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(lots of gold, engineering, mathematics, science, trade w/ everyone, quality of life, you name it. Leadership becomes more focused on big infrastructure and vanity projects)

(Induction into big trade (tm) probably leads to the introduction of rice crops in the North plains. Alongside other climate reasons this increases food production in the region and leads to northwards migration of wealth-seeking Kormistazics into Soltic territory, cementing the erosion and assimilation of Soltic culture and setting the stage for it to become the new seat of power in the future.)

(Conquest of the west coast and maybe the south east into Imbiraturia. Total domination of the entire peninsula)

===Late Antiquity (345 CE - 742 CE)===

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(massive reforms under a new set of imperial dynasties. Going forwards this hardly resembles the empire of the last millenia. Era of the Second Kormistazic empire)

(Much more centralised and oppressive)

==== Second Kormistazic imperial revaunchism====

(violent expansion westwards into Staynes, Qayam and Valeria~~, details TBD~~)

(violent expansion westwards into Staynes, Qayam and Valeria)

(Drives Qayam, which had expanded along the southern coast back to the Mona valley)

====War with Ethalria ====

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====Civil war of succession and the Third Empire====

(Bankrupted by war and disunited, the empire is partitioned into multiple states for a century or so. Eventually reunited by ~~a powerful northwestern state~~)

(Bankrupted by war and disunited, the empire is partitioned into multiple states for a century or so. Eventually reunited by Aruliqea)

===Colonial age (1102 - 1523) ===

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====Under the Contiguous Empire (1575 - 1810)====

===== Early Years =====

After mainland Kormistazm surrendered to Morstaybishlia and was formally annexed, the following years provided the empire with significant trouble asserting its control over its new land. Whilst the empire had nominally surrendered as a whole, many large regions did not acknowledge or recognise it, declaring de-facto independence and continuing to fight Morst soldiers. Even in areas already under firm control, the Cavan lords of several cities and regions saw the Morst army and their recently coronated king, [[Redrugus V]], as weakened by the five decade conquest, and attempted to negotiate for autonomous status and freedom from imperial law. Peasant revolts were also common, often driven by ideas circulated by several Morst generals that the Cavan population of the peninsula should be wiped out to make way for human settlers that spread through the populace via rumour. A diaspora of Cava fled the peninsula, mainly travelling to Arcturia but also finding their way across the planet. The threat of regional powers seceding from the empire and unruly peasants saw occupational garrisons spread thinly across the peninsula. These garrisons were often army conscripts who had fought in the crusades and were often paid poorly or not paid at all due to the financial strain on the empire during the transitional era. Redrugus V was reportedly in very poor health due to the stress associated with managing the occupation and died only two years into his reign, being succeeded his son [[Lambertus V]].

The death of Redrugus, however, was the spark for a number of significant problems. Some local powers went on the offensive, driving occupational forces on their borders away and reconquering territory. The morst soldiers themselves, unhappy with the prospect of continued fighting, poor conditions and lacklustre payment, took the opportunity to desert from the army and loot and pillage Kormistazic cities, killing thousands in the process. Some disillusioned soldiers even defected to fight for the Cava they had just conquered, the most infamous example of which being General John Nargas, who claimed to have visions of the prophet Matilda and several [[Kozam]] deities who instructing him to lead the Cava people against the Morstaybishlian empire. Operating out of Veraala, Nargas conquered much of Northern Lyr valley and maintained de-facto control over it for 6 years until the Morstaybishlian army sieged the city and executed him for treason. Lead by Lambertus, the army also saw to formally establish and properly assert control over the new provinces of the empire as best as he could, deposing of many influential families and figures and replacing them with those loyal to the crown. The king also signed an act which would compensate those who served in the West Auroran crusades with prime plots of agricultural land. This led to many Morstaybishlian soldiers settling in the peninsula, concentrating in the northern Lyr Valley, and Southern Corstania. This combined with other land payments in other areas of the empire such as the fertile interior of Staynes effectively lessened both the economic strain on the government and worked to appease the many unruly soldiers.

