Philippines: The Colony and the three renegade countries

kasumigenx · Jun 8, 2013

Philippines: The Colony and the three renegade countries
Filipinas: La Colonia y los tres países renegados

On this timeline
Around 1405, the year that the war over succession ended in the Majapahit Empire, Sufi traders introduced Islam into the Hindu-Malayan empires and for about the next century the southern half of Luzon and the islands south of it were subject to the various Muslim sultanates of Borneo. During this period, the Japanese established a trading post at Aparri and maintained a loose sway over northern Luzon.
During the reign of Sultan Bolkiah in 1485 to 1521, the Sultanate of Brunei decided to break the Dynasty of Tondo's monopoly in the China trade by attacking Tondo and establishing the state of Selurong (now Manila) as a Bruneian satellite-state. A new dynasty under the Islamized Rajah Salalila was also established to challenge the House of Lakandula in Tondo. Islam was further strengthened by the arrival to the Philippines of traders and proselytizers from Malaysia and Indonesia. The multiple states competing over the limited territory and people of the islands simplified Spanish colonization by allowing its conquistadors to effectively employ a strategy of divide and conquer for rapid conquest.
Parts of the Philippine Islands were known to Europeans before the 1521 Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese-born Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who were not the first Europeans in the Philippines. Magellan landed on the island called Homonhon, claiming the islands he saw for Spain, and naming them Islas de San Lázaro. He established friendly relations with some of the local leaders especially with Rajah Humabon and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. In the Philippines, they explored many islands including the island of Mactan. However, Magellan was killed during the Battle of Mactan against the datu Lapu-Lapu.
Over the next several decades, other Spanish expeditions were dispatched to the islands. In 1543, Ruy López de Villalobos led an expedition to the islands and gave the name Las Islas Filipinas (after Philip II of Spain) to the islands of Samar and Leyte. The name was extended to the entire archipelago in the twentieth century.
A late 17th-century manuscript by Gaspar de San Agustin from the Archive of the Indies, depicting López de Legazpi's conquest of the Philippines
European colonization began in earnest when Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi arrived from Mexico in 1565 and formed the first European settlements in Cebu. Beginning with just five ships and five hundred men accompanied by Augustinian monks, and further strengthened in 1567 by two hundred soldiers, he was able to repel the Portuguese and create the foundations for the colonization of the Archipelago. In 1571, the Spanish occupied the kingdoms of Maynila and Tondo and established Manila as the capital of the Spanish East Indies.

The Three renegade Countries on this TL, that will resist the Spanish.
-Irraya
-Maguindanao
-Sulu

There will be a nation that will be unconquerable the Spanish in the Island of Luzon just like how the Maguindanao and Sulu were unconquerable its name is Irraya, the three countries are called as renegade because they remained independent and were able to resist the Spanish.

kasumigenx · Jun 8, 2013

Prologue

Prolouge: The Gift of Bannag
In the late 14th century, the population of Irraya started to increase and due to that the town of Irraya started to expand and flourish that it absorbed it's nearby towns, Irraya started to look more as a progressive town which also enticed and attracted settlers from Tondo and the other parts of the Malay Archipelago.

On 1405, the Japanese establish a trading port on the Island of Selurong in the towns of Kamalanyugan and Bugey(this trading port will be known as Aparri on OTL) and due to that the Japanese gained access to the rich town of Irraya which continued to expand, the town of Irraya was also liked by the indian traders and for this reason Irraya was called as the Gift of Bannag the river where in Irraya is in.

The City State of Irraya prospered more due to the trade with the Japanese and the people of Irraya, the City State of Irraya submitted as a Subordinate of the Kingdom of Tondo to the South.
Due to the Seizure of the the Kingdom of Tondo to the Bruneians on 1485, the remaining scions of the Kings of Tondo fled ruled the area around Irraya and made Irraya as their capital clinged to their title the King of the Tagalogs, the house of Tondo in Irraya was not able to regain Tondo back from the Bruneians, the Bruneians later gave Tondo as a fief to the House of Lontok, a descendant of the House of Tondo via the Female line due to the marriage of Dayang Kaylangitan to Gat Lontok, the son of Bolkiah, the House of Tondo-Irraya and the House of Lontok both claimed to be the rightful King of the Tagalogs, due to the Tondo being attacked by the King of Brunei, the Kingdom of Kaboloan also became briefly independent.
The main reason why Sultan Bolkiah conquered Tondo was in order to gain the trade to China and also to subjugate Sulu completely whose direct line passed to Layla Mekanai who married Sultan Bolkiah, one of Sultan Bolkiah's sons, Lontok was married to Dayang Kaylangitan, the daughter of the defeated Gambang.
However, the Dominance of the Bruneians did not last, the Kiram family led by Muizzul-Mutawadi-in who declared himself as the Sultan of Sulu rebelled against the Bruneians, and defeated and expelled the Bruneian forces in Zamboanga, Sulu and Basilan but Palawan remained under Bruneian rule.

