Mithran-Dandelion War

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The Mithran-Dandelion War, also known as The Mithran-Dandelion Defensive War or The Helmia War, was a war between the Bardonian Empire, the Aurlunor Velande and their respective allies against the Kingdom of Mithra. The war was declared after heated tension between Bardonia and Mithra for months, mostly regarding hostilities between the two, as well as the border dispute over Gdaync. At the same time, Mithra and Aurlunor had also had tensions, especially after it was discovered that Mithra had been intentionally sending squatters and barbarians to lay claim to Aurlunoren land, most notably the Forest Council raids, the Kellerist attacks and the New Betaburg uprising during the Fifth Barbarian Rally.

Tensions eventually erupted into all out war when Mithran citizen/official DuskShard declared that "The Kingdom of Mithra chooses freedom!" at 9:14pm GMT. The message called for another international coalition to assemble to destroy Bardonia once and for all. The message however was wrongfully deleted by admins, that wanted to delete the follow-up, copy-paste response from Alamayn, so the message ended up being reposted twice, until the most recent message from Kaelyr Hyterus at 9:29pm GMT would remain, cementing the claim as official and a provokation of war to Bardonia.

Mithran perspective
At the time, Mithra was involved with internal conflicts in Alamayn, that agressively declared independence after refusing to reason about a solution. This was not taken lightly by Mithra and the Sapphire Commonwealth, since Alamayn claimed lands in both Plagatea and Mithra. Meanwhile, tensions with Bardonia were rising, and it was speculated by the people that Bardonia might intervene in the conflict, breaking a Non-Agression pact with the SC.

This was later confirmed by Bardonian Official Geo, who had told Mithra that Bardonia was offered all Mithran land by Alamayn, threatening intervention in case they didn't accept becoming a vassal of Bardonia, which at the time was out of question.

The decision, after long discussions in the High Council, was to stand against Bardonia in the invasion / intervention that was planned in the way with Alamayn. Thus, High Prince Dusk Synderys has announced that Mithra will not give up their land to Bardonian vassalisation. Dusk is known in his country for his very emotional speech, and since the High Council was pressured to release an announcement before the fight in Alamayn's capital Adwa the next day, it was not checked for any issues.

This proved to be a fatal mistake, since Bardonia and her allies deemed the message as a declaration of an offensive war, since Dusk's message involved calling all of Rathnir to arms. The actual intention was to find allies in case of an invasion which seemed imminent. In the many attempts to explain the miscommunication and apologise for the message, it felt like Bardonia did not want to hear and rather engage in combat, as the many following announcements by Bardonia's allies suddenly called for an offensive war against Mithra, that did not even imply to declare war against Bardonia.

7th January
9:18pm GMT: Bardonian Official and Chairman of the Ryzani Autonomous Zone Shan Yazovich reponded to DuskShard's original message, stating that  'their declaration of war has left us no choice'.

 

9:22pm GMT: Alamyn declared independence from Mithra in a parody of DuskShard's original message, stating  'Alamyn chooses freedom!'

9:40pm GMT: The Sapphire Commonwealth declares neutrality in the upcoming war against Mithra, and begins plans to crush Alamyn's independence movement.

10:01pm GMT: Mithran Official Alpha Kaerfels states that DuskShard's & Kaelyr Hyterus' message was not a declaration of war, and tries to diffuse the situation. This is ineffective.

10:56pm GMT: Velereth Sareariel Leyla-Earcala of the Aurlunor Velande declares war on Mithra, stating  'The Dragon Of the West Awakens!', allying themselves with Bardonia and calling on their allies to participate.

11:09pm GMT: King Kori of Knossos declares war on Mithra, allying themselves with Aurlunor & Bardonia.

11:29pm GMT: Alpha Kaerfels of Mithra publishes an official apology in another attempt to diffuse the situation. This is also ineffective.

11:31pm GMT: DGW of Kyydrosil declares war on Mithra, stating that  'The Reclamation Has Begun!'. It was during this time that it is believed the Dandelion Coalition was created.

8th January
12:48am GMT: King Miksa publishes an official apology/response to the recent declarations of war. This is proved yet again to be ineffective at diffusing the situation.

1:05am GMT: Minister Dries of Credia publishes a response called 'Mithran Lies'. In this response, it details Mithra's numerous provokations of war previously, as well as plain toxicity and violations of treaties, all of which was kept under wraps due to the threat of war against either the Zamotz Union or the Sappire Commonwealth.

1:18am GMT: The Dandelion Coalition is made public.

2:18am GMT: The Sigma Empire of Kartek signs a full military alliance with Bardonia after the Battle Of Moonguard, indirectly bringing Kartek into the war. This treaty promised many things, including 'Kartek-Bardonian Cuddle Sundays' every week.

11:55am GMT: Kirbo of Gdaync slams Credia for their document, telling them to 'shut the fuck up and check the facts before accusing us'.

4:28pm GMT: Autarch Astro of Bardonia brings the Arium Alliance into the war via a call to arms. This brought the Federation of South Vastallos & the Arkadian Realm of Astana into the war, while also bringing in the Three Thrones and Escharia.

4:51pm GMT: Bardonia announces it is fully armed for potential conflict in Helmia.

5:24pm GMT: The Three Thrones disbands its alliance with Mithra and joins the Dandelion Coalition against Mithra.

9:24pm GMT: Alamyn formally declares full independence from Mithra and the Sapphire Commonwealth after winning the Seige Of Adwa.

Sometime during the 8th, no clear date: the Kingdom of Synderia declares war against Mithra after convincing by Aurlunor.

10th January
3:42pm GMT: The Duchy Of Gdaync declares independence from Mithra and declares itself as a rebel state against Bardonia.

4:47pm GMT: Bardonia responds to Gdaync, mentioning that Bardonian leaders hold all of the land in Gdaync.

4:56pm GMT: Gdaync calls Bardonia 'squatters'.

4:57pm GMT: Credia called upon the Dandelion Coalition in preparation for an invasion of Gdaync.

5:01pm GMT: Mithra agrees to unconditional surrender and joins Kyydrosil to form the Provisional Helmian State.

5:02pm GMT: Gdaync further escalates the situation against Bardonia and Credia.

6:31pm GMT: Gdaync backs down, surrenders and joins Credia & Bardonia.

6:49pm GMT: Kyydrosil announces the official merging of Mithra into Kyydrosil under the Provisonal Helmian State, aided by Bardonia & Alamyn.

6:49pm GMT: Conflict ceases, marking the end of the war.