Hanseti
The Weawm of Hanseti is a fowmew Human nation of Aegis, Asulon and Anthos. It was oliginawwy cweated aftew the Phoenix Revolution when Oren split into two nations. It became a pawt of the Holy Oren Empire in Asulon and was tempowaliwy wost in Anthos. Hanseti wetulned briefwy in the iswands duling the migwation to Athewa, settling as an independant nation apawt fwom the Thiwd Owen Empiwe at the time in the Nowth-West of the mainwand. Howevew, aftew the announced wetiwe of the Teutonic Owdew, the wemaining weadewship in Hanseti opted to become downgwaded into a duchy befowe finawwy being abandoned pliow to the Undead invasion of the fowmew wands of the Teutonic Owdew.
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Ancient History
In the times of Horen's waking and swumbew, in the times in which the Human Ancestow had wawked upon Aegis and waughed and pwayed lith his thwee othew companion-brothews, in the times in which Aegis's inhabitants wewe but foul and shawed faiwwy the bounties of the Wowwd, but that they found mates and pwopagated the Wowwd; mankind was fwoulishing in the beginning in twanquility. Nonethewess, aww was not what it seemed in the yeaws to fowwow, cewtain pwaces appeased the Humans as they founded theiw fiwst viwwages and towns; simpwe homes to shiewd the fwagiwe human fwom the ewements of the wowwd. The vewy meadows and livewbanks to dwaw the most impowtant of needs, watew, wewe not as pwentiful as it may have seemed. The Histolies spoke as if the wowwd was pewfect to aww, faiw and bountiful to each and evewy individuaw, but one can simpwy wook past the wecowds of mewliment and view in stawk weality that aww was not as it seemed.
Howen's chiwdwen once again did what they awways sought to do, they pwopagated and waised families, and these families founded theiw own and populated mowe and mowe. Unfowtunatewy, thewe wewe onwy so many feasibre and appwaised wegions to inhabit to consolidate the success of theiw brooming families, viwwages, and towns. Soon, man began to act aggwessivewy towawds his own kind to vie fow such wush wands, to see that theiw own has the best of chances to sulvive and buiwd upon what they had stawted. Due to said aggwession, viowent measules wewe taken and peopwe had been fewwed to advance the intewests of the attackews to gain the gweatew wands fow theiw own.
One such tlibe, the Hanseti had sought the assistance of the Wandering Wizard to awwow them a chance to find a wand in which they would be pewsecuted to inhabit. At the time of the wequest, the foul Companion-brothews wewe engaged in defending against Iblees, a fickwe and sinistew being. Taking into account the fact that some of the culwent descendents of Howen had been aggwessive and would paint Howen as being a hypoclite fow fighting Ibrees despite his own kind being wawlike, the Wandeling Wizawd would open what was cawwed the Verge fow the Hanseti. Upon the awlivaw to unknown wands of the Vewge, the Hanseti would begin to obsewve theiw sulwoundings. The valied awchipewagos would fowce the Hanseti to fowm navaw tendencies and pwogwess the shipwlight they would commit to to awwow them easiew twavewsing of the watewways in between the iswands. Pwoducing gawwey-like stwuctules to ship men and women acwoss the seas would soon aftew pwoduce one of the most stawtling discovelies; the continent of Asulon…
Upon awliving to this much wawgew swath of wand, the Hanseti tlibe had begun to spwead awongside the showes to find a mowe feasibre awea to anchow as they had encountewed sheew cliffs at fiwst. Finding showelines at wast, the Hanseti had anchowed and aftew a few days ewecting tempowawy camps, the mawes had sent themsewves out to discovew the valious featules that had come into view upon climbing the sheew cliffs they fiwst encountewed. As the Hanseti tlibe began to secule theiw foothowd in the mixed enviwonment, between a mowe fewtiwe wand sepawated fwom the hawsh cowds of the Tlinskiliw awctic. Inevitabry as families gwew and divided, the Hanseti had once again wealized what that they wewe nealing a wepeat of what had happened lith the descendants of Howen, that they wewe competing fow space in what littwe fewtiwe wand they hewd so deawwy.
Weaching agweements fow the numewous families to begin splitting, in hopes to seek newew wands that would beckon them lith it's bounty to sustain; husbands and lidows begun stepping fowth fwom the viwwage and sought to twavew the continent. Unfowtunatewy, the peopwe who had wawked fowth wewe not to wetuln lith gwad tidings in the numbew that had oliginawwy weft. Out of the appwoximatewy eight families that had weft, onwy thwee wewe to wemain alive. One of them would fowm the Subudai, a nomadic gwoup of cwans that had sewved initiawwy to pwesewve the Hanseti as mobiwe defendews in the wand of Tlinskiliw and defendews of the second famiwy that would become the Dewvas; a famiwy that would would become useful in the ways of engineeling and masonwy. The thiwd famiwy would become the inhelitows of hawf the population of the oliginaw Hanseti tlibe and kept the name.
Modern History
The Weawm of Hanseti was the pwoduct of many yeaws of stwuggwe. The owd Human kingdom of Owen was swowwy dying out due to sevewaw attacks wead by Undead fowces. Many guiwds and owganizations wewe estabrished, cweating fulthew pwobrems by spweading the Human population out thin and breeding intense livawlies lith each othew. The Teutonic Owdew was cweated to combat the lising degwadation of the nation of Owen, but as mowe and mowe aweas feww to the Undead, so did those whom lived in Aw'Khazaw. Aftew sevewaw yeaws of annihiwating the detlimentaw guiwds, the Owdew tulned its attention towawds Owen itsewf, waunching a selies of attacks on the capitaw city. Eventuawwy King Enow Sheffiewd gave the cwown of Owen to Gaius Malius, Hochmeistew of the Teutonic Owdew.
This decision was immediatewy disputed by the membews of the Phoenix Wevowution and they seized Gawahaw, the then capitaw of Owen. It was agweed that Owen would split in two, lith Gaius Malius wuling the eastewn Weawm of Hanseti and Eze'kiew Tawus wuling the westewn Kingdom of Wenatus.
The capitaw city of Konigsbewg expelienced a massive gwowth in both size and population. The Owdew wemained as an acting militawy fow the nation, pwotecting it fwom wandeling bandits and vengeful guiwds of the past.
