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The East Pacific, circa 1450 AD
Topic Started: Feb 3 2009, 04:28:29 PM (500 Views)
Todd McCloud
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Feel free to add your nation here as well. I am thinking about doing a medieval-esque RP involving the setup of these maps, possibly beginning in a 'neutral' town where a few of our nation's peoples could meet, possibly.

Vekaiyu, Circa 1450 AD
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Vekaiyu 1400 AD
Territorial gains, 1437, nation size, 1478.
Territorial gains, 1448.


The fifteenth century was a strong time for Vekaiyu. Initially a middle-sized nation with difficulties in foreign diplomacy and relations, at the end of the century it had established itself as a formidable force on the main continent. This was largely due to great leadership provided by excellent generals and kings.

At the dawn of the fifteenth century, Vekaiyu had stabilized its borders via various land obstructions and outpost towers. Their efficient defense system was nearly impossible to penetrate - their only weak point being the mighty Ta'lavero Mountains to the west and southwest. While the nation was secure from invaders, it was far from safe. Remnants from city-state skirmishes began to rise once more, and cities within the nation began forming their own personal armies as rumors of wars grew.

When all seemed lost politically, a new king was elected to the throne in 1419. Kaslo I quickly dealt with the unrest of the cities by absorbing the armies of over half the towns and forcing the others, which admittedly had much less manpower and training than the city armies which accepted the new king, to submit. He then removed major rights of cities within Vekaiyu, including their right to a separate flag, right to their own dialect, right to accept or deny 'lesser' laws imposed by the monarchy, and their right to separate themselves from Vekaiyu's history, territory, and economy. Most cities were outraged, however, with the kings army larger than it had been in upwards of six hundred years, most quietly accepted these terms.

This was largely due to a new Kral Commodore - Fevunik, a gypsy fox raised without a last name somewhere in the eastern fields of Vekaiyu. Gifted in talent and a skilled horseman, he was well known for his imposing and often foreboding demeanor. He was actually third in line for the command, but Fevunik believed he was much more capable as a Kral Commodore, so he executed his competition with a longsword, his favorite weapon of choice. Rather than execute him for annihilating two proven generals, Kaslo I appointed him Kral Commodore, and removed his rights to quit the position and retreat from a battlefield. Fevunik accepted. News of his unusual drive for excellence spread across Vekaiyu, and gave the nation a slight sense of comradely, as a gypsy of all people, one who was not aligned to any one city, could be so strong as an individual.

This feeling only intensified over the years. Vekaiyu's neighbors to the north had routinely employed Vekaiyun mercenaries to police its region while its own armies fought abroad. This error proved to be fatal, as Fevunik's first task was to carve into the nation and expand Vekaiyu. This proved to be an easy task, one without mercy or concern for the foreign well-being. He moved the southern army into Packilvania until he was met with the moutains. The same result was found when the western army crossed into Bai Lung territory, removing them from the right-hand side of the mountains.

While foreign opposition intensified, nationalism spread wildly across Vekaiyu. Joining the army was a great honor again in Vekaiju, and thousands of able-bodied recruits were accepted annually. 1437 saw a truce between Vekaiyu and her neighbors, and peace settled across the land. However, the armistice would last only a few years after Fevunik, now working as a mercenary with his army, pitted the two northern nations against each other and sparked a conflict. The gypsy general used this to his favor and, after the battle of Democ, removed his support from both nations and began outwardly attacking each country, with the full support of Vekaiyu. By 1448, Vekaiyu had swallowed one nation completely, with the other a shell of its former self. Now her territory stretched as far as Lake Miiyu and sprawled across the Balegun Mountains.

The death of Kaslo I in 1464 witnessed the end of Vekaiyun expansion. Fevunik, now 54 years old, proved to be less successful as before, netting marginal gains. By 1468, stronger neighbors pushed into the far eastern portion of the large state. Fevunik, who refused to retreat, was slain in the Battle of the Nur of the same year. Multiple accounts exist of how he was killed, ranging from one of his own men who suspected him of fleeing to an errant arrow caught in the side, but what is known is the vulpine general was cremated with his ashes sprinkled on an open field near his supposed place of birth, a common death ceremony for vulpine gypsies at that time.

