Astrana

Astrana is a nation located in the jungle north of the spawn peninsula. It has a mix of government systems such as oligarchy, monarchy, and aristocracy.

## History of Astrana

Astrana, long ago, was a tribe founded by Kriean Zavre, a man who had extreme hopes for the still small tribe in a world that at this point only had spears and stones as weapons. The tribe started in the northern desert where they would bear the sweltering heat as they slowly expanded. Kriean Zavre was both a skilled leader and fighter, leading the charge in battles against any neighboring tribes without any diplomacy.

Kriean Zavre's brutality and no mercy policies during battle led to the tribe growing quick and expanding, any casualties lost being quickly replaced. Conquered tribes were absorbed into the Astranan tribe and used as specialized areas for several things, such as farming and cattle or creating weapons and such. As Astrana grew so did the world, metalworking being discovered.

Kriean Zavre would have some tribes grow and raise cattle then distribute that produce to tribes who were used to distribute that to the other tribes and the main tribe location. Meanwhile some other tribes would mine for precious metals and send that out to deliver to the few specialized ones in metalworking. The finished products would be delivered across the tribes once more. The tools would be used for quicker farming and more food was made to keep the people alive.

What Kriean Zavre had created was effectively one large multi functional factory made of tribes, Kem'aar at the middle of it all. Kriean Zavre forced the tribes to work until they couldn't, increasing production at the cost of morale. Despite all of this, the citizens of Kem'aar were blissfully unaware.

Over the generations of Kriean Zavre's heirs they would become a massive unstoppable force. They would let tribes develop enough, watching them closely and striking when the time was right to add them to the nation. However, the worker tribes were not very pleased at all with anything that was happening at all, and they were tired of watching this go on for generations.

Soon a civil war would begin under Reter Zavre's reign. Because of the massive size of the nation at this point, their was hardly anything that could be done to stop it as worker tribes stopped working and attacked the soldiers who were sent out to stop them. Factions started popping up such as the Polkin Warriors, Zenex, Ritarist Anarchy Fighters, Lertain Flame, Protectors of Qwen, and the Fetethos.

The Polkin Warriors was a faction largely composed of agriculture and cattle raising tribes. While not trained in combat they were one of the largest factions in the civil war. Because of the tribes they were composed of they were a very important faction in the civil war, being the main source of food for all factions. When other factions tried to take over the Polkin Warriors they were met with overwhelming numbers.

Next were the Zenex. While they didn't play a major part in the civil war, they would become very important later on. They consisted of mostly misc tribes such as the delivery tribes and whatnot.

The Ritarist Anarchy Fighters was a faction that desired anarchy and the total collapse of Astrana. They were a small faction but powerful, being one of the few if not only faction to wield magic in a capacity for offensive and defensive capabilities.

The Lertain Flames were composed of mainly mining and metalworking tribes. Like the Polkin warriors they were very important as they supplied the majority of weapons and armors to the other factions. They also made a pact with the Polkin Warriors, meaning only a few skirmishes ever happened against the Lertain Flames as no major faction wanted to attack them.

The Protectors of Qwen were mostly military soldiers and forces who split off from the main military to take it over. Since they were trained soldiers in combat and battles they were an imposing and lethal force in the war.

Lastly is Fetethos, a faction which consisted of misc tribes much like Zenex, however, they were led by a religion which was pushed off as a simple cult before the civil war. And also much like Zenex they would play a major part in the end of the civil war.

Soon the climax of the civil war would come, starting as a battle known as the Battle of Red Sand. It is called this due to this being the bloodiest battle in the civil war, and also the worst battle in Astranan history. Supposedly it was so terrible that the sand of the desert was painted by blood so much that it resembled the neighboring Mesa. In the battle the leader of the Ritarist Anarchy Fighters was slain by a Polkin Warrior.

At the end of the battle it had been so destructive that the majority of remaining forces had no more commanders who were alive to order retreat or had any strength left to do so. Because of the lack of orders at the end the forces would stop fighting and tend to their wounded with limited supply.

The Zenex and Fetethos faction, however, who had not been seen the entire fight, would show up. They had been creating and gathering medical supply, having known this would've happened. They took care of the wounded men no matter the faction, also helping gather the dead. The Zenex and Fetethos gathered the remaining men and told them what they planned.

They planned to create a new government where the nation would be led by a ruler who'd have close to absolute power, however, a council would help make choices with the ruler and be able to decide if the ruler is out of line and stop their decision if all agreed. The council would be made of the leaders of the factions and their heirs, aka the Polkin Warriors, Zenex, Ritarist Anarchy Fighters, Lertain Flame, Protectors of Qwen, and the Fetethos.

The ruler would be the offspring of the leader of Zenex and the leader of Fetethos, which was decided would be made a new bloodline and separate from the Zenex and Fetethos bloodline. In an uncreative decision, this would be called the Fetenex bloodline.

Because the Zenex and Fetethos factions had helped all factions indiscriminately at teh end of the battle and because the other factions were already heavily weakened, they agreed. One faction, however, didn't. The Ritarist Anarchy Fighters did not like this for obvious reasons, wanting a complete restart of the nation with no memory of the previous one which came before.

However, due to the death of the Ritarist Anarchy Fighters' leader they were left disorganized and most members left their ideals behind and accepted this new government idea. The remaining few either joined against their will, fled, or were killed.

Because of the amount of casualties and destruction of the civil war, the territory of Astrana was heavily reduced, the once great nation fell into disrepair and entered a stage of reconstruction.

## Government

The current government is a mix of Oligarchy, Aristocracy, and Monarchy. The ruler is of the Fetenex bloodline where the oldest heir assumes rulership. The ruler has almost absolute power, although not exactly.

Under the ruler is a council made up of the leaders of major factions from the civil war, meaning the Polkin, Zenex, Lertain Flame, Protectors of Qwen, and the Fetethos. These factions in modern Astrana are more like a nobility. The Polkin Warriors shortened its name to Polkin and the Ritarist Anarchy Fighters (Named Ritarist after the civil war) aren't included as they were decimated during Trai'oans attack.

The council is second in power to the Fetenex Royal, able to make executive decisions with the unanimous agreement of other council members and Fetenex Royal. They also hold the power to, if needed, change the Fetenex Royal with another of the bloodline (Mostly a sibling of the changed out one). They can also rebuke orders of the Fetenex Royal if it is deemed needed by all council members.