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Jardian Empire- Era II, Age II, Chapter II- The Mandorian-Jardian War, and the Thik Fallout
-An era of peace and prosperity followed, and Jardia swelled, rebuilding Jardian and other Peurotsiilic ruins alike. During this time, the government reformed, placing the Jardeka of Creation as Empress of Jardia. The Jardekas became a ring of leaders, labeled Jardekas of War, Justice, and Wisdom. Their power is supposed to balance the Empress and Viceroy power.
-House Grayrock moved to Slongaria and raised Leepenhur Pass. Argus Grayrock lived long enough to father a son before being assassinated by Thismonians. Raiezo Grayrock inherited the lands. Jardia vowed to offer full resources to rebuilding Slongaria. Syllenheim, their central capital, was raised.
-The Stormcloak Rebellion split into two factions: a few amount of legendary warriors followed Marine386, the former Stormcloak Leader to the Peurotsiilic Stonelands. They stalk the rich mining lands, that remain largely unsettled, except by Jardian builders hired by Marine.
-The other Stormcloaks remained in Skyrim, and most of the soldiers came under control of lesser HRs, and raised themselves to power once more. Jardia remained loyal to both factions and came to the defense of The Stormcloak Syndicate when they were being raided by X-Legion.
-Jardia gathered a force to send X-Legion a message, and overwhelmed the fort. They kept pouring out of an access panel very close to their flag, and the Jardians were forced out when Mandorians showed up suddenly... to defend Rome's X-Legion!
-The Dankor of Mandor ordered his men to betray their Jardian allies. The Jards pushed back, but Mandor's betrayal tipped the scale. The Empress decided that Mandor had declared war on Jardia by taking serious military force against Jardians 3 different times (including this last X-Legion incident.) Wolfedude had broken the alliance between Mandor and Jardia by helping the enemy win when Jardia was about to claim victory, and being the first on either side to declare military action against the other.
-The Jardian-Mandor War began and Mandor called all their allies and even eventually allied the Thiks in desperation, causing much confusion amongst the small Mandorian legions. Jardia held toe to toe in the vicious battle for honor. The war ended very early, but much devastation was wrought.
-The war consisted of several raids on Jardian, Mandorian, Halmarian, and WoL soil. Mandors could usually be seen in small numbers leading vast hordes of so-called "allies" newly bought and dealed for, such as the ancient Mandorian enemy, Thismonia. They would gather and wait until the population on the server was low, then flood it with as many people could fit into the server. Jardians would usually attack when Mandor numbers were equal, and with a small supplement of Halmarians, or vice versa. They were forced to adopt similar server-flooding techniques just to keep up with the dishonorable pace the Mandors set.
-Mandor tried in vain to take Halmar lands, and claimed multiple false victories in their lands, culminating in some enigmatic "win" number. They claimed the war was over simply by virtue of claiming to have reached 15 won battles. Not only was there absolutely no substantiation behind these claims, but they claimed the war was over and won. Shortly after, they holed up in their castles, besieged by bountiful Jardian and Halmarian forces, the Mandors claimed victory. Eventually, diplomats from Jardia got the Cesher to sign a Truce, in order to show that Jardia was merciful and did not seek to dominate indiscriminately, even though they had Mandor on the run. All Jardia wanted was a cooperative Mandor, and could have destroyed it had she wished it, but instead chose to offer peace to the cowards running away from battle claiming victory. Also, the Empress desired to rebuild Peurotsiil and pass a peace pact before ever doing major dealings with Mandors again.
-Post-War activities:
-Many people were temporarily forgiving of each other, and we rallied together against rumors of a Thik invasion of all of Peurotsiil, triggered by the seeming team forming between Jardia and Mandor. Friendliness ended when Mandor allied the Thiks again, afraid to stand up to their threats, to shift aggression only onto Jardia and Slongaria, who were the only ones willing to stand up to Masmusk. This war was particularly nasty, and the King was beseeched to control his mad dog, Masmusk. Masmusk was kicked back to Thismonia, and a second truce was declared, but relations remained sour with the whole nation.
-The Keeper of Order in Mandor, and leader of the so-called Warrior of Legend (WoL,) Chicao, had long been consolidating his power. The Dankor, right hand of the Cesher of Mandor, had been using the Cesher as a puppet for his own gains for some time. The villain Gronor the Elf "King" also used Mandor's Cesher as a puppet. But ultimately, Chicao had the power. He threatened to rip Mandor to shreds, well within his power, unless dozens of ex-Mandors and Warriors of Legend rejoin, or see beloved Mandor fall. Jardia was concerned for Mandor's survival, and so too were the Mandors, but once again, the Mandors fully complied to all foreign threats waged against them, and turned on their sister, Jardia, in all affairs. Chicao successfully blackmailed all ranking members of Mandor, as well as several newly turned Jardians.
-Empress Athena briefly convinced the council of Mandor, with Grand Masenhof/ex-Cesher GiovannideLazio's help, that Chicao needed to be ended. The Mandorian HRs were about to go through with the plan, until the Dankor caught wind that it was Athena's idea. He stopped it right away, and so the Mandors submitted to Chicao once again. The cycle of Chicao escalating his corruption, the Mandors trying to push him out, Chicao pushing back, and Mandors giving up like weaklings, had repeated itself for perhaps the 20th time. Chicao is now Jardia’s number 1 criminal/enemy for the threat he poses on all of us. His army is the least of our worries, although Mandor has been forced to ally them as well, even though there is zero interaction between the two nations other than Chicao. This was done to prevent Mandor from helping others against Chicao.
