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====== Loodon Empire ======

**Loodon Empire** was a country that existed from about 1900 SR to the 560s TR. Founded by the [[Aylis family]], Loodon grew from a small locality into an influential Empire that dominated [[Continent]] warfare and politics for several centuries.

Loodon was ruled by [[masut|Masuts]] until 180 TR, when [[Rondal Drofal]], also known as the First Emperor, created the Loodon Empire and reduced the role of religion in country politics.

===== Early history =====

==== The Aylis family ====

By the beginning of the 20th century SR Loodon became a network of villages that declared the mouth of the Loodon river to be their property and began to tax anyone who needed access to the water. Organized by the Aylis family, the cooperative was primarily managed by Jani Aylis and her son Vantral Aylis. By 1910 SR several towns have formed around the river and Jani Aylis assumed the role of "chief organizer".

In 1917 she orchestrated a conquest up the Loodon river, in order to secure the watercourse and claim the whole of it as cooperative's property. The army consisted of several thousand men and was commanded by Jani's son, Vantral. Instead of diligently following the Loodon river, Vantral turned at the Tlax tributary and headed towards the city of Tlax. Due to sheer luck, the army of the city was absent and Vantral was able to capture Tlax with virtually no resistance. When the ruler of the city, [[Done Kandisis]], returned, his army was weakened from an unsuccessful campaign and the siege failed due to army morale being low and soldiers eventually leaving Kandisis. Thus, Tlax was effectively handed over to Vantral.

By this time Jani was already on her way to Tlax, but Vantral, having tasted power, had secretly sent several trusted men to ambush his mother's party who murdered her and her escorts. This was concealed from the rest of loodonians, and instead Vantral said that this was done by the inhabitants of the town of Nator, a wealthy location at the headwaters of Loodon. Vantral then led his troops towards Nator, but this time was not as lucky and was hit back by Nator's infantry, forcing him to retreat. He then returned to Tlax.

In spite of this embarrassing escapade, Vantral returned a hero, viewed as a leader willing to defend his people against all odds. Although Nator was undefeated, Vantral again proclaimed Loodon to be the sole property of the cooperative and established the Loodon Cooperative, which very quickly became known as simply Loodon.

Paranoid that someone else might occupy Tlax the same way he did, Vantral assumed a defensive strategy and maintained it throughout the rest of his life: he continued to grow and train his army, but always found ways to postpone or cancel campaigns. However, Tlax grew in wealth and influence and by 1930s became the hub of the region. Vantral introduced taxes, but also established a secret squad of assassins who would help him punish his enemies and increase his influence, as well as force merchants to enter into trade deals that they would otherwise not consider. Vantral created many enemies and eventually became quite infamous for his ruthless tactics, but it also brought him a certain level of admiration, and many powerful people began seeking his support.

Vantral's reign came to an end in 1936 SR, when his younger brother Tavol, who at the time was the chief of the assassins squad, ordered his murder. Vantral was beheaded in his sleep with an axe.

Tavol assumed the position of ruler and expanded Loodon in several successful campaigns, first to the west against Nator, then to the east conquering the Overpol Expanse. Line Overpol unexpectedly betrayed her own court and had her family and generals executed for treason by Tavol when she had alerted him to their plans. They then both led a campaign against the fortified city of Noral and left it in ruins.

Known for his brutality, Tavol became known for routinely butchering the population of whole cities, including Nator and Delbar. Nator was never rebuilt.

Tavol established somewhat separate theocratic governments in Tlax and then in Dav, but became unpopular among his own court in Tlax due to his lavish spending and lack of interest in conquest. He also turned out to be a poor organizer and most of the Overpol Region became more or less independent, at least as far as taxes were concerned.

Eventually, Line conspired with one of the tlaxian factions and Tavol was beheaded in his sleep, the same way he killed his older brother almost a decade ago.

Line Aylis then declared herself the ruler of Loodon, but her short reign was dominated by a civil war, since Dav's religious leader Potus Aylis, Tavol's cousin, claimed the throne. He was able to unite the Overpol Region under his banner and eventually defeated Line Aylis in a series of battles a decade later. Line's exact fate is unknown, but she was probably killed in battle or executed. Records clearly indicate that when Potus assumed power in Tlax in 1953 SR, Line Aylis was already dead.

Potus' reign marks the beginning of Loodon as a major country. The civil war united the Overpol Region with the lands around the Loodon river and the country now stretched from Macham river in the west to Taverda river in the east.

During the first 10 years of his reign, Potus dispatched several campaigns led by General Ynorie Trunt against several of the Teamatian tribes in the south, expanding Loodon.
==== Kvean rule ====

Kvean, Kvean II, Kvean III.

==== Tivean ====

Tivean.

==== The Dark Era ====

Era of warlords and autocracy: Cyblys and Koreyal.

===== Loodon Empire =====

Rondal Drofal and the birth of the Empire.
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