Urugnian Empire

The Urugnian Empire is the Largest power in Turinthia and in extent the world

## Anthem and Symbols of the Empire

Today we shall ride , Ready the Norcs to adventure

True Knights abandon all Adornments

Arm yourself , adorn yourself with your faith

Proud Urugnians arkhul sends us

Our Children are exalted with Joy

Their faces are filled with courage and they sing without fear

Representing our souls they go to the defense

Of Lorktha with all their hearts

To Defend the walls of the Holy City

Its home with enthusiasm and with no hesitation

And the strong towers were our ancestors fought

Offering protection to all of its freinds

The Flower of Courage shrouded in courtesy

The Flower of Marcus restored

Emperor Sugozia and Emperor Marcus

Longing for us to **return to them the promised land**

While Killing elves: LALALALALALALALALALAALALALALALALALALALALALALALALLA

## Founding Era

"My descendants shall not Rest until this continent shall swear full heartedly , in full conviction and in words of truth , that an Urugnian rules All , This Empire shall not fall , it shall not break , Nothing will break this empire as long as the empire does not destroy itself"- Marcus Urugnian

Marcus Urugnian when founding his empire

In 0 FY (Founding year , referencing the founding of the empire) , Marcus Urugnian after expelling Elves and goblins alike declared the Creation of a Human-only Imperial State with himself as Autocrat. Extremely popular and Militarily Brilliant , Marcus set on a series of Campaigns to expand his empire. Marcus had come around on creating his empire only after unifying the Humanic tribes ,expelling them of Elves and militarily staking territory successfully. The Larger kingdoms of the world paid very little attention to the new mini-state which would come to swallow the majority of the Continent. He founded "Urognia" which would be the Political capital for millennia without end. He created a brand new military system in the empire , He created a civil code , a calendar with the year of foundation as its start. He revised the Alphabet and created the "Official Language Authority of the Empire" (often abbreviated as the OLAE) , He Organized an efficient civil workforce , He built the College of Urognia , the first of its kind in Human species and He also recognized the importance in fortification works in the mountains against the elves. He has also been credited by elves for committing genocide against the Elf population in the munuyan mountain range although this is disputed.

Marcus urugnian led the empire for an impressive 45 years dying of Old age and passing the position to his son. He Created the "Charter of the Imperial State" officially decreeing the legal authorities of the Emperor which were described as "Ultimate authority within the state".

## Early Era (1 FY-323 FY)

During the Early era territory was consolidated and settlers began the creation of the cities known in modernity as Trinia and Betunce. It was here that the Akhulian religion was organized by the Emperors into three Arch-Prelates in the city of Urognia , Trinia and Betunce. During the Early era small skirmishes with elves became increasingly common which caused the Militarization of the Empire as well as expansion to the north and south. The Era was characterized by Defensive wars against the Elves and offensive wars against raiding goblins.

The Era became well known for distinctive architecture , love for the arts and for Inter-religious dialogue with the elves on Religious issues. The Urugnian empire successfully defeated revolts against the Urugnian Dynasty including one seeking to kill the Empress due to conspiracy theories that she was in fact part elf (the theories have been proven wrong by scholars). The Military expanded from 10,000 to over 75,000 men during this period and the population of the Empire grew by vast amounts.

## Sugozia Era (323 FY-384 FY)

Among the most famous of Emperor , Sugozia is rated very highly for his conquest during his reign. He led the conquest of the West and Initiated the First Lorkthian War. His Reign started when His uncle who sat upon the Throne was poisoned by Sugozias mother who hoped to influence Sugozias early reign. However when the 16 year old emperor discovered who had murdered his uncle , She ordered her convicted and Executed for Murder of the Emperor. He was stricken by grief and execution of the mother he was so very close to would hurt him with extreme amounts of Guilt to the very end of his days and enraged him severely enough to make the Emperor more Aggressive in the conquest of the West. Some Scholars contend that it was Sugozia who murdered his uncle and blamed it on his mother although most historians and scholars have agreed that the Mother was Guilty after key witnesses reported it being so and for the Mothers reputation for poisoning her enemies. The Execution of his own mother made gave him the Reputation of a "Just Emperor" who would rule stoically rule his kingdom. It was in his Early Reign when he ordered the Creation of the Flag of the Urugnian Empire, In the flag there is a white holy spirit and a dark holy spirit , Both of them are identical and the same , they represent Arkhul , The Human belief that both good and evil are controlled by Arkhul , and below the Dark and light holy spirits once sees white flames , They represent divinity , purity and goodness , In the Dark holy spirit they represent the true nature of Evil , Subservient always to the Light. In Human POV the Force of Evil is used by Arkhul only to advance good.

In order to raise Revenue for his Coming Conquest Sugozia ordered Immediate Tax Increases particularly on "Holy elements" specifically Churches. As A result of the Tax increases Churches reduced security and the Prelates pay was reduced , The Prelates were understandably upset so the Emperor Promised to spend future Loot on the Church in the Future. With Substantial wealth in their hands , The Empire initiated the Conflict In the Famous Proclamations of Betuncia-minor.

### The First Lorkthian war

First Lorkthian war

Once the First Lorkthian war Concluded the Emperor decided to Create an order of the Greatest warriors known as the "Order of Arkhuls Light"

It became an elite force throught the Empire reputed for being generous , hard working , disciplined and finely tuned with Arkhul after abandoning personal luxuries. In addition to the order , Each Prelateship has a specific Power base

Urognia - Fire

Ioxes - Thunder

Betuncia- Water

Triniia- Air

Priest of the Order are taught the power type however they were not as strong as the Order of Arkhuls Light.

