soon after however the Republic of Soumere, the Imperial Archonate, and Bardonia met at the Atlas Accords seeking a non-aggression pact with Uldarash along with the demands that any claims Uldarash on Aruna and the Eastern Duchy (lands claimed by Soumere) had to be bought by mutual agreement if any change in the ownership of the lands were to occur, and the new Emperor of Uldarash could not be an Auroran, and that both sides were to cease any and all espionage and propaganda efforts. This lead to a freeze in negotiations, as the Uldarashis had to quickly choose a new emperor in place of the current regent, and ran against the Uldarashi goals of reabsorbing Aruna. Offers were given from both sides, with rumors of initial offers for Aruna at nearly one million, to two hundred thousand, and denied payment. The tense freeze in negotiations in once again increased fears of war, with the war weary population of Haven once again worrying for the possibility of war. This fear was soon assuaged by the sudden ultimatum issued by the Doge of Kush that either side was not to engage in antagonism, and if seen as antagonism by the Doge, he would personally deliver over 15 sets of Prot IV Diamond Armor, two hundred thousand, over a stack of ancient debris (around 16 or more netherite ingots), over a hundred golden apples, a mending netherite pick, and various other gear that he had collected to the antagonized party, and that he would leave the server, and a declaration of secession from the Second Empire in order to maintain neutrality.

This Hail Mary by the Doge of Kush then allowed the Uldarashi and Viodoxan governments to negotiate for peace eventually sign a treaty.

The Farmland Bandits
During the peace process between Second Empire of Uldarash and Viodoxa, some players of unknown origin had launched an attack on Uldarashi city of Sanctuary, and were quickly defeated by the Uldarashi. However due to be tipped off by an unknown source, the Hand had appeared and attacked the raiders and the Uldarashi. The Uldarashi, seeking not to further escalate the conflict and waste equipment in such a tense period quickly retreated, leaving the raiders to be massacred by the The Chancellor's Hands.

Beginning of Entropy's era
During the events following the destruction of the moon, Emperor Aurelian began to prepare The Order of Aurora to combat this new threat. Sensing this threat to her power the continent of Haven appeared to have caught the eye of this Goddess as she attempted to turn trusted allies and even high ranking members of Uldarash to her side. To what extent this succeeded is unknown, however Timeken was known to have come under her control.

After the emergence of Entropy, Athaz and Carpicious visited Fornost to speak with Aurelian about ways to suppress her from taking control of Carp. During this process Queen Red, the wife of Aurelian made friends with Carpicious, and they spent time together talking about ways to help Carp deal with Entropy, and the various problems they dealth with in daily life.

Laying the spirits to rest
Following the collapse of the old empire Emperor Emeritus Rumknight and a few remaining members of the old council of lords gathered in Loremere to construct a peaceful town and live out the rest of their days in peace. However, at the arrival of Entropy Rum forsook this oath and created a great armory to assist in this war, consisting of 4 sets of protection 4 netherite, and at least 6 sets of protection 4 Diamond armor and a sizeable amount high valued weapons and rare equipment. Unfortunately, Entropy caught wind of this and launched an attack on the armory. Bravely Rum held her at bay as Aurelian, Athaz, Theodore, Tyler, Valen, and ex-Archon Zelious escaped. Sadly she overpowered him, ending the life of the final ruler of the First Empire. Many members of the party that had escaped swore vengeance against the Entropy for her killing of one of the most august figures in Rathnir.

Entropy Raids
Entropy has launched 3 raids at Fornost, with the latter two being the most intense. These assaults consisted of hordes of giant slimes both inside the walls, and outside, the summoning of Ravagers, and small minions of Entropy that took the form of rabbits. During the second assault, Entropy enlisted the aid of the legendary corrupted warrior BackToTheHub, who strengthened by Entropy, was able to withstand the counterattack of many knights of the Order, and many other well known warriors who had come to help defend Fornost from the assault by Entropy. Eventually he had escaped, teleporting out of the battlefield with Entropy magic.

