Republic of Liros

The Republic of Liros was founded in 996 A.C, it is currently lead by Magistrate Wittiza Marqueado. It is a Maritime Republic with a strong mercantile tradition.

## **History**

### Founding

Upon arrival to the land, Wittiza Marqueado began construction of Liros on the Polegar Peninsula with ambitions to create a central trading hub in the (central sea to be named). Subsequently, Wittiza formed the Republic of Liros as a maritime republic.

## Reign of (First Ruler) (996 A.C. - Date 2)

During the formation period of the Republic, Wittiza engaged in numerous trading expeditions with the dual purpose of establishing relations with nations that also resided in the new lands. The closest neighbor to the republic, the Church of Ullihmi, established very friendly relations almost immediately. Following some weeks after initial contact with them, the Village of Leibena set up a mining colony within arrowshot of Ullihmi's settlement. In response to this, Wittiza and Ullihmi agreed to enter into a defensive pact.

### Hanus Heresy

During 997 A.C., The Sacred Order began their incursions into Santevaran-Ghaatee lands which eventually sparked the conflict that would come to be known as the Hanus Heresy. While not themselves directly involved, the Lirosic trade was heavily hindered during this period as at the time the Barony of Santevara was the primary trading partner with the Republic. Wittiza opted to remain fairly neutral in the conflict, not officially offering any support other than continued trade to Santevara. Towards the end of the conflict, Wittiza formed an independent mercenary company centered in the city of Liros named the Polegar Company, which offered their services to the alliance in their struggle against the Sacred Order. However, shortly before a deal could be arranged, the alliance captured the ring-leader Hanus and the conflict ended shortly after.

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In early 998 A.C., the Barony of Santevara held their Festival of the Sun and invited many of the land's peoples to partake in festivities following the period of unease. However, this would be short lived. As the festival came to a close and the attendees departed back to their lands, Wittiza was accosted after boarding his ship by a group of 3 armed, masked men. Earlier, during the festival, Wittiza had purchased an incredibly valuable riddle that was believed to produce a certain elixir that could be useful in battle. These three men who had boarded Wittiza's ship demanded it be handed over, or else he would suffer a much more painful fate. Looking to avoid an untimely death, Wittiza gregariously welcomed the men for having saved him the time of having to look for someone interested in purchasing the riddle off him. Asking for something in return for the riddle, the armed men offered Wittiza a sack of incredibly purple crystals. Wittiza accepted the crystals graciously as "payment" for the riddle, and the armed men parted towards the north.

Earlier before the encounter with the armed men, Wittiza had encountered those crystals only once before. In Sturmholm he had met a man named Joshua, whom after initial trade talks of common goods, had shown to Wittiza rare purple crystals he had found, and attempted to sell them to Wittiza. At the time, he was not interested, but told Joshua that perhaps in the future he may make an offer. Following this, during his travels, Wittiza inquired with various merchants and prominent figures as to any unique goods they may be interested in selling, trying to find if there were any more of these purple crystals, but to no avail. When Wittiza encountered them once more

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