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Tissandra's topographically diverse territory extends from the beaches along the YasterianHikaru coastsGulf in the south, to the Yasterian Range in the north and west, and the Yasterian Great Plains in its east. The country is bordered by [[Packilvania]] to the east and [[Alva]] to the northwest.

With the passing of prominence and prosperity, the country waseventually eventuallysuccumbssuccumbs into civil war and unrests that lasted through into the 1 ac with the rise of the [[Clintinian Republic]] and the Second Golden Era. However, political machinations and cultural fractures led to a coup that ultimately ended the republic in 378 ac. The state splintered into warring fiefdoms and fell into a dark age. Only in the 18th century attempts were made to reunify the area and the identity of Tissandran. After a rennaisance and the revivals in the 15th to 16th century, Tissandran identity began to re-emerge, and by the 18th century, the dozens of states that constitute today's territory of Tissandra has amalgamated into two states, the [[Republic of Tissandra]], and the [[Kingdom of Tissandra]]. A war was fought between the two, known as the First Tissandran Civil War, that saw almost a quarter million people died. Following the war, a truce of 50 years was agreed, which pushed the two states into informal economic cooperation, and further unifying the people. Industrial revolution arrived in Tissandra, and changed local economies into a manufacture based economy. After a series of diplomatic incidents, the two states of Tissandra fell into another conflict, known as the Second Tissandran Civil War. In July 1914, the war began with the invasion of the Republic by the Kingdom, followed by a protracted trench warfare for the next three years with limited breakthroughs from both sides. By 1917, the Republic of Tissandra is experiencing a people's revolution, while the Kingdom fell into shortage crisis and encountered a silent coup. In the wake of the 1918, the two state's government essentially dissolved, and a peace treaty was signed, unifying both states into the newly proclaimed Constitutional Monarchy of Tissandra.

Modern Tissandrans are predominantly desceneddescended from the so called Coastal Tribes of Yasteria. These coastal people were apparently pale in complexion, a little bit taller than native Yasterian, and usually has blonde hair. These tribes origins are unknown, with the oldest evidence suggested that they arrived in modern day's Tissandra coasts at approximately 1000 bc. These tribes were supposedly migrants from other area of the continent, and even possibly an outsider, originating from other landmasses. After their migration into Tissandra, these tribes were quick to develop sophistications in communications and social relationship. Prof. Jamison Trident, the High Teacher of Natural History of the University of Anuriel theorized in his book, The Origin, that theseThese quick adaptation and improvements were the direct result of these tribes' migration and its future domination.

Commerce were evidently a major source of technological discoveries and spreads. Archeologist had found numerous ancient pathways between different tribal settlements. One of the more prominent of the pathways is the one found near Creçore, found by Madison Clooney from the Creçore School of Social Science. The pathway reportedly contained some valuables, including golds and lapis lazuli stones. Tablets were found totoo in the area, suggesting record keeping were already in place during and after the construction of the pathway. The record keeping from this era did serve as a stepping stone into the formation of old Hellenic.

The main source of the Erathi Civilization is rather scarce. The main source of information from this age is the Ælita Tablet which is the first Tissandran writing ever recorded in history, dating back to 500 bc. The tablet was written in the [[Erathi Language]], a direct precursor to [[Old Hellenic]] with only few differences between the two. However, the writing from this age still reliedrely heavily from iconography and picturisation. Apart from the Ælita Tablet, the Chronicle of Kings, written far into the future in 2 ac by the philosopher [[Danton Aclee]] is considered pretty comprehensive, although there are some biased account (especially in the crisis that led into Eleana ascension).

The Erathi people were categorised as a Coastal Tribe. However the Erathis were rather uncommon for their lenient relationship with Yasterian natives. This tensionlenient attitude led to the distinction between the true Coastal Tribesmen and the Erathis. Tension grew between the coastal tribes, culminated in King Æthura's conquest between 600 bc to around 570 bc. Æthura was the first king to be chronicled by Danton Aclee's Chronicle of Kings. Evidently, there were Erathi kings before Æthura. But these kings were never recorded in any documentation. The Chronicle of Kings itself was heavily based on the Ælita Tablet and some other clay tablets that was kept inside the [[Forum of Anuriel]]. These tablets were destroyed during the [[Great Anuriel Fire]] in 1 bc,. narrowing modern historian's sources.

