Slavonian Brotherhood

The **Slavonian Brotherhood** (Bratistvo Slavonije) was a powerful federation that existed during the Sixteenth Age. It was located at the continent of Darros, to the east of Zarijana and the west of Tukshara and Prisapura.

Its capitals were the metropolises of Novy Smolensk and Vladipravsk, and the temple-city of Svargorod.

## Flag

The flag of the Slavonian Brotherhood is a red and white banner with an emblem in the middle. Red and white are common colours found in Slavonian folk clothing, so they represent tradition and honour: separately, they stand for courage and purity.

The symbol in the middle is used as an emblem of Svarog, the god of the sun who has become popular enough to be the Brotherhood's national god. Its patterns represent energy, cycles, and regeneration, as the founders of the Brotherhood consider their state to be a regeneration of their race after centuries of backwards rule by petty-minded tyrants and despots.

## History

The continent of Darros, between the realms of Zarijana (to the west) and Tukshara (to the east) was settled by bands of fair-skinned Mannurlings during the Second Age, resulting in the various Darroskei civilisations that thrived on the continent. Much of the continent is covered with forests, some of which had been cleared down over millennia to produce sweeping swaths of farmland. The Darroskei (or Slavonians) are related to several other races throughout the world, including the Rannar/Baesorthar/Nordar, Zarijanians, Rakolans, their Tuksharan rivals, and the Archonians; even to the extent that their mythologies and gods are similar to these others.

Since the alien invasions of the Eighth Age, the Darroskei and their neigbouring civilisations to the east adopted the technology of their defeated extraterrestrial enemies. While the rest of the world destroyed the aliens' machinery out of fear, the Darroskei and their neighbours preserved their prizes, jealously guarding their technology to ensure that the rest of humanity does not use them to destroy each other and the planet. And while the Tuksharans built an empire and used their flying cities to conquer the world, the Darroskei nations' combined armoury stopped them from venturing westwards, allowing other civilisations to develop.

During the Sixteenth Age, Tukshara became into the strongest empire on Jerde, but its ambitions for global conquest were kept in check by the kingdoms of Darros. When Tukshara's eastward campaigns were defeated by a league of realms throughout Palkyras and Vachelon, the Darroskei were ruled by incompetent emperors and then by the crumbling regime of Red Darros, who were then replaced with leaders of revolts who left behind a splintered nation vulnerable to invaders from abroad, such as the Ardeschi air raids triggered by executions of heretics in some regions. That is, until a faction of idealists built their own army to ensure that Darros (renamed as Slavonia) will be strong once again, so it will never fall to the oppression of another empire.

The ancient civilisations of Vystrane, Knjezvaria, and Plaeskovia joined the Slavonian Brotherhood in its early years, seeking to help the other Slavs and Tchukorics rebuild their continent, nearly-ruined by many years of war. They enjoyed a greater amount of autonomy.

But even as Slavonia enjoyed peace with Zarijana supporting it and blocking the Ardeschis from reaching Darros, Slavonia was also attacked by Lothareschen clone armies. To ensure that the clones would not exterminate the locals to establish new colonies, the Slavonians fought back and fortified the western coast of their continent.

The Slavonian Brotherhood enjoyed an age of prosperity, but was weakened and ruined by an ice age. Eventually, the devastated survivors were bound by the authority of the First and Second Red Fronts, which harboured many Terrans. But in the west, some of the older nations were reestablished, such as Knjezvaria and Vystrane, where Terran defectors fought against all the other Terrans who waged war against the restored nations. Vystrane was the first to successfully drive out the Second Red Front, allowing it to join the Denlotian alliance. In spite of the ruin caused by the 3900 Pandemic and the Reorganisation Wars, Vystrane and its allies were able to resist the Terran hordes.

Millennia later, Darros was attacked by the Sarmelonid Vozonid Empire, who abducted some of its people as slaves. Said slaves later revolted and created their own nations: two of them, Bujan and Kovastoi, were founded by failed attempts to return to their distant ancestral homeland, but they still establish close and friendly ties with the modern nations of Darros to this day.

Another union, the Slavic Federation, was established after the death of Zannoz and long before the Green Years. This league was attacked by a resurgent Darroskei Empire, who committed many abusive deeds and denied its own crimes.

## Government

Although the Slavonian Brotherhood was under the rule of a dictatorial President, its states and regions worked as a federation. As a result, living standards and human rights varied between different members, although overall they comprise a mostly-conservative region with an improving and strict standard of living.

Over time, the people of the Slavonian Brotherhood convinced their rulers to reject fascistic methods, as they were angry with Pure Lotharesch's attempts to destroy them.

### Member states

* High Darros (Vjasodaros) - the capital
* Knjezvaria
* Leksarion
* Vystrane
* Plesonia

## Culture

The Slavonian Brotherhood utilised environmentally-friendly technology to keep its realms, cities, and habitats clean.

## Religion

The official god of the Slavonian Brotherhood was Svarog, even though Perun and Mokosh were popular among the people. Beautiful stone temples were everywhere, all over the whole republic: many of them had eight-pointed stars and suns in their architecture.

While many of the peoples of the Slavonian Brotherhood were fiercely devout to their gods, atheism was tolerated. In spite of this, many people in Darros looked down on atheists for their role in persecuting the faithful of Red Darros.

## Trivia

* The Slavonian Brotherhood was inspired by Slavic and Russian nationalists on Youtube comments, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union.

## See also

### Descendant nations

* Pogimmel
* Baniorel
* Rukania
* Sevraeja
* Darros
* Olossa