-Argania was raised once more, and Hirsdenia started to repopulate its tribes as well. The Pact of Peurotsiil was passed between the 5 living Empires, with Wyngeria still dead. The Colosseum of Peurotsiil, a giant commemorative Peurotsiil map, and a haven city for all Empires began construction in the neutral area known as the Fields of Tribes.
-More cities are raised in Jardia than any other Empire, and the success of Jefeno Town, the capital city of Jardia, is known throughout the entire world.
-The battle of Hirsdenia is won, and development begins under Jardian control instead of Mandor's. Meanwhile, Slongaria hits a bump in the road of activity.
-Shortpinman had become a scourge of Jardian politics. He was once disgraced when he betrayed Jardia to Mandor when his feelings were hurt by disgruntled trainees. The thin-skinned abusive hypocritical manipulator had managed to stay in the Empress' ear with promises of naval supremacy, which he never delivered. He was forgiven and told of his agreements to the Empire- to obey the Empress. Over time, it became clear he did not obey and did not believe he even agreed to. A solution to his vitriol and propaganda was found, which would later be Jardia's greatest mistake. It was agreed that to remove shortpinman as Viceroy without incident and without breaking laws, he could be offered leader of Hirsdenia, if he developed the nation well enough. He accepted, but of course, this too was an empty promise, and his lack of Jardian authority (even though his independence hinged on his nonexistent success) allowed him to be completely unchecked. He took over and believed himself independent despite the massive support he was receiving from Jardia and other nations for his bases and soldiers. He was only supposed to be leader IF he could get them active and strong, which would not happen, but he remained leader under protection of the other Empires.
-The Stonelands settlers eventually moved away, with the Empress’ settlements being wasted. Jardian developers didn't know what to do with the land until they found a letter bequeathing the entire landmass to Mandor, then another to Argania! Thus began the Stonelands crisis. The land is disputed to this day, over the false right of their former appointed leader to give away the land that only Jardia and Slongaria have developed. The letter containing his will that the Stonelands be repossessed was his one and only act as leader. This put Jardia in the position to take the land they own and anger Mandor, open the land to all Empires and anger Mandor, or submit to Mandor, give it to Argania and show that Jardians can be flexible. Argania has made no move to the Stonelands where only Jards and Slongs currently resided. The Jardian Council has yet to decide whether to assert themselves and the truth, or give the Stonelands as a token of good faith.
-Shortpinman was the Hirsdenian leader the Jardians supported, and he won control of the territory, along with all the soldiers and forts placed their by Jardian reconstructionists. However, as soon as he had taken Jardia’s gold, resources, and technologies, he burnt the cities Jardia had given him to the ground, broke all agreements, and attacked Jardia on a regular basis. Not to mention, he enacted all the policies the Mandorian candidate threatened to implement in Hirsdenia, had Jardia not beaten him. In a desperate bid to make everyone believe he was independent, and to soothe his ego amongst the multiple doubters, short ended up getting rid of soldiers, followers, and all functional bases. Historians debate why, but it is thought he wished Hirsdenia to be "pure," that is to say, purely his, not accepting help from others. His pride was built on nothing and continued to brag about how good of a builder and group leader he was, as Hirsdenia kept sliding further and further back into death. His only acts as leader were to suggest and appoint Forumroblox to the leadership of Wyngeria, in order to further destabilize Jardia, oppose every single word from Jardian representatives in the international council.
-Wyngeria had a similar fall from grace, though they never climbed as high as Hirsdenia, nor did they fall as hard. ForumRoblox was given bases and soldiers, which he then abandoned, and moved himself into one small temple to be used as their only fortification. Both Wyngeria and Hirsdenia frequently engage military and political struggles with Jardia to try and assert their nonexistent dominance. They manage to hold onto power by using logical fallacies such as the appeal to the sentiment that they should be given special treatment as well as equal status among the other Peurotsiilic veteran leaders who don't have dead Empires, like Hirsdenia and Wyngeria at the time. Their only resources were small armies of mercenaries. Both armies were summarily defeated however, and the two leaders continued to engage in vitriolic, petty politics.
-Jardia briefly occupied the ruined cities that they had built for Hirsdenia and Wyngeria, sparking anger from Mandor who threatened to break the Pact of Peurotsiil they had promised not to break, by signing it. Jardia withdrew and brought the quarry from the ruined cities to build in Slongaria, once again Jardia was the only one compromising.
-Jardia and Mandor then allied as they attempt to bring Peurotsiil together and repair relations. As a sign of good faith, the Empress finally took a hardline stance on High Rank reform, effectively stopping the lawlessness within Jardia, and massive promotions to leeches like Shortpinman. Similarly, with the disappearance of Masmusk, Jardians started being peaceful towards Thiks again.
-Shortpinman realized he could not sustain himself, but as always could never ask for help or admit he might need some. He left Peurotsiil, having driven Hirsdenia into the ground. He left a legacy of narcissism, non-stop exaggeration, unfulfilled promises, embarrassing failures, and lies. After committing her greatest mistake of trusting Shortpinman, Empress Athena made a wonderful prediction and simply waited for him to kill himself off. Jardia rejoices as its greatest pest is finally ousted, by his own ineptitude.
-Jardia now searches for war as its local territory reaches critical mass.
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