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== The First Crown, Arkastos Solaneios ==
 
== The First Crown, Arkastos Solaneios ==
  
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All dates are C.E. (A.D.) unless followed by A.R.A.D., meaning aurius rei aur di (years from year zero), in that case being in Akaeian time.
  
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Crown Arkastos Solaneios the Great is the quintessential Akaeian Crown. Time has blurred, undoubtedly, much of his faults; nevertheless, the qualities of a good Crown are to this day measured against his own. Arkastos Solaneios firmly believed in the Akaeian people. The Akaeian people, unlike all others, had a duty to be caretakers and administrators; to conquer with mercy and be noble in defeat; to be virtuous and upstanding, to be the very light of the world in all ways. It was Arkastos Solaneios who hammered the Six Virtues into the Rock of Justice. It was Arkastos Solaneios who brought about the Intentions and laid the foundations of the Akaeian Empire for the next thousand years. It was Arkastos Solaneios, who by force of his own person alone, thwarted conspiracy among the armed forces. It was Arkastos Solaneios who fought for sixteen years at the front of his men, for the good of the Akaeian people and their allies. It was Arkastos Solaneios who died for Akaeia in the First Battle of the Idendon Brook. This is the man, the myth, the Crown, who is all of these and none of them, shrouded in the fog of time.
 
  
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From 251-253 C.E., Arkastos Solaneios led Akaeian forces against the Royal Novitreian Army, defeating the Novitreians in the Battle of Aurlex Plains and the Second Battle of Akulopis. With the conclusion of the war by the Treaty of Kovenandros, Arkastos Solaneios returned to  the Akaeium a hero. Before he could retire to the capital, however, he was called north to defend one of the Seven, Aos, from a coalition of the Aurbregi, Nexanti, and Gaurgingi tribes. These he defeated in the Battle of Aos, the Battle of the Broken Quivers, and the Skirmish of Resrex Nautus. Having defeated these tribes, he concluded the Treaty of Aos, by which they became client peoples to the Seven and were obligated to furnish warriors for the common defense.
  
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== The Battle of Aurlex Plains ==
 
  
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255 began the Primacy of Arkastos Solaneios. For the next seven years, Arkastos Solaneios would be repeatedly appointed to the position of Prime of the Union of the Akaeium. During the first three of these years, Arkastos Solaneios promoted the construction of good roads between the Seven. Under his direction, colonies were built along the Menaros River and the Sea of Menaros. Each colony, however, threatened the stability of the Union by altering the balace of power among the various tribes. Akaeia and Kovenandros, being the richest and largest of the tribes, founded numerous villages and settlements, while the poorer tribes became increasingly dependant on one or the othere of these two major cities and their economies.
  
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On the third day of his Crownship, Arkastos Solaneios rode forth from the city of Akaeia at the head of a force of seven thousand men. It was still dark when the gates opened up and the small force came forth. And in the front of the column, in the simple and plain armor of the common man, rode Arkastos Solaneios. He rode straight backed, in silence, with the Daxos now associated with the Crownship across his back. In silence, the men under his command walked behind him, beneath the darkness giving way slowly to light, to the dew of morning. But they were afraid, and looked around them and behind them and shifted themselves anxiously. And Arkastos Solaneios rode onward, without looking behind him, even once, and the men followed.
 
