Pre-History of Aristios

The Early Amerii
The exact origins of the Amerii culture is unknown, although it is theorized that they share a common ancestor with the people of As'ria. The earliest recorded record of the Amerii is in the Voclarist Testament, where the Amerii are mentioned by name in Provenance 4:7.

"VOXLARII grew lonely himself, so he took the form of a human, one of the races that were created, and became of a small civilization that called themselves the Amerii. The Amerii lived of a vast range, from a great mountain in the east to dense forests in the west."

The Amerii did not have a unified state for all of it's history, until a prophet named Ismení unified the people under a new faith.

Voclarianism and Ismenic Amerii
In the outskirts of the Amerii city of Kalasburgo, a farmer named Ismení gains a significant following, with his Revelation of Voclari and the foundation of Voclarianism. Theology states that the reason Ismení was successful was due to an ancient faith in Voclari being awakened in his followers, but there is no widely-accepted secular explanation for his success.

Legions of "Zealots" spread through the lands of the Amerii, proselytizing the faith. Some get in violent skirmishes with non-Amerii minorities, most of which are won by the Zealots. By the time that Ismení is on his deathbed, his dominion has spread to all corners of Amerii lands, and had 3 sons by his sole wife Alexsa. Their names are Xastelus, Aztíos, and Liysandros. After Ismení's death, the three agree to split the lands. Xastelus and Aztíos split the western Amerii landmass, with Xastelus getting the north and Aztíos getting the south. The eastern landmass goes to Liysandros, and the brothers go their seperate ways.

Xastelus' Kingdom
Xastelus comes to his new lands to set up a capital in the city of Pompaelo, but he finds the city marred by ethnic tensions between the Amerii and Kasitai. The city has been a turf war between the two cultures for years, with entire neighborhoods switching hands in a matter of weeks. This is not fit for Xastelus, so he returns to Kalasburgo and raises an army with his brother's permission. The army marches to Pompaelo and descends upon the city, slowly crushing any prominent Kasitai areas in weeks of urban warfare. He then declares himself the Kratoras of Xastelíum(Castellum)

The Kasitai would remain a thorn in his side, and much of his reign was marked by dealing with constant insurrections.

Aztíos' Kingdom
Aztíos stays in Kalasburgo, and declares it the capital of the Kratoría en Aztilía(Astillia).

Liysandros' Kingdom
Liysandros goes across the sea, and founds the city he calls "Anovram", after his best friend in his youth. Unlike his brothers, he kept his father's teachings of humility to heart, so he declares his kingdom as Amerian, rather than naming it after himself.

Anovram would quickly develop, becoming extremely important as a trading hub between his brothers in the west and foreigners in the east.

Liysandros was succeeded by his daughter, Áleta. She rapidly militarized Ameria, and expanded the kingdom into Olameronian lands to the east.

The First Kingdom of Voclaría
Adrasíus en Velryian, a descendant of Aztíos, takes the throne in Astillia. Upon his coronation, he announces to his court something shocking. He is the man who will carry out Voclari's grand design, so he declares himself the Voxkratoras of the new Kratoría en Voclaría, and his armies will soon be marching into Castellum.

The Kratoras of Castellum, Atixos en Faktus, was taken aback by this. The armies took the city of Galleta and Isolarium and were quickly moving towards Yiika to encircle the capital of Pompaelo, before they could even raise an army. However, Atixos raised his army quicker than expected, and before Yiika fell to the army personally led by Adrasíus, Castellum rushed north to retake Isolarium, splitting Voclaría's attempted encirclement in two, and thereby encircling the army besieging Yiika. Caught between a hammer and an anvil, the army was destroyed and Adrasíus killed.

Adrasíus II, who was in command of the army east of Isolarium, took the throne and lead his army south to take Pompaelo while Atixos was busy in Yiika. This was incredibly stupid, as his forces were slimmer than the militia in Pompaelo and were routed. Adrasíus was assassinated by his council, without an heir, causing Voclaría to split into duchies, all of which signed peace with Castellum.

The war was by all means irrelevant, a stupid war driven by a madman with dreams of conquest. But it did have one important effect- that would one day shape the Amerii. An idea.

Voclaría.

A New Ismenic Amerian
After Adrasíus I died, his younger son Adonis took a small portion of the military still in Kalasburgo and an entourage to flee across the Voclarian Sea to Amerian.