Sadriel

Sadriel is located in the continent of Amtar. It is divided into 7 main parts: Pineleaf Hold, Everwinter Hold, Sevren Hold, Ayefer Hold, Arrowood, Vregan's Hold, and Imperial Fief. Sadriel is a central part of the Sadriel franchise, and is where the franchise gets its name. Sadriel is also the Yoren word for Freedom.

Founding
Sadriel was founded by Remus Septimus in 27 A.R. as the end of the Yoren Pilgrimage. The settlers in Septimus Company settled by the Yuen River (Frequently called The Scar) and started the community of Septurium in 23 A.R. Hostilities immediately inflamed between the settlers and the Yoren soldiers in the area, and in the Third Massacre in 25 A.R. Julia Septimus was killed. The city's name was changed to Julia to honor her memory. As more villages settled by various companies fell prey to the disgruntled soldiers, Remus held the Sadriel Senate in Julia in 26 A.R., where he proposed the city-states form a defense coalition known as the Sadriel Confederation.

The Sadriel Confederation formed an army known as the Thorn Legion. The Thorn Legion pushed southward and liberated cities and provinces as far south as the midpoint of the Pineleaf forest by the middle of 26. Yoren responded by halting their campaign against Gorath and holding a summit in Slavin with Remus and his cabinet. Remus demanded a sovereign government and borders to be drawn to the point the fighting had stopped, and in return they would submit to Yoren taxes and their soldiers would be able to move about freely. They negotiations continued through 26 and into 27, where the demands were finally met. The Sadriel Confederation became the Kingdom of Sadriel, Remus its king, and Yoren its mother.

Early Years
Remus lived to the age of 72. Sadriel's nobility was selected from the original settlers, and the borders were opened to whoever would immigrate in. In 70 A.R., amidst Remus's failing health, the capital was moved to the second largest city of Toria, to give the center of power a better location on the river. Remus spent little time in capital, choosing instead to take lengthy vacations into Julia until his death. Sadriel clashed with Yoren several times over legislation pertaining to the preservation of Thorn Legion and the creation of a national army. Yoren insisted it could provide adequate security for Sadriel as a colony. Yoren won the argument and disbanded the Thorn Legion, but was immediately forced to recall them to assist with a serious war with Gorath over the northern border. The general Yoren feeling toward Sadriel was positive, since it put a buffer between their greatest enemy and the homeland. Sadriel received generous funding to kickstart the country, and nearly all the lands to the north became farmlands overnight. Yoren's famine problem had ended, it seemed. Upon Remus's death, Korian Masser ascended to the throne. He died under mysterious circumstances only a year and a half later, but it is widely believed it was simply old age. Arven Hallock, Chief Steward to Korian, took the throne immediately following, and divided Sadriel into the three holds: Pineleaf, Ayefer, and Sevren, constituting the West, Central, and East parts of the nation, respectively. Arven made many other domestic reforms, such as expanding Thorn Legion into a national army, establishing taxes and weaning Sadriel off of Yoren funding, and his most famous contribution, establishing the Water Temple on Angreal. The later part of his reign was uneventful, as his health rapidly failed and Talamon's Fire took him in 122. By this time many cities dotted Sadriel, and all were growing in population.

Independence
Toscard Antioch, grandson to Korian Masser, took the throne following Hallock's death. His reign was fraught with unrest as the national feeling encouraged by Hallock grew out of control and skirmishes with Yoren soldiers and so called Freedom Fighters began. Toscard's position grew very unstable as his indecision was met with threats to replace him as king. Under immense pressure, he gave way to the people's will and called in all Sadriel Generals to consult on how Sadriel would go about achieving independence. The storm that was brewing was rather obvious to the Yoren armies, so they quickly moved to cut off the capital from receiving or sending out troops. Around this time the Heston Affair occurred. In the small lumber town of Heston the populous rose up and halted the Yoren Legion's advance, destroying the roads and kidnapping the commanders. The Yoren forces in Pineleaf were disrupted by the events and the hold exploded in violence toward Yoren soldiers. The path was cleared toward Yoren, and the meeting in Toria that had been stretching for months now was ended and the Sadrielan armies rushed south to Yoren. Toscard's kingship was preserved, and after a series of victories, Sadriel gained its independence at The Battle of Redvin. Toscard was killed in the fighting when he visited the soldiers to make a speech to rally them at Redvin in 187. He had never married and had no heirs, so his brother's son Fren took the throne at the age of 12. Fren found himself the king of a sovereign state, with an overbearing nobility pressuring him to make many reforms to Sadriel's political structure to grant them more power. Going with the nobility's wishes, Fren established the Assembly, a noble legislative body that passed laws and handled day to day administration over the country. Under the principles the Assembly operated however, they were required to have every law approved by the king as well. The nobility butted heads with Fren over this and many more issues, but he had a powerful group of stewards and high ranking lords supporting him. Fren eventually was assassinated by