History of Sarconia: Difference between revisions

From Kerbal Powers Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
No edit summary
Line 15: Line 15:
 
At almost the same time, he received word that the Khan’s wife had fallen pregnant and as a result he had begun relocating his household to Arrataxt Island as dictated by tradition. Aiken then spent approximately 5 months assembling a host of 10,000 and crossed the Zeuldopines. After massacring the tribes of modern day [[Corain]] in several small engagements, King Aiken II encamped his force on the southern banks of the Great Lakes and ordered his men to cut down Delge Forest. With the aid of several expert shipbuilders he had brought from south of the mountains, his army built a fleet of approximately 30 light wooden warships. He then marched and sailed north up the Great Lakes, conducting a form of asymmetric warfare against the mounted archers of the nomads. Some were caught completely unawares by the vessels and assumed them to be Dorvic. The Zeouli possessed vastly more maritime experience; their vessels were better constructed and their crews were more skilled. Only around a dozen Sarconian craft were encountered, and none expressly made for fighting - in the few ship-on-ship clashes that occurred the defenders were routed without exception. His strategy of moving his army and the bulk of his warships in tandem allowed him to occupy most of the Laroc Peninsula as well as a thin strip of land on the opposite western bank, which would come to be known as [[Dziak]] after the largest tribe found and defeated on its shores. The use of bombards and artillery amongst his warfleet was the earliest instance of naval fire support in recorded history.
 
At almost the same time, he received word that the Khan’s wife had fallen pregnant and as a result he had begun relocating his household to Arrataxt Island as dictated by tradition. Aiken then spent approximately 5 months assembling a host of 10,000 and crossed the Zeuldopines. After massacring the tribes of modern day [[Corain]] in several small engagements, King Aiken II encamped his force on the southern banks of the Great Lakes and ordered his men to cut down Delge Forest. With the aid of several expert shipbuilders he had brought from south of the mountains, his army built a fleet of approximately 30 light wooden warships. He then marched and sailed north up the Great Lakes, conducting a form of asymmetric warfare against the mounted archers of the nomads. Some were caught completely unawares by the vessels and assumed them to be Dorvic. The Zeouli possessed vastly more maritime experience; their vessels were better constructed and their crews were more skilled. Only around a dozen Sarconian craft were encountered, and none expressly made for fighting - in the few ship-on-ship clashes that occurred the defenders were routed without exception. His strategy of moving his army and the bulk of his warships in tandem allowed him to occupy most of the Laroc Peninsula as well as a thin strip of land on the opposite western bank, which would come to be known as [[Dziak]] after the largest tribe found and defeated on its shores. The use of bombards and artillery amongst his warfleet was the earliest instance of naval fire support in recorded history.
   
Hervol was at this point still bound from leaving the island, and his attempts to direct a counteroffensive or halt the invaders was limited. Lacking clear direction and a rallying figure, attempts to stall the attackers were uncoordinated, and inflicted relatively few losses before being driven off or defeated. Additionally, the rate at which the Zeouli’s advanced outstripped the speed of of northern reinforcements arriving at his call.
+
Hervol was at this point still bound from leaving the island, and his attempts to direct a counteroffensive or halt the invaders was limited. Lacking clear leadership, attempts to stall the attackers were uncoordinated, and inflicted relatively few losses before being driven off or defeated. Additionally, the rate at which the Zeouli’s advanced outstripped the speed of of northern reinforcements arriving at his call.
   
 
When the Zeouli were just days away from [[Arrataxt]], the Khan was forced into action. Still forbidden by tradition to leave the island until the birth of his child, he cut off his hair and left it at his palace, then crossed the water and assembled his force of mainly mounted archers on the tip of the Laroc peninsula. This action was received uneasily, and many amongst his men perceived it as an ill omen.
 
When the Zeouli were just days away from [[Arrataxt]], the Khan was forced into action. Still forbidden by tradition to leave the island until the birth of his child, he cut off his hair and left it at his palace, then crossed the water and assembled his force of mainly mounted archers on the tip of the Laroc peninsula. This action was received uneasily, and many amongst his men perceived it as an ill omen.
 
{{Quote|[[Aerfel]] will muster naught but ghosts ‘til the time of our grandsons.|cite = Thernodil Kerman, Advisor to the King}}
 
{{Quote|[[Aerfel]] will muster naught but ghosts ‘til the time of our grandsons.|cite = Thernodil Kerman, Advisor to the King}}
  +
  +
Timbers belonging to a vessel of Aiken’s warfleet were found during the construction of the Pallikon Bridge between [[Arrataxt]] and the mainland peninsula in 2058. The unforseen potential archeological value of the site caused several delays to the project, but no further significant relics from the period were found.
  +
  +
The hull of the ship was raised in 2061 and was displayed in a local museum until 2115, where it was destroyed along with the bridge by the final ICERV munition employed during the [[Fall of Aquaria]].
 