Danton stated that Æthura went on to become a fierce warrior from a very young age. His father, assumed to be another Erathi King, was killed during a hunting session, leaving Æthura in charge of the Erathi on the tender age of 12. He was mentored by his uncle, Æran, and quickly raised himself into prominence, gaining the trust of the Erathi. He was the one who migrated his people further inland from the coasts, possibly distancing from other powerful tribes, and founded Eranorth in 600 bc (the word supposedly means 'The House of The Erathis'). He spent the rest of his lifetime conquering surrounding native tribes until around 570 bc, where he was killed trying to cross the Yasterian Range in the middle of winter. Æthura didn't hadhave any heir, and so the leadership went to his cousin from Æran, Æcara. King Æcara succesfully crossed the Yasterian Range and subjugated the tribes beyond the mountains. He then moved his army towardtowards the coastal tribes, subjugating some under his dominion. Æcara only reignreigned for about 10 years (570 - 560 bc) before being murdered by the order odof Æthura's younger sister, Eleana. Eleana accused Æcara of being responsible for Æthura's untimely death. Danton stated that it was Æcara who forced Æthura into the disastrous winter crossing after Æthura lost a horse racing bet against Æcara. He further stated that the bet was rigged by Æcara, who harmed Æthura's chosen horse. These account is still unproved, and there are no mentions of these accounts in the Ælita Tablet.

Eleana went on to become the first Hellenic worshipper in around 550 bc, culminating into the Hellenic Empire that her descendants would maintainedbuilt. Danton didn't pointed on how exactly Eleana became a Hellenic worshipper, but the Ælita Tablet briefly stated that Eleana turned into a Hellenic worshipper after certain revelation. Historian tended to agree that the word revelation are pointing to the Celestial Revelation, a series of spiritual revelation recorded in the same era of Eleana. She was apparently attracted to these revelation or even formulated her own. OtgerOther than the religion, Eleana biggest achievements were the subjugation of the coastal tribes, and the construction of The Mudway, a huge pathway connecting Eranorth into a coastal area that is now Anuriel. Eleana's conversion into the Hellenic religion prompted her people to follow, difusing Erathi customs and cultural heritage into the religion, forming the Hellenic era.

[[File:Eleana Æçara.jpeg|thumb|Eleana and her husband, Huron|alt=|left|129x129px]]Following Eleana's conversion in 550 bc, the Hellenic Era began to took its shape. Eleana built the first Hellenic temple, the ''Turin a Tissa set Amorelynn'' - Temple of Tissa on a Green Hill (Green Hill Temple), just outside Eranorth (today's Berrus District). The temple were soon to be followed by numerous plazas and buildings inside Eranorth, with a winding stepped pathway leading from Eranorth's Forum to the Green Hill temple. Eleana also built the first ''aluereine'' - Great Aqueductsaqueducts that would be followedfurther upimproved by his heir and descendants.

Elrana died in around 530 bc. By this time, the Hellenist did posses a calendar system, a spiritual form of it tgatcalendar consisted of 12 months, counted through the moon cycle, hence the name ''Olinei Hitus'' - Moon Date. However, the counting of years hadn't been on theis usenot yetadvent. The Moon Date was popularised by Eleana's heir, King Bostura. Bostura's reign only lasted for 5 years (mainly due to his mother's long age - Bostura was coronated when he was already 60 years old). Bostura was replaced by his grandson, Æneca (Æneca father's father and Bostura's heir, Brinæca died before Bostura's coronation). Æneca continued the expansion of the realm. His eastward campaign lasted between 525 bc to 500 bc, and manages to subjugated the territories east of Eranorth. Æneca also oversaw the building of a new summer capital south of Eranorth; Creçore (the word means Pacifier in Old Hellenic). After Æneca, 5 more kings ruled as Eleana's direct descendants :

The reign of thesethe 5 kings, especially the reign of Æruth 'Mighty Raven' were described as the golden age of the Hellenic realm. Each kings built their own marks in history, and no one was supplanted by force. The stable power transformationtransfer and the great projects meantsuggest that the Hellenic realm was prospering. During these times, great work of literatures were scripted, and many philosopher went down into history. Some of the best known philosopher are Anulli Dreten, a philosopher from Creçore who wrote his testimony on *''Trine Suppendei*'' (Love and Power), Vulliren of Iesto (today's Candira) who wrote a play on his experience with native Yasterian in the east - *''Nulf Terrei*'' (The Older Earthlings), and Masciei Nur, the personal chronicler of King Æruth 'Mighty Raven' who wrote many historical accounts of the king.

Politically, the society of the Hellenic realmpeople were becoming more sophisticated than before. Because of the sheer size of the realm, in 412 bc, King Anurei Ædran summoned representatives across the regions of the kingdom to help him managing the realm and to advise him. There were 60 people summoned in that year, and increased into 116 the next year. The king left the decision to appoint representatives to the people they represent, mainly because he was alient to local power structures and politics, begining the tradition of voting and public speeches. This council of representatives was named *''Amrula Tuis*'' (People's Council). Initially, representatives only serves for a one year term, and can be re-elected for multiple times. But apparently, King Anurei's successor, Filei, didn't like the older members of the council, and changed the rule, limiting each member into three terms of three years. Filei codified his ruling in the first ever written constitution in Tissandra's history, *Hickulitei* (Black Tablet, the tablet was a rare obsidian stone). The tablet stated the rights and responsibility of the king, the council, the army, and the people in general, mostly refering to further ruling and general customs.

