Alliance of Fühlgart

***“**Humans are infamous for their infighting and their constant bickering. Yet, place a few crumbling Freeholds near them, and suddenly they can find it within them to cooperate. How typically Human of them.**”***
— Lyxis the Blind

The **Alliance of Fühlgart** was an alliance between small states located in modern-day Fühlgart. Founded as a defensive league against nearby Faerian and Hyllidan Freeholds, the alliance grew steadily as new Human statelets appeared after the fall of each Freehold. Eventually, cooperation increased between the individual states of the Alliance. By 595 AW, a motion passed in Torstadt to unify the Alliance into a singular Human kingdom, laying the foundations for the Kingdom of Fühlgart's diplomatic establishment in 645 AW.

## History

The Alliance of Fühlgart was established in 279 AW as a triple defensive alliance between the Duchy of Torstadt, the County of Luftstadt, and the County of Bellimar to act as a deterrent to the Freehold of Fenyka which ruled over the surrounding area at the time. Feeling threatened, Fenyka attacked the Alliance in 282 AW, starting the Fenykan-Fühlgartian War. However, the war would be a disaster for the Freehold, as Human rebels rose up in all corners of the country. By 285 AW, the Freehold had collapsed, with new Fühlgartian statelets rising out of the country and joining the Alliance.

With a new Human power arising in southern Fühlgart, the other Freeholds in the area — many of which had their own problems with instability — looked on nervously. As the other "New Freeholds" in the area fell, either slowly crumbling or rapidly being conquered, new small states rose up out of their ashes. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries saw the Alliance grow rapidly, reaching its height after the collapse of the Freehold of Syletas in 488 AW. After Syletas fell, the Alliance reached its final 41 members that ruled over the territory that would later become the Kingdom of Fühlgart.

Over the coming years, the Alliance would further centralize. The Palace of Fühlgartian States was built in Torstadt, which became the capital of the Alliance. By 595 AW, the Alliance signed the Fühlgartian Unification Treaty. The treaty would give the independent states of the Alliance 50 years to prepare for Fühlgartian unification in 645 AW. While there was the occasional rebellion, the treaty was widely implemented. In 645 AW, the 41 states of the Alliance disbanded the organization and unified into a single body: the Kingdom of Fühlgart. In the Kingdom of Fühlgart, Torstadt would end up remaining the capital. The former states of the Alliance would retain some degree of autonomy, however, as Fühlgart switched from an alliance of statelets into a unified feudal monarchy.

## Members

* County of Afenberg
* County of Ahldamm
* Free City of Altbrücke
* County of Altesfeld
* County of Anbukampf
* County of Ansdorf
* County of Bellimar
* County of Bomera
* County of Decha
* County of Euze
* Duchy of Feldhoff
* County of Freiberg
* Duchy of Freistadt
* Duchy of Füsgar
* County of Glastung
* County of Hamthall-Hadems
* City-State of Hartlach
* County of Harttrenk-Felddeck
* County of Jasernberg
* Duchy of Kalzberg-Wargekirchen
* Duchy of Karhaven
* Free City of Kaufstal
* Free City of Kiefmal
* Duchy of Kirchenstau
* County of Kitzbirge
* County of Kronberg
* County of Lomren
* County of Luftstadt
* Duchy of Miststadt
* County of Muststadt
* Duchy of Neuesfeld
* County of Risslau
* County of Rotland
* County of Schatternberg
* Duchy of Schorburg-Niederschel
* Free City of Steighoff
* Duchy of Torstadt
* County of Waidbrunn
* Duchy of Westelver
* County of Wolfbühel
* Duchy of Wolffturm