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The Visidarians became the leading group in the region. After the triumph of the Visidarian Campaign, the Visidarians saw beyond just fighting for resources but fighting for reign over the Almodarian region (at the time known as Almodar) and so began the '''Conquest Period (1860 BCE- 1650 BCE)'''. The first conquests of the period were in the west as the fear of the Almonians grew. The Almonians were silent conquerors who moved the settlements west into the deserts while holding the most fertile soil in the lowlands. Sacrifices were made for blessings and the '''Visidar-Almonian War (1850 BCE-1822 BCE)''' began. The war was the biggest thing seen in the region since the conquest of the Darians almost a decade prior. The Visidarians pushed south and cut off forces from the coast, starving the desert men who had their food transported from the coast deeper into the continent by merchant routes. After supplies were cut, Almonia stood no chance and after years of fighting the leader of the main troops '''Tvrtko''' burnt down the major city of Ferahna and the war was over. Visidaria took over the lands Almonia once called theirs and Tvrtko who led the troops to victory was deemed the '''king of all Visdarians''' and was deemed the God of Conquest and almighty ruler.

 

 

When Tvrtko became king, he centralized the reigning Idolatry religions into one religion called Solerianism and the temple of Sol was built in honor of the sun deity Sol. Tvrtko put the Almonians into slavery and sacrificed anyone from elders to children in honor of Sol. The failure of the Almonians led to the beginning of the prosperous period of prehistory Almodaria in the '''Glory Period'''. The Glory Period had technological advancements that brought Visidaria to new highs and they were unstoppable. The only other Almodar civilization that could pose any threat were the Darians who shared the same name however their northeastern coastline territory was not needed by the growing Visidarians as they had more than enough as it stood now. King Tvrtko: known for conquering more than anyone knew was possible at the time and enslaving the inferior Almonian people, dies in 1760 BCE and the rift that forms is enormous. Almonian slaves began to rise up against their masters as people panicked in the streets as they couldn't believe a man who was practically godlike could die. The Glory Period would come to an end as a result of the chaos and near brink of destruction.

 

After Tvrtko died the realm was shattered. All in the realm believed he was immortal and would rule for eternity but clearly, they were wrong. The Almonians however, took this as the chance to break free of their chains and become free people once again. In the same year of the king's death the Almonians rose up in rebellion and began a rampage through the roads of Visidalia. Almonians took the weapons once held by their owners and slaughtered the people who enslaved them, killing anyone who got in the way of their escape. The streets were covered in so much blood that according to recovered documents it was "up to the knees of anyone who could walk.". The uprising was going well into the armed guards arrived to shut down this uprising as the people of Visidalia continued to riot in the background. Many would not survive any further than this point as the well-trained soldiers tore through the slaves. Instead of fighting back, many decided to run and the rest of the crowd of thousands began their escape from the city. But the bloodshed wouldn't end as those who couldn't keep up with the massive swarm were crushed by the others running in a large crowd crush. The soldiers could not stop the rampage and the Almonians left the city battered and bruised with a trail of corpses as markers of the deadly run. The exodus was a long campaign where the Almonians needed to find a new home very very far from their captors and moved northwest. It is unknown where they settled but historians suggest that the groups split with one group taking refuge with the Darians and the other half moving deeper into what is now Varatistan.

 

'''King Ivan II (17 CE-70 CE)''' had a different approach to ruling the kingdom. Instead of the laid-back approach the leaders' generations prior to him followed, He was an ambitious conqueror but a courteous leader who reformed the punishments for crimes, re modeled the economy, and strengthened the economy. Meanwhile, he and other skilled generals wanted to crush the "Feral and animal like" Visidarian barbarians who should face the wrath that they once put upon the peaceful Almonian people. In 40 CE, the Grand Army of Daria arrived in Visidaria to send an ultimatum to their leaders. They stated that '''''"There shall be no war and no blood to tarnish the lands, if they give up their barbarous treachery and become civilized peoples once more."''''' There was a silence for a period of somewhere between 2-3 minutes according to written documents but then from the silence there was sound from inside the gates. A man stood at the top of the wall and spoke for the assembled force to hear and said one word...'''''"No."''''' the man then lowered his head from the wall and disappeared and silence filled the scene once again. There was confusion among the assembled crowd. The messenger replied: '''''"Why must you disagree with such order that may save your people?"''''' A different man rose up to where the previous man stood at the wall. He had armor made of Bronze and a helmet covered his head and he spoke: '''''"We just won't it simply isn't enough."''''' The messenger was dumbfounded at such a reply and sunk into the soldiers. The man at the gate turned and left. Now what are they to do? Just leave? Well, they didn't know they expected the Visidarians to be begging for freedom from their horrific circumstances. The head generals of the army decided to return home as the expenses and casualties brought by pulling down the wall were not worth it. This story would go down in history as a humiliating and haunting memory in Almodarian history.

 

Almost 16 years past after the humiliating "Ultimatum" against Visidaria occured and yet nothing has happened significantly. The Almonians however, took the time of relative peace to advance their technologies and expand culturally into a strong people unlike how they were hundreds of thousands of years ago. Ivan II, in need of something grand for his people. He saw how the Almonians have changed and called the Royal Council to order. He called to officialize the North-Almodar Collective Identity and united the throne with the Almonians as a dual monarchy. The council voted yay or nay with 7 yays to 1 nay (He was of visidarian descent) and the coronation of the Second King was set. The Kingdom of North Almodar (North People) was officialized in 60 CE. The Almonian king was King Miklos who was chosen for his admirable service in the rebuilding of the Almonian culture.