A succession war followed Æthura's death, mainly between Garyed Dynasty (a powerful family from Creçore, possibly had a huge support inside the People's Council) and the Dæstan Dynasty (which had a claim through the female line, which they claimclaims to be the descendants of Erina, firstborn daughter of King Tærqui Filei Tur). The war lasted for almost a decade, from 298 bc to 289 bc, creating a devastating effects for the realm. During the duration of the war, many native tribes west of the Yasterian Range cut off ties with the realm, weakening the western frontier. On the same time, the People's Council was suspended and so the nation administration and management were jeopardised. As a result, many public works such as irrigation and postal services stopped working, culminating into widespread hunger and starvation.

The war itself was predominantly a clash between two armies; the army of the Garyed led by Dunirei Garyed, and the army of the Dæstan, led by Castei Dæstan. It is unclear of how the war went on, but historian generally agreed that on the first 5 to six years of war, the Dæstan were on the verge of collapse with evidence showing a siege had happened in Eranorth, and some chronicler, such as Wisserei Luten (disciple of Masciei Nur himself) did stated that the Dæstan done poorly on the first few years, being defeated multiple times and getting besieged by the end of these defeat. His account then stated that during the siege (approximately on the year 293 bc), the Garyed troops were decimated by plague and had to retreat. After this retreat, multiple accounts stasted that on 6th of ''Lilei'' (July), the Dæstan marched out from Eranorth and caught the Garyed troops off guard. The date was clearly marked on the ''Chronicle of Kings'' as the first victory Castei Dæstan have ever had. The following years saw minor skirmishes and rearguard actions between the Garyed and the Dæstan as the Dæstan forced the Garyed to retreat southward. In the end, the Garyed was besieged inside Creçore, and this time there was no plague. The siege lasted for 14 months throughout the remainder of 289,ending in 15th of ''Furiei'' (April). The siege destroyed the *''Elid*'' Palace and most of the city proper. The Dæstan soon went on to brutally executed every male member of the Garyed Dynasty, imprisoning the women and the daughter. Castei even led some of his troops across the realm to search for Æthura's heir, Ætimas, but returned empty handed. The Council condemned the brutal murder, but cancouldn't do nothinganything when Dæstan's troops stormed their residences. Nevertheless the war was over.

As a result of the war, the Dæstan family was indebted, most likely to other dynastydynasties. They quickly paid off their debts using the national treasury, emptying it as a result. Castei then forced the People's Council to raise the taxes and started arming tax collectors. The treasury was quickly replenished, but the high taxes further decrease people's morale and intensifying the starvation. Castei used the replenished treasury for his campaign to reconquer the natives west of Yasterian Range. His campaign was successful and many plunderplunders were salvaged. The golds he obtained from this campaign were minted into new coins. During his campaign, situation recovered for the people, with food shortages declined and even disappeared in some areas, particularly the countryside. Creçore and Eranorth was still rocked by seasonal starvation well into the 1 ac. Castei died during a battle against the natives in 254 bc, and his son, Ferlien became king.

Ferlien built his own summer palace east from Eranorth, next to the coast. His summer palace were soon to be followed by new forums and monument construction, forming today's Anuriel (literally means The Coast). Ferlien continued his father's campaign to kept the realm flowed by war plunder and maintained tge people's happiness. He went on to raze and plunder the ''Bithysla'' Caravan, a great pilgrimage caravan belonging to more than one Yasterian tribes. He then used the plunder to further his projects in Anuriel. But the assault did not went unnoticed by the natives, which soon formed an alliance between themselves to avenge the caravan. In 232 bc, this tribal alliance openly attacked the Hellenist, razing and burning farmlands and enslaving people. Ferlien marched out on 4th of April, but was soundly defeated by an ambush outside Eranorth. He was killed on that battle, and most of his army was either killed or dispersed. This left the realm practically unguarded and the cities vulnerable to direct attack. The tribesmen sacked Eranorth right after Ferlien's defeat, and sparked some rebellion from the realm's native vassals. Ferlien's heir was still a minor, 7 yearsyear old Cassei, making the nation essentially leaderless. The People's Council soon reconvened and in 12th of Tuin (May) proclaimed an interregnum leadership until Cassei is able to rule. The council quickly reformed the army and conscripting militias from Anuriel and Creçore. This new army marched out to liberate Eranorth on 7th of Laraes (January), and managed to defeat the allied tribesmen on 23rd of January, capturing a lot of their leaders. This army then went into a brutal reconquest of the tribesmen and the revolting vassals, reportedly reducing almost a quarter of native Yasterian population in the realm. The brutal subjugation was not followed by a steady stream of plunderplunders into the treasury as what the plunders during Castei and Ferlien did, as many of the plunderplunders was ownedtaken by the troops personally, leaving the treasury empty for years until the subjugation campaign was over. The council subsequently raised the taxes and tributes, resulting in yet another waves of starvation on the realm. The council, through this new army, subjugated the realm under their control.

