Aganskronik

*The Aganskronik* (Chronicle of Agan) *is an illustrated history of the Free Cities of Agan, written by Iyoan the Younger of Kurrelsdorf. It was commissioned by Bishop Horfum of Enns-am-Mann. It is considered the difinitive source for the history of the region, though many historians claim it to be highly biased in favor of the Tomasite Church, which was controlled by Horfum in Agan. The Aganskronik reads as follows:*

In the Year 615 of the Jorans, Horfum, Bishop of Enns-am-Mann, commissioned a Chronicle of the Histories of the Free Cities of Agan. To this end the Good Bishop employed the Chronist Iyoan the Younger, Myself.

The Tale of Agan begins long before the arrival of the Vechts to this land. Many centuries ago, the Anagū, Natives of this Land, held a vast Kingdom which spanned the Land. However, by the Year of the Jorans 200, the Kingdom was destroyed by great Disease, called the Fisherman’s Plague. They were Reduced to Savages, resembling the Visii to our West Today. Today, the Anagū live in a few barren Regions of the Mainland.

By the Year 250 of the Jorans, the first of the Vechts arrived in the Country. Searching for the Mystical Harmony Isles in the Far East, the Tandisch Explorer named Aleid Roorsyscan arrived in the Country. Landing near where Enns-am-Mann now stands, He and his Ship’s Company wintered in the Ejghzer Channel, though they had little Supplies. Thus, unknowledgeable of the Practice of Crabbing used by the Anagū and the modern Aganers, He and his Men starved. He would survive in the End, and would Return to Tanderland by 251, having never reached his Destination. The Isle of Rooreney, upon which Agansburg now stands, is named in his Honor as the Discoverer of the Region.

Following Roorsyscan, the Country would remain Uninhabited, excepting the few Merchants who would resupply and winter There. By 351, however, a new People arrived. Vechts, fleeing the Crusade to Laafeld in Khoorte, arrived, led by the Honorable Lazlo Erč. Erč would found the town of Agan, and would lead a fair Rule over the small Society there. Beating out a meagre Existence between the Gravel beaches and the Rocky hills, they survived on Crabs caught in the Channel, Berries picked on the Mainland, and by trading with the Merchants who would occasionally pass through the Channel.

In the Year of the Jorans 389, a group of Loranist Monks established the Monastic Community of Blammingen. Here, they would build the Lighthouse of Triglau, to guide Ships through the Rocks of that Same Name into the Ejghzer.

Then, by the Year of the Jorans 428 a new wave of Settlers came. Led by Krishna Rêpp, these folk, of Whom there were thousands of Vechts and hundreds of Jorans. They were evicted from their Home in the the City of Cyholna for Supposed Heresy, they first migrated to the fair Port at Drebe in Khoorte, from where they journeyed to the Empire of Amastre. There they were rejected from Illoreanna, and they migrated North to Arkenstahl, a City within the Empire. There, they were violently Evicted, and were Forced out into Visland to live amongst the Visii there. There, they heard of the People of Agan, the easternmost of the Werrans, and collectively they migrated There. Thus did Agan swell in Size immensely, over ten-thousand folk settling it and the surrounding region. Enns-am-Mann was founded in this time by Rêpp, across the Channel from Agansburg.

By this time, Word began to Spread, of Agansburg providing a safe Refuge for Werran heretics, and the Tomasites began to arrive there by 470 of the Jorans, fleeing the Farar’s Crusade. Two thousand Jorans would arrive in the Country of Agan in that Year alone, and over ten thousand would arrive the following Decade. The Four Schools of Tomas’ Teachings would begin to dominate the Thinking of the Country. By this time, towns would also begin to appear outside the walls of Agansburg and on the mainland beyond Enns-am-Mann. The Mainland would begin to be populated by Toradzmen, who sought Refuge following their failed Revolts in the late fifth century of the Jorans. Tomasite Toradzmen also began to become increasingly numerous, seeking to flee their Overlords in their Homeland.

Throughout the Sixth Century of the Jorans, the Free Cities of Agan, as the Cities of Agansburg, Enns-am-Mann and Kurrelsdorf had begun to be called, had grown exponentially. By the Year of the Jorans 550, Agansburg had grown to become the fifth-largest Port known to the Vechts, and would be visited by Thousands of Merchants each year. These would include Vismen trading tin, Deurnhelmers trading fish, and even Mawun trading oils. Agansberg would grow to be Frequented by Vechtese Merchants, both seeking the Riches brought to the City by others, as well as those wishing to travel further East, seeking to trade with Mawuna, Great Ingwane, or even seeking the Harmony Isles.

The City of Agansburg and the City of Enns-am-Mann, separated by the Ejghzer Channel, remain centers for cultural exchange. Goods from across the World are found in this Northern Port. Joran Wools, Spices from Ingwane, Silks from the Harmony Isles, Vechtish ironmongery, and more can be found within the warehouses of the ports. The Town of Kurrelsdorf sits upon a rich Mine of Iron, among the highest quality in the Known World, and the Free Cities as a whole produce much Lumber and Fish, all of which are sent West to Juhnvechteya. These are all traded for the Finished Goods of the West, such as Weapons, Armor, Tools, Coins, Clothing, and more.

Throughout that same Century, the Power of the Church of Tomas had grown, and it had come to be Declared the Faith of the Free Cities. Those who refused to convert were either Exiled or Slain. Those who were Exiled went further inland and founded the Free Town of Nistlen, the furthest bound of Civilization in the Country before the endless Wilderness takes Hold.

The Free Town of Nistlen and the Free City of Kurrelsdorf would go to War with one another in the Year of the Jorans 589, over the Right to extract Ore from the eastern slopes of the Iron Hills. At the Battle of Hiden Marsh, their Armies met, and the Soldiers of Nistlen were soundly defeated by the Men of Kurrelsdorf. This marked the first conflict armed Conflict between the Free Cities.

By the Year of the Jorans 600, hundreds of new Settlers, mostly Vechts and Jorans, though some Amastrii and even Aurillians migrate to Agan, arrive each year, either exiled from their Country or seeking the Freedoms provided by the Frontiers of the Free Cities. However, this Influx of Settlers would prove Problematic for the Cities, as many refused the Church of Tomas. Religious tensions would Escalate throughout Agansburg and Enns-am-Mann, until an open Battle began in the Streets of Enns-am-Mann between the Monks of Blammingen and the Reformist Preachers of Enns-am-Mann, in the Year of the Jorans 612. This was Ended when the Good Bishop Horfum enacted his Decree that all Reformists would either Relinquish their Views or be Beheaded. The Violence was ended quickly, after some exemplary Executions.

In the Year of the Jorans 611, the Burgraf of Agansburg, died heirless, and so left the City to that famed Nobleman Petir Kovac of Toradzland. In the year 613, the representative of that Family, Hitdar Kovac arrived aboard the vVessel known as the White Ship, and began administrating the City. Thus, the Rulers of the Free Cities were Hitdar, Burgraf of Agansburg, Bishop Horfum of Enns-am-Mann, Jan of Kurrelsdorf, Tomas of Nistlen, and Abbot Ciril of Blammingen. .

This brings us to the Current Day, and thus the Chronicle is completed.