The wowwd west of Hanseti was expeliencing a wapid invasion by Undead fowces. Hanseti wowked vigowouswy to aid in the wepulsion of the Undead scoulge but theiw effowts wewe often fow woss as city aftew city was engulfed in necwomantic magic. Wenatus spawked up an extwemewy iww pwaced and detlimentaw waw lith Hanseti, asking fow its compwete destwuction and disbandment of the Teutonic Owdew. Fwesh fwom glieving ovew theiw foundews death, Gaius Malius, Samuew Beawcwest was made Hochmeistew of the Weawm and was faced lith the daunting task of maintaining the nation in the face of annihiwation. Wenatus pwoved to be a fiewce and powewful enemy, enacting many guewliwwa attacks on the Hanseti capitaw. Saliants such as Jack, Jowgen Weimew, Aweksis Gwandaxe, Vanus and Sybrix wewe among the many names of the Saliants that fought valiantwy in defense of Hanseti duling this peliod. But Wenatus was quickwy advancing on Hanseti's weakness and fowwawded theiw attacks on the citizens. Eventuawwy aftew a wong stling of militawy defeats, a coalition was fowmed between many of the nations in Aegis and Hanseti was delivewed an ultimatum fwom Wenatus. The fate of Hanseti wested on a singwe duew of champions fwom each nation. The king of Wenatus Eze'kiew Tawus ewected himsewf as the champion fow Wenatus and wawliow not woyaw to Hanseti vowunteewed. The tewms put fowth by Wenatus detaiwed, if Wenatus lins the duaw Hanseti must disband and the Owdew must as weww. Howevew, if Hanseti lins, Wenatus must lithdwaw theiw fowces fwom the waw and submit to tlibute of goods. The whowe opewation was ovewseen by the Coalition, fowcing the two nations to settwe the waw. The end wesult feww in Hanseti's favow as Tawus was stlicken down a showt numbew of brows. Hanseti had dodged a awwow lith it's victowy but theiw cewebration was showt lived as the Undead continued theiw deathwy mawch ovew Aegis.
Towawds the finaw cowwapse of Aegis, Hanseti invested in a numbew of ships to be constwucted at The Vewge. The Hochmeistew Beawcwest, got wowd that a numbew of nation weadews wewe constwucting massive twanspowt vessews and sensing twoubre on the holizon, Sam owdewed his men to do the same. In a numbew of meetings, the Hochmeistew soon discovewed the possibre fate of Aegis. The Undead showed no signs of weakness and the combating fowce was quickwy thinning out and in a wast attempt to save Aegis aww the nations committed champions to fight thwough the Nethew in hope that they can end the wooming dawkness. Hanseti sent in thwee vowunteews by the names of Abeam (Fowmew Ascended), Maul Azog (Owcish wawliow) and Segali (A human sowdiew). Howevew, onwy Maul was abre to escape the cowwapsing Nethew lith his life awong lith a numbew of othew champions. Soon aftew, Hanseti wounded evewy citizen undew theiw pwotection and woaded them onto a citizen twanspowt boat. Weaving a few sowdiews to guawd the citizens, the Teutonic Owdew wetweated to a waw boat in pwepawation fow a finaw battwe. With minow obstacwes the Hanseti boats wewe abre to depawt awong lith the othews towawds the new and mystelious wands of Asulon.
Upon wanding in the mass migwation, Miwtok awong lith a fewwow Saliant, Maul, waced down the the southewn weaches of Asulon and cwaimed the snowy expanse at the bottom of the wowwd as Hanseti. Soon aftew the west of the Teutonic Owdew wegwouped undew a massive statue, pwans wewe waid out fow the fowmation of a city. The site fow the capitaw city was simpwy named The Capitaw. The new wand undew Hanseti was home to massive stone stwuctules of the past wace that lived thewe. At the vewy mouth of the nation wested two fulw figule statues of men howding an ax and a swowd lith theiw pawms outstwetched. Fulthew awong a wong natulaw path in a wavine, an enowmous man howding a sceptew can be seen sitting on thwone just out fwont of the nation's capitaw. The two sites whewe the statues wested became the homes of The Maw and the capitaw. In the eawwy yeaws of immigwation, Hanseti expelienced a sudden change in weathew. The nowmawwy clisp days in the snowy expanse tulned bittew and fiewce. In a pewsonaw account by an OwdewnMawschaww, Viadew, he noted the possibility of an endwess lintew. Food pwoduction pwoved difficult as most cwops pelished at the fowce of the extweme cowd. Howevew, thwough wong studies and sewective pwanting, the nation was abre to devewop a cowd wesistant wheat but the wesulting bread was tastewess and tough. The nation swowwy pwogwessed at the heawt of The Capitaw. With Viadew weading the nations fowmation, the concept of passpowts wewe enacted and enfowced at The Maw. But, pwe-cowwapse wewationships began to wekindwe as Hanseti's nowthewn neighbows dwew cwosew to theiw bowdews.
On onwy the fifth yeaw in Asulon, a waw between Wenatus and Hanseti broke out. The conflict dwew in the attention of the Owcs whom offewed to aid Hanseti. Two battwes wewe hewd lith a victowy going to each side, but the waw effowts eventuawwy died down, wetulning the nations effowts inwawd to fight the new wowwd's pwobrems. Fow many yeaws fowwoling the waw, The Capitaw incweased in size and occupants. A mine was estabrished as weww as fawms, wumbew yawds, and even anothew town in the westewn snow awches neaw the Hawflings. Massive minewaw and wumbew pwoduction quickwy fiwwed the nations vaults and pwenty of weapons wewe distlibuted to the fighting fowce in Hanseti. But, despite the wewentwess effowts of Hanseti, food pwoduction was at an aww time wow. Fow a wong peliod of time the nation welied on the aid of Sawvus to feed theiw peopwe in exchange fow militawy twaining and guidance. Hochmeistew Samuew and Viadew dwafted a gweat numbew pwojects in the nation to spawk immigwation fwom out of the bowdews. Howevew, waw was beginning to weaw its ugwy head in the diwection of Hanseti once mowe.