The council, through this new army, subjugated the realm under their control. They even postponed some of the elections dates, making them less of a people's council and more of an oligarchy. The starvation continues throughout the council's leadership, and people began to dislike themresent. Minor clashes between the people and the troops occured frequently during the interregnum period, while at the same time the council continuously raised their fares and passing laws that would supposedly makingmade them almost untouchable by anyone. The number of counselors was periodically reduced, leaving huge areas and population to be represented by only a single counselor. When Cassei was finally aged 16, he was coronated King by the council. The council did revokedrevoke the interregnum leadership, but the laws and edicts they passed during the interregnum had teared down the king's political power into a ceremonious role. This outraged the people who had thought that the king would lead them better than the council. Open rebellion followed Cassei ascendancy in 214, demanding the counselors to resign and a new council to be elected. Cassei was put under house arrest for most of his early years as king while the council went to crush the rebellion. But the guerilla tactics these rebels used saved them from any major and descisive defeat, while the council's troops were continuously harassed.

[[File:Stepan Blois.jpg|thumb|Cassei's fresco, inside the [[Temple for Caron]] |230x230px|alt=|left]]Abraham was a wealthy merchant from Creçore. He began to preach his politheisticmonotheistic ideals during the tumultuous times after Cassei's ascendancy in 214. His preacher however didn't went well with the people of Creçore. The local governor seized his wealth and exiled him outside the city. But Abraham's preaching was welcomed by the rural population, and he was soon bexomingbecoming a public figure. The accounts of Abraham was written mainly by his follower, but there were some philosopher who viewed his actions with an unbiased point of view (mainly Luicelle of Creçore and Vicentei Ludicca, a counselor). Luicelle chronicled Abraham's first 10 years of preaching as tumultuous and uninspiring. After he was exiled by the governor, his family cut off ties from him, forcing him to live outsideout in the open for most of the time. This was until he miraculously saved a drowned boy from a stream, apparently after the boy's heart stopped beating (this is an account from his disciple, written inside *''Stories of Our Father*''). His action garnered a lot of attention and soon his preaching beganis to bebeing accepted by mosthuge ofpopulace from the countryside. He moved from village to village, garnering more followers and taking some disciple to his ventures. He teached medicine to many people, and preached of humility and love. He began to codifiedcodify his revelations with the help of his disciples, compiling it into the holy text, *''Dei Promptei*'' (God's Will).

The council didn't tooktake Abraham's preacherpreaching seriously until the conversion of the governor of Creçore in 204. The governor returned Abraham's confiscated wealth which he quickly distributed among his disciples. His family rejoined him and most of the city converted into Abraham's idealsteaching on 7th of Beria (August) 204. This date is now celebrated as the Day of Plenty. Abraham then decided to move towardhis preaching to Anuriel. His time in AnurielsAnuriel was harsh, even though now he hadhas a hugrhuge follower and disciples following him. The people of Anuriel are more sceptic of Abraham's preacherpreaching, while the council was finding its wayways to make Abaraham as their political pawn. But the biggest shock to the council happened in 202 bc, wherewhen King Cassei himself decided to convert and joinedjoin Abraham's follower. A lot of the city soon convertedconverts following the king. The Hellenic priestpriests moveddemanded to demandthat Abraham to be aprehended under the guilty of blasphemy. HisTheir rulingdemands was accepted by the council who saw Abraham as a threat against their power and influence. The council dispatched some troops to captureaprehend Abraham on 12th of January 200. Unknown to the troops, the King was present at Abraham's house wearing a disciple clothing. When the troops assaulted the house, they knocked down most of the disciples - including the King himself, and captured Abraham. The King died of concussion one week later. This assault and the King's death provoked many to revolt openly against the council. Some members of the council resigned after the King's death, including the writer Aponymei who stated in his account, ''"... the murder was unjustifiable, even if Abraham was guilty of such, no man should ever betray their king so lowly..."''. As Cassei hadn't married, the remainder of the council declared yet another interregnum. Without the king, the council is free to decide capital punishment, and so Abraham was hanged in front of the Temple of Angelas (now the Jubilee Plaza of Anuriel). Many myths surrounded his death, but his disciple all stated in the revered second holy text, ''Stories of Our Father'' that ''"... Father's death was swift. His face was calm, and his body was flagrant ... After we burried him ... the ground was blosoming with roses and blue tulips ..."'' .