  
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And so the force came to the small village of Aurlex, and drew up on the plains before it, and the Novitreian army assembled on the far side, a host of 12 thousands. And Arkastos Solaneios deployed his men, so that the cavalry were on the wings, and he himself in the middle, and with him only a handful of men for saftey. And he said to those from the allied cities, "Behold, we who are from Akaeia will take upon ourselves the burden of fighting their best men, so that you might see how willingly we sacrifice for your sakes." And so those from the allied cities were depolyed to the wings, whereas the five thousand from Akaeia were drawn up in the middle, so as to fight against the best of the Novitreian troops, the Blessed Cohort. And before the Akaeian line he deployed his skirmishers, and the battle began as the sun came to the fourth-point after dawning.
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In the first few months of 258, Arkastos Solaneios met with delegates from the various tribes to arbitrate the dispute over regulation between Akaeia and Kovenandros over the trade routes to Parsis in the east and Novitreia to the west, as well as in regards to the trade through the Sea of Menaros. As tensions mounted, the Seven and their associated settlements split into two opposing camps: those favoring Akaeian control of the routes, and those favoring Kovenandros control. Kovenandros, Syrakta, and Atlaeia opposed Akaeia, Aos, Akulopis, and Preas Tyrnos, with the Aurbregi and Nexanti coming out for Kovenandros and the Gaurgingi for Akaeia.
  
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Among the Akaeians there was great fear, and the men moved about and were each thinking of their own saftey, and longing for the walls of the city and the hearths of their houses. But Arkastos Solaneios rode forth from the middle, up and down the line, slowly, looking into the eyes of his men, and they became ashamed with themselves and their fearfulness. And he said to them, "Fedara daes agur dar naus." (Let us be done with this.) And with those words he turned and charged the Novitreians. And behind him the Akaeian line drew up in close ranks, and locked shields, and moved forward.
 
  
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It is said that Arkastos Solaneios was surrounded by a white light that day. Around him the battle was fiercest, as the Akaeians fought against the Blessed Cohort for the very safety of their homes and those of the allied cities. For a time there was no clear sign of victory, but when the sun had passed it's zenith the Blessed Cohort broke from the ferocity of the Akaeian attack, and the Akaeians pushed through the center of the Novitreian line. Seeing this, the Akaeians became emboldened, and across the whole of the battlefield they drew new strength and charged the thickest groupings of the enemy. And the Novitreian Royal General Phaelos Komeinos was amazed that the best of the Novitreian state had been defeated by the Akaeians.
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The Kovenandros Monarchate, fearing that the Commitee of Seven would decide in favor of Akaeia, thus laid plans to ambush the Committee and kill them all at the next session in Meranen, before burning Akaeia to the ground and seizing control of the Akaeium by force. learning of this plan, Arkastos Solaneios prepared Union forces for war and defeated the suprised Kovenantines in the Battle of Meranen.  For the next few months nothing happened while the Union under Akaeia and Arkastos Solaneios gathered forces against the Kovenandros Monarchate and its allies. Then, on the summer solstice, the Akaeian people proclaimed Arkastos Solaneios the Crown of Akaeia with the Intentions of Akaeia. This document confirmed what had already been truth for 7 years: the Crownship of Arkastos Solaneios.
  
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And so Arkastos Solaneios, seeing that the Novitreians were breaking, charged through the Novitreian line, and came to Royal General Phaelos Komeinos. And when he had reached him, he took from his standard-bearer the flag of Novitreia, and snapped the pole in half, and threw it on the ground and trampled upon it. And around Arkastos Solaneios the battle stopped, and men stood in amazement at what had occured, and Arkastos Solaneios turned to Phaelos Komeinos, and siezing his hand made of him a captive. And dismounting from his horse, Arkastos Solaneios reformed the Akaeian troops around those taken captive, and said to them, "Leave everything and go back to your homes, for by your attack on our land you have forfeit even your lives, and thus this is a great gift." And before him, the Novitreians were so overcome that they knelt before him, saying, "Great is Arkastos Solaneios, and merciful unto the defeated."
 
  
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In August Arkastos Solaneios fought in two battles, the Battle of the Eureian Forest and the Battle of Preas Tyrnos, both successes but not enough to end the war. An allied force under Atreisas Mauregnis fought the Aurbregi and Nexanti successfully in the Battle of Auros (a colony of Akaeia) and the Battle of the Great Vision (named for the brilliant battle plan which according to legend came from Mauregnis's dream) in late November. Parsis troops came to back Akaeia in December and Novitreian troops to back Kovenandros that January. Thus strengthened, the opposing forces met in May 259 at the Battle of Itevex Bridge. Although not a loss, this battle was also no victory, and the Union was forced to pull back to Akaeia and wait for reinforcements from the allies. In July while they were still waiting, a Kovenandros force pushed through the outer defenses at Aurlex and prepared to attack the city of Akaeia.
  
