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=== Plague and Cryrian Imperialism ===
In 1767, Aikthudr'zhur by a wave of the Älemsi Plague which tore through the Kingdom and even killed several members of the Royal Family, including the King. This resulted in a period of isolationism and political dysfunction in the country, and a still-recovering Aikthudr'zhur came under economic and military pressure by the [[Cryria]]. The First Treaty of Highdrilian was signed in 1773 and forced the Kingdom to open up its economy and cede coastal concessions to Cryrian control. Cryrian interference in the Kingdom only intensifies as Leidenstad begins to monopolize the country's mining and logging industries. Aikthudr'zhur also becomes an important naval base for Cryrian projection into the Norsian Sea.
[[File:Melker.png|thumb|Melker Öberg, Governor-General of the Aikkian Concessions during the Sack of Highdrilian]]
The Albertine government in Cryria later sought to consolidate its sphere of influence in North Novaris, and considered Aikthudr'zhur to be a part of its ''Nordenfästningen''. In 1887 the Kingdom was pressured into ending restrictions on foreign agricultural imports. Almost immediately, cheap Cryrian agricultural goods flooded into the Aikthudr'zhur and forced many of its small farmers off their traditional lands and into the Cryrian-run mines to sustain themselves. Later that year, Cryrian-owned docks increased their fees on local fishing vessels, causing an explosion in anti-Cryrian riots in the capital. In the resulting Sack of Highdrilian, Cryrian forces reacted violently and the Royal Family was forced to flee into the mountains after the RCRN threatened to bombard the city. Cryrian troops briefly occupied the capital and sacked the Palace, while unrest exploded around the Kingdom. The looting of the Royal Palace became a long-lasting scar on Aikkian history, as numerous important artifacts were stolen and shipped back to Leidenstad by Cryrian troops. Among these were the Three Swords of the Aikkian Monarchy - The Sword of Generations, the Sword of Ancestors Past and the Sword of the Crashing Moon. These blades had been in the Royal Family since the formation of the Kingdom and were used in the enshrinement of new monarchs as a means of symbolically channeling the spirits of previous rulers. The swords were now delivered to the House of Leidensen as a means of ensuring Cryrian control over the monarchy and the Gloaming Throne's future inheritance.
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==== Great War (1904-1924) ====
[[File:Sonja.jpg|thumb|Sonja Yonuvhe, the final Cryrian Governor-General of the Aikkian Concessions]]
The advent of the [[Great War]] resulted in an accord between Queen Katharine and the Aikkian government. In exchange for Aikkian soldiers and support, the Kingdom would remove itself from Court affairs and allow the Kingdom to once again set its own tariff and trade policies at the conclusion of the conflict. Aikkian troops were primarily drawn from the impoverished interior and served under the Cryrian banner on numerous fronts, while Aikthudr'zhur itself remained an important naval base.
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