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Second Power War

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…r II. and a rebel alliance led by House Youlender. The war ended with the fall of the emperor and the accession of John V.

Clash of the Five Clans

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…he main forces of the rebels led by the Youlenders, the Poldechys and the Okoliochs stood here. The battle showed that the Imperial A…

Ignatius I. Pijan

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Ignatius I ascended the throne unexpectedly and without much preparation. Yet he was able to hold the young kingdom toge…

Ignatius I. Pijan › The unexpected heir

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Ignatius was not originally groomed as the main successor to the throne. This fact significantly affected his entire pos…

Ignatius I. Pijan › Banquets as an instrument of power

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…hanks to this, he earned the nickname Pijan, which in his time did not only have a derogatory meaning, but also reflected a certain s…

Ignatius I. Pijan › Wars without much glory

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During the reign of Ignatius I, several smaller wars and border clashes took place, but none of them entered history as …

Ignatius I. Pijan › A place in dynasty history

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Ignatius I is sometimes overshadowed by the bigger names of the Magnurs family because he did not bring a dramatic chang…

Ignatius I. Pijan › Family and Succession

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…ns. Ignac junior died of an illness and Jan died while hunting. In the end, the crown fell to Magnus II, later called the Accursed. T…

Edward I. Banished › The Houses of Youlenders and the End of the Line

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The Youlender core of the house began to convene inner councils where they concluded that Oled's …

Jana

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Daughter of Magnus I, married among the Werders, where she became an important shaman and a symbol of the western allian…

The Silver Age of Youlenders › Peace after great wars

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After the rise of the Youlender family, the empire gradually recovered from power wars and dynastic upheavals. John…

The Silver Age of Youlenders › Less glory, more order

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The Silver Age was not a time of great conquests or the great cultural brilliance of the early empire. Its importance co…

The Silver Age of Youlenders › The basis for further growth

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…a bridge between the bloody rise of the Youlenders and the later second golden age. It was her restraint that was her greatest streng…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Jan V. and the new peaceful direction

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…d the foundation of the Silver Age. The Youlenders understood that the late Empire could not rule by sword alone. It needs governance…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › The Silver Age and Peaceful Politics

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…gn is associated with the Silver Age of Youlenders. It was not a return to the greatest glory of the early empire, but a period of qu…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Oledo I and the dark regency crisis

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…into one of the darkest chapters of the Youlender era. Oledo murdered the heir and transformed the administration into a personal gov…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Konrad II and the second golden age

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…ne of the most successful rulers of the Youlender era. The establishment of the Order of the White Horse gave the empire a group of v…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Jakob III, Centerik I and Anna I

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Jakob III The Chamber established regular assemblies of the nobility and a hierarchical judiciary. These reforms changed…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › The end of the second golden age

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Magnus VIII. Hladovy entered history through the Three-Year Drought, one of the greatest natural crises of the late empi…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Theodore III and the hard grip era

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Theodore III Tvrdy responded to late crises with force, discipline and counterintelligence. The Battle of Malga and the …

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Chroniclers and Administrators of the Late Empire

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Untred III. The Chronicler began the Great Chronicle of Magnursia, the Empire's greatest cultural work. This chronicle w…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Untred V. and Current Uncertainty

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Untred V. Uncertain rules an empire in 1470 that still stands but can no longer pretend to be invulnerable. His eastern …

John V. Usurper of the throne

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John V became emperor as the victorious leader of the rebellion against Valendor II. and the founder of the fourth rulin…

The Silver Age of Youlenders

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…ceful restoration after the rise of the Youlender family. The empire could no longer match the glorious golden age of the early emper…

Secret election of the emperor

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…e emperor was an internal choice of the Youlender house after the forced abdication of Edward I. Instead of a broad imperial assembly…

Valendor II Besieged › The last years and the fall from the tower

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…attacks before counterattacking. It was Jan Youlender's first big defeat. But one victory was not enough. In the following years, the…

Magnursie — House of Ariers

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The era of the Ariers family was short but extremely important. It began with the Second Imperial Assembly after the mas…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders

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The Youlender House Era is the longest late period of the Magnursar Empire. It began after the Th…

