Qabóri Woqalate

Qabóri Woqalate
AD 62–1733 (First) 1823–1913 (Second)
Emblem of Imperial Qabór
Qabóri Woqalate at its peak (1120, under Qala'asi II)
Capital	Qabór
Official languages	Qabóri
Common languages	Various tribal languages
Religion	none Levantine Catholicism (from 1421)
Demonym(s)	Qabóri
Government	Oligarchy
Woqali
• AD 62–1733	List
Legislature	Qangreč
History
• Formation	9 April 62
• Unification of the Peninsula	14 April 677
• Revolution of 1733	1733
• Reinstatement	1823
• 1911 Qabóri Coup d'Etat	1911
Preceded by Succeeded by Abio Woqalate Tierrador

The Qabóri Woqalate was a former Woqalate which ruled a vast swath of South Crona for over 1500 years. Most of the Woqalate's territory was acquired via rather tame but effective conquest of different and much smaller tribes throughout South Crona. At its peak, the Woqalate encompasses the areas of modern-day Tierrador, Ceylonia, Istrenya, Malentina, Asteria, Porlos, Ormatia, and the U.R. Provinces of Betlands and Veraise. Qabór was one of three major peer states throughout early-modern Crona, the other two being Zurgite Varshan and the North Songun Civilization. The Woqalate regularly conflicted with Varshan through medium-sized skirmishes and defenses against Varshani hunts along the border regions, with two instances of the skirmishes escalating into an all-out conflict; the Orixtal Crusade from 1650 to 1656, and (placeholder) in (placeholder years). Qabór had also seen some conflicts brew between the successor state of the North Songun Civilization, the Matokté Tashcanate, specifically over the areas of Istrenya.

The Woqalate was first formed as the Qabóri Nation's secession from the Abio Woqalate after the establishing of the Qabóri Qangreč in 62 AD. The first ruler designated as the Woqali was Aptanaía, who had been the matriarch of the Imperial House of Qwahakee. The breakaway woqalate would also directly challenge the Abio, sparking the Abio Wars, which lasted from 62 AD until the Qabóri victory at the Battle of Taisgol in 677 AD. Under rule by the House of Aisa'aia, Qabór would significantly expand its borders and immediate sphere of influence over the course of around five centuries. Qabór reached its peak under Qala'asi II in 1120, with a victory over the Kingdom of Porvaos in the Peninsular War of 1120. The Woqalate would be at its peak for over 100 years, though would slowly begin to intentionally reduce its span over the course of the next few centuries. In 1217, Sokalakee and Tchanteqanee were granted their independence, as two separate woqalates of their own under the suzerainty of Qabór. After Aster's expedition in the 1380s, the Woqalates of Soqweux were also granted independence under the same terms as Sokalakee's independence.

Qabór would have its sphere of influence challenged by many different peer states throughout the 14th-16th centuries, with competition between the Matokté Tashcanate over Istrenya, later with Burgundie, Alstin, and Faneria over different areas of southwest Crona, and with Cartadania over Ceylonia. Despite the reductions in territory and influence for Qabór, it had also opened several key gateways for international trade. Growing relations with Burgundie led to the creation of numerous overseas trade organizations, including the Qabóri Trade Company, Orixtal Trade Company, and South Cronan Trading Company throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. Qabór became one of the first independent Cronan peer states to trade internationally with Levantia, Sarpedon, and Kiravia. This had also resulted in Qabór becoming more Occidentalized around that same time, leading to increased tensions between them and Varshan. In the mid-to-late 1650s, the Orixtal Crusade had been fought between Qabór and Varshan. With the help of Occidental powers, the wars were a Qabóri victory, allowing the Woqalate to become an even more dominant peer state in Crona. In the early 1730s, growing discontent with the Qabóri oligarchy and their unjust ruling of the lower classes, revolutionary Aubo Šoqa began leading several demonstrations against the House of Aisa'aia. The Woqalate would eventually fall in 1733 and was split into eleven independent states.

