Fissoa (Realm)/Regent Era
History of the Regent's Era
The Grand Duchy of Fissoa was born when declaring independece from Madina. At the time the regions part of the Grand Duchy were Fissoa, Fissoa Fields, Libba, Munawai and Drowenton. Mangai was readly added to the lands of the Grand Duke and then a monster army stoped the expansion. Once cleared of the monsters, the region of Palm Sea was the next target of the army. With this annexion the Grand Duchy reached the lands claimed by the realm of Pian en Luries. Soon after, while the army was moving to Moon Bay, Pian en Luries declared war but no battles was fought. Peace talks concluded and secured a treaty between the two realms. Meanwhile the region of Kamade has been claimed and secured while the people of Mellifera decided to join the Grand Duchy. Mellifera has returned to independence and peace was restored between the two realms.
Nuas, Kamade, Maraba and Maf are under the Duchy's influence, however frequent monster raids tend to turn Kamade, Maraba and Maf rogue every now and then. Giask has seceded from Pian en Luries, and has allied the Duchy. As the Duchy is now clearing it's own soil from monster threats, helping the Giaskians has to wait for now. The plan is, however, to join our allies and crush the Ice Queen Alanna in the near future, taking revenge for what PeL had brought over Myern!
A lot has changed since the last update: the Giaskian Rebellion was crushed by Alanna, and PeL has slowly regained control in the south. The Grand Duchy conducted minor raids into Lurian territory, and the Lurians struck back: an expeditionary force managed to break the Fissoan ranks and slash and burn it's way through, all the way into Fissoa Fields. This event is known as the Lurian Incursion. Though we lost some battles, we won others, taking on smaller portions of the Lurian army as they split up. Queen Alanna herself got defeated in battle, causing her to run back into PeL. What the skirmish proved above all, is that the Lurians might be superior in absolute power, but their reach is too short to really harm Fissoa.
Recently another rebellion has started in PeL. The Dukes of Giask, Askileon and Poryatu seem to cooperate, forming Luria Nova. Seems like even though PeL always tried to press their way of life onto other cultures, their own is not that great at all. Queen Alanna has gone missing.
After the Queen's sudden disappearence (ooc: ooc troubles in PeL), hostilities between Fissoa and the Lurian realms ceased. Luria Nova has commenced food trade with Fissoa, and the first sign of friendship has grown. Or perhaps the Lurians are too busy facing monsters in their regions to be bothered with the small, rebellious Grand Duchy.
With the Lurian threat gone, Fissoa shifted it's view West. The realm of Aurvandil, based around Candiels seceded from Madina, though without the latter's permission. Civil war is brewing, and our realm has been considering to intervene. On one side Madina is not only an ally, but also Fissoa's mother realm. On the other side, Madina ruled by Abbot seems to uphold different ideals than she did before. And in a way, Aurvandil is very similar to the Grand Duchy, with Madina as a common birthplace. Time will tell how things evolve there, whilst in the meantime Fissoa is busy keeping monsters out, and nobles in.
Fissoa has declared it's opinion, and chosen Madina's side after all. The secession of the Duchy of Candiels was illegal. In the Lurian lands, changes have occured as well. Luria Nova has extended it's reach into Shinnen. The Lurian's hope to form a thee-realm empire, around Giask, Askileon and Shinnen. The sack of Myern is not forgotten, and the future will tell wether Fissoa can accept the Lurian occupation. Relations with the Lurians are practically unexisting.
On an internal level, things have taken a turn as well. Skyndarbau Melphrydd has been elected as Grand Duke, and a new course has been set for the realm to follow. This will hopefully take the realm out of a long period of stagnation and apathy, as well as spice up politics!