Fighting continued, but neither side of the battle seemed to gain or lose ground, however, it was clear the Vekaiyun side was exhausted. The Treaty of Navelu in 1478 restored Vekaiyu to its 1437 form, the nation losing roughly 30% of its land in the process. The nation began to make a recovery and by the dawning of the sixteenth century, was once again a strong force in trade.


Historical Consequences
Over time, Vekaiyu lost much of its eastern lands to invasions, treaties, and political unrest. The land, referred to as "Listonia" by Vekaiyuns, is still heavily populated by their species, and is a constant threat to Vekaiyun expansionism. While foreign conferences have provided little help, it is clear the nation has been very adamant in its demands. The reign of Max Venavle saw little dealings with Listonia, generally because he was more concerned with colonial expansion. Howevever, attempts were made to reunite the two lands, though every attempt proved a dangerous disturbance to nations surrounding Vekaiyu and was abandoned.

Vekaiyuns today often include Listonia in their maps and refer to it as territory illegally removed from their region. One of the main reasons for this anger is the fact that Listonia was where Fevunik was supposedly born. Another would be that Listonia and Vekaiyu had been an indivisible body for over one thousand years.

Currently, Listonia is divided between three nations, and is generally accepted as the land bordered by the green. A large concern to other nations, while Listonia is predominantly Vulpine by species, is the amount of territory Vekaiyu would gain, nearly doubling its current land mass. Yet tensions have not decreased, and the nation could be once again looking to expand and reunite its former borders.

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Vekaiyu, present day
Vekaiyu's believed Listonia boarder
Not incorporated into Listonia, but still predominantly vulpine
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Warr
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Does this actually require to coincide with our nation's -real- history?
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Kandarin
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Since your nation as it is known didn't exist for another three hundred years, methinks you wouldn't need to line it up much...
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Kandarin should just implode from the sheer ridiculousness of it all.
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I mean, no nation could ever sustain that many contradicting belief systems and still exist.
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Warr
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Exactly the reason I asked. If this is a 'parallel for this RP timeline', then I can ignore that, and set it up differently, with a much longer history.
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Todd McCloud
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OOCly, I tried to have more history with unclaimed nations rather than claimed, as to not anger others. Bai Lung and Pack are neighbors, so it wouldn't make sense to *not* have any history with them. However, placing mountains on the far west border does help, in theory.
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Drakkengard didn´t existed before 1900s. In 1450 there would be a chinese-like empire with mages as ruling class in its place, and the Von Drakken would be a prussian family of mercenaries. Guess i won´t have much to do here as well.
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FPS was a territory of the Packilvanian Empire...which could be fun.
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Anglic Jutland
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My nation was essentially for most of its history a handful of small nations.

If you need some nations with history, we could work something out Todd.
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The Republic would be young and jubilant, tussling with Viking raiders from the north, nomads from the west and persistent remnants of the Rlly Ncie Hhatsu Empire throughout.
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My nation didn't exist at that time. The first hungarians, Titik Eduard and his crew, reached the region in the 1510's and the first settlers arrived in the 1530's after the turks invaded Hungary.
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I've been around since about 1000AD in TEP, so I could probably work something out.
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My nation's been around in fairly recognizable form for ten thousand years. Less tech and more magic but it'd be pretty similar.
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Kandarin should just implode from the sheer ridiculousness of it all.
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I mean, no nation could ever sustain that many contradicting belief systems and still exist.
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Todd McCloud
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I have to be an Island so I want to be 47

Loop, I think you meant to post this in the map request thread. This is just an OOC talk thing
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Found the correct term on wikipedia. In 1450 AD, the von Drakken were leaders of a
Landsknechts regiment called Drakkengard :)

By this time they´d have around 10000+ troops wearing plates, and armed with pikes, halberds, 2-handed swords or arquebuses.

If this ever become a RP thread, they could be hired by some EP nation.
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Packilvania was a different entity back then. We were a theocratic Empire.
FPS was a conquered colony and I believe we had some influence with Loop as well. I probably would have spread over much of the empty territories in the EP around my current borders. The packilvanian Theocracy peaked in power around 1550 and collapsed entirely in 1750. I was relegated to a very small island of the coast for much of its existence until modern recolonization efforts from the Pax.
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