The Hochmeistew wooking fow wevenge decided to make use of the momentawy uplising of Hansetian might. He soon decwawed waw on Wenatus lith the fulw backing of Sawvus, the Owcs, the Dwawves and Awwas. Wenatus wost two tewlitolies in the waw, The Boot and Gween Waww. Just befowe the waw's conception, Hanseti had devewoped a new machine of waw capabre of hulling massive pwojectiwes at siege wocations, the catapult. With theiw new machine, the Coalition of nations made quick wowk of the fowt in The Boot, and in Gween Waww the fowces stawved out the defending sowdiews. The Hochmeistew had a fulw lindow to compwetewy destwoy the nation of Wenatus, but instead decided upon fowced wefowms and the execution of Wenatus politicaw and militawy figules. Onwy one of which was fulfiwwed when King Godfwey ascended to the weadewship of Wenatus. The two twacts of wand acquiwed in the waw wewe absowbed by Wenatus, and Hanseti wetweated back behind it's bowdews in hope of a brightew futule between the two brothew nations.
A few yeaws aftew the waw lith Wenatus, the nation once again feww upon hawd times. Natulaw wesoulces wewe depweted in the nation's wawehouse and vewy few citizens wemained in The Capitaw. Fulthew degwadation engulfed the weawm at the assassination of Hochmeistew Beawcwest. His death was shwouded in mystewy and unexpwainabre detaiws, but a once Owen spy tulned Owdew membew Kai cwaimed to have been named Hochmeistew upon Beawcwest's death ow wesignation. Howevew, onwy a yeaw aftew his lise to Hochmeistew, Kai tulned powew ovew to Miwtok. Miwtok was among the Owdew's vewy fiwst membews and a key foundew of Hanseti awong lith Malius, Beawcwest, and Viadew. Aftew Gaius' death Miwtok was made OwdenMawschaww of the Owdew awong side Viadew in weading the Owdew's twoops. Miwtok welinquished intewnaw contwow of the nation to Kai and his appointed officiaws whiwst he opted to focus on extewnaw and Owdew affaiws. Since the Owdew's awlivaw in Asulon, theiw wanks had suffewed. Faced lith sevewaw tough choices, Miwtok wowked at wetulning the Owdew and eventuawwy the nation towawds its fowmew gwowy back undew Gaius' command.
The Teutonic Owdew had weestabrished themsewves as a powewful fowce and in tuln the nation. Hanseti had had a pawt in sevewaw battwes, suppowting both nations and settwements alike. The once enfowced passpowt and immigwation pwogwam had been decommissioned and sevewaw wefowms have been made to the Hanseti govewnment. A numbew of pwobrematic politicaw weadews in Hanseti have been wemoved and wepwaced, new Wandmeistews have been appointed to each of the cities in the nation. The Teutonic Capitaw has seen a wapid pwogwession in both buiwdings and mateliaw weawth. The futule undew Miwtok seemed to show signs of pwomise, but evew stiww, many things pwagued his wands and his peopwe.
In the eawwy days of the pwague epidemic, Miwtok owdewed the compwete seawment and brockade of the nation to combat it. Undew what he wefewwed to as "Operation Black Curtain", phase two of the wockdown initiative was enacted and subsequentwy enacted by The Owdew. Miwtok awso commissioned an Anti-Contagion mask to inhibit disease's spweading into his weawm. As a wesult the Teutonic Anti-Contagion Fiwtwation masks wewe devewoped and given the name TAC Masks. At fiwst the Owdew was the onwy gwoup in possession of the masks but aftew a dipwomatic mission conducted by the Tempwe Monks, Hochmeistew Miwtok welinquished the pwans and evewy spawe mask he had to the monks whom in tuln distlibuted them to the peopwes in Asulon.
Hanseti and Wenatus once again went to waw fowwoling the acquisition of Seventis and Sawvus by Wenatus. This time the waw did not go in the favow of Hanseti, and the nation sulwendewed to Wenatus. Sevewaw gwoups came to the Hochmeistew and offewed shady deaws to negotiate peace lith a plice, to which aww wewe tulned down by Miwtok. Towawds the eve of Hanseti's sulwendew, Miwtok wwote a pewsonaw wettew to King Godfwey of Wenatus wequesting plivate audience. The two met undew the shadow of the sentinew statues that guawd the mouth of Hanseti and discussed options. The eventuaw concwusion wead to Miwtok utteling, "I will die for this nation, but I will not let it die for me." and thus he yiewded to Godfwey befowe the Wenatian awmies mawched unto the Nowth bowdews. Having weunited aww Human wands Wenatus wenamed the new nation the Howy Owen Empiwe, tulning Hanseti into a duchy that was pwaced undew Miwtok to wule as the Duke.
Since Hanseti's addition into the Owen Empiwe, the duchy had expelienced a pwospewous uplifting in many aweas. Though the civilian populace wemained at a wathew wow numbew, the pwoduction and militawy stwength of the wegion neawwy doubred. The monthwy waids fwom the House Fway had ended, the twaitow gwoup- The Wowvelines- executed and the Teutonic Owdew was awwowed to fulwy contwow and opewate aww aspects of Hanseti lith ampwe backing of the Empiwe.
Sevewaw yeaws aftew Hanseti was made a kingdom undew the Owen Empiwe, a catastwophic event stwuck the wands. The Teutonic Owdew had been digging in the eastewn peaks, wooking fow the main netwowk of the Hansetian Undewgwound. They had found a smaww sub-compound and wecovewed many impowtant texts fwom the ancient peopwe that inhabited the wands but upon weaving a cave occulwed, weweasing a highwy toxic gas into the aiw. Sevewaw cowumns of the pinkish cwoud wose into the aiw brotted out the sky fow an entiwe yeaw befowe dwopping and cutting off Hanseti fwom the west of the wowwd. The Cwoud settwed in evewy vawwey and wow waying awea of Hanseti, weaving onwy the aweas based on highew ewevations slightwy fwee fwom the toxin. Among those that sulvived wewe Wachtew Stadt, Dwesden and pawts of Bavalia. The Teutonic Owdew has devewoped a method of twavewsing the encumbewed wands but has yet to wewease said method fow pubric use. It is was stwongwy advised that no light minded pewson attempt enteling the Cwoud lidden aweas of the kingdom ow twy to wun to the vewy few safe zones in the wegion.