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== The Reign of Crown Arkastos Solaneios I ==
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For the second time in 8 years, Arkastos Solaneios pulled the Akaeian people through to victory despite initial appearances that Akaeia would lose. Legend states that while Arkastos Solaneios was planning the battle, he happened to catch out of the corner of his eye a flying heron. Turning to see where it went, he saw the Styrxaian swamps south of the city and realized what he should do. During the battle, the "main" body of the Akaeian force "fled" into the swamp, only to have the Kovenantines discover when entering the swamp that the real army was now to their rear. In honor of this, the heron was made a symbol of Akaeia and the battle forever after known as the Battle of the Flying Heron.
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The summer of 260 saw three small engagements at Syrakta, Aurlex, and Kovenandros, but no major battles. In 261, Arkastos Solaneios realized that both sides were basically equal in strength and the war would drag on to the detriment of the whole Akaeian people unless he could tip the battle in Akaeia's favor, and quickly. Returning to Akaeia proper, he called a council of the local merchants and asked them to allow the city to use their vessels. On these merchant cogs turned war vessels, the first Akaeian marine divisions raided Kovenandros commerce in the Sea of Menaros. At the same time, Arkastos Solaneios conclusively defeated Kovenandros forces in the Battle of Syrakta and the Battle of Kovenandros Gates. Laying seige to the city, Arkastos Solaneios prayed that he would defeat the Kovenantines before Novitreia sent more support.
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After 8 months, the city finally fell to Akaeian forces, but not before the royal family, the modern Eskinaxes House, fled over the sea to the southwest. Evading the slower Akaeian vessels, the Eskinaxes family would make a dramatic recovery in fortunes and become the monarchs of Eskinanthus, the source of that name.
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The Oathtaking of 262 at Meranen would be the last one under the Union of the Akaeium. For the final time, Arkastos Solaneios was elected prime, and with his powers he convened an emergency council of the loyalists to determine what should be done about the traitors. It was clear to all that the Committee of Seven could not survive so long as one tribe was any stronger and the other. A vote was therefore taken to dissolve the Union. The traitors would become Akaeian clients; the loyalists Akaeian allies. Kovenandros was restricted to a maximum population of 100, and all inhabitants in excess of that brought to Akaeia and settled throughout the city and its colonies in order that they would nowhere be a majority. This effectively doubled the population of Akaeia.
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Until 266 the region remained peacable and prosperous. The attack by the Kanersi and the Teurakti on the Akaeian colony of Eiurastis in that November led to the Second Novitreian War. Novitreia, which saw Akaeia as the sole reason it had not conquered the Akaeium in the First Novitreian War or made them clients in the War of the Union, took this opportunity to assemble a 50,000 man army and send it against Akaeia. Arkastos Solaneios spent the first three months of 267 subdueing the tribes in the Battle of Eiurastis and the Battle of the Burning Village as well as numerous small skirmishes around Aos and Eiurastis. Swinging west, Arkastos Solaneios stopped the Novitreian advance in the Third Battle of Akulopis.
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Pushing into Novitreian land behind the Novitreian army, Arkastos Solaneios raided Novitreian villages within 50 miles of Noviron. Knowing he did not have the strength to capture the city directly, he attempted to draw out their army on favorable terms to Akaeia, picking a site in the sacred hills near Noviron. From the very beginning of the battle, however, things went poorly for Akaeia. Sensing this, Arkastos Solaneios personally led the center of the line, only to be cut down when the courage of his men failed, the wings fell back, and he found himself enveloped with a few hundred men by the main body of the Novitreian army. His 16 year reign as Crown saw the consolidation of Akaeian power and the expansion of Akaeian territory, as well as prepared the way for his son Tauerion Solaneios and his expansive policies.
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Latest revision as of 22:03, 15 November 2005

The Early Empire begins with the appointment of Arkastos Solaneios to the Crownship in 251 C.E. and ends with the withdrawl of the Empire from Acelinia in 822 C.E. During the Early Empire, Akaeia comes to control the whole of the middle continent, Acheron, as well as portions of the Northern and Southern continents. For much of this time,the Empire is ruled by the Solaneios dynasty, one of the most beloved and successful dynasties in the Empire's history.