Abraham's execution had become the major turning point for the second *interregnum* leadership. Many counselors resigned and converted into the *Children of Abraham* while the nation was plunged deeper into chaos. Major uprising happened all across the country, mainly led through Creçore and its surrounding. After Abraham's funeral, Anuriel was engulfed in turmoil and the counselors moved their troops into the city, resulting in many deaths (account of Julimer Tulii in his book, *''Bir Hitus*'' (Bloody Times). The rebels were forced to leave the city, while those who stayed were hold captivescaptive and even outhrightly executed. The counselors began another harsh campaign to crush dissenter across the realm soon after Anuriel had been pacified. The Great Strive continued for almost 200 years until the Great Uprising. During these 200 years, the realm was essentially turned into a kind of an oligarchaic republic, with no more kings and elections only for the privileged. The nature of the rebellion during the Great Strive was rather small compared to the Great Uprising that would happen in 10 bc. The Great Strive was only a series of small scale uprising, guerilla warfare and skirmishes with no notable battle or prominent leadership. But the chaotic climate of the time resulted into occasional starvation and shortages across the realm, pushing more and more people over the edge. While at the same time, unpaid mercenaries were terrorizing the civilian population. It is estimated that during the entire duration of the Great Strive, the population of the Hellenic realm fell from 12 million to 8 million (1/3rd of the original number). There are only small number of accounts from this times, as many of the philosopher stopped writing, or moved into other region. Julimer Tulii himself left Anuriel for the Peregrinia Isles after the pacifying of Anuriel.

The counselors finally gave into Clint's and Walteir's demand on 5th of June, and dissolve themselves while the rebel troops subdued the unpaid mercenaries into submission. The war was officially ended on 6th of June 8 bc after the *''Prolidger*'' of The People's Council surrendered his banner symbolically to Clint and Walteir. Walteir resigned his position and gave it up for Clint as he wawas reportedly *''<nowiki/>'tired and old' *''.

The subsequent years between 8 bc to 1 ac were calmedcalm as people went home from the war and reconstruction began. Clint gathered and recalled philosophers that had left the country, and merchants from across the nation to reorganised the realm and refilling the emptied treasury. The merchants willingly gave Clint loans to start the reconstruction with only small interest. Clint gathered all of the merchants and their loans into one organization, subsequently creating the first Bank in the nation. Clint and a group of philosopher began to write a constitution (called *''primus sen*'' (Prime Laws) back then). He then forms a new Council, *''Nulf Tuis*'' (Council of Elders) , directly elected by the people, each representing a constituency with limited terms of two three-years terms. He also formed the *''Mour Tuis*'' (Council of Merchants) to observe and advise financial, trade, and production issues and *''Luter Tuis*'' (Council of War) to administrate the army and navy of the nation, and to appoint *''Verlicci Luter*'' (War General) on yearly basis.

Clint's government became the first to officially acknowledge a name for the nation, *Tissara*''Tissa Dras'' (Descendants of Tissa) morphing into today's *''Tissandra* (Childs of Tissa)'', referring to the myth of Hellen and Tissa. Clint was appointed by the Council of Elders to serve as Tissandra's first Consul. He led Tissandra until his death in 12 ac. Clint's greatest achievemnt apart from the reconstruction and the stabilisation of the realm is arguably his implementation of the Clintinian Calendar, a sun based oncalendar using names from the older Hellenic Moon Dates, the Calendar is much more sophisticated, including the calculation of leap years. His name was imortalized into the years throught the phrase, *''alurii clintei*,'' (after the great Clint).

After Clint's death in 12 ac, the Council of Elders began to elect consuls on 3 years basis. The Council of Merchants and the Council of War began a great project to map the surrounding seas and coasts, finding their way into numerous realms and countries beyond the seas. Tissandra's merchants began to dominate the trades in Yasteria, and backed up by the navy, began to built trading outposts and factories on foreign lands. The revenue the merchants generated is taxes by the government, and so the realm's treasury had never emptied. These huge revenues were distributed in the form of tax incentives and infrastructure projects. One of the Republic's biggest project was the southern irrigation systems, turning Creçore and the southern region of the Republic into a breadbasket. The surpluss of food subsequently boost the population of the nation. The Republic also pardoned the native rebels that didn't join Clint and Walteir's forces. The natives are evenwere given citizenship status and equal rights with the Tissandrans. Socially women are beginningbegan to be accepted as equals with mens, although the positions in the councils and the position of Consul hadhas never been given to a woman.