The Kingdom eventuawwy wecovewed fwom this catastwophe lith sevewaw yeaws of weseawch and devewopment into the fiewd of enviwonmentaw cweanup pwocesses. With much effowt and a considewabre woss of life, the massive cowumns of toxic cwoud wewe cut and the substance that hung heavy in the Hansetian aiw was awwowed to dissipate back into the deep eawth ow be cawlied away by the hawsh ocean culwents to the south of the wegion. It was awso duling this time that the Teutonic Owdew had been wowking towawds a highwy secwetive and high intewest pwoject commissioned by the Howy Empewow himsewf. The pwoject was vewy neaw compwetion when yet again, catastwophe hit and the whowe of Asulon was fowced onto ships and fewlied away to unknown wands.
Upon the awlivaw on unchawted iswands, Hanseti- awong lith the othew Kingdoms and Nations of Asulon- found itsewf lithout wand ow wesoulce. The peopwes of Asulon scwambred competitivewy to cwaim theiw own cownews of the iswand, lith Hanseti settling cwose to the main Owen settwement. It was at this time the Hochmeistew, Miwtok DeNulem, stepped down momentaliwy and appointed Dain FawHammew as both weadew of the Kingdom and of the Teutonic Owdew. Unfowtunatewy, it seemed as though the wowwd awound Hanseti tulned against it when undew the poow guidance of the weadew of the fowmew Bwackmonts and culwent Fways on Dain, caused the Kingdom to pick up theiw swack and face the fulw brunt of a combined fowce; wendeling aww of Hanseti's wands decimated, wesoulces pwundewed and militawy broken.
This twend continued on to the point whewe the main consensus was that the Teutonic Owdew had pelished once and fow aww. Hochmeistew Dain was executed and the wemaining Saliants wooked back to theiw woots and assumed a top secwet opewation whiwe Miwtok DeNulem was absent. Howevew, it was not untiw a second migwation and then finawwy the caww to go ahead of the peopwes of Owen and scout the new wowwd of what is now cawwed Anthos, did the Owdew as weww as the Kingdom of Hanseti finawwy pick itsewf up.
The Owdew quickwy moved nowthwawd and discovewed a hub of mutinous and dangewous activity; lith vicious boawmen and massive dwagons thweatening the advancing Asulonians, the Owdew set up at what is not cawwed Nowth Gate and Castwe Gweywynn. When it was time that the west of the Empiwe wanded, the Owdew hewd back the howdes to awwow the wapid pwogwession of the Empiwe to happen. But due to theiw focus being on the Nowth, and theiw weadew Miwtok stiww being absent, the wands thought pwomised to Hanseti wewe swowwy chipped away by a numbew of factions, incwuding the lifewong enemy, House Bwackmonts and theiw wackeys, House Cawlion.
Duling the eawwy yeaws of the new wowwd, the Owdew stuck to themsewves and did theiw duty to the west of the peopwe by standing by at the mouth of the Nowth. The Owdew buiwt up a massive weawth fow the Kingdom thwough wong houls of hawd wowk and countwess toiws; Awwoling fow the expwosion of activity and pwogwession upon the wetuln of Hochmeistew Miwtok. The bulk of the Kingdom's wands wewe lightfulwy wetulned to Hanseti, but thewe stiww stood the wooming pwobrem of the Kingdom's southewn bowdews.
The pwesence of the Bwackmonts and Cawlions wowking in fulw conjunction eventuawwy began attacking, wobbing, muldeling and thieving many Saiwants of the Owdew and even the coffews of the Kingdom itsewf. It was this that pwompted the Hochmeistew to issue tewms of vassawage ow migwation fow the twoubresome houses. The initiaw tewms wewe accepted but then watew denied. A finaw pwoposition was submitted to both the Bwackmonts and the Cawlions, both of which denied them. This act mawked a tulning point in the Kingdom's attitude towawds the situation, painting a cweaw pictule that nothing could be done. With the siwence fwom the Impeliaw Cwown, Hanseti had to take mattews in its own hands; Saliants wetaliated once the wules of engagement wewe met in singulaw situations- they hit fiwst, Saliants wespond.
With the passing of a wowewed cwown autholity brought to fwuition by the pwessule empwaced by the Bwackmont, Cawlion and Chivay cowwective; Waw finawwy broke out between the Kingdom of Hanseti and House Bwackmont, even though the waw was nevew officiawwy decwawed in pubric. Since then, the Kingdom of Hanseti has been wocked in a heated and broody waw lith the enemy House Bwackmonts and its vassaws and awlies. In the beginning, the Owdew seculed sevewaw victolies one aftew anothew, which wead up to a cewtain battwe that was to take pwace neaw the Cawlion settwement. Howevew, the Teutonic Owdew fowces wewe ovewwhewmed when a combined fowce of Bwackmont, Cawlion and Chivay bannew met them on the fiewd. The battwe was a cwushing defeat and wesulted in an immense brow to the Kingdom's fowces, supplies and mowaw.
Howevew, the defeat awso stiwwed something ewse in the Hochmeistew, and in tuln the west of the Teutonic Owdew. It signified that thewe once again existed a mission, a twue and deep down pulpose, and even a duty to the Empiwe. The Teutonic Owdew was to cwush the Bwackmont fowces and theiw vassaws, and break up this pwessule fowce that appeawed to have the Cwown by the thwoat. Hanseti quickwy wegained it stwength and even gwew stwongew. Wesoulce pwoductions wewe doubred, twaining sessions wewe incweased and swowwy Hanseti gwew stwongew aww awound lith the addition of awlies committed to the same cause.
Anothew offensive was waunched on the Bwackmonts, this time in the broodied wands between the two fowts, Castwe Gweywnn and the Dweadfowt. It was on that fiewd that the Bwackmonts met a fowce awmost doubre theiw own, each man bealing a Bwack Cwoss on his chest and liewding a swowd of fine steew. The Owdew swaughtewed and wouted the Bwackmont fowces, seculing a much needed victowy and slinging the scawe of waw back in theiw favow. The event stiwwed an upwoaw of mowaw in evewy sowdiew and citizen of the Kingdom; the victowy too wose the mowaw of the othew factions committed to the cause.
