Nithel Island

Nithel Island was a country from the pre-imperial era of the Streeg and Wargäreim region of Raljikka; its origins date back a few hundred years prior to the Alamo Empire in the year 2304, when its settling and colonization was funded by the affluent Nithel family hailing from Wargäreim. When the island started to thrive, the Nithels moved to the island and became its monarchy, though even prior to that, they had effectively been ruling over the island from afar.
By the year 2650, Nithel Island's monarchy had been dissolved, and the country was absorbed into the fledgling Alamo Empire as one of its territories.
==2625 Succession Crisis==
In 2625, then-ruler Emlarlie Nithel VIII left her seven children all orphans with her abrupt death; at the time, many suspected foul play, perhaps from even her own children, to be the true cause of her death. With no clear successor, it took little time for various groups and factions throughout the country to claim even the youngest Nithel children as figureheads of a movement to instate a "true" heir to the throne and secure their own interests. Within five years, the succession crisis became increasingly violent, and ultimately, the youngest child Emlarlie Nithel IX was the only one of her family to emerge from the conflict alive around fourteen to fifteen years after it began.
The seven Nithel children are generally considered to have represented these various factions or groups across Nithel Island at the time of the succession crisis:
: Vennarok Nithel II: Immigrants and foreigners.
: Slum Queen: The poor and impoverished.
: Fortress Nithel: Military.
: Eventhal Nithel IV: "Right to life" focused humanitarian groups.
: Saint Nirenth Nithel: Religion and faith.
: Tholrel Nithel X: Laborers and workers.
: Emlarlie Nithel IX: Traditional monarchists.
Historical accounts from the Nithel Island succession crisis indicate that the Nithel siblings rallied behind their respective causes with ideal-based fervor; however, their personal journals or firsthand accounts from personal contacts sometimes indicated differently. For example, Vennarok Nithel II may have had a foreign father, but he regarded himself as "above" those who were completely foreign; similarly, Fortress Nithel's militaristic dedication to sacrifice for the greater good apparently stemmed more from seeing the military as a means to an end and its soldiers as inherently disposable.
The succession crisis ended with the death of Vennarok Nithel II, leaving Emlarlie Nithel IX to inherit the throne. Following her abandonment of the throne to allow Nithel Island to become part of the Alamo Empire, more and more accusations were flung at the former queen in regards to her machinations during the succession crisis and her level of involvement in the deaths of her political opponents and her own family. However, she had long since disappeared from the country by the time Nithel Island was stabilized enough to potentially bring her to trial, and it was never concluded to what extent she had orchestrated the whole succession crisis.
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