Kingdom of Pyredaos

The Kingdom of Pyredaos is one of the oldest nations of Sigeklif that isn't classified as an ancient culture. Pyredaos came from the tribes of Sigeklif, and most importantly, from the most deadly of them.

## Kingdom of Pyredaos

Flag of Pyredaos, showing hope and the holy sun by the shining star in the center.

## Info

### Lands

Chrysolen, Seaside, Zardosh, Sorak, Oyuky'ii Island

### Location

North-Western Islands of Central Sigeklif

## Other Government Info

### Major Members

Fios\_Trikeos (Arklyaon), Shaman (Diplomacy), Sinkez (War)

## History

### Wars

The Unification Wars, The Flon Kryperon War

### Early History of Pyredaos

In the beginning of Sigeklif, many tribes of native settlers migrated further south from Northern Sigeklif. Many of these tribes consisted of fur-covered species, adapted to the cold. Pyredaos, like most older nations, was founded by these tribes migrating South.

Pyredaos has heavy heritage from the tribe of the Maned Wolves and the tribe of Cats. It is unknown for how long the relations between these old tribes have been friendly, but it is believed that both the Maned Wolves and the Cats had been on friendly term for at least a few generations, as somewhere down the line, 2 members from the most important families of both clans married, forging an alliance that would lead to the formation of Pyredaos.

#### The First Wanak: The Founding of Pyredaos

From oral traditions, we know that before these northern tribes started settling south, the Maned Wolves were known for their brutality and aggressiveness.
Thankfully to all of Sigeklif, upon moving southward and allying with the Cats, the tribe of the Maned Wolves calmed down, and decided to settle. Calmer wolves are still no sheep, however, and through their bond with their cats, their strength all but waned, allowing them to gain a foothold in early Sigeklif civilization.

Some few years after the marriage between the two tribes, the Maned Wolves started an expanding their lands, with both peaceful and aggressive methods. Thankfully for the other settlers of Sigeklif, many dared not to stand in their way due to their reputation as feared warriors. However, due to the ever-widening borders, the cultures of the newly acquired lands were growing many and more diverse from eachother. To appease the newly conquered people, and lower the risk of revolts, the Maned Wolf King, referred to locally as the "Wanak", appealed to the religion most commonly followed among his and the neighboring tribes at the time.

This religion believed that the main deity of life was the Sun, so to justify his conquest, he fashioned himself as "The Chosen of the Sun", sent by the Sun itself to unite its children, and adopted the use of a shiny golden headpiece to further symbolize it, alongside the name "Pyredaos" for his kingdom. ("Kingdom of Pyredaos" can be translated as "Kingdom of the Children of the Forest", referring to the myth that all fur-covered people derive from the children of the Sun which were born in the shade of the Forests.)

To further integrate the new subjects, he allowed the local leaders of the conquered tribes to remain in power of their tribes, as long as they swore loyalty to the Wanak, and recognized his religious claims.

However, you can only trust the people you conquer so much, so, to keep control over these tribes, the Wanak assigned a few select Maned Wolves, from among his tribe, as administrators and tax collectors to keep his Kingdom running smoothly. The Cats helped massively in the conquest of these new lands, and so he appointed the leading family of the Cats to be his royal guard, naming them the Hwotiowrne (roughly translated as "fast tails"). The King granted the Hwotiowrne tribe control over border towns (much similar to the Anglo-Saxon Marcher Earldoms) and other defensive positions as a mean to both help defend themselves and Pyredaos, and appease the Cats Tribe, as their efforts in the conquest had granted them a major role in Pyredaos.

#### The Second Wanak

The first Wanak (King) accomplishments were many, the founding of Pyredaos as a nation, the conquest of his neighboring tribes, and his successful religious claims. Upon his passing, his son inherited a great kingdom, but its religious foundations were shaky: after all, how could the tribe leaders be sure the new Wanak was also chosen by the Sun?

The Cats were still loyal to the Wanak, due to all of the land granted to them, however the other tribes were starting to grown distrusting of the Second Wanak. In order to prove himself, and quell any rebellious ideas that might have started brewing in the heads of his vassals, the Wanak and his Hwotiowrne gathered and reorganized the army of the Maned Wolves tribe - now just as vicious and terrifying as it was during his father's reign - and crossed the river to the land of the Villagers, known to the tribes of Pyredaos for their riches and fascinating creations. He raided them (similar to the Harrying of the North in Norman England), and took some prisoners as his servants, and upon his return to Pyredaos, he called a meeting with the tribe leaders, and showed off the riches he gained in his assault.

