Kingdom of Taurya
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| Location: Obreidhion | ||
| Races | Human, Elf, Orc | |
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| • Demon Wars estimate | 11,500,000 | |
The Kingdom of Taurya was a kingdom located in Obreidhion, the southeastern continent of Khyorgan.
History
Taurya was originally founded around 200 years before the Demon Wars, and was a successful nation that established oceanic trade routes to other Khyorganese nations throughout Khyorgan, and even established overseas colonies and trading posts in the southern Amacata Desert. Taurya's population included Humans alongside Orcs as well as several varieties of Elf. Elves from places such as the Allied Khionic Monasteries and Bossniri would sometimes immigrate to Taurya.
The Tauryans extended their reach to the Picos Mountains region, where they built the Wall of Picos, a defensive structure meant to defend against the Kingdom of Polvora during the Tauryan-Polvoran War.
Taurya was hit hard by the Demon Wars and ravaged by demonic forces. Although the demons ultimately lost the war, Taurya was economically devastated and collapsed. For the next 200 years, Taurya would be split among warring petty kingdoms. Its former territories in the Amacata region were overtaken by Polvora, such as the city of White Flag, while the Picos region would come to be under the control of the Picos Barbarians.
The former territories of Taurya were terrorized by the ferocious Quillen and Abominations, as well as by eachother.
After centuries of having faded into memory, Taurya would be reformed by the Theyri Dynasty. Beginning his campaign to reunite Taurya in 210 ADW, Theyri III was eventually named as the first king of Taurya in 200 years.
The next king of Taurya, Theyri IV, would rally the Tauryan people together and launch the Abomination Crusades with the goal of wiping out the Abominations once and for all. King Theyri would send his troops throughout Obreidhion, Lexighor, and Andavronia, allying with other nations and building positive foreign relations for the Tauryans. The crusades proved successful, as the Abominations were gradually exterminated from the civilized southerly regions of Khyorgan.
However, when Theyri IV's troops returned to Taurya, he turned them against his own people, to drive out the Elves and the Orcs and the other nonhumans, declaring them as equally inhuman and deserving of scorn as the Abominations. Although king Theyri had grown popular with many of his subjects, many of the feudal lords were dissatisfied with his rule, and more and more pressure built on the king. Eventually, under threat of civil war, king Theyri was forced to abdicate the throne. Ultimately, a peaceful transfer of power was reached, with numerous compromises and allowances for the former king .
However, Theyri IV was not finished with his ambitions. The former king traveled throughout Taurya rallying the people for another crusade. Although there were concerns that the deposed monarch was hoping to incite a civil war, he never called for violence against the government; Instead, he rallied his loyalists to invade the island of Mildhurian and defeat the Quillen. The Tauryans, viewing it as an opportunity to expatriate the political influence of the Theyrian dynasty, were happy to allow this plan to process. King Theyri and the vassals that remained loyal to him gathered an invasion force and sailed to Mildhurian.
King Theyri did not intend to conquer the island for the Tauryan establishment, and instead declared a new Theyrian Empire. Many Tauryan lords remained loyal to the former king, but they had spent their resources on their war against the Quillen. The Tauryan government, knowing the Theyrians had used up their manpower and resources, forced their supporters in Taurya out of power and sent them into exile in the new Theyrian Empire.
Tauryan and Theyrian relations would fluctuate, and eventually the Tauryans would attempt to blockade the Theyrian participation in the Twin Nautilus Trade.