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The Arlethic peoples (also called the Arlethi or Arlethians) are an Mede-Lorecian ethnolinguistic group of Northern Lorecian origin in Astyria. They share a common linguistic history, generally speaking Arlethic languages, as well as shared cultural and religious practices.

The Arlethic peoples descended from poplations of people who established themselves in the northern regions of Lorecia in what was known as Arlethia(?) by the 2nd millennium BC. The history of the Arlethic peoples as a distinct group stretches from that time to the present day, and has begat the main cultures and populations of Albeinland, Great Nortend, Nidwalden, Noordenstaat and Scanonia and has influenced countless others.

History

Origns

It is not known where the Arlethic people in fact originated from. Some archaeologists have proposed that they originated in the western plateaux of the modern-day Aurora Confederacy, and began migrating in stages between 2,000 to 1,000 years BC. Nevertheless, the first evidence of distinctively Arlethic peoples have been found in the area of Lorecia including where Plätteisen Adler, Arstoska, Aswick and Belka are nowadays, known as Arlethia.

Great Arlethic Migration

Many Arlethic tribes spread out from Arlethia by middle of the 1st millennium BC, and spread into the central mountainous and forested regions of Lorecia, around the frontiers of the Merovian Empire. Though considerable populations remained in Arlethia, including the Adler tribes, as well as in the north-east of the Aesir Mountains, on the western side thereof the increasingly factionalised tribes split into two groups, forming the Outer Arlethic and Interior Arlethic populations.

Whilst the Interior group settled in the mountainous regions bordering the lake, where the modern-day Mizialand, Nidwalden and Scanonia are located, the Outer group settled in the coastal regions and plains to the west of the mountains, in modern-day Noordenstaat and Albeinland. Inner Arlethic and Outer Arlethic later developed into the Scanonian and Outer German languages and the Anglic and Dutch languages respectively.

Merovian Empire period

See also: Merovian Empire

The Merovian Empire had arisen in the early 8th century BC in what is now Aquitayne. Ruled by an elite Vikairuge family, with its capital at Tyeilorah (modern-day Telora), the empire of Gaiyus Merova grew rapidly to become one of the largest and most populous empires of Astyrian antiquity. The amalgamation of territories into the Empire meant that, at its inception, it had already a population of over half a million.

The Merovian Empire was made up of many peoples, some of whom had voluntarily submitted to its rule, and has been described by different historians as both federal and unitary in governance. The Ethlorek peoples occupied much of the western and northern frontiers of the Empire, acting as a buffer from the Arlethic tribes to the north. Many of the Ethlorek people served in the empire's armies, defending its frontier. With the continual waves of Ethlorek migrations beginning c. 400 BC, the Merovian Empire was significantly weakened and made their native Vikairuge peoples vulnerable to attack from the Arlethic tribes from the north.

The northern Ceran Arlethic tribes staged sporadic attacks mostly from the north of the Empire without great success over the centuries, though the Empire was significantly wounded and suffered greatly during the numerous sackings of border and frontier towns. It is believed that the Arlethic attacks and sackings contributed materially to fall of the Merovian Empire, in addition to the numerous rebellions within the subjects of the Empire itself.

Caledonian Empire

See also: Caledonian Empire § Commandante I 133 BC - 89 BC

The Caledonian Empire conquered the Arlethic peoples of Plätteisen Adler during Commandante I's reign between 133 BC and 89 BC. After the Caledonian Empire's breakup in AD 573, the Arlethic Adler tribes established the Kingdom of Plätteisen Adler.

Post-Merovian Empire

See also: Warring States Period and Aquitayne § Warring States Period

A few centuries after the fall of the Empire in AD 295 and the subsequent establishment of numerous city states, the northern Ceran tribes entered into disparately organised region which lacked any central power. Initially greeted with open arms by the native Vikairuge, they soon became the enemy, taking over town after town, and causing the Vikairuge to flee to the Midlands of Aquitayne. The Cerans, satisfied with the condition of the land around the Tanz River, settled down in the form of thirteen states controlled by jarls, later known as the 'Thirteen Scolds'.