kasumigenx · Jun 8, 2013

Legaspi and the Destruction of the Bruneian Empire
The Kings of Sulu had just recovered and were ruled by a native dynasty from Sulu and the Kingdom of Irraya conquered parts that are in anarchy in Eastern Central Selurong and the area of Baler.
Parts of the Philippine Islands were known to Europeans before the 1521 Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese-born Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who were not the first Europeans in the Philippines.[clarification needed] Magellan landed on the island called Homonhon, claiming the islands he saw for Spain, and naming them Islas de San Lázaro. He established friendly relations with some of the local leaders especially with Rajah Humabon and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. In the Philippines, they explored many islands including the island of Mactan. However, Magellan was killed during the Battle of Mactan against the datu Lapu-Lapu.
Over the next several decades, other Spanish expeditions were dispatched to the islands. In 1543, Ruy López de Villalobos led an expedition to the islands and gave the name Las Islas Filipinas (after Philip II of Spain) to the islands of Samar and Leyte. The name was extended to the entire archipelago in the twentieth century.
When Miguel Lopez de Legazpi came to Manila Bay in May 1571, Lakandula was there to meet him. The two first met on May 17, the day after Legazpi's arrival on the bay, when Lakandula and Rajah Matanda came aboard Legazpi's ship to discuss terms with him. Part of these discussions specified that the Spanish would not land in Tondo, and would instead land in Maynila, which had been burned to the ground the year before. Joaquin suggests that Lakandula would "have seen that Legaspi was being practical. Burned down and emptied, Maynila would be a better spot to fortify, being more strategic.
On May 18, 1571 Rajah Sulayman, Rajah Matanda, and Lakan Dula acknowledged the sovereignty of Spain over the islands and proclaimed themselves the vassals of Spain. On the following day, May 19, Legazpi landed in Manila and took ceremonial possession of the land in the presence of Soliman, Matanda, and Lakandula.
In this time, Miguel Lopez de Legaspi visited Irraya, but King Magat, knowing what he did in the South of Selurong the Igorot and Irrayan troops of King Magat expelled Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and sent him out of Irraya, the people of Irraya had been known to have been strong against the Spanish just like the people of Sulu and the fledgling Kingdom of Mindanao now, King Magat's Igorot and Irrayan troops were also able to defeat the Visayan and Spanish troops that tried to raid in the Southern part of the Kingdom of Irraya but Miguel Lopez de Legaspi annexed the Kingdom of Kaboloan which became independent after the destruction of Tondo by the Bolkiahs but the mountainous parts of Kaboloan became the territory of Irraya and for this reason King Magat became known as a renegade infidel to the Spanish.
Lakandula helped make a house for Legaspi, and a fort for the Spanish, giving them fourteen pieces of artillery and twelve jars of gunpowder – a gift much appreciated by the Spanish, who were running low on ammunition.
Soon after, Lakandula and his sones became baptized as Catholics. The Spanish had Manila's artillery and arquebuses discharged in honor of the ceremony. Banaw Lakandula took on the name Don Carlos Lacandola after Charles I of Spain.
It wasn't long before Spanish power in Luzon was challenged. A month later, Tarik Sulayman of Macabebe attacked Manila, convincing Rajah Sulayman to join the battle against Legazpi. Macabebe and Sulayman's forces were defeated, and the Datu of Macabebe was killed in what history would record as the Battle of Bangkusay. (The similarity of names has caused some confusion between these two leaders, but Tarik Sulayman and Rajah Sulayman were different individuals - one survived the battle, and the other did not.)
Lakandula had refused to join Macabebe and Sulayman's coalition, but among the prisoners taken by the Spanish after the battle were two of his nephews and a number of his officers. When questioned, they said that they had been on the scene only as observers, not as combatants. Legazpi let them go to demonstrate his confidence in Lakandula.
Later that year, Legaspi sent Martin de Goiti to spread Spanish rule to the peoples of what are now the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, most notably the territories of Lubao and Betis. He sent Lakandula and Sulayman with him, because, as one account has it, "if so great a chief should go with him, when the Pampangos saw that he had given obedience to His Majesty, they would give it also.
These boats were Joangas, which, as Dery points out, was a seacraft common in Maritime Southeast Asia capable of carrying 300 men each.
Lakandula's role as ruler of Tondo was then taken up by his grandnephew, and Rajah Soliman's adopted son, Agustin de Legazpi.
Legaspi also established a colony in the Island of Borneo in the Eastern part Sabah which caused a brief war with Brunei which resulted in the annexation of Sabah and Palawan to Spain and later the christianization of Palawan and Sabah, Sulu never helped Brunei because Sulu was once annexed by the Bruneians and Sulu is against Brunei ruling Palawan.

