1262-1285 (509-532 AD) (L'Uniona Homanus)

The Post Huritian Northeast
In the start of the year 773 (20 AD) the legend of the Huritian league and the several chiefs as well as their downfall had spread to almost all of the tribes around the Great Lakes as well as the ones up the Nixkamich (St. Lawrence) River and even out to the coast and as low as Delaware Bay. Other tribes were beginning to start to take up the same cause that they had heard about in legends. This did not exclude Hurit itself or the cities of what was the Enola-Huron which had conquered the Huritians and then fell apart themselves. The Huritians were not prepared to give up on their own city though it seemed like everyone else expected it to fade into obscurity after losing so much power and influence.

The Twin Chumani and the Huron Cities
New Cities were growing all around this region as well. The feelings of the independent and peaceful cities of the Huron had faded. The dependent and weak feelings of the other cities on Lake Chumani had also given way to ambitious leaders. On the other side of Lake Chumani there were twin cities named Cha’risa (Toronto) and Tablita (Ontario). They were part of the Chumani Confederation but their hegemony fell apart when their tributary cities fell with the whole of the Great Lakes region. They chose to fend for each other rather than separately as they both could see that they would always be trying to conquer each other and never be able to take anyone else. This relationship worked very well and allowed them to expand into the areas north of the Great Lakes rather far. The conflict with this order did not come until these Chumani cities reached Lake Huron. The cities of Zitkala (Bay City, Michigan) and Cheboygan fought to keep these from taking Lake Huron. The alliance between these two would not extend over the waters of the Huron. They took what they wanted from the defeated Twin cities of the Chumani but refused to give up their own hostilities.

Minwaking
The least bothered of the new cities was on the edge of the influence of the Great Lakes. In Minwaking (Milwaukee), Lake Michigan was their home and their mode of transportation. However, with the largest cities being so far away the movement of good from great cities like Hurit was long and many ships could not carry the necessary amount of good as well as supplies for the merchants carrying them. Minwaking grew despite their marginal place in the complex politics of the other cities. Their first Chief, named Hesutu, began to build the kinds of irrigation and military technology that they heard about in the stories of the great Abukcheech and his Huritian League. Minwaking was the only major player so far away from the others and they wanted to make their presence known. They had the resources to intrude on the dominance that the Enola, and the cities of Cheoygan and Zitkala had on the Michigan Peninsula.

The Rebirth of the Iroquois cities and the rival on the Nixkamich (St. Lawence) River.
Hurit (Rochester) had fallen into disarray after its conquest but many of its buildings still stood and once the Enola-Huron fell back to their homes the process of reconstruction began promptly. The other cities of the Huritian League began to turn their arms into farming tools to repair their fields which were so destroyed by the Enola-Huron. These cities were Keme (Syracuse, NY) and Megedagik (Buffalo, NY) and they formed the new Huritian League, though it was not nearly as powerful as it was when it was first built. Their main enemy was the bordering country, on the other edge of the Great Lake region, which was actually once part of the League’s dominion, was the Kingdom of Qochata (from what is Quebec in OTL) which inherited technology, loyalty, and money from what was the territory of the League. Qochata was ruled not by a Chief but by a man styled King because he had an extensive family tree which extended back for generations and to the founding of the Huritian League. Qochata made the Nixkamich River more than just a movement of water that was out of sight and mind. They wanted fame and recognition and to be released from obscurity like almost all the other states emerging at this time.

The Chesapeake State
I say almost because there was one group of cities, and surrounding forests, which did not want to be seen by anyone. They had a fair amount of land and many of their military leaders were inspired by stories of men like Abukcheech and Sitsi but they were so lacking in self-confidence that they feared any possible rival. Though they had success they were not ones who were subjects to the pride and vociferous cries of the people for conquest like some of the other states. This may have been partly due to the fact that there weren’t many rivals around them. They were defended by mountains and water mostly but they were able to defend themselves and feared the possibility that they could not. These were the Conoy-Nanticook who were started around those two cities, corresponding to Baltimore, Maryland and Dover, Delaware respectively, as well as their close neighbor of Tocho, which corresponds to Philadelphia.

Though some cities were new and others had long histories they both emerged after the fall of Enola Huron and the Huritian League. The shadow of men like Abukcheech and the other chiefs could not be filled so easily, however, and they all knew that. To overcome this inadequacy they engaged in feats that would change their world.