## Denarian Era (384-456 FY) The Reformer Emperor.

Emperor Denaran inherited a Booming economy , Huge conquest to the west , New Resources and a weakened Enemy to the east. He quickly organized defensive fortifications to be built in the petrol mountain range against the Goblins (fortifications which have deteriorated significantly over time) , he recognized the dire civil strait of the Empire and decided to move forward with significant reform. Recognizing his own path to power was dogged by the Possibility of Civil war due to his younger brothers claim that he was illegitimate and that his father was not Sugozia but instead of a servant the Queen procured , he moved to Implement the New Imperial Code which reformed Civic law , Repealed the Succession laws and creating a System in which a 4 person council would oversee the administrative affairs of the empire and appoint the successor to the Dynasty. his younger brother was absolutely furious that the Urugnian bloodline was being displaced and refused to recognize his own older Brother as emperor. Denarian had him executed as a result , a decision he later regretted. With the New administrative duties the Emperors job went from overburden to very light allowing the Emperor to focus on whatever priorities he wanted , allowing the Council to make most economic decisions and handle day to day life. The disinheritment of the Urugnian dynasty caused specific uproar , Which is why he had to compromise and say that the council could only choose members of Urugnian Blood but this was not enough. In 401 Massive Rebellion sparked across the empire under the "Marcusian rebellion" named after the First emperor who stated ""My descendants shall not Rest until this continent shall swear full heartedly , in full conviction and in words of truth , that an Urugnian rules All". The Emperor labored very hard on Taking down these rebellions and was successful in great part due to the Order of Arkhuls Light which prevented many assassination attempts. Denarian gave refuge to Millenius saqa during his Exile

It was Emperor denarian who instructed the Order to destroy orsinium and the one who took the antidote for himself.

The Reforming of the line of succession created the Marcusian Rebels in hiding to form **Sedevacantism** .

## Era of Gold Lacquered emperors 456 FY- 512 FY

During the Era of Gold Lacquered Emperors the empire seemed to be in its peak , extremely prosperous , free of debt , it had strong military might , it enemies were crumbling and there was talk that within a century the urognian empire would be the only power standing in the continent

*this was not to be*

As Saqa prepared Militarily , they came to destroy the order of arkhuls light in the moon festival of the year 512 FY , Officially kick starting the Second Lorkthian war

## Second Lorkthian war

Second Lorkthian war

The Effect of the War was absolutely and totally devastating as 4.6% of the entire Population was Killed in the war and major cities were destroyed

### The Dark Years

The Empire was sent into decline with spiraling deficits , Large parts of cities to be rebuilt , war reparations to be repaid to the elves and the nations prestige decayed. The Empire went through several Emperors , None of which seemed to put a permanent fix into the countries issues , The Chamber of Councils was made to administrate some issues of state however they failed to reach a unison political and economic philosophy to pull the country from the brink

During the reign of Ioxes the first , The City of ioxes in the west was actually founded creating great popularity amongst westerners and spurring new economic growth and resources poured in from the west.

## The Beginnings of division

### The Famine

It was 1021 and Ian Anderson had a plan

Ian Anderson was more than an ordinary man , He was the wealthiest man in the empire , he owned 44% of the land in the west and had tremendous wealth , He didnt consider himself imperial but "Westerner" and remarked that the west was new , innovative and unsettled while the east was spent , run down and declining as well as decaying , He Very much Disliked the Current Economic arrangement where most of the resources of the empire came from the west although most of the wealth was actually in the east , Easterners earned an average of 5x more than westerners , Westerners (mostly rural farmers) were not in the position to do much until Ian anderson proposed a coalition of farmers , He took the coalition of farmers representing 94% of all farming land in the west and artificially raised prices by 6 times , The Massive impact massively enriched him and the Farmers in the Region but the East was completely unable to withstand it , with some government help and subsidies the east finally recollected itself and continued as it was before paying 7 times the amount , Unfortunately for them however Ian Andersons motives went beyond money , He increased prices again by 3 times

Original : 1 coin per ton

First Raise : 7 coin per ton

Second Raise : 21 coin per turn

The Citizens of the east could not afford such a charge , many starved as this man made famine spread throught the land , after a month of negotiations with the government , the government gave westerners major concessions such as massive new forts to counter the goblins and less interference from the government in urognia.

The West VS East divide goes as follows

The west resents the east for being so wealthy

the east resents the west for hoarding resources

the west resents the east for focusing on the elves rather than goblins

the east resents the west for focusing on the goblins rather than the Elves

The West beleives in Imperial arkhulism as followed by St. Siggorio

The East Beleives in the Traditional Imperial arkhulism as followed by Marcus

The West is more pro monarchist

the east wishes to maintain the status quo

The East beleives westerners are uncouth , sloppy , rednecks , Clowns and obscessed with vulgar things

the West beleives easterners are snobbish

The East Beleives in
"Official Language Authority of the Empire" (often abbreviated as the OLAE (which is official)

The West beleives in "The Western Language Corporal Organization"

(OLAE Is posher , older and emphasis synonyms , The Western Language Corporal Organization is much less refined and more colloquial as well as simpler)

The East and west really are in high tensions , People in the middle usually get stuck between the two and just call themselves imperial , Nobody wants outright secession nor would an independent state be practical but the west wants more rights , the east does not. Talk to venders about the divide and see their reactions!

## Emperor Ioxes

Emperor Ioxes wishes to Restore some of the absolute powers of Ioxes and wishes to wrestle away some power from the council he has taken a strong pro western stance as of late as their interest begin to align although he hasn't gone as far as to endorse the Bucks. He Created the "Western Language Corporal Organization" which defined the language as spoken in the west which heightened tensions and resounded differences but did help give the west a stronger sense of identtiy.