History of Ignesia

The history of Ignesia, starting with the settlement of the Vimician continent by Proto-Hysante peoples in around 5,000 BE, is very rich and well-documented thanks to strong writing traditions in periods as early as the Hlepreve dynastic era from 4000 BE. The Proto-Hysante peoples would coalesce into four (later three) major groups: the Izactan, Vernero, Ignevan, and Castrelper. The Hlepreve and Yleneler Ignevans were aided by the fertile Nermeve Rivers and the natural border of the Vrezar Veseher mountainrange in the north, considered the core of the Ignesian state, allowing for a resilient state that survived over 3400 years with only few interruption.

The Hlepreve dynasty, founded by Uvjen, encompassed the entirety of the Nermeve area as well as some parts of present day Xernesia. During the infancy of the Hlepreve, the oldest written text in history was found in the city of Fexeros in contemporary Ilvane, a record of the crop yield of the year, dated around 3900-3800 BE. Slowly over the 4th millenium BE, works of literature would be found dating almost more than 5000 years old, including historiographies, rituals, and even biographies. Here, Hlepreve writing is considered one of the only 6 occurences where writing emerged independently.