Qabór's extent and endurance allowed it to last for over a millennium. The Woqalate's institutions and culture had left a lasting influence on the development of various political, economic, cultural, and law institutions throughout South Crona. Modern Abioic languages which were spoken all across the Woqalate evolved into various modern languages, including Qabóri (from Romance influences as well), Yapokee, Sokalakee, Soqweux, and Tchanteqanee. Once the Woqalate had adopted Levantine Catholicism as its state religion in the early 1400s, it shaped the religious makeup of South Crona in its entirety. Qabóri arts, such as literature, art, music, and architecture, had also been the main influence for modern South Cronan arts, even partially influencing the arts of the Alstinian Isles. Most institutions of South Crona evolved directly from the Qabóri Woqalate, with the majority of scholars recognizing the Tierradorian Woqalate as the direct successor state from Qabór, which is a role clearly defined in the Woqalate Charter, the official document of the Government of Tierrador.

History

Qangreč Established

The city of Qabór was one of the largest and most strategic cities in the Abio Woqalate. Despite this, tribal differences and conflicts between the Abio ruling house, House of Youkafee, which made up mostly of members from the Youkafee Nation, and the Qabóri Nation had led to instability throughout the Abio Woqalate's last years as a unified empire. One main catalyst was the limitation of only two representatives in the Abio Senate, which was uniform for all tribes in the Woqalate. However, the Qabóri believed they deserved more representation due to their massive population being nearly doubled of the second-most populous, the Youkafee Nation. In 62 AD, Under the leadership of Aptanaía, who had implemented herself as the first Woqali of Qabór, the Qabóri Nation established the Qangreč, meant to be the main advisory council of the Nation. Initially, this move did not bother the Abio Woqalate, as Abio Woqali To'otosi would allow the for the operations of the Qangreč, though she limited its jurisdiction to only the Qabóri Nation. While the Qangreč was recognized in Abioic Law, they still did not serve as the Qabóri's representation in the Abio Senate. Every attempt by the Qangreč to implement itself as another Abio legislative body was quickly turned down by the Senate.

The Qangreč gradually evolved from trying to increase the Qabóri's influence onto Abio institutions to functioning as an independent society under its own banner. Aptanaía declared the city of Qabór as the capital of the new Woqalate, along the same coastline as the Abio capital of Taisgol. This alarmed the Abio Senate, and in AD 88, Aatolas I declared the Abio Wars against Aptanaía's Qangreč. Unlike the Abio Senate, which served primarily as an advisory body for the autocratic Woqali, the Qabóri Woqali and Qangreč mostly shared power, in one of the earliest instances of an oligarchy. The Qangreč's original 60 delegates were mostly aristocratic, being some of the wealthiest members of the Qabóri Nation. Unlike the Abio, which was ruled directly from Taisgol, Qabór split its rule into around 35–45 qoyalets, though still mostly operating at the helm of the Qabóri Imperial Government. Aptanaía, and later her successor Atulanaí, were able to execute major pushes into modern-day Aracadó and Auqali from 86 AD to 122 AD, conquering both areas, which were unstable as they were due to the Qabóri separating the regions from the rest of the Abio Woqalate.

In 131 AD, Atulanaí would send the Qabóri Army to the islands of Sonaxa and Tawakee, in what would become the Insular Conquest. The Insular Conquest would become important in early Qabóri history, as the Woqalate would reform the Qabóri military into its own institution, introducing new tax codes to cover for most of its funding and expenditures for the Insular Conquest and later engagements. Due to its small population, Sonaxa was conquered in just short of three weeks. On the contrary, the Qabóri interventions in Tawakee were slightly more drawn out. Tawakee was a much larger island and was further from the mainland than Sonaxa was. While Qabór had made key advancements in the military technology of that time, they were still greatly limited to simple, medium-sized ships, which could not carry more than 200 soldiers at a time. Qabór overcame these challenges, however, and took Tawakee in about two months. The House of Qwahakee would rule over the Woqalate's new territory until around 211 AD.

House of Tula'ahet rule

It was not long before internal conflicts started to cripple the Woqalate. The House of Qwahakee had become extremely unpopular under the rule of Narusta due to her changing various statutes in the Woqalate Charter to grant the individual position of the Woqali more power than originally intended. The House of Tula'ahet, which had been represented by 17 of the 60 Qangreč delegates, the second most behind the House of Qwahakee, vehemently opposed Narusta's actions. In March of 211 AD, Tula'ahet members along with a massive group of lower-class Qabóri citizens stormed the Kabitet, at the time used as the meeting place of the Qangreč. The overwhelming crowd size caused the representatives of the smaller houses to flee the building, leaving Narusta to fend them off herself. Eventually, Narusta surrendered, and abdicated the throne. The leader of the House of Tula'ahet, Taiyas I, declared herself as the Woqali.

