Second Valyrian Empire

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Capital: King's Landing

Official Language/s: High Valyrian, Low Valyrian

Ethnic groups: (Last known data) 81% Valyrian, 8% Remurian, 4% Commoner, 3% Anemolan, 2% Umbrian, 2% Monteremoran

Currency: Revalyrian Gold-Drage

Emperor: Rhaemar **I** Targaryen

Demonym/s: Valyrian

***Valyria***, officially the ***Second Valyrian Empire*** is a country by the **Medullan Sea**; Although mainland Valyria is located in central Octavia, the ***Valyrian colonies*** are present in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by The **Bay of Snezhnevic**, to the west by **The Federation**, to the south by Republic of Umbria and to the East by both the **Grand Kingdom of Eosdestia** and the **Commonwealth of Coatl**.

Modern-day Valyria is the successor state to the long-dead ***Valyrian Freehold***, which was roughly destroyed 400~ years ago by the devastating and catastrophic event known as the ***Doom of Valyria***.

At the height of it's power, the Valyrian Freehold was an extremely powerful entity. According to the records, it possessed "unrivaled" technology alongside the mythical creatures that we know as **dragons** under their control. Some Old Valyrians are said to have been **dragonlords**, the most well known dragonlords from this time period was ***House Targaryen*** and ***House Velothys***, in which the latter is now extinct. The Doom caused the extinction of the Valyrian dragons and thus ended the Dragonlord period.

Following the Doom of Valyria that destroyed the ancient Valyrian civilisation, as all the major noble houses resided there and majority of the population, the remaining population divided into multiple states; the **Kingdom of Dragonstone**, the **Kingdom of Driftmark**, the **Principality of Seaguard**, the **State of Lys**, **State of Myr**, **State of Tyrosh**, **State of Braavos**, **Empire of Dorne** and finally the **Empire of Voreania**. With the formation of all these new states, the period of **Divided Valyria** commenced. However, not all the Valyrian nobles perished in the Doom. Thankfully, House Targaryen survived as they immigrated to Dragonstone years prior. ***House Velaryon*** did the same, residing on Driftmark and the survival of ***House Celtigar*** remains a mystery until this day.

The period of "Divided Valyria" continued for roughly a century as all the successors of for Freehold attempted to gain the upper hand in an extreme struggle for dominance. During the period, the combined states of Lys, Myr and Tyrosh formed a union known as **The Triarchy** as an attempt to overpower the other newly-formed entities. Fighting occurred for years until **Aegon Targaryen** officially became Head of House Targaryen following the death of his father a century later after the beginning of the period post-Doom. Regardless of his installment as **King of Dragonstone**, Aegon desired more and he looked to the vast and rich lands of the old Freehold. He wanted to conquer the lands and reunite Valyria into one, and so he did which began **Aegon's Conquest** with his two sisters Visenya and Rhaenys. He called his banners and made deals with the **King of Driftmark** and the **Prince of Seaguard** which united the Targaryen army with the Velaryon and Celtigar armies; After all, these three were the only remaining Old Valyrian nobles, the other entities were considered lower class to the Targaryens, Velaryons and Celtigars. Aegon went to war with the rest of the states with the combined army of three nations. In the first year, he vitally defeated the Braavosi army and conquered the state. During this, the Empire of Voreania was falling apart which led to the creation of the **Kingdom of Lannisport** and the **Kingdom of the Reach**, two states that declared independence from their Voreanian overlords. By the second year of Aegon's Conquest, Aegon had defeated the combined forces of the Kingdoms of the Reach and Lannisport alongside his two sisters in the infamous **Battle of the Field**. This caused the fall of the two Kingdoms to Aegon and the official extinction of the male line of **House Gardener**, the overlords of the Kingdom of the Reach and lords of **Highgarden**. However, the overlords of the Kingdom of Lannisport, **House Lannister** survived and swore fealty toward Aegon following their defeat. A month after the Battle of the Field, The Triarchy fell into a civil war after multiple disputes between the three united powers. Rhaenys and Visenya Targaryen both invaded the war-inflicted and collapsing Triarchy and successfully defeated the Lyseni, Myrish and Tyrosh armies in the name of Aegon. By the third and final year, only the Voreanians and the Dornish remained as a seperate entity. The Empire of Dorne surrendered and swore fealty toward the Targaryen. However, Aegon marched on the Voreanian territories and invaded the Empire after they refused to surrender. Aegon's army successfully won against the Voreanian armies who fought hard, but were no match for the overwhelming numbers of the **United Kingdoms of Dragonstone, Driftmark and Seaguard**. Following this, Valyria was finally united after three harsh years of constant fighting with the populations across the lands were sick and tired. After the end of Aegon's Conquest, Aegon was dubbed as **The Conqueror** and the **Kingdom of Valyria** was established with Aegon as King, declaring himself as: **Aegon I Targaryen, the First of His Name, King of the Valyrians, Lord of the Valyrian Kingdom and Protector of the Realm**. When Aegon had first landed from Dragonstone to Western Valyria, the local population had created a small settlement on where he landed; **Aegonfort**. The Targaryen King named it his capital and it eventually evolved into the modern capital of **King's Landing**.

