The Aldeiras Empire

***WORK IN PROGRESS. IN PROCESS OF BEING CHANGED.***

The Aldeiras Empire is the largest nation on Aeros (and the first true empire), located in the South Eastern Area of the world. It houses many cities, each unique and with their own style and culture. The Capital Dorasterrock is in the Northern part of Aldeiras.

**Government and Monarchy**

Aldeiras started off as a *diarchal federation*, with 2 kaizers (Vej and Viper), and consuls beneath them to vote on disagreements. However, Viper stepped down simply making it a *Monarchy*. Now however, after many events, the Aldeiras Empire is a *monarchy*.

In charge (uncontested) are the kaizer and kaizerin (Vej and Genesis) who are heads of the Government and Monarchy. Their second in command (Tobias Fireblade kriegstine CXCIX von Credivatia), is the heir to the throne and head of the council of advisors.

*Government (responsible for the decisions and politics of Aldeiras as a whole):*

In charge are the *kaizer* and *kaizerin* - Vej and Genesis. Below them, *head Consul* is Fireblade, who is head of the council of advisors. Below him, is the counncil of advisors called *consuls*. They are voted in and act like a senate, and their main role is to vote on decisions and contribute towards the nations politics.

*Monarchy (responsible for expansion and building of their cities/ towns):*

Head of the monarchy are once again, the *kaizer* and *kaizerin* who own the capital, and Gen's city (Embium). Below them is the *heir* (Fireblade), who owns the city, Credivatia. Beneath that, are the *princes* who own a principality state/ vassal state such as Handevarenbourg and Astoria (in which may be separate towns). Beneath that, are the *lords* who are responsible for owning a town or city. The monarchy's main role is the ownership and expansion of cities.

**Military**

Aldeiras has a *legate* in charge of the army. Beneath that, are three *commanders* each in charge of a *division*. Every *division* takes a different role with their own anthems and tactics. Every *division* contains 2 *captains* who control 2 *squadrons*. Every squadron contains two *groups* of soldiers, which contain a *sergeant* and 2 *soldiers*.

**Geography**

The terrain of Aldeiras is very hilly, but very diverse. There are forests, jungles , frozen lakes all across Aldeiras with very diverse terrain but the one thing that links it all is that it is very hilly and mountainous. For example, Credivatia is located in a flat bit of land, surrounded on one side by steep mountains, on the other side of which is a forest.

**Culture and Religion**

Aldeiras has no state religion (it used to worship birds in the religion "Yarudhan" because we da biggest bird but not anymore. Everywhere you go in Aldeiras has unique customs and culture creating a diverse Empire!

## Aldeiras History

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### Ancient History and Beginnings

It was the beginning. The beginning of time. The beginning of existence.

## Credivatia History

### Credikuko von Kraton (and the Great Credikukon War)

Roughly 5700 years ago, there was a massive empire called Lunoros. Lunoros was so large it had sub-kingdoms within it, and many different Monarchs and Governments within the High Court. Due to this, they were highly advanced in technology and science. There were many empires and kingdoms around that were smaller than Lunoros also. One of these was Credikuko von Kraton (*meaning Holy Kingdom of Kraton in an ancient language*). Kraton was still a large Kingdom with a lot of land but not nearly as much as Lunoros. After years of peace and the two kingdoms not speaking much to each other, Lunoros declared war on Kraton out of the blue. It was a power-hungry decision, made by the leaders of Lunoros in an attempt for more land.

#### Preparation of the Lunoros Army

The Lunoros army was so large, they only needed to mobilise two of their sub-kingdoms for the war. There was little to no effort in preparing the troops as there was little need. They were instead preparing something else: they were preparing one of their mechs. They were so highly advanced in tech, they had giant metal abominations they called 'mechanici'. Glorious and shiny: the mechs required lots of maintenance to keep this look. Every nook and cranny had to be oiled, then polished and every 'sparkbord' (*What we today call circuits*) had to be checked and replaced if was not up to scratch. While this was all going on, soldiers had to prepare their own swords and armour to ensure they won't die in the battle - although doing so, would seem honourable and faithful to the kingdom. The army was a mess, yet massive in size. The only thing that wasn't a mess was their glorious mech, gleaming in the sunlight, soon to get bloody.

