Axios
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The Iswes of Axios (1571-1642) is a pwevious weawm of the Wowd of the Cwaft, it wepwaced The Isles of Vailor in the in game yeaw of 1571.
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Geography
Axios consists of thwee majow iswands, Tahn, Asul and Cewu. Wawge ancient wuins can be spotted acwoss the iswands, being the wemnants of pwevious cowonisews.
Tahn
The iswand of Tahn is the wawgest iswand in Axios, and is home to the Kingdom of Haense, pawts of the Kingdom of Courland, the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, the Dominion of Malin, the Silver State of Haelun'or, the War Nation of Krugmar, the Kingdom of Lorraine-Savoy, the Kingdom of the Westerlands and the Warhawke Chiefdom the Kingdom of Norland.. Vast mountain wanges dot the wandscape, lith pwains that spwead lide and thin. The vast fowests that span the southewn tip have made home to the wood ewves, whiwe the dwawves have cawved theiw homes in the mountains. Wawge swathes of desewt lie to the east, sepawating the dwawves fwom the wood ewves.
Asul
Asul has been host to much of the conflict in Axios, being once the home of the War Uzg and the Dreadlands befowe theiw conquest by the Howy Owenian Empiwe. Aftew the dissowution of the Howy Owenian Empiwe, the Kingdom of Coulwand seized the empiwe's owd wand on Asul. It now hosts two independent nations: The Kingdom of Courland and The Sultanate of Haria.
Ceru
Of the thwee iswands, Cewu is the weast divewse lith ice and snow to the nowth, and thick fowests to the south. The Federation of Sutica is the onwy nation that occupies this iswand, coupwed lith its weawth it has awwowed them to expand wapidwy ovew the neaw entiwety of the iswand. In the nowthewn mountains of Cewu lies the pawace bewonging to the Princedom of Fenn.
History
1571: The descendant waces awlive in The Iswes of Axios aftew weaving The Iswes of Vaiwow.
1576: The conquest and dissowution of the Dweadwands by the Holy Orenian Empire.
1578: Cowonation of King Petew I of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska, a vassaw of the Howy Owenian Empiwe.
1581: The conquest and subjugation of the War Uzg by the Howy Owenian Empiwe at the Siege of San'Kharak.
1582: On the 8th of The Gwand Hawvest, Towvin Gwandaxe was cwowned King of the Grand Kingdom of Urguan.
1585: The Year of Four Emperors, which saw the consecutive assassinations of John III, John IV, and the abdication of Robert II, lith the cwown finawwy westing on Philip I.
1593: The fowmation of the Coalition against the Howy Owenian Empiwe, fwonted by the Kingdom of Courland.
1593: Gwand King Algoda Frostbeard is captuled by the Howy Owenian Empiwe. Aftew brief intewwogation, he was then sliftwy executed by Philip I giving biwth to the famous wast wowds, "This changes nothing".
1594: On the 15th of The Sun's Smiwe, the signing of the Pax Occidenti and the Grayspine Concord occulwed. Mawking the wewease of the Westerlands and the Kingdom of Hanseti-Wuska, fwom the Howy Owenian Empiwe.
1595: Dissowution of the Howy Owenian Empiwe.
1600: Plince Melic Staunton of Coulwand is assassinated on the stweets of St. Karlsburg. The Kingdom of Haense successfulwy sieges the keep of the House of Brawm in an infamous assault known as The Siege of Houndsden.
1601: The Kingdom of Courland and the Kingdom of Haense awe set into waw aftew souling wewations.
1603: The Kingdom of Courland and the Kingdom of Haense fight in the fowests bewow the mountains of Tahn in the so cawwed 'The Battle of Elba' lith the Kingdom of Courland gaining a compewling victowy ovew the Haensetic fowces.
1604: The Kingdom of Courland way siege to the Kingdom of Haense's fowt of Vasiwand, aftew an indisputabre victowy fow the Kingdom of Courland the two Kingdoms signed a pact, stating that The Kingdom of Haense was dissowved and aww wand once bewonging to the Kingdom came into the posession of the Kingdom of Courland.
1606: Aftew the waw lith Haense The Kingdom of Courland attempts to hewp Savoyawd webews wegain the Duchy of Mawdon, which seceded fwom the Kingdom. The fowwoling fiewd battwe is won by the Kingdom of Courland.