The Kingdom survived in a stable state for many years after this event, with the second Wanak being respected by the tribes for his strength, despite his failed morals. However, the risk of rebellion always loomed over. Eventually, the second Wanak learned from his servants of some peculiar technology some of the Villagers had discovered and recreated, technology that originated from the Far Lands.

After questioning his Villager servants, and learning the mechanism behind this "crafted glass stone", which could light objects on fire with the Sun, he got them to create one for him. He could finally prove to the tribes that he was in fact chosen by the Sun, and that the Sun's favour run through the blood of his family, from the First Wanak. He held a religious ceremony with the tribe leaders, at the hill where Chrysolen now stands, and after claiming to have gotten the Glass Stone and the knowledge to make it from the Sun itself, after a long meditation on that sacred hill, he lit a pyre ablaze from the top of the hill, and finally gained the complete loyalty of his vassals, and many years of peaceful reign ensued, which saw the creation of a fort-temple on the hill of Chrysolen, and the start of the town which is now the well known capital of the Kingdom.

#### The Third Wanak: The Flon Kryperon Wars

Upon the death of the second Wanak, his eldest son ascends to the throne. Unfortunately for him, the balance of Sigeklif was changing drastically. Firstly, the Villagers across the river, despite having a bad past with Pyredaos during the reign of the Second Wanak, had started being constantly raided - and seeing a nearby villager settlement razed and its inhabitants vassalized, they feared the worst.

Out of pure desperation, they turned to the Third Wanak. They agreed to give a yearly tribute of emeralds and wheat to Pyredaos in exchange of protection, basically becoming a vassal, for they feared what these raiders, made up of the first Sigeklif human settlers, would do to them. And they were right in their fear.

The raiders, eventually, were not content anymore with just raiding the village, and during one of their raids, they fully invaded and conquered it. In response, the Wanak crossed the river marking the border between Pyredaos and the Vilalgers, and after a strenuous battle, he reconquered the village and rebuilt it.

The raiders, however, were all but vanquished.

#### The Fourth Wanak: The Conquest of Seaside

In the following months many raids ensued, and in a new attempted invasion, the third Wanak was killed in battle.

The war however, was not lost yet, for while the army had been routed back over the river, it was quickly returned to order by the brother of the third Wanak, who crowned himself the new, Fourth Wanak. With tactical planning, he stormed the raider camps in the dark of the night, managing to kidnap the leaders of the raiders, and slaughter many of the human warriors, in the battle that ensued. The raiders were broken, and they were repelled off the island of the villagers. The Wanak's brother was not satisfied, however, and he pushed through all the way to the main fort of the humans: town of Seaside.

After breaching its walls, he gathered all the inhabitants of the town at the main plaza, where he openly lays claim to the city as now a part of Pyredaos, he gives control of it to the Hwotiowrne leadership, and to make an example for any citizen with rebellious ideas, he publicly executed the human leaders he had kidnapped, in front of everyone. Sadly not much was recorded about the specific details of the battle of Seaside, as it was over too quickly.

The Fourth Wanak built up Chrysolen into a proper town, and he oversaw the integration of the Villagers and the town of Seaside, however, not many years after the conquest of Seaside, during an expedition southward, the Wanak died in battle, and with him, the First Crown of Pyredaos was lost.

### 1.2 Modern History

After the army returned from the southward expedition, and news of the death of the Wanak reached Chrysolen, his son, Jonebin, inherited the throne, Jonebin.

While the First Crown was not in itself the proof of the Sun's approval on the ruling dynasty, the loss of that important symbol greatly impacted the prestige and, vassal loyalty, of the new Wanak, so, to mend the situation, the Wanak ordered the crafting of a new, more shiny and elaborate crown, and started consolidating the culture and religion of the Kingdom by ordering the standardization of the Maned Wolf - Cat language, which had been used in official documents ever since the first Wanak, and the recording of the religious myths and rituals used throughout all of Pyredaos, into a united set of books.

##### 1.2.1 The Battle for Sparta

On the 3rd April 2023, Eggland entered a war with the nation, Sparta. Sinkez fought valiantly, single-handedly killing the enemy 50 times. Peace was discussed, and instead of the remains of Sparta being given to Eggland, Sparta agreed on becoming a vassal of the Kingdom of Pyredaos. Read more here.