Annexation of the Shadevan

In the year 2589, Grand-Duke of Aurice annexed the Shadevan Provinces from the newly created Republic of Ithatia.

The Treaty of Tauhad (2576) promised that the newly created Republic of Ithatia would have the right to rule the [[Shadevan Delta], but only if the human inhabitants of the land agreed to be united to the Republic. A provisional government with representatives from the constituent municipalities was formed in Baspenot (City) in 2577. Factions arose in municipalities and communities of the Delta, some wishing for unification with Ithatia and others for independence. The provisional government could not decide on unification and refused to give representatives of the Ithatian Republic a definitive answer. By 2583, a state of internal discord had arisen with two governments asking for recognition. In 2584, the navy of the Republic of Ithatia began to occupy the coastal towns of those Shadevan Deltans seeking independence. The Grand-Duchy of Aurice demanded that the Republic of Ithatia vacate the waters of the Delta, but the Ithatians refused. Both Aurice and Ithatia employed agents in the Shadevan Delta to support factions favorable to their cause, Aurice for independence and Ithatia for unification. The Empire of Pytharnia supported unification, while Asbardy and Aurice supported independence. By 2587, the Shadevan Delta was in effect divided into two countries with Baspenot (City) as the capital of the unification faction and Lygdania as the capital of the independence faction.

This followed the Kalikán Cession of Cisalpine Agogia in 2576 to Aurice and the creation of the Vice-Royalty of Jagohr in 2576, both as a result of the Treaty of Tauhad which settled the Great Sky War (2568 to 2575, ending in the Battle of Pytharnia).

The Shadevan War erupted when Aurice annexed the Shadevan, rich islands of the mouth of the Shadew River which the Treaty of Tauhad (2576 IR) said had the right of self-determination. The Shadevan provinces were divided with some choosing independence and others choosing unification with the Republic of Ithatia. Aurice stepped in to defend them from Ithatia and then annexed them. Ithatia fought back, but soon found itself no match for the military might of Aurice.

The annexation generated harsh feelings towards Aurice throughout the isles of the Pallathantic, Pytharnia, and Asbardy where leaders and subjects believed that Aurice was continuing its self-serving agenda from the time when it grabbed up Cisalpine Agogia. The Republic of Ithatia suffered a double blow to its national pride as it could not muster enough strength to oppose Aurice for fear of losing even more territory and as the Shadevan Provinces were particularly rich in agriculture and connected to the Shadmouth with access into Cisalpine Agogia. For this reason among others, Aurice sought the Shadevan Provinces to strengthen its commercial hold on Cisalpine Agogia.

The centaurs of Streionia found themselves surrounded on both west and the not so distant east by arms of the same expansive empire. Their former allies, Thrace and Ithatia, had waned as Aurice waxed. Pytharnia, Dúrandwor, and Medibgö were not openly able to form an alliance with Streionia without the risk of appearing sympathetic to the bisontaur and centaur hordes of central Asdauria.

The Arch-Duke Asbardy stridently criticized the annexation, but the Grand Duke of Aurice had shrewdly calculated the unwillingness of other princes to go to war against him in behalf of Ithatia. The Grand Duke promised and gave the Shadevan its own parliament for internal matters, subject to his governor.

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See Also

• Cession of Cisalpine Agogia, (2576)
• Shadevan Delta
• Shadevan War 2589 to 2591
• Treaty of Tauhad (2576)