The establishment of the Kingdom of Valyria revived Valyria and put House Targaryen in control of the entire nation. Aegon was determined to secure a dynasty and ruled the country firmly until his death at age 60. His son, **Aenys**, succeeded him and became Aenys **I** Targaryen by the system of **Primogeniture**. Aenys was a peaceful king, but he was regarded as weak due to his failure of keeping Valyria stable after his father’s death. The **Faith Militant**, an armed religious organisation, hated the Targaryens for their inbreeding and thus often revolted. The Voreanians revolted as well, demanding independence. However, Aenys refused to put down the **Voreanian Rebellion** and agreed upon a deal to establish the **United Kingdoms of Valyria-Voreania**. With this alteration, Aenys declared himself as Aenys I Targaryen, **the First of His Name, King of the Valyrians and the Voreanians, King of the one United Valyrian Kingdom and Protector of the Realm**. However, Aenys failed to make peace with the Faith Militant and the Tyroshi, Lyreshi, Myrish and Braavosi uprisings. As a result, Aenys fled King’s Landing to take up residence in Dragonstone to avoid all the conflict. Aenys’ incompetence resulted in further turmoil in Valyria, and being the weak king that he was, Aenys supposedly passed away on Dragonstone due to "stress". Aenys’ death remains a mystery to this day, Many claim he was instead poisoned. **Prince Aegon**, named after his grandfather and the Conqueror, was the heir to the Iron Throne. However, **Prince Maegor**, uncle to Prince Aegon and brother to Aenys, usurped the throne with the support of his mother Visenya Targaryen and grandmother of Prince Aegon. Maegor was dubbed as King Maegor **I**. Upon his entrance into position as monarch, Maegor funded the Valyrian military even further and ordered the Valyrian Army to destroy and wipe out the rebellions all over the realm. This was successful as major uprisings and riots were put down by force. However, this was simply not enough for Maegor. Valyria was now too diverse due to the Divided Valyria period, and as such, he realised that Valyria would not survive if it remains this diverse. Thus, on his orders, Maegor ordered the immediate massacres of the Tyroshi, Lyreshi, Myrish and Braavosi uprisings and execution of the leaders. Maegor would then suppress the Faith Militant and completely destroy the armed branch of the **Holy Order of the Seven**. Finally, Maegor ordered the genocide of the pure Voreanians, only allowing Valyrian-Voreanians to survive. It was a dark period for Valyria, as a large chunk of the population was massacred at the hands of the King that was supposedly the "Protector of the Realm". Following this massive genocide, Maegor was dubbed as "Maegor **the Cruel**" by the majority. Regardless, Maegor ordered the execution of anyone who dared to even call him cruel. Maegor became infamous as he wiped out noble houses for the slightest of things and took multiple wives and executed the ones that he divorced, he also legitimised his bastards, who would later form **House Blackfyre**; Ironic as he had several illegitimate children and none of legitimate birth. Eventually, Prince Aegon rebelled and so did populace that were bold enough to uprise against King Maegor. Aegon and Maegor supposedly met under the **God's Eye**, a famous landmark in Valyria. Instead of both armies fighting, the two agreed to one-on-one combat to decide the winner instead of unleashing both armies, mostly to avoid bloodshed. Prince Aegon fought valiantly and bravely, but Maegor’s superior training and stature resulted in Aegon’s defeat. Maegor stabbed Aegon in the neck so hard that it came out of the other end, marking the end of "Aegon **the Uncrowned**". With the **Battle Under the God's Eye** concluded, Maegor secured his position as monarch even further. However, even with his nephew's death, Maegor still feared for his position due to his living nephew **Prince Aelor**. On a stormy night, the **Small Council** plotted against the King to end his reign of terror and to avensge Prince Aegon. Maegor was to be assassinated upon his entrance into King's Landing. However, it failed and Maegor rapidly fled to the **Red Keep**, the royal palace that Maegor