Akratian Civil War

The Akratian civil war was a major conflict, which involved many actors coming from inside and outside of the United Empire of Akratia. The History of this conflict is subject of many debates and tensions amongst the various players who took part in the civil war, and some of the wounds from this conflict are still open.

It is a difficult subject to identify the start of the conflict, but most people agree on the beginning of the Leythe separatism or Leythe-Akratian War (Leythian perspective/biased).

Premise of war
The earliest signs of the conflict can be found in the Emperor Neoz attempt at pacifying and securing, the now United Akratian core territory, some archives show the attempts of first contact between Imperial representatives and Leythe citizens. And so came the meeting of Neoz and Stubborn Ducky, it is said that negotiations were tried, but the conflicting visions from both leaders only escalated the already heavy tensions.

Leythe started constructing an exterior wooden wall to fortify the town and preparing for war. While in Akratia, multiple infrastructures (like bridges, roads, farms, ext ...) and buildings were griefed, we still don't know exactly if all of those were related to Leythe or not, but the presence of Leythians flags were enough for the Empire to declare war on the city.

The First Battle of Isheleryn
The First Battle of Isheleryn is the starting point of the inner Akratian tensions ...

On the 20th march, the United Empire suffered an utter defeat, the Akratian military only deployed conscripts, as for it was thought to be a minor operation, forces were regrouped at Fort Sirdis. But Leythe had recruited powerful mercenaries that swiftly defeated the unprepared and surprised conscripts. Many lost their gear and equipment in the Battle, while being faced by a lack of clear field organization. The Leythians Mercs the rushed to the capital of the Empire, Akratia, and stormed the undefended Black Citadel, as for it was abandoned in sight of the upcoming forces. The Akratian army in rout, spread false information about their new formation spot, which was Emerald Isle. Where, a now known Imperial Officer, demonstrated his bravery and talent in combat, by pushing back the invaders from the isle and launching an operation to reclaim the capital, Dmitry Yazov. However, that did not prevent, Leythe and their newly found supporters/ally to announce their conditions, asking the eastern part of the Empire, the recognition of Leythe's state and war reparations. Conditions that the Akratian government instantly refused [ a strongly criticized decision ].

The events of the 20th march had many consequences, the nomination of Yazov as General of the Imperial Army and was given a chair at the Imperial council, a rising bitter sense of defeat from those who lost their gears and more, and the formation of some a feeling that will down the line lead to tensions within the Akratians.

The Bloodbath at Fort Leythe
After a scathing defeat, Emperor Neoz decided to counter attack, by building a fortified location right outside of Leythe, the plan was to hold the positions as a diversion for the Empire to rebuild his armament and organize a replica with his allies. The walls of the fort were quickly erected by the galvanized Akratian troops, in an hour, Fort Leythe was operational, but things did not went as planned ...

As for most of the garrison was sleeping, some Leythians accompanied by the now feared and know as the Akratian slayer, Yaykei, launched an attempt to take the fort. While the Akratian garrison was holding the inner walls of the Fort, a malicious person made his first backstab, an Akratian soldier known as TheCha_, secretly opened the doors to the enemies to storm inside, most of the garrison was slayed by Yaykei, while some successfully hide in the bunkers bellow the fort, waiting 30mins for the enemy to leave the Fort. The Emperor himself came at the Fort with new men to help holding the position, the garrison repulsed the enemy for quite some time, before TheCha_ opened the doors a second, while most of the garrison was offline. The Fort was retaken a second time, but damage were done...

Even though, the Akratian military lost a lot of equipment the day before, the stockpiles were enough to rebuild and repair the casualties, but it had emptied its stockpile, so when most of the garrison looses again their stuff most people weren't repaid and left without gear, creating more anger and frustration. Also a massive stealing problem was starting to take place within the Akratian ranks.

The Emerald Isle Plot
After the the bloodbath at Fort Leythe, faith in any chance of victory started to faint out, as cities like Naïr declared themselves a neutral zones due to war exhaustion, raids by the Hands and other foreign groups, started to intensify, bringing the Akratian morale lower than ever, but the Akratian Government and the Emperor refused to give in to the invader. But in the shadows, characters were plotting against the Empire from its bowels, TheCha_, the man responsible for the bloodbath at Fort Leythe, ( even tho it wasn't publicaly announced at the time ), and Vulcanius, Governor and temporary leader of Emerald Isle, started a plot to seize power over Akratia. TheCha_ started to raid, cities of the Empire, stealing loot and killing any witnesses, Vulcanius demanded more and more fund from the Akratian Imperial government, as for funds were given to cities to repair the damage caused by the battles and constant raids, while also having public disaproval about the Imperial Authority, like the flag affair on Emerald Isle. Thereafter other members from the isle, EliteplayerYT, Carbomber298 and KraznyOctobyr, also joined in an effort to declare independence from the United Empire, as for the war exhaustion turned into hatred towards Emperor Neoz. But the plot was quickly uncovered by the Imperial Authorities, as for two higher members of the Empire, Neber07, Oligarch and governor of Ozhaliz, and Fatchatap, high officer in Imperial Army, as well as a citizen named Dermo, reported that they proposed by TheCha_ and Vulcanius to join their rebellion, this were the last evidence of their rebelion, as for the Akratian secret services had been collecting clues on TheCha_ and Vulcanius, as for their suspicious activites and the advices from its close council, had turned the Emperor's attention on them.

