History of Saxum

The First King of Nagara Appears. King Ea-Nasir rose to power through unknown means, it appears that he claimed divine right to lead this burgeoning new nation. And the Gods, perhaps through a bemused curiosity, did not confirm or deny this statement.   Today we know that even demi gods have appearances and abilities that are far easier to spot and that Ea-Nasir was likely lying. Nevertheless, his rule was welcomed as he brought about better laws for trading, new systems of government, and the first true standing army to protect against the mounting threats of the world.

The New King of Nagara, King Ea-Nasir-Chu, chose to strike first at the Southern settlers outside of his kingdom, The settlers now hosted a robust town for the age of about 2000, the fleeing villagers moved to the mountains, where the Horseless Nagaran armies could not easily follow.

The Sterr tribes, who grew in power from the collection of fleeing southern nagarans stage a major siege on the city of Nagara. Thousands die as this first civilization falls into ruin. A recent drought caused the Nagarans to loose significant power coming into the siege. Additionally, it appears that at least the majority of the Gods of war sided with the Sterr tribes.

The ancient Sotarian nation is founded south of the former nagaran city across the Oppius Straight (Modern Day Fane). Due to an easier time farming the Sotarians attract the interest of the Younger Science Gods. Settling alongside, Sotaria will become a nation of innovation, creation, and due to their exports, humanity will be push forwards by likely thousands of years.

The Guwan nation was a small group of seasonal nomads that established a twin capitol sytem for a winter and summer movement. Despite their unique answer to the challenges of the region they where in, the Sterr People quickly overtook and assimilated this nation.

Asgald is a very important Sterr Leader. Born humbly in the winter of 1512, this tribesman slowly took over and fully united the Sterr People into a more homogenous group.

The Mokupuni People, who where traditionally tribal oriented fishers, developed an early oligarchy system where each island tribe was given a vote. This soon developed into the individual people of the islands gaining votes on rules, fishing locations, trade specializations and which people where given the right to live on the Pāhoehoe island.

After a Prosperous age the Sterr nation begins to break up, recent leaders from the Asgald line proved to be weak and after about a generation of poor leadership the individual groups of the Sterr begin to break away, by about 1700 nothing was truly left of the once great nation. Quickly the power of the Sterr nation became in question as the once massive nation began loosing battles with much smaller forces. This was further punctuated by the death of the last Sterr King, who had no heir. This King's name was forgotten by history. Later tribes attempted to hold the same power, however, no great unification ever truly came. The nomadic people of the Gran-Di plains and mountains shank to smaller nomadic tribes once again.

In the Year 1554 the Sotarian Emperor Adamar Kealen's wife, Sumina Kealen, became very ill while bearing his son. Despite the modern technology of the city, Sumina's condition did not change. In desperation the King choose to utilize the secret magics of the cult of Malum. This saved the wife but did cause unintended affects on the unborn child.

After the untimely death of Orrian Kaelen's father, the young king ascends to the throne. For the first time in Sotarian history the coronation ceremony was not open to the public. Many feared that the new emperor was ill and worried that he would not last long with the new duties that came with the crown.

The God(s) who originally supported the Throne publicly and suddenly leave the nation of Sotaria. Before leaving they claimed their movement was due to the Emperor choosing to "Abandon the Righteous Way". They cited Orrian Kaelen's first magical edict and his choice to not follow their advice as evidence to their claims.

A collection of political dissidents loyal to the Gods who had left Sotaria rise up against Orrian Kaelen. This group came to be known as the Faithfull, and soon after their secessionist movement the Faithfull took over the southern portion of Sotaria, south of the Crag Mountain Range and east of the Mons Range. The following war was excessively bloody.

Now several years into the civil war, and fastly loosing, Orrian Kaelen chose to utilize war mages. These new mages were trained in illegal magics capable of harming others. This decision turned the tides of the war in Kaelen's favor, at the cost of countless lives.   The first use of these mages was at the massacre of the red field, where mages placed on a nearby hill cast fire spells over a field of enemy combatants. The enemy army had been lured to the position byt a false retreat by Kaelen's army. Thousands of enemy soldiers died in an instant, creating the first overwhelming victory for the Sotarian Army since the beginning of the war.

The Gandu nation experiences a sudden and violent uprising due to the magical weave being destroyed. The revolt, led by the powerful Gardune family, quickly took over the imperial palace, setting up the now most ancient Empire in the world. Gardune would experience a series of counter-revolts and battles before stabilizing.