History

## Europe

**History**

In 2025, the Financial crisis worsened with the stock markets plummeting in the developed countries. With Governments now counting their pennies, foreign aid to developing countries, primarily in Africa were either cut down drastically, or cut off entirely. The African leaders pleaded that their aid keeps their people alive but their pleads fell on deaf ears

5 years later Europe was thriving again while most African nations fell into steep decline.

The African leaders met in Nairobi to discuss options and it was eventually agreed that war was the only option to help the people of Africa. In secret the countries pulled their armies together and marched north to Tangier early 2030. From there they flooded into Spain in May 14th, and defeated Spanish defence forces easily at the Battle of Gibraltar. African forces kept flooding in as they progressed north rapidly, winning battles in Valencia, Madrid and laid siege to Barcelona lasting a week. The African forces conquered Spain within 3 weeks.

The nations of Europe met in Paris and began to organise a defence initiative but despite the soldiers of Europe possessing better training and equipment they could not hold back the tenacity of the African forces. The Battle of Toulouse was fought and was bloodiest battle of them all with over 14,000 casualties, soldiers and civilians. African forces sacked the port of Bordeaux and gained ground in the Loire Valley.

African forces laid in wait, gathering their forces before a final assault on the capital. The European leaders then reached out to the Kemiya’s for help. Maurice Soult, a resident of France agreed to help, on the condition of complete amnesty for past, present and future crimes. With the Kemiya’s now given commanding positions in the army, the Battle of Orleans was won by European forces and thus the war began to turn

The Kemiya’s marched south with the European soldiers behind them, showing no mercy, committing atrocities. Some of the Kemiya’s were issued with Philosophers Stones, that greatly augmented their powers. Only the highest ranking Kemiya’s were given these stones. African forces moved back over the Pyrenees and forced a stalemate for 5 days before the Kemiya’s finally managed to break through. The Kemiya’s kept pushing back, winning battles at Salamanca, Merida and Valencia and finally drove them back to Africa. The leaders of Africa were not done yet however. They struck a deal with a group of powerful Shaman’s who in turn placed a curse on the continent of Europe. European forces maintained a presence in Spain, along with all other southern countries to ensure the African’s did not make a counter attack.

The European leaders then moved their armies into African and just like the African army before, began to conquer countries as punishment for their attempt to conquer them. But the Shaman's curse began to take effect, with the landmass of Europe beginning to change. Countries like England and Ireland began to merge. Millions of people died as the lands split and some even merged together, technology was set back decades. After a few weeks, the Countries finally locked into place. The remaining European leaders came together to redraw the map of Europe, but they were unable to agree on where to draw the borders. Maurice Soult, commander of the Kemiya forces, proposed that he be given Sovereignty over the continent. The European leaders were stunned, but Maurice reminded them who helped win the war and what little they could do. The leaders had no choice but to agree. Musica objected to Maurice ruling all the land and proposed a 3 nation split. Maurice knew it would be hard to rule and continental Empire, so he agreed and granted Matthew Harrington the southern most region, becoming the Bronze Kingdom Maurice took the East and North, naming it the Gold Empire and Musica took the West, forming the Silver Republic. Many people of Europe objected to the take over and formed their own City States which Maurice permitted with concessions

## New Europe

Other nations around the world saw the crisis and reacted in different ways. The United States pledged relief to the people of Europe, in exchange for Kemiya’s to work in the Stock Exchange to help maintain balance in the market. Russia closed its doors to Europe, since it lost a good portion of its land to the break up and created a harsh and near impassable sea. The newly conquered continent of Africa also opened up trade but with several restrictions and tariffs in place.