United Orelisian Council (U.O.C.)

## Specifics

### Founder

The Binturian Party, Aiur, Brennon, Cathais, Kuragma, Oscoria, Talios, United Sanctuaries of Orelisle (U.S.O.)

### Purpose

Mediate disputes and prevent continent-wide conflicts

### Affiliations

The Binturian Party, Aiur, Aldenlied, Amrali Republic, Barnia Archipelago, Belegost, Brennon, Cathais, Galkador, Kuragma, Malderi, Oscoria, Sym’fadè Confederacy, Talios, United Sanctuaries of Orelisle (U.S.O.)

## Common Knowledge

An alliance of Orelisian countries, created after a recent (10,019 A.B.) continental war was narrowly avoided.

## Further Description

The United Orelisian Council is a body of nations who cooperate with the primary purpose of avoiding any single incident from involving all countries on the continent, or mitigating damage and combating the threat in question should such an incident happen anyway.

This council was formed in 10,019 during the Deathless Days, when an upcoming Aiurian invasion of Cathais brought Orelisle to the brink of a world war.

## Purpose and Practices

The United Orelisian Council meets four times annually to mediate diplomatic disputes between nations to ensure that no incident can escalate to a continental conflict.

All member nations commit a percentage of their military to a single, united military to be dispatched as a majority of the Council deems necessary.

Council meetings are mediated by one or more members of the Binturian Party.

## History

### First United Orelisian Council (10,016 A.B.)

During the Fel Invasion of 10,016 A.B., King Wu of Veridae, Binturia called together several nations to align themselves against the Fel. This unified humanitarian army aided the Binturian Party in attacking the Abyssal Tear. This council was not called again until 10,019 A.B., and some of its members were different in the second iteration.

The original United Orelisian Council consisted of the following: Aiur; the Amrali Republic; Coral City; Dilghao; North and South Gobble-De-Gook; the Peacelands Commonwealth; and Talios. Taphran, the Arlaven Glades, and Aldenlied were invited, but chose not to join.

### Modern United Orelisian Council (10,019 A.B.)

During the Deathless Days of 10,019 A.B., an insurgent group in Aiur attempted a coup against Prince Rightangle. This coup was a political move backed by Talios to prevent Aiur from invading Cathais, one of Talios’ allies. The coup failed, then succeeded, then was rebuffed once again, but in the midst of the instability a Talian force armed itself and planned to march on Aiur to ensure their ally would come to no harm.

Aiur, however, had a treaty of mutual defense with Oscoria and the United Sanctuaries of Orelisle, ensuring that both parties would intervene in such a conflict. Talios, for its part, maintained a strong alliance with Cathais, which in turn had a strong alliance with Brennon. With the intervention of Brennon, Kuragma would seize their neighbor’s weakness and enter the fray against Brennon. Both Aldenlied and Zondros, in the name of preserving their high elven brethren, would intervene on Brennon’s side. The remaining houses of K’Vesten, eager to exact vengeance upon the occupying Kuragma, then leaps into the fray. Then the members of the Taphran Confederacy swoop in and try to conquer K’Vesten and the Aetorg Lands, the Arlaven Glades swings east into Marujai, and Amerale gets involved somehow. This mess of alliances threatened to drag nearly all of Orelisle into a full-scale war.

In order to prevent such a war, the Binturian Party gathered the rulers of Aiur, Oscoria, Brennan, Kuragma, Cathais, the United Sanctuaries of Orelisle, and the Taphran Confederacy to what would be the first meeting of the modern United Orelisian Council in Kendricksburg, Oscoria. At this meeting, they agreed upon a ceasefire, committed a percentage of their militaries to a united orelisian military, and agreed (except for Taphran) to meet quarter-annually to deal with disputes and negotiate a formal peace treaty.

This modern council still meets quarter-annually, mediated (and protected) by members of the Binturian Party.

## Structure

All member nations are represented by their highest-ranking leader (or in the case of nations with councils or joint rulerships, one selected from among such groups to represent the nation at large), with no single nation having more power than any other (at least, within the bounds of the organization itself. Political maneuvering outside the Council may sway votes one way or another).

One or two members of the Binturian Party are typically called upon to mediate each meeting of the Council. Each meeting is held in a secure location within the territory of one of the member nations (such as Kendricksburg, Oscoria; Amerale, Amrali Republic; Hexahedron, Aiur; and so on).

## Members

Currently, the United Orelisian Council consists of delegates from the following nations: Aiur; Aldenlied; the Amrali Republic; the Barnia Archipelago; Belegost; Brennon; Cathais; Galkador; Kuragma; Malderi; Oscoria; the Sym’fadè Confederacy; Talios; and the United Sanctuaries of Orelisle.

Each member nation has its own complicated political relationship with both the rest of Orelisle (or even the rest of Temporis or the Material Plane) and its own people, and such information can be found on each member nation’s individual page or pages.

## Further Information

* Aiur
* Aldenlied
* Amrali Republic
* Barnia Archipelago
* Belegost
* The Binturian Party
* Brennon
* Cathais
* Deathless Days
* Fel Invasion
* Galkador
* Kuragma
* Malderi
* Orelisian Intra-Worldline Territories
* Oscoria
* Sym’fadè Confederacy
* Talios
* United Sanctuaries of Orelisle (U.S.O.)