History of the Kingdom of Leazas

GI0534 - Founding of the Kingdom
In the year GI0534, the leader and founder of the Helman Republic, Zanageth Helman, passed away. This resulted in the many small countries that allied to create the Republic splitting apart and a civil war ensued.

Gross Leazas, one of the many that revolted against the Helman Republic, managed to gain a great following thanks to his charisma and strength. He marched his new citizens to the fertile eastern lands of The Continent to carve out his own nation. There he discovered the former Demon King Castle that had been used by Gele over half a century ago and decided to build Leazas Castle from its remains, which would become the core and the capital of his new Kingdom.

Gross found a startling surprise at the bottom of the castle: the Corrupted Sword Chaos still sealing the former Demon King Gele. Gross knew this castle in his new kingdom would become a primary target for Dark Lords that wished to release their former master should they ever discover it. Though proud of his burgeoning Kingdom, he feared the new responsibility he had inherited that could potentially lead all humanity to ruin. Gross traveled to Helman again and contacted Ho-Laga, then requested a way to reinforce Gele's seal. Ho-Laga agreed to help and made a seal around the room where Chaos remained. No Dark Lords could pass the mage's barrier; the only way through was to possess three Holy Items Ho-Laga created and to have someone of Gross' bloodline present to open it. These Holy Items would later become National Treasures of the Royal Family.

GI0544-GI0584 Helman and Leazas Wars
After a few years from its founding, Leazas prospered greatly thanks to its fertile land. Leazas hoped to develop into a peaceful country, however, in the year GI0544 the Helman Republic decided that they could not ignore the newly formed Leazas anymore and attacked them. Hoping to re-absorb their former territory, Helman's initial advances crushed Leazas due to their overwhelming military superiority. Cities and key economic centers were taken and the territory was never re-conquered.

Helman launched three victorious campaigns were in a period of 30 years. It was not until the 4th Helman-Leazas War that took place in the year GI0584, that Leazas managed to defeat the previously unbeaten Helman Republic. Leazas' surprising victory was thanks to a brilliant tactician who managed to turn the war in their favor with unconventional strategies. The 5th War saw the first ever successful invasion into Helman land, but difference in army sizes was still too enormous and Leazas was unable to successfully hold Helman territory.

The 5th War ended with a peace treaty between Helman and Leazas, where both sides agreed to remain neutral with each other. For the next couple of centuries the agreement was honored and no wars were fought.

GI0800 - Southern Proxy War and the Foundation of Zeth
Around GI0800, a large scale conflict took place in the southern territory of Helman involving Helman, Leazas, and armies of the Monster Realm, who struggled for control. A young female mage named Parsley rose up with her comrades to end the war. The group was aided by Dark Lord Berksham's apostle, Lucy Giuletta, and use an excavated Tousho to bring the long battle to an end.

Leazas, Helman, and the Demon Army are all driven out of the territory and Lucy encouraged the foundation of a new country focused on magic called Zeth.

Focusing on magic was a fortuitous decision, since in the long centuries since the dissolution of the Holy Magic Sect mages had been mistrusted and viewed as dangerous. This fear was secretly stoked and manipulated by Goddess ALICE with her influence as a deity of the AL Church. Many mages, tired of their persecution elsewhere on The Continent, gathered and empowered the new nation of Zeth.

In the year GI0885, what would become known as " The Conflict at the Mountain Range " takes place. For the first time in over 200 hundred years, a skirmish broke out between Helman and Leazas in the mountain borders between the two countries. Any conflict between the two countries was now forced to take place along the untraversable mountain region, since Helman and Leazas' southwestern border was now broken by a desert formed by Zeth mages in a previous conflict with Helman. The difficult terrain neutralizes each military's advantages and neither side was able to penetrate the other's territory. The war eventually ends in a stalemate.



In GI0888, Zeth had been victim to many attacks from the Demon Army and created the Mazeel Line along their western border to serve as protection. After decades of preparation, Zeth invaded Leazas in the first ever Zeth-Leazas War with the objective of gaining more prosperous and safer lands. The fighting was fierce and took a tremendous toll but was ultimately resolved when the King of Zeth was assassinated, leading to a peace treaty.

Leazas enjoyed roughly a century of peace until the year GI1015 when Zeth and Helman formed an alliance to conquer Leazas. The offensive began at the Parapara Fort that was established on the Leazas-Zeth border at the bottom of the Helman border's mountain range. The War ended shortly after it began, however, as miscommunication  between Helman and Zeth resulted in a  disorganized attack. The frayed armies were defeated in a  fierce counter offensive performed  by the Red Army of Leazas, which was composed of only 800 soldiers and its skilled General Rick Addison. This battle was known as the Conflict at the Parapara Fort and gave Rick  the nickname "Red Reaper of Leazas," after slaughtering hundreds of enemies by himself.