Agustin de Legazpi, who was married to the cousin of Sultan Bolkiah, would lead Tondo as a territory under Spanish rule until he rose up against them in 1587-1588 Revolt of the Lakans, and was deposed, Agustin de Legaspi decided to amongst the Mangyans in the Island of Mindoro and he became their supreme ruler but still claimed the Title Lakan or the title King of the Tagalogs.

kasumigenx · Jun 10, 2013

An Increase in Population
On 1480's, a man named Ragasa, a man from Tondo decided to settle in Siraya area in the Island of Tapanga, he was defiant of the traditions of the area he married a Siraya woman on his thirties just after settling in the Siraya and fathered many children with his wife and she refused to follow the Sirayan customs of remaining childless till a certain age due to her husband's advice and due to his husband being raised in another country, another woman in Siraya had convinced her Chinese husband to raise their children as Sirayans not as Chinese and settle in Siraya, the some Sirayans followed the example of these two couples and for this reason the Shamans of Siraya were losing their power and their control on the Sirayan people.

Due to some couples in Siraya not following the Shamans the population doubled, the couples that did not follow the tradition were expelled and created a new community that increases and increases in population as time goes by and due to this the population of Tapanga starts to double, some people from the other parts of the Malay archipelago followed Ragasa to Tapangga.

On 1500, Irraya conquered the Batan Islands, Orchid Island and a tip of Tapanga named Taiwan and invited settlers from Tondo that were against the Bolkiah rule in Tondo to settle Tapanga and after a decade the settlers decided to overthrow the Irrayan conquerors due to the harshness of their rule but Irraya on the indigenous people of the tip of Tapanga and the settlers had intermarried with the people of Tapanga on the tip of Tapanga causing the erosion of the values of the people on the tip of Tapanga which caused the increase of the population in Tapanga, the shamans were angry at the people but a new order is taking shape in Tapanga and this will change the direction of the history of this chaotic Island, the Batan Islands and the Orchid Island were retained by Irraya.

Note
Tapanga is a native name of Taiwan.

katchen · Jun 10, 2013

This TL is coming together nicely. Irraya should be able to stand not only against Spain but against the Ming eventually, too. But Irraya would be wise to learn Chinese methods of administration.

kasumigenx · Jun 10, 2013

katchen said:
This TL is coming together nicely. Irraya should be able to stand not only against Spain but against the Ming eventually, too. But Irraya would be wise to learn Chinese methods of administration.

Since Irraya is influenced by the Japanese, I think they would copy the Japanese more, I think they might have most likely had done that and also Irraya a thicker huge population density, the expulsion of the Ming from the mainland is butterflied and Ming retains the Southern part of China and if Koxinga even tried conquering Taiwan the population cannot Sinify like in OTL because of the Population density and the change of culture and if he does import some Chinese people the Chinese he imported will be assimilated similar to what happens to the Chinese in the Pagan/Buddhist South East Asia.