Second Power War › War of the whole empire

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…t into two blocs. The insurgents led by Jan Youlender received the support of several important families. Despite the Emperor's sever…

Clash of the Five Clans › The battle that was to decide the next stage of the war

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…offended clans. Under the leadership of Jan Youlender, it turned into a real alternative power that had its own military background, …

Clash of the Five Clans › Victory without a future

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…came the first official major defeat of Jan Youlender as the leader of the rebellion. But it was here that the tragedy of Valendor's …

Valendor II Besieged

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…attacks before counterattacking. It was Jan Youlender's first big defeat. But one victory was not enough. In the following years, the…

Magnus I. Founder › Origin and path to power

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…al use of his descendants. His daughter Jana was married to a representative of the Werder tribe, thus Magnus consolidated his positi…

Magnus I. Founder › Family and Succession

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…important role in dynastic development. Jana's daughter helped cement the alliance with Werder. His son Magnus was originally suppose…

Magnus II Cursed › Substitute heir

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…nior fell seriously ill and the younger Jan died while hunting. This left no other option but to turn to Magnus. His accession to the…

John I. Fiery › The twins and taking the throne

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…minutes of birth decide. Richard wanted Jan to rule, while Alfonso was to get Trabazar and the Northern Sound. The brothers finally a…

John I. Fiery › Defense instead of glory

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…e, not necessarily an experienced team. Jan thus turned the war into a long exhaustion of the enemy.

John I. Fiery › Orcs, nomads and combat expansion

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…bine different war traditions is one of Jan's great strengths. Unlike some of his predecessors, he did not think of war only as a cla…

John I. Fiery › Battle in Hell

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…nd open a path deeper into the country. Jan anticipated this move and turned the Spark into a trap. Once the elven army was fully eng…

John I. Fiery › From defense to counterattack

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…mong the forest centaurs and Lutharion. Jan began to prepare for the next campaign, but fate intervened earlier. In -79 he was murder…

Alfred I the Victorious › Entering a time of uncertainty

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… center of dynastic expectations. After Jan's death, he was being groomed for the government, but many assumed that his younger broth…

John III Prolific › Continuator of fortresses

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…hundred border structures. In doing so, Jan made his mark as the ruler who gave the empire its densest network of guard points in the…

John III Prolific › Southern Disturbances and the Departure of the Elves

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…gan to support these rebels indirectly. Jan ended up losing one Elven city as it immediately joined the Elven Empire. He led the subs…

John III Prolific › New Settlement of the South

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…tunities for new colonization projects. Jan therefore began to offer the local land and city plots to the townspeople on favorable te…

John III Prolific › A prolific monarch and a legacy of future crisis

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Jan got the surname Plodny quite rightly. His court was full of children, competing mothers, …

John IV Childless

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…ery foundations of the empire. Although Jan won, he broke the resistance within the family and the nobility and came out of the war a…

John IV Childless › Pentuluk and the Magnur Trials

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…e east of the capital. It was here that Jan managed to capture Albert, essentially breaking the very core of the resistance. Without …

John IV Childless › The Riches of the Winner and the Rise of the Renders

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…ide their own family line. In this way, Jan gave the Renders not only property, but also real political importance. It was a smart mo…

John IV Childless › A childless emperor and the end of certainty

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…inding an acceptable heir was not easy. Jan eventually reached for the line of his older brother Jakob and designated his son Untred …

Valendor II Besieged › A crown rejected by part of the empire

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…great families, such as the Magnurs and Youlenders, remained neutral. It was not an open betrayal, but a clear signal that enthusiasm…

Valendor II Besieged › The Second Power War and the emperor between the two halves of the empire

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…orth became the basis of the rebellion. Jan from the Youlender family eventually became the leader of the resistance, although Cecil …

John V. Usurper of the throne › The man who came from the war

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Jan V. did not ascend the throne as a peaceful heir or as a compromise candidate of tired fam…

John V. Usurper of the throne › Restoring the land amid ruins and storms

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… to regain its old beauty and strength. Jan did not just restore walls and fields. He was renewing the very belief that the empire co…

John V. Usurper of the throne › Schools, post office and the new face of everyday life

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Jan V. was not only the ruler of the post-war reconstruction, but also a real reformer. One o…

John V. Usurper of the throne › An army without the old glory, but with a new logic

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… recruitment into the army was failing. Jan therefore reached for a solution that was initially more of a necessity than an ideal. He…

Theodore I the Peaceful

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…restoring confidence in the rule of the Youlender family. His era is sometimes referred to as the Silver Age because, while it could …

Theodore II Hunter

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… Magnus, unwittingly opening one of the Youlender house's darkest dynastic crises.

