Old Kingdom Hyllus

Old Kingdom Hyllus was a state and former superpower of the Terran continent. It was known for its technological prowess and incredible infrastructure. It was destabilized and mostly destroyed by Portia in the Burning of Hyllus, with most of its forests unusable and spiderless nearly two centuries later.

History
Old Kingdom Hyllus emerged from the Terran Mingle. It separated from the Mingle when a large group of Hyllus salticids took after Portia and declared war in 380 PT against the Helpis, who were taking steps to establish their own government. The Hyllus felt that they were being excluded from the efforts of the Helpis and the Mopsus to create infrastructure and elevate their communities through technology. A superior Helpis and Mopsus military effort pushed the rebellious Hyllus to the west, where they faced aggression first from the Solenopsids and then from the Portians, who interpreted their presence as an invasion. The Hyllus surrendered, accepting a treaty that sent them to live in the dry forests just south of Portia.

Despite facing these difficulties, the Hyllus managed to establish a thriving nation in the southwestern peninsula. They used massive silk filtration systems, boiling facilities, and long acqueducts to transport desalinated sea water for inland use. Formerly dry forests began to thrive, drawing the ire and jealousy of Portia, which had expected the Hyllus to die out. Portia declared war against the thriving state in 500 PT. When it found Hyllus to be an even match for its own technology and military efforts, Portia took drastic measures and set fire to large areas of Hyllus forest. The resulting fire lasted almost a full year, taking hundreds of thousands of Hyllus and several thousand Portian lives. The Portia-Hyllus War ended in 508 PT with the signing of a treaty and the retreat of Portian troops.

By the Portian colonial period very little remained of Old Kingdom Hyllus. A small independent state still existed, but it had virtually no infrastructure and only a couple thousand inhabitants.