Book Of Lifas

Book Of Lifas, Otherwise known as Kynga Lifų, is a Book about Lifannias History Before 1944, When it was established as a Nation. Released in 1962 By an Unknown Author, the Book Already Sold around 3 Million Copies. The Book goes deep into history before 1944, starting with Itynas, Or otherwise known as Lith the First, Due to his son renaming the Family into that. (The Book Is not Finished)

## Age Of Itynas

### Itynas

##### The Lifannian Year was 294.

Once, There Was A per son Named Itynas. Itynas was not a known man, even in his own Village. After a while, When Itynas was Around 14, a huge war broke out, Between Two Rival Nations It was a big War, Costing many lives, and in a few weeks, Itynas' village was about to get attacked. Itynas and his Family fled, whilst the village got burnt. With most of the Other Villagers, and even Villagers from other Villages, They set out to Walk far far away, From Every war and nation, and live their own lives in peace. They Stopped in the Plains. Not long ago, there used to be a known huge and rich civilisation here, but, they did not know that that was 500 years ago, and by now most of the buildings disapeared. The Villagers Created a Village of their own, with around 4 Thousand Residents. they Farmed and Fished for food, as most Animals were in small quantities and were used for other stuff. By the time Itynas was 23, a messenger Approached the Village, now a town with 26 Thousand People, with a message to join the Thpalitic Empire, or else be killed. The Town Had and Army, Though, it was very small and poorly armed. The Messenger gave them 1 months to send out a messenger of their own, Else they would be killed. Itynas Disagreed Fully, Not wanting to join another Empire, because it would bring them back to the sad and deppresing village life, being around wars. Itynas managed to Convinced most of the Residents to start prepearing for Battle, making as much armor and equipment as possible, whilst training as well. Itynas was Name Itynas The First, and the Town became a Tribe of Lifas. Itynas Was Waiting for that faithful day. around 2 months later, an army of around 3 Thousand show up, and demand to join them. The Tribe Refused. After a bit of smack talking, the Lifas Tribe Army of around 5 Thousand started to surprise attack the Army Of Thpalitics, whom most died trying to run away. With 1479 Men of theirs dead, the General decided to retreat, but warned that they would come back. In the Lifas Tribe Town there was Celebration and Sadness, Due to them loosing 1956 Men as well. Itynas was Crowned Ruler, And With that the Tribe Grew. The Tribe started to expand, Leaving the now town in search of a new Village to Build. The Original Town Was Called Vilnius, and started growing bit by bit. the other Villages were Called Suvalkai, Kaunas, Minskas, Šiauliai, Telžė, Lidbob, Till they Reached the Sea. By around this point, the Tribe Had 100 Thousand people and Had Made Villages near the sea Such as Ryga, Nomsterdamas, Koninsg and Klaipėda. They Decided to stop expanding around that time. The Tribe gained Population Slowly But Surely, and 30 Years Later it reached 200 Thousand Citizens. By This Point, Itynas Was around 50, But Then The Thpalitics Showed Up Again, With 25 Thousand men. Itynas Once Again Had to Proove his little Tribe Can stand on its own. Izynas Quickly Mustered an army Of 10 Thousand to Defend, Whilst he starts to Recruit Others too. Women and Children start Producing Armor and Equipment For Others. By the time Thpalitics attack Itynas Managed to Get an extra 15 Thousand Troops, whom encircled the Thpalitics, Thus Crushing them. 17459 Thpalitics Died, 4856 Were Inprisoned and All others Escaped, as This Was Celebrated All across The Tribe. Sadly, 7 Years After the battle, Itynas Passed Away, with a tribe with 225 Thousand Citizens Left. Itynas' Son, Decided to Change His Name to Lith, Standing For Cruel at the time, as He Planned to crush the Thpalitics, so they would not attack again.

### Lith the Second

Lith The Second Became Ruler of the tribe around a month later after his Fathers death. Lith Blamed The Death on Thpalitics, and swore to destroy them, whatever it takes. Lith started to Travel a lot, and went to Study in other Lands, since he was only 24 When his dad Died. Once He came back from studies, he Learnt a lot of new Stuff, such as some Medicine stuff and new Inventions. Lith started To Make little Villages around the Tribes lands, almost like a border. Lith also swore to Protect the Lands, as Other Towns started to get Pillaged. The Tribe had 300 Thousand civilians, by the time Lith was 35. He Noticed that Population Growth started to Rise in Other Cities, Making Vilnius less Important, Which at the time housed 152 Thousand People, Whilst the Second largest City at the time, Ryga, Housed only 16 Thousand. He took advantage of this and started making City Military Units, Instead of just Vilnians guarding for a year. The Tribe Had around 50 Thousand troops at the time, though only 9 Thousand were from Vilnius, Meaning Liths plan kinda Worked. At this point, Lith decided to Attack Thpalitics himself, Only to come back defeated, with around 7 Thousand Loses. Now More Wiser, He decided That Attacking Right now is not a good idea, and so decided for tribe to only Defend itself For Now. Around this time, Thpalitics were on their most powerful point, and they were getting ready to attack and Conquer the Tribe, Once and For all. The Thpalitics wanted that Land because of the strategic Location, Whilst also having a sizable Population and Recourses, and a Few Port towns. Lith Was warned by one of his spies, and he assembled 50 Thousand to defend, though, he had a plan: Only 5 Thousand would be waiting, which would make the 30 Thousand Strong Thpalitic Army that they are not ready, when In Reality they Are Surrounded. The Battle started at around 12 AM and ended at 11 PM, with a Crushing Thpalitic Defeat. 25000 Thpalitics were killed, lost in action or inprisoned, whilst the other 5 Thousand Fled. One of the Prisoners was the King Of Thpalitic, Whom was brutally tortured before being hanged in Vilnius. Thpalitics golden Days Ended on that day. At This Point, Lith only Developed a bit more of the Army and Country, whilst it grew in Population. Lith would have 6 Children, 4 of which would be sons and 2 Daughters. By the time he died at age 50, Lifannia was starting to break a bit, as the 4 Brothers started fighting. Lifannia had around half a million People, Though, the Number would drop by a quite big Margin Later In History.