The House of Tula'ahet takeover had also occurred around the same time as an important turning point in the Abio Wars. The Alcosky Empire had successfully split from the Abio Woqalate in 223 AD, and had subsequently weakened the remaining areas loyal to the House of Youkafee. Under Taiyas I, Qabór made heavy pushes to the west, conquering key cities and trading posts throughout the southern Abio Woqalate, facing little defenses due to the Abio switching most of their military to the northern fronts. In 269, Qabór conquered the major city of Taca'atl (now Las Mesas, Moscakee), which was situated at the meeting point of both the Moscakee and Aatolas I rivers. Taca'atl served as a key city for Abio trade, as it was an endpoint for ships carrying cargo from cities on the Orixtal coast to eastern cities, mainly Taisgol and Tuwahekee.

In the process of the western conquests, Qabór had also created a new state by cutting it off from the Abio Woqalate. The Kingdom of Pa'atanet (comprising of modern-day Porvaos) had been occupied by the Abio Woqalate Since 114 AD, Once Qabór had split the Kingdom from the rest of the Woqalate, Marcia I granted the Kingdom its independence as a Qabóri satellite state. Meanwhile, Qabór had also moved its army into the Yapokee lands (modern-day Ceylonia), in the Qabóri conquest of Yapokee, taking the peninsular lands in just under two years. In 574 AD, Taciras II authorized a massive offensive further western, known as the First Novintat (novintat being Qabóri for invasions). The First Novintat was largely successful, with Qabór successfully taking the Alóqal qoyalet in seven months. Despite not knowing of the attack until three days prior, many early media outlets in Qabór praised Taciras II rather than the Qabóri generals who carefully planned out the offensive. Regardless, Taciras II was made out to be a hero throughout the Woqalate. In 576 AD, Taciras II died of a heart attack, and was succeeded by Woqali Vernaza. Vernaza would be the last Woqali to hail from the House of Tula'ahet.

Qabór made significant gains under Vernaza's leadership. The Second Novintat, which Vernaza had mostly engineered with the assistance of her generals, had nearly crippled the Abio Woqalate. Around that same time, the Telohakee Empire had made advancements of their own, reducing Abio to a small strip of land along the Songun Coast. Despite Vernaza's military successes throughout her reign, she, along with the House of Tula'ahet, had seen a lot of criticism from domestic sources. Vernaza had directed a large sum of funding towards military advancements, rather than institutions that focused on improving the quality of life in the Woqalate, specifically in newly-acquired lands. In 597 AD, Aya I led a coalition against Vernaza and her allies, defeating them in a week, and installing the House of Aisa'aia as the ruling house of Qabór.

Early Aisa'aia rule

Aya I ruled until 644 AD. She had begun to reform many institutions, and focused mainly on turning Qabór into an advanced society for their time. Many smaller skirmishes occurred throughout the border regions, mainly with the growing Alcosky Empire, however they did not escalate until around the end of the Abio Wars. Towards the end of her reign, Aya I made several significant pushes into Abio territory, however at a much slower rate than the Tula'ahet raids due to reduced resources. After her death, Aya I was succeeded by Tala'ali I, who became more aggressive towards both the Abio Woqalate and the Alcosky Empire. Tala'ali

Qabóri-Alcosky War

Architectural advancements

First interactions with North Songunese

Conquest of Ormatia

Conquest of Soqweux and first interactions with Varshan

Three peer states era (800 – 1380)

Territorial peak

Invasion of Porlos

Reign of Sa'anaia

Aster's expedition

Beginning of territorial decline

Sokalakee independence (1217)

Soqweux independence (1351)

Tchanteqanee independence (1364)

First interactions with Occident

Yapokee independence (1434)

Qabóri hegemony

Orixtal Trading Company (1447)

