Kingdom of Adrealis

**Minorities**

* Broel Agatrops
* Kleitian Aoshanti
* Humans
* Drelnar
* Tesar

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The **Kingdom of Adrealis** is a powerful state of the Adresaas Empire and located within the Sisters Vengeance region of the Selten Galaxy. It is notable as the wealthiest and largest Agatropian kingdom under Adresaas control, home to the city-world of Adrealis with 18 billion inhabitants.

## History

### Fall of the Empire

The Kingdom of Adrealis is descended from the ancient Adrea Empire, a powerful nation that used extreme military prowess and technological might to set its sights on the stars, they flung colony ships out wherever potentially habitable exoplanets were within the Sisters Vengeance, this gambling style of interstellar colonization is what created most modern Agatropian kingdoms. The Adrea empire was the first to establish itself as a multi-stellar empire and eventually made the decision to submit to the Aoshanti Empire. By the time of the fall of Abzu, the Adrea empire had grown into multiple colonies and a large and dense territory, establishing itself as the leading kingdom of Agatropian might.

Gifted with charismatic and unifying leaders at a desperate time, the Adrea Empire reorganized itself into a militarized society with its own fleet and army. Its military leaders, many who were sons of brave souls who died fighting the Tesar Hordes were vengeful and looking for glory to justify their families bloodshed. This turned into a nationalistic zeal and a need to advance a common Agatropian identity, eventually the Adrea Empire rediscovered many of its lost colony ships, and many more of them were now established independent kingdoms that survived the Tesar invasions.

This discovery was not the most blessed thing to happen to the Adrealians, as many of these kingdoms did not pledge allegiance to their ancient cousins, instead it led to a thousand years of violence perpetuated by the Adrealians desire to unify all Agatrops under one banner.

### Twelve Kingdoms War

The desire for unity of various degrees among multiple Agatropian kingdoms led to one thousand years of conflict with the Adrea Empire, later Kingdom of Adrealis, being at the center of most wars. Although in many cases the attempts by Adrealis to annex other kingdoms fully failed, the violent slaughter and hopscotch of alliance after alliance slowly molded the borders of the Adrea empire into a large behemoth. Various exclaves and enclaves were captured throughout the millennia and distinct borders were drawn.

By the time peace fell across the Agatropian Sector as it would later be called, a sense of calm and bittersweet rekindled brotherhood fell upon the kingdoms. So many lives were taken and many more still felt the mark left on the Agatropian population by the Tesar Invasions, eventually with the help of Agatropian nationalism and a need to steel their people in the face of an uncertain future after the clusters dark age, the kingdoms grew closer. This led to a confederation of crowns being drawn up, which the Adrealians used to consolidate their monarchs power, and through diplomacy as much as intimidation, the Adresaas Republic was formed.

### Adresaas Republic

Under the stewardship of the House of Auterhalex, the royal family of the now Kingdom of Adrealis, the many Agatropian kingdoms came together as a powerful new nation that took to the Selten Galaxy in a fit of military might. The Republic was quick to clean up any leftover kingdoms not under its banner and started looking to expand outward, the Kingdom of Adrealis within it pushing for new frontiers to expand the might of the House of Auterhalex.

Over time the Adresaas were able to acquire territories outside of Agatropian demographic, taking the Olatant Peoples Republic as a concession for helping the Unified Realms of Heitec finish off said Olatant as a adversary. They also managed to take Kleitos as an imperial subject, though would not hold onto it for more than a few hundred years, as their country stagnated under a ambivalent king. The Kingdom of Adrealis eventually slowed down and its once proud military started slowly wilting, its influence waning and withering among the many other kingdoms in the Republic.

Eventually however, the old king would die and leave the throne and the entire Republic to his son and heir Ardius II who unlike his father sought the total domination of the Selten Galaxy underneath an Agatropian Empire, not unlike the Aoshanti Empire that existed only a few thousand years prior. This new aggressive stance would be the downfall of the largest Seltinian power after the Fall of Abzu, as the Kingdom of Adrealis' violent ruler forced the fledgling empire into the Great Selten Wars.

### Great Selten Wars

For better or for worse, the Kingdom of Adrealis as it always had been, was an incredibly aggressive and toxic power that had paved the way for change in the ancient Selten Galaxy, at its height of power it crumbled under arrogance and greed just like the Aoshanti Empire did in its final years. It lost allies, influence, and much of its own peoples respect as it committed atrocity after atrocity to keep pushing on through the next 200 years of conflict.

Due to its longevity, the period of wars slowly chipped away at the territorial holdings of Adrealis, whittling it down to a rump state that was barely any more powerful than the other kingdoms within the dying republic. The only reason it maintained a degree higher of influence was because it bared the name of the homeworld, birthplace of Agatropian kind, which it defended with a undying zeal to the very end. Even after the Adresaas Republic fell, and all of its enemies gobbled up what they wanted, the Kingdom still stood with the homeworld, and with that it kept a husk of power.

### Modern Selten

Throughout all of its history, the Kingdom of Adrealis was a force to be reckoned with, something that kept deserving a modicum of respect even after all its greed and failure. Although it remained an adversary worthy of honor to some degree, it never was able to reclaim the glory of its past, and the devilishly powerful House of Auterhalex that ruled it became a shadow of what once was. Now in modern Selten it sits again at the throne, leading as a lance, but not unchallenged and most importantly not nearly as feared as before. It contends with the many other kingdoms as near equals in opinion and influence, even with a resurrected demon in the stone castle.

It is a place defined by blood and spite, yet always a reminder of Agatropian willpower. No matter the era, the kingdom has always risen again, never the same, but always just as vigorous. Even now it sits atop an empire forged through political maneuvering and a reputation keeping Selten cold.