Karelic Period

In Archipelagan historiography, the Karelic Period refers to the period between the founding of the Grand Duchy of Karelia in 497 until the Siege of Kleinesburg, death of Dravenis I Siensalainen, and end of the Great Raids in 692. It shares many characteristics with the preceding Nordic Period, being characterised by frequent raiding and colonisation from both the Norse and the Karelians. What differentiates the Karelic Period, however, is the marking of the Grand Duchy as the first major polity to be established within the Archipelago since the fall of the Old Empire, spreading the concept of a strong central government across the region, an idea that would ultimately lead to more robust states and militaries that would truly shine in the later Trayoric Period.