Andorn

The Empire of Andorn is an country primarily located in northwestern Syltör. It consists of 9 Provinces, and two principalities. Andorn is a territorially large nation, measuring out at about 2.39 Square Miles (Approx 6197900 Blocks), it dominates the central Syltor area, Andorn shares land borders with the Syltor Empire to it's east, Norfthorn to it's west, and the Aurlunor Velande to it's south. With a population of about 24 people (08/15/2021) it is the 26th most populous nation in Rathnir. The capital and most populous city of Andorn is Orilin.

Pog-Bar Period
The Pog-Bar period, started with the founding of Pillars of the Sun, a quite large city within the current Andorian borders. The Pog-Bar period got its name from the chain of bars that HimoS401, the original founder of Pillars of the sun, owned.

Old Andorn period
The Old Andorn period began on December 14, 2020., when the kingdom was recognized by HimoS401. Its territory was originally claimed by Pog Bar, in Pillars of the Sun.

The old Andornian period saw great growth in the size, population and power on Rathnir's political stage; the population grew so much that it comprised 2% of Rathnir's population at the time.

Ryzani Purchase
The Ryzani conflict began as inactivity between the Andornian ranks started to grew. HimoS401 was one of the last player that was active in the Andornian communities, so HimoS401 decided, that the only thing he can do now is sell Andornian territories to foreign power. The day that this happened was the 15th of March 2021, when HimoS401 sold the entirety of Andorn to Ryzan.

"I have sold Andorn to Ryzan. After weeks of being dead, I decided to profit off the inactivity" ... " CanadianToss is in (mostly) full control over Andorn."

-HimoS401 when announcing the purchase Andorn was part of the Aurlûnoren-Ryzani Empire until it collapsed 3 days after the purchase due to infighting on power control.

Andorn Crisis
The Andorn Crisis was an event in Andorn history where the entire political system fell apart. This was mostly caused by the failures of Jacw in his running of Bardonia after the ferryman war. Read more about this point in history here

Holy Syltör Empire
The Holy Syltör Empire (HSE) began as a result of Bardonia's conquest of the Ryzan Confederation, which was at the time in hold of the Andorn lands and nobility. While Ryzan fell and became integrated into the Bardonian territories, Andorn was released as a vassal state.

All was well to the newly created vassal of Bardonia, until the death of Uni, because he was at the time the Bardonian chancellor, Andorn as one state became more and more unstable until it broke up into three different independent states: Savras, Wivamovia and Heli. These states created what's now called the Holy Syltörian Empire (HSE), which acted in many ways similar to the real-life Holy Roman Empire, having one central leader called a Kaiser and then having a group of counts and other noble titles.

The HSE is now regarded as a period of instability and player inactivity, although it has shaped the cultures, traditions and governmental structure of the Andorn lands to this day.

Bardonia Period
The HSE was later (May 2021) reintegrated into the Bardonian empire acting as empire within an empire. Although it somewhat has kept its governmental structure, the total power above the Kaiser was the Bardonian chancellor.

For the Bardonians, Andorn was just one of their many provinces, and it acted as such in many ways, but it still had few differences, most notable of which where the unique symbols, few differences in law (see Imperial Andornian Law), and a certain amount of autonomy form the Bardonians.

Second Andorn Crisis
On 8/26/2021, Capna(Head of Andorn Military) and Jingo(High Archon) hired Ulfaeng and convinced most of the Andorn military to support the removal of Kaiser Lucius from power. To prevent outright civil war, the Lucius abdicated from power and transfered ownership of Andorn to Capna. Immediately after this annoncement, Avondale, Orilin, Areska, Savras, and Schwarzenberg declared independence from Andorn and formed a loyalist coalition vying for Lucius reinstated. The city of Ravaryea declared independence from the province of Fitchtenberg and the country Andorn and declared neutrality from both sides until the region stabilizes (Ravaryea thought that Fictenberg would side with the loyalist and bring the city to war). Fitchtenberg would declare independence and neutrality minutes later, but had more leaning ties to the Loyalists. For 4 hours, Patch and duel123abc protested the removal of Capna that they gave a deadline for Lucius be reinstated or there would be war at the end of the day(Doing some discord funny business). Capna, seeing half the country falling apart, seceded his power and reinstated Lucius as Kaiser of Andorn with the promises of reforms and fled to Tortuga. All independent states would rejoin Andorn under the reunified Second Empire of Andorn.