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The First Crown, Arkastos Solaneios

All dates are C.E. (A.D.) unless followed by A.R.A.D., meaning aurius rei aur di (years from year zero), in that case being in Akaeian time.


From 251-253 C.E., Arkastos Solaneios led Akaeian forces against the Royal Novitreian Army, defeating the Novitreians in the Battle of Aurlex Plains and the Second Battle of Akulopis. With the conclusion of the war by the Treaty of Kovenandros, Arkastos Solaneios returned to the Akaeium a hero. Before he could retire to the capital, however, he was called north to defend one of the Seven, Aos, from a coalition of the Aurbregi, Nexanti, and Gaurgingi tribes. These he defeated in the Battle of Aos, the Battle of the Broken Quivers, and the Skirmish of Resrex Nautus. Having defeated these tribes, he concluded the Treaty of Aos, by which they became client peoples to the Seven and were obligated to furnish warriors for the common defense.


255 began the Primacy of Arkastos Solaneios. For the next seven years, Arkastos Solaneios would be repeatedly appointed to the position of Prime of the Union of the Akaeium. During the first three of these years, Arkastos Solaneios promoted the construction of good roads between the Seven. Under his direction, colonies were built along the Menaros River and the Sea of Menaros. Each colony, however, threatened the stability of the Union by altering the balace of power among the various tribes. Akaeia and Kovenandros, being the richest and largest of the tribes, founded numerous villages and settlements, while the poorer tribes became increasingly dependant on one or the othere of these two major cities and their economies.


In the first few months of 258, Arkastos Solaneios met with delegates from the various tribes to arbitrate the dispute over regulation between Akaeia and Kovenandros over the trade routes to Parsis in the east and Novitreia to the west, as well as in regards to the trade through the Sea of Menaros. As tensions mounted, the Seven and their associated settlements split into two opposing camps: those favoring Akaeian control of the routes, and those favoring Kovenandros control. Kovenandros, Syrakta, and Atlaeia opposed Akaeia, Aos, Akulopis, and Preas Tyrnos, with the Aurbregi and Nexanti coming out for Kovenandros and the Gaurgingi for Akaeia.


The Kovenandros Monarchate, fearing that the Commitee of Seven would decide in favor of Akaeia, thus laid plans to ambush the Committee and kill them all at the next session in Meranen, before burning Akaeia to the ground and seizing control of the Akaeium by force. learning of this plan, Arkastos Solaneios prepared Union forces for war and defeated the suprised Kovenantines in the Battle of Meranen. For the next few months nothing happened while the Union under Akaeia and Arkastos Solaneios gathered forces against the Kovenandros Monarchate and its allies. Then, on the summer solstice, the Akaeian people proclaimed Arkastos Solaneios the Crown of Akaeia with the Intentions of Akaeia. This document confirmed what had already been truth for 7 years: the Crownship of Arkastos Solaneios.


In August Arkastos Solaneios fought in two battles, the Battle of the Eureian Forest and the Battle of Preas Tyrnos, both successes but not enough to end the war. An allied force under Atreisas Mauregnis fought the Aurbregi and Nexanti successfully in the Battle of Auros (a colony of Akaeia) and the Battle of the Great Vision (named for the brilliant battle plan which according to legend came from Mauregnis's dream) in late November. Parsis troops came to back Akaeia in December and Novitreian troops to back Kovenandros that January. Thus strengthened, the opposing forces met in May 259 at the Battle of Itevex Bridge. Although not a loss, this battle was also no victory, and the Union was forced to pull back to Akaeia and wait for reinforcements from the allies. In July while they were still waiting, a Kovenandros force pushed through the outer defenses at Aurlex and prepared to attack the city of Akaeia.


