Fernheim

Fernheim was a small colonial town of the Escharian Empire, located on the southeastern coast of Ocotlan, the biggest island between Syltör and Ummarnu. Friedrich Wirker (ign moonman753) was it's governor. It followed the Soleannen faith and was viewed by it's inhabitants as a small yet bright beacon of Escharian civilization in the far west. It ruled over the island's eastern plain. After duke Friedrich's ascension, the town mostly fell into ruin.

History
Fernheim's creation wasn't so much the result of a state-sponsored colonial venture, but rather the unintended consequence of an expedition by Escharian explorers. This expedition, hoping to reach the continent of Ummarnu, shiprwecked on the island, close to where Fernheim is located now. Thanks to the aid of the misterious inhabitants of the island's western half the explorers, lead by one Konrad Wirker, survived and eventually set up a new home. Roughly two and a half years later, contact with Escharien was reestablished and this "home in the far" was officially declared imperial soil, with Konrad as it's overseer. As time went by more people, mostly adventurous spirits from the homeland, came to the colony and the settlement grew more sofisticated. When Konrad eventually died, his son Friedrich suceeded him. While officially holding the title of barons, the Wirkers had practically become the noble house of this distant piece of imperial land.

The Phagosian Fortress Incident
The first, and now only time Fernheim was involved in some kind of conflict was when the neighboring state of Huitca laid claim on the rest of the island, blocking Fernheim from any further expansion. Previously to this, the "Pfalzen", small forts donning imperial flags, had been constructed across the island, exactly to prevent any uncondoned settling. The claims were followed by negotiations, wherin Friedrich protested the sheer scale of Huitca's claims and demanded territorial concessions, namely the forrested area around Pfalz Zentrum, or alternatively a large zone of shared control between the two realms. Huitca refused, citing old, thoghtless remarks of the emperor pertaining to Fernheim not expanding that the governor had no knowledge of and where not made publicly. Tensions escalated to the point where Huitca started constructing a wall at the forest's edge, which was subsequently demolished by Fernheim. Wishing to neither drag the empire into a distant war, nor further sour realtions with his neighbors, Friedrich conceded, on the conditions of continued lumbering rights and that no border-fortifications are to be constructed by Huitca.

Political Situation
Fernheim was self sufficient and mostly autonomous from the empire, which had resulted in some minor deviations in terms of architecture and religious practice. Furthermore, the colony payed little if any tribute to the capital, since the far distance, as well as geographical barriers made direct governance practically impossible. This state of affairs had also resulted in Fernheim not having a voice in the imperial Senate, which actually didn't cause much in the way of unrest. After all, why demand representation in the continued absence of taxation? And with the Senate abolished, that issue had mostly resolved itself anyway.