### Lith The Third and the Civil War

Lith The Third was the Eldest Son Of Lith The Second, Whom became king after his death. The Other Brothers wanted to be Kings aswell, and Lith The Thirds policies werent liked by all People, Specifically Vilnians. Lith The Third wanted to Crush the Thpalitics and Get Rid of them For Once and For all, wanted to establish a more Authoratarian Monarchy, with less power to Cities Like Vilnius and Kaunas. Lith The Third after 4 Months of Being King Started to Siege Tropokas, The Capital Of Thpalitics, Though, it ended up being a massive defeat, With The Country Started to Get Into Infightings. Vilnius Broke Off, Creating the Vilna Duchy. 3 Days Later Ryga and Suvalkai/Warsaw Broke off aswell, With Kaunas the only major CIty Remaining under Lith The Third. All Tribes started Fighting eachother, With Suvalkai/Warsaw Tribe Falling to Kaunas. After This the Civil War Would Last 5 More Years Before Ryga and VIlnius United Against Kaunas. Lith The Third Died to an unknown Disease, and the War Was Over. Before The Civil War, Lifannian Main Tribe Land Population was Around 783 Thousand People, And After the War there was around 200~ Thousand. Vilnius Lost 90% Of Its Population due to Brutal Attacks, Which Lead the City to Be Poor for several Decades. Kaunas, Warsaw, Suvalkai and Ryga lost around 30% of their Populations. Itynas The Second Came To Rule, as he was the only son Left Of Lith the Second. After a While, Warsaw was Beginning to be Settled by Silesians, another Tribe, in Central Europe.

## Age Of Revival

### National Revivement

After The Civil War, Multiple People Were Leaders After Itynas The Second, Of Which There Isn't Much Information About. The Most We Know about is That The Tribe Was In Ruins, and that most People started Settling elsewhere. This is known as the Great Migration, Where People Move Away From the Lifannian Tribe, Yet Not Abandoning its Culture. This Lead To a very High Lifannian Population in Eastern and Northern Europe Outside Of Lifannia. By The End of the National Revival, Around 90% Of Lifannian Cultured People Lived Outside Of Lifannia. This Is The Reason for why Lifannia has a very Great Percentage Of Lifannians Living in Modern Day Lifannia. At This Time, The Lifannian Tribe Began Advancing- New Profesions starting appearing, Teaching Became More Open, New Tools. The Tribe Wasn't Far away from Officially Declearing itself a Kingdom, But Troubles Would Start Arising Later.

### Troubles in the East

After A While, The Thpalitics got back on their feet, and started expanding west, due to better terrain and Weather. Lifannians in the Area were now under Thpalitics rule, and were used as Slaves or Killed. Most Lifannians in the Heartland didnt know about this, as They heard no news about this. Thpalitics slowly expanded more and more west till Resting Near the The Lifannian Heartland. At this point, Lifannians started to arm themselves more, as raids started becoming more regular. Later, An Army Of Thpalitics raided Vilnius, Which Caused Mass outrage In the Tribe. After the Incident, Lifannians started to Raid Thpalitic cities back.

### Lith The 4th, The Great Old Lith

Lith The Fourth became the Tribe Leader around 400AD. The first source pointing to this was a drawing on a wall of him and his name. Lith the 4th saw the threat of the Thpalitics and started to Mobilize and Army. Around 424AD, Lifannia Established Itself as the Lifannian Duchy, And Lith The 4th as its Grand Duke. Lith the 4th started to Expand North and South (And Took the Swedish Island) before starting to wage Wars Against the Thpalitics. Lith The 4th Gathered an army of 50k Troops to pushback the land hungry Thpalitics. He hired a person from the west to document the journey in latin, as the Lifannian writting system did not exist yet, before the Thpalitics showed up with their 70k strong army.
In Modern Day Smolensk Region they fought, and although there was no clear winner in the battle (Both sides lost 90% of their armies), the battle halted Thpalitics. The Journey writer described this as a victory, and later Published the book. The book would shortly be Translated into Lifannian, making it the first book in Lifannia, as the Lifannian Alphabet Was made specifically for it.

### Lifannian Language

The language started to Be used everywhere in books, declarations and such other things. But the Lifannian Writing system spread to Lifannians Living outside of the Lifannian Tribes Territory, including Thpalitics, which eventually...

#### Eventual Lifannianisation of Thpalitics

The Thpalitics did not have a writing system of their own, and did not use any other writing system. So when the big Lifannian minority there started to read Lifannian Language books and write in it, some intelectuals Of Thpalitics started to use the Language for Governing. Lifannian spread through the country and at some point the king even learnt it. Eventually, Thpalitic Language faded away in the majority of regions, and only in the Capital of Tropokas was it still the majority used Language. With the Language and the big Lifannian Minority in Thpalitics, Most of Thpalitics started to call themselves Lifannians, and most future wars from the 10th century where more about who should rule the Lands of the Lifannian people, and less about the Thpalitician conquest of Lifannia.