Tlord

The Hetmanatate of Tlord

Middle Ages

The Hetmanatate of Tlord was founded 1167 AD, in the southern reaches of the great expanse of south-eastern Europe. When the first Hetman took control: Hetman Boraschak Terekhov, he and the other smaller states surrounding Tlord invaded the invading Polish armies. It was in the Battle of Aporopol in 1172, that decided the war for the Tlordian people. After Aporopol, Hryhorij Eduardovych of Chegrosk led his army towards the last Polish fortress on Tlordian soil; Körvas. The battle and smaller skirmish following it caused many surrounding Lords and Barons to ally with the advancing Tlordians to keep their aristocratic titles. The war evented in a Tlordian victory when the first armies set foot on previously Polish soil. As a result of victory, they gained a lot of land to the eastern borders along Tlord.

Early Modern Era

By about 1534 AD, most villages had been populated so much that the main cities began issuing heavy taxes on the amount of children in a household. In response, multiple towns split from Tlord and established their own Kingdom; "Kingdom of Chesk" ruled by the previous councillor of the biggest city in the kingdom, Bratisrad. By 1602, the Tlordian hetmans grew increasingly mad at the small kingdom that they began to amass large armies at the borders in a show of force. Although the Cheskans were not happy with their only neighbor beginning to cut down on exports of grain and wine, they had to give in eventually as several Tlordian armies seiged their capital city of Bratisrad.