Goblin Town
On 9/6/2021, the Goblin Revolution successfully defeated the Andorn Legion at the Battle of Goblin Town. This allowed Goblins to seize the country and force the Kaiser to hand over all power over to server724 who became Goblin Emperor. This would only last a day when goblins retreated back to Goblin Town to enjoy their alcohol and gold.

Syltor Conflict
The Syltor War was the first time that Andorn fully mobilized and drafted every active citizen in the country to join the army. It would mark the first time Andorn would combat bandits and squatters in the region on a large scale conflict. They would align themselves with the Syltor league in a coalition army. With the collapse of Ryzan resistance and the ineffectiveness of the Ryzani army, Andorn soldiers were evacuated along with Ryzani refugees. It began a 4 hour long debate whether to join Aurlunor, Greater Syltor Empire, or Aristios after receiving requests from all of those countries to join them in a union. This resulted in the Pact of Syltor between Andorn and Greater Syltor Empire, NAP between Aristios, and a future alliance with Aurlunor.

Current Period
Currently, the Second Andorn Empire is undergoing infrastructure updates, politcal reforms, and defensive militarization of its borders. And preparing for the end of the Syltor War.

Orilin
Orilin currently has 2 cities under its domain:


 * Orilin
 * New Krakonia

Savras
Savras is one of the oldest provinces in Andorn, its history reaches up to November 30, 2020 with the creation of Goyburg. Which was then found again and renamed to Savras (the capital city of the province).


 * Savras
 * Hannover

Obrithyll
Obrithyll currently has 2 cities under its domain:


 * Obrithyll
 * Vermillion

Dralahad
Dralahad currently has 2 cities under its domain:


 * Dralahad
 * Fort Bethany

Askonia
Askonia currently has 2 cities under its domain:


 * Goblin Town
 * TempleOfTheBlade
 * Sindria

Avondale
Avondale currently has 1 city under its domain:


 * Port City of Hinomir

Pre-Andorn Period (Hinomir)

Post-Andorn Period (Port City of Hinomir)

The Realm of Pillars
Pillar of the Sun is a neutral realm in Andorn because of its cultural and religious significance of its owner being HimoS401.


 * Pillars of the Sun

The Realm of Areska

 * Brittle Keep
 * Areska

Falken-Erreichen
Falken-Erreichen currently has 2 cities under its domain:


 * Imperial City of Ravaryea (Abandoned)

Andornian Imperial Law
Andorn laws are written in the Andornian Imperial Law. The Kaiser has the power to decide if a person is guilty or innocent and can call a trial if he/she feels the need to do so. The Kaiser has the power to decide any form of punishment that is justified and fits the crime.

Military
The Andorn Legion is the official army of Andorn with Capna being its leader being formed on 8/19/2021 due to the country's need of defense since its declaration of independence in the Allium-Coalition War. This Military consists of three corps all dedicated to the protection of Andorn. The Andorn military had to reform following the Andorn Crisis, but still keeps its original structure. The Andorn military was reformed by Brainstormkid after the Forest Council war due to ineffectiveness regarding the corp system.


 * 1st Infantry Division - (Orilin, Dralahad, Obrithyll Militias)
 * 2nd Infantry Division - (Avondale, Krakovia, Falken-errechien)
 * 3rd Infantry Division - (Askonia, Areska, Savras, Daghul)

All expeditionary divisions were formed from the combination of all these divisions.

Andornian-Valle Conflict
see more at: Andornian-Valle Conflict

Allium-Coalition War
Andorn was a vassel state of Bardonia when the Allium-Coaltion War broke out. Due to the scale of the conflict and interests in protecting his region, ShadowKing seceded from Andorn and declared neutrality. Unfortunately, this neutrality sadly, did not prevent the Pillars of the Sun from being attacked by Coalition Forces. The coalition would be later criticized for the outright attack of neutral city in which most defenders were defending because of their friendship with HimoS401.

Battle of Aequalis
1st Andorn Expeditionary Divison was deployed to the Battle of Aequalis to aid their Huitcan Allies.

see more at: Andorn Investigation on the Battle of Aequalis or Battle of Aequalis

Forest War
On 9/1/2021, the squatters of Forest Council spotted and killed Kasier Lucius Von Savras for cutting down a tree. These were not the first of these attacks as multiple attacks have previously occurred on Andorn and Aurlunor citizens. In retaliation for the illegal banditing and unprovoked attack, Kaiser Lucius mobilized all Andorn forces to destroy the Forest Council and aid Aurlunor allies.

