Valhöll

### Membership

Arkham, Belle Regard, Elite Darkness, Heliohapt, Kingdom of Nohr, Kingdom of Varia, Kou Empire and Vanguard

**Valhöll**, also called **Valhalla**, was an intergovernmental military alliance between 9 Ardian countries. The organization implemented the Valhöll Treaty, which was signed on 7 February 2014. Valhalla constituted a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agreed to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

The admission of new member states had increased the alliance from the original 4 countries to 9. The last member state to be added to Valhalla was the Kingdom of Atheron on 5 June 2016. An additional 7 countries participated in Valhalla's Partnership for Peace program, with 3 other countries involved in institutionalized dialogue programs. The combined military spending of all Valhalla members constituted over 60% of the global total.

## History

On 4 October 2013 the Treaty of Beauvais was signed by the Final Order and the Fumetsu Gotei as a *Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance* in the event of a possible attack by the Akatsuki or the Mogyër Realm in the aftermath of Global Clan War IV. In 2014, this alliance was expanded to include the Belex countries, in the form of the Western Union, also referred to as the Eskil Treaty Organization (ETO). Talks for a new military alliance which could also include Vanguard resulted in the signature of the North Belegaer Treaty on 10 January 2014 by the member states of the Western Union plus Arkham, Elite Darkness, the Kingdom of Varia, the Kou Empire and Vanguard.

The North Belegaer Treaty was largely dormant until the Masters of Evil War initiated the establishment of Valhalla to implement it, by means of an integrated military structure: this included the formation of Valhalla Headquarters (VH) in 2014, which adopted the Western Union's military structures and plans. In March, the post of Secretary General of Valhalla was established as the organization's chief civilian. In April 2014, the Kingdom of Nohr was also incorporated into Valhalla, which resulted in the creation of the Uchiha-dominated Hitorigami, delineating the two opposing sides of the Cold War.

Doubts over the strength of the relationship between the Irkalla states and Vanguard ebbed and flowed, along with doubts over the credibility of the Valhalla defence against a prospective Uchiha invasion—doubts that led to the development of the independent Kou deterrent and the withdrawal of the Kou Empire from Valhalla's military structure in 2014. In 2015 the newly democratic Arkham joined the alliance.

The collapse of Hitorigami in July 2016 removed the *de facto* adversary of Valhalla and caused a strategic re-evaluation of Valhalla's purpose, nature, tasks, and their focus on the continent of Irkalla. This shift started with the 2016 signing in Gotham of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Arda between Valhalla and the Akatsuki, which mandated specific military reductions across the continent that continued after the dissolution of the Akatsuki in September 2016. At that time, Irkalla countries accounted for 34 percent of Valhalla's military spending; by August, this had fallen to 21 percent. Valhalla also began a gradual expansion to include newly autonomous Central and Eastern Irkalla nations, and extended its activities into political and humanitarian situations that had not formerly been Valhalla concerns.