I think Irraya can turn into a Japanese vassal later on but that is not the direction I am heading in this TL which would happen if Taiwan wasn't heavily populated since the Japanese has interests are in Irraya and Taiwan and aside from that Irraya has a port which established by the Japanese.

RyuDrago · Jun 10, 2013

Well, I guess at this point I'm on over the possibility to link my TL with your, so now I'm revising my signature.

Namayan · Jun 10, 2013

I think the feasibility of this timeline should be rechecked.

Luzon actually has more resources and potential resources than Taiwan. It also has already an established trade monopoly network. Also, if Irraya/Tondo will be able to hold their port cities vs Spain/Brunei, it should be more than capable of retaking back the whole of Luzon.

It is more practical to retake Manila or Tondo from Brunei or Spain than jump ship to Taiwan. Doing a Taiwan jump is like an ATL of Persia conquering Siberia or Rome conquering the whole of Magna Germania.

Japanese trade isnt as profitable as the Chinese trade. It will give more reasons for Tondo/Irraya to get Manila/Tondo back than to just be content with the Japanese trade.

kasumigenx · Jun 10, 2013

Namayan said:
I think the feasibility of this timeline should be rechecked.

Luzon actually has more resources and potential resources than Taiwan. It also has already an established trade monopoly network. Also, if Irraya/Tondo will be able to hold their port cities vs Spain/Brunei, it should be more than capable of retaking back the whole of Luzon.

It is more practical to retake Manila or Tondo from Brunei or Spain than jump ship to Taiwan. Doing a Taiwan jump is like an ATL of Persia conquering Siberia or Rome conquering the whole of Magna Germania.

Japanese trade isnt as profitable as the Chinese trade. It will give more reasons for Tondo/Irraya to get Manila/Tondo back than to just be content with the Japanese trade.

Tondo and Manila might be later retaken from the Spanish and the Southern part of Luzon by Irraya but Tondo/Manila would never be again the capital because of it being strategically weak as a capital and it is easy to attack so it would be nothing but a harbor and aside from that Irraya's focus is defending what they already have, Irraya is also trading with the Chinese and as for the Japanese they had already established trading posts in the delta of Bannag in Irraya that is why the priority of Irraya is the Japanese trade, they will their restore their earlier trading links with China because the trade with Japan had been centered by Middag, which I will point out on the next update.

kasumigenx · Jun 10, 2013

The establishment of the Spanish Administration

On 1590, the Spanish were weakened by the Unification of Italy by the Medici but the Spanish, in 1590 the Spanish made a a way to administer the new Colony of the Philippines it is by dividing it to regions which were ruled by , they divided it to regions Occupied Luzon/Selurong will be named as Nueva Castilla in Spain but it is also called as Luzon by the Spanish, the areas in Mindanao Occupied by the Spanish will be named as Carolia because it was named after King Charles of Spain by the Spanish, Palawan will be named Paragoa , while Visayas will just be named as Visayas, Sabah will be called Nueva Aragon and Guam will just be called as Guam and all of these regions are ruled by Alcalde Mayor and the subregions are ruled by Distrito Mayor, recently the Northern parts of Mindanao are occupied by the Spanish due to the conquistadors were able to subjugate the tribes and annex the statelets although the Mountain tribes remain vigilant of the Spanish, these areas were incorporated to Carolia, the Sultans of Maguindanao knew nothing about this and what has happened. Maguindanao only knew about the Spanish colonizing nearby areas in 1590 when the Spanish had reached their borders.

The Spanish had already making their Catholic Prosetylization since the time of Magellan's time but some people made revolts against the Spanish prosetylizing their lands and this resulted in blood baths in towns and rebellions however, the Spanish were able to make the people of the areas except of the Mountainous areas in the areas that they had explored at least nominally catholic.

On 1590, the state established by the Solimans in Mindoro known as Lesser Selurong lost its lowlands to the Spanish and it remains a principality that rules mountain tribes, this meant that it will be nothing but a petty mountain backward isolated pagan state.

The Japanese continue their trade in Irraya due to them having a trading port in the delta of the Bannag River, however the Japanese trade and the trade is weakening and the trading post has been taken over by the local people so more Chinese merchants were invited to trade in Irraya at this point the Kingdom of Middag starts to flourish due to the trade with Ryukyu, The Kingdom of Middag has became a hub between Irraya, Japan and the other Eastern Asian states and now where the Japanese are trading more directly, in this point the Muslims in Irraya have become a large minority group in Irraya who were permitted to prosetylize in Irraya.