Inbetween the first and second raid, Hub had returned to Fornost, and kidnapped Queen Red after Emperor Aurelian and his daughter Nikephoros gave chase to him, and like during the second raid, he teleported away to his home in The Abyssal Isles where he sacrificed the Queen's arms, leaving her blind and bleeding before leaving her at the front door of the Emperor's home. Upon returning from searching for any sign of where Hub could have went, Aurelian returned home, only to find her injured and losing blood on the steps of their home. Chaplain of the Order TheMrFURB upon hearing the screams quickly ran towards their home, rendering aid to her, saving her from death.

First Empress Elected
Shortly after the defeat of Entropy Tequilaknight Steps down from his position as Emperor. Shortly after the Imperial High Council convenes. During the meeting four candidates were recommended or volunteered themselves for the running these being: Polystralian of the Chevkri Republic, Caterina of Montroig, Crispy Schnoz of Boulderov, and Al-Surii of Alokhrad.  The election resulted in a 66% victory of Caterina becoming the first Empress in the History of Uldarash.

Minute man war
Around mid July the King of Falnir CiderKnight of the SpiritKnight family uncovered a plot to overthrow him from the throne of Falnir, deciding that fighting to keep his position on the throne was not worth fighting for CiderKnight signed away his powers and fled the nation to avoid violence against him. Due to this Sudden development and instability in Falnir the Empire of Uldarash declared war on falnir to annex the nation.

The Minute Man War itself was Swift and Expertly fought, Uldarashi troops breached the walls of journeys end with tnt and pushed the Falnirian troops out of the city before the dust of the blast even settled. The Falnirian troops quickly fled into an ocean keep were close quarters fighting broke out, at the end of the battle Uldarash suffered zero casualties while Falnir had taken 60, one fighter taken down for each minute of the battle inspiring its name. After the war had been one the Empire gave Falnir a choice Become its own state under the Empire or join a state, the leader of Falnir Midgeape chose to join The Kingdom of Boulderov a prominent state within the Empire.

Second Minute Man War
Much time had passed since the first Minute Man War, the State of Boulderov which falnir joined was violently broken into two, now boulderov"s lands were split between the Kingdom of Boulderov and the Kingdom of Savernia, shortly after the two states split the Ex-Leader of Falnir long banished for working with the Bardonians during the Third coalition, returned and sparked rebellion in Falnir and took control of the largest city in Falnir Journey's End. The current king of Savernia Olly Ashwood quickly sent word to the Empresses asking for the Imperial army to step in and route this rebellion. Shortly afterward the Imperial army marched onto the city, but this time there was no need to breach the city with tnt as a Savernian that lived in the city let the Uldarashi army into the city but when Uldarashi troops entered the city they found no opposition. The second Minute unlike the previous was a bloodless war and was resolved after they retook the city.

Uldarashi Schism and Civil War
"Main articles: Uldarashi Schism and Uldarash Civil War"On November 18th, 2021, several members of the Uldarash military High Command, and members of the prominent SpiritKnight family of Uldarash deposed the elected Empress Caterina of Montroig due to a conflict of interest in how the Imperial government should be run. Some of the people heading the deposition include Scotch Knight, WhiskeyKnight,and Canine14. In response to this, Empress Caterina had attempted to gain the support of any states she could to join her cause in an attempt to reinstate herself in her former position of the elected Empress of Uldarash, the self dubbed "Loyalist Uldarash". However, the forces of Aurora, Boulderov, Chevkri, and Sanctuary declared themselves for Empress Nikephoros, forming the "Imperialist Uldarash". Only the nations of Montroig and Alfheim seceded to join Caterina, while every other nation besides Nullaria, which stated that they would be neutral, remained to back Nikephoros, and thus began the Civil War.

Early-Stage Civil War
The early phase of the Civil War was one of magmatic battles of legendary figures of the Uldarash second-generation of heroes. Masses of 12-year olds lead by stressed-out teenage adults led armies that rivaled Behemoths in scale. The rivalry between Empress Nikephoros and Caterina reached its peak, and support for the war was romanticized to levels unrivaled; only to be on par with the Third Coalition War. This early stages are to be considered the best that Rathnir had to offer, in terms of total war.

