Siorvat of Escharia

The Siorvat of Escharia (Siorvat dai Etscharien in Asteri) was a dictatorship that was founded in 1700 ASC by the dictator (Dazoqan) Veriss an Sylrei on the continent of Nieden.
== History ==
=== A dictatorship to end the succession crisis ===
The Siorvat was founded after a last succession crisis at the end of the Soleannan Imperium. After Luci I Aesperii resigned from her duties of Empress, unable to overcome the divisions created by the Aerene crisis and the secesion of Lileanen, Isaris an Aesperii, adoptive brother of Luci, and Veriss opposed themselves for the control of the Escharian Empire. 
As Isaris was gathering support from the western nobles in ordre to eventually secede from the rest of Escharia with the help of Bardonia, the crisis was solved when the Soleannen Cardinal (Eqerie), Nive, designated Veriss as Dictator of Escharia. Deprived of the backing of the Soleannen Church (Kirrentai), Isaris lost most of its legitimacy in the eyes of the nobility and Veriss had free hands to supress his supports.
=== Change of governance ===
During her reign, Veriss enforced a system based on merit rather than prestige and had the objective to densify the population around the capital, Lostesrei. The leadership of the capital was attributed to Favian Inomeinar amd later Sormei Morningstar. This politic of centralization had a success and the population of the town doubled within the span of ten years.
In the meantine, the Kirrentai enjoyed a complete independence from the Escharian political power, which never happenned in the past with the exception of a decade during the Kimikwessie, the second Escharian civil war.
=== Foreign relations ===
The Siorvat of Escharia was proclaimed at the dawn of the Imperium, few years after Bardonia had seceded. Having lost the war agaisnt Aurora, the Imperium had to seek protection under the Empire of Certaria, which was not accepted by the Siorvat. Relying on the protection of the Parangonites, the Siorvat of Escharia however failed to maintain balanced relations with Bardonia, which invaded and annexed the Duchy of Egalia. On the other hand, the negociations with the Herodians appeared to be stalled.
=== The civil war of the Aksemesai ===
The proclamation of the Siorvat didn't bring a conclusive solution to the several Escharian succession crisis. If Isaris wasn't targeted by the Dazoqan forces, he was killed in a bomb attack in 1700 ASC few after the Dazoqan's takeover. If nobles remained loyal at start, the several stages of the trial following the killing of Isaris had the court, preded by the Dazoqan herself, designate Auria an Aeszerii guilty for the killing of Isaris.
This outcome was contested by an important amount of nobles, attached to Isaris and the values of Escharian Authoritarism. Led by Amir an Averroii, a group of nobles rescued Auria from the guillotine in the middle of Lostesrei and escaped to the fort of Karannatia. In response, the Dazoqan levied its troops and marched on the rebelling town This event maks the start of the civil war of the Fourth Akemesai.
After arriving to Karannatia, the news of the conflict spread in the Siorvat and many nobles, mostly located in the western parts of the realm, rebelled against the dazoqan and rallied the Noble faction under the Aesperii banner of the Second Empire of Escharia. On the other hand the loyalist faction was considred the "crown faction".
The events of the Fourth Aksemesai saw the Siorvat suffering from a serie of setback, with the neighbouring armies of Anosphey threatenning to invade while the Empire of Simulami declared neutrality. It ended with a political crisis in 1712 ASC (September 27, 2022) that saw its capital, Lostesrei, being acquired by neighbouring Bardonia. Fearing the loss of more escharian lands, the Dukes (Spc, Liz, Oracle and Alexx) and the Soleannen Cardinal Nive Pallas-Akerian signed the Treaty of Nieden with Zeno to join the Empire of Simulami. Unable to enforce power, the armies of the Dazoqan eventually ran aground the walls of Valerei where they experienced their last defeat.
Category:Traveler's Era