At this point in time, the Tausugs or the Suluan and the Maguindanaoans were raiding the people of the Spanish colony of the Philippines and enslaving and some of the people in Irraya were also raiding the Spanish areas near the border with Irraya for heads or for the Slaves and aside from that the Spanish would also experience periodical raids from the Japanese and Chinese pirates and also from the Dutch who also wanted control of the Islands and this was very difficult for the Spanish colonizers to deal with but the states of Irraya and Sulu themselves were not lifting any finger nor warring with the Spanish colonial regime in the Spanish occupied parts of the Archipelago and due to this the administrators in the border towns are very paranoid about what is happening but at this point the Manila-Alcapulco galleon trade is booming.

kasumigenx · Jun 15, 2013

One of the Traditional Clothes of Irrayans

Dimhong's war
1595, the King of Irraya, Magat II has an ambition to regain all the lost lands to the Spanish and regain it completely, this was only his ambition and dream and he had no drive to pursue it because Irraya had other fishes to catch, however the other two renegade countries are planning the same thing and that is destroying the Spanish hold on what is rightfully theirs and regain their own rightful lands, however they were thinking of how would they regain the lands stolen from them by the Spanish.
On 1596, knowing how unstable is the situation in Filipinas, a pirate named Dimhong decided to create a Kingdom on Nueva Castilla and attack the Spanish and also a native named Andres Ladia decided to gather people to liberate Nueva Castilla for Irraya, Dimhong tried to conquer Manila but due to Manila being Fortified it was quite hard and he was expelled just right after he was defeated but later he decided to conquer Kaboloan's lowlands which are under Nueva Castilla, at first he thought he could establish a Kingdom there but the Spanish had known what is happening so the Spanish authorities from Samtoy and Zambales were able to defeat Dimhong and due to the situation, later on 1596 Andres Ladia decided to rebel with the backing of Magat II, however this would also mean that Magat II would also seize lands from Nueva Castilla but Magat II banned Christianity in the lands seized by Andres Ladia and Magat II which are Samtoy and Kaboloan plains which resulted in the defeat of the rebellion and war.
A Spanish Official in Nueva Castilla said
"That pesky renegade country!"
Magat II had decided that it will not be worth to regain those lands because the people in those lands are no longer loyal to them and had changed their allegiance and felt betrayed and decided that he would only defend the land that he has and will no longer try to regain the lands that were earlier gained by the Spanish and decided to welcome Andres Ladia and his rebel survivors in his lands in exchange for them renouncing the Christian faith forever and also due to what happened the people who chose not to convert in Nueva Castilla and hated the new laws in Nueva Castilla migrated to to the lands of Irraya and for that reason the population of Nueva Castilla became lesser and lesser and the population of Irraya became higher.

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Mindanao and Luzon are now in the same Situation...in this scenario

kasumigenx · Jun 18, 2013

The New Traders
On 1614, the Italians started to trade with the Irrayans but after a few years on 1616 after Magat II learnt about the Italian traders, Magat II made a condition on the trade and it is that the Italian Priests should not be prosetylize their religion in Irraya or else they will be expelled or killed, the Italian traders complied with the conditions of the King that the priest are not allowed to prosetylize their religion on Irraya. The Italians also traded the Sulu and Maguindanao with similar results but that did not deter the italian traders on Irraya and instead they respected the wishes of the countries, however at the later point the Irrayans, Suluans, Maguindanaoans that raid the Spanish colony of Filipinas would use the arms traded from the Italians and also it would be used in the later conflicts with the Spanish Administration of the Colony of Filipinas and the Three Native States.

Sultans Abdul of Sulu and Kudarat of Maguindanao have similar feelings as Magat II against christians, however they have different strategies against them and this was due to the Spanish conquering their surrounding territories as well, however. they have different experiences as countries as well and they found out that the Spanish and the Italians are not good friends so the three nations found an ally on the newly united Italy. The Three nations began to be very open to the trade with Italians provided that there will be no prosetylization of the Catholic religion in their domains. Aside from being hostile to the Catholics they did not like the Protestant religion brought by the dutch so they supress it as well when it arrived in their country via the dutch traders.