 

[[File:TwoKings.png|thumb|An artists interpretation of King Miklos I (left) and King Ivan II (right) sitting on the dual thrones.]]

The Dual Monarch Schism was the divide between those who believed in a single monarch and those who believed in the dual monarchy. No serious arose during the schism but it caused a deep political divided that would later be defined as foreshadowing of future political divisions by historians.

 

[[File:CoronationofMiklos.png|thumb|An illustration of the coronation of King Miklos of Almonia 61 CE.]]

The day of the coronation was March 1, 61 CE. The weather was perfect for the occasion and the crowds waited outside for the new king to arrive. Miklos entered the Throne room of the Old Kingdom Castle (Old Kingdom due to it being constructed in the Ivan I era) and knelt before the head of the Royal Council Goran Sevic who held the crown above him. He was crowned that afternoon as bells in the square rang. History had been made and for the first time two Kings were to rule the realm. Miklos rose as King Miklos I of Almonia, sworn to protect and cherish the throne and its peoples through the toughest of times.

 

Now that the second king was crowned and all is in order, it was now time to remove of the Visidarian threat the lurked in the south. The plan was simple: send as many men as can be trained down to the nerve center Visidalia and conquer the kingdom. The Kings saddled up on their horses and led their armies down the grueling route to Visidalia. They arrived at the kingdom in late 61 CE. It was a familiar sight after the ultimatum failed to do anything and from the looks of it no one was home. Miklos at the front of the army called out for their enemy who stood behind the walls they threatened. This time there was no small talk, and the guards rang warning bells to signal the rest of their troops of the coming attack. The Almodar force stood at about 10-15,000 (It wasn't expected to need a larger force) while the Visidarian force stood at 12,000 about. There was no time to wait as the signal bells rang and armed troops made their way to the wall.

 

The Almodar troops managed to breach the wall at midnight after setting up ladders to climb the wall. The guards were ready and began picking off the first to climb the wall while others lit torches to burn down defenses. Casualties began to pile up as the soldiers were picked off but soon enough the Almodar's breached the wall and set fire to any building they came across. The temple of Sol, which stood since the time of Tvrtko was set alight and burnt to the ground by the next day while the Visidarian troops were torn apart by the highly trained Almodar troops.

 

Petty King Dusan of Visidaria joined the conflict as soon as the enemy charged through the opening in the wall. He was quickly captured by a group of soldiers and was stripped of his weaponry while Visidarian men were slaughtered in combat. The flames reached the market square and set alight everything making the sky brighten like the sun returned from the night. By dawn, the fires had burnt out, and bodies of both Visidarians, and Almodar's laid in the streets. The temple of sol was now rubble, and the kings keep caved in due to the flames. North Almodar was victorious and had King Dusan in shackles. The area that Visidaria was made of fell into the control of Almodar troops and the Visidarian people were to be sold into slavery like how they enslaved and dehumanized the Almonians.

 

The second Glory Period began after the conquering of Visidaria. Cultural and political revolution began in the two united kingdoms with shifting of thought of Moral Senses with the uprising of Slavery and the government began to change, allowing more control to the council and vassals while allowing the throne to keep authority over the kingdom. This would also be the last years of Miklos and Ivan II as both were getting older, and the days grew shorter. Judging off of what happened in Visidaria after their king died, the council began making preparations for what will happen once the kings die.

 

Up until now, no one has thought up what would happen if the monarchs were to die. King Miklos had no extended family nor did he have any of his own children and a heir apparent could not be found and if one wasn't to be found then the fate of the united kingdoms could be dark. Luckily, Ivan II had his own child Ivan III who was of age to take the throne which eased the worries of the council. The group came to the decision to hold the first ever vote for a heir. High up feudal leaders in the kingdom would be able to run for a spot as the heir and other vassals would be allowed to vote. The winner would be chosen when Miklos would die.

 

The abrupt death of Miklos I caught the Royal Council off guard. They expected the king to live another day or two so they could complete the vote, but this was not the case. However, some of the stress eased away as they remembered that the son of Ivan II, Ivan was of age to be coronated. If Ivan could control the kingdom while the vote came to an end, then the peace and prosperity can continue. Ivan III was brought to the castle of North Tuva (which is now Tuvaria) so he could be coronated as soon as possible. Ivan III began his reign that day at the young age of 18.

 

The heir to the Almonian throne was found the day after coronation when the vote conceded early. The young man named Goran was the son of a wealthy vassal in the chiefdom of Vorka (not all vassals had gone feudal due to issues within) and the date of Coronation was set for the end of the week. Goran was set to take up the name of Miklos II in honor of the late king. There was no fancy ceremony just like with Ivan III and he was crowned in the Castle of Almor with a messenger set to the entrance of the castle to announce to the people that the crown was secure.

 

A new golden age was beginning this time with the intelligent and knowledgeable Skavarians. They managed to scrape their way to the top with not only superior military might but with a superior set of rules and advancements in culture. Skavari became the first elective democracy in the five republics and allowed women to work jobs outside of their homes if their husband passed away or was out of the country. Skavarian influence in the region became apparent as more Skavarians began to immigrate to the other five states alongside spies who would infiltrate the governments and expand Skavarian influence into the politics of the country. This led to Varatistan, Almodor, and Aranistan making an allied defensive pact to the confusion of Tuvaria in the north who was left alone. This perpetual peace represented the rest of the Early Modern Period as the alliance was too strong for Tuvaria to fight a good fight and come out with anything on their side.