LP0002 - 7th Helman-Leazas War (Rance 03 Events)
In the year LP0002 Prince Patton formed an alliance with Dark Lord Noce to attack Leazas with the Helman 3rd Army. A transport device is set in the Leazas Castle, since it used to be the Demon King Castle over 1000 years ago, and ten thousand soldiers from the Helman Army appear on the Leazas Castle and attacks the capital from the inside. The surprise attack was also aided by Dark Lord Ithere, who was allied with Noce, and used his mental-control ability to brainwash most of the Royal Guard. Eventually, Rick Addison of the Red Army and Barres Province from the Black Army also fell under the enemy's mind control.With their forces overwhelmed by the sudden attack and with the Royal Guard brainwashed as well, the Royal Family has no means to escape from being captured by Helman's forces. The King and Queen weren't in Leazas during the operation but in the Free Cities, so only Princess Lia was in the capital. With little time, the princess made a bet and sent her personal ninja Kanami Kentou right before the Castle fell. She left with Leazas's national treasure and sought help of the brutish warrior living in the city of Ice, Rance.

The inevitable took place, Princess Lia was captured alongside her maid and advisor Maris Amaryllis, the capital was occupied along with 40% of its territory, and most of its military was brainwashed by Dark Lord Ithere and his apostles. Helman's victory in the invasion was overwhelming.



However, the princess' ninja Kanami Kentou managed to get to Rance and sought help. The plan is to retrieve a weapon hidden within the Leazas Castle that can be used to defeat Dark Lords. Rance agreed to help(albeit with some conditions) and he eventually took the role of Supreme Commander of the Leazas Liberation Force formed from the scattered forces of all over Leazas and the Free Cities Alliance like the Witches of Kathtom, eventually also releasing brainwashed soldiers like Rick Addison and Barres Province joined as well. With Rance's help, an engineer from the Free Cities Maria managed to create a unique tank called Tulip #3 that joined the Army and took a huge role in the battlefield.

The Leazas Liberation Army eventually became a powerful enough force to push back the previously overwhelming Helman 3rd Army until The Battle of The O took place, was the major decisive battle that changed the course of the war and turned the tides to the Leazas Liberation Army's favor. The Leazas Liberation Force suffered approximately 30% of casualties, but managed to capture the town of The O. The Helman 3rd Army however was almost ruined, only a few hundred soldiers retreated with General Thoma Lipton. The only other notable Helman survivor of this battle was Minerva Margaret. The army led by Rance kept advancing through the Free Cities and the Leazas region and the Commanders Fletcher Modell and Henderson Dauntless also fell in battle. Eventually even Thoma Lipton, who was famous for being the World's Strongest Man, was killed in a fierce encounter against Rance's party and finished off by Rance himself. During this time, the Leazas White Army General Ex Banquet, who had managed to evade getting brainwashed or captured, mounted a small resistance force at the Leazas capital, successfully retaking the area surrounding Leazas Castle through guerilla tactics while also persuading several Helman-defected nobles to shift their support towards the Liberation Army.

After using an unconventional strategy to siege the Leazas Castle by hiding inside a Golden Hanny, Rance's army managed to recover the Leazas Castle and save Princess Lia. However, they were unable to find Prince Patton from the Helman Army, who was the main leader of the invading forces, who was actually almost killed by Dark Lord Noce when he the Dark Lord betrayed him, claiming that they were only using Helman. Patton's location was unknown and he was claimed dead, making it the victory of the Leazas Army. However, the Dark Lords are still around and have their own plans in Leazas. With Lia's help and the National Treasures, they reclaim the weapon hidden in the depths of the Leazas Castle, Chaos, one of the only two swords capable of shattering the invincibility field of the Dark Lords. Little they knew that Noce's plan all along was to remove Chaos in order to release the former Demon King Gele that had been sealed in another dimension over 1000 years ago, so the instant they obtained Chaos they also freed the most dangerous Demon King. They were dispatched with ease and Noce even managed to break Chaos and Gele, who was only at 5% of her full strength, started swallowing innocents to absorb life force and recover strength. Eventually Rance's team managed to repair Chaos and defeat Dark Lords Ithere and Satella and a huge party formed by the strongest fighters from Leazas Army and the Free Cities fought Dark Lord Noce in the Leazas Castle, since Gele's return would mark the end of the human world as they know it. After a fierce battle, they managed to kill Noce and Gele used his blood soul to open a rift to another dimension to escape and recover strength. Rance, who would later be followed by Sill Plain, chased after Gele alone through the portal. None of the two, nor Gele, were seen again and they were presumed dead. The long battle finished with the Dark Lords and the former Demon King presumed defeated, and t he Helman 3rd Army almost completely destroyed with only a few soldiers like  Minerva Margaret   retreating safely and going back to Helman. Leazas spent the next few months recovering from the conflict that left Leazas in chaos.

The princess Lia Parapara Leazas forced her father King Wesding into retirement, and claimed the throne as Queen of Leazas. During her crowning a group of nobles organised a group to attempt a coup d'etat on her, since many nobles opposed Lia directly, but it was prevented by a town guard Menad Shisei and Kentou Kanami. Menad was so highly praised for this that she became the second in-command of the Leazas Red Army.