On 1618, the guards of the King of Irraya, Magat II also told the dutch traders to stop having the Protestant Missionaries from entering Irraya. The Dutch traders complied at the conditions of the King in order for them to remain trading in Irraya and later the Dutch traiders also learned how to trade with Irraya peacefully later on but they decided that the trade should be done via the Dutch East India Company instead. Another port would be also known in Irraya and it is known as Baler in the east of the Mahabe Pagotan Mountains of Irraya, the Mahabe Pagotan is the mountain range where the Agtas and the Bugkalot or Ilongots live.

The Port town of Baler became richer because the traders entered the town because the port town of Kamalanyugan which is the entrance to Irraya is now very much congested in order to trade with the Kingdom of Irraya, the Italian traders also traded in the new port city of Baler.
Aside from the arrival of the Italian and Dutch Traders, Irraya's population had surged to about 2 million because of the migration of the families in Nueva Castilla that rebelled earlier and converted back to the native faith(which now incorporating the personality cult of the King of Irraya) or converted to Islam.

kasumigenx · Jun 20, 2013

A preview of the Next update

The Korean wife of Prince Yumo or King Yumo I as portrayed in the co-produced drama, A Princess in the Foreign land.

kasumigenx · Jun 20, 2013

The History of a raider and the Royal Marriage
On 1620 One Headhunter named Balweg and Slave trader from the Mountains of Irraya decided that raiding the Christians in Filipinas due to the wealth of the Spanish using the guns that were from Italy would be so good and very worthwhile.

An Irrayan raider

Balweg gathered an army from the mountains of Irraya in order to raid Macabebe, Calompite and Buracan, the people who joined his army are strong men who wanted loot like silver and gold just like Balweg and they wanted heads from the Spanish Occupied lands.
When Balweg and his men entered first entered a Spanish controlled village, he was able to capture the Women and Children of the Village and bring them back to Irraya as slaves and Expel the men, he collected the heads of the officials of the village and stole gold and silver as well. In the later times, the Spanish higher officials learnt about what happened and employed more civil guards in the border towns but they can't defeat Balweg and his men due to Balweg having good strategies in raiding the lands he wanted to raid.
Balweg said to his mates in raiding the Spanish controlled villages:
"I enjoy attacking Spanish controlled villages..due to their unlimited riches and unlimited heads to raid from"
And due to his raids many people were afraid in the Spanish controlled Villages in the border that many of the people migrated inland to avoid head hunters.
There is also a time that Balweg and his mates were able to raid Intramuros or Manila itself. They looted Intramuros then also looted the nearby cities of Intramuros and they looked invincible because of the arms that he obtained from the trade from Italy and when Balweg came back he was very rich and due to that he never stopped being a raider to the Spanish controled villages with his men bringing back loot from the Spanish controlled villages.
The other Headhunters followed the example of Balweg in Irraya and the same time the raiders from Sulu were also raiding the coasts of Filipinas and carried slaves to Sulu.
There was a raider to Nueva Castilla, Palawan and the other parts of Filipinas from Sulu named Abdul and carried many slaves that he got from the villages he raided, Abdul raided Intramuros at the same time as Balweg and Abdul also gain loot in Intramuros due to the raids being successful but the two werent able to destroy and sack the city of Intramuros completely due to its walls being strong, they just looted the city.
Both the raids of Irrayans and Suluans caused the Spanish authorities to be afraid of Irrayan slave traders and headhunters and the Suluan traiders although it only took one year for Intramuros to recover from the attack on the city but this meant that the Spanish authorities would be more cautious and very alert of the raiders.

Later, Balweg also raided the town of Macabebe again which has a population which is very loyal to the Spanish which resulted in a very long brief war and chaos between the raiders and the population of Macabebe fought against the raiders and did not surrender to the raiders that wanted to take a loot of the resources of the town and also want to sell some of their women as slaves to the pagan irrayans, however the Spanish Soldiers were able to be reinforced but the raiders are very strong and dangerous, however, the raiders gave up but they also brought back loot from Macabebe and chose to leave to another town to raid and instead they raided villages near Buracan and Calompite which brought riches and some slaves and some heads for the leader of the raiders who is Balweg and he was very much happy raiding and obtaining Spanish riches because it gave him prestige and wealth.
And because of these raids, the Spanish would build towers which have guards which watches around for the Irrayan and the Sulu raiders which would raid the Spanish colony of Filipinas.

