Byzaris Post History

The trading post of Byzaris started as a humble fishing post of the local Aseri tribal people hundreds of generations before the birth of the Empire. In the many years between the first settlement and its current rule Byzaris changed hands multiple times between the Aseri tribes and the last pre-Imerpal tribe to rule the post was the Murrian. Their rule of Byzaris could be seen as the foundation of its current form building the Post port and harbour along with the work of its Orginal walls along with this they had also developed the trading links to other major ports of the Gulf of Charas.

The Murrian tribe was primarily sea-based and thus had sent most of their fighting men and boat to aid the wider, Aseri war efforts in raiding Imperial coastal outposts during the Imerpal war. The Murrian’s luck during the war began well with notable raids along the Gulf, where major Imperial forts protected the Empire's key cities such as Cyrenes, Gorgauros, and the island fortress city of Trapike. Their growing stream of gold, slaves, hostages and other riches only made their base of Byzaris a target of the empire.

Patrol Captain Aurelion During the warning period had marked Byzaris for conquest, after the raids of the Murrians along the imperial coastline, Aurelion began work on how to take the trading post with a bloody assault of two entire fleets of the Empire Gulf Navies with one forming blockade while planning the retrofitting of the second to become landing craft to ram along the coastline and then to be broken down into siege equipment and siege encampments. Having gained permission to conduct such a dramatic siege of the Byzaris to the combined relief and slight disappointment of Aurelion, Emperor Velasius and the empire diplomates had brokered the Imperial peace which among other gains for the empire was the Byzaris settlement and its accompanying lands. The Murrian tribe did put up a fight once the Imperial fleet arrived at the localised sea, beginning with a running naval battle with Murrians sending their small raiding fleet outwards to strike the Imperials. While striking Imperial ships and even sinking a few of them was never going to win, for every Imperial ship wounded or sunk, the Murrians lost 3 raiding vessels. With losses mounting the final 4 Murrian ships were sent into a suicidal ramming action, into the heart of the fleet rigging set ablaze the desperate and ultimately futile attempt to stop the imperial navy from landing its loaded Army to source newly acquired imperial territories. The imperial fleet had been damaged but landed its forces on the banks of the gulf, While three of the fleet's largest ships came up onto the harbour wall loading troops directly onto the settlement port. The fighting didn’t last long only a matter of 2-3 hours once Imperial infantry hardened by the war cut down the Murrians of fighting strength rounding up civilians till finally the tribe's leadership was captured or slain. Patrol Captain Aurelion himself having led the men from the storming of the harbour then had every man, woman and child of the Murrian tribe assembled to address many different accounts of what Aurelion said to the gathered tribe but what is agreed on was three key points that define the Imperial rule of Byzaris. All those who wish to stay may we encourage your cooperation, but we will not stop you from leaving. We will provide you with 2 ships and 100 days of food to travel to new lands. The Patrol captain's offer was accepted by most of the surviving tribal leadership and some of the tribe's more fantastic members while the common folk traders and craftsmen stayed within the new Imperial outpost.

After the dust of the Imperal conquest had settled Patrol Captin Aurelion used the fortunes of riches the former owner of the settlement had stolen from the Imperal forts and cities to rapidly expand the imperial foothold over a Decade with rapid improvement of walls city planning and many other aspects. As of the Tenth year of Imerpal rule, Patrol Captin Aurelion assigned

New Magister Militum to continue the Imperal's work as the melting pot of trade with many Aseri, Vlandaens and Imperials alike. The trading post today is the beating heart of all trade in this region with the natural harbour, and central location its strategic utility is not lost on those within and without the empire. The new leader looking to keep the ship steady as the water begin to look evermore choppy.