So on March 27th, the evidence were publicaly brought down, and TheCha_ and Vulcanius were now considered rebels, TheCha_ was captured, but Vulcanius manage to escape the authorities. The day after TheCha_, was then executed at Menshivik, for acts of high treason, the events was highly broadcasted and heads of the traitors were given to all cities for them show. The execution was to serve as an example and Vulcanius was exiled, it thus possible to believe in a return of stability and a national union against the invaders. But this had the opposite effect on the population of Emerals Isle.

As for on April 4th, after the tranfer of Emerald Isle land claim to KraznyOctobyr, the rebels declared independence from the United Empire, publicly revealing their opposition towards Emperor Neoz and their will to win against the Empire. The declaration was so sudden that the shocked Akratian government took some time to recover from the news and organize a coordinated response, it was now obvious that the conflict had turned into a civil war and that the Emperor would to secure its allies in his own country.

Extension of the conflict internationally
Already some time before the declaration of independence, the rebels of Emerald Isle had already made contact with the city of Leythe in order to acquire their support, which consequently leading to a change in the plans of the city, moving from the simple search for their independence to the desire to destabilize the Empire. Revolutionary ideology continues to evolve until the will to seize power over Akratia and to depose Emperor Neoz emerges. Also the next day, on April 5th, Tron Vs Matrix, governor and only citizen of Instour, publicaly decided to seceded from the United Empire, while other actors, foreigners especially, decided to join the rebelion as well, such as Bardonians and Serafinians, brought here by Creighton Greenstem, helped by Jacw, who offered their help to the rebels, if they be allowed to take the city of Isheleryn, and form a state of their own inside Akratia. And around this tome Runik, leader of Hinokuko, a protactorate of the United Empire, joined in the rebels, and with them started working on the formation of the Akratian Rebel Alliance.

The Akratian Rebel Alliance
In one day, the Akratian Rebel Alliance was born from a coalition of six different factions involved in the Akratian Civil War, they were The Leythe Independence Movement (led by Stubborn Ducky and assisted by the Hands and Yaykei), The Free Greenstem Army (led by Toby Greenstem and assisted by Jacw and the Bardonian military), The Akratian Republican Party (led by TronvsMatrix), The Hinokuko Imperium (led by Runik and assisted by Vandalah), The Free State of Emerald (led by EliteplayerYT, Carbomber298 and Krazny_Octobyr) and finally The Tortugan Pirate Confederacy (led by TheSexyCanadian). These six factions joined together with a common opposition to Emperor Neoz and his rule over Akratia.

The Akratian Rebel Alliance stood united together as a united front against Emperor Neoz and his government. At first the Akratian Rebel Alliance agreed that they would only negotiate together as a united front in an attempt to stop Emperor Neoz from dividing them and separately making peace with the smaller factions. This idea fell apart within two days as several of the factions had opposing goals for the Akratian Civil War, notably the Akratian Republican Party who wanted Akratia to become a true republic, The Hinokuko Imperium who wanted Runik to usurp Neoz and become Akratias new emperor and The Free State of Emerald who wanted complete independence from Akratia. These three factions within the Akratian Rebel Alliance caused the alliance to fracture and Emperor Neoz was more than willing to help disunite them.

Emperor Neoz began peace talks with the three core Akratian factions of the Akratian Rebel Alliance (Akratian Republican Party, The Free State of Emerald and The Tortugan Pirate Confederacy) in an attempt to focus and prioritise the external threats the the region. In the deal made, The Free State of Emerald and The Tortugan Pirate Confederacy would get their complete independence from the United Empire of Akratia. After the war with Leythe and Greenstem was finished the United Empire of Akratia would implement some democratic reforms so that the population would have a voice in the United Empire of Akratia. In this time Runik retreated back to Hinokuko, to bide his time for his future invasion of Akratia.

Once Emperor Neoz had made peace with the core factions, there only stood Leythe and Greenstem, their Akratian rebel allies has abandoned them, only remained their remained their common foreign ally, Bardonia. It should be noted that it is at this time that Theios-Essukdal, seeing the Akratian weakness, issued a 48 hour ultimatum to sign to recognize the Atsyllean territories, and especially Tálor, as Essukdalad.

The Second Battle of Isheleryn
It was coming, the final battle, the one that would seal the fate of the Akratian people and the whole Region ...

The tension was at its height, with Tortuga's sudden betrayal and lack of help from her allies, Akratia was on her own.But the Emperor had faith, morale had risen with the peace treaties signed the last few days, he had succeeded in assembling a sizeable army and started to prepare Isheleryn for a new attack. Meanwhile the invading Garfist and their ally Bardonia prepare for the assault on the town, and, as in the first battle of Isheleryn, the Garfist forces were vastly outnumbered by the influx of Bardonian troops.

So the fateful day arrived, on April 11 the invading troops positioned themselves around the city, while on the Akratian side things were badly pinned, the troops were disorganized and the city was not properly prepared to defend itself. In addition, a skirmish had delayed the arrival of the Emperor on the battlefield, reducing the morale of the troops and weakening the chain of command. But they were all ready to fight until the end, it was gonna be their last fight, it had to end in mud and blood.