Valkarian Empire

The Valkarian Empire (229 to 999), originating out of Valkaria, was one of the strongest world powers of the Northern Continent until recently. Right before the War of the Islands, their influence included not just the Valkarian homeland, but also all of the lands directly north and south of it, including the Sangkovian Range, although their influence over the southern provinces gradually weakened over its waning years. In the years of 994 and 996, several of the southern provinces declared their independence while the Valkarians and Laurians were at war with each other, and some of them, such as the Irenian Freehold and Garenov, made alliances with the Laurians and actively fought the Valkarian forces who were sent south to subdue them. Others simply stopped paying taxes to Valkaria and stopped sending supplies, which still hurt the Valkarian Empire and hastened their eventual downfall in the year 999. Now the Valkarian Empire no longer exists as an official entity; the Valkarian Homeland is now a province of the Cerellian Dominion and has been renamed to Old Cerelon, and a Cerellian provincial governor sits in the capital city.