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History of Myrcia
The First Kingdom	675 - 1120
• First Recorded Human Settlement	c. 450 BCE
• Wulfric, first Myrcian king	675
• The Fennel War	1011 - 1019
Scandic and Ingerish Rule	1120 - 1669
• Scandic Invasion	1120
• Establishment of Scandlaw	1192
• Ingerish-Scandic War	1226-1230
The Second Kingdom	1669 - Present
• War of Myrcian Independence	1669
• Council of Welkinloch	1701
• Myrcian Constitution established	1777
• Coronation of Kyng Eofric III	2023

Revision as of 14:20, 23 April 2023

Kingdom of Myrcia
Rícecynig Myrcia (Myrcian)

Capital: Dunwic

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The Kingdom of Myrcia is an island nation located in north-west Uletha. It is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral elected legislature. The official language is Myrcian though Ingerish is also widely spoken. It has long relied on the Hesperic Ocean for its wealth, its major industries are oil and gas exploration, fishing and tourism. The capital, and largest city, is Dunwic, the two other Myrcian cities are Nórdport and St Grimbald.

History

Before the First Kingdom

The first human settlement on Myrcia is believed to date from around the 5th century BCE. It was discovered during a dig by Séftnescoleg Myrcia archaeologists on the southern island of Súdhilfad in 1974. It has been posited that the first settlers arrived in Myrcia by mistake after their fishing vessel was lost off the coast of mainland Uletha. Human settlement spread across the southern islands over the following four centuries but only reached mainland Myrcia in around the first century CE. These settlements, known as the Cérnman (Ingerish: Boat Men) were known to mainly subsist on hunting and fishing with homes built from logs. There is no evidence of contact between the Cérman and mainland Uletha until around 350 CE. This is when the first Christic missionaries arrived from Ingerland and Scandmark. Initially they found little success in converting the Cérman to Christicism, they did not share a common language, with Old Cérran having evolved independently from Ulethan languages, and the locals viewed them with great scepticism. Trading missions failed for similar reasons and the Cérman's insular existance would not be disturbed in a significant way until the arrival of Scandic invaders centuries later.

The First Kingdom

The establishment of the First Kingdom by Wulfric in the 7th century

Until the 7th century the Cérman were governed by family units with the ancestral elders holding power over the local community. These elders would meet in council houses, often the only buildings built from stone in Cérman settlements. Over the course of the 6th century some families became more powerful than others and began to consolidate power across multiple hamlets, they would claim a tithe of fish or game from landowning families and they were the first people living in Myrcia to not need to fish or hunt themselves. By 650 the Ealferwic family was in control of most of Súdhilfad, Anna and St Æthelflæd (then called Wúdensisl), they had established a manor house in Welkinloch and in 670 Wulfric, leader of the Ealferwic began to construct a fortified manor in Sandwic. In 671 Wulfric killed Yórnar who ruled Hilda and established the first market system on the island to allow men to specialise in boat building and construction rather than just subsistence fishing. He repeated this in Sandwich in 672 and Welkinloch in 674 and by 675 he had amassed a number of wooden longboats and rudimentary fortifications across the islands. The ruling families on the mainland knew little of Wulfric's new economy and continued to hunt and fish for their own kin, there are no traces of stone buildings on the Myrcian mainland before Wulfric's arrival. Wulfric set sail from Sandwic in February 675 with a small army and established his control over all settlements south of Lochkinross by March of that year. By June, Wulfric had control of Beremúth and Béreisl, his final victory was against Úå in Merestowe, at the time the northern most settlement on the mainland. On June 18th 675 Wulfric decreed himself Cércip (Ingerish: Boat Lord) Wulfric of Myrcia thus establishing The First Kingdom.

Wulfric ruled until 691 establishing market places and trade guilds in settlements across the southern islands and south of the mainland which had only ever seen subsistence fishing and hunting. He is thought to have visited Scandmark in the 680s and not only established trading links with the Ulethan mainland but bringing domesticated animals back with him to begin the large-scale farming of sheep, pigs and cattle on the downland and heath of southern Myrcia. This new economy led to an enormous boom in the human population of Myrcia and many of the towns and cities which exist today were founded over the next two centuries as settlers moved north across the mainland. St Grimbald (then Grimsdyk) was founded in 686, Lórbrig in 687, Dunwic as a small fishing village in 699, St Alfæd (then Shórwic) in 704 with settlement reaching the north coast in Nórdport by 721. Wulfric was succeeded by his son Wulfricsson, this established the ancestral line of Myrcian monarchs which lasted until the Scandic invasion.