The first Andorn Expeditionary Division was deployed and later the 1st Infantry Division was later deployed to reinforce the Aurlunor forces.

Engagements:


 * Raid of Forest Council
 * Battle of Forest Council

Outcome: Forest Council agreed with Aurlunor (Note: Without Andorn representation) to cease hostilities and withdraw from Syltor for 60,000 dollars. This is controversy because Aurlunor never contacted the Kaiser or the diplomat for Andorn about this deal.

Goblin Revolution
The province of Askonia, there are multiple goblins who live in Goblin Town, resent Andorn's human population and believe them to be inferior. Throughout the weeks, Andorn has been constantly been in an eternal war against the maruaders in multiple cities throughout the country. It is said that the Goblins have successfully taken the heads of Kaiser Lucius Von Savras and all of the Andorn Archons using their feared Goblin Special Forces Suits. The goblins goal is to submit the rule of Andorn under the superior Goblin race and achieve all heads of all Andorn citizens for their torture chamber and statue. The Goblins would announce a sacrifice to the Goblin God Mog to achieve superiority over all of Andorn. The Andorn Legion would mobilize and attack Goblin Town try to put an end to the revolution at the battle of Goblin Town.

The second Andorn Infantry Division was deployed to take Goblin town.

Engagements:


 * Battle of Goblin Town

Capna War
On 9/9/2021, Andorn declared war on Capna and his squatter settlement of Septa. This war would occur when Capna the day prior created a r-claims-update in the Mapmaking Guild for Rathnir. This was the last straw for Andorn leadership (and Andorn citizens) after he was trusted into the Andorn Discord, but then decided to use the perms to talk toxicity about Andorn, and massacring Andorn cities, and giving no RP reasons for doing all of this(He was just being toxic to Andorn). Tired of letting Capna have a foothold in Andorn and Syltor, Andorn announced that it will fully mobilize and change its army from volunteer to serve to mandatory military service. Immediately, skirmishes would erupt in Andorn as Capna would bandit citizens especially in the city of Hinomir(The citizens were severely massacred on multiple occasions). Andorn called to arms all Syltor nations for support that day and received no aid from any country. Fed up with the abandonment of their allies, Andorn leadership decided to, "Fight this war till the end." Originally, the war was to begin on 9/10/2021, but admins delayed the war by 2 weeks. When the 2 week delay of land wars, Capna tried to schedule an RP war between Andorn. This was denied because Capna never showed RP reasons for creating a squatter settlement. (Note: The mercenary group Ulfaeng decided to support Capna has no RP reason, just stating that they are helping a friend in a foreign conflict they should not be involved in)

The first, second, and third Infantry divisions were deployed.

Engagements:
 * Operation Kiesfall

Second Ryzani Civil War
on 9/10/20211, Astr0 of Ryzan disrupted Josbar's inauguration and declared himself emperor of Ryzan. Astr0's forces would seize the city of Volkograd and make it the capitol of Ryzan. Immediately, republican forces with Josbar started to clash with imperialist forces across Ryzan. When Capna threw his support for Astr0, Andorn mobilized an expeditionary force to aid the Ryzanis. Andorn sent supplies and troops in the attempted assassination of Astr0 during his coronation and supported Ryzani forces during the battle of Volkoegrad bridge. They however pulled out all troops and supplies once Ryzan President Josbar gave up his country to Bardonia, which would join Astr0 and Crezy's forces to form the Greater Syltor Empire.

The 2nd Expeditionary Division were deployed to regain the lost Ryzan territory.

Religon
Freedom of Religion is practiced in Andorn

Pillars of the Sun
HimoS401 created this religion in the city of Pillars of the Sun. One of the first religions in Rathnir, it is practiced in Andorn and has a lasting impact in the region. The religion later fell out of practice.

Dandelionism
Due to Bardonia's impact in the region when Andorn was a Province, Dandelionism is a notable religion Andorn has.

Twin Dragon
The history of Twin Dragon in Andorn mostly stems from the fact they border the Aurlûnor Velande to the south, and share a border with the city of Volkoregrod, which has a rather sizeable Twin Dragon minority. The religion would become the faith of the Kaiser, Lucius von Savras with his marriage to Sareariel Lelya-Earcala. It became one of the fastest growing faiths in Andorn.