Fiction:List of Volbel Wars

Formation
Volbel was beleived to be created when matter from a protoplanetary disk clumped together to eventually form a  protoplanet. For more information on the formation of planets, go to: Nebular hypothesis

Beginning
Life on Volbel began when a large comet crashed into the ocean which caused global flooding, with the only land being large, scattered islands that were desolate and mountainous. Due to the lack of vegetation on land, most animals either evolved into sea creatures or became amphibians, building nests on land but stayed close to the shore to find food and reproduce. These amphibians included the ancestor of the Volbel, a small slug/centipede-like creature, called the Molch.

Prehistory
By the time the Molch had evolved to be a land-based species, the land was already dominated by the dinosaurs of Volbel. Compared to these giants, the Molch were nothing but bugs that dug holes underground and the occasional appetizer for small Theropods. About 170 mya, a large cataclysmic event caused the extinction of the Volbelian dinosaurs and many other large animals, and gave rise to the Molch. The Molch eventually grew a spine and its legs began to attach to each other to form four arms and legs, allowing it to stand erect. This evolved version of the Molch became the bases for the Volbel and six other Volbel-like species.

Tribal Stage
There was very little difference between the Tribal Stage and the Prehistoric Era on Volbel, except that there were 7 sentient species that had built small villages and used stone tools. Tribesman were still attacked and eaten by vicious predators such as the Draco Rex, a dragon like creature that would swoop down from the air and grab a villager that would later be devoured at a nearby cave. This era was also a time when many new species of plants and animal evolved, such as the Charu and the Oliasha. The harsh environment of the Eastern Deserts caused many of sentient species to be aggressive towards each other, as they had fight of the small amount of resources available. The Volbel at the time had a small population and were easy targets for other tribes to raid, but their small population also meant that resources were more plentiful and they had also developed an immunity to the meat of certain poisonous animals. Eventually, due to attacks from the growing population of predators and raids from enemy tribes, the Volbel were forced to move most of their species west towards the Verheven Moutain range, while the villagers that stayed behind became today's desert nomads. The Verheven mountains served as a fort for the Volbel, in which it protected them from being attack by enemy tribes and it was more safer due to the local predator population was small and most of these predators had never seen the Volbel before and developed a natural fear of them. There were also a plentiful amount of resources and this allowed the Volbel population to increase and expand. Near the end of the tribal stage, a big freeze that would last 239 years occured, and would come to be known as the Volbel Ice Age. The ice age wiped out hundreds of the tropical species, many of the sentient creatures of Volbel, and about 50% of the Volbel race. Most of the surviving species were able stay alive by hiding in caves that had been abandoned by Draco Rexs, such as the Volbel.

Civilization Stage
The civilization stage of Volbel was the most bloodiest era in Volbel history, with the constant disputes between the Western Confederacy and the Equatorial Alliance and the occurrence of two global wars. The era was said to have began when the first city, Valhalla, was founded under the flag of the newly formed Kingdom of Zadesca. The city became the capital of Zadesca and was also a growing center for trade and between tribes and other newborn cities. It also became the starting point for the spread of Volbel culture to other parts of the planet.

Formation of the Western Confederacy
After 30,000 years of exploration and colonization, the Kingdom of Zadesca had become a massive nation that maintained its size and power until its destruction during the First Global Conflict, 8,000 years later. During this time, a ruler named King Sun Tehn came to power, and ruled Zadesca with an iron fist. His tyranny that caused the deaths of millions is still felt by many Volbel today. Sun Tehn closed Zadesca off from the rest of the world and used his newly-found military police force, the Valkyrie, to control the city and its inhabitants and to 'terminate' outspoken citizens. Very few citizens dared to challenge his rule and those who did would be hauled off to a detention center or, if they were lucky, be terminated on the spot. After 7 years into his rule, he had turn Zadesca from a thriving utopia to a dystopian police-state. Only one obstacle stood in his way from total control over the people: a rebel force simply called the Underground.

The Underground
"We Fight not for Money or Power, But for Liberty and Justice for all Beings. We Fight to end all Tyranny and to Raise the Flags of Democracy. We are not Soldiers, but the People. Our Uniform is but the Clothes on our Backs, and our Army is not of Warriors, but of Farmers and Peasents. We are Freedom. We are Strong. We are the Liberty League."

- A speech made to King Sun Tehn by the Underground Leader, and would later become the Liberty League motto.

