Frederik Untermensch, known as Emperor Frederik V was the Ottilian Emperor during the time when Siegfried declared himself Emperor in Middenheim, triggering the Age of Three Emperors. Siegfried made war on Frederik, and Frederik made war on the Elected Emperor in Nuln. It is unknown who the victor of this war was.
History[]
In 1547 IC, Grand Duke Heinrich of Middenland sought to garner enough votes to legally establish himself as Emperor. He took his case to Frederik V of Talabheim, the so-called “Ottilian Emperor,” who soundly rejected Heinrich’s claim.[1a]
Heinrich returned to Middenheim in a rage and pronounced himself Emperor nonetheless. He then declared war on Frederik V, as well as the whole of Talabecland, in I.C. 1550. Frederik, not one to be undone, declared his own war against the self-proclaimed Emperor in Nuln, while simultaneously defending his own province from Middenheim’s armies. In I.C. 1557, Middenheim sent an army to destroy the city of Talabheim, but the crater wall was never breeched by the invaders. However, the port of Taalagad was razed and subsequently occupied by the invading army. An abysmally unsuccessful siege of Talabheim, which lasted almost twenty years, followed.[1a]
Talabheim felt few repercussions from these incidents. Because of the verdant interior of the Taalbaston, the city was able to support itself almost indefinitely. Whilst times were often tight for the citizens of Talabheim, they rarely suffered. The results of these wars were to have a lasting effect on Talabheim, especially in regards to its complex series of laws and edicts. As the rest of the Empire seemed to slide ever deeper into confusion, the Lords of Talabecland rejected the growing anarchy by implementing an overabundance of stringent regulations and rules.[1a]
Talabheim came to show its own penchant for independence during the Age of Wars. In 1750 IC, the Emperor of Talabecland, Horst the Cautious, was asked to help repel an invading army that was approaching Talabheim. When Horst refused to send his troops to the city’s aid, the city revolted, seceding from Talabecland entirely. Talabheim went so far as to crown its own Emperor, Helmut II. Unable to assail Talabheim’s walls, Horst could do little but issue idle threats. The estrangement of Talabecland and Talabheim would continue for several hundred years, until Emperor Magnus of Nuln acceded to their formal reunification in 2304 IC.[1a]