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The Golden Age began with the annexation of Brewstone, and it was the crowning achievement of the First Kyriskan Princedom, we had a major centre of Commerce now, and Brewstone grew rich from Miner's Tea, a custom brew that was rumoured to grant strength and night vision. Brewstone grew rich, and Kyriska did too, Khirom would surpass Vadimiskyi even in this era. In this era, the Battle of Lake Khirom happened, between the future High Lich Morgrim, and the Count Vartilian, whose boat the Lich would claim as his own, trying to sell it back to the Count at a highly inflated price. In a spirit of rage, Vartilian would hire mercenaries to fight him, but they failed, but they did not fail in driving Morgrim from the land. The boat was given to the mercenaries as payment. A war was planned against the Lich and his armies of the undead, but never was executed. The Golden Age, whilst short, was the highest Kyriska has ever reached, until now.
The Waning Age began with the settlement of the Faewoods, but in those days it was just a few shacks amongst the Great Trees of the peninsula southward of Vadimiskyi. We welcomed these people, and gave them the land as their own. A few weeks later, the people of Vadimiskyi would mysteriously abandon their land, and the Prince Heinrich would abdicate the throne, leaving no heir for awhile. Khirom and Brewstone would remain Kyriskan for awhile, but Brewstone would secede a few days later, leaving Khirom to carry the burden alone, as the last bastion of Kyriska, and Heinrich, before he left into exile, would name Vartilian as his heir.
The Remnant Age would prove to be difficult at best, but in Khirom, the Prince Vartilian would have great plans. The first major event of this age was the Remnant joining the Free Cities, but this would prove to be tyranny at best. Then came the Ceyretan-Zydel War, and the people of Ceyreto, fresh from their defeat, would settle on unclaimed land, taking it for their own, and would settle Zethortal. The Free Cities had collapsed by then, and Prince Vartilian saw these new arrivals as a threat, they may have been refugees, but they were angry, and they had weapons. He was intimidated to join their pet project, the Blackthornian Commonwealth, and became a Councilor of Blackthorn.
Then came the Blackthornian Oppression. Blackthorn's self-appointed leader, Emilia Rivers, would claim leadership of the entire commonwealth, denying Khirom autonomy to have self-governance, or even to call itself Kyriska. Emilia's reign would prove unstable, and she was far too authoritarian for some of her people. She denied the rights of the Prince, declaring him the leader of the Kyriskan Culture, nothing more, no political power, not even ceremonial power. The word Kyriskan, she would make synonymous with "Dead." Her reign would be challenged twice, once unsuccessful once successful. The First Kyriskan rebellion would be against the tyranny of Emilia Rivers, and her constant gutting of authority positions, other than her own. Under the spirit of rage, Waylin Vartilian would move to defend his territory, causing the Blackthornian diplomat to flee, he was then swiftly wounded himself, as Blackthorn gave him no quarter and no mercy. Fort Khirom would rejoin the Commonwealth, and the Prince would have almost no authority, left out of decision after decision, and Khirom would be restricted and restricted. A plot was brewing, and it would soon come to fruition. A full rebellion would happen, led by Babba, and later by Vartilian himself, Khirom would secede from the Commonwealth without bloodshed, and the Blackthornians would have a tantrum about losing what they saw as their property. The Faewood would join this new Kyriska, and later New Pangolias would join as well. The Commonwealth of Blackthorn would implode, leaving only Zethortal as the sole Commonwealth territory. The Ministress, Emilia Rivers, would later suffer from depression, from losing her ultimate and unchecked power.
Then comes the present, the Rise of the Second Kyriska. With the unity of the Empire of Rauthwald, both Khirom and the Faewood would form the New Principality, it's capital located in Khirom, and they would join this new Empire, and would request autonomy from the Emperor Jon Dodbane, who would generously grant his adopted son Vartilian authority of Kyriska, but it would still be part of the Empire of Rauthwald. With the new
== War and Conflict ==
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