The Underground, officially the Liberty League, was a paramilitary force based in Valhalla that challenged the authority of King Sun Tehn and the Valkyrie. The group was founded in 10B.R.(Before Revolution), 8 years into Sun Tehn's rule, and at first was looked down upon by many and was not even treated as a threat until 7B.R., when the group made a daring attack on a battalion of Valkyrie in the slums area of the city and won. This area became the main base of operations for the Liberty League, and eventually all of the people unhappy with their living conditions joined the Underground, giving it over 3000 members. The Liberty League stuck mainly with guerilla and fourth generation warfare tactics when fighting the Valkyrie, only fighting in open combat as a last resort. This was done so as to keep their members alive and to keep their identities a secret, since the Valkyrie were not above torturing their families for information. As the war continued and escalated to the rest of the city, the Underground began losing more and more battles and began preperations in the slums to make a final stand against the Valkyrie. This battle would not only determine the outcome of the war, but would also determine the fate of the Undergroud and possibly the rest of Zadesca. Sun Tehn was so confident that his forces would win that he even came to the battlefield himself. It is said that he even prepared a picnic to eat while he watched the "show". He had most of his forces burn and raid all of the buildings they saw, only to find they were empty and they had explosives hidden inside the walls and floors. Before they could realize what was happening, the explosives were detonated, taking out the majority of Sun Tehn's forces. Then, the entire army of the Underground, who had been hiding in the sewers, gathered in front of Sun Tehn's smaller army with the Underground Leader leading them. The Underground leader then removed his mask only to reveal that he was Cor Tehn, son of King Sun Tehn and heir to the throne of Zadesca, much to the astonishment of Sun Tehn and his forces. Even the forces of the Underground were speechless, everyone except Cor Tehn's two generals, who already knew the secret. Cor Tehn told his father that he chose to create the Liberty League because Sun Tehn had been blinded by greed and power and had forgotten that the people's welfare comes first.

Exile and Birth of a Nation
After the battle in the slums, Sun Tehn was arrested and imprisoned for his actions and the advisory counsil of Zadesca asked if Cor Tehn would lead the nation. He refused, saying that his family's name was stained with the blood of innocents and feared that he would become controlled by power and greed like his father was. So he instead exiled himself from Zadesca and traveled to the west with anyone of the Underground who still wished to follow him. They wondered far to the west for 1 month until they came upon a small village of Gedrukt Volbel, who's blue tinged fur amazed the Liberty League. They eventually settled a few miles away where the built a small fort named Festung Ruhe, which eventually expanded and developed into Stadt des Ruhe, capital city of the new nation Cor Tehn was creating. In 2A.E.(After Exile) Cor Tehn, his two generals, and the leaders of the neighboring tribes gathered together to decide a name for the new nation and the type of government and laws it would have. The decided to name it the Western Confederacy and wrote the Constitution of Western Freedom and made the government a republic and developed a federal system so that each tribe could maintain an amount freedom that is similar to the states of America. The Western Confederacy grew quickly as more and more tribes joined and quickly grew into a massive superpower that was larger than the Kingdom of Zadesca by 14A.E.

Rise of Five Nations
After the great success of the Western Confederacy's creation, many towns and villages located outside Zadesca wished to gain their own independence. They used the Constitution of Western Freedom as a rubric for their own constitutions and a few decided to use a federal system like the Western Confederacy. The only thing that stood in the way of their independence were the Veldheers, or warlords, of the land that maintained strong grips on their territories. A few Veldheers willingly allowed the people to use their constitution so long as that Veldheer and his descendent stayed in power, while others had to fight for their independence. The fighting between simple villagers and the powerful Veldheers lasted 5 long years, in which the Western Confederacy and the recovering Zadesca Kingdom participated in. They helped the villagers to finally achieve their independence, and four, small nations were born out of the ensuing chaos: Valdsida, Xer, Lakotu, and Nurenbar. But, in one case, the peasants did not succeed in achieving their independence. Instead, the Veldheers to the east of Zadesca's borders had successfully crushed the rebellions in their lands and had united to form one empire, which they called the Equatorial Alliance. The Alliance saw the Western Confederacy and the Kingdom of Zadesca as threats to the control of its theocratic government( as opposed to the Confederacy's republic and Zadesca's monarchy), and claimed holy war on the Confederacy and Zadesca. While the Equatorial Alliance was preparing its crusade against the west, Zadesca and the Confederacy were helping refugees from the east escape into the Confederacy's territory in a large migration that came to be known as the Trail of Blood. The trail was unknown to many people and was hidden from the eyes of the Alliance for about 3 years, until its discovery in 30A.E., when Alliance troops stumbled upon it.