 

Defense became a larger priority in the country and as the rise of new weapons like Muskets began to be apparent, a new manufacturer was needed. On August 6, 1590, Sagrovna Arms Manufacturers was founded by Radovan Ruzic. The company at the time made weaponry like swords and bows as used by the army since the unity days and prior, but now they were making a new technology: Muskets. Muskets had farther range than bows and could inflict further damage than arrows could. In 1594, the first Almodarian made musket was used in basic training for Skavarian, and defense pact soldiers. First reviews of the weapon were poor with soldiers saying that the powder used to fire the musket ball was too cloudy to see through after firing and others saying the bullet drop was too immense. On field targets, the musket balls failed to penetrate the targets and left dents instead of cuts. This was good criticism, and the design was sent back to engineers to improve upon the design further. 1596 was the year when the design left development once again. Reviews were mixed with many saying the musket balls could now leave a good hit in the target while others believed the smoke was still of concern. However, the issues were overlooked and the design entered full service a year later as the '''Sagrovna Model 1 Musket'''. The next task for Sagrovna was to make a smaller musket that could be used for officers in a pistol form. The design of the original Model 1 was recycled with the barrel being shortened significantly and the loading rod shortened as well. This became the '''Sagrovna Model 1 Pistol''' and entered service in 1599.

 

The defense pact, which at first believed they were above the Tuvarians, were now weary of the force after the surprise development of the Infantry Rifle 1. The question amongst Defense Pact members was whether they could hold up against the once again growing force. The Defense Pact could win with brute power alone but the Tuvarians were superior in their offensive strategy and supply lines. Tuvaria was once the supply core of the Kingdom of Almodaria and now that they were broken up the defense pact relied on Aranistan (who was the closest to the old lines) to supply the main force. This stress would soon become a burden on Aranistan. Meanwhile, Sagrovna began ramping up production of rifles and pistols in order to combat their sister company and enemy Gastovna. The Almodarian Arms Race began in 1600 CE unofficially but both sides agreed that they were both against eachother and openly told eachother about it. The Skavarian Ambassador to Tuvaria, Tito Kukezic was recalled saying when asked about Tuvaria that '''''"The northern neighbor is the worst threat to all Almodarians since the times of our ancestors."''''' with the sentiment being shared in the highly political populations. Varatistani Ambassador to Tuvaria also recalled saying '''''"If I were president of Skavari I would've invaded Tuvaria by now."''''' to some confusion by colleagues. Tuvaria shared the same idea with Political Analyst Liam Martinovic stating, '''''"I've seen toddlers with better reaction time than them."'''''. Although the two entities were not fond of eachother, neither wanted to truly go to war since everyone was basking in the light that was centuries long peace after a self-destruction war.

 

By 1670, both sides had stockpiled thousands of weapons. Muskets had evolved immensely with the new '''Sagrovna Model 10 Musket''' and the '''Gastovna Infantry Rifle 12''' with Gastovna continuing the trend of stealing designs and editing them to be more superior at a cheap cost. In 1650, Tuvarian politicians made up concepts of reuniting the Almodarian region under a Tuvarian government. Aranistan was deemed Tuvarian territory due to it being part of the Duchy of Tuvaria back in the Kingdom of Almodaria days. The nationalist government believed that this was destiny calling to be brought to reality. The Aranistani government denied Tuvarian claims as true claims and claimed they were '''''"Dirty ideas of a Tuvarian World."''''' and called for support from the Defense Pact. Skavari in response sent an aggresive threat to the Tuvarians claiming that any invasion on Aranistani territory was an act of all out warfare. Tuvaria acknowledged the threat in order to conceal their deeper plan. On May 9, 1670, Tuvarian artillery fired cannon artillery at Aranistani encampments on the border. Aranistani soldiers quickly sprung up into action and fired back. Tuvarian soldiers crept out from the heavy foliage and fired at the oncoming Aranistani soldiers. Neither side entered the others borders but fired back and forth at eachother through the night. After a few hours of combat, Tuvarian soldiers retreated to the relief of the confused defenders. Casualties on both sides were over 100 with even more injuries. The defense pact berated Tuvaria for breaking the peace after hundreds of years and for threatening a pact member after repeatedly being told that an attack would mean bigger issues. Although the defense pact wanted to invade Tuvaria for this attack, they were unable to due to the fact that the Tuvarians never entered Aranistani soil, and the attack was deemed a border conflict. These attacks would be repeated by both sides with the same useless beratings and threats and by the end of the 1600s, the casualties from all campaigns combined equaled up to over 12,000 without including injuries.

 

Civilians who were in the vicinity of the border made up about 3,000 casualties at the end of the campaigns with many being children and elderly. There was no way to evacuate the elders during the bombardments and so they were trapped in the center of the calamity. There would be no consequences for either state for the civilian attacks and currently the conflicts are too old to do anything anyway.

