Kingdom of Nastonia

Kingdom of Nastonia was the the third realm of under the name Nastonia. It was an Kingdom located in the western shores of Edelmaa. It was a large and an prosperous Kingdom.

Birth
Kingdom of Nastonia was declared by Erwin Fheylwing in 232AD when his liege Emperor Hubert II died without an heir and the Steelward Empire was plunged into chaos. Erwin was quick and smart and managed to get all of his vassals to agree with him. There was one battle to be fought tho. It was the Battle of Rimwald that decided the independence. The opposing forces were of Emperor Jindrich the Half-brother of Hubert II. The Battle was won and independence gained.

History
In the Early times of the Kingdom few revolts happened and a lot of intrigue. When the kingdom was finally stabilized did the Kingdom start to prosper.

After the death of Erwin his son Ernst took the throne and started his campaigns to strengthen the realm. He mostly succeeded adding a lot of counties to the kingdom.

The Nastonian Kingdom rapidly expanded during its time to the length it could barely hold. Revolts were annual and crime happened a lot. It was until the Teräskunta (Steel Order) based in Steelward Empire joined Nastonia to defeat the rebels, did the revolts begin to drop. The Teräskunta suppressed the rebels with absolute authority and terror. They were unbelievably disciplined Order of Knights. They were unofficial heir to the Forgotten Cross Order.

In 345AD The Nastonian Civil war happened in which Samuel Coinstadt raised a claim to the throne. His mother was the final member of the Highmerne dynasty. The Civil war lasted for 50 years resulting in Coinstadt victory. Samuel evicted the Teräskunta and started to form his own guards.

In the year 554AD the Dictator Crisis happened. An leader of an small vassal republic of Nastonia the Dictator started his campaign against his liege. He was an extraordinarily amazing commander in the field an managed to win all the major battles against Nastonia with merceneris and his own personal unit Howling Guard. He took the capital city of Owlbourne in few months and proceeded to conquer the entire Nastonian Kingdom in 4 years.

After conquering Nastonia he declared the Empire of Nastonia.