Unification of Westeria

The Unification of Westeria was a series of diplomatic victories and wars spanning three different Kythiran Emperors and most of the Third Era, during which House Viromaro was able to successfully unite all of Westeria under the banner of the Kythiran Empire. It happened around the same time as the Eastern Conquests which formed the Imperius Reich in the far east.

Kythira Rises

The grandson of the last Kythiran King, Prince Richard I Viromaro, decided that the time

The Conquest of the Confederacy of Ardor

After what is today the northern half of Ardoragh had fully united behind the imperial crown, Emperor Francis Viromaro's eyes settled on the vast territory south of the new province. Together with his Grand Chancellor Leonard Von Roterstein, the brother of the Ardoraghi High-Lord, they devised a plan to conquer this region. When the Kythiran armies, together with the Ardoraghi troops moved into the territory, they faced unexpectedly high levels of resistance. The tribes of the south, who had fragile trade relations with the north prior to its joining the Empire, had feared a loss of their autonomy and freedoms. Knowing that divided they would surely fall, they united their lands and peoples into what they called the Confederacy of Ardor, led by an elected king, simply known as Odvarr. They launched a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the northern invaders, harassing them at every opportunity, and occasionally launching raids against the north, forcing the High-Lord to construct a large wall around Alralysva.

Grand Chancellor Leonard suggested that the armies would make contact with the Ulveflokk tribe, a rich tribe located on the coast of the Dodehavet Sea, who earned most of their wealth through a sizeable fleet with which they pirated across the Dodehavet Sea. He personally sailed to meet their chief, Baldor, who eventually agreed to help conquer the south. In return his family would rule the region as vassal lords to High-Lord Von Roterstein.

Baldor send a messenger to King Odvarr, offering to join the Confederacy and help fight the invaders. As a gesture of good will, Baldor also send 500 fine swords and helmets as a gift to the king. Odvarr happily agreed, not aware of the secret negotiations between the Ulveflokk and the Empire.

Baldor was invited to join Odvarr in a Veriside, a tribal ritual in which their brotherly bond would be formally forged. This was to be done in the royal tent of Odvarr, where according to ancient customs, no-one was allowed to carry any arms. The Veriside was completed, and a night of festivities began, involving plentiful drinking and partying under the bright full moon.

As the night came to an end, and most of the attendees were either drunk or had retired to their tents, a group of Ulveflokk warriors who had been hiding in a nearby wood stormed into the camp, slaying all they came across. Before Odvarr could call his guards outside, Baldor grabbed a hidden dagger and cut the king's throat, ending his reign. After the last of the attendees had been killed, the camp was set ablaze, and the warriors together with Baldor fled back east into Ulveflokk territory. Once he arrived, he send a messenger north, telling Leonard that "The fire has been extinguished.". Upon receiving this signal the Kythiran armies marched into the south.

Meanwhile the Confederacy had fallen into chaos by the decapitation of almost their entire leadership.

occurred at the same time as the Eastern Conquests of the Imperiu

The Unification occurred after the Minecraftian Dark Ages ended with the start of the Third Era. It was the unification of all lands and kingdoms from the First- and Second Era as well as all lands west of the Narrow Sea and the 1150-line.

In exchange for having him colonize the west of Westeria, then-King Coetzeeclan Viromaro pardoned Whazajottom Von Roterstein for his participation in the Great Grief. This ultimately led to the creation of the Province of Ardoragh, with Whazajottom Von Roterstein being named High-Lord.

During the Treaty of Blackwater, in exchange for Blackwater Base, Borous Von Dragestein's castle from the Second Era, King Viromaro granted Von Dragestein a small island east of Redstonia, which he named Dorwall. Viromaro also granted Dragestein all lands of Eastera, being all lands east of the Narrow Sea and the 1150-line.

After these events King Coetzeeclan Viromaro named his new formed land the Kythiran Empire, of which he crowned himself Emperor.