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The first inhabitants were the Andora people, a sect of [[South_Peragen#Ancient_history|Impelanzans]]. The Andora split into the Reóran and Arranzic ethnic groups which settled Réal and Casilló respectively. These groups ruled over neighboring territory and feuded for nearly 600 years over sole control. Conflicts during this period include the Invasion of Valle de María, the War of the Red River, and the Sieges of Eleçeron.
Five hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Réal was conquered after the Thirty-Years’ Bloodshed, also known as the Conquísta. A brutal war instigated by King FelipeFélipe I ‘the Bloody’ of Casilló, most of the populations of both states was involved in the fighting. This saw most of the adult members of the House of Carreteó, rulers of Réal, slain, and the military dominance of the Arranzic people for the area. Though a martial victory for Casilló, tensions remained high and the economy of the region suffered as bandits scourged previously-patrolled countrysides and the common people of Réal either rioting or refusing to pay taxes to what they saw as a foreign occupier.
The situation looked to devolve into war once more within a generation or two until King FelipeFélipe II, upon his father’s passing, betrothed his son to the surviving daughter of House Carreteó. The two youths became friends as they grew up in the Arranzic court, defying mosts expectations. King FelipeFélipe III of the House of Naranza married Alicia II 'the Younger' of the House of Carreteó the same day he was coronated. This marriage, and the measures his father took to address the Reóran peoples’ distress, allowed FelipeFélipe III to truly rule over a united country of both Arranzic and Reóran cultures for the first time in history. With the combination of the two states after several years of legal work and persuasion of the nobility, the Kingdom of Corric was officially founded.
In the centuries following, the astronomic talents of Reóran scholars were able to be combined with the nautical capabilities of Arranzic sailors, producing a thriving and wide-ranging trade fleet. Corric merchants traded the mineral and agricultural wealth of their nation in exchange for foreign crops, scientific methods and devices, and advances in military technology like gunpowder. Most of the profit generated from trade went to the already-wealthy merchants, nobles, and royals.
The Arranzic culture takes its name from the House of Naranza, the ruling family since the foundation of the nation. Thanks to the stability, and lower taxes, brought by King Arturo, the many towns and villages in his lands traded and blended ideals into the modern-day Arranzic people.
When Réal was absorbed into Casilló, the ethnic and cultural makeups of the two began to blend. Modern Casilló y Réal has a majority population of Corric people, a mixture of Reóran and Arranzic traits. The name Corric has no definite known origin, as any thoughts on the matter remain in King FelipeFélipe III’s or Queen Alicia II’s memoirs, which are locked by royal decree.
Some scholars believe it has roots in the words correr, to move, shift, pass by, get a move on, corregir, to correct or make right, or corazón, heart. It is known that the Queen desired that the united kingdom possess a united identity rather than be occupying and occupied territories. Theories point to certain public speeches and decrees by both her and her husband the King as to the origin of the name being corazón, though other theories point to other speeches and corregir instead.
=== Conquista===
In 1557, King FelipeFélipe I of Casilló began the largest conflict of the Horrible Two-Hundred. The king had been born a second son, which allowed him to pursue more dangerous activities. He grew up as a squire in service to one of the Royal Captains tasked with keeping the peace outside of the main population centers. These experiences of seeing much of the west in poverty from centuries of conflict made Prince FelipeFélipe resolved to remove the threat Réal posed to his people.
When King Alejandro III and Crown Prince Teodore died in a shipwreck in 1550, FelipeFélipe ascended to the throne. He quickly gathered like-minded supporters from the nobility and upper-classes, including prominent generals from the Royal Corric Armed Legions. These individuals and their power bases would form the backbone of FelipeFélipe I’s fight against Réal. The king spent seven years training troops, funding military research, and acquiring a number of blackpowder weapons that were new to Andora at the time.
On 12 March 1557, FelipeFélipe I invaded the Réoran province of Marsabale with an army of almost 14,000 troops. This set off the Thirty Years’ Bloodshed, also known as the Conquista. Utilizing the newly-formed Kings’ Own Royal Arquebusiers, the Arranzic army was able to overrun the garrison of Marsabale and defeat them in the field. This left the province - consisting at the time of an estimated 150,000 people - at the complete mercy of FelipeFélipe I, who promptly ordered the city sacked, farms and estates plundered, and the plunder sent back to Avantana.
FelipeFélipe I earned his nickname, ‘the Bloody,’ from his treatment of the captured garrison troops. All of them had their hands removed and tongues cut out, to ‘never raise a hand against Casilló again nor speak ill of her name.’ They were then roped together and forced to march further into Réoran territory. Methods such as these were common by Arranzic forces during the Conquista, and had the three-fold effect of depriving Réal of fighting manpower, forcing them to spend resources taking care of the crippled soldiers, and delivering a harsh morale blow to any Réoran citizens that saw them.
Casilló was able to further conquer the neighboring Camplata and L’vontre provinces over the course of seven months before the armies of Réal were able to respond. The plunder gained from the conquest of Camplata was critically important to the Arranzic war effort; the Cathedral of Santa Verónica and the Camplata silver mines provided an estimated 200,000 Regnes in funding (approximately $400 million dollars today.) The amount of coin meant FelipeFélipe I stayed longer than intended in the area to consolidate his gains, allowing the armies of Duke Francesco de Palda and Count Javíer de Voco to catch him.
The Battle of Silver Fields was the first proper ordered battle between comparative armies during the Conquista, with 12,000 troops from Casillo and 15,000 from Réal. Though numbers, terrain familiarity, and positioning favored the Réorans, their morale was severely damaged by the blackpowder cannons and arquebusiers FelipeFélipe I had brought. The king had trained up a professional army for 7 years to get used to the weapons, while the mostly-conscripted troop of the Réoran nobles had never experienced such.
Though they sustained heavy losses while maneuvering, the Arranzic army eventually routed their enemies. The Duke and Count lost 3,000 men, with 8,000 captured, while King FelipeFélipe I lost 6,000 men, most to projectiles. While tactically a victory for FelipeFélipe I, the battle forced a strategic stalemate as he no longer possessed the forces to continue his swift attacks. This began the second period of the Conquista, which lasted from 1558 to 1575 CE.
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