Over the next half a century, efforts to pacify the population and accustom them to Morst rule were violent, involving sieges of rebellious cities and the destruction of crops and property. Many soldiers and civilians were brutalised and summarily executed. Human settlers in the North Lyr valley and South Corstania often fell victim to raids from cavan guerrilla forces, resulting in gruesome retributive attacks and collective punishments on cavan settlements in the area. Approximately 10-20% of the peninsula's total population perished by the turn of the century, primarily as a result of war-related famine, displacement and disease, and is considered a genocide against the Cava species. Organised, violent resistance to imperial rule never truly subsided until the death of king Lambertus V in 1621 and the ascension of Queen [[Florence I]]. The Queen set out to consolidate imperial control of the peninsula by uprooting most of the remaining Cavan nobility, quashing the autonomy of integrated provinces and bringing all persisting satellite regions to heel as loyal client states, usually with promises of legal and financial protection. After this former Kormistazm was solely administered by the Morstaybishlian sovereign and the Lords under their direct purview as a wholly subservient polity of the empire collectively known as Axdelia.

Over the next half a century, efforts to pacify the population and accustom them to Morst rule were violent, involving sieges of rebellious cities and the destruction of crops and property. Many soldiers and civilians were brutalised and summarily executed. Human settlers in the North Lyr valley and South Corstania often fell victim to raids from cavan guerrilla forces, resulting in gruesome retributive attacks and collective punishments on cavan settlements in the area. Approximately 10-20% of the peninsula's total population perished by the turn of the century, primarily as a result of war-related famine, displacement and disease, and is considered a genocide against the Cava species. Organised, violent resistance to imperial rule never truly subsided until the death of king Lambertus V in 1621 and the ascension of Queen [[Florence I]]. The Queen set out to consolidate imperial control of the peninsula by uprooting most of the remaining Cavan nobility, quashing the autonomy of integrated provinces and bringing all persisting satellite regions to heel as loyal client states, usually with promises of legal and financial protection. After this former Kormistazm was solely administered by the Morstaybishlian sovereign and the Lords under their direct purview as a wholly subservient polity of the empire collectively known as Axdelia. Power below the level of the lords remained largely in local hands, as even for Morstaybishlia the territory was far too large to govern directly, but the system was rigidly set up such that authority came top-down from loyal governors.

