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Nightzmora (country)
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- This article is about the historical Terran nation. For the Kuranta Elder subgroup, see Nightzmora (race).
The Nightzmoran Khaganate is a historical Terran country once located on the eastern steppes of Ursus. It was a powerful yet short-lived nomadic empire of Nightzmoras led by the Great Khagan that emerged from the Khan's unification of his tribe, and its sudden military expansion led to a world-wide pillage of the entire Terra until the war against the Collapsals in the Foehn Hotlands abruptly ended its campaign. Despite being seen as mere legend in the modern era, traces of the Nightzmoran legacies could still be found across the continent.
History[edit]
Early era[edit]
At the dawn of human civilization, a branch of Elder Kuranta tribe had already migrated to the eastern steppes of Ursus whom they would be called the Nightzmoras by later generations and formed their earliest tribal confederation. These Nightzmoran tribes did not have a permanent settlement but rather continually wandered across the grassland as part of their coming-of-age tradition, the "Khaganquest." These Nightmoras would sometimes explore the outside world during their Khaganquest who would then bring back their extraordinary tales back to their tribesmen.[1]
Among these warriors, a young man named Daladai decided to accomplish his Khaganquest that would exceed others' – initiating a world-wide conquest in order to witness the edge of the world with his own eyes. For the next few years until the 11th Terran year, Daladai led several campaigns to unite other Nightzmoran tribes under a khaganate. Many Nightzmoran chieftains submitted to his rule after admiring his leadership by crowning him as Kharanduu Khagan the "Great Khagan."[1]
Nightzmoran Conquests[edit]
- Main article: Nightzmoran Conquests
After uniting the Nightzmoran tribes, the Khagan launched a world-wide conquest as his own "Khaganquest" seeking to conquer everything until the edge of the world. The Nightzmoran Conquests, as called by later generations, spanning between TC 11 and 15 ushered in a new era in Terran history as the Nightzmoran pillages literally "burned away the previous epoch" at the dawn of the common era through their Kheshigs striking terror onto every nation through brutal tactics and their illusory Arts.
The Khaganate first invaded two neighboring countries ruled by the Elder regime, the Empire of Hippogryph and Kazimierz ruled by the Pegasian dynasty. Even though the Hippogryph's mountain fortresses and castles proved to be challenging to the Nightzmoras, they took the the advantage of the enslaved Ursi's grudges against the Hippogryphs' despotism as their regime desperately dispatched them to the frontline and implemented a scourge earth policy that burnt down Ursus settlements at the outskirts of the citadels. After many Ursi defected on their side who let in their enemies, the Nightzmoras violently plundered their fortresses and the capital of Deity Grypherburg which eventually forced the Hippogryphs to surrender to their vassalage. A year after conquering the Empire of Hippogryph, the Khaganate expanded south into Kazimierz to encounter the Pegasi. Both the Nightzmoras and the Pegasi had a tug of war against each other owing to the latter's "golden blood," but the Kazmierzian campaign knights were in no match against the Nightzmora's terror, forcing the Pegasi to accept a humiliating truce with them which many of their knight orders recognize their illegitimacy that later led to them toppling the dynasty.[2]
The Khaganate's victory over the two Elder regimes did not end their conquests but rather turned into a full-scale invasion upon every Terran country. The Gaulish Emperor was forced to surrender the fertile soils of Lower Gaul to the Khaganate before his imperial guards could prepare to defend their homeland. The seemingly indestructible Spires of Leithanien were torn down by the Nightzmoran hordes. The Dracos of Victoria were forced to humiliatingly retreat back to Londinium, only to have them turn against their fellow kin in Tara by "arranging" an annexation with their neighbors.[3][4][5]
In TC 14, the Khaganate eventually reached south at the border of Sargon. The Nightzmoras faced constant assault from the armies of the border Padishahs and assassins in the jungle. Nevertheless, despite opposition from the palace, Lugalszargus, the greatest Shahanshah in Sargonian history, made a daring decision that could exploit his desire for conquest – inviting the Khagan and his Khesigs to form a military alliance and take part in a campaign that could satisfy his hunger, which he describe it could let the Khagan "discard all of his spoils of war" in exchange for the battle. In TC 15, after long preparation, the Sargon-Nightzmora alliance led an unimaginable conquest onto the Foehn Hotlands — the southernmost border of the Terran civilization in which demonic beings had been quietly corroding the region. The conquests seemed to be victorious as the alliance succeeded in slaying the "Poltergeist King," but a sudden explosion that would later form the Hotlands' hostile environment wiped out almost more than half the army. Most importantly both the Khagan and Lugalszargus disappeared amidst the explosion which many perceived they were unfortunately killed in action.[6][7]
Decline and legacies[edit]
With the demise of the Khagan in the Foehn Hotlands, the Khaganate quilt shambled. The surviving Kheshigs as well as other Nightzmoran tribes were forced to disband and disperse across the continent. By the year 16, the last of the Nightzmoran troops had forever retreated from the Empire of Hippogryph. the Nightzmoras would never again achieve the same height of glory in the future.
Nevertheless, the legacies left by the world-wide conquest of the Khaganate have persisted into the modern era. The Foehn Hotlands is freed from the demonic threat forever, allowing mankind to focus their frontlines against the demons in the north at the Infy Icefield. Many Elder regimes across Terra collapsed subsequently from the Hyppogrphs to the Dracos either through violent revolutions of the Ancients or civil conflicts that weakened themselves. Many new cultures were reborn from homeless refugees including those surviving Nightzmoras, paving the way for new nations to rise in the future. Being feared by their terror, many Terran nations quickly initiated military reforms that strengthened their armies to prevent another world-wide conquest.
Nightzmoran descent[edit]
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| Real name Narantuya Kapudan, an unlucky Sargonian bandit. | Alive
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| The "Nightmare Knight," a young warrior obsessed with cherishing the Khagan' infamous legacy. His whereabouts are unknown after he headed to the northlands. | Unknown
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| Former Rank 2 knight of the Adeptus Sprawiedliwi Kazimierz partially descended from the Nightzmoran bloodline, also known as "Batbayar." | Alive
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