Later centuries

Aphía I succeeded the throne after Ayaph's death in 1454. Before ascending to the throne, Aphía I had been under a confidential contract with the Orixtal Trading Company, where the company would bribe the Qangreč and the House of Aisa'aia into instating Aphía I as the heir apparent rather than Ayaph II, Aphía I's sister, in exchange for Aphía I exerting more influence into the Woqalate of Sokalakee by any means necessary. The Sokalakee Tribal States had been left in near-ruin following their two-century long feud with the Matokté, along with the severance of ties between them and Qabór. Seeing Istrenya in such a weak spot, Aphía I authorized an invasion into Istrenya. The 2-year long war would be known as the Great Qabóri Brawl, and it resulted in a lopsided victory for Qabór. In 1456, the southern tribes of the Sokalakee Tribal States would be once again placed under the Qabóri banner in 1456, being designated as the Qalhéq Kingdom. Orixtal Trading immediately took control of the trade to and from southern Sokalakee, and had also begun to plan for the conquest of the northern tribes. Throughout the 1460s, Aphía I would authorize sales of weapons and equipment to the Qalhéq Kingdom to use in their invasions of the north. By 1477, all of present-day Istrenya would be united under the banner of a Qabóri puppet regime. Istrenya would remain under said banner for a little over 200 years, expanding Orixtal Trading's trade routes to include the Kiravian colonies in the North Songun Peninsula.

The Qabóri hegemony over South Crona had seen an increase of control from the Orixtal Trading Company throughout the late 15th and early 16th centuries, as it had exclusive rights to some of the most profitable trade routes, both on land and sea, in the three suzerains of Qabór. The 1580s saw the arrival of Burgoignesc traders from the MNLC into Crona, which kickstarted relations between Qabór and Burgundie. In 1593, Walqeo, the first male Woqali in Qabóri history, authorized the sale of the Veraise Colony from Soqweux to the Duchy of Martilles, for a little over (a lot of money). In 1603, Walqeo would abdicate the throne and establish the Qabóri Trading Company, one of the predecessor companies of the Vallos-Tierrador Banking Corporation. The QTC began their operations by establishing international routes, including to and from Vallos, mainland Sarpedon, and the Kingdom of Alstin. Orixtal Trade, losing many of its products due to the QTC's growing popularity, began establishing international routes of their own, including to mainland Kiravia. Qabór's sphere of influence began to expand to the Vallosian subcontinent, especially in the Burgoignesc colony of Equatorial Ostiecia. In 1627, Qabór would allow the Fhainn Midlands Company to purchase the southern portion of the Woqalate of Soqweux, where they would establish the Milsboro Colony.

The increased Occidentalization of South Crona had also earned Qabór the Occidental name of Tierrador, which was a mistranslation of the Burgoignesc and Pelaxian translations of the "Land of Gold." The increased relations also led to an increase of tensions between Qabór and Varshan. Varshani warriors began crossing into Qabóri territory from the late 16th century to the mid-1640s, pillaging smaller towns throughout the Tchanteqanee and Soqweux Woqalates in the annual Hunts. Varshan would eventually launch a massive invasion of Qabór in the hunts of 1650, sparking the Orixtal Crusade. Soqweux and Tchanteqanee defenses had already been lackluster around that time, despite clear warning from Sokhar II of the growing Varshani military. While Varshan made it quite far into Qabóri lands, however they would get too ambitious, leading to an even larger counterattack from Qabór supported by a coalition of various Occidental powers. By 1656, Varshan had been completely pushed out of South Crona, and the region's political situation would return to status quo a little over a decade later. Following the end of the Orixtal Crusade, the Qabóri Trade Company would merge with (well-known Burgoignesc/Vallos trade company) in 1658, forming the Vallos-Tierrador Banking Corporation. VTBC would become one of the most powerful entities in the Woqalate, practically regulating its commerce and partially controlling its politics.

Decline and fall

The South Cronan Trading Company was founded in 1667, taking over many smaller trade routes that were not controlled by VTBC or OTC. SCTC became one of the first Tierradorian trade companies to conduct trade with Audonia, trading with several Burgoignesc Audonian colonies. Now that Tierrador had been a hub for Occidental trade, rather than a self-sufficient empire of the past, many subjects became frustrated with the direction that the House of Aisa'aia was leading the Woqalate and its tributary states into. The three trade companies (eventually four with the establishment of the Audonia-Tierrador Trade Company) held essentially all political power by the start of the 18th century. The reign of Aphía V saw the Cartadanian colonization of the Yapokee Woqalate, establishing colonies in Ceylonia.