Silver Tree
Silver Tree was a militant guerilla movement on the island of Besoa, which violently opposed the Hartheran Occupation of the islands from 1090-1114 ME.
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Articles related to the island of Besoa in the Natorn Archipelago.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
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Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.
Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map
Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME
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The Natorn Archipelago, or the Natorn Isles [nah-TORN], is a chain of islands in the Natorn Sea. The islands are oceanic ridge running from the northeastern tip of Anásthias to the Anrel Isles. The ridge is an active geological fault, many of the islands being volcanic.Anásthias.
After the defeat of Alsaneth and Sannalese forces and their surrender to the occupiers in 1090, many armed fighters refused to submit, and formed multiple guerilla bands. The greatest opposition was initially led by the surviving councillors of the Alsaneth Republic, secretly headquartered in deep mines in the Alteim Mountains of the southwest. The leadership eventually pulled together opposition groups under a combined command.
The name “Silver Tree” was chosen to combine the national symbols of the two former nations, the silver banner of Alsaneth, and the golden tree of Sann'al.
Silver Tree actions included murder and sabotage, though their losses were high. In particular they targeted farms taken over by Hartheranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera
The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr settlers, murdering the occupants and burning homes and fields. This bloody campaign served to discourage Hartheran colonisation of the island, but caused famine because of the unoccupied farm land, and through reprisals from the occupying government who executed initially two, and later ten locals for every one Hartheran killed. This decimated the island's population, leaving Besoa a ruined and depopulated land.