"The slothful Venetians overextended their Empire and fell into the outstretched hands of the Nords." -Gaius Maximus Ambjornsen. "The End of Time" Volume One.
The throne of Venetia and the Throne of Nordlandia was already related by blood and when the final War of the Generals wiped out the last of the Venetian Imperial Family, the crown reverted to the High King of Nordlandia. The only thing that the Venetians didn't count on was the Nord High King completely reorganizing the Venetian Empire into feudal baronies. When the Venetians learned that they were in the hands of their old enemy, they rallied to General Magnus Gaius Sophater and fought the Nord Army at Olsburg pass. The Venetian Army was finally defeated and the Nord Yarl marched into the Venetian Empire, razing all the cities, aqueducts, forts and towns. He named named 500 Thanes to be Barons and ordered them to divide the Empire amongst themselves. They did, building Castles and capturing Venetians and other native ethnic groups to work as slaves on the Nord manors. The 500 baronies grew to 1,000 baronies and the barons ended the Nord Kaiser-Reich after 200 years and fifteen Nord Kingdoms arose. After 300 years, the dream of reuniting the Empire came again and the Nord Kings (including the ones in Nordlandia) met at Amagdaburg and formed the Second Nordic Empire with King Amandus Anfredsen elected Kaiser. The Duchy of Dufronduc, far to the south, the most Venetian of all the realms, went on a rampage and conquered seven Nord Kingdoms before being stopped by the Kingdom of Nordmark. The Dufronduc Kingdoms then united under one King and renamed their Kingdom Allamange. Vyirlundia adopted a modern national army and the thanes and Yarls released their retainers. The Yarls and the Thanes were made Earls and Vyirlundia was strengthened against their Nord neighbors to the south. The Allamange King sent his barons against the remaining Nord Kingdoms within the Nord Empire and conquered them, all except Nordmark. Thus was ended the second Nord Empire. the King of Allamange declared himself Emperor of Allamange. Nordmark, being a close neighbor and ally of Vyirlundia, accepted annexation into Vyirlundia and Allamange became her southern neighbor. The Orcs had a major empire on the Western Continent and began to send raiders to harry the Allamange Empire. The King of Vyirlundia sent his new Navy against the Orc raiders and defeated them, sending them fleeing back to the Western Continent. The Vyir had several footholds on the Western Continent but the Orcs kept razing their colonization attempts. A resurgence in the Orcs was a thing to be feared indeed! The Emperor of Allamange and the King of Vyirlundia met and made a peace treaty and combined forces against the Orcs. Their Navies fought the Orc fleet in the Great Ocean and the Allied Fleet smashed the primitive Orcish Fleet. The Vyirlunders began to probe the coasts of the Western Continent and established a Barony in the Northwest with 1,000 Vyir and Nord settlers and one ambitious Prince. The Western Continent was inhabited by Wood Elves and Orcs, neither side loved each other but both despised the humans. The Wood Elves broke with the High Elves to the East and the Wood elves briefly joined the Orcs against the humans until it became clear that the Orcs intended to enslave the Wood Elves. The Wood Elves, under their Speaker of the Stars, joined forces with Allamange and Vyirlundia against the Orcs. The Orcs sent thousands of troops into the Barony of Prince Randolf (Prince Randolf's Land) but the Vyir and the Allamange resisted the Orcs attempts to kick them off the Western Continent. The Musketeers and Cannoneers of the Provincial Army proved to be a match for the Orcs bashers and maulers. The Allamange Empire set up a colony to the far south (Prince Percey's Land) and used that as a base to push the Orcs back.
End of Lore for now!
The throne of Venetia and the Throne of Nordlandia was already related by blood and when the final War of the Generals wiped out the last of the Venetian Imperial Family, the crown reverted to the High King of Nordlandia. The only thing that the Venetians didn't count on was the Nord High King completely reorganizing the Venetian Empire into feudal baronies. When the Venetians learned that they were in the hands of their old enemy, they rallied to General Magnus Gaius Sophater and fought the Nord Army at Olsburg pass. The Venetian Army was finally defeated and the Nord Yarl marched into the Venetian Empire, razing all the cities, aqueducts, forts and towns. He named named 500 Thanes to be Barons and ordered them to divide the Empire amongst themselves. They did, building Castles and capturing Venetians and other native ethnic groups to work as slaves on the Nord manors. The 500 baronies grew to 1,000 baronies and the barons ended the Nord Kaiser-Reich after 200 years and fifteen Nord Kingdoms arose. After 300 years, the dream of reuniting the Empire came again and the Nord Kings (including the ones in Nordlandia) met at Amagdaburg and formed the Second Nordic Empire with King Amandus Anfredsen elected Kaiser. The Duchy of Dufronduc, far to the south, the most Venetian of all the realms, went on a rampage and conquered seven Nord Kingdoms before being stopped by the Kingdom of Nordmark. The Dufronduc Kingdoms then united under one King and renamed their Kingdom Allamange. Vyirlundia adopted a modern national army and the thanes and Yarls released their retainers. The Yarls and the Thanes were made Earls and Vyirlundia was strengthened against their Nord neighbors to the south. The Allamange King sent his barons against the remaining Nord Kingdoms within the Nord Empire and conquered them, all except Nordmark. Thus was ended the second Nord Empire. the King of Allamange declared himself Emperor of Allamange. Nordmark, being a close neighbor and ally of Vyirlundia, accepted annexation into Vyirlundia and Allamange became her southern neighbor. The Orcs had a major empire on the Western Continent and began to send raiders to harry the Allamange Empire. The King of Vyirlundia sent his new Navy against the Orc raiders and defeated them, sending them fleeing back to the Western Continent. The Vyir had several footholds on the Western Continent but the Orcs kept razing their colonization attempts. A resurgence in the Orcs was a thing to be feared indeed! The Emperor of Allamange and the King of Vyirlundia met and made a peace treaty and combined forces against the Orcs. Their Navies fought the Orc fleet in the Great Ocean and the Allied Fleet smashed the primitive Orcish Fleet. The Vyirlunders began to probe the coasts of the Western Continent and established a Barony in the Northwest with 1,000 Vyir and Nord settlers and one ambitious Prince. The Western Continent was inhabited by Wood Elves and Orcs, neither side loved each other but both despised the humans. The Wood Elves broke with the High Elves to the East and the Wood elves briefly joined the Orcs against the humans until it became clear that the Orcs intended to enslave the Wood Elves. The Wood Elves, under their Speaker of the Stars, joined forces with Allamange and Vyirlundia against the Orcs. The Orcs sent thousands of troops into the Barony of Prince Randolf (Prince Randolf's Land) but the Vyir and the Allamange resisted the Orcs attempts to kick them off the Western Continent. The Musketeers and Cannoneers of the Provincial Army proved to be a match for the Orcs bashers and maulers. The Allamange Empire set up a colony to the far south (Prince Percey's Land) and used that as a base to push the Orcs back.
End of Lore for now!
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