The Korean wife of Prince Yummo or King Yummo I as portrayed in the co-produced drama, A Princess in the Foreign land.

In this point in time on 1620 Yummo, the son of Mandaya, the Crown Prince of Irraya, married a Korean Princess named Lee Hana who is the relative of the King of Joseon, it was done to start a tie with Joseon and when Lee Hana arrived and the former lover of Yummo fetched Lee Hana to the City of Irraya. Lee Hana was described as a very beautiful princess by Prince Yumo of Irraya and because of that Yummo sent back a message to the King of Joseon thanking that the marriage pushed through. The real people who had power in Irraya and kept the state strong are the people of Irraya and the nobles and the minister of Irraya who govern Irraya while the King also have powers but he more has powers in the law and the military.

RyuDrago · Jun 20, 2013

It's all fine for me, and I approve of the marriage ties between Irraya and Korea. Besides, I want to clarify this TL is a bit far ahead respect to mine but Kasumigenx is informed of the various POD I want to put in action in Far East Asia so I trust him to proceed further without problems or reveal spoilers, at least if there are some contradictions we could still repost some parts, I guess.

kasumigenx · Jun 20, 2013

RyuDrago said:
It's all fine for me, and I approve of the marriage ties between Irraya and Korea. Besides, I want to clarify this TL is a bit far ahead respect to mine but Kasumigenx is informed of the various POD I want to put in action in Far East Asia so I trust him to proceed further without problems or reveal spoilers, at least if there are some contradictions we could still repost some parts, I guess.

I will post side stories and local stories that don't really affect the outside world until you update something about the war..

kasumigenx · Jun 20, 2013

Attempted Kidnapping and the marriage of the Korean Princess
On 1618, the marriage proposal to the Korean Princess, from Irraya came to the Joseon court and the council and King Gwanghaegun of Joseon decided to accept the marriage proposal and it was hard to choose a princess to be married to the Irrayan Prince, Yummo.

King Gwanghaegun sent a letter to Prince Mandaya and King Magat II
I am King Gwanghaegun, I am flattered of your asking of a Joseon Princess to marry your Prince Yummo, I will send you a princess, she is a relative of mine.

I will pick a fine princess, I promise you King Magat II.

-King Gwanghaegun of Joseon
After the letter arrived, King Magat II sent a letter again and wrote to King Gwanghaegun.
The Princess you should pick should be very fertile and very beautiful.
-Magat II

Due to what King Magat II said, Gwanghaegun picked a very beautiful Princess.

The Korean wife of Prince Yummo or King Yummo I as portrayed in the co-produced drama, A Princess in the Foreign land.

King Gwanghaegun picked Princess Hana to marry Prince Yummo (but she is not of the main royal line but still related) and sent her to an expedition to Irraya but the expedition has been difficult because of the winds but the ship remained afloat.
The Ship's captain decided to remain in Tapanga for a time and at that time, a noble from Middag attempted to raid and kidnap the Princess from Irraya but the attempt was just an attempt and the strongmen from the retinue defeated the men of the Middag noble who tried to kidnap Princess Hana so the ship was able to leave Tapanga and safely arrive in the port of Kamalanyugan on 1620, where in the former lover of Prince Yumo was waiting in order to pick Princess Hana of Joseon.

On 1620 Yummo, the son of Mandaya, the Crown Prince of Irraya, married Lee Hana who is the relative of the King of Joseon, it was done to start a tie with Joseon and when Lee Hana arrived and the former lover of Yummo fetched Lee Hana to the City of Irraya. Lee Hana was described as a very beautiful princess by Prince Yumo of Irraya and because of that Yummo sent back a message to the King of Joseon thanking that the marriage pushed through and that they are happy about Lee Hana being able to arrive in Irraya.