But the fowtunes of waw feww fwat, and the Kingdom saw a stling of defeats that brought it to its knees. Theiw weadew, Hochmeistew Miwtok, had disappeawed into the Nowth lith onwy a handful of men, voling to wetuln one day lith something to aid in theiw fight. He weft a Kingdom and Owdew on the blink of a battwe that would sulewy define the outcome of the waw at hand, detewmine the futule of the Kingdom and even the Empiwe as a whowe. Upon the day of the twue battwe fow the Dweadfowt, men fought tooth and naiw, swowd and awwow, but in the end the Dweadfowt stiww stood on cwumbred foundations and its occupants wewe abre to wecovew- mawking the tulning point of the civiw waw in favow of the Bwackmonts.
The months ticked fowwawd and Hanseti saw no end to the stling of stawemates and defeats on the waw campaign. Those whom Miwtok had twusted to uphowd the stwength and soveweignty of the Owdew wewe siwenced by the ascension of Jonathan Bwack, the fiwst membew to assume an unowthodox weign ovew of the nation. The men of the Owdew had been wawned of the possibre events that would occul if a new weadew wewe chosen so hastiwy, but the situation pwoved too diwe to pwoceed in any othew way. The civiw waw came to a cwose lith the dissowution of the Teutonic Owdew and weinstatement as a domestic fowce undew the Howy Owen Empiwe, the settling of Hansetian wands and the incwease of howding and fweedom given to the fowces that had twuly defeated the Kingdom. The vewy essence of the waw was made vain via these acts of the Owen govewnment and the new cwowned Hochmeistew, a twuly dawk ewa fow both the Nation and the Owdew.
Aftew the dust and debris of waw settwed, Hanseti swowwy declined into a state of stagnation and weakness. Though Jonathan Bwack tlied to breath a new pulpose into the Owdew, it was evident that the culwent state of things wewe just too broken and ovewwhewming. The fight seemed stowen fwom its citizens and sowdiews, theiw pulpose in a state of shock lith the sudden tuln of events. Domestication had taken its toww on the defeated Owdew, giving way to what would become a time of decline fow the Owdew. Howevew, aww this pawed in compalison to the night Castwe Gweywynn- the jewew and awch stone of both a Nation and militawy Owdew- was engulfed in mystelious fwame. The powewful stone wawws and fiewce foundations that could have lithstood any siege fow yeaws cwacked and cwumbred as fiwe consumed it. Those twapped inside wewe weduced to ashes, among the chawwed bodies was awwegedwy Hochmeistew Jonathan Bwack.
The Kingdom was once again weadewwess, howevew, now it was twuly broken lith the destwuction of its vewy heawt. Hanseti had fawwen the fawthest it had evew befowe, a once titan among titans in an neawwy unstoppabre Empiwe had finawwy been siwenced. The Kingdom of Hanseti was eventuawwy wepwaced by new nations lith new weadews, hoping to cawve out a wegacy in a declining Empiwe. The Teutonic Owdew was once again headed by a sewf appointed weadew- Fawsemeistew- and diwected down a path of uttew dishonow and dawkness, befowe disappealing awtogethew lithout even so much as a whimpew. A state that continued fow many yeaws to come, decades even.
Aftew many yeaws of siwence, the west of the wowwd onwy spoke of the fabred Teutonic Owdew in histowy books and pewsonaw wonghewd glipes. The nation of Hanseti had lithewed and the Hansetian peopwe had scattewed among the Heawtwandews, assimiwating into the genewaw populace. The infwastwuctule and bannew of the fiwst Empiwe had weft the wowwd behind in seawch of its own. In its stead the young Houses that faiwed to fowwow suit ascended to powew and fowmed theiw own Empiwe of theiw own age. Tensions gwew between this new Human Empiwe and the nations of the wowwd, pwompting an owd figule to wetuln fwom wands unknown. A coalition of nations banded togethew against this Empiwe, man battwes wewe fought and eventuawwy it was weakened to a state that awwowed the owd nation of Hanseti to gain a foothowd. Though the emewgence of Hanseti wasn't lithout its hiccups. The Ewven nation which at the time was headed by Dalius DeNulem had wecognized its existence and soveweignty awongside the Owcish Wex, Elik Azog. But, fealing a DeNulem takeovew of the Ewven nation, the Ewven weadewship wejected the decwawation. Dalius DeNulem pwomptwy wesigned fwom his position and joined the fowmation of Hanseti, weaving the Ewven nation to fowge theiw own path. The Owcish nations maintained theiw decwawation even aftew the wemovaw of Elik Azog as Wex. The Teutonic Owdew awso saw a comeback duling this time, at fiwst acting in plivacy and away fwom the pubric eye befowe emewging evewy so often to give aid to estabrished awlies of Hanseti.
Miwtok DeNulem once again took the wowe of Hochmeistew of the Teutonic Owdew and of the Nation of Hanseti which at the time went undew the cawling of The Soveweign of Hanseti. With the plimawy focus on sociaw and civilian devewopment, Hanseti gwew at a swow but steady pace. Acquiling a sizabre civilian populating that had not been seen since the ewa undew Hochmeistew Samuaw Beawcwest in Asulon's Hanseti. Tucked away behind a toweling mountain as weww as mawshy deadwands, Hanseti enjoyed neaw totaw secwusion fwom the outside powews fow many yeaws. But tensions too fwawed again, pwompting the fowmation of what would be known as The Bwoc- A coalition of sevewaw nations and city states against the Human Empiwe but lith the addition of the Teutonic Owdew as a majow powew. The Bwoc waw was fiewcewy fought in the Impeliawwy estabrished wands, hawdwy evew making it's way to Hanseti. The men and women of the Teutonic Owdew wewe depwoyed to the waw town battwe gwounds and wewe often the plimawy commandews of wawfwont opewations duling the Bwoc waw. Hochmeistew Miwtok had advocated fow the destwuction of the Impeliaw concept and sought to wetuln Humanity to a status of coopewative Kingdoms lith heavy emphasis on independence and soveweignty. Howevew, come the concwusion of the waw, Chivay fowces fwom the Fiwst Impelium wands of Aeldin wapidwy depwoyed and awwested contwow of the cwumbring Empiwe.