Around 100 ac, Council of Merchant began to dominate the Republic, turning the priorities of the republic into a commercial one with the main objective of gaining as much wealth as possible. This started the Age of Sails for Tissandra, as the Council of War and the Council of Merchant started a ferocious trading campaign against other nations trying to claim as much gains as possible. This brought upon a second golden age for Tissandra that would lasted into 400 ac. Æthura's Landing was built in Anuriel in 124 ac to accomodate with the continuously expanding merchant fleets of the nation. The dockyard was reportedly capabke of building 3 ships in a single week and was built according to the uniquely new assembly line technique. This, combined with steady flow of income into the national treasury, maintain a steady flow of ships and their maintenance, guaranteeing Tissandra's hold of the ocean.

In 367 ac, a certain [[Admiral Andrew Telii]] mutinied against the High Seas Command after the navy failed to reinforce his brother, Captain [[Dæston Telii]] in a battle against a coalition of Peregrinianforeign traders. Dæston was killed and his ship, the infamous *''[[Bus Tuirei*]]'' (literally Gold Seeker) was sunk. The ship was a flagship of the nation and its sinking hampered the image of the High Seas Command and the Council of War in general. Andrew Telii's mutiny did however ended shortly after it began; Anuriel gendarmarie and militiasmilitia was forced to shoot his ship with fort cannons, sinking the ship halfway, forcing the crews to surrender. Telii however comitted suicide. This act was seen unfavorably by the other naval officer, and soon a silent coup inside the High Seas Command ensuesensued, replacing the older members of the command with young and emotional officers and cadets. This act was condemned by both the Council of Elders and the Council of Merchant, while the Council of War was struck down into chaotic power struggle. The Army Command quickly took over the entirety of the Council of War, and dissolved the High Seas Command to restore order.

The Army Command quick and sudden move upsetted many in the navy and the Council of Merchant. The Council of Elders however supported the move, and even rewarded General [[Macery Hunrei]], the War General on the time, with the Medal of Freedom, the highest achievement in the military of Tissandra. The Council of Merchant did not approve the Elders decision and calls for the recreation of a new High Seas Command to restore line of communication with Tissandra's outposts. When this request was denied by the Elders, the Merchant formed the Naval Command in 368, a military branch of its own, free off the influence and decisions of the Council of War. The navy quickly rebranded themselves as merchant marine fleets, focusing on commercial protection rather than a military role.

A year after the consulFrein's dissapearance, Macery Hunrei launched a coup and toppled both the Council of Elders and the Council of Merchants. BefireBefore he disbanded the other councils, members of both council dispersed into their local regions and began arming their people against a future conflict. However there were no unity between the members, resulting into a splinter between regions. The members began to act as their own leader, forming their own republics, duchies, and even kingdoms (Byshlia was the first kingdom formed during these times). Tissandra fell into the hands of these warlords and each regions soon break any affliction with the other, as if declaring their own independence.

Situation became dire when Macery was killed in a strive with the citizen of Anuriel in 379. The city plunged into chaos, while the Council of War dispersed themselves, following the lead of the other counsellors, taking over their represented regions and began ruling it for themselves in the wake of the power vaccum, leaving the city in the hand of the Mayor. When the people of Argentum began marching toward Anuriel, led by a former member of the Council of Elders, Mushad Treien, now Consul of Argentum, a former member of the Council of Elders and the leader of the Region of Welli, Ferrel Marigold, called for all leadership to gather in Anuriel to decide the future of the nation peacefully. The Great Meeting of Anuriel were held, and Ferrel managed to dissuade any kind of hostility for a brief period as a truce of five years was signed. However, the meeting failed to reunite the nation. After the meeting, Ferrel infamously said *...Farewell Tissandra, you've made us all what we were before this...* after thea truce of five yearsyear, each states plunged into warperiodic wars against one another and gave rise to feudalism and serfdom.

[[File:King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt.jpg|thumb|283x283px|[[DukeThe AbercrombyLong ofKnive Nallewbridge]]War, fightingillustration against [[Duke Hamilton]]'s forces,from 104416th accentury.]]The sixteen provinces of the former Republic quickly devolved into disaray after the truce. The richer provinces to the south were quick to dissolve, with Argentum Union breaking into four duchies and principalities, leaving the union with only the city of Creçore. Anuriel, losing the influence over southern Tissandra, isolated themselves from the rest of the mainlander nations and focusing toward commercial relations with other nations. To the north and east, the lesser populated countryside were subdued by rebellious Yasterian Natives and subsequently driven away Tissandrans in these regions.