Civil War Battles
During the outset of the civil war the Loyalists swiftly occupied the Island of Canine due to it's strategic importance. With the Imperial capital of Hapatmitas within sight of Canine the first battle of the civil war was obvious a grand skirmish on the Island of Canine, a true test between the best soldiers of the Loyalist and Imperial Uldarash. The loyalist started off strong killing 4 Imperial soldiers, but were ultimately decimated with a total of 42 casualties on the Loyalist side, leading to a decisive victory against the Loyalist forces that had recently occupied the Island. With the island now retaken by Imperial forces it would be a lot harder for the Loyalists to launch an attack on Hapatmitas, but despite this defeat the morale of the Loyalist army was not broken and seemed to only fuel them.

On 18th November, 2021 the next clash between Imperial and loyalist forces would be Battle of Terroja, the first full-scale battle of the civil war, with a loyalist counter attack striking Northport, the battle was fierce Loyalist forces were assailed from the east and south Imperial forces slowly broke their way into the city whilst being harassed by loyalist arrow fire, when Imperial forces broke through the walls they quickly stormed the church of the holy anvil beginning the apex of the battle, both sides fought tooth and nail for control of the church, at the same time Loyalist forces aided by the Huitca federation began launching their counter attack on the Auroran town of North Port drawing away some Imperial troops. But despite an Imperial corp exiting the battle the handle the counter attack, the Imperial forces took the church ending any large scale resistance from the Loyalist forces, though small pockets of Loyalists still fought on. When the battle ended and smoke cleared the loyalists suffered 125 casualties while the Imperials only suffered a singular loss, a citizen of North Port that donned a set of iron armor to defend his home against the Loyalist counter attack now known as the Iron Soldier. The battle was the first involvement of Foreign forces, including members from the Huitica Federation and the now dissolved empire of Solea-Audal, it is regarded as one of if not the deadliest battles in Rathnir history. The Hapatmitas-Chevkri Campaign was the last major action the Loyalists took in the civil war, after loosing the battle at canine and Terroja the Loyalist army took the opportunity to attack back looking to overwhelm the Imperial army by attacking multiple cities simultaneously. The Loyalist war council had planned to attack 4 cities all at once, these cities include New Coolio city and Russantia in Chevkri, the capitol of Alokhrad Eraqat, and lastly the Imperial capitol of Hapatmitas. In the early hours of the morning the loyalist gathered all their supplies nearly 60 sets of enchanted armor and over 100 swords and potions to supply their army of nearly 75 Soldiers, yet despite their numerically superior force, the Imperial army still had far more supplies and could afford losses while the Loyalist army could not. The loyalist army was disorganized with commanders not receiving proper orders on where they are to attack until 10 minutes before the battle was supposed to start, when the battle did commence Loyalist forced had received incorrect orders and marched on the wrong locations, even the Bardonia volunteers the Loyalists had been sent retreated from the battle due to miscommunication. Most of the Imperial army was stationed at Hapatmitas on guard atop the walls while a smaller force of imperial soliders were sent the defend new Coolio city Eraqat and Russantia. The battle at New Coolio was hard fought but with the Loyalist supply chain in disarray because of Imperial bandit attacks, the Loyalists swiftly bleed their supplies dry and cut off the attacks on Eraqat and russantia, New Coolio was an Imperial Victory, after the Loyalists failed at New Coolio they swung their forces around to launch an assault on Hapatmitas with whatever strength they had left. Seeing the Loyalists forces swing to Hapatmitas the Imperial army at New Coolio tailed them, When the Loyalists reached Hapatmitas they were severely disorganized and weakened yet they fought on, they were met by the Imperial army just outside the City and clashed with Haptatmitas's defenders, after several minutes of fighting the Imperial force from New Coolio that was tailing the Loyalists reached the battle and smashed the Loyalist army Between the two imperial forces. The Hapatmitas Chevkri Campaign resulted in 63 Loyalist casualties and 2 Imperial casualties, making the total casualties of the civil war so far 228 Loyalist casualties and 7 Imperial casualties.

