History of Dolgava

History of Dolgaria

Pre-Historical Period
The origin of Dolgaria as we know it is a settlement at the springs of the River Dolgar in present-day Vascania City, Vascania. Archaeologists have found artifacts there inscribed in the now-extinct Dolgarian language, which was obliterated by Deltarian influences in the 1700s. During the Third Ice Age, the Dolgarians migrated north over the Iles de paradis, over the South Dovani Mountains, across what is now Midway in Sekowo, through Dranland, and across Keris to what is now Karzon. The migration took almost a century, and is immortalized in Dolgarian history as the "Century of the Great Turning Point".

Tribal Period
The Dolgarians were primarily a hunter-gatherer tribe. They controlled all of what is now Karzon. Several attempts were made to establish control over mainland Keris, but they were fought off by an alliance between the Trigunian and Egelionian tribes. This alliance broke down, however, enabling the Dolgarians to expand into Hodari, Lirath, and parts of Kirzon Valley and Quagotu.

Colonial Period
In 1731, the Duke of Akigo (in Deltaria), Ivan Chadon, who was going to Dranland, was shipwrecked and ended up in what is now Chadonia, Trigunia. The Trigunians had heard legends about Deltaria, most of them over-exaggerated, but they had never seen a Deltarian before, much less Deltarian nobility. Awed by the Duke, they were easily convinced to ally with Deltaria, and the Duchy of Chadon was established on the western tip of Chadonia. It expanded by 1735 to cover all of the western island of Trigunia, and soon Deltaria controlled all of Western Keris (the western island of Trigunia, Dolgaria, and parts of New Endralon). At around the same time, the Dranian Empire claimed the eastern island of Trigunia and northern New Endralon and Egelion, while the Anantonese Empire claimed what was left over, southeastern Keris. Dolgaria was oppressed by Deltaria, and a revolt started in Karzon in 1740. The revolt was successful, and the Kingdom of Dolgaria was established. Not long after news of that reached Dranland, in 1741 Deltaria cajoled Dranland into signing a treaty giving up their part of Trigunia in exchange for giving Dranland Deltaria's part of New Endralon. After many wars, the Dolgarian Kingdom took control of all of modern-day Dolgaria in 1752, the Anantonese Empire took control of modern-day Egelion, Dranland took New Endralon, and Deltaria took Trigunia. The borders of Keris had settled into their present form.

First Dolgarian Kingdom
When Anantan Emperor David III abdicated in 1754 and instability ensued in the Anantonese Empire, Dolgaria occupied Egelion, forming the short-lived Dolgarian Empire, but Egelion revolted against Dolgaria and became independent.

TODO: Rest of Dolgarian history.