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In the 1680s the Loa were approached by Kiravian diplomats who proposed that they would fund the Loa wars so long as the Loa submitted to Kiravia as a tribute state. The then queen, Raianaoko was incensed at the thought and was set to refuse. She was however deposed by her daughter, Tia'a who accepted the deal with the conditions that the Loa will be the ones to run the sugar plantations and maintain administrative autonomy. The Loa then launched an invasion of the Masa Kingdom's highlands who had no support from their fellow Septrines and so broke off from the alliance. In 1699, following her success in the Masa Invasion, Raiatia'a declared herself Káámarakatu Raiatia'atiauelao, thereby marking the transition from Kingdom to Empire. She began to use her supplied weapons to fund rebel groups and dissident tribes to weaken the Septrine Alliance. In 1700, she also formally ceased trade with the BRTC due to discoveries that they were suppressing Loa silk in order to maintain a monopoly on silk as a whole. The BRTC escalated this into war, and the [[Bourgondii-Loa Wars]] began to take place as a result. In 1712, the Loa Empire launched a full-scale conquest of the Septrines when the Masa Kingdom agreed to assist in exchange for the return of most of their lands. The resulting [[Conquest of the Six Kingdoms]] ended around 1718 with the Loa managing to unite the Polynesian heartland for the first time in recorded history. | In the 1680s the Loa were approached by Kiravian diplomats who proposed that they would fund the Loa wars so long as the Loa submitted to Kiravia as a tribute state. The then queen, Raianaoko was incensed at the thought and was set to refuse. She was however deposed by her daughter, Tia'a who accepted the deal with the conditions that the Loa will be the ones to run the sugar plantations and maintain administrative autonomy. The Loa then launched an invasion of the Masa Kingdom's highlands who had no support from their fellow Septrines and so broke off from the alliance. In 1699, following her success in the Masa Invasion, Raiatia'a declared herself Káámarakatu Raiatia'atiauelao, thereby marking the transition from Kingdom to Empire. She began to use her supplied weapons to fund rebel groups and dissident tribes to weaken the Septrine Alliance. In 1700, she also formally ceased trade with the BRTC due to discoveries that they were suppressing Loa silk in order to maintain a monopoly on silk as a whole. The BRTC escalated this into war, and the [[Bourgondii-Loa Wars]] began to take place as a result. In 1712, the Loa Empire launched a full-scale conquest of the Septrines when the Masa Kingdom agreed to assist in exchange for the return of most of their lands. The resulting [[Conquest of the Six Kingdoms]] ended around 1718 with the Loa managing to unite the Polynesian heartland for the first time in recorded history. | ||
Raiatia'atiauelao died a few years after the conquest from cancer and was succeeded by her daughter I'ikao, who was crowned as Káámarakatu Raiai'ikaokao in 1720. During her reign, she led the extensive conquest of Southern Vallos and the establishment of indigenous firearm manufacturing amd shipbuilding. Prior to her ascension, the Loa struggled against the superior naval power of the BRTC due to their small transport-based navy, but with the sudden acquisition of the pirate fleets of the Septrines, they found themselves able to more adequately contest the Burgoignesc on the waves, though they always had an advantage on the land due to relatively equal technology alongside superior numbers and knowledge of the landscape. She oversaw many technological advancements, such as the developments of offensive rocketry derived from native firesticks and Daxian rocket technology acquired at ruinous costs, the formalization of the navy and adaption of indigenous pirate tactics and ships to conventional warfare and the establishment of an organized infantry and artillery army called the [[Eighteen Standards Army|Celestial Eighteen Standards Army]]. In addition, she systemically annihilated existing power structures in place, with the mandate that a kingdom's land be divided between all the king's daughters upon his death, resulting in the fragmentation of the previously powerful Masa vassal kingdom as well as the further obliteration of the submitted kingdoms. She is thus credited with igniting the roots of [[Loafication]] as she mandated matrilineal inheritance and other Loa cultural elements not found on the mainland. She also forcibly migrated people to guard and work sugar plantations, often placing guards onto the lands of a hated enemy tribe to ensure loyalty. Her economic management and military development meant that the Loa Empire became the most valuable overseas asset of Kiravia and upon her death in 1745, the Empire consisted of most of southern Vallos with the exception of the Polynesians in current Almadarian territory and the [[Romany Kingdoms]]. | Raiatia'atiauelao died a few years after the conquest from cancer and was succeeded by her daughter I'ikao, who was crowned as Káámarakatu Raiai'ikaokao in 1720. During her reign, she led the extensive conquest of Southern Vallos and the establishment of indigenous firearm manufacturing amd shipbuilding. Prior to her ascension, the Loa struggled against the superior naval power of the BRTC due to their small transport-based navy, but with the sudden acquisition of the pirate fleets of the Septrines, they found themselves able to more adequately contest the Burgoignesc on the waves, though they always had an advantage on the land due to relatively equal technology alongside superior numbers and knowledge of the landscape. She oversaw many technological advancements, such as the developments of offensive rocketry derived from native firesticks and Daxian rocket technology acquired at ruinous costs, the formalization of the navy and adaption of indigenous pirate tactics and ships to conventional warfare and the establishment of an organized infantry and artillery army called the [[Eighteen Standards Army|Celestial Eighteen Standards Army]]. In addition, she systemically annihilated existing power structures in place, with the mandate that a kingdom's land be divided between all the king's daughters upon his death, resulting in the fragmentation of the previously powerful Masa vassal kingdom as well as the further obliteration of the submitted kingdoms. She is thus credited with igniting the roots of [[Loafication]] as she mandated matrilineal inheritance and other Loa cultural elements not found on the mainland. She also forcibly migrated people to guard and work sugar plantations, often placing guards onto the lands of a hated enemy tribe to ensure loyalty. Her economic management and military development meant that the Loa Empire became the most valuable overseas asset of Kiravia and upon her death in 1745, the Empire consisted of most of southern Vallos with the exception of the Polynesians in current [[Almadaria|Almadarian]] territory and the [[Romany Kingdoms]]. After she passed from cancer, these would be conquered by her successor who would also lead the conquest of the Kindred islands. | ||
Káámarakatu Raiatia'atiauelao was the following Empress and was especially notable for overseeing the greatest extent of the Loa Empire. She extended conquered the northern Polynesian kingdoms which had developed a coalition to resist the Loa. in 1748, the northern kingdoms were conquered and the attention of the Eighteen Standards was turned to the Romany Kingdoms of the northeast. The [[Ruin of the Romany|conquest]] was completed in 1751, which resulted in the severe persecution and migration of the Romany into the nearby lands, forming the basis of Navidadian [[Rumahoki|Delapasians]]. However, the majority of her attention was devoted to expanding the navy and conquering the Kindred Islands. The Loa Empire served as the primary force behind Kiravian efforts during the [[Kindred Wars]]. The western islands were quickly conquered throughout the 1750s and 60s, with the eastern islands being heavily contested between Kiravia, the Loa Empire, [[Pelaxia]] and [[Caphiria]]. These wars ended with the Loa keeping the [[Krasoa Islands]] while Pelaxia maintained control over it's colonies. These islands were then transferred to Kiravian control in 1774. In the last years of her reign, the Empress had planned for a conquest of the northern regions, but a succession crisis ensued when her direct heir died from cancer at the age of 19. This meant that her sister, Pueakao, rose as the heir to the Empire, and when Raiatia'atiauelao died in 1780 she succeeded her mother. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||