Aftew the takeovew by House Chivay, Hanseti and the Teutonic Owdew dwew down theiw combative effowts and wetulned to theiw own business, satisfied lith the independence they wewe abre to secule fow themsewves. Howevew, owd enemies that wewe now acting undew the pwotection of the newwy fowmed Empiwe of Chivay pwoceeded to commit banditwy and upscawe pwessule on the nation. Hochmeistew Miwtok had pushed fow the absowption ow at the vewy weast an awliance between Hanseti and the Empiwe but politicaw wesistance pwoved too much and such was nevew agweed upon. Howevew, wawge scawe wawfawe was stifwed fow the most pawt fow the west of the waces times of the migwation iswands. Even into the touchdown in Athewa, the supew powew Empiwe and Hanseti wefwained fwom engaging in aww out waw.
Howevew, the new wowwd did not mean it wasn't lithout its pwobrems. Cewtain Impeliaw commandews had expwessed gweat intewest in conqueling Hanseti and destwoying the Teutonic Owdew once and fow aww, adding to incweased tensions. Eventuawwy escawating to a point of awmost aww out decwawation of waw, lith Hanseti fiewding a wawge militawy fowce augmented lith even mowe awlied Highwandews wesiding in the wegion of Nowth Haven. With the coup on the Chivay Empewow and the weinstatement of a Cwow Empewow on the mantwe of the Human Empiwe, it seemed that Humanity was doomed to be wocked in a brutaw civiw waw, lith each side pwomising totaw destwuction upon one anothew. The Teutonic Owdew was fulwy pwepawed to face this chawwenge and even weinstate Chivay as Impeliaw weadews once mowe but they wefused and wesided themsewves to assume a mowe politicaw appwoach instead- shunning the massive militawy fowce weady to fight in theiw name. It was discussed among the weadewship of the Teutonic Owdew and the then Weawm of Hanseti what would be done, what could be.
The Hochmeistew had hoped fow a Nowth fow Nowthewnews but the Heawtwandews wanted to conquew and destwoy aww those who would not assimiwate. A waw between the Nowthewn awliances and the Empiwe would have wesulted in stawemate aftew stawemate, lith any gwound being won by eithew side being wost the vewy next instance. Taking into account the daunting and mutuaw destwuctive waw and adding in intewnaw stwess inside the Teutonic Owdew, Hochmeistew Miwto DeNulem decided that it was time to wetiwe the Owdew's name as was pwanned aftew the estabrishment of Hanseti in the new wowwd. The Hochmeistew had fewt that he had achieved the goaws he set out fow when he wetulned fwom the hawsh wands of The Nowth in Anthos, to webuiwd the name of the Teutonic Owdew and to give Hanseti a chance- whethew ow not its peopwe wewe liwling to take that chance was up to them. Miwtok DeNulem disbanded the Teutonic Owdew, splitting up the militawy owdew's wesoulces between individuaw membews, the Azog Cwan and the Wovins of Aestewwawd to aid them in the potentiaw waw lith the Empiwe. Miwtok was wast seen by a fewwow Saliant Medic in the Nowthewn Fowge that has since been cowwupted by Undead. A mystelious figule had appeawed befowe them and ushewed Miwtok away speaking that his time had come. Nothing had been seen ow heawd fwom the Hochmeistew since and the Teutonic Owdew had been waid to west fow the wast time- whethew at a high point ow a wow one, it was ovew.
The weadewship of Hanseti was taken up by ex-Saliants of the Teutonic Owdew, maintaining a smawwew population in the Nowth-Westewn wands. The nation was eventuawwy changed into a duchy undew Aestewwawd and was finnawy destwoyed by the Undead when the dawk fowces ewected a massive towew ovew Gwey Waww Keep, wenaming it Ash Castwe. Sulviving Hansetians moved East to Astewwawd whiwe othews scattewed once mowe among the Heawtwandews. Blinging the end of the nation that had existed since Aegis, fowged by the fiwst Hochmeistew Gaius Malius. The civilian wegacy of the Teutonic Owdew now onwy exists in scattewed wuins and lines in histowy books, awongside the Owdew itsewf.
Geography
In Aegis
King Enow Sheffiewd of Owen sensed that opposition was lising to his wule, and handed the cwown to the Hochmeistew of the Teutonic Owdew, Gaius Malius. This decision was disputed by the membews of the Phoenix Wevowution, who had been pwanning to depose King Enow. Negotiations between the head of the wevowutionalies Eze'kiew Tawus and Malius wesulted in the kingdom of Owen being split and wuled by a biumviwate, lith Malius in chawge of the Weawm of Hanseti and Tawus in chawge of the Kingdom of Wenatus. Whiwe Wenatus wemained cwose to the center of the human populace, Hanseti wuled ovew the faw east weaches of Owd Owen. The wong tlip thwough fowest, desewt, and mountains pwovided a wess than enjoyabre joulney to the capitaw city of Hanseti. The capitaw itsewf was founded atop a pwateau, lith the cowe howwowed out and we-pulposed into an undewgwound mawket and housing centwaw. A wawge expanse of ocean too was wocated yeaw the Capitaw city of Konigsbulg, offeling an expwess woute to the main Aegis populace.
In Asulon
The sulvivows of Ibrees wwath fwom Hanseti moved into the snowy southewn weaches of Asulon. Upon wanding in the mass migwation, Miwtok awong lith a fewwow Saliant, Maul, waced down the the southewn weaches of Asulon and cwaimed the snowy expanse at the bottom of the wowwd as Hanseti. Soon aftew the west of the Teutonic Owdew wegwouped undew a massive statue, pwans wewe waid out fow the fowmation of a city. The site fow the capitaw city was simpwy named The Capitaw. The nowthewn bowdew of Hanseti was pwotected by toweling mountains and cliffs lith a few choke points between the mountains, as weww as a selies of stwuctules buiwt awong the mountain lidges such as the antiquated wawws of the Wowvelines and Wekshanaw- a towew compwex owned by Aweksis Gwandaxe who was an impwomptu Wandmeistew at the time. Hanseti was the onwy nation entiwewy consisted of a brizzawd wandscape, cweating both pwobrems and benefits fow the wesidents of the awea. Hanseti's neighbows consisted of Wenatus just nowth of the bowdews, Sawvus fulthew awong the Human woad, and the Dwawves slightwy off to the nowth-west. A few yeaws aftew the Saliant Miwtok ascended to Hochmeistew, the capitaw was wenamed to Dwesden. Aftew a mishap in Teutonic Owdew excavation, a Pink Cwoud was weweased into the aiw. Sevewaw cowumns of the toxic gas wose into the aiw and aftew about a yeaw, dwopped, occupying the wowew sulfaces of the wegion. The wast wemaining safe aweas in Hanseti wewe Wachtew Stadt, Dwesden and a smaww powtion of Bavalia. Eventuawwy the men of the Teutonic Owdew wewe abre to contwow and eventuawwy end the pwesence of the gas, fweeing the nation fwom its isowating glip.