 

Just after midnight, Aranistani soldiers were in deep slumber in their barracks with sentries at the border being hardly awake. Meanwhile, Tuvarian soldiers were marching to the Tuvarian-Aranistani border with a force of 12,500 led by '''General Milorad Dorsevic (1696-1733)''' who by this time was a highly experienced General. He usually led the 17th Rifle Corps of Tuvaria but tonight was a special mission, it was an invasion force. After two hours of marching, Milorad's men reached their firing positions with cannons coming to back up the rear. He gave the command to begin the attack and shortly before dawn, the Almodarian Wars began. Aranistani troops took their time with getting up and were completely out of formation. They were picked to pieces by the precise fire of the Tuvarian soldiers and soon after they began their advance into Tuvaria. Another General by the name of '''Peter Gorasevic (1698-1755)''' were enroute to back up Dorsevic with a force of 6,000.

 

The Aranistani troops at the border retreated in mass and Dorsevic and Gorasevic began their advance forward. Casualties from the first batte reached around 200-300 injured and 150 killed on the Aranistani side while Tuvaria suffered two killed due to their rifles backfiring in their faces and causing severe burns. The first battle after entering the country was at the village of Ivanograd (named ironically after the king who united the realms) where the 17th Rifle Corps (now led by Dorsevic) of 3,500 met the 1st Rifle Detachment of Aranistan which had a force of 2,400. The battle began soon after the two met and had high casualties on both sides. The first Tuvarian casualty by an enemy was a drummer boy who was caught in the crossfire sadly. Anyways, the fighting would continue until the afternoon of the same day came around and the 1st Rifle Detachment retreated into the fortified city of Pogorsk. Ivanograd became a command center for the remainder of the invasion.

 

Now that the threat was actually proven to be real, the Defense Pact refused to intervene...at least in the beginning because the Delegation believed that Aranistan did not need the protection and resources from the Defense Pact. However, there was one issue that would make it so that all members had to intervene: Almodor. Almodor was bordering Aranistan and if Aranistan were to be annexed, Almodor and the rest of the pact would be at risk of invasion. And so, after a year of Delegation, the Defense Pact officially declared their intervention in the war. Almodorian troops were the first to enter Aranistan and were a gracious sight to see. The first battle with Defense Pact troops took place in a field outside of the town of Huvic with Tuvarian soldiers under Dorsevic. The battle lasted for 4 hours before Defense Pact troops retreated and the glorious Dorsevic pushed forward to capture Huvic.

 

[[File:AhmetMuratovic.png|thumb|Ahmet Muratovic (1688-1767) was a high ranking Skavarian General who would be deemed the "Savior of Skavari" later in the war.]]

The victorious Tuvarian army reached the capital of Aranistan (very creatively named Aranistan) and surrounded the city with a coalition of 16,500 soldiers. The city itself was a massive fortress in itself with the defense force being made up of 6,000 reserve forces. The 3rd Artillery Regiment of Tuvaria began their siege of the building at dawn on April 8th, 1724. The Defense Pact which was still reeling from their big defeat at Huvic were still en route to the city as the siege began, leaving the weary Aranistani troops alone. On April 10th, a deal was made between both sides allowing civilians to evacuate the city to lower civilian casualties. By May, less than a quarter of the civilian population left and this is when the 3rd Artillery with support from the 6th, and 8th rose their firing routine to three rounds of shelling per day leaving the ageing stone walls in dismay. The siege, though successful, was purposely slow and painful in an attempt to starve off the defenders and ruin the integrity of the fortress walls. In late 1724, Defense Pact soldiers arrived in Aranistan with a force of 7,000. The force was led by '''General Ahmet Muratovic (1688-1767),''' a seasoned General who has a family history within the Skavarian Army. The Defense Pact coalition confronted the Tuvarians on November 24th,1724 at the first battle of Aranistan.

The coalition under Muratovic were able to leave a dent in the attackers but were crushed by the siege guns that were turned in their direction along with the decisivie flanking maneuvers done by Dorsevic. The siege would continue for the next 3 weeks as and in between, the forces led by Muratovic would push against Dorsevic. In April of 1725, the northern wall of Aranistan collapsed leaving the forces inside in a panic. The army led by Muratovic were able to delay the push into the city by Dorsevic but it was too late, and by the next day, Aranistan collapsed.

 

Aranistan had fallen, and the Defense Pact hurriedly regrouped in Almodor as a new invasion was beginning. The young and spirited Milorad Dorsevic was recalled saying when asked about the invasion by a colleague that '''''"This War is not a large loss for Tuvarians throughout the five nations, but instead a gift I brought to them."''''' this quote summed up the Tuvarian goals in the war: Conquer and Celebrate.

 

The Almodorian Army which was made up of 2,500 volunteers, was shattered at the battle of Skavaridor (the name of the city merges Almodor and Skavari together comically to show how close the two countries were. The Almodorian generals were captured and put in chains and Almodor surrendered in June of 1725. Now there was one more country to invade before the war could formally end: Skavari. Varatistan was ruled out as a questionable area to conquer but the desert like conditions in the region were too dangerous for a successful invasion so, Dorsevic led his men to Skavari. The exhausted and humiliated General Muratovic brought more men to the Almodor border with the rest of his remaining reserves spread out along the Skavarian border to make a pincer move and encircle trapped Tuvarians. In July of 1725, the Tuvarians met Skavari at the border in the Second Battle of Skavaridor. Both sides were evenly matched, but the uptight and ambitious Dorsevic couldn't see through the pincer trap his men were caught in and 300 of his men were encircled in the first pincer swipe. Casualties soared into the thousands, and the Tuvarians made one more breakthrough attempt into the country to no avail. The Skavarians had won their first major battle since the Defense Pact intervention and morale was boosted. But hope wouldn't last for long...