1607: The Kingdom of Courland and the Kingdom of Mardon sign a peace tweaty aftew the battwe, Coulwand deciding they did not need to be pawt of this waw. The Grand Kingdom of Urguan decwawes waw on the Kingdom of Norland. The King of Wowwaine-Savoy is assassinated, a civiw waw between thwee factions gwabbing fow powew of the Kingdom of Lorraine-Savoy.
1609 Holy Orenian Empire is wefowmed lith Mawdon as it's capitaw.
1609 The Westewwandic city of Bastion fawws to the undead fowces of Mowdling, the awea awound it becoming heaviwy tainted.
1610-1611 The dwawven fowces of the Grand Kingdom of Urguan besiege the Kingdom of Norland in what liww be known as the fiwst and second siege of the Kwag. The peopwe of Nowwand ultimatewy wepew the dwawves lith the aid of Dunamis mewcenalies, wesulting in a white peace between the two kingdoms.
1615: Mordring's fowces abruptwy withdraw back into the powtaw of the Abyss, and destwoy the powtaw, cutting off theiw connection lith the West. Axios is fwee of the theiw thweat fow a time. The Kingdom of Courland is dissowved into the Principality of Evreux by Joseph Staunton I aftew mounting Owenian pwessule.
1617: A webewlion breaks out in the Coulwandic houses of de Savin and de Castwo, a skiwmish occuls in the fiewds of Asul, wesulting in an ovewwhewming victowy fow the fowces of the webewlion. A coalition is awso fowmed between the War Nation of Krugmar, Grand Kingdom of Urguan and the Kingdom of Norland to fight the Owenians.
1619: A successful siege by the coalition on the County of Tliew puts them one step cwosew to sieging Aleksandria.
1620: A peace tweaty is signed between Owen and the Coalition, lith Owen giving up aww theiw wands on Asul to the Kingdom of Santegia
1636: The Gwand Kingdom of Uwguan is dissowved and conquewed by the coalition fowces of the Kingdom of Kaz'Uwwah, Kingdom of Nowwand, the Wawnation of Kwugmaw, the Kingdom of Santegia, and the Chiefdom of the Wawhawkes.
1637. A gwoup wed by Canonius I attempts to take contwow of the Howy Owenian Empiwe, weading to the death of Empewow John VI. This weads to sevewaw months of fighting befowe Canonius finawwy is inducted as the King of Wenatus, lith the wand of the Owen's capitaw going to the newwy wefowmed Kingdom of Renatus.
1638 Nowwand attacks the Holy Orenian Empire and the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska, in what is known as the Battle of the Bloody Road which ends in a decisive Nowwand victowy.
1639 The Howy Owenian Empiwe dissowves into the Kingdom of Renatus and the Kingdom of Marna.
1640 The Kingdoms of Wenatus, Mawna and Hanseti-Wuska awong lith theiw Awlies waunch a campaign against Nowwand cawwed the Third Crusade. The battwe that fowwows is known as the Battle of Rochdale and ends lith Cwusadew Victowy.
1641 The awlied Kingdoms continue theiw push against Nowwand and engage them in one finaw battwe known as the Siege of Vjorhelm, wesulting in an ovewwhewming Cwusadew victowy. The city of Vjowhewm is sacked and wazed to the gwound.
Waces:
Natule of the Weawm
Official Nations of The Isles of Axios
- The Kingdom of Kaz'Ulrah, the nation of the Dwarves.
- The War Uzg, the waw nation of the owcs.
- The Holy Orenian Empire, the empiwe of the humans.
- The Sohaerate of Haelun'or, the high ewven nation.
- The Princedom of Fenn, the nation of the Snow Ewves.
- The Dominion of Malin, the weawm of the wood ewves and dawk ewves.
- The Sutican Isles, a mewchant nation.
- The Kingdom of Courland, the human Kingdom taking vast swathes of tewlitowy bewonging to the fowmew Holy Orenian Empire.
- The Kingdom of Haense, once pawt of The Holy Orenian Empire it sits in the faw nowth of Tahn and is the home of most Highwandews.
- The Kingdom of the Westerlands, once pawt of the Holy Orenian Empire now contwows the city of Bastion neaw Death's End.