Between 380 ac to 770 ac, there were little historical record, and little progress made by the Tissandrans. The so called Warring States Period happened in these years, practically a sporadic warfare and strive between the self declared warlords, nobilities and the natives. Population wise, from the estimated 12 million citizen of the republic, by the end of 800 ac, was evidently reduced to mere 4 million. This huge fall of population and density was mainly atributed to the resurgence of old world plagues, particularly diarrhea and cholera which were subdued by Republican sanitations and flowing waters. The destruction of Republican infrastructure furthered the resurgence, leading to massive outbreaks in 392, 426, 451, 562, and 663.

The measles outbreak of 663 was the biggest in term of the fallouts and the death counttoll amongst the other breakouts. The outbreak was speculated to have started during the siege of Candira by the forces of Duke Mercia of Wimbling after a dispute over land distribution following King Tartas of Candira's death in 662. The siege, which happened for almost 4 months, ended after a quarter of the population of the city died of measles. The soldiers of Wimbling supposedly carried the disease home, and because the centrality of Wimbling's location on Tissandra, the disease rapidly spread. The spread primarily happened during the Long Knive War, between Duke Aberoly of Eranorth and the Republican forces of Anuriel. The war was huge compared to other conflicts of the period, involving more than 200,000 man on both sides. The long and pitched battles fought in the war contributed to the spread, that by 665, both nation stopped attacking each other due to the horrid losses caused by the outbreak. Candira was later abandoned in 672,and would only be repopulated again almost a century later in 769.

[[File:Florence cathedral (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore) (25821023698).jpg|thumb|[[St. Mychael Cathedral|St. Mychæl Cathedral]] in [[Crecore|Creçore.]]]]

The outbreak of 663 managed to stop al.ost every conflict between the states of Tissandra, effectively silenced the region for three centuries. People of the period called the time as The Great Silence, due to the isolation and desolate nature of the region. Many people were confined to cities and the surrounding countryside, leaving the vast lands that were populated subdued by the nature. Forests regrow and the last Tissandrans fled the northern territories, leaving it to the Hama people and the natives. It was at this period that the vast majority of Republican artefacts were lost to the elements, and that there were no attempt to preserve it, as the Confine of the Children of Abraham closed their doors from outsiders and prevent any of their members from travelling more than 3 miles from their confine after the measles outbreak. However the presence of the Church amongst the people began to increase, due to the rise of insecurity and superstition.

The Eldest began to take political roles in Tissandra in 801, after the Church's ban on Solstice Parade in Eranorth was enforced by Eldest Humphrey III even though it wasn't approved by the Duke of Eranorth, Winston IV. The Eldest recruited more than a thousand of militant fanatics to enforce his will. Few clashes between The Eldest and the Duke led to the Duke's flight from Eranorth after the burning of the Glassing Fort. Humphrey III then raised Silvan I, Winston IV's younger brother, as the new Duke of Eranorth. Silvan and his predecessor were essentially a servant to The Eldest which turned to Duchy of Eranorth into their base for proselytizing the Children's religiousness throughout the region.

By the end of the fourteenth century, the Church began to steadily losinglose political power over the region. As commerce and population doubled, monarchy and autocracy naturally returned to maintain order on the region. One such example was in the heart of the Church itself in Eranorth, where Duke Abercromby was granted by the Heavenly Council to reinstated his own council to manage financial affairs. As financial affairs included the payment of troops and mercenaries, the Church was essentially gave up their political enforcer, the militant clergies to the Duke who disbanded it in 1406 after a claim that the militant was poorly equipped and trained yet very highly paid. They were replaced by the Holy Guard, paid and trained underby the Duke's own men.

However,The relative peace during the 15thRevival led to an era of scientific and 16thart centuryrediscovering. wasThis era, known as the era of the Awakening, on whichsaw old Hellenic arts and Clintinian sciences was refoundedrenewed. Even though the Church posedproposed that arts is wasteful, some prominent church members hired artist such as Dætgyr of Creçore and Carl Flavian to built magnificent churches. Dætgyr was also employed by Eldest Humphrey XVI to built the Grand Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Tein in Eranorth, which now became the headquarter of the Church. Extravagant living spread amongst the nobily who began to patronizing the arts and science as a political manouvre. Duke Millard of Portista employed certain Aramdillo Meducci to rebuilt the Acqueduct of Portista, and also expanding it with a Ferucci Screw, a method of pumping water unknown since the fall of the Republic. This was however a political move as the aqueduct drained water from the highlands of the Kingdom of Candira, prompting the Kingdom's subjects to pay for their own water. Armadillo Meducci soon gained fame as a historian and scientist. He reinvented a lot of ancient findings, and also experimented on his own. His finding resulted in the discovery of water stream powered weaving mills andthat is arguably one of the earliest example of a complicated engineering. Due to his invention, the region dominated fabric trade in Yasteria for centuries to come.

