Military History is gonna be Volume III, since there’s a lot of militaristic improvements and war, Volume I and II is nation history. Formation of the Kingdom: One score, and 9 years ago, the Spanish Kingdom, was united under one ruler, after a revolt spearheaded by a group known as the Liberation Movement. Had King Oscar Richard IV, treated the poor with contempt and respect, the Liberation Movement would’ve not been able to rise. They first attacked the Southern Area, the military was no prepared, a fort was taken over by surprise and the Liberation Movement had a surplus of weapons and armor now, and trebuchets, the end of Land of Hispania was near. They marched on Madrid, and butchered the Royal Family and nobility, some members were able to get away. Many in the military in the capital were poor, and let the Liberation Movement march through Madrid. Up north though, there was a General with a loyal army, he was not rich, but whatever he had, he gave to his soldiers, he helped the poor, many expected him to join the Liberation Movement. Yet he told his men, and the city he was garrisoned in, that the Liberation Movement is still a rebellion, and they have order, instead of heading straight for Madrid, he went around, took the south, the home of the Liberation Movement, and then headed for Madrid. In Madrid, he stopped the movement, some members fled, most were captured or killed. His name was General Alejandro Fernández II. He was held as a hero by the people, there was no royal family now though, a power vacuum was left. In Madrid, people chanted for Alejandro, so he took the throne, ending the fight for the throne before it had begun. In Madrid, he found one of the sole survivors of the nobility, the young Countess, Maria Vazquez. They fell in love, and married. She became the Queen Consort, and him the Queen. For 18 years, Alejandro rebuilt, but there were still issues politically. End of an Era: In 1000 AD, after 18 years of rebuilding, King Alejandro begins on working re-stabilizing the country after it had been rebuilt to its former glory. Yet near the end of 1000AD, a tragic and mysterious attack was brought upon the king. The King was sleeping, and his young daughter kept trying to wake him up, unknowingly her efforts worked, but made her father upset, and he freaked out, he did not know what he was doing though, when he figured out, he had realized he had scared his daughter, he ran out of the palace. He was not seen for a few days, until his body washed up on the sea. Political groups and people begin to blame each other in his absence, causing more turmoil in the politically unstable country, but it also did bring the people together, the King who and served them dutifully, needed to be found, and people came together to try and find him. Unfortunately, no one did before his body was mutilated and washed up on the beach. The discovery of King Alejandro Fernández ends 18 years of his reign. Division in the Family: The nation went into a time of mourning, and the young Prince, Prince Jonatan Fernández-Vazquez, was out trying to find his fathers kill, a widowed aristocrat, Lola Cabana, begins to show him a lot of attention, he is enamored by this new attention, but he doesn’t talk to his mother, he talks to the Marquess of the time, Emmanuel Garcia. Emmanuel says she likes him, shortly after they begin a relationship. Now Jonatan beiges he’s in love, and he gets married to Lola immediately, Lola’s intentions with the young Prince were nothing of love, and one man, the Prince’s uncle, Grand Duke Simon Fernández, feels something is off about Lola, he comes to his nephew, and unknowingly has caused a domino effect, which will lead to a lot more issues throughout the kingdom. Jonatan doesn’t hear his uncle out, he is furious, he kicks him out, Lola comes to her husbands side, and turns him fully against the Grand Duke. Prince Jonatan goes to his mother, to have her deal with the Grand Duke. She doesn’t believe what he says, and the Prince is enraged, to him, it seemed like his mother didn’t believe his wife, which lead to him lashing out and hitting her. The Queen, Queen Maria, was righteously angry. She kicked the Prince and his wife out of the palace. From their he moved into his wife’s house, Queen Maria decided after a few weeks, she’d head over to Lola’s Villa to make amends, she doesn’t want her family to be broken, just like the nations political state. When she arrives, she sees Lola and Jonatan talking, instead of just waiting for the, to finish and announce her presence, the Queen hides, and listens in. She discovers a plot of rebellion, Lola planned to use Jonatan to usurp her. Queen Maria has her guards storm the villa, they arrest Lola, strip her of the title Princess Consort, forcibly divorce Jonatan, and locked in the palace dungeon. As an act of rebellion, the young and naive Prince Jonatan Fernández-Vazquez, changes his last name to Cabana, like his ex wife(-)
(-) which breaks all traditions set. Some members of the Royal Guard and military, join Jonatan, as he locks down the city that his wife’s villa is in. He leads an effort of rebellion, civilians try to fight back as 10K soldiers storm the city. They end the rebellion quickly, capture Jonatan and lock him in the düng on, as well as the Royal Guard Officer who defected and lead men against the original army. Prince Jonatan Cabana is stripped of his title, the lies Lola had told him consumed him, his thoughts will never change. He resents his mother now, locked away in a dungeon in agony. This rebellion, would be used by a member of a mysterious organizational to gain traction for the organization. This organization, hates the current rulers, and wishes to usurp them. Not much is known about this group. Lola, dies after a few weeks of no food locked in the dungeon. Her husband, is fed at least twice a week, because his mother doesn’t want him to die. The Chupacabra: Homero, a classic writer, makes a story about a magical creature, that attacks goats and children. The Chupacabra. Near this tales creation, Queen Maria had a set of strict laws created, as well as a group of people to enforce them. The People’s Protection Agency, or the PPA. Some people begin to believe that this Chupacabra had killed Alejandro. These people begin to rebel, blaming the Queen for not killing this beats. Though these rebellions are short lived, the rumor is not. 14 children and 100 goats go missing, 50 goats wash up on the sea. The PPA begins investigation, and confronts Homero, and arrests him, in his house, 50 goats are found, not the children, the PPA discovers an actual link between what might be the Chupacabra and Alejandro’s death. Later on. Marquess Emmanuel rides to the dungeon, he meets Jonatan, and has him let go and goes to his house with Jonatan. From there, the Marquess heads to the cellar, he finds children and adults, locked down there with weapons, the Marquess reveals that he is the Chupacabra killer, and killed his father. Jonatan was scared, he feared he’d be next, he steals a horse and rides back to the dungeon and turns himself in. He tells the guards what happened, they don’t believe him, and report to the Queen, she goes with the Royal Guard to the Marquess’s house. She finds the Earl next to his mother, the Marchioness who was gruesomely killed. The Marquess is gone, and is found later on, he is thrown in the dungeon and convicted. The young Earl, a Earl Diego Garcia-Condé, becomes, the Marquess. Centralization: A senate is formed, and government jobs like Magistrates and other government officials are given to people with the highest skill, the political instability begins to quell as more and more efforts for centralization of the government pass. Women were given the right to vote and work. For a short time, women were allowed to vote, but it was taken away, as well as voting for senators. Women are still allowed to work. Rise of Christianity: (too much lore - go here for Volume II: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/988393884 )