Oledo I. The Conqueror › The shadow of his brother's death

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…also one of the darkest rulers of House Youlender.

Edward I. Banished

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…d on murder and usurpation. Part of the Youlenders decided that this branch must not continue because it threatened the stability and…

Edward I. Banished › Secret election and escape to the elves

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…ted to be convened, but the core of the Youlenders feared that such a move could threaten the house's rule. Therefore, a secret elect…

Konrad II Money maker

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…was elected by the Privy Council of the Youlenders after the deposition of Edward I. He ascended the throne as a man of martial reput…

Jakob III Parliamentary

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…lity to understand the changes that the Youlender family was bringing, and that is why he already held Jakob's meetings as a successo…

Anna I. Beloved › Tribute to Urgior and peace with the goblins

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… northern provinces that fell under the Youlender family. Anna knew well that war with goblins was cruel, expensive and destabilizing…

Urgior › Tribute from Anna I.

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…nces, which were important areas of the Youlender family. Urgior then accepted tribute in the form of cattle and gold, as his attenti…

Black deer

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… of Oled I, a usurpation and one of the Youlenders' darkest dynastic crises.

Black deer › Animal as a symbol

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…r plot, its attack triggered one of the Youlender House's most fundamental crises.

The war system of John I. › The Battle in Hell and the Murdered King

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…e great elven offensives. Nevertheless, Jan did not reach the end of his work. He was assassinated by unknown assassins at a moment w…

A war of brothers › From arrest to open warFrom arrest to open war

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…st major clashes came a year later, and Jan was first forced to conquer castles and cities controlled by disobedient members of his o…

The Rise of House Render › Loyalty reward

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…rt term, it was an understandable step. Jan needed to support the empire with a loyal family that was not part of the broken core of …

The Second Imperial Diet and the Second Imperial Election › Distribution of forces

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…he greatest influence, but the Magnurs, Youlenders, Poldechs and Okoliochs also played a significant role. In addition to them, minor…

The Second Imperial Diet and the Second Imperial Election › The Choice of Valendor I

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…ion, while 4 votes were against and the Youlenders abstained. The result was thus almost unanimous and showed that the majority of th…

Third Imperial Diet › Election of a new emperor

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Jan V., the leader of the rebel alliance, was elected at the Diet. His election was seen as a…

Change of succession after Charles' palsy › A tragic birth

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…his life and the dynastic future of the Youlender family. His mother Luisiana from the Okolioch family died during childbirth, and Ka…

Change of succession after Charles' palsy › Death of an estranged heir

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…death closed a sensitive chapter in the Youlender family history. Although he never ruled, his life fundamentally influenced the succ…

The regency and usurpation of Oleda I.

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…h, but gradually turned into one of the Youlenders' darkest dynastic crises. Oledo isolated the rightful heir Magnus, tried to obtain…

Secret election of the emperor › The impure line of Oleda I.

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…urdering the rightful heir. Part of the Youlenders came to the conclusion that this line must not continue. Under the threat of civil…

Secret election of the emperor › Choice without the wider nobility

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…uld be called. However, the core of the Youlenders evaluated such a move as dangerous. An open assembly could challenge their claim a…

Secret election of the emperor › Return to acceptable government

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…cret election also showed that even the Youlender family is willing to bend the rules if they feel they are protecting their own rule…

Anna's appointment as successor

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…ost important dynastic decisions of the Youlender family. The ailing emperor first considered his brother Edmond, but after his death…

Conflict over grain › Peace and tribute

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…gnus VIII. and King of the Free Kingdom Jan II. The Free Kingdom has committed to a non-aggression pact for the next hundred years. A…