Overall, the years between 1400 into 1800 was a period of progress and rediscoveries for the region, the so called Awakening. Although warfare and disputes still happened between states, the increasingly centralised nature of nation-states throughout the region began to polarised power into the three ancient capitals of the Tissandran people; Eranorth, Anuriel, and Creçore. This meant that by the end of the 17th century, there were only three main states and few outlying principalities and free cities (with the exception of Kingdom of Candira), all centered in Eranorth (Kingdom of Tissandra), Anuriel (Republic of Anuriel), and Creçore (Grand Duchy of Argentum). The relatively non-destructive nature of warfare in this period gave way to an interlinked commerce and social necessity between the states, prompting nationalism and unification throughout the region.

The 18th century saw the [[First Industrial Revolution]], as the discoveryrenewing of the coal powered well pumps led to the discovery of machine pumps. The machine pumps were used to pums out water from coal and ore mines, boosting production more than double the times, and making prices for fuel to drop. Many cotraptions were made at this time; the [[Spinning Harry]] (a string threading machine built by [[Harry Jennings]]), and the steam powered factories which sprung out across the realm. Some older institutions, like banks and universities transforms into the modern structure we see now., Whilewhile locals began to build free schools as education became more important. This era also marked by massive urbanization, as cities swelled in size. Arround 1772, railway network began to extends across the nation, and in 1781 the first steam boat canal was opened. Roads also widened, and the first kind of toll ways was opened between Anuriel and Creçore in 1765.

Although education and income began to increase, the quality of live were actually decreasing, as people working inside factories were lacking in terms of physical protection. Many accident happens, while coal and iron soot began to affect worker's health. Child labour was extensive totoo, and they were also exposed with lacks of protection to. There were no regulations, and many profiteers try to use this lack of government intervention to amass wealth as much as possible, culminating into the return of the Oligarchy as these people began to assert more and more political influence overthrough their financial ones.

Neverthelles, the disparates states finally decrease in number, as duchies and republics increase in power and size. The [[Duchy of Eranorh]] started a ferocious conquest and diplomatic annexations throughout the 15th and 16th century. They aggressively marriesmarried off their members of Dynasty, the [[House of Chalois]], to form alliances, and to annex far away lands. The shrewd practice managed to bring half of the realm into the Duchy's command. By the year 1701, The nation was half unified under Eranorth. During this time, the [[Palace of Glass]] was built in the suburbs of Eranorth to showcase the might of the Duke. When the Palace is finished in 1714 ac, during the time of [[Duke Charles XXVI]], he coronated himself inside the palace as the first King of the descendants of Tissa; forming the [[Kingdom of Tissandra]]. The lords,local mayors, consulspolities and localsroyalty already under Eranorth's swayinfluence are subsequently approvesannexed after his coronation. But the southwestern part of the realm denies the coronation, and declares Charles' claim unfounded. They gathers to form the [[Coalition|Coalition for Tissandra]], headed by the [[President of Anuriel]] (formerly Consul of Anuriel). The two factions maintain their cohesion throughout the rest of the 18th century, until the middle of the 19th century, with each claiming to be the rightful government for Tissandra. But only after Anuriel formally annexed all of the Coalition's members, including the Grand Duchy of Argentum, and formsformed the [[Republic of Tissandra]] in 1864, hostilities between the two nation escalated into all out war.

The First Civil War lasted for more than 3 years between 1865 to 1868, resulting in 500,000half a million casualties, and almost 150,000a quarter million deaths. The war was primarily fought among the borders, with each side trying to invade the others. There were four stages of the war, according to historian. The stages are :, [[The Gulf Campaign]], [[The Massif Central Campaign]], [[The Highland Campaign]], and [[The Greenfields Campaign]].

The Gulf Campaign was the attempt of the Kingdom to invade the Republic and to besiege Anuriel. The campaign was a defeatfailure, as waves after waves of Royalist Army were defeated along the coasts of Hikaru Gulf. The largest battle of this campaign was the [[Battle of Dren Bridge]] on 21st of September 1865, where 75,000 Royalist attempted to cross a bridge near [[Dren Village]]. The Royalist were forced to retreats and stops the invasion. The Massif Central Campaign was the second attempts of the Royalist to invade the Republican. This campaign was more succesful, and led to the [[Siege of Aminore]], a strategic fortress that supplies Anuriel, on the 9th of April 1866. The siege were called off when the Republican invade the Kingdom in the Highland Campaign. The Highland Campaign was the longest of the other campaigns, leading to the evacuation of Eranorth on 7th of December 1866, and the [[Battle of Carrack]] on 16th of February 1867. The Republican was defeated at that battle and had to retreats back to Eranorth. They were once again defeated at the [[Battle of Marygold]] on 2nd of April 1867, and forced to withdraw back to the Republican territory in the [[Long Retreat]] that lasted until November 1867.