History of Vegno
The history of Vegno covers a fairly large period, conventionally divided in two by Vegnese historians: before and after the declaration of independence of the Vegno constituent assembly and the consequent formation of the Republic of Vegno.
The territories currently belonging to the Republic of Vegno, are located in the north-east area of Apollonia and have seen, in the course of the history of Micras, a succession of very heterogeneous domains over time, with even large periods of small independent settlements without a government central.
The city that most of all, throughout history, has played a fundamental role in the territory is certainly the city of Port of Sails (Vegnian: "Porto di Vele"), which for years represented a key port of the Kingdom of Toketi, one of the most important kingdoms in the panorama of Apollonia, except then falling into disrepair with the fall of the same, and only recently being re-evaluated in the Vegnese landscape thanks to its history.
The history before the Vegnese Republic
The first domains
From 1477 AN until about 1527 AN, the data found by the Vegnese historians are too few and lacking to be able to establish a truly sure storyline of the dominions over the Vegnese territories.
What is currently assumed is that in these early years a series of independent kingdoms and republics followed one another, headed above all by the Crandan Republic, later annexed to the Duchy of Arminy.
The Crandan Republic is thought to have been able to unify the territories north of Apollonia with the present Vegnean territories in the northeast, resulting in a major territorial expansion on the continent.
Later the Crandan Republic was annexed into the duchy of Arminy, which was actually a confederation created as a result of a merger between several Germanic-themed nations, including Cranda, Northworthy, Hurmu and Slobovia. After the country collapsed, probably in the early 1500s, its lands were gifted to several nations, including Lac Glacei, Stormark, Shireroth, Gotzborg, the Grand Commonwealth, Alexandria and the Anglo-Saxon Commonwealth. Much of these land claims were abandoned by their respective heirs soon after succession, and the Vegnese territories were merged into the High Realm of Stormark until the 1520s.
Under Stormark's reign, some cities in the northeast grew and developed as never before, forming part of a large kingdom that also included territories on the Keltian continent. In particular, the city of Port of Sails began, precisely in these years, its development which will then lead it to be one of the most important in the panorama; in fact, thanks to its strategic position, together with the Keltian Datret, it was a fundamental stop in the maritime routes through the Strait of Pearls.
However, the domain of the Stormark ceased around 1530, when they were abandoned by the rulers, to instead see the subsequent birth of perhaps the most important domain in the history of the Vegnese territories: the Kingdom of Toketi.
From the Toketi conquest to the Gralan Empire
The domain that has undoubtedly represented the most important piece of history is that of the Kingdom of Toketi, which settled in these areas around the years 1530-1534 AN, making it officially one of the most important on the continent.
Some Tokish artifacts found by Vegnese historians affirm the foundation of the city in 1537 AN by the Kingdom of Toketi and its King Liam conToketi I; other previous finds, however, already demonstrate its existence under the rule of Stormark, failing to date the actual birth of the city so precisely. However, the fact is certain that under the Toketi dominion the city experienced one of its moments of maximum splendour, also acquiring a notable religious importance given by the construction in 1545 AN of the Temple of Reynardine.
Later in 1544 AN, the kingdom of Toketi united with Novatainia and Relaram, to form the Confederacy of Gralus, which later became, in 1551 AN, officially the Gralan Empire, one of the largest and most important nations on Micras.
Under the Gralan Empire, the territories that would later become Vegnese territory would know their period of maximum importance. The empire continued to exert its influence on these territories for a very long time, however still belonging, both culturally and politically, to the province of Toketi.
However, the fall of the Gralan Empire occurred in 1615 AN, and after more than 70 years of rule first as a confederation and then as an Empire, the Tokish territories became independent again and again under the Tokish Kingdom, which then resumed its independence and full control over these areas.
The final fall of the Tokish influence and the Republic of Freeland
However, the new independence of the Kingdom of Toketi was not long-lasting because, in 1627 AN, the kingdom underwent the last sharp political shock, which led to the definitive fall of the sovereign, without the establishment of a new government. The territories, currently Vegnese, in the north-east of Apollonia were thus left to themselves, where each city individually organized its own way of living and self-governing.
However, Port of Sails was re-conquered by the High Realm of Stormark, which had already held this area between 1500 and 1520 AN, returning to govern this city until its definitive fall. The areas to the north were not reconquered by the kingdom, only to be subsequently occupied by the Republic of Freeland in 1654 AN.
It placed its capital in Viten (later "Sancrus"), on the island of Falange, and gave birth to what are still today the largest Vegnese cities: especially Glavat (now "Mhazar") and Klomina ( now "Agropl"). The Polish influence still remains today in some areas of the Vegnese territory, however confined above all to the island of Falange, where the capital Viten was located, and to that of Falangetta, where the city of Extremum is located today.
During 1685 and 1687 AN however both respectively the High Realm of Stormark, leaving the once prosperous and important city of Port of Sails semi-abandoned, and also the Republic of Freeland fell. The territories of Vegno were then abandoned to individual settlements by any central government for a good 19 years when, in 1706 AN, the declaration of independence of the Republic of Vegno was officially made.
