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{{Main|Vallos#History}} | {{Main|Vallos#History}} | ||
===Kingdom of Oustec=== | ===Kingdom of Oustec=== | ||
===Initial Levantine intervention=== | |||
Following the [[Great Confessional War]] ([[1555]] - [[1575]]) in southern [[Levantia]], a massive population diaspora occurred. Tens of thousands of Protestant [[Levantia|Levantines]] took to the seas to find [[Pharisedom|new homes]] free from [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] persecution, especially with the intensification of the [[Dragonnades]]. Many of these refugees were organized under trade companies formed in various principalities the form modern-day [[Burgundie]]. But not every trading company was built on the concept of bleeding the fleeing Protestants dry. The [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company#Colonial%20ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] was chartered in [[1579]], under the newly ordained [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[History of Burgundie#Duchy%20of%20Martilles|Duchy of Martilles]] "to control the trading interests of Martillien merchants from the borders north of the upper reaches of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] unto the lands at the zenith of the His terrestrial orb (read [[Kiravia]])". Conspicuously absent were longitudinal limits on the charter. | |||
Following reports of successful settlements in [[Alstin#Occidental%20Settlement%20and%20the%20Founding%20of%20the%20Kingdom|Altaic Sea basin]] the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company#Colonial%20ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] dispatched Jean-Claude Gastineau and a small fleet to establish a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] trading post in the area. Arriving in the [[Alstin]]ian Isles in late [[1591]], they wintered in the wilderness far from the predominantly Protestant settlements. Cold, disease, and Protestant raids reduced the part from 153 men and 14 ships to 73 men and 6 ships. In the early spring, they made out for mainland [[Crona]] to find a suitable and secluded spot to establish a Catholic factory. After 4 months of surveying the coast, a number of suitable locations were noted. Gastineau returned to the [[History of Burgundie#Duchy%20of%20Martilles|Duke of the Martilles]] and the investors of the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company#Colonial%20ventures|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] and presented them with his findings. The Archbishop of [[History of Burgundie#Duchy%20of%20Martilles|Martilles]] was more interested in the Protestant settlements in the Alstinian Isles and the decision of where to settle a trading post was shelved while Gastineau and his lieutenants drafted a report on military strength, fortifications, indigenous conversion efforts, and infrastructure developments. He became very frustrated with the delay and appealed to leave some lieutenants behind to finalize the report after he had departed to start the return journey. He was denied during each appeal. Ultimately, the report was completed after 6 months of writing and redrafting. After the Archbishop accepted the report, the Duke and the investors met again to pick a settlement spot. They made their selection and outfitted Gastineau with a contingent of 183 men (outfitted with the finest military materiel available in the [[History of Burgundie#Duchy%20of%20Martilles|Duchy]]), 16 ships, animals, and 5 priests. They arrived in the fall of [[1593]], establishing the factory of Port-Verde (present-day Gastineau). | |||
In the following years trading between Port-Verde and [[History of Burgundie#Duchy%20of%20Martilles|Martilles]] increased and immigrants started to arrive in greater numbers as the vast "untapped" wealth of [[Crona]] became legendary in the [[Burgundie|coastal states]] of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. However, the piracy that plagued [[St. Brendan's Strait]] threatened to terminate the potential of the colonial endeavor. Something had to be done and the Duchy of Bourgondii sought to exploit the situation and force Martilles to pay them protection. The [[Burgoignesc South Levantine Trading Company|Bourgondii Royal Trading Company]] was commissioned to establish a port in the islands of Vallos and with a fleet built by the Duke of Bourgonii (subsidized by both the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and the [[Pope|Papacy]]), their remit was to charge a convoying fee and clear the path for [[Occidental]] traders making their way to [[Crona]]. They were further authorized to make settlements as they saw fit in Vallos. The lands of the northern archipelago and northern third were targeted, beginning centuries of conflict between the Bergendii and the Kingdom of Oustec. The fleet of 12 older carracks, 3 fluytes, and 5 of the newly designed and faster frigates set out in [[1597]]. These ships reached [[Equatorial_Ostiecia#Catavis|Catavis]] in early [[1598]] and established a small outpost. In the summer they had refitted and set out in search of pirates. The fleet met mixed results that summer, capturing three Oustec pirate galleys but losing two carracks. The men they had brought were sailors, not rowers so the galleys were not immediately usable. That winter they brought 500 slaves from the [[Burgoignesc South Levantine Trading Company|Bourgondii Royal Trading Company]]'s [[Istroya Oriental colony]] to serve as galley slaves, a further 215 slaves to work iron mines to establish a cannon foundry that would be led by a cannon manufacturer from the days of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]. They also brought 184 colonists who established [[Portilles]] a small port town on [[Equatorial_Ostiecia#Catavis|Catavis]]. | |||
In the spring and summer of [[1599]] they were much more successful and carried 17 convoys safely through the [[St. Brendan's Strait]]. [[Portilles]] was becoming a more important town as it was where [[Occidental]] sailors would have to stop to hire the [[Burgoignesc South Levantine Trading Company|Bourgondii Royal Trading Company]]. Its port facilities started to expand as a result and its population grew as some colonists and traders decided to stay. As the Burgoignesc fleet prepared to winter in November they were attacked by a coalition of the pirate kings and [[Portilles]] was razed. Many of the ships of the Company were destroyed or captured. In [[1600]] the [[Bergendii]] returned with an army of 7,000, a colonial force of 450, 3,500 [[Audonian]] slaves, and a fleet of 100 ships. Portilles was rebuilt, and the first order of business was to change the composition of the fleet. A group of 24 shipwrights were set to survey the forests for usable wood and to construct from it a specific ship to combat the Oustec pirates. The cumbersome fleet survived [[1601]] while the shipwrights set about their task. In [[1602]] they decided a {{wpl|patache}}. Another 240 colonists were brought in to work on the ships along with the slaves. Some of the older carracks were disassembled and tropical timbers were harvested and a fleet of 18 {{wpl|patache}} were completed for the summer of [[1602]]. These swift, shallow draft boats were able to chase the pirates anywhere and maneuver as deftly between the islands. By [[1613]], the [[Bergendii]] were becoming masters of the [[St. Brendan's Strait]], giving them a sizable base to interdict against Oustec piracy. They began colonizing the islands and taking the fight to the landed nobles of northern Vallos, capturing [[Equatorial_Ostiecia#Port_de_Vanse|Port de Vanse]] in its entirety from the Oustec by [[1621]]. Despite these early successes, the Oustec remained formidable and resisted an effort to invade modern [[Equatorial_Ostiecia#Pescanice|Pescanice]] in [[1629]], and after this successful defense Oustec began to rapidly adapt to Occidental military technologies and tactics, remaining competitive for the next century. | |||
===Late modern period=== | ===Late modern period=== | ||
As the [[Burgoignesc Colonial Empire]] collapsed in the early 1800s a massive influx of [[Bergendii]] colonists from [[Alshar]] and [[Audonia]] sought refuge. As they had been dismissed from [[Levantine]] for being Protestant in the first place, they were not welcomed back to the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]]. | As the [[Burgoignesc Colonial Empire]] collapsed in the early 1800s a massive influx of [[Bergendii]] colonists from [[Alshar]] and [[Audonia]] sought refuge. As they had been dismissed from [[Levantine]] for being Protestant in the first place, they were not welcomed back to the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]]. | ||