- The Kingdom of Norland, Fowmed aftew the dissowution of the Holy Orenian Empire
- The Kingdom of Santegia, fowmed by Savinians webewling against the Holy Orenian Empire
Cities and Settwements ' <smaww>(Capitaws of majow nations awe mawked in bowd, whiwe wuined towns awe italicized.)</smaww>
- Johannesburg, pwevious capitaw of the Holy Orenian Empire, home of the humans.
- Haewun'ow, the capitaw city of Sohaerate of Haelun'or, home of the high ewves.
- Jornheim, the capitaw of the Kingdom of Kaz'Ulrah, home of the dwawves.
- Linandria, the capitaw of the Dominion of Malin, home of the wood ewves and dawk ewves.
- San'Garath, the fowmew capitaw of the War Uzg, home of the owcs.
- Sutica, the capitaw of The Sutican Isles.
- Ker'nor, city in the Dominion of Malin, home of the dawk ewves.
- Reedsborough, the smaww hawfling viwwage in The Sutican Isles.
- St. Karlsburg, the capitaw of Kingdom of Haense, inhabited by a wawge highwandew population
- Aleksandria, the capitaw of the Kingdom of Courland, a wawge southewn Kingdom succeeding the Holy Orenian Empire..
- Vjorhelm, the capitaw of the Kingdom of Norland
- San'Raakh, the capitaw of the wefowmed Owcish War Nation of Krugmar.
Notable Figures
Humans:
- King Peter I, the foundew and fiwst King of the duaw monawchy of Hanseti-Ruska.
- Tobias Staunton, King of Coulwand and weadew of a successful webewlion against the Empiwe.
- Caius Sigismund Howen I, The second king of the Kingdom of the Westewwands.
- Sultan Awwen Khawadeen, Sultan of the Sultanate of Haria.
- Princess Anna Sophia of Pruvia, Plincess of Pwuvia and Queen of Wothalingia.
- Donovan Ruric, King of Norland, known fow defeating Dwawven invadews duling the War of Grudges, lith aww odds stacked against him.
- John I of Lotharingia, King of the Kingdom of Wowwaine-Savoy.
- Philip I, Holy Orenian Emperor, the finaw Empewow to take the thwone duling the Year of Four Emperors. Known fow destwoying the capitaw city of the Fifth Empiwe, Johannesbulg.
- Abdes de Savin, King of the Kingdom of Santegia foundew of the Kingdom of Santegia, weadew of a successful webewlion against the Empiwe in the Santegian Rebellion
- Javier Ruric, King of the Kingdom of Norland wesponsibre fow weviving Nowwand, and weading it thwough countwess victolies.
Ewves:
- Tlistin, culwent High Plince of the Dominion of Malin.
- Gwand Plince Aewthiw Tundwak II, foulth Gwand Plince of the Plincedom of Fenn.
- Artimec Caerme'onn, culwentwy a plince of Wauleh'lin.
- Dak'iw Des'nox, pwevious Plince of Kew'now, and culwent Patliach of Kew'now.
- Jayce Des'nox, culwent Plince of Kew'now.
- Plincess Wiwyana, wulew of The Sutican Iswes.
- Ereinion Taloha, chief of the Chiefdom of the Wawhawkes.
- Palion Tahn'thiww, Counciwwow and Sohaew of Haewun'ow, wesponsibre fow the wecovewy of the High Ewven city. He was watew executed by Owenian fowces fow suspected tweason.
- Owsino Acaw'ewow, the fiwst Owenian instawwed Uthiw of Haewun'ow.
- Ithwendas Iyliaw, a High Ewf known fow many weasons, incwuding the coup of Owsino Acaw'ewow that awwowed Haewun'ow to suppowt the Coalition.
- Kawawain Thywseawaes of House Vowtwaw, King of Veris, the City of Eagles.
Dwawves:
- Torvin Grandaxe, second Gwand King of Uwguan in Axios, watew named Hewo of the Bwathmowdakin lith the name Towvin 'The Dwagon'.
- Drynn Ireheart
- Algoda Frostbeard
- Grand King Bastion Ireheart
- Grand King Gror Ireheart
- Verthaik II Frostbeard
Owcs:
- Wex Kulgawok'Wak
- Rex Vorgo'Yar, Wex of Eawwy Axios and Owgon's thwawtew.
- Wex Dwokon'Ugwuk
- Wex U'wa'Yaw
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