 

The war entered a dormant period for the rest of 1725 but kicked back up in mid 1726 when Muratovic in a furious attempt, used over 25,000 soldiers to crash through the border. The attack, which had the largest amount of artillery since the Siege of Aranistan, turned the border into rubble, and destroyed Muratovic's army. "The Blitz" as it was called, horrified Skavarians and forces retreated from the border and reserves began evacuating the capital and fortifying.

 

The Blitz was the out of control, high speed, invasion of Skavari by Tuvarian Forces as led by Dorsevic and signified the Tuvarian hunger for bloodshed. It encompassed the burnings of entire towns, mass executions, and quickly moving from town to town and ended at Bilosiva River.

 

Anyways, back at the battle, his second in command who joined him at the beginning of the conflict, Peter Gorasevic, led the remaining troops through the forest using torches to tear down the forest. Gorasevic led Dorsevic's men out of Bilosiva and they marched towards town of '''Mutarovnie''' to meet the main army as they prepared a siege. Dorsevic would go down as one of the greatest Generals in Almodarian History and a statue of him stands outside of the capital of Almodaria. He was also deemed '''"Milorad the Conqueror"''' by every other state but deemed '''"Milorad the Bastard"''' in Skavari.

 

The end of the war was near and Tuvaria was already planning the celebration. Meanwhile in Skavari, the streets of the city were empty, barricades covered every road, and members of the Skavarian and Varatistani Military waited. Muratovic was amongst the group waiting in the city. He was humiliated after his many defeats but this time he wouldn't lose...or so he believed. In late 1734, the boom of cannons sounded through the city as the siege began. The bombing would continue nearly daily for the next two years until 1736 when the attackers began their actual attack.

 

 

The Defense was made up of 30,000 soldiers; the most seen on the Defense Pact since the war started. The Attackers had a force of 25,000 and although their numbers were scary, their army was exhausted, tired, sick, and didn't want to fight much longer. As the attackers began their charge into the city, Muratovic order all frontline troops to start firing at will and for cannons to send barrages at the attackers. Casualties rose into the hundreds and into the thousands as the day continued, as men were cut down without a chance to make it far. But the effort wasn't enough, Tuvarian Soldiers entered the city and used bayonets to fight in close quarters combat. The battle was the most brutal battle in Almodarian history until the Siege of Tuvaria in the early 2000s. Skavarian Cannons were directed towards buildings to cause blockage in roads to deter the advance. the invasion group of 25,000 would be cut down to 15,500 over the next three days of street conflict. Muratovic was nearly killed multiple times, but he deterred his assailants each time, Morale was higher at every chance. Tuvarian command noticing the bloodshed unfolding, abandoned their posts in order to not be blamed for the deaths of thousands. The Tuvarians were pushed out of the city in 1736 CE, the number of bodies in the city left a stench for the next month and the brick roads were stained red. The counterattack was on.

The Skavarians and Varatistani's began their advance into Tuvarian territory. Command collapsed on the Tuvarian side, and the armies surrendered as soon as they saw their enemies on the horizon. The Defense Pact liberated Almodor in 1740 and Aranistan in 1743. In 1745, the Defense Pact were at the border of Tuvaria once again and the Tuvarians surrendered. The Almodarian Wars were over.

 

By the 1780s, members of the Lower-Class were fed up with the conditions they were forced to live in. Remember the Neo-Almodaria Movement from the early 1700s? Well, they still existed...sorta. By now. the group was a third of its original size and was dying out if it couldn't find new membership. Now, the group was gonna abuse the fact that everyone is mad at the government to reel in more members. The group would begin recruiting in the slums again this time picking up career criminals, the homeless, disgruntled workers, and oddballs of all the sort. By 1782, the group had a force of 450 members. The group created a plan to force the government to bring more aid to the slums with force by rioting in the streets and possibly kidnapping a member of government. The plan would take place on August 24, 1782.

 

The Neo-Almodaria Movement meets behind a bakery in the square outside of the Tuvaria (The Capital) government building. The first group behind the bakery was deemed "Red Group" three other groups were in the surrounding alleyways in the strength of hundreds. These groups were Yellow, Blue, and Black Groups and they were going to convene in the city square that afternoon.

 

Red and Yellow entered the square at 3 o' clock PM. They carried bricks and rocks, and some carried around lofty plywood ready to cause damage for the cause. At 4:30 that afternoon, each of the groups arrived in the square and began to chant the phrase '''''"SMRT U ČAST ZIVOTA" (Death in honor of life)''''' which was believed to have been said due to the belief that the death caused by the maltreatment of the poor must be reciprocated onto the rich in honor of life which is backwards, but the Neo-Almodarians believed it was right.

 

Soon after arriving in the square, the groups began raiding and pillaging stores, banks, bakeries, and homes and causing further damage with the makeshift weaponry brought with them. The police arrived with military grade weapons including muskets at 5:00 after a brief argument with the chief of police and the President of Tuvaria over the question of civilian casualties. Protesters began charging at police with about 45 being picked down by the first round of musket fire but the rest made it to the police lines and proceeded to violently beat to death many whom they encountered. At 5:12, the leader of red group was shot and killed inside a bakery by an unknown assailant as the police after the incident would say that none of the other officers shot the man who was out of sight of the defending cops. Cop casualties rose from 25 to nearly 63 in the coming hour and a half skirmish.