#### Preparation of the Kraton Army

Kraton were much more efficient with their troops. They knew the Lunoros Army was huge and that they probably stood no chance, so they had to outsmart Lunoros. They had to be better equipped. They introduced conscription so that every able man should fight for their Kingdom. And they would. They were not only fighting for their nations, they were fighting for their homes, their wives, their children. Although small and untrained, they all got armour and were organised well. Every village in the Kingdom had a few knights in, so the knights would take groups of men and go to their allocated spot along the border, where they were to protect. The knight would lead the men and their families (the wives, kids and elderly were to go to a safe place several miles back from the village). The average group would consist of one knight and roughly 6 to 12 men.

### Tobias I (the Great)

#### Early Days

Tobias Kriegstine was a brave man. He had fought in a civil war for his king and taken on many well trained men. He had become very good in his craft and after the war was over he was anointed a knight by his king. He was so good he was even taken on as a bodyguard by the king to take on any who insulted him. Now, he lived in a quiet wooded village of Gresanbaar (*meaning Green Stream in an ancient language*). The people there were united and knew each other well. There was another knight there too called Axel Kovashlot.

#### The Great War

##### Preparation

One day, while Tobias was fishing in the river by Gresanbaar, a messenger from the King found him. He was with Axel, the other knight, and was there to tell them to prepare for a war with Lunoros. Tobias scoffed and said "Thou has't to beest of jokes to one" (*translated from ancient language*), "th'r is nay way art us to war with those folk." However, the messenger simply shook his head. They were to gather half of the able-bodied men in the village each and guide them. They were given certain positions that they were to hold at all costs. The women and children were to gather their stuff and flee to a safe place miles behind the village.

So they did. Tobias took 8 men and their families fled, while Axel took 7. He went to their position, in a tower by a bridge and ordered them to start setting up defences. They created barricades, ditches in the ground, hidden ditches in the ground, tripwires, nets. They then went back to the tower for food before the battle. None of them could eat though, they were all too scared. They all knew of the power of the Lunoros, and knew it was almost inevitable they lost, no matter the preparations. Instead of eating, they instead went to their hiding places behind trees and in small trenches ready for the opposing soldiers.

Under a threatening dark grey sky, Tobias trudged over wet mud to a small hole he had dug for himself. He sat there for hours, staring at his sword and his armour. The things that had protected him so many times in the past, could they protect him again. There still wasn't any sight of Lunoros coming so he went around his men checking their armour was on properly and their swords were sharpened. He then retreated back to his hole.

*Many hours passed...*

##### The fighting

Tobias had managed to get a nap while waiting for Lunoros and it was now mid-afternoon and the sky was still grey. By the fact he was now lying in wet mud, it had evidently rained a bit while he was sleeping. He had awoken to a low rumbling that was getting louder. He could hear a vague war cry in the distance but that isn't what bothered him or his men. What bothered them was the large outline on the horizon dwarfing everything else before they could even see the troops. It was like a massive human, a mountain made of metal and every time it stepped it was like a mini Earthquake. He was shot out of his daze by the loud war cry seemingly very close, and as he looked out of his trench further, he saw some of the Lunoros Army charging towards them. It was like a massive wave of men in metal armour with the next wave not yet in sight and luckily, the massive metal human was not in that wave. He quickly shouted "FIRE!" out to his men and they did so. A wave of arrows went and mostly hit men in the wave. He shouted "KEEP FIRING!" but knew it was no use. They were getting much closer now. He ordered his men up out their trenches and they got their swords, but he realised it was no good. Instead of telling them to attack, he told them to run to the women and children and he would fight them until his dying breath.

