Early Sundaran Empire (100-1490)
100-1000
What is known today as the Sundara Province was once home to both Korens and Indariums. The Korens were nomadic and violent, forming a cycle of empiric expansion and rapid collapse. While the Indariums formed small collectives up and down the Nahra River, Saya Gardens, and Cesri’s Heartland. The first recorded city in history is Bydy, built in 137 in the Saya Gardens and was the home of the Sundarans. Using the natural landscape of the Saya Gardens, they were able to create defenses that protected them from the Koren invasion, and formed a powerful kingdom. In 200, the Sundarans, planning to expand, make an alliance with the Korens, realizing neither of them could control the other, but together, they could rule the entire Sundara. The Korens became the Sundaran’s elite military force, expanding their empire from the edges of the Atamik Mountain to the coast. The Korens also built the Sundaran’s temples and administrative buildings, while the Sundarans provided the administrative genius needed to run a large empire. Their specialty was in caring for the rich and fertile lands they were blessed with by living near the Nahra river, creating magnificent gardens that many tribesmen traveled to see. They also enslaved neighboring tribesmen, refusing citizenship to anyone who was not a Koren or a natural born Sundaran. When Sundarans slept with their slaves and had a girl, the child was granted secondary citizenship. But the offspring of those women would-be first-class citizens. However, if the child was a boy, they wouldn’t be granted citizenship at all. The logic being men only cared the seed, but the women cared the actual child and thus it was more important that the women were accepted into society, protecting their future children and expanding their citizenry.
The alliance between the Korens and Sundarans was strained during the late 200s as the Sundarans picked fights with the Kacharias people on the coast. The Sundaran King, Amasu, was tired of paying the Kacharias for access to the shore and the Kacharias king, Aestases, was tired of having his people kidnapped and enslaved. In 300, the Kacharias declared war against the Sundaran, but the Korens refused to fight. Instead, they traveled to the Atamik Mountains, crippling the Sundara military, forcing them to make peace with Kacharias. This included giving them access to Cesri’s Heartland, one of the most fertile places of the Sundara. The Sundarans spent the next few decades rebuilding their military, paying for mercenaries from the Iraicci and the Atamik Mountains. Finally, in 385, the Sundarans invaded the Kacharias and conquered their territory, now owning the sea. This left the Iraicci and Atamik Mountains for conquest.
Meanwhile, the Korens traveled to the Atamik Mountains where they were welcomed by the people. The Korens led expeditions into Gargain, Shiva, and the Killbraugha, before traveling further south into the Kanas Mountains, finding it to their liking. The Indariums that travel with them settled in Gargain (497 and in 500) and in Shiva. In 521, the Druids, a separate tribe from the Alkahoon province, travel to Gargain as well and there was the first of many battles between the Druids and the native and transplanted Gargainians.
While the Korens and fellow Indariums were exploring, the Sundarans met the Iraicci Kingdom for the first time. The Iraicci king was built off the ocean and the Fengal Jungle and had been great allies of the Kacharias. When the Kacharias were conquered and the Iraicci had to pay a tax for using their ports, they were furious. They tried to negotiate with the Sundarans, but the Sundarans were intimidated by their fierce army and navy. After a humiliating series of naval defeats, the Sundarans had to give the Kacharias coast to the Iraicci kingdom and faced the prospect of being invaded. The Sundaran General, Bakarian, gathered an army for a final stand. They defeated the Iraicci in 332, failing to retake the coast, but solidifying their border. The Iraicci and Sundaran kingdoms fought each other for the next few centuries, alternatively conquering and liberating each other and the Kacharias while the Iraicci expand their trade to Paradise, Ferdern, and the Monteparnesse Islands. Some say they even reached Rubicon, although that trade was dominated by the Thalassans
The war between the two empires became vicious until both sides vowed to never end the conflict until one of them was destroyed. In 703, the Sundarans finally conquered the Iraicci completely and eradicated most traces of their empire. For a long time, scholars thought they were just nomad tribes. It wasn’t until the 1700s that Shadows found traces of their once mighty kingdom.
1000-1490s
After conquering half of the Ignis, the Sundarans attempted an invasion of the Atamik, but after three decades of warfare, realized they would never conquer the rebellious mountain being. Instead, they focused on crushing rebellions throughout their kingdom, especially in the Iraicci. Queen Nasra reconstructed their administrative system, creating the position of governor and their entire staff, including a military department, a group of tax collectors, administrative directors, and scribes. Their empire was broken into provinces and each province became its own self-containing systems of government. However, they continued to grant citizenship to their expanding empire. Only Sundaran’s were full citizens, meaning they could serve in the various administrative districts, pay taxes, receive subsidiaries, legal and economic protection, and could serve in the smaller local councils that had been created in the early 1000s. However, the number of Sundara citizens were outnumbers by their slaves and conquered populaces, which meant that the Sundarans had to rely increasingly on their military to keep order. However, the army was quickly being taken over by mercenaries, criminals, and ‘freed’ slaves.
A neighboring empire, the Alkahoon Empire, quickly took advantage of this and began to sponsor uprisings in the Iraicci. The Sundarans tried to negotiate with them, but the Alkahoon pushed for war. Their first battle occurred in 1040 when the Kacharias navy attacked the Alkahoon. It was a defeat for the Sundarans, marking a minor armistice between the two empires. They continued to snip at each other until formally declaring war in 1201. The war lasted until 1208 with an Alkahoon victory. The Iraicci was momentarily liberated until the Sundarans took it back in 1218. There are more wars that follow, by neither side can expand beyond the Iraicci or the Bhukha. Sundara also have to deal with rebellions by the Karachias and the Iraicci, and momentarily lose control, but never for long.