had been constructing. However, member of the Small Council, Tyland Redwyne, arrived at King’s Landing to end Maegor's reign. Out of desperation, Maegor ordered the Valyrian army to come to his rescue. However, before they could even arrive and even before the Redwyne army could enter the Red Keep to arrest the King, Maegor had died. His body was found on the Iron Throne. His throat was slit, alongside his wrists which were stabbed into the chair of blades. Maegor's death remains a mystery as well alongside Aenys’; The most popular theory being that Maegor had committed suicide to avoid the consequences, but many believe he was murdered by someone in the Red Keep. Upon his death, Aelor ascended to become King Aelor **I**. Aelor was said by many to be a step up from Maegor. He reportedly trustworthy and thus was dubbed as "Aelor **the Trustworthy**". However, he would only reign for 11 **Caelith** years. Aelor’s son, **Prince Baelon** would inherit the throne. But in truth, Baelon **I** was not meant to sit the Throne. This was as his eldest brother, also called Baelon, passed away a year prior to Aelor's death. This resulted in him being rewarded the nickname of "Baelon **the Younger**". During Baelon’s reign, he would proceed to reform the currency and re-allow religion to be practiced publicly, something that his great uncle Maegor had outlawed. He would proceed to rule for 28 Caelith years, before passing away due to a cancerous tumour. His son, Baelon, named after his older brother, inherited the throne and became King Baelon **II**. Due to his father's nickname, Baelon II was given the nickname of "Baelon **the Far Younger**". Not a lot of his reign was recorded due to unknown reasons, and he only reigned 9 Caelith years before passing away. Baelon II’s son, **Prince Jaehaerys**, inherited the Iron Throne and became King Jaehaerys **I** at 15 years old. Jaehaerys I is widely recognised as the best Targaryen King to sit the Iron Throne and rule. He was dubbed as "Jaehaerys **the Conciliator**" due to his impressive ability to conciliate with the returned Faith Militant and the rebellious Blackfyres, which rebelled in +M 25 until +M 26, until **Daemon Blackfyre** was defeated in battle but spared by King Jaehaerys on the condition that Daemon would swear an undying oath of fealty. Jaehaerys would then proceed to live until 86 years, reigning as monarch until his demise. However, Jaehaerys lived for so long and had fathered so many children that he outlived a lot of his children. In the end, his grandson **Prince Viserys** was chosen to inherit the Iron Throne after a Grand Assembly was called to decide upon the succession. **Princess Rhaenys**, regardless of being older than Viserys, was not chosen as tradition had made it clear that only men would sit the Iron Throne as kings. Thus, Princess Rhaenys was dubbed as "The Queen Who Never Was". Viserys was already an adult by the time he was selected as King, and was already expecting a child with his wife **Aemma Arryn**. During the reign of Viserys **I**, the King never involved in conflict as he desired to keep the realm stable. He appointed **Ser Otto Hightower**, the younger son of Lord Hightower, as **Hand of the King**. By almost thirty years old, Viserys had only successful child with his wife and that was **Princess Rhaenyra**. On Rhaenyra's fifteenth nameday, Aemma Arryn died in childbirth as she gave birth to **Prince Baelon**, the supposed heir to King Viserys. However, a day later, the newborn Prince died due to unknown reasons. House Targaryen and the realm grieved the deaths of the Queen-Consort and the newborn Crown-Prince. However, **Daemon Targaryen**, the brother of Viserys and uncle to both Rhaenyra and Baelon, instead celebrated Baelon's death as he was the guaranteed heir of the Iron Throne. However, Otto Hightower's spies reported to the Lord Hand and the King of this event that was supposed to be a secret. As a result, Prince Daemon Ans the heir to the Throne was banished from King's Landing and forced to go to the **Vale of Arryn**, as his title of heir was renounced and instead Viserys named Rhaenyra as the heir of the Throne, and Rhaenyra was betrothed to **Ser Laenor Velaryon**, son of Small Council member **Lord Corlys Velaryon**.