Einvaldi Empire

## The Einvaldi Empire

**The Einvaldi Empire** was a Semi-Constitutional Federal Monarchy that existed between the 14th February 25 ATP to the 23rd April 1 ATP. It was established by Siberkeld accords, which unified the Empire of Germania and Kingdom of Vingard under the banner of Einvaldi.

### **History**

#### **Great Fire of Germania**

On the 14th of February 25 ATP, Einvaldi was established. On the same day William I. was crowned Emperor of Einvaldi. On this day Germania city was also burnt to the ground, excluding the industrial district. Due to Germania being destroyed, the newly formed government started planning the reconstruction of the city, with the goal of Germania becoming the industrial capital of the world with modern infrastructure and automation. Due to the burning of the city, the imperial family and the former Germanian government evacuated themselves to Siberkeld, where the Siberkeld Accords were signed; Uniting the two nations under the banner of Einvaldi. The Accords also established the Kingdom of Germania as an internal entity to balance out the Kingdom of Vingard within the Empire, with Peter Wilhelm II. becoming it’s King.

#### **Expeditions around the World and in the Nether**

Immediately after the formation of Einvaldi, expeditions were set up to search around the world to expand the reaches of the newly created Empire.

One of those expeditions were led towards the east, meeting with the barren nation of the Jos Commonwealth. Einvaldi claimed parts of the mesa desert which Jos also claimed, which unfortunately caused a border dispute, which would later be settled by Appel I. of Vingard signing a treaty of mutual cooperation and defense which would also set the international border. Later a new settlement was created in the mesa regions of the Empire to extract rare resources in the region, such as terracotta and gold, while also being a launching pad for further eastern expeditions, allowing rare and exotic products such as cocoa to be obtained.

After the disputes in the mesa regions were settled, Emperor William led a mission to the unknown dimension called "the Nether" to explore those newfound reaches. While exploring, the mission led to the discovery of a material harder than steel, which could resist even magma itself. This new resource was named "Netherite" and more expeditions were sent to the Nether to extract more of this resource, which would be useful in later times.

#### **Reformation Period**

Appel Klondike II, abdicated 7th of March 9 ATP during the Aldrnari Convention. This triggered a reformation period in the Empire. During this period Emperor William decided to dissolve the clan system, thus dissolving the Kingdom of Vingard, and later to dissolve the Kingdom of Germania as well as the Jarls, as they were no longer needed, marking the end of the old system of government. This system would be replaced by a Semi-Constitutional Monarchy. The new legislature (The Imperial Parliament) had and Upper House called the Imperial Cabinet, lead by the Prime Minister and an elected Lower House called the Imperial Senate. The title of Imperial Chancellor was created at this time, the first and only holder of this role was Ziah Hammond

#### **The Great Winter War**

##### **Retreat and Reorganization**

On the 27th of March 8 ATP, the State of Walterstan launched a suprise attack on Einvaldi whilst it was disarmed and unprepared. The Imperial government and military forces under Peter Wilhelm Wellington-Schwarzenberg retreated from Siberkeld and Germania to Hjortby to reorganize and prepare. Emperor William was still in Germania when it fell, with the Imperial Guard keeping Walterstani forces out of the palace, he later evacuated his family, his guard and all of the Whitaker Family riches and heirlooms to Hjortby, whilst disabling all of the industry in Germania. The Emperor took the command of the Imperial Armed Forces after arriving in Hjortby, leading it to victory with his friend and cousin Peter Wellington-Schwarzenberg.

##### **Counter-Offensive**

After the victory in the Battle of Hjortby, The Imperial Forces launched a counteroffensive to recapture the capital Germania and the city of Siberkeld, with little resistance as the majority of Walterstan's Armed Forces were destroyed in the Battle of Hjortby. After arriving to Siberkeld, Scottarius Malus, then the unknown governor of Hjortby, lead a small force to raid Leliweinsk's gunpowder manufacturing plants, and to occupy the area to prevent Walterstani's government from escaping and continuing their efforts against Einvaldi in exile.

