Beltaine

Beltaine was the first Warlords' state to gain independence from the collapsing Warlords in VoidViper's Alternative History of Europe. With the help of Thracium against Warlords, Beltaine settled in the city of Beltka. They adopted the religion Thracism, but after the War of the Religious Middle East, they abandoned their religion as it was full of lies. They started to dislike the Thracines, who were descendants from Greece due to the failure in the power of Thracism.

Thracium - Warlords War
When the Warlords invaded the states of Thrace in 43 AD, the people of Beltka weren't too happy about how often Warlords is declaring war. They demanded the Warlords to give it a break but the soldiers of the Warlords killed anyone who questioned the Warlords. When Thracium pushed the Warlords away from Europe, the people of Beltka remained silent.

During the second Thracium - Warlords war, after the Battle of Bursa in 72 AD which was victorious for the Thracines, the people of Beltka decided to rebel against the Warlords' army but were crushed. At the Battle of Alao in 80 AD which ended in Thracine victory, the people of Beltka secretly asked Thracines to help them against the Warlords. Thracines made it clear that they will help when the time is right. Therefore, when Warlords tried to ask help from nations that follow Saharism, Warlords were insulted by their own religious nation. The people of Beltka and Thracine soldiers tookover Beltka and created their own nation, Beltaine. Shortly after the Battle of Mistfan in 87 AD, Warlords crumbled into many Warlord states. Beltaine was strongest of them all. Order was officially established in 88 AD and the new nation, Beltaine was officially recognized.

War of the Religious Middle East
Beltaine joined the war alongside with their Thracism friends, Yobalt and Thracium. Shortly after Jahaia overun the Middle East with nations that follow Saharism, Beltaine and Thracism wanted to push the desert people back. At first, Beltaine and Thracium were doing a great job pushing the desert people back. Their goal was to prevent the desert people from occupying a Yobalt city, Assetyria. However, Harpia in Central Asia who also follows Saharism declared war on a nearby Thracism nation in 100 AD and  in 103 AD, they occupied the city of Agatron. Beltaine was taken by surprised and was forced to retreat from Southern Front to the Eastern Front in 104 AD. Thracium did not enjoy Beltaine being a coward. Thracium ignored it until Malev, Bangra , and Levia joined the war to defend Saharism. Thracium could not handle dealing with the strong navy power, Malev and they were forced to sign a treaty. This treaty results in Jahaia to occupy Yobalt. Beltaine on the other hand did not like how weak Thracium was and they decided to abandon the Thracism religion. Thus, they were allowed to keep their gains.

Early Development
After the war, people were convinced that Thracism is a religion of lies. They were convinced to refer back to the old Warlord's tactics and preparing to start a war to get revenge on both Thracism and Saharism nations. With their new city at the shores of Caspia Sea, Beltaine started developing wooden ships that the Warlords used against Thracium. Their first goal is to wipe out Harpia for good.

Beltaine was fully aware of Harpia's war with the Warlords. They have a good idea of how the Harpies fight in wars. The king of Beltaine refused to fight Harpia just by sea. Therefore, Beltaine requested to merge with the Persians in 125 AD. Since the Persians controlled the city of War, they knew they must've read some of Warlords' history. The Persians were inspired by the Warlords; thus, they agree to merge with Beltaine.

Early Saharism
Before Beltaine existed, the Warlords kind of adopted Saharism. In the city of Beltka, the indications of the Saharism religion was sparse. However, upon their independence, any indications of Saharism were destroyed. Nothing was left of Saharism in the city.

Thracism
The Thracism religion was very popular before the War of the Religious Middle East. Everyday, people would pray in the churches and would often not visit graveyards after a funeral. When Beltaine abandoned Thracism, people went crazy and started to destroy the churches and steal everything in it. The nobles were actually fine with what the people were doing. They started posting posters to show that Thracium is a weak nation and should be destroyed. The people were very supportive with the King of Beltaine.

A few years later after abandoning Thracism, people got bored of salvaging the ruins of the churches. Many men and women signed up for the Beltaine army.

Ground Power
Beltaine uses lightly armed spearmen troops with wooden shields in most of their first few battles. These troops were similar to the Warlords fighting style. They use these troops as a way to look for weaknesses in their opponents before sending in heavy armoured cavalry which the Warlords used against Yobalt. Behind the lightly armed spearmen will always have 3 rows of archers. Following the merge with the Persians in 125 AD, Beltaine adopted the use of siege weapons which included catapults, battering rams, and crossbows.

Sea Power
Beltaine's sea power is no match for Malev's sea power; however, their recent development of the Warlords wooden ships allowed them start adopting Warlords navy tactics.

Military Ranks

 * 1) Commander of the Army
 * 2) Field General
 * 3) Chief of the Lightly Armed Spearmen
 * 4) Chief of the Archers
 * 5) Chief of the Infantry
 * 6) Chief of the Spies/Scouts
 * 7) Seniors (responsible for supplies)
 * 8) Vice Field General.
 * 9) Troops.

Regions
The first map was drawn in 123 AD.