History of Adélieland

This article covers the history of the Republic of Adélieland.

Pre-Colonial Era
This section will be subject to change following the release of the Terahua Papers, a collection of verified history of indigenous Adélielanders hidden until 4 August 1940.

Before being discovered by the Morithaeans, Adélieland was inhabited by numerous indigenous peoples. Western Adélieland (as defined as east of the islands of Hidalgo and Barthélemy and Langdemor Line) was home to up to 134 people groups, whereas Eastern Adélieland (as defined as west of the above locations) was home to 78 people groups prior to the Eastward Exodus.

These peoples were defined largely by separation by mountains and rivers, with insular Adélieland additionally defined by island separation. It is believed that the peoples of the East descended from the remnants of the Kanypi-Besto Landing Site in modern-day Bemen, and used fleets of rafts to sail around the continent from the coasts of Bemen and Gojuro. The origins of the peoples for the west is not clear, but the anthropological consensus is that they were largely not descended from the Kanypi-Besto Landers, though with a currently unknown alternative origin.

First Colonies
Captain-Brace Jacque Bernard Yves-Louis of the Morithaean Naval Expedition, a master of deep- and rough-water navigation, had predicted that travelling by the western coast of Magnolia with its jagged precipices and torrential waters would surely lead to disaster and another failure to colonise Magnolia. After departing into the deep seas directly south-southeast of Kinross, Yves-Louis avoided the dangers of the coast and successfully sailed into the present-day St. Louis Sea, passing by the outermost islands of present-day Dracon, for they were too jagged to risk sailing towards, until reaching the land now known as the Bernard Peninsula, founding the outpost of Fort Leon, named after the Morithaean King at the time.