Ancient Caelian Successor States

Divided states period
At the beginning of the history of the Kingdom of Caeli there was no unified nation. Instead there existed many clans of Raiders, only united under the Navisian culture. Beginning in the northern islands of the Domeri sea, the Kaelin as they were called quickly became known as great warriors. All around the Domeri sea nations feared their raids, and the Navisian raiders made quite a name for themselves.

However the Kaelin couldn’t sustain themselves of raiding alone. They also took to trading extensively. Kaelin goods such as fur and ship building equipment and items were highly prized in the region. After decades of this raiding and trading the Kaelin developed a great naval tradition. They were famed for their ships, and were unmatched in navy.

However over time their raiding became less profitable. Lands became more ready, and overall there was just less to gain. So their raiding era subsided and the raids stopped. However this would not be the end of the fighting spirit of the Kaelin, as they moved onto a new pastime. True conquest.

Here the Clans began to consolidate into regional realms. Duchies and grand duchies and such were formed, but still no one claimed the title of king of the Kaelin. The greatest of these realms was undoubtedly the grand-duchy of Himinjarl in the far north. It had begun after a great Kaelin lord, Himinn, launched an invasion of the Aminor peninsula.

Himinn swept across the Peninsular, and conquered much of it. However he was never able to capture all of it, with the remaining states becoming known as the Agnar after mxing their original culture with the Navisian one. However his failure to fully conquer Aminor would prove fortuitous for the Kaelin, as his eye turned south towards the disunified realms of the Kaelin. Though he grew old now, Himinn worked with his son Rylancar to prepare for the unification of the Kaelin.

Unification of the Kaeli
After some time Himinn passed away, remembered as one of the greatest rulers of the Kaelin. His son Rylancar soon set in motion his plans to unify the Kaelin. He skilfully integrated many realms through diplomacy, talking about the nearby Khastar Tsardom and spoke of how they could become a great power, mightier than even the Khastar.

Through a combination of war and diplomacy, Rylancar successfully unified the Kaelin. He was crowned king of the Kaelin in the southern capital, Norsted. The Kingdom of Kaelinia was founded as they looked south.

The conquest of Naiacinor
The Kaelin has remained largely untouched by the wars of Alexei, and were in a prime position to strike once he died. Rylancar was an opportunistic leader, and soon an opportunity came indeed. In a terrible diplomatic incident the tsar of Khastarmak insulted the Kaelin, which Rylancar used as pretext for war.

The Kaelin shipcraft was still the best in the west. With the Tsardom as weakened as it was they stood no chance at stopping the Kaelin advance. The Kaelin swept in, and before long were blockading Khastarmak itself. Humiliated, the Khastar were forced to sign a treaty, ceding all land north Amrindor.

Included in this deal was the island of Naiacinor. A beautiful land that was the pride of the Kaelin, Naiacinor was soon made the capital as in the north Himinjarl was lost.

Foundation of Kaelia
This rapid expansion, while the new islands did feel a cultural affinity with the Kaelin, it became obvious that modernization and reform would be needed to better administrate the lands. However the king would not hear of this. Thus the barons came together, and formed the council of Karnholt.

In this council they began their plans to create a new kingdom, one which they would call Kaelia. Soon they gathered many followers, and then their leader, one Duke Lysondro, demanded that the king abdicate and allow him to take his rightful place on the throne.

The king of course refused, starting the war known as the Karnholt revolt. The king was hopelessly outnumbered and before long was forced to flee the country, as Lysondro was crowned King. In Novatress he declared the formation of the Kingdom of Kaelia, and a new age of dominance for the Kaelin! No longer would they be second best to the Khastar, but now they would rule the Domeri sea!

Conquest of Khastarmak
Approaching the middle of his reign, the chance came to fulfil his vision and destroy the decaying body of Khastarmak. After a series of natural disasters hit the island of Khastarmak, the Tsardom would be all but destroyed. As the Tsar recalled all men who could hold a sword to defend the remnants of Khastarmak the Kaelians prepared to put their new weapons to use.

And so they did. At mid-morning they bombarded Khastarmak and destroyed it’s walls. After this was done they sent their fierce ground troops into battle. But there was barely anything the Khastar could do to stop them now. Though they fought bravely, and gave no quarter, they were no match for the Kaelian warriors. And so it was that the Tsardom of Khastarmak was conquered by Kaelia, and the Khastar were no more.

Immediately after King Lysondro began a campaign of assimilation, seeking to turn his new territories into true Kaelian holdings. Khastarmak would be renamed to Ein Bahel, A result of a mistranslation of the words, assuming them to mean “My city” while they in fact meant “My grave.”

The collapse of Kaelia
However the state that the Baron’s revolt had left was unstable. King Lysondro had no heirs, and no many of his nearby relatives were dead. The Kingdom was held together by him alone and disaster was soon to come.

A great famine struck the Kingdom along with many other great natural disasters including plague. The effects of this were immense, and Kaelian society disintegrated. King Lysondro died of the plague that spread throughout his kingdom and in his place a weak king was placed to avoid a civil war. While the Kingdom survived in name, it was in name alone. Bandits reigned all over the country, and out of this chaos came a new power. A very different one.

Foundation of Novatress
In the vaccum of power this catastrophe had led to, many bandits and outlaws united into something commonly called the empire of the white raven. A monarchy of sorts, though not a full absolute one.

It was highly unstable as it was made up of bandits, and soon the people began to grow angry. Indeed, soon the people rose up! At last the communists, democrats and republicans had united under one front against the bandits. The bandits stood no chance and were quickly overthrown, leading to the declaration of the first Republic of Novatress, and thus a new age dawned, and Caeli was born.