For the second time in 8 years, Arkastos Solaneios pulled the Akaeian people through to victory despite initial appearances that Akaeia would lose. Legend states that while Arkastos Solaneios was planning the battle, he happened to catch out of the corner of his eye a flying heron. Turning to see where it went, he saw the Styrxaian swamps south of the city and realized what he should do. During the battle, the "main" body of the Akaeian force "fled" into the swamp, only to have the Kovenantines discover when entering the swamp that the real army was now to their rear. In honor of this, the heron was made a symbol of Akaeia and the battle forever after known as the Battle of the Flying Heron.


The summer of 260 saw three small engagements at Syrakta, Aurlex, and Kovenandros, but no major battles. In 261, Arkastos Solaneios realized that both sides were basically equal in strength and the war would drag on to the detriment of the whole Akaeian people unless he could tip the battle in Akaeia's favor, and quickly. Returning to Akaeia proper, he called a council of the local merchants and asked them to allow the city to use their vessels. On these merchant cogs turned war vessels, the first Akaeian marine divisions raided Kovenandros commerce in the Sea of Menaros. At the same time, Arkastos Solaneios conclusively defeated Kovenandros forces in the Battle of Syrakta and the Battle of Kovenandros Gates. Laying seige to the city, Arkastos Solaneios prayed that he would defeat the Kovenantines before Novitreia sent more support.


After 8 months, the city finally fell to Akaeian forces, but not before the royal family, the modern Eskinaxes House, fled over the sea to the southwest. Evading the slower Akaeian vessels, the Eskinaxes family would make a dramatic recovery in fortunes and become the monarchs of Eskinanthus, the source of that name.


The Oathtaking of 262 at Meranen would be the last one under the Union of the Akaeium. For the final time, Arkastos Solaneios was elected prime, and with his powers he convened an emergency council of the loyalists to determine what should be done about the traitors. It was clear to all that the Committee of Seven could not survive so long as one tribe was any stronger and the other. A vote was therefore taken to dissolve the Union. The traitors would become Akaeian clients; the loyalists Akaeian allies. Kovenandros was restricted to a maximum population of 100, and all inhabitants in excess of that brought to Akaeia and settled throughout the city and its colonies in order that they would nowhere be a majority. This effectively doubled the population of Akaeia.


Until 266 the region remained peacable and prosperous. The attack by the Kanersi and the Teurakti on the Akaeian colony of Eiurastis in that November led to the Second Novitreian War. Novitreia, which saw Akaeia as the sole reason it had not conquered the Akaeium in the First Novitreian War or made them clients in the War of the Union, took this opportunity to assemble a 50,000 man army and send it against Akaeia. Arkastos Solaneios spent the first three months of 267 subdueing the tribes in the Battle of Eiurastis and the Battle of the Burning Village as well as numerous small skirmishes around Aos and Eiurastis. Swinging west, Arkastos Solaneios stopped the Novitreian advance in the Third Battle of Akulopis.


Pushing into Novitreian land behind the Novitreian army, Arkastos Solaneios raided Novitreian villages within 50 miles of Noviron. Knowing he did not have the strength to capture the city directly, he attempted to draw out their army on favorable terms to Akaeia, picking a site in the sacred hills near Noviron. From the very beginning of the battle, however, things went poorly for Akaeia. Sensing this, Arkastos Solaneios personally led the center of the line, only to be cut down when the courage of his men failed, the wings fell back, and he found himself enveloped with a few hundred men by the main body of the Novitreian army. His 16 year reign as Crown saw the consolidation of Akaeian power and the expansion of Akaeian territory, as well as prepared the way for his son Tauerion Solaneios and his expansive policies.

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