Crimson Order

Symbol of the Crimson Order

## History

### Origins (98,200-98,170 years ago)

The Crimson Order emerged from the unification of the Crimson Tribes of the Whispering Dunes under Master Akalón around 98,520 years ago, these tribes would converge into the Temple of Ayat'rshgurn, the God of the Crimsons, south of the Great Oasis, the Crimson Order would first begin with the purpose of teaching converters of the faith on the principles of the Crimson Religion and praying to Ayat for blessings to their people.

But around 98,200 years ago the Crimsons would discover their hidden ability with their introduction to the usage of elemental magic, specifically of Pure Fire, by the Rashgovin of the Whispering Dunes, the Crimsons would soon learn to purify the elemental energy of Pure Fire even further into Mana, which soon gave origin to the earliest form of Crimson Energy, known now as Impure Crimson Energy.

### Conquest of the Whispering Dunes (98,170-98,084)

The emergence of this new form of magic quickly brought attention to the Crimson Order, which quickly begun to be seem as a threat by surrounding magic orders, but the Noobs, who made up majority if not all of the Crimson Order, were found to be exceptionally adequate to Crimson Energy, and with less than 20 years most of the Order was trained in the Impure form of Crimson Energy, alongside with using Zachosti, something they copied from the Rashgovin.

The Crimson Order was underestimated by surrounding orders which took a long time to even ally with themselves to defend against the Crimsons, and around 98,170 years ago the Crimsons would attack the Rashgovin, resulting in a war lasting only 22 years, as the Rashgovin were crushed by the Crimsons under Akalón, who managed to conquer the Great Oasis and its riches, this was quickly followed by a war against the followers of Moyúkan in 98,148, an even shorter war lasting only 12 years, where the Crimsons easily conquered most of the east of the Whispering Dunes, and soon they would conquer the West and the Anvil to the South, both inhabited by small tribes, in a period lasting only 52 years.

### Wars of the Mediterranean (98,087-82,100)

Following the conquest of the Whispering Dunes, the Crimsons would consolidate their territories, as they began, in 98,087, to construct a bridge across the northern ridge of the Whispering Dunes to facilitate crossing into the north, this was followed by countless expeditions into the Mediterranean Coast, where they would establish small temples all across the coast, by 98,017 the Daharmagan Bridge, now known as the Gauntlet, would be finished, and the Crimsons would quickly begin to settle in the coast of the Mediterranean in what they called Takyrán. Meanwhile the Crimsons began the slow process of purification of the Impure Crimson Energy.

Upon arriving at the Mediterranean the Crimsons would begin to build ships in order to explore the sea, there they would encounter many magic orders across the Mediterranean. The Crimsons were however not met very well due to their 'impure' magic, and soon they would begin to clash with the Jaegon Order in the seas, resulting in the First Mediterranean War, a lengthy war lasting well over 8,000 years, as the Crimsons were too far for the Jaegons to effectively invade, and the Crimson magic too impure to effectively attack the Jaegons on the land. By 89,782 the Crimsons and Jaegons would sign a temporary peace treaty following the invasion of the Yarahagar' Demons from Sporia, by then the Crimsons were now led by Master Yakon.

During the short period of peace the Crimsons would expand across the southern Mediterranean and begin to further purify their magic, although not by much, in 86,280 the Crimsons would be attacked once again by the Jaegons, this time culminating in the Battle of Malta in 85,500, which saw a decisive Crimson victory, there they would find a large 'pearl', at the time known as the Hakerii, an ancient pearl of longevity acquired by the Yakarii Order. The Crimsons decided to take the pearl back to the Whispering Dunes and continue with the war. By 83,890 the Jaegons had been weakened by extensive combat against the Tahroniikan Demons in Acquitáine, and soon the Crimsons would successfully land on Sicily and conquer most of the southern coast by 82,100, resulting in a second treaty where the Crimsons would be given Sicily in exchange for small donations to the Jaegons in their incursions to Acquitáine.

### The Makoriikan of Iberia (82,100-72,789)

Following a short period of peace, the Crimsons would be invaded by the Makoriikan Demons in their holdings in the southern coast of Iberia in 81,000, the Demons would rapidly conquer and raze great portions of the Crimson's territories before being met by fierce resistance, the Crimsons had never dealt with demons until now, and as such suffered many losses and destruction from the demons, however the demons being far away from the Crimson core mean't they were not an immediate threat, in 78,900 the Crimsons would manage to push back the demons into Hayaraniikon, allowing the Crimsons to establish better defenses against the Makoriikan and launch incursions into the demons' territory. Until around 77,800 the Crimsons and Makoriikan would stay in a status quo before the Yeplikarii Incursion led by Yalahan-Pehar, which resulted in the Crimsons pushing back the demons past the Hayaraniikon and into central Iberia.

In around 77,200 the Crimsons would find the Makoriikan's Palace in northern Iberia, but in the following years the Crimsons and Makoriikan would enter another status quo lasting much longer until 75,100 where, led by Master Iohatii Karakan, the Crimsons would launch a large incursion towards the Makoriikan Palace, by around 75,000 the Crimsons would lay siege to the Makoriikan Palace. The siege at the Makoriikan Palace would be difficult for the Crimsons, specially as the sea connection between the Makoriikan outside and inside of the palace was still intact and so the Crimsons were forced to liberate the rest of Iberia outside of the Palace, succeeding in doing so only by 72,800, what followed was an intense battle for the Palace, ending in 72,789. With this the Makoriikan were defeated and the Crimsons would finally see a extensive period of peace in what became the First Crimson Golden Age.

### First Golden Age (72,789-57,830)

The Crimsons would begin to rapidly develop during this period, as they resettled Iberia and began to grow better relations with the Mediterranean civilisations, during this period the Crimsons would quickly advance in their research of magic, culminating in the purification of the Crimson Energy into its final form in 70,828.