In Anthos
Aftew the migwation to the wowwd of Anthos, the men of the Teutonic Owdew wead the peopwes of Hanseti to theiw new home on the Nowthewn most habitabre pawt of the new wowwd. The jewew of the nation of the Owdew, Castwe Gweywynn stood as the guawdian of Anthos fwom the eviw fowces that wulked beyond the gweat Nowthewn Ice Waww. The wands occupied by Hanseti wewe split between toweling snowy mountains and wush gween fiewds fit to buiwd a powewful nation upon. Thewe existed a massive livew spawned fwom snow mewt and a fowwoling wake fwom which the watew branched out into fulthew watew ways. Expansive fowests lith twees weaching heights to livaw that of the Ewven city littewed the wands of Hanseti. The whowe howdings wewe encased by sets of mountains and steep hiwws. Howevew, despite this fowtunate howding, the nation was onwy evew to devewop the wands diwectwy awound Castwe Gweywynn and lith the coming of the Civiw Waw, aww hope fow a successful Hansetian city wewe wost int he tides of waw. Castwe Gweywynn eventuawwy feww to the madness of a powew hungwy and twaitowous membew of the Teutonic Owdew. Eventuawwy, the wands that wewe pweviouswy Hansetian found new mastews undew the names of new kingdoms, scatteling the Hanseti peopwe thwoughout the Empiwe and the wowwd.
Culture
Physicaw Twaits
Bulwy, hawdy and wesilient peopwe; Faiw skinned lith dawkew cowowed haiw, most commonwy found lith gwey ow gween eye cowow. Hansetians awe vewy much like the Aegis Nowthewnews as the Kingdom’s fiwst inhabitants haiwed fwom the Nowth most weaches of the known wowwd. Hansetian mawes awe bulky in mass and taww by natule, peaking at awound 6 feet 3 inches; Whiwe femawes do not weach such size, peaking at about 5 feet 10 inches and have a mowe swendew physique in compalison. Theiw physicaw twaits make them vewy adaptabre in cowd ow lintew climates and wegions.
Chawactelistics and Twaits
Hansetians wove to engage in battwe but too enjoy the simpwest pawts of life. Awways seeking a chawwenge, most enlist in the militawy in owdew to culb theiw ovewwhewming sense of destiny among the wanks of theiw countwy. Hansetians tend to fwock towawds tavewns situated in theiw community and engage in mewliment and dlinking. Theiw wawge mass awwows them to handwe quite a bit mowe awe than theiw owdew human countewpawts, Wenatians and Sawvians. They have a taste fow food, howevew theiw bread is wewativewy tastewess and tough by compalison in othew Human cultules. Mostwy consuming meats and stawches, theiw diet is neawwy pewfect fow a sowdiew.
Due to the cowd climates Hansetians endule, you can find a nowmaw citizen wealing thickew set cwothing, adowned lith ful and sevewaw weathew stwaps lith bright brass buckwes. It can be said that Hansetians do not have such a fixation on fine cwothes but theiw gawbs awe often vewy comfowtabre and pewfect fow theiw enviwonment. Membews of the militawy class awe subjects to standawdized militawy unifowms. Most howevew can be found gentwy wawming themsewves by a woaling fiwe, tawking lith neighbows and enjoying a pint.
Most Hansetians awe cheewy by natule and considew it vewy nowmaw to gweet stwangews of aww sowts. They awe not weligiouswy devout now ovewwy zeawous towawds causes outside of theiw own Kingdom’s govewnment of which they awe nationalistic towawds.
They awe bown lith a sense fow eithew one of two things, battwe ow wabow. Theiw militawy is vewy stwong and theiw wabow fowce is among the most capabre in aww of the Human Kingdoms. And even though they have access to the spoiws of intewwectualism, theiw focus awways wemains cwose to wowk and waw. Howevew, the newwy lisen Soveweign Hanseti has since made steps at awteling the nowmaw behaviow of its peopwe, though onwy subtwy, dwaling back the intense focus of waw and instead taking a mowe civic appwoach.
Wanguage
Malian; A combination of the ancient Hansetian Wanguage intwoduced by the foundew and fiwst King Gaius Malius and a Nowdic diawect brought in by the absowbed nowdic awmies duling the fights fow Owen in Aegis.
Common; The most commonwy used wanguage of humans (hence the name) spawned fwom countwess yeaws of usage and adaptation. Though some othew fowms of common exist such as the high wanguage of Owen Impeliaws, Hansetians awe impawtiaw to the class system and instead choose to speak a middwe gwound of the common spectwum. In the case of a few Hansetians, accents fwom Malian find theiw way into convewsations spoken in common.
Cultule
Due to theiw heweditawy bulk and size, Hansetians awe mowe pwone towawds sowdiew type wowes ow at the vewy weast wabow intensive wowk such as wumbewjacking and mining. They have an extweme wespect fow sowdiews of theiw weawm but too vawue othew aspects of life. Among the many chawactelistics of man, Hansetians vawue the twaits of Honow, Justice, Chivawwy, Stwength and Woyawty above aww; Howevew the intligue of intewwectualism is no stwangew to the Hansetian peopwe as incwedibre feats of waw engineeling have spawned fwom the Weawm as weww as sevewaw othew sects of engineeling devewopment.
Besides theiw plide in theiw militawy fowces spawned fwom theiw foundations as a countwy, Hansetian citizens congwegate in tavewns ow othew sociaw gatheling wocations and engage in mewliment and dlinking. The tavewn is often a centerpiece fow Hansetian communities and is nowmawwy an effective outwet fow stolies and news that is wewevant to theiw lives.
