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It is thus that Geran meets a fate that has already befallen the mountains many centuries earlier and that will by the end be taken equal to the fate of Elondor itself: Invaded by Belkondilian cavalry, occupied and colonized by foreign forces, and, after only a handful of generations, by and large, an Olgish country. The Wertians do not take a moment to breathe. After their decisive victory over the Kattasians, they occupy Yamenna and take it as their new capital, ruling the steppes in ruthless but stable peace. They are never known to respect the borders to their neighbours, but the threat of their tireless armies and the skillfulness of their (moslty Soskish) diplomats maintain friendly relations with the Kalparians, Dermon and Parka, and the Geranians remaining in western Geran. At this point, the Wertian Kingship of Imynadd encompasses all of the Geranian Heath south of the Kalpa, north of the Ilathw, and between the Nukna and the Mountains of Dermon, and almost the southern half of the later Hajalad. | It is thus that Geran meets a fate that has already befallen the mountains many centuries earlier and that will by the end be taken equal to the fate of Elondor itself: Invaded by Belkondilian cavalry, occupied and colonized by foreign forces, and, after only a handful of generations, by and large, an Olgish country. The Wertians do not take a moment to breathe. After their decisive victory over the Kattasians, they occupy Yamenna and take it as their new capital, ruling the steppes in ruthless but stable peace. They are never known to respect the borders to their neighbours, but the threat of their tireless armies and the skillfulness of their (moslty Soskish) diplomats maintain friendly relations with the Kalparians, Dermon and Parka, and the Geranians remaining in western Geran. At this point, the Wertian Kingship of Imynadd encompasses all of the Geranian Heath south of the Kalpa, north of the Ilathw, and between the Nukna and the Mountains of Dermon, and almost the southern half of the later Hajalad. | ||
Despite the quarrelsome nature of the Wertians and their constant feuds both within and outside of their society, conflicts in this era are small and contained and rarely threaten the stability of Wertian Geran. The people of the west are still fearful of the invaders and remove themselves as far as possible from them, forming a sharp border south of Inverydd that splits the Wertian Kingdom in two; but the Kalparians of the Kalpa Valley are receptive for the newcomers’ trade, technology, and culture, leading to the second decline of ancient Kalparian traditions. The Kalpattu realm maintains its Kalparian nationality, but its identity is a thin veil over an Olgish-speaking, quasi-olgicized state. | Despite the quarrelsome nature of the Wertians and their constant feuds both within and outside of their society, conflicts in this era are small and contained and rarely threaten the stability of Wertian Geran. The people of the west are still fearful of the invaders and remove themselves as far as possible from them, forming a sharp border south of Inverydd that splits the Wertian Kingdom in two; but the Kalparians of the Kalpa Valley are receptive for the newcomers’ trade, technology, and culture, leading to the second decline of ancient Kalparian traditions. The Kalpattu realm maintains its Kalparian nationality, but its identity is a thin veil over an Olgish-speaking, quasi-olgicized state. In this role, the Kalparians also maintain what little contact there is between Wertians and Aribelians. The young republic has long distrusted the war-like invaders from the south, whom they consider the spiritual successor of their Yamenaen enemy. Fearing for its own sovereignty, Aribel isolates itself from its neighbours both to the south and to the east. What limited trade remains with Geran flows through the domain of the eastern Kalparians. | ||
Relations to the south remain in the friendly-hostile state common to most Olgish principalities. When Enethin establishes his rule over the Olgs of Belkondíl in 0 E.B., the Wertians silently ignore the call for their homage. They view themselves as Olgs in the broadest sense but do not consider themselves part of the narrower nation Enethin has claimed dominion over. This refusal of allegiance, similar to the resistance Enethin’s rule is facing in the mountains, sours relations between Belkondíl and Geran, but the Kingdom of Belkondíl is not forged yet, and the early Olgish kings are too occupied with their own affairs and too wary of the still-forbidding Wertian cavalry to interfere with Geranian affairs. It is only in 312 E.B., on the eve of the Olgish Golden Age, that Emperor Thulcárin I seeks, first by military and, after a series of devastating defeats, later by diplomatic means, to annex the Olgish-inhabited parts of Geran to his kingdom, but his attempts fail, culminating in the desperate Invasion of the Ilathw and Thulcárin’s death in battle in 315. | |||
===The Olgish Golden Age=== | |||
Another century will pass ere the long-saught reconciliation between Belkondíl and the Wertians is achieved. When the more peaceful policies of Thulcárin’s successors | |||
-> Great wealth in 4th century brings influx of Belkondilian Olgish settlers (mostly from Orinion, Atrissar, and Mairn) who occupy the southern Hajalad and slowly move north, marginalizing the Hayans and western Kalparians, until Kalparian is fully extinct; Hayan and Noridic survive but are suppressed -- only Olgish should be spoken in this Olgish country | -> Great wealth in 4th century brings influx of Belkondilian Olgish settlers (mostly from Orinion, Atrissar, and Mairn) who occupy the southern Hajalad and slowly move north, marginalizing the Hayans and western Kalparians, until Kalparian is fully extinct; Hayan and Noridic survive but are suppressed -- only Olgish should be spoken in this Olgish country | ||
-> The Wertians try to keep them under their sway, there is a bloody conflict for a century or two, ultimately the Wertians lose the Hajalad completely but keep the Heath | -> The Wertians try to keep them under their sway, there is a bloody conflict for a century or two, ultimately the Wertians lose the Hajalad completely but keep the Heath | ||
-> Later, Geran is finally united as one Olgish kingdom, with the (olgicized) Kalparians forming a separate Kingdom on the Kalpa | -> Later, Geran is finally united as one Olgish kingdom, with the (olgicized) Kalparians forming a separate Kingdom on the Kalpa | ||
-> | -> These non-Wertian Olgs also show interest in relations with the Aribelians, send missions, etc. > trade relations and boom-like interest in Aribelian culture (Mîlin of Glirtes!) | ||
-> Finally, Lécaron of course | -> Finally, Lécaron of course | ||
-> And then quite a bit of stuff after | -> And then quite a bit of stuff after | ||