 

Varatistan during the saga of events taking place in Tuvaria, was a wild and crime rampant country. Gangs of all kinds controlled the streets, and the president had no control, the army was corrupt, and the police were defunct. Tuvaria, which wanted to expand influence into former Defense Pact countries, opened communications with the Varatistani government to begin making steps to recovery. In 1793, the Tuvarian Army entered Varatistan with the goal of bringing back peace to the region through force. Gangs were rounded up, jailed, and soon enough executed through Tuvarian matters which angered Varatistani officials who believed the Tuvarians were trying to force their power into the countries...they were right somewhat but the people were grateful for the intervention. In 1794, the Tuvarian army was caught in a confrontation with the corrupt Varatistani Army in the western desert area of Varatistan which marked the first time a fight in that kind of terrain was fought by Tuvaria. It was a Tuvarian victory with the general being executed by pouring the hot sands into the mouth of the general until they choked to death. The execution was treated like a concerning escalation by the Varatistani's but was shrugged off since the cleansing of the crime ridden roads was fundamental for the rest of the country.

 

The exhausted and morale drained Skavari was less than excited about hearing the Tuvarian Army doing operations in Varatistan however, the Skavarian military did nothing to react to the possible resurgence in combat in fact, the generals refused to follow through with potential orders if they're given due to the exhaustion. Instead, a warning was sent to Tuvaria to not go past the humanitarian efforts in Varatistan and entering Skavarian territory would have severe consequences. The reply came quickly and pretty much said "Ok.".

 

By 1800, the Tuvarian army was able to execute and wipeout the main gangs in the country, but one remained in a stronghold north of the Capital City of Varatistan. The gang was referred to as the '''Freemen of Varatistan''' by their leader and were nefarious for their pillaging and murder campaigns. In January of 1800, a Tuvarian force of 700 entered the territory of the Freemen and opened with an ultimatum of peace and security of their members. The ultimatum was ignored, and shots were fired later that same day. The Tuvarians made quick work of the main force and entered the compound.

 

The Tuvarians commenced Close Quarters Combat using their bayonets while the Freemen were left using pistols and rifles from a distance. Casualties rose on both sides but the Tuvarians were able to make it farther into the compound. The leader of the Freemen '''Besim Manjagovic (1767 CE-1801 CE),''' was captured later into the conflict and was used to force a surrender where from then the rest of the defense was chained up and sent to the capital for execution. Besim was forced to watch his men have their skulls crushed in execution and would starve to death in prison on May 6th, 1801.

 

In 1818, The Aranistani side of Tuvarian government officially left their offices and sent a peaceful request for secession to the Tuvarian side of government. This first proposal was rejected and the Aranistani government would continue to be silent and astray.

 

The Aranistani government went oddly silent after the first secession attempt and were hoping that a second attempt would be looked further into and could actually be successful. In 1821, another request was made and sent to the Tuvarians and was rejected to the dismay of the Aranistani's. In 1822, Third times the charm became the unofficial slogan for this attempt and finally it was accepted by the Tuvarians who said their full independence could be redeemed by 1824 if all goes well and good behavior is recognized.

 

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The dreaded Presidential Election of 1840 began with two main candidates coming up to the podiums. A rich politician by the name of '''Peter Kusanovic''' who was a member of the TPP, and '''Mikhail Misovna''' who was a progressivist member of PPT. Both early on in their campaign practically tied up the popularity polls and were both well-liked by their own factions of government. The full election was led with concerns mostly from the TPP with members questioning the politics after a new party is put in power, but many were not with that idea. A small group of about 14 politicians under a ringleader named '''Nikolai Valenska (1806 CE-1876 CE) (Val for short)''' formed the '''Syndicate of Val'''; a criminal secret police of sorts that specialized in suppressing opponents as hired to do sort of like a hitman agency.

 

Sadly, the election found Mikhail as winner and he was sworn in that same day.

 

The new President was scheduled to brief Parliament in 1841 which would be the first full year of his term. The syndicate had grown in size after the TPP defeat with a membership of 36 but even with new membership, the plan remained. August 1st, 1841 would be the day Misovna would enter Parliament. Val selected '''Jaroslaw Bolshevich (1799 CE-1841 CE)''' to be the one who would carry out the plan and the worthy sacrifice for the Syndicate. The rest of the crew were armed with pocketknives in the case one of them get close enough to Jaroslaw to finish him off. Operation Contingency was a go for completion.

 

The day of the assassination was a busy one with the entirety of Parliament excitedly waiting for the appearance of a new leader; a Progressive one. The streets were full of people holding signs and celebrating a new time in Tuvarian politics. The members of SoV entered their positions at the middle of the large Parliamentary building with the 36 filling up the two rows. Val himself was at the front and sitting next to him was Jaroslaw whose gun was holstered inside his jacket pocket.

 

At 11:50 AM, the Syndicate members remove their coats and cover their faces and disappear into the crowd of hundreds who convened at the building after the attack occurred. The group would never be seen for the next weeks. Meanwhile across from the Parliament building, Misovna was resting in a medical bed at a small clinic with signs of severe damage to the ribs and a collapsed lung. Surgery was necessary to remove the musket ball from the lung cavity, but the surgery would be too costly and could kill the President. The President was declared dead at 12:20 PM on August 1st, 1841.

