History of the Kingdom of Aesteria

Pre-1037

  • Northern region were broken into multiple petty kingdoms

  • Sothern region more tribal and run by nobel houses

  • Tileri and Aesteria are two of the more powerful kingdoms in the north

  • “Balance of powers” kept region and power divided in the smaller kingdoms

1037 - 1039 (War of the Tileri Succession)

  • The last of the ruling family of Tileri dies leaving no dynastic heir

  • The King of Aesteria has the strongest claim on the Tileri crown and presses his claim

  • An apprehensive coalition of northen kingdoms forms to counter the power imbalance of a combined Aesterian/Tileri crown

  • The War of the Tileri Succession begins

  • Due to weak initial response and in-fighting in the coalition forces, the King of Aesteria was able to consolidate power in the region

  • After not being able to make ground against Aesteria the coalition surrended and quickly fragmented

  • The Kingdoms of Tileri and Aesteria became duchies under the new Aesteria crown

1041 - 1051 (War of Northern Unification)

  • Actually a series of smaller wars

  • Seen by some historians as an extension of the War of Tileri Succession

  • The Kingdom of Aesteria subjugated the other northern petty kingdoms as duchies

1051 - 1068 (Interbellum Period)

  • King of Aesteria dies in 1053 and his eldest son takes the crown

  • A succession war was avoided by the new king granting his brother title of the Prince of Tileri

  • Kingdom of Aesteria consolidates and integrates

1068 - 1075 (War of Southern Unification)

  • King of Aesteria begins conquest of southern tribes

  • The decentralized nature of the tribes begins to open many fronts

  • King begins signing treaties with some tribes to join him in exchange for more autonomy in the kingdom

  • After several successful treaties the Kingdom of Aesteria extends an open invitation to any tribes/houses wishing to join the kingdom in exchange for autonomy

  • War ends and the Guild System (Adventuring Guilds) is formalized in the Treaty of ???

  • At this point, the Guild System is only for previous noble houses/tribes that sided with the Kingdom of Aesteria

1129 (A new guild system)

  • The Guild System is revamped to allow anyone with sufficient funding to start a guild

1180 (Now)

  • “Current day”