Invasion of Hesia

Introduction
The Hesia Campaign was a military campaign organised by the House of Astilor from the Valreach-Simulami Empire alongside various allies including The Blitzen Mafia. The result of the campaign was a total re-annexation of the island by the Valreach-Simulami Empire with the Free City being passed to the House of Astilor in fief, as a reward for their bravery, commitment, effectiveness and efficiency in coordinating the war effort. The campaign was short in its military engagement but its preparation was longer than anticipated and required over a year of planning to ensure the invasion was a success and no prolonged besiegement of the island would be needed.

The following extracts is taken from “The Hesia Campaign Volume I” written by Charles Astilor as a record of the events taken from eye-witnesses and his own experiences:

Charles starts at the beginning from his perspective of the whole situation, however it runs far deeper for some concerned. Specifically, Kaiser Joseph von Krieger had been struggling with the loss of his nation to civil war and was stewing away in a palace that was not his own with dwindling resources and losing all hope. The historian Elvan Wolf, was visiting Armos at the time where the Kaiser and his supporters were staying he states that: "The Kaiser is feeling the weight of being an Emperor without an Empire. His sanity is at stake, not just his livelihood and cultural way of life. The promise of something great for his supporters can only hold out for so long" His comments were made in a letter sent to his friend and collegue a historian attached to House Astilor: Aiwin Norralei.

It is helpful to consider the background which led to Kaiser Joseph's mindset in approaching certain events which would take place throughout the years which led to the invasion of Hesia. The Kasier had been forced from power in a coup and a preceding civil war, and thus was certainly distressed and feeling an incomparable sense of loss towards his homeland and sought to re-create it in some way. Thus he sent a letter addressed to Charles' father