Carbatan

Map of Carbatan (Blue areas) in 18118. Disputed area of Westbanks is labeled.

**Carbatan** is a Theddite kingdom in the Great Gulf, sprawling across the north and center of the sea. The capital and largest city is Carbatan City, located in the center of the mainland territory of the nation. In addition to the mainland territory in Barapas, Carbatan controls overseas exclaves such as part of the island of Teliarn, the city of Westreton, and a small strip of coastline on the other side of the Gulf.

## History

The city of Carbatan was founded by the First Theddite Empire in the year 14754. It initially served as a frontier outpost, located in territory then inhabited mostly by Nordish tribal kingdoms. When the First Empire collapsed due to a succession crisis in 16022, Carbatan and other Theddite cities in the Great Gulf were left under the brief control of the Kingdom of Lobanc. After the Kingdom's 16023 collapse at the hands of Nisemicas Theddicas, Carbatan became an independent city-state along with other fortified western cities, such as Bronze-Port, Neosas, and Goldar. All western Theddite cities on the North coast of the gulf between the Westriver and the Flitta were subsequently pillaged and forced by and to pay tribute to the Nordish Kingdom of Flittien to the north. This tribute lasted until 16360, when Flittien power receded away from the coast as a result of the Barapian Wars. The first independent king of Carbatan Estini VII established the first of many Carbatanian dynasties: the Felostrids.

The new status quo left by the Flittien departure consisted of a centuries-long four-way power struggle between the city-states of Carbatan, Bronze-Port, Neosas, and Goldar. Dividing the territory that would make up the future Kingdom of Carbatan, these city-states competed for dominance, with hegemony shifting between them. This power struggle ended in 16921 with Carbatan's conquest and sacking of Neosas, permanently shifting the balance in their favor.

### Carbatanian Expansion

The growing kingdom conquered the kingdom of Goldar in 17091 and then Bronzas in 17212. The first overseas colony was founded in 17550 at Caronna across the Bronze Strait on the island of Teliarn. Another colony, Lapiton, on the island of Leppia, was established in 17622. After a war with the Soudfell kingdom in 17643, Carbatan conquered a large swath of land from the Nords, setting the border with Soudfell at the Westriver, as well as the strategic trade city of Soudport, renamed Westreton by the Theddites. In 17990, when the Pinarean kingdom was embroiled in civil strife, the Carbatanian army seized control of their second-largest city, Varding, a major port in the Southern gulf.

### Westriver War

*Main article: Westriver War*

After the Nordish Kopparfell kingdom conquered Soudfell in 18111, it laid claim to the lands Carbatan had conquered from Soudfell, declaring war on the Carbatanian kingdom. The ensuing war cost many lives, the Nordish people living in the disputed territory revolting against Carbatan. Kopparfell occupied Westreton and the claimed land, until a coalition of the armies of Carbatan, New Volyter, and Flittien decisively defeated the Kopparish forces in the Battle of Westriver. Kopparfell and Carbatan signed a peace treaty forcing Kopparfell to pay large sums of silver to the Carbatanian King, while the kingdoms agreed on territorial status quo. During the Westriver War, the Carbatanian colony of Lapiton was seized and annexed by the Duchy of Teliarn, since the Carbatanian garrison had been removed to assist in the defense of the Westbanks.