Scandic Rule

Ingerish Rule

The Second Kingdom

Constitutional Period

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+==History==
+{{Infobox history
+| name = Myrcia
+| era_A = The First Kingdom
+| era_A_dates = 675 - 1120
+| event_A1 = First Recorded Human Settlement
+| dates_A1 = c. 450 BCE
+| event_A2 = Wulfric, first Myrcian king
+| dates_A2 = 675
+| event_A3 = The Fennel War
+| dates_A3 = 1011 - 1019
+| era_B = Scandic and Ingerish Rule
+| era_B_dates = 1120 - 1669
+| event_B1 = Scandic Invasion
+| dates_B1 = 1120
+| event_B2 = Establishment of Scandlaw
+| dates_B2 = 1192
+| event_B3 = Ingerish-Scandic War
+| dates_B3 = 1226-1230
+| era_C = The Second Kingdom
+| era_C_dates = 1669 - Present
+| event_C1 = War of Myrcian Independence
+| dates_C1 = 1669
+| event_C2 = Council of Welkinloch
+| dates_C2 = 1701
+| event_C3 = Myrcian Constitution established
+| dates_C3 = 1777
+| event_C4 = Coronation of Kyng Eofric III
+| dates_C4 = 2023
+}}
+===Before the First Kingdom===
+The first human settlement on Myrcia is believed to date from around the 5th century BCE. It was discovered during a dig by [[Séftnescoleg Myrcia]] archaeologists on the southern island of [[Súdhilfad]] in 1974. It has been posited that the first settlers arrived in Myrcia by mistake after their fishing vessel was lost off the coast of mainland Uletha. Human settlement spread across the southern islands over the following four centuries but only reached mainland Myrcia in around the first century CE. These settlements, known as the Cérnman (''Ingerish'': Boat Men) were known to mainly subsist on hunting and fishing with homes built from logs. There is no evidence of contact between the Cérman and mainland Uletha until around 350 CE. This is when the first Christic missionaries arrived from [[Ingerland]] and [[Scandmark]]. Initially they found little success in converting the Cérman to [[Christicism]], they did not share a common language, with [[Old Cérran]] having evolved independently from Ulethan languages, and the locals viewed them with great scepticism. Trading missions failed for similar reasons and the Cérman's insular existance would not be disturbed in a significant way until the arrival of Scandic invaders centuries later.
+===The First Kingdom===
+[[File:Firstkingdommyrcia.png|thumb|The establishment of the First Kingdom by Wulfric in the 7th century]]
+Until the 7th century the Cérman were governed by family units with the ancestral elders holding power over the local community. These elders would meet in council houses, often the only buildings built from stone in Cérman settlements. Over the course of the 6th century some families became more powerful than others and began to consolidate power across multiple hamlets, they would claim a tithe of fish or game from landowning families and they were the first people living in Myrcia to not need to fish or hunt themselves. By 650 the Ealferwic family was in control of most of [[Súdhilfad]], [[Anna]] and [[St Æthelflæd]] (then called Wúdensisl), they had established a manor house in [[Welkinloch]] and in 670 Wulfric, leader of the Ealferwic began to construct a fortified manor in [[Sandwic]]. In 671 Wulfric killed Yórnar who ruled [[Hilda]] and established the first market system on the island to allow men to specialise in boat building and construction rather than just subsistence fishing. He repeated this in Sandwich in 672 and Welkinloch in 674 and by 675 he had amassed a number of wooden longboats and rudimentary fortifications across the islands. The ruling families on the mainland knew little of Wulfric's new economy and continued to hunt and fish for their own kin, there are no traces of stone buildings on the Myrcian mainland before Wulfric's arrival. Wulfric set sail from Sandwic in February 675 with a small army and established his control over all settlements south of Lochkinross by March of that year. By June, Wulfric had control of [[Beremúth]] and [[Béreisl]], his final victory was against Úå in [[Merestowe]], at the time the northern most settlement on the mainland. On June 18th 675 Wulfric decreed himself Cércip (''Ingerish'': Boat Lord) Wulfric of Myrcia thus establishing The First Kingdom.
+Wulfric ruled until 691 establishing market places and trade guilds in settlements across the southern islands and south of the mainland which had only ever seen subsistence fishing and hunting. He is thought to have visited Scandmark in the 680s and not only established trading links with the Ulethan mainland but bringing domesticated animals back with him to begin the large-scale farming of sheep, pigs and cattle on the downland and heath of southern Myrcia. This new economy led to an enormous boom in the human population of Myrcia and many of the towns and cities which exist today were founded over the next two centuries as settlers moved north across the mainland. [[St Grimbald]] (then Grimsdyk) was founded in 686, [[Lórbrig]] in 687, [[Dunwic]] as a small fishing village in 699, [[St Alfæd]] (then Shórwic) in 704 with settlement reaching the north coast in [[Nórdport]] by 721. Wulfric was succeeded by his son Wulfricsson, this established the ancestral line of Myrcian monarchs which lasted until the Scandic invasion.
+===Scandic Rule===
+===Ingerish Rule===
+===The Second Kingdom===
+===Constitutional Period===
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