What is known today as the Sundara Province was once home to both Korens and Indariums. The Korens were nomadic and violent, forming a cycle of empiric expansion and rapid collapse. While the Indariums formed small collectives up and down the Nahra River, Saya Gardens, and Cesri’s Heartland. The first recorded city in history is Bydy, built in 137 in the Saya Gardens and was the home of the Sundarans. Using the natural landscape of the Saya Gardens, they were able to create defenses that protected them from the Koren invasion, and formed a powerful kingdom. In 200, the Sundarans, planning to expand, make an alliance with the Korens, realizing neither of them could control the other, but together, they could rule the entire Sundara. The Korens became the Sundaran’s elite military force, expanding their empire from the edges of the Atamik Mountain to the coast. The Korens also built the Sundaran’s temples and administrative buildings, while the Sundarans provided the administrative genius needed to run a large empire. Their specialty was in caring for the rich and fertile lands they were blessed with by living near the Nahra river, creating magnificent gardens that many tribesmen traveled to see. They also enslaved neighboring tribesmen, refusing citizenship to anyone who was not a Koren or a natural born Sundaran. When Sundarans slept with their slaves and had a girl, the child was granted secondary citizenship. But the offspring of those women would-be first-class citizens. However, if the child was a boy, they wouldn’t be granted citizenship at all. The logic being men only cared the seed, but the women cared the actual child and thus it was more important that the women were accepted into society, protecting their future children and expanding their citizenry.
The alliance between the Korens and Sundarans was strained during the late 200s as the Sundarans picked fights with the Kacharias people on the coast. The Sundaran King, Amasu, was tired of paying the Kacharias for access to the shore and the Kacharias king, Aestases, was tired of having his people kidnapped and enslaved. In 300, the Kacharias declared war against the Sundaran, but the Korens refused to fight. Instead, they traveled to the Atamik Mountains, crippling the Sundara military, forcing them to make peace with Kacharias. This included giving them access to Cesri’s Heartland, one of the most fertile places of the Sundara. The Sundarans spent the next few decades rebuilding their military, paying for mercenaries from the Iraicci and the Atamik Mountains. Finally, in 385, the Sundarans invaded the Kacharias and conquered their territory, now owning the sea. This left the Iraicci and Atamik Mountains for conquest.
Meanwhile, the Korens traveled to the Atamik Mountains where they were welcomed by the people. The Korens led expeditions into Gargain, Shiva, and the Killbraugha, before traveling further south into the Kanas Mountains, finding it to their liking. The Indariums that travel with them settled in Gargain (497 and in 500) and in Shiva. In 521, the Druids, a separate tribe from the Alkahoon province, travel to Gargain as well and there was the first of many battles between the Druids and the native and transplanted Gargainians.
While the Korens and fellow Indariums were exploring, the Sundarans met the Iraicci Kingdom for the first time. The Iraicci king was built off the ocean and the Fengal Jungle and had been great allies of the Kacharias. When the Kacharias were conquered and the Iraicci had to pay a tax for using their ports, they were furious. They tried to negotiate with the Sundarans, but the Sundarans were intimidated by their fierce army and navy. After a humiliating series of naval defeats, the Sundarans had to give the Kacharias coast to the Iraicci kingdom and faced the prospect of being invaded. The Sundaran General, Bakarian, gathered an army for a final stand. They defeated the Iraicci in 332, failing to retake the coast, but solidifying their border. The Iraicci and Sundaran kingdoms fought each other for the next few centuries, alternatively conquering and liberating each other and the Kacharias while the Iraicci expand their trade to Paradise, Ferdern, and the Monteparnesse Islands. Some say they even reached Rubicon, although that trade was dominated by the Thalassans
The war between the two empires became vicious until both sides vowed to never end the conflict until one of them was destroyed. In 703, the Sundarans finally conquered the Iraicci completely and eradicated most traces of their empire. For a long time, scholars thought they were just nomad tribes. It wasn’t until the 1700s that Shadows found traces of their once mighty kingdom.
1000-1490s
After conquering half of the Ignis, the Sundarans attempted an invasion of the Atamik, but after three decades of warfare, realized they would never conquer the rebellious mountain being. Instead, they focused on crushing rebellions throughout their kingdom, especially in the Iraicci. Queen Nasra reconstructed their administrative system, creating the position of governor and their entire staff, including a military department, a group of tax collectors, administrative directors, and scribes. Their empire was broken into provinces and each province became its own self-containing systems of government. However, they continued to grant citizenship to their expanding empire. Only Sundaran’s were full citizens, meaning they could serve in the various administrative districts, pay taxes, receive subsidiaries, legal and economic protection, and could serve in the smaller local councils that had been created in the early 1000s. However, the number of Sundara citizens were outnumbers by their slaves and conquered populaces, which meant that the Sundarans had to rely increasingly on their military to keep order. However, the army was quickly being taken over by mercenaries, criminals, and ‘freed’ slaves.
A neighboring empire, the Alkahoon Empire, quickly took advantage of this and began to sponsor uprisings in the Iraicci. The Sundarans tried to negotiate with them, but the Alkahoon pushed for war. Their first battle occurred in 1040 when the Kacharias navy attacked the Alkahoon. It was a defeat for the Sundarans, marking a minor armistice between the two empires. They continued to snip at each other until formally declaring war in 1201. The war lasted until 1208 with an Alkahoon victory. The Iraicci was momentarily liberated until the Sundarans took it back in 1218. There are more wars that follow, by neither side can expand beyond the Iraicci or the Bhukha. Sundara also have to deal with rebellions by the Karachias and the Iraicci, and momentarily lose control, but never for long.