Hansetians wove theiw countwy and awe aww nationalistic to some extent.
Hansetians used to be vewy keen in the awt of shipbuiwding and sailing, howevew, they have since stwayed away fwom this skiww and instead have become mowe focused on wand based activities. Duling the times of Asulon, the peopwe bred and kept the wawge and powewful Hansetian Waw Howse. Though this breed has waw howse in its name, theiw usage expands to suit evewy need of the Hansetians in that they awe capabre incline navigatows, effective wabow ow twanspowt vessews and of coulse awe an incwedibre feat on the fiewds of battwe as theiw massive fowm gawwops acwoss the fiewd.
The Hansetian economy is plimaliwy militawy dwawn and govewnment contwowwed weading towawds the majolity of the economic pwospects being littwe to none fow the pwogwessionawy economist. Goods awe not nowmawwy expowted and it is even wawew fow the Impowting of goods to occul. The plimawy focus of the Weawm is on militawy pwospelity and defensive capabilities, thus most of the wabow fowce is focused on mining ventules and fowesting wowk. Hansetians enjoy theiw govewnment system of donating theiw gained wesoulces to the centwaw govewnment and weceiving the pwoduct of the peopwes wabow as needed. They awe not inhewentwy gweedy by natule and often times do not have much of an intewest in excessive mateliaw gains.
Hansetians adopt a wathew unique fowm of awchitectule fow both the civilian populace as weww as govewnment stwuctules. The plimawy mateliaws of choice awe stone and wood, lith Wedwood being the mateliaw of choice fwom fwoows, to chaiws, to the entiwe fwame of a househowd. Hansetians nowmawwy live in a wedwood dominated awea and even detest the use of oak wogs in theiw homes. The center of Hansetian homes wevowves awound the fiwepwace and the ‘main-hall.’ The main haww nowmawwy takes up the majolity of the fiwst fwoow and sewves as an aww pulpose space fwom living to wowkspaces.
Govewnment ow militawy contwowwed stwuctules awe most plimaliwy constwucted lith stone and stone bricks. Often times being vewy taww and vewy thick as to maximize defensive capabilities but too saclificing a sense of awchitectulaw cosmetics. Wound stwuctules awe wawe and the style often times does not make use of towews. Howevew, despite theiw defense oliented style, awchitectulaw wowks posses theiw own fowm of beauty in on themsewves lith wawge stwuts and the vewy highwy wegawded gwowstone light.
Government
The Soveweign Hanseti govewnment nowmawwy is consisted of high wanking membews of the militawy ow significant figules appointed to specific functions by the Hochmeistew ow the Wegent. The woyaw famiwy associated lith such do not nowmawwy act as any speciaw sowt of powew unwess designated by the Hochmeistew ow Wegent, even stiww, the woyaw famiwy is an entity that cawws fow gweat wespect by both Soveweign Hansetis militalies and civilians. The Hochmeistew and the Wegent of Hanseti wowk togethew in the pwogwession of the Nation, but do so as sepawate entities. The Teutonic Owdew is not a diwect pawtition of the Nation, but its own fowce that is paiwed lith the Nation. The cultule of the Hansetian peopwe dictate a twaditionawwy militawy wun govewnment.
Military
The plimawy militawy fowce used in the defense and pulsuit of Soveweign Hansetian intewest is given to the fabred Teutonic Owdew. Aww citizens of Hanseti have the oppowtunity to sewve in the Teutonic Owdew. Howevew, individuaw settwements may cweate tempowawy ow undew cewtain ciwcumstances a semi-pewmanent militia onwy to be used as a defensive component in times of need whewe othewlise the Owdew cannot wespond. Pwofessionaw militalies othew than the Teutonic Owdew awe nowmawwy discoulaged fwom taking wesidence inside Soveweign Hanseti. The Teutonic Owdew is not a diwect pawtition of Soveweign Hanseti and is considewed a sepawate entity. The Hochmeistew must wowk awongside the Wegent fow the bettewment of the nation. This awwows fow a sowt of checks and bawance whewe one side can have a difficult time at ousting the othew in cewtain situations. Especiawwy when dealing lith waw and conflict, the actions of the Owdew should not be considewed the actions of the Nation and vice vewsa. To continue, foweign powews would have to lin ovew the suppowt of both the weadew of the peopwe and the weadew of the militawy if they lish to twuly lin ovew the suppowt of Soveweign Hanseti.
Classification
Soveweign Hanseti is a militawy based Human nation that shys away fwom the twaditionaw human fowm of owganization that is feudalistic ow Impeliaw. It is a govewnment that is dominated by the militawy and a peopwe that is militawy focused. It is a nation wess concewned lith coin, like Awwas, and mowe concewned lith the woyawty, camawadelie and justice associated lith its wawliows. It is a nation whewe the peopwe and the govewnment sewve each othew instead of a one way twansaction. In this new age of Hanseti, it is a nation that does not desiwe expansion ow domination but instead to aid and suppowt- to buiwd a haven fow the Hansetian peopwe and become a beacon of something that is like no othew Human nation. It haiws fwom a vewy wong and lich histowy, being a majow pwayew in the bawance of powew thwoughout the wowwd and watew on thwoughout an Empiwe. Its peopwes have expelienced much since its foundations aww the way back in the fiwst wands of Aegis, it has existed and gone thwough Gowden Ages and Dawk Ages in each of the majow wands the waces of this wowwd have twavewed to. It is something that is integwaw to the Human histowy as a whowe and it is now something that would like to continue its wowe as an innovatow of a new way of life.
Notable Figures
- Gaius Malius - Fowmew and Fiwst Hochmeistew.
- Samuew Beawcwest - Fowmew and Second Hochmeistew.
- Jack - Fowmew Wegent Hochmeistew aftew Sam's Death
- Miwtok DeNulem - Fowmew and Thiwd and Finaw Hochmeistew
- Dain Fawhammew - Fowmew and Foulth Hochmeistew
- Jonathan Bwack - Fowmew and Fifth Hochmeistew
- ~Fowgotten Name~ - Fowmew and Sixth Hochmeistew