Two men who were trained in fighting stayed with him that he couldn't convince, and he told them to charge. They gave out a war cry and ran towards the opposing army, their war cry unbearably louder. He knew it was suicide but as he grew closer, he was actually filled with hope. These were clearly not trained men, many were wearing their armour wrong and many didn't even have armour. As the first few came near, it took a few effortless swipes to kill 4. He took a quick glance back to see one of his men stabbed as he was surrounded by 4 men. The other man was still standing strong though, his equipment keeping him alive. More people were coming and quickly. As more came near, he took them out, finding their weak spots before they could even bring down their sword. He was taking them out quickly but as more and more came, he had to go on the defensive. Just as he did, he heard a cry from behind as the other man received a strike, simply outnumbered and then he was finished off. Both brave men, if he could ever survive this he would honour them greatly. But he knew he surely wouldn't. He was anticipating and blocking all strikes now, he could hardly attack anyone and was getting driven back. He was driven back onto the bridge and as soon as he was, he turned and sprinted back towards the woods, he jumped over a tripwire and then kept running as he ran, he heard the dynamite blow behind him as they pulled the tripwire. That was what he was waiting for and he turned back, the numbers of the first wave greatly defeated now. He saw a line of bodies lined up where the dynamite had been and few men remaining. He sprinted at them and in rage, took them out with ease, slicing two throats and three chests, never a limb, they were unnecessary and wouldn't kill. Most of that wave was gone and he could see and hear another wave on the horizon. Those seemed better trained but worse, had the mech with them.

He was once again shot out of his daze when he heard another cry. It was a group of his own men and he was pleased to see they were trained men: Axel's men! He ran towards them as they were outnumbered and struggling. He took many by surprise and simply killed them with one blow, Axel doing the same. Working together now, they almost didn't need to communicate: it came naturally. They aided the men and murdered the rest of them. There were bodies all around and they now went and hid behind the trees for the next wave. These soldiers were more stubborn and refused to go back to the wives and children; Axel had already sent 3 of them back and the there were 3 here with them, 1 had been killed.

As the next wave arrived, they jumped out from behind the trees and killed many by surprise but in numbers this absurd, it was tough. He caught a blow to his stomach that winded him, but his armour protected him. He anticipated strikes and countered them but his amour was now getting many scratches from swords. The clash of metal and cries from both sides was now getting loud. As he glanced around, he saw only Axel remaining now, who now screamed at him "**RUN!!!**". So he did.

There was a loud bang. He could hardly look back as he knew what had happened. Axel had taken his own life for his nation and for him. It had worked, there were not many soldiers left who he went and finished off in misery. But there was unfortunately no time to dwell on it. He had done it for a reason and now the mech was coming.

##### The Mech

It stepped towards him, landing on the bridge, the bridge crushing and tower next to it, where they had had food just hours ago, collapsing. It then launched a great fiery piece of metal from its chest towards him. In horror, he ran and dived for cover under the trees and was glad he did, as the thing exploded when it hit the ground launching metal in every direction and setting the ground on fire. Before the creature could do anything next, he ran out and dived onto its massive foot and stuck his sword into it repeatedly, sparks flying everywhere. Soon the humming noise in its foot seemed to stop and the foot stopped moving. The creature of metal looked down at it confused.

He had slowed it down enough. As he was running, he figured he had to admit defeat, Lunoros was too powerful. As he looked over his shoulder, he saw soldiers squirming about trying to fix the foot of the mech quickly. He also saw, mere dots in the distance, the Lunoros cavalry and realise he would've stood no chance against them.

#### The walk

After what seemed like ages running, blood trickling down his face under his mask, he finally reached the leftovers of his nation, who were shocked to see him alive. They had found some men and women from the capital city, who said it had been disastrous and they were destroyed. The women wanted to tend to his wounds but he refused and told them they must keep on walking. So they did. For days and days.

They finally reached a place far away that would be safe to settle and called it Credivatia (*meaning Holy Refuge*). They quickly made buildings and basic requirements, and they anointed Tobias as village chief for his bravery.

A few days later, Tobias decided to walk back to where Kraton had been to see what was happening in secret. When he arrived at the capital, he saw Lunoros flags everywhere. He hid in an alleyway, and in there he heard talking in Kratonian. That was weird as Lunoros spoke a different language to Kraton. He realised it was coming from a drain beneath him. He snuck in the drain and as he reached the bottom there were several men waiting at the bottom with spears pointed at him. "What art thee doing h're," asked one in Lunorosian. He replied in Kratonian, "I am Kratonian and I assume thou art also."

