Sarian Legation

The Sarian Legation or the Varasan Legation was a legation of the White Order and the Tarsian empire established in 292 to coordinate the conquest of the Pashultene Empire, originating from several smaller legations assigned to this task from the 220s. In 390, a centralized bureaucracy was installed to order the legates under a Viceroyalty Council, which developed into the basis for strong control over much of the Varasanian subcontinent. During the Legate wars of the 5th century, the viceroyalty ultimately came under the control of the Hapacian Arevshadids, who ruled as banudars at a safe distance from Tarsian authority and effectively became independent, although they clung to legate titulature. In the 6th century the Legation was overrun by Arpalite Sarapeans in the Cremation Wars; it is usually regarded to have lapsed in 540 with the fall of the Arevshadid capital city of Modrupur, though various Sarian rulers continued to claim the title.