The Entente War
The Entente War while it is its own distinct conflict it bleeds into the civil war as well due to them formally intervening in the conflict as well as declaring war independently. Some time before November 15, 2021, several citizens and leaders of The Kingdom of Aurora found the massive market of Boardwalk in Eldham unclaimed, seeing this along with multiple other Eldhamites stealing items en-masse partook in the looking themselves. The total amount of items that were stolen ended up totaling over seven million coins. Following the robbery, the Eldham Entente launched an investigation into the robbery and viewed the Aurorans as the biggest perpetrators, The Entete began negotiations for compensation for the people of boardwalk, though negotiations broke down between the two sides; Aurora refusing to pay the requested 10 million due to numerous miscommunications and lack of trust with the Entete. On November 26th, 2021 the Entete formally declared war on the Imperial Uldarash government and formally recognized the Loyalist Uldarash government, as well as recognizing Loyalist Uldarash the publicly stated they'd protect any Uldarashi state that joined the Loyalists or declared independence.

Battle of Fornost
On November 27th, 2021 the Entente marched upon Fornost the capitol of Aurora and the largest city in Rathnir.

The Battle of Fornost would be the  Largest  battle the world of Rathnir has ever seen and likely will ever see, for Battle of Fornost was truly a grand symphony of 2 colossal titans of 2 worlds battling it out, this battle dwarfed the previous largest war in Rathnir that being the  the Battle of New Dorasterrock during the Third Rathnir Coalition seeing around 140 fighters from across the world. But the battle of Fornost was different, the Battle of Fornost saw to most powerful force on Eldham that being the Eldham Entente and the most powerful force on Rathnir that being Uldarash, fight it out in Rathnirs largest city the battle would see around  200  soldiers fighting in the battle. The united forces of the Eldham Entente marched from Ardat Mosul to attack the city. Entente forces attacked Fornost's west most wall using mountains of tnt to clear their way through the berry bushes and to break into the mountain wall, eventually breaking into the Cathedral of Pavlovich where heavy fighting began, the entente and Uldarash forces pushed each other back and forth, the cathedral switching hands several times. The majority of the fighting happening in the cathedral with skirmishes happening all across the city.

Ultimately Uldarash lost the battle but held the city the Entente facing 60 casualties and Uldarash facing 79 casualties.

Late-Stage Civil War
After the Battle of Fornost, both sides sustained incredible casualties which decommissioned fighting major battles on that scale for an entire month. From November 27 to January 2nd, Uldarash would know no battles, but would face the repercussions of living in a divided empire for an entire month.

The Imperialist Campaign of Attrition
Battles and campaigns were switched out for skirmishes, raids, pillaging, and bitter hostility. The Battle of Fornost allowed for Aurora to gain the foreign and domestic support needed to bolster the Imperial Fleet's capacity to wage naval warfare on Dagger Bay (the stretch of water that border(ed) Alfheim, Chevkri, Montroig, and the Imperial Heartland), which wavered the Montroigian Navy to ending the blockade on Hapatmitas and commit to staying within the docks. There was hope for the Loyalists that the Eldham Entente would dispatch a fresh fleet from the New World to support the Loyalists efforts, and allow for the Montroigians to resume their naval blockade on the Imperial seat, but Empress Scotch was one step ahead and compensated the Eldham Entente's loss at Fornost with 20 million coin, making them leave the war indefinitely.

At this point, the losses on the Loyalist side were so great, and the Imperial's gains were enough to the point where they could wage a cold war to starve Empress Caterina's resources out into capitulation. Inspiring paranoia, such as alluding the Loyalist to believe in a "Battle of Tiatua", causing the Loyalist to spend countless hours preparing the city, only putting their people despair when the Imperialists announced it was a fluke. While trolling was only one part of psychological warfare in the late war, compound with a new Imperialist blockade on Montroigian trade, winter arriving, and raiding parties from Chevkri and Sanctuary's borders into Alfheim and Montroig, the constant terror put their people into hell.

The Declining Status of The Empire
Both sides saw a continuous decline in consumer and luxury goods, along with the average standard-of-living. The war robbed the once-prominent middle class of their wealth and plummeted months of peace in Haven into the drain. An Imperial Uldarashi census at this time recorded that much over half the empire's population (<180 players) had less than 20k. Contrasting this, the October Pre-Civil War Uldarashi census recorded around 200 players had less than 20k, but that was when the empire was united and had a record-number of around 400-600 players active at that time. This also alludes to the incredible loss of population between the Early to Late Stages of the Civil War. Combined with the knowledge that, as of early March of 2022, the current Uldarashi population is barely reaching 300, not only did the Empire lose a considerable loss of a highly-educated working class, but the loss of almost half their citizens in this dystopian war.