##### **The Battle for Walterstan**

Once the counteroffensives ended, the new Imperial Navy, under the command of Grand Admiral Schwarzenberg, transported the Imperial army to the coast of Walterstan, in which it stormed their beaches and prepared for the final offensive. The forces quickly laid a siege to the Walterstani Capital, and later levelled the place in revenge for the burning of Siberkeld.

##### **Armistice and Peace**

The Emperor and his government quickly put together the peace provisions after Walterstan unconditionally capitulated to the Einvaldi Empire and decided that Walterstan should be occupied and should give reparations in the form of forced labour to the Einvaldi Empire as well as many other harsh terms. Which later caused a great resentment towards Einvaldi by many major powers.

#### **Post-War Era**

During the post-war reconstruction, Einvaldi’s economic development was majorly accelerated and implementation of second major reforms prepared by the Prime Minister and the Emperor. Those included the expansion of the industrial sector of Gemania, the expansion of Saharakeld to a proper town to produce more resources in preparation for the Greater Einvaldi Railway Project, which would later connect the two major hubs of Germania and Siberkeld by a railway, which was further expanded towards Saharakeld and Hjortby.

##### **Era of Turmoil**

Immediately after the Great Winter War, a new clique emerged from Hjortby, led by the then governor Scottarius Malus, whom was later, for his contributions in the war, granted the role of the Security Minister. In this time Hjortby grew exponentially in power empowering the clique as a consequence. This was largely overlooked by the Imperial government and the Emperor himself until it was too late.

The power which Scottarius Malus accumulated resulted the formation of his own government, a second to the official Imperial government. That was the time when the Emperor and the Prime Minister finally became weary of Malus' actions. For this reason Peter Wilhelm II. tried to lessen the power of the clique with little to no change.

The actions of Peter Wilhelm were noticed by Malus who decided to act and stage a Palace Coup on the 2nd of April 2 ATP, imprisoning the Emperor and forcing him to become a puppet. Peter Wilhelm was then fired from the position of Prime Minister, leaving the position vacant for the rest of the Empire’s existence. Fearing for his life, Peter Wilhem, than escaped Einvaldi to the mostly unknown southern regions of the continent to create a new state there. It is believed that he was asked to do so by the Emperor himself, to gather allies and resources so he could later come and rescue the Emperor from his imprisonment, this is reenforced by the fact that he evacuated the Emperor's Immediate Family.

#### **Fall of the Empire**

During his de facto rule as Prime Minister, Scoterbium launched a war of mass destruction against the whole of the world. Due to those actions he was believed to be mentally unstable. He also fired Ziah Hammond from the post of Chancellor and consolidated his control via extreme totalitarian means. During this time Peter Wilhelm Wellington-Schwarzenberg formed a coalition with the other nations, and began the liberation of Einvaldi.

Due to the chaos caused by coalition forces invading Einvaldi, Emperor William, with the help of some loyalists, escaped his imprisonment and located Peter's army. William was later confronted by this same army, but Peter told his soldiers not to shoot as William was innocent. William and his loyalists joined with this army but decided not to take command, due to other coalition leaders not being entirely trusting of him. Wellington-Schwarzenberg later told the coalition leaders of William's innocence, shortly before the Siege of Germania.

During the Siege of Germania, Scottarius Malus, dictator of Einvaldi committed suicide, knowing what his fate would be if he was captured alive. Soon after Scottarius Malus' loyalists and the Hjortby Clique surrendered, allowing Emperor William and Peter Wilhelm Wellington-Schwarzenberg to establish a provisional government.

Unfortunately the surrender of the clique didn't come soon enough as many important people, notably Appel Klondike II, lost their lives in the Siege of Germania.

After the provisional government was formed, William announced the Great Migration and the dissolution of the Einvaldi Empire. He stated that the successor to the Einvaldi Empire would be the Neubritannian Empire, and that all previous citizens of Einvaldi would be automatically citizens of Neubritannia. This new Empire was officially on the 31st of December 1 ATP, on a new continent. Emperor William ended up using transformation magic to recreate the old continent as something completely new sometime after the Great Migration ended. The Einvaldi Empire was officially dissolved on the 23rd of April 1 ATP however it De facto remained in existence until the 31st of December 1 ATP.