The Empire of Izisbesi

## Kingdom of Thuran & The first Empire of Izisbesi

The origins of the first Empire of Izisbesi can be found in the Squalian peoples around the upper Squal River and its tributary's such as River Red.

Around 2,900 years before 1 1E (1) the Thuran State, centered around the confluence of the Squal and Red rivers and the earliest known nation in the region, ruled by King Turic II went on a offensive campaign to annex the surrounding territory's northward, mainly using the rivers for transporting soldiers. Information on the first empire, the Thuran state and Turic is limited, and not much is known about the wars that happened as a result of the Thuran kingdom. It is theorized that the name Thara-Izisbesi's capital province-originates from the name Thuran as they sound similar and Thuran owned the land Thara is now on for all of their history. Its thought they managed to reach as far north as the Sezden, as far east as Lake Kinecarden and as far west as half the way to Mt. Adakod before the country broke out into civil war, ending the first Empire with the battle of Thuran.

## The Second Empire of Izisbesi

The Second Empire formed around 2,820 years before 1 1E (1) after the civil war following the collapse of the Thuran Empire occurred. Even less information is known about the second empire than is known about the first. All that is known is that it was heavily centered around the Squal with their capital near the confluence of the Squal and Tuke rivers and that the empire collapsed around 2,500 years before 1 1E.

## The Third Empire of Izisbesi

The Third Empire formed around 2,100 years before 1 1E and is the first semi-well documented Empire.

The Empire was founded by Saua Faughress IV of the Tharan State after the final minor state involved in the civil war fell in 2,700 years before 1 1E. Unlike the first two empire's, Faughress IV made great attempts to maintain stability throughout the country that encompassed everything north of the river Atakis, east of Lake Kinecarden and south of the Sezden desert with its capital city located in Honoick at the confluence of the Squal and Tuke rivers.

The Third Empire occupied most of the land that makes up the modern day province of Squalia. Exact borders to the north, south and especially west seem to be more fuzzy, the eastern border was firmly set at the Kinecarden river, Lake Kinecarden and Utiz River with the other side being the slightly weaker Kingdom of Nesmoyton. Nesmoyton had been founded at some point 300 years before this point, its unknown when exactly and do to future wars much information on this nation is now lost. Its unknown if there ever was a time where the Third Empire and Nesmoyton were ever at peace because conflict between the two sides started around the same time the Third Empire invaded the city of Kinecarden.

Around 1,500 years before 1 1E it seems that the Kingdom of Ascech to the northeast had taken an interest in what was going on between Izisbesi and Nesmoyton. This is also where Cechian records of the third empire, as well as Izisbesi as a whole begin.

Cechian records state that around 1,500 YBO (Years before one) Nesmoyton requested assistance from Ascech as they were loosing a war with the Besians. Ascech sent an unknown number of soldiers (most sources say over 34,000) to assist in battle against the Besians. Around 1,400 YBO Izisbesi won the war with the takeover of Mainland Nesmoyton, though they failed to capture Nesmoyton Islands as their naval ability was described as pathatic