Serenese-Republic of Witnecast

The Serene Republic of Witnecast

The island of Witnecast before having contact with the civilized world was inhabited by the Thirioans; a subspecies of the Fa’unii. They are thought to have been a maritime people that migrated from the mainland many years ago, the only evidence for this though is the fact that they live on the island and share their religion with most other Fa’unii, the Thirioans seem to have forgotten their maritime roots completely having no stories of their great journey and even going as far as to claim that this has always been their native homeland.

The Thirioans have varying degrees of progress, the majority living mostly off of agriculture and fishing, whaling around the fertile coast while small groups of hunter gatherers strive for survival in the inland mesa. What they all share however is their power structure, every little community of the Thirioans follows a warlord or chief, some are appointed by the group as representatives and others lead through military might. These warlords and chiefs come together once every full moon to discuss matters that affect the entire island such as famine or foreign incursion. The Thirioans however divided by way of life and community all share a common love for their homeland and culture and will work together to defend it.

Problems arose when the Kingdom of Beauvais started sending navigators on journeys to explore the sea, after they discovered Garigland they knew there was probably more land to discover and exploit. This is how they came across Witnecast, at first the only interactions between the Westerners and the Thirioans was trade, but soon the Westerners sent envoys demanding tribute from the Thirioan people, the Thirioans not knowing the size of the nation they were up against plainly refused and forced the envoys off of their island. The king of Beauvais being insulted by this harsh treatment of is envoys and underestimating the Thirioans who in his eyes were uncivilized savages sent a small force to Witnecast to enforce his sovereignty over the island. This small force started off with one decisive victory after another against the farmers on the coast, these victories however left them demoralized seeing how the farmers were hardly capable of fighting back due to their peaceful nature and lack of experience in conflict, seeing that the people they had to fight had done nothing to deserve such, small parts of the army started to defect to the Thirioans they had left homeless and helped them build up using knowledge from the mainland. This village later becoming the main cause of the influx of foreign ideas and knowledge, this knowledge spread quickly along the eastern side of the island but the west and midlands remained fairly untouched due to lack of communication. What remained of the Western army got decimated after a coalition of the other Thirioan communities ambushed them in the woods.

After that victory the council of warlords and chiefs came together to decide on how they would stand in the politics of the world. The council proclaimed the Serene republic of Witnecast. (being Serene due to the calm nature of its people) The warlords and chiefs still keep full authority over their own domains, but now also swear loyalty to the council of the republic which takes care of foreign affairs.

Due to its half-civilized status in the eyes of the world The Serene Republic of Witnecast is in constant peril. How shall the Thirioan-Western identity hold up in a world ridden with conflict?