Itorunt/A History of Itorunt

Gopherman's History of Itorunt

This is Itorunt, land of the brave, an ancient realm on the southern sea in the East Island.

Itorunt's history dates back far back to the makings of the first island. While much of its history is lost, there are still those in Itorunt who have survived the worst, the thick and the thin, and if they want, they can tell history of before what I know. My first history of Itorunt was when they were allies with Ibladesh. The realm of Isadril and Ubent were involved. Anyways, this was after Ubent had defeated Perdan, and the Ubent empire stretched all the way down to Xavax.

However, the realm of Fallangard was created, and a war between Itorunt, and Fallangard was started. TK Jones, questionably the most influential TL in Itorunt's history, made an agreement when he was king that Itorunt would fight a war with Fallangard one on one, with no outside intervention. Now it was during this long war that I entered the realm. After months of fighting, a situation developed whereby Ubent attacked Ibladesh for fear of the realm, Itorunt's long time ally, joining in with us against Fallangard. I think this was because TK had gotten Fallangard to join Itorunt, instead of fighting them, but that may have happened after the Ubent attack.

I still remember, the food was new, and I was a trader. Ibladesh was starving, and due to the primitive food Ubent won the battle in a matter of days. I could simply not get enough food to Ibladesh in time, and their city's stats dropped like a rock. Ibladesh was quickly forced into surrender, and Ubent continued their long-standing tradition of setting up "sister" realms, much like Perdan and Fallangard (where they changed the alliances to their side, but left the realm to govern themselves). While this ensures that Ubent will never be destroyed, as their sister realm's actions will never fall on Ubent, the sister realms will eventually come around, as you shall see.

Anyways, Ibladesh turned on Itorunt, and, under Ubent's control, attacked. Fallangard joined Itorunt, but Perdan and Caligus quickly came to Ubent's aid. With the combined largest force ever seen on the island, they destroyed Fallangard, and, striking Isadril, crushed the large force defending the city.

Fallangard's regions were quickly taken by Ubent all the way down to Xavax, and Ibladesh picked up Itor Boss and Aeng in the aftermath. TK Jones was seriously wounded as he led a last frantic charge to Isadril to get to the city before the siege, but was caught one turn too late and the large army crushed him.

The rulership was up for grabs, and it could have gone to 15 different people - that's how many great TL's that could rule there are, Jabeer, the Nyles, Esprite, Ryandal, Tommy, just to name a few. However the public choice was me, the writer, Gopherman. I remember the day, I was gone for the day, and hadn't been active for a day, so I returned and was shocked!

Anyways, I then started the long uphill battle to save Itorunt from certain destruction. The closest allied realm was Fontan, or Coimbra - it was Itorunt against Caligus, Perdan, Ibladesh, and Ubent. They should have finished us off quickly, and we never would have lasted, but they didn't. Perdan left to go aid Oligarch once again (you can talk to Doc about that one), and Caligus and Ubent were left to retake what was barely remaining of Fallangard. However, godly intervention came. A new hero from the west arrived in Isadril, and using the power of the people created a new realm, the realm of Yssaria in the ashes of the former city. And so began my story of peace, and saving the two realms.

I knew instantly that there was a link between Yssaria and Itorunt, and I vowed to do whatever I could to save the realm from the evil Bethe, tyrant of Ubent. And I gave a passionate speech, probably (at least I think so) the most important speech in the history of the island, from Itorunt's and my own point of view. I got Yamajima, the ruler of Perdan, to vow to protect Yssaria and not to destroy it, like Bethe and Ubent wanted. Ubent showed who was really in charge by simply ignoring Perdan's wishes. Yamajima realized that there was nothing left for him to do - his council all had family members in Ubent (another thing Doc can rant at better then I can) - and he simply had no authority. He then resigned, ending that chapter in Perdan's involvement with the south.

This then began a nearly year-long battle against Ibladesh. All this time, I spent time trying to convince numerous Ubent and Ibladesh rulers to sign a peace with Itorunt through Minerva and Mistress A. (Sorry I destroyed that name...) Now, Mistress A was a great ruler, though she wasn't permanent. She did understand, and started me off on the long road. As for Ubent, just when I convinced Bethe to switch, he vanished, never to be heard from again. I then worked with... Quill? Was it Quill, I cannot remember the order... but eventually it moved to Ioshus. And finally, one of the greatest rulers, just wonderful, was Sorcha. Understanding, charismatic, and devoted to our cause, I spent months trying to open her eyes to the truth. Itorunt was not the villain, but rather Ubent, who attacked Ibladesh, Itorunt's long time friend. The truth came out through countless eyewitnesses, and even through the God Thomas himself. Anyways, I finally convinced her to work to bring our realms closer, and through the help of Yssaria, who had grown, we joined together in the Southern Alliance and finally attacked the dictator Ioshus. Ubent quickly fell, and they begged Perden for help. Perdan obliged, but not entirely willingly. A new ruler came to Ubent, and he brought sweeping change, and now we fight together against Perdan, and Yssaria against Caligus.

We shall be victorious, we have the strength in numbers, and the strength in our hearts. Eleran, I love ya man! Haha, you too Sorcha.

I would also like to remind everyone that Itorunt is the ONLY realm on the ENTIRE East Island that is not officially at war with anyone. We have OK relations with every realm, and we are the most peaceful realm on the island. I like to promote peace, even with our enemies.

Thanks, Gopherman - Former King of Itorunt

Post-Gopherman History

Itorunt changed some when Gopherman was wounded and Emanuel was elected King. In an effort to show Perdan and Ibladesh that Itorunt was serious about its obligations to our ally Ibladesh, we declared a state of war with Perdan. Ibladesh had consistently lost battles against our common enemy Perdan. Things changed for the better for us and Ibladesh, and after much difficulty and help from our northern allies, we were able to defeat Perdan for good. We remain strong allies with Yssaria. Itorunt no longer desires to remain peaceful with its enemies and will persecute them with all of its might.

Emanuel - Former King of Itorunt

This has yet again changed. We remain peaceful. There was a pseudo-rebellion and Emanuel stepped down. TK Jones was re-elected and we were restoring peaceful relations until Ubent declared war on us.

The war ended well with Perdan and Itorunt was able to gain significant land. The new king, Lucian, amidst some protest, moved the Capital from Itorunt to Semall to help in the war. Shortly after the capital move, the war ended.

- Aurum Bishamon

Modified by: Emanuel, Prophet of the Triumvirate - Ichigo, Senior Editor of the Itorunt Informer