Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- lore:history [2025/01/08 14:18] – admin
+++ lore:history [2025/01/08 14:23] (current) – [The Expansion Era] admin
@@ Line 155: / Line 155: @@
 |  779 EE | **Bearers Consolidation**. With membership stabilizing at only a sliver of what it was before the Shift, the Bearers reorganize their ranks and work to establish new exchanges with non-Accord nationals for the induction of new Bearers. |
 |  782 EE | **[[lore:history:events:convocation_of_the_cycle|Convocation of the Cycle]]**. In 782 EE, a large delegation of Vecca arrive on Vasselern, eager to speak with the heads of the Shardkeeper Enclave - a faction of druids and naturalists they viewed as the Accord’s most naturally-attuned leaders. |
+|  789 EE | **The Underhold Riots of 789**. Loosely coined as ‘riots’, rising tensions between the organizations and gangs of the Underhold boil over into brawls and street warfare, forcing the Accord to step in. The entire city of the Underhold is locked down by the AEF for weeks, while the issue is debated. |
+|  791 EE | **The Underhold** is declared a subject of the Accord, and new policing efforts are implemented. Low budgets and priorities make this effort less than successful. |
+|  794 EE | **The Restitution**. The Ky’limek Queen of the Autarchy sends an envoy to the Berusian people, offering amends of resources to the rebuilding nation, in the hopes of demonstrating their sorrow at being involved in the destruction of their home. |
+|  797 EE | **The Absolution**. After years of debate - a particularly long time for Berusians - they finally agree to accept the Ky’limek offer. While this is a political decision, the general populace are still distrusting of the Ky’limek people. |
+|  799 EE | **[[lore:history:events:gratos_rebellion|Gratos Rebellion]]**. A colony in the far flung reaches of the Accord discovers a rich vein of Spancrystals. When frustrations with the Accord and the First Protectorate come to a head, the colony declares its independence, forming the Freehold Collective. |
+|  809 EE | **The Second Oraszan Gap**. Confirming the 82 year cycle suggested by some Skrabb who managed to leave the Other, all access to the Other is impossible for one year. |
+|  810 EE | **Queen Calia DiAltsada Passes**. Unexpectedly, the Queen - while aged - was in good health, yet passed in her sleep. |
+|  811 EE | **The Parliament publicly debate the need for a Monarch**. At the end of months of debate and hearings, the Parliament decides to keep the Monarchy, but reduces their authority somewhat in the wake of a stagnant rule under DiAltsada. |
+|  812 EE | **Sovereign Nia Francisca is Elected**. Descended from Admiral Francisca, they set their sights on improving the connection between the members of the Accord and, although very kind, are somewhat weak on policy. |
+|  827 EE | **The Accord Free Captains Act** is passed. In response to the growth of the Freehold Collective and a communal desire for more independence, Sovereign Francisca petitions the Accord to create a program for Accord-sponsored and subsidized Free Captains. |
+===== The Current Era =====
+In comparison to the excitement of the 700s, the early 800s have thus far been quiet and peaceful - even to the extent of criticism by the detractors of the Accord and its allies.
+With few threats beyond mild internal strife and the somewhat passive Sorrows, focus has been shifted to empowering the denizens of the Shards to uncover the Expansion Regions and continue apace with steady exploration and expansion.
+==== The Modern Accord ====
+It is the opinion of many voices within the Accord - and without - that the alliance has hit a plateau of quiet - albeit stagnant - stability in the early 800s. With passive leaders in Vasselern, a Berus still focused on internal development and recovery, the Sidsel still restricted by a cold war, and a number of once promising colonies finding a home instead in the Freehold Collective, the Accord has made little headway in expansion or development since the 770s.
+The current Accord Chancellor, Astute Observation, has focused their efforts on the bolstering of the Sorrowgate outpost - a military installation of the AEF intended to prevent any creatures or vessels from the Sorrows from infiltrating Accord territory. While much of the Accord agrees the protection of its shards is critical, this has meant much of the AEF’s resources have been pulled from their typical exploratory efforts - leaving the bulk of the shards still unexplored.
+For now, the Accord keeps the peace, and strives to maintain the status quo for its member states, leaving the adventure and exploration in the hands of free captains and brave pioneers. While this policy shift has its detractors, the push for independent exploration has brought about a renaissance for adventurers and freelance pilots.
+==== Push for Independent Exploration ====
+To this end in 827 EE, as a response to the formation of the Freehold Collective, Sovereign Nia Francisca of Vasselern proposed the Accord Free Captains Act, which subsidizes independent exploratory and colony efforts with funding and support from the AEF.
+Adventurers who register with the Accord as Independent Expeditionaries are granted a number of rights and privileges as outlined by the Free Captains Act, including discounted Gateway access, emergency support by the AEF, and the ability to seek grants for Spanships or supplies for establishing new outposts.
+Independent Expeditionaries also have the unique ability to contract specific missions and assignments on behalf of the AEF - from running supplies, to exploring to regions - and be rewarded for their work.
+While this program has been well regarded by many who were tired of stagnation and poor resource management in the case of the AEF, some have argued that this is simply an effort to foist the expansion of the Accord onto private citizens, and the elite reap benefits.
+Either way, this program has brought about a wave of new Spanships and explorers headed for the fringes of Accord territory, and into the Expansion Regions beyond - eager to step into the unknown, and face what meets them.