Karaz Wyr

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Karaz Wyr was nation established on the Overlords 2 server by flufyking and Saucy_Tacos. Early into it's history it united with Poitevine to form the Wyric Empire. The settlement itself was largely contained beneath the surface of the mountain range.

Geography

Karaz Wyr was located near the southern tip of the Central Mountain Range. Immediately east lay the highland plains of Poitevine.

History

Karaz Wyr was founded between the fifth and sixth days of the server following the abandonment of Karaz Ankor on day four. The highest levels of the mountain hold are excavated into the peak of the karaz.

Soon after it's establishment, Karaz Wyr united with the nearby settlement of Poitevine to form the Wyric Empire (simply called the Empire by contemporaries).

The Empire was raided by a coalition of vampires hailing from the Central Mountains and Arkunorûn. Saucy_Tacos and jusipat(?) are slain, but material losses are minimal(?).

Around Day 103 the Empire was embroiled in the Dwarven-Family War, though the majority of the fighting took place in Poitevine.

Conquest of the Great Forest

Main article: Siege of Fionnbryn

Sometime after Year 31 the Empire captured The Gragelplace and Fionnbryn, bringing an end to the Great Forest Alliance. Kjahog Gruppel was annexed as well.

Year 153

Construction of the Great Hall of Karaz Wyr was completed. Emperor flufyking called the first ever Grand Assembly, where he appointed jusipat as Designated Regent before retreating from politics.

Establishment of Mrag

In Year 180 the Hallowed Vale tried to buy Wool from the Wyric sphere. A small quantity (40 units) is bought from Arkunorûn but negotiations with Karaz Wyr itself fall through.

This coincided with the end of a long period of regency in the Empire as flufyking returned to the throne. Provoked by the wheedling and overbearing land claims of the Hallowed Vale, flufyking organized the construction of a new settlement on the banks of the river Garen, which marked the nominal border between the two polities. The settlement was named Mrag, and consisted of A bridge, a fortress, and a small town.

Construction was swift, and within months the settlement was more or less self-sustaining. Mrag was given the designation of 'Free City', meaning it could not be held permanently as part of a player's personal holdings but instead must be ruled temporarily by viceroys determined by lot. bcfoss of Arkunorûn drew the first lot, and was tasked with ruling Mrag for several decades.

Many hoped that flufyking would continue to lead the Empire, but the Emperor immediately retreated from politics again. Mundic philosophers throughout the Empire began to argue that Karaz Wyr had fallen yet again into Stagnation, a cardinal sin in their faith. Landholders in the Great Forest started to whisper of independence.

Rebellion and Fall

Main article: Great Rebellion of 184

In Year 184 the Great Rebellion brought an end to the Wyric Empire. Karaz Wyr, like nearly all Imperial settlements, was reduced to ruins after rebels managed to infiltrate the mountain hold through the metro tunnels connecting it to Poitevine. With the Capital destroyed, the Empire was reduced to a ghost of itself.

By Year 260 at the latest Imperial authority had withered to nothing. With the passing of flufyking from the world the mantle of Emperor was conferred to bcfoss, who formally dissolved the Wyric Empire.