Chuánwěi Pì Guójiā

Chuanwei Pi Guojia, or Chuanwei for short is a dynasty located south
of Dai Shu located at the southern tip of the Quik Long River.

Historians believe the first Chuanwei peoples were from Quik Long Ua. It
 is theorized that the people came from the Bytos, due to the religion
being comparable in many aspects, but no evidence has been found so it
can only be speculated.

Since people can remember, the Chuanwei were ruled by the
Chuanwei Dynasty. They oversaw all the administrative, diplomatic, and
military duties in the nation. Since they had many duties, different
estates had made themselves known, not only to just assist the ruling of
 the nation, but to hopefully assist themselves in the process. The
three estates, The Nobility, The Guildsmen, and The Clergy, all had
considerable power, although not equal.

## History

### The Ascension of Chuanwei Tai

The
 Ascension of Chuanwei Ren was the first recorded ascension of an
emperor of Chuanwei, and infact the first emperor recorded in ancient
history.

The Ascension of Chuanwei Ren was a disputed one. With Chuanwei
only being two years old upon his fathers death, he was crowned emperor.
 Due to his young age, the three estates made a advisory council to rule
 in his place until he was of age. The council was made of three
representatives. One for each estate. During the making of the council, a
 pretender, one of which is distantly related to the Chuanwei dynasty,
attempted to rise up and seize power. As the council convened, the army
marched around the countryside attempting to sway the nobility to
support them. Many did, seeing this as a way to hopefully secure power
for themselves after the coup. All those who didn't support the
pretender were slaughtered by him. As news reached the capitol, rumors
spread of the noble representative of supporting the pretenders cause.
Although historians can not confirm if this was fact, he was highly
suspected regardless. The Guildsmen and the Clergy decided they must
temporarily remove his powers during this time of crisis. This of course
 was opposed by the nobility, which just made more join the pretenders
cause, which made the nobility just more suspect. This brutal loop
caused the representative to eventually be jailed.

#### The Chuanwei Ren Pretender War

As
 both sides prepared for battle, the Clergy and Guildsmen joined forces
to raise an army to oppose the usurpers. The clergy called across the
nation to defend the crown against these so called heretics while the
Guildsmen used their immense wealth to build mercenaries and arms to arm
 the peasantry. Meanwhile, the Nobility raised a great army of there
most prestigious military men to lay siege to the capitol. Peasants and
craftsmen were recruited across the countryside by the Clergy and
Guildsmen. They were able to piece together a sizeable army, although
not very well trained mostly being made of civilian recruits with the
very few elite soldiers that were loyal to the emperor. Despite minor
skirmishes taking place throughout the entire thing, the decisive battle
 took place right outside the gates of the capitol. Hundreds died in the
 brutal conflict, although forcing the pretenders army to route as the
pretender died in battle from a stray arrow. This was not without major
loss however, as many died in the conflict on both sides.

The war finally ended as the nobility layed down their arms after
 the death of their pretender. The nobility was punished, having many
powers taken away and losing their representative in the council.

#### Aftermath

The
 aftermath of the incident caused the emperor to be viewed as a holy
figure, due to propaganda from the church aswell as the greatly expanded
 power of both the clergy and the guildsmen. Much of the nobility lost
privileges they once held as the nobility faded under the other estates
power.

The emperor would be heavily influenced by the council while
being taught almost nothing. This resulted in the emperor losing most of
 his power as he slowly became a puppet to the guildsmen.

### The Rise of The Guilds

The
 highly charismatic guild representative would influence the young
emperor as he grew, putting in place many policies that benefited them
and not much else. One of these policies was giving many guildsmen noble
 privileges as well as the invention of state sponsored grants to
powerful guildsmen, which would then build public facilities and run
them for profit. He would convince the young emperor to slowly push the
clergy out from the throne, whilst also whiddling away royal powers and
giving them to guildsmen.

The defining moment that secured the guilds into a place of
dominance was the making of the Council Of Guildsmen. The Council of
Guildsmen, whom was made up of one representative from each major guild
would act as a legislative, and military body. They were allowed to
raise their own personal armies in times of war aswell as pass laws that
 would then be sent to the king. If the king approved them, then they
would pass into law. The king, although being able to, no longer made
his own laws, or really focused on the nation, rather focusing himself
on the arts as he gave his subjects power.

Despite there still being an advisory council for the king once
he reached the age to rule, the merchant class had all the power as no
other estate could really make laws, only advise the emperor whom was
only a puppet.