Vardaoua

Vardaoua (or Shkelyim Sultanate) is a loose confederation of amirates, ruled by a single sultan, located in Eastern Meitria. It borders Baconia, Chacya Nuorian Kingdom, Kingdom of Akhtumi, Principality of Eguirrea and Cosmoted Territories.
==History==
===Var Tribe (~430-630s) ===
Archeological evidence supports the Var Tribe settling the region around 2 centuries before Qamariam spread to the area. The area was also a home to Kerbalis, Akhtumians, Cosmotan colonies and Baconians (who were vassals of the latter), due to the area being crossroads between Goman and Cosmotan Empires it got influences from both, allowing the area to be developed well when compared to most of North Meitria.
===First Imbraturate (630s-660s)===
After the Imbraturate collapsed, Vars returned to their tribal lifestyle, albeit they were practicing Qamariam instead.
===Second Imbraturate (750-812)===
According to a legendary account, the chieftain of the tribe died. Due to him having no succesors a tournament was held between warriors of Var that wanted to rule the tribe, among them was Tolit Bhat who won the tournament after almost losing. The new chieftain decided to ressurect the Imbraturate in 750, using his supposed heritage from QamarHe claimed to be Qamar's Great-Grandson. to legitimize his claim. While his tribe recognized him, rest of the Qamarians eiher didn't recognize him or have not heard of him, this wasn't a issue for Tolit however, as he planned to conquer, much like the first Imbaturate. In 762 he hired mercenaries form nearby tribes and attacked Cosmotan Territories, in 768 the war ended with the new country taking over Cosmotan vassals, Cosmotans still held on to coastal areas however. The rest of his rule was spent on minor conquests of nearby tribal areas, Tolit died in 776 with his eldest son, Engin I inheriting the country.
Unlike his father, Engin was not a conqueror, but a administrator, for this reason he divided the country into multiple wilayats in 783, his rule mainly focused on building trade relations with Cosmotans and other tribes/countries. However, in 790s, Engin became paranoid that his brothers were planning to kill him and take over the throne, this lead to him poisoning all of them in the 800s, the only one who evaded the poisoning was his youngest half-brother, Tolit, who was visiting Selfors. Due to this the government accused Cosmotans and Tolit of conspiring against the nation, it was soon revealed however by local nobles that Engin was responsible, due to this an actual plot to kill him was launched, which was a successful one, leading Tolit II to take over. 
His reign didn't long, the Cosmotans were mad due to the false accusations, and other nobles were vying for power, Tolit abdicated in 812, and left the country, never to be seen again. 
=== Uzun and Gollu Dynasties (812-955) ===
The throne was taken over by Atik Uzun, a minor noble, he dismantled the Imbraturate, due to it's failure to gather support outside and inside the country, he instead decided to focus on gaining secular power. Before he could do that, a invasion was launched by Cosmotans, aiming to regain land due to Vardan weakness, the war ended in 818 when Vardaoua was forced to give up minor territories along the border to Cosmotans. Due to the loss, Atik wasn't bothered with any other warfare, instead preferring to focus on his country's development.
=== Golden Age (955-1057) ===
=== The Decline (1057-Now) ===
The Golden Age ended with the death of Ameer II, his successor was Engin II, an underage nephew of his, who even after growing up wasn't a good ruler.
The weakness of Codje was eventually exploited by one of the vassals, Naz Aykac who in 1112 marched to Codje and imprisoned Iqtedar.
=== Ruler List ===
==== Bhat Dynasty (750-812) ====
* Tolit I (750-776) (39-54)
* Engin I (776-808) (23-55) (Son)
* Tolit II (808-812) (33-37) (Half-Brother)
==== Uzun Dynasty (812-953) ====
* Atik (812-835) (45-67)
* Atik II (835-842) (21-27) (Son)
* Oztay (842-870) (19-47) (Cousin)
* Atik III (870-872) (45-46) (Brother)
* Vesid (872-896) (15-39) (Son)
* Engin II (896-936) (10-49) (Nephew)
* Iqtedar I (936-952) (27-42) (Half-Brother)
==== Gollu Dynasty (952-955) ====
* Iqtedar II "the Old" (952-955) (71-74)
==== Shkelyim Dynasty (955-1112) ====
* Ameer I (955-982) (35-61)
* Aker I (982-1011) (24-52) (Son)
* Ameer II "the Great" (1011-1057) (21-66) (Grandson)
* Engin III (1057-1078) (14-34) (Nephew)
* Aker II (1078-1085) (31-38) (Half-Brother)
* Iqtedar III (1085-1091) (14-20) (Son)
* Furkan (1091-1097) (17-23) (Brother)
* Iqtedar III (1097-1098) (25-27) (Brother)
* Manzoor I (1098-1101) (19-20) (Half-Brother)
* Iqtedar IV (1101-1112) (5-15) (Nephew)
==== Aykac Dynasty (1112-1125) ====
* Naz "the Conqueror" (1112-1123) (49-58)
* Atik IV (1123-1125) (5-7) (Son)
==== Shkelyim Dynasty (1125-Now) ====
* Manzoor II (1125-1142) (18-34) (Grandson of Aker II)
* Tolit III (1142-1172) (31-61) (Brother)
* Alper (1172-1181) (56-65) (Half-Brother)
* Aker III (1181-1195) (23-36) (Son)
* Shaoor (1195-Now) (41-46) (Cousin)
==Politics==
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==Demographics==
===Notable Cities===
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=== Language===
Vardaouan is distantly releated to Gyrkese
===Religion ===
Vardaouan people practice Qamariam.
===Ethnicity===
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==Trivia ==
*People from that country are known to be great mathematicans often breaking limits of what was possible in math.
**This trend was seen in all areas where Qamariam was practiced, altrough it was mostly seen in Vardaoua.
*Vardaouan Language is similar to Hausan and Albanian, the latter due to one of country's former owners being Albanian.
**This is also why Vardaouan is releated in-lore to Gyrkese, due to both being based on the same language.
==References==
Category:Countries
Category:Meitria