Prince Yummo as Portrayed in the drama A Princess in the Foreign land

I am Thanking you King Gwanghaegun of Joseon because of the Princess you sent to Irraya to marry me, I find her very beautiful and lovely.
-Prince Yummo of Irraya

kasumigenx · Jun 21, 2013

Glossary of Terms
Bannag River
Called as Cagayan river in OTL

Katagalugan
The name of Luzon in Irraya, the term Tagalog was used by the Tagalog Dynasty or the Dynasty of Tondo to describe their subjects and the rulers from the Dynasty of Tondo called themselves King of the Tagalogs so the name of Dynasty was the Tagalog Dynasty, but that is according to the Historiography of Irraya.

Tagalog Dynasty
The name of the Dynasty that ruled from Tondo before the Bruneians destroyed and sacked Tondo, the known surviving line are the rulers of Irraya who form the house of Irraya.

Irrayan Language
The language spoken on Irraya
Samples

I(I, Mine) – Nak
Mine –(insert item)-k ex Honggok(Your books)
We(Ours)(Inclusive)-Ikkantam
Our(Inclusive)– (insert item)-tam ex. Honggotam(Our Books)
We/Ours(Exclusive)-Ikkami
Our(Exclusive) – (insert item)-mi ex. Honggomi(Our Books)
You(rs)(Singular) – Ikkamu
Yours(Singular) –(insert item)-mu ex Honggomu(Your books)
You(rs)(Plural) – Ikkayu
Yours(Plural) –(insert item)-nu ex Honggonu(Your books)
Eat – Makan
To Eat – Makkan(Mag+Kan(eat))

Tapanga
The native name of OTL Taiwan, it is an island filled with tribes who are remotely related to each other and the only known state there is the Kingdom of Middag.

Nueva Castilla
The name of the Spanish occupied Luzon, Nueva Castilla is very heavily Christianized.

Nueva Aragon
Spanish Occupied Sabah.

Carolia
The name of Spanish occupied Mindanao.

Paragoa
The Spanish name of Palawan.

kasumigenx · Jun 25, 2013

Mandaya's wise rule

On 1621, Magat II suffered a heart attack which caused Mandaya to rise as the King or Ari of Irraya, and also claiming as Titular Lakan or the King of the Tagalogs.

Mandaya was a very nice king, he changed his mind he would discourage the italians from recruiting any mercenaries from Irraya he would also continue discourage the missionaries of the Italian churches like his father. He decided to harbor the people who are also persecuted by the Inquisitors in Nueva Castilla and aside from that the Spanish control of Nueva Castilla is weakening due to the Spanish being prevented by the Italians from fully ruling Filipinas or the Spanish East Indies and because of that the Spanish rule in Filipinas is shaky that other powers would like a piece of it but the Irrayans are not trying to get any of Nueva Castilla because of their loyalty to the Spanish and due to that the people of Irraya were against annexing Nueva Castilla since the only way they can rule it is if they stamped out the Catholicism in Nueva Castilla which is impossible to happen. The people of Nueva Castilla do remain loyal to the Spanish as much as possible and due to that the people of Irraya disliked them very much and would not like to unite with them and aside from that the Irrayan raiders who want heads and slaves still frequently raid Nueva Castilla and also Balweg is continuing his raids because of the fortune that it gives him since he is greedy.

The Italian missionaries would also try to woo the bishops of Filipinas in trying to side with the Italians and have the Filipinas revolt against the Spaniards but the Italian missionaries always failed because the people of Filipinas are very loyal to the Spanish that the Italians who tried to woo the Filipino bishops were expelled from Filipinas.

In the meantime, the rival claimant of the Kingdom of Irraya to the King of Tagalogs title, the Lesser Selurong Kingdom was very much isolated that it is only state that is maintained due to the hostility of the tribes in Mindoro but they are very weak to claim back the lowlands.

On 1640, King Mandaya decided to focus on trading with the countries of Dai Viet, Siam and the remaining parts of Champa and at this time more people are converting to Islam as well in Irraya, these three countries remain hostile to the idea of Christianity as well and due to that these countries preferred to trade with each other but the trade of Arms to Irraya by the Italians is continuing and they are using the arms of the Italians to raid.

RyuDrago · Jun 26, 2013

Aside a little mistake respect to my TL about the Italian intervention in Japan (it was still an underground effort than an open fight as it appears here), it's an enjoyable update.

Instead of the Japanese, you should change them into the Spanish.