The Fall of The Loyalists
Much of the loss of life in the empire can be contributed to the late phase of Imperial warfare, where they would play into the Loyalist's new defensive doctrine (into baiting sieges on at least one of their cities, in order to inflict heavy loses on the invading enemy) but never give them a fight; never giving the Loyalists rest, nor attention to their populous who were in need of food and basic civil services. No one nation suffered from this tactic more, than Montroig, the most devastated nation to come out of this conflict. Montroig suffered incredible losses after the Loyalist campaigns into Chevkri, Hapatmitas, and Aurora. Alfheim took over the war industry for Montroig, in order to give their ally breathing space to recover and bounce back. But the Imperialists saw an opening in the Loyalist faction, and repeatedly harassed the leading-loyalist nation into submission. The loss of grain imports from the global market, along with the winter that hit the Loyalist's harvests hard drained their food reserves until they were empty. Montroig's once massive populous either died from famine or Imperialist warbands, or left the country, while Alfheim more or less suffered with them.

The Treaty of Terroja, and Imperialist Uldarash
The end finally came to an end, on January 2nd, 2022, Guardian Argon Retter, Vice Guardian Alphonsine Gooblegins, Ex-Empress Caterina of Montroig, Niftia von Alfen, and Empress Nikephoros, Empress Scotchknight, Rakia Knight, Ted Hastings, Robert Vorpes signed the Treaty of Terroja, which reabsorbed "Montroig and Alfheim back into the Empire, forcing Caterina to renounce her claim to the Uldarashi throne, and placing the former loyalists states under military governorship." In the end, the war claimed hundreds of lives, resulted in the destabilization of the Empire, the destruction of Montroig as a potential rival to Aurora, placed the SpiritKnights back on the Imperial Throne, mass famine, the conservation of monarchism in Uldarash, removal of the Uldarash Constitution, and securing an "Epic Imperialist Victory".

Bringing Peace to Haven
The longest war in Rathnir, that had the only goal of destroying Uldarash, didn't annihilate it but certainly wreck it into a dumpster fire. The aftermath saw a Silverfish Plague in Montroig, the Civil Strife in Chevkri, the Ducklandian conflict in Savernia, the flocking of desperate masses to Boulderism, the decline of Alokhrad and Aurora, the sacking of Nullaria (and it's return under the Imperial fold), and New Mithusu/Sanctuary watching it all catch on fire. However, through Scotch's sheer will as appearing to the populous as a chill leader-figure to the empire and Nikephoros/Canine acting as enforcers for the Empire, Uldarash did not collapse. The Loyalist nations did experience a period of strife and civil unrest, but overtime, just as the empire did, tensions calmed down and Uldarash experienced a small period of peace and temporary prosperity.

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Emperors
The head of state of the Second Empire of Uldarash is shared between two emperors, one being elected while the other being a hereditary monarch from House Aurora. The Constitution of the Second Empire of Uldarash places very little limitations on the powers of the Emperors.

High Council
Below the two Emperors, is the High Council of Uldarash. The High Council consists of the leaders of each of the constituent countries of Uldarash, from the King of Alokhrad, to the Apex of Chevkri, the respective ministers appointed by the Emperors, and the Uldarashi High Command. The High Council was given the power by the Constitution to write and pass legislation through it.

Low Council
With the passing of the Low Council bill by former Empress Caterina, the lower council was formed, consisting of elected representatives proportionate to State population. Low Council representatives are theoretically given the the power to write and vote on legislation, and be voted on every month by the citizenry, however due to the events of the Civil War, this has been put on hold. If the Low Council passes the legislation, it moves to the High Council who votes on it. If both chambers pass the legislation, the Emperors then have the power to approve or veto the bill.

Diplomacy
Diplomacy in Uldarash is typically done through a ticket system by the Uldarashi Diplomatic Corp, who keep a specific channel of communication for every point of contention or diplomatic item that must be attended to, and to embassies sent government to carry out the Emperor's will. One such diplomatic embassy can be seen in the form of the visit by the, at the time, the King's Ambassador Nikephoros to Aurlûnor Velande to establish diplomatic contact. On occasion, when both Emperors are occupied by other business, diplomats will be assigned to certain countries.