== Arkadii Satellite State ==
 
== Arkadii Satellite State ==
   

Revision as of 02:52, 14 March 2023

This page is a draft and is still being written. You can help by completing it.
See Also: For the history of Sarconia's southern provinces in the period 2049-2115, see History of Aquaria.


Prehistory

Ancient Sarconia

Aiken's Conquest

In 1305, Sarconia was invaded by Zeoul with devastating consequences, resulting in the end of Hervol's Khanate and the foreign conquest of much of the southern reaches of the nation. The land de facto ceded in the war would not fall back under Sarconian control for over 800 years until the Fall of Aquaria. The conflict was largely responsible for defining the modern linguistic borders of Zeoul and Sarconia.

By the 14th century, Zeouli shipbuilding had greatly intensified, and almost every forest in the nation had been depleted. In response King Aiken II ordered several hundred men to cross the mountains and begin harvesting trees. Upon discovering these labourers, nearby southern Sarconian tribes organised several raiding parties and attacked the Zeouli.

When the reigning king of Zeoul Aiken II heard of these raids he became enraged, mistakenly assuming them to have been ordered by Sarconia’s Khan Hervol.

He? Who has no need of trees, who sleeps under cloth and burns grass to find warmth! I will take the wood and more besides. A country of beasts and horses.
—King Aiken II Kerman


At almost the same time, he received word that the Khan’s wife had fallen pregnant and as a result he had begun relocating his household to Arrataxt Island as dictated by tradition. Aiken then spent approximately 5 months assembling a host of 10,000 and crossed the Zeuldopines. After massacring the tribes of modern day Corain in several small engagements, King Aiken II encamped his force on the southern banks of the Great Lakes and ordered his men to cut down Delge Forest. With the aid of several expert shipbuilders he had brought from south of the mountains, his army built a fleet of approximately 30 light wooden warships. He then marched and sailed north up the Great Lakes, conducting a form of asymmetric warfare against the mounted archers of the nomads. Some were caught completely unawares by the vessels and assumed them to be Dorvic. The Zeouli possessed vastly more maritime experience; their vessels were better constructed and their crews were more skilled. Only around a dozen Sarconian craft were encountered, and none expressly made for fighting - in the few ship-on-ship clashes that occurred the defenders were routed without exception. His strategy of moving his army and the bulk of his warships in tandem allowed him to occupy most of the Laroc Peninsula as well as a thin strip of land on the opposite western bank, which would come to be known as Dziak after the largest tribe found and defeated on its shores. The use of bombards and artillery amongst his warfleet was the earliest instance of naval fire support in recorded history.

Hervol was at this point still bound from leaving the island, and his attempts to direct a counteroffensive or halt the invaders was limited. Lacking clear leadership, attempts to stall the attackers were uncoordinated, and inflicted relatively few losses before being driven off or defeated. Additionally, the rate at which the Zeouli’s advanced outstripped the speed of of northern reinforcements arriving at his call.

When the Zeouli were just days away from Arrataxt, the Khan was forced into action. Still forbidden by tradition to leave the island until the birth of his child, he cut off his hair and left it at his palace, then crossed the water and assembled his force of mainly mounted archers on the tip of the Laroc peninsula. This action was received uneasily, and many amongst his men perceived it as an ill omen.

Aerfel will muster naught but ghosts ‘til the time of our grandsons.
—Thernodil Kerman, Advisor to the King



Timbers belonging to a vessel of Aiken’s warfleet were found during the construction of the Pallikon Bridge between Arrataxt and the mainland peninsula in 2058. The unforseen potential archeological value of the site caused several delays to the project, but no further significant relics from the period were found.

The hull of the ship was raised in 2061 and was displayed in a local museum until 2115, where it was destroyed along with the bridge by the final ICERV munition employed during the Fall of Aquaria.

Arkadii Satellite State

The Great Decline

Northern rejection of the Aquarian Union

The Red Horde

Aquarian Protectorate and collapse

First Sarconian Counterinsurgency

Formation of the Combined Provinces of the Doren

The Second Continental War

Devastation

Second Sarconian Counterinsurgency

Reconstruction, militarisation and declaration of North Sarconia

Invasion of Aquaria

Post-war consolidation

Formation of the United Doren Front

Zeoulian Rebellion

Dissolution of the United Doren Front