 

The investigation began the day after the assassination at noon. The capital police ordered that all members of Parliament would recall back to the chambers to conduct a recreation of the moments before the shot was fired. All members were told to sit in their same seats which included the currently unknown Syndicate of Val whose members sat nervously during the proceedings of the recreation. The police had actors be in the place of Jaroslaw and the President to simulate the shot being fired. The members of Parliament who sat next to Jaroslaw were interrogated thoroughly as well because Jaroslaws abdomen was covered in injuries sustained from multiple stabbings which couldn't be done by one man alone since there was simply too many. Nikolai Valenska was the first to be interrogated at random. Police Reports post examination recalled him being '''''"Extremely Kind and full of horror"''''' as he was right next to where it all happened. If only they knew his dark secret. He was cleared by the police and the rest of the members who sat with him were interrogated. One member said he wanted to give up who planned it but waited for his lawyer. That same night, he was found dead in a back alley with multiple stab wounds. This piqued interest to the police and ramped up the investigation. New theories came up with many believing there was an inside job from inside the TPP which had a known grudge against the new party.

 

The investigation gained more steam in 1845 when multiple high up members of the Parliament were found to have a record of bribing election officials, paying hush money, and embezzling the State Bank. This of course enraged voters and voting officials, and other members of the Upper and Lower Houses alike. The investigation concluded in 1846 and declared that the members found guilty of career corruption were to be put on trial for the following years. The officials put on trial numbered nearly 46.

 

The rest of 1846 was the planning period for this immense trial. Each member judging on how long and how much they did for the crimes of Corruption, Embezzlement, Bribery, and Purgery would receive a sentence from 40 to 50 years or life in prison. There were a few who were on trial that attempted to leave the country but were quickly found, sent back to Tuvaria, and put in jail for life just for trying to escape.

 

The first trial of 1847 began with to the shock of many: the Master of Parliament himself Mathias Prichevic. This trial was clearly the largest and purposely the jury was chosen by bias which meant they could get him behind bars no matter what he may say. He was charged with Corruption, Embezzlement, Bias (ironically), and Purgery and was given the maximum sentence.

 

In 1847 and 1848. 16 of the 46 incarcerated were found guilty of each crime and put to jail for life respectively. A standout trial was the trial of Nikolai Valenska aka the leader of the Syndicate of Val (no one knows it was him yet). When he went to the trial, his jury was oddly calm, and the judge was surprisingly kind to the cold face Nikolai. Nikolai looked emotionless on the outside but inside he was a nervous mess. The trial was amongst the longest and surprisingly he was found...not guilty. Now why was he found not guilty? Well, the Syndicate had grown beyond the party and the Judge was amongst the SoV. The Judge and Jury were all chosen to be SoV members to get a not guilty verdict and Valenska was back on the streets. This seems to be the only recorded case of internal corruption during a trial and the continuing trials had no cases alike to this one.

 

1849 and 1850 would see the remaining 30 on trial be sentenced to death in prison. These 30 were specifically put down to death because of their possible relation to events like the illegal persecution of Aranistani peoples, and the assassination of Mikhail Misovna which still lingered in the thoughts of many. Though this decision was deemed to be the most correct answer, many of course disapproved and called for their freedom. They were too late, and the 30 men were executed via Iron Crush (which was unbanned prior to the trial) in 1850 bringing an end to the Corruption Trials yet out of all of those killed, only two were part of the group that really did it.

 

'''Victor Brzina (1870-1967) and Morgan Brzina (1870-1959)''' were born twins in the Tuvarian city of Vosvonia in 1870. They grew up in the final era of slow technological growth before the start of the new Technological Era. Victor was an extrovert and a great businessman; Morgan was a loner and an engineering savvy and the two had a dream to make it big during a highly lucrative moment in history. In 1895, the two brothers left their childhood home and moved their business to the capital of Tuvaria: Tuvaria. They were able to purchase a small storefront under the title '''''Brzina Brothers Co.''''' where they found practically no business. They had no real sales pitch they started out making watches which made the two some good money, then they moved to small appliances which found less popularity. This would be how it was until 1906 when Morgan made a design for something that had never been seen in Almodaria: an engine. The engine was relatively simple it was made up of a simple motor which was hooked up to the wall through a cable using the power supply from the house electrics, a gallon canister of water was used to cool the engine and would be hidden inside the casing amongst other things. Victor disapproved of the venture since there was no existing market for a motor engine but Morgan resisted and spent the next year constructing an engine.

 

Morgan as expected had many issues with his design. He was missing components which were (after revisions) necessary for the engine to run instead of exploding in his face. The combustion chamber needed to be redesigned, and he needed to engineer pistons into the engine to keep the motor running without power supply. Morgan would spend the rest of 1906 into 1907 making revisions for the engine. While this was going on, Victor was the sole person keeping their business running and the lights on which put strain on their relationship but nonetheless, Morgan continued day and night to get this to work. In 1907, Morgan went to an open field with his new engine prototype with Victor to do test runs without causing collateral damage in a failure. The engine was hooked up to a liter of gasoline which would be lit with a match to start combustion in the engine.