They eased up a little on him but not fully. "How can we proveth yond?" they asked (*in Kratonian*). He replied "One is a knight, has't thee the king h're and he can proveth 't."

"The king is dead, but we has't christoph h're who is't shouldst recognise thee," one of them replied uneasily.

One of them brought Christoph (the heir to the throne, the king's son) to the front. "Ah aye thou art yond tobias," he said, "He art safe."

The spears were dropped and he was let in. They told him the situation about how Lunoros had made Kraton a mere sub-kingdom of them and that they were hiding there for safety. Many citizens had been either killed, or even harsher done to them. He asked if they would like to come to Credivatia with him and they were incredulous but amazed. "There are more survivors?" they asked in awe.

"Yes, and they'rt safe," he replied.

"But how art we meanteth to escapeth the city?" they asked him.

"I did manage to receiveth in, i'll manageth to receiveth thee out.  I shall causeth a distraction while thee simply runneth out," he answered simply. So the plan was made. As they ran out the back of the city they knew like the back of their hand. He ran into the centre and caused a distraction. Blending in with the normal people, he insulted one and the guy challenged him to a dual for honour. He simply agreed and they dualed. Tobias won easily with his training but it had caused enough of a distraction for the Kratonians to escape. Luckily for him, there was another dual and in the commotion he managed to escape and caught up to his fellow citizens. He led them to Credivatia on a many day walk and when he returned, he was surprised to see the progress they had made. They had mixed the tudor-like theme of Kraton with the materials they had in the mines of this new settlement to make a mixed tudor-medieval theme. He announced to his people that he had found more Kratonians and they were delighted. In peace, they continued to expand their village and traditions.

A few years later, he returned to Kraton where he discovered that Lunoros had dissolved as nearly all the sub-kingdoms had revolted to become independent. Kraton joined with a neighbouring nation to form a new kingdom with new people and that filled him with happiness: he was now at peace. As his days grew old, he was now known as Tobias the Great, and he had a kid of his own: Tobias Axel Kovashlot Kriegstine II von Credivatia, whom he anointed the new village chief. He wrote a book recording all of Kraton's history he could remember (with help from other people) in the first part, and his own story in the second. He also honoured the brave men who had fought with him in that battle all equally and named his son after the other knight (Axel Kovashlot) who had given his life for him.

#### Tobias the Great Iconic Quotes

"Thou art nimble-footed.  Th're is nay way we shall winneth 'gainst those folk." *-before the battle against Lunoros*

"Mine own armour is getting scratch'd because of thee fools, how is one meant to fixeth yond" *-During the battle, taunting his enemies*

"We able men shalt square till our lasteth breath sayeth 'night, f'r our family, our village and our kingdom" *-A speech to his men before the battle*

"Thou art s'riously prepost'rous.  One wouldst not consid'r thee a vulture, one wouldst consid'r thee something a vulture wouldst consume.  Thou art proof o' god's senseth'f'humour.  One wouldst pref'r such a battleth of wits but t wouldst appeareth thy arms art none.  In fact, the reasoneth of god's invention o' th' middle fing'r art thee and one couldst only needeth what thou may provideth: thy absence.  Mineth closing statement: villain, one hast done thy moth'r." *-In his old ages, fighting someone in the nearest city to Credivatia (but aren't aware of their existence) because they knocked into him. That 'villain' soon beheaded him.*

"God putteth us all h're on this earth f'r a reasoneth: to liveth our liveth.  So wend not wasting t by mourning mine own death, i'm in a bett'r lodging concluded, be it so th're is nay needeth to beest depress'd.  Stand ho mourning mine own death and liveth thy life while thee still has't t." *-Written in his will to be read out at his funeral. Translated into modern engllish: God put us all here on this earth for a reason: to live our lives. So don't go wasting it by mourning my death, I'm in A better place anyway so there is no need to be sad. Stop mourning my death and live your life while you still have it.*

### Recent Credivatian History

Credivatia is currently in the nation of Aldeiras in South East Aeros. It is ruled by Tobias Fireblade kriegstine CXCIX von Credivatia (*see link for more info on recent history where they join Aldeiras*).