The reaction to the removal of all Cavan top-level

===== Morstaybishlian Colonial era =====

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 (lots of gold, engineering, mathematics, science, trade w/ everyone, quality of life, you name it. Leadership becomes more focused on big infrastructure and vanity projects)
+(Induction into big trade (tm) probably leads to the introduction of rice crops in the North plains. Alongside other climate reasons this increases food production in the region and leads to northwards migration of wealth-seeking Kormistazics into Soltic territory, cementing the erosion and assimilation of Soltic culture and setting the stage for it to become the new seat of power in the future.)
-(Conquest of the west coast and maybe the south east into Imbiraturia. Total domination of the entire peninsula)
 ===Late Antiquity (345 CE - 742 CE)===
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 (massive reforms under a new set of imperial dynasties. Going forwards this hardly resembles the empire of the last millenia. Era of the Second Kormistazic empire)
+(Much more centralised and oppressive)
 ==== Second Kormistazic imperial revaunchism====
-(violent expansion westwards into Staynes, Qayam and Valeria, details TBD)
+(violent expansion westwards into Staynes, Qayam and Valeria)
+(Drives Qayam, which had expanded along the southern coast back to the Mona valley)
 ====War with Ethalria ====
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 ====Civil war of succession and the Third Empire====
-(Bankrupted by war and disunited, the empire is partitioned into multiple states for a century or so. Eventually reunited by a powerful northwestern state)
+(Bankrupted by war and disunited, the empire is partitioned into multiple states for a century or so. Eventually reunited by Aruliqea)
 ===Colonial age (1102 - 1523) ===
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 ====Under the Contiguous Empire (1575 - 1810)====
-===== Early Years =====
 After mainland Kormistazm surrendered to Morstaybishlia and was formally annexed, the following years provided the empire with significant trouble asserting its control over its new land. Whilst the empire had nominally surrendered as a whole, many large regions did not acknowledge or recognise it, declaring de-facto independence and continuing to fight Morst soldiers. Even in areas already under firm control, the Cavan lords of several cities and regions saw the Morst army and their recently coronated king, [[Redrugus V]], as weakened by the five decade conquest, and attempted to negotiate for autonomous status and freedom from imperial law. Peasant revolts were also common, often driven by ideas circulated by several Morst generals that the Cavan population of the peninsula should be wiped out to make way for human settlers that spread through the populace via rumour. A diaspora of Cava fled the peninsula, mainly travelling to Arcturia but also finding their way across the planet. The threat of regional powers seceding from the empire and unruly peasants saw occupational garrisons spread thinly across the peninsula. These garrisons were often army conscripts who had fought in the crusades and were often paid poorly or not paid at all due to the financial strain on the empire during the transitional era. Redrugus V was reportedly in very poor health due to the stress associated with managing the occupation and died only two years into his reign, being succeeded his son [[Lambertus V]].
 The death of Redrugus, however, was the spark for a number of significant problems. Some local powers went on the offensive, driving occupational forces on their borders away and reconquering territory. The morst soldiers themselves, unhappy with the prospect of continued fighting, poor conditions and lacklustre payment, took the opportunity to desert from the army and loot and pillage Kormistazic cities, killing thousands in the process. Some disillusioned soldiers even defected to fight for the Cava they had just conquered, the most infamous example of which being General John Nargas, who claimed to have visions of the prophet Matilda and several [[Kozam]] deities who instructing him to lead the Cava people against the Morstaybishlian empire. Operating out of Veraala, Nargas conquered much of Northern Lyr valley and maintained de-facto control over it for 6 years until the Morstaybishlian army sieged the city and executed him for treason. Lead by Lambertus, the army also saw to formally establish and properly assert control over the new provinces of the empire as best as he could, deposing of many influential families and figures and replacing them with those loyal to the crown. The king also signed an act which would compensate those who served in the West Auroran crusades with prime plots of agricultural land. This led to many Morstaybishlian soldiers settling in the peninsula, concentrating in the northern Lyr Valley, and Southern Corstania. This combined with other land payments in other areas of the empire such as the fertile interior of Staynes effectively lessened both the economic strain on the government and worked to appease the many unruly soldiers.
-Over the next half a century, efforts to pacify the population and accustom them to Morst rule were violent, involving sieges of rebellious cities and the destruction of crops and property. Many soldiers and civilians were brutalised and summarily executed. Human settlers in the North Lyr valley and South Corstania often fell victim to raids from cavan guerrilla forces, resulting in gruesome retributive attacks and collective punishments on cavan settlements in the area. Approximately 10-20% of the peninsula's total population perished by the turn of the century, primarily as a result of war-related famine, displacement and disease, and is considered a genocide against the Cava species. Organised, violent resistance to imperial rule never truly subsided until the death of king Lambertus V in 1621 and the ascension of Queen [[Florence I]]. The Queen set out to consolidate imperial control of the peninsula by uprooting most of the remaining Cavan nobility, quashing the autonomy of integrated provinces and bringing all persisting satellite regions to heel as loyal client states, usually with promises of legal and financial protection. After this former Kormistazm was solely administered by the Morstaybishlian sovereign and the Lords under their direct purview as a wholly subservient polity of the empire collectively known as Axdelia.
+Over the next half a century, efforts to pacify the population and accustom them to Morst rule were violent, involving sieges of rebellious cities and the destruction of crops and property. Many soldiers and civilians were brutalised and summarily executed. Human settlers in the North Lyr valley and South Corstania often fell victim to raids from cavan guerrilla forces, resulting in gruesome retributive attacks and collective punishments on cavan settlements in the area. Approximately 10-20% of the peninsula's total population perished by the turn of the century, primarily as a result of war-related famine, displacement and disease, and is considered a genocide against the Cava species. Organised, violent resistance to imperial rule never truly subsided until the death of king Lambertus V in 1621 and the ascension of Queen [[Florence I]]. The Queen set out to consolidate imperial control of the peninsula by uprooting most of the remaining Cavan nobility, quashing the autonomy of integrated provinces and bringing all persisting satellite regions to heel as loyal client states, usually with promises of legal and financial protection. After this former Kormistazm was solely administered by the Morstaybishlian sovereign and the Lords under their direct purview as a wholly subservient polity of the empire collectively known as Axdelia. Power below the level of the lords remained largely in local hands, as even for Morstaybishlia the territory was far too large to govern directly, but the system was rigidly set up such that authority came top-down from loyal governors.
+The reaction to the removal of all Cavan top-level
 ===== Morstaybishlian Colonial era =====

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