 

In 1914, the '''Brzina Motor Powered Carriage''' was presented to the public. It was an amazing feat that these two brothers could pull off such a feat of engineering in a country that has been known for copying other countries yet somehow, they did it.

 

Their vehicle was a major success with nearly 100 orders being made for the vehicle in 1914. The number of vehicles being needed led to the brothers purchasing a factory in the industrial district of Tuvaria and hiring nearly 85 employees to construct the motorized wagons. After production began, the brothers were richer than ever before, and Morgan patented the design on March 6, 1915. The government had gotten their eyes on the invention and sent undercover agents to purchase the vehicle for research purposes. Among other things, the vehicle could be lucrative in becoming the future of transportation in the military. The Brzina Brothers were greeted by government officials who wanted to make a deal where the two would be paid 60,000 Almodats a year to produce BMPC vehicles for the Tuvarian military. Victor was weary of the deal. What if they were swindled and had their rights for the invention taken? Morgan on the other hand was still blinded by the fame and the money and without Victor, he agreed to the deal on May 15, 1915. Victor was to say in laymans terms pissed off that Morgan left him out. In an attempt to get his name back in the deal, he went to the Tuvarian Army Affairs Office to get help. His questions were left unanswered and to his dismay, Morgan failed to be useful.

 

In 1916, the Tuvarian Government drew up concepts for an armored car. The car would be built around the Brzina BMPC with an upgraded frame, wheels, and design to carry 3-inch steel plates covering the entire vehicle leaving the top exposed with an Gastovna MG-06 being mounted on the front right passenger seat. Brzina was called to complete the job for a hefty payment of 100,000 Tuvanats (245,000 Almodats today). The brothers got to work with a group of other engineers to build the '''Brzina Armored Vehicle (BAV)'''. The task was difficult with the two brothers arguing over design details and the strain of having to make a design that has never been done before in the country as of yet. The government failed to do anything but supply and encourage the builders to keep going. In 1917, the first BAV prototype began worthiness trials. To say the trials were a massive failure would be an understatement with the car being unable to move half the time and at one point exploding after being revved up to even start moving which killed two test drivers. The Brzina Brothers were reprimanded and berated by the army higher ups and they returned to the drawing board. In June of 1917, the brothers refined the design with the old civilian engine being replaced with a bulkier water cooled, 4 piston engine which could go at a nice speed of...14 miles per hour on paved roads and 6 miles per hour off road. Trials resumed in July and this time no one died or exploded. The biggest issue now was with the machine gun due to the casings of the bullet which were shot out of the left side of the gun after they were fired, would burn the driver and gunner leaving 3rd degree burns. The BAV driver crewmembers were then given new uniforms which had extra padding and external heat protection, and goggles to protect the eyes. This proved to be somewhat more effective, and the behind schedule vehicle entered service in september of 1917. The BAV vehicle would be the grandfather of all future armored vehicles.

 

The view from the lifeboats was no better. Survivors recall seeing the large black cloud rising from the ship and could see the top of the boat from their location since the list was so bad. At 12:20 PM, the two funnels and masts broke off the ship and caused more damage to the floundering vessel. At last, the distress signals sent by the Marconi Operators were picked up by the Tuvarian navy at 12:35 PM. The navy sent out the frigate TNN Oluja to pick up the crew. Meanwhile, the remaining crew on the Dorsevic were holding on for dear life. Some lifeboats got close to the ship to pick up survivors who fell off but the currents caused by the ship going down and the smoke rendered them useless. At 12:46 PM, the ship was at nearly a 90-degree angle on its side and the deck was still burning when suddenly, a boom was heard from under the water. The boom after the investigation was found to be an air pocket that popped under the pressure which caused new holes to form in the hull and at 12:49 PM, the bow separated from the Stern and sunk to the bottom of the sea. The stern fell with a crash on its side and almost immediately continued falling into the deep and fell under at 12:57 PM with two similar booms occurring in the stern section with cargo sliding out of the fallen wreck and later scattering along the sea floor...the Dorsevic was lost. Shortly after the stern went under, the Oluja arrived at 1:07 PM and the horrors came to an end. Of the 145 crew, only 43 survived the disaster.

 

The government, families, and many others involved wanted answers to the crash. The navy formed the '''Dorsevic Sinking Investigation Board (DSIB)''' in September of 1915 to examine the events following up to the crash. Herald Stephenson, whom was the first person to see the '''SNN Bandit''' testified in front of Parliament, the DSIB, the press, and other state officials on his accounts. He recalled the Bandit loitering in place with its painted #3 facing the Dorsevic and how the captain denied the threat from the ship knowing it would be very stupid for the Skavarians to make a physical attack on just a simple cargo ship. Stephenson recalled seeing the sub sink under the surface moments before the following explosion suggesting that the SSN Bandit could've perpetrated the attack. The news of a Skavarian attack on Tuvaria made headlines nationwide and soon reached the other states as well. At first, the Skavarian government denied any involvement with the possible attack and sinking and said that they had investigated the situation and found "No viable leads". This was led with suspicion from DSIB who had the two surviving coal scoops testify in front of Parliament for what happened leading up to the explosion. The first scoop, Niko Razic, was stationed at Boiler 1. During his testimony, he recalled there being no signs of boiler damage or anything out of the ordinary that could've caused the boiler to explode and said that the explosion blasted through the hull from the outside meaning the Boiler couldn't be the source of the issue and had to be an outside attack.