Battle of Elkanfeldt

The Battle of Elkanfeldt was the last major battle of the Second Relic War. After less than half of the the forces of Solisios made it to Elkanfeldt, an important agricultural town in the Huitca Federation after the Battle of the Blue Moon. This resulted in the surviving Solisian forces having to strategically withdraw in order to regroup. While Solisian forces were regrouping, the Huitcan forces did so as well, and waited for their arrival at Elkanfeldt.

Background
On 13 November, 2021, the Huitca Federation launched a parade to celebrate their victory in the Relic War months earlier. The Swords of the Eclipse, a Luxite fighter group (mostly composed of Solisians) learned of the planned parade route, and took cover in the mountains surrounding the parade route. The Eclipse left a Solisian citizen, Its_SmellsFishy, to pretend to be injured along the parade route, hoping to serve as a distraction. However, the Huitcans promptly ignored the citizen's faux cries for help. Upon seeing this distraction being ignored, the Solisians jumped down from the mountains and attacked the the paraders. After a lengthy chase in which one player from each side was killed, Artonus was killed along the southern outskirts of Ataraxia.

Immediately after his death, Artonus's guards killed three Solisians, in addition to killing one of their own who was caught in the crossfire. In the end, both sides suffered three fatalities. One hour after the assassination took place, Crown Princess LilyPrism issued a statement regarding the event, issuing a declaration of war against Solisios.

The first major engagement of the Second Relic War, the Battle of Borktress, began at approximately 21:00 UTC on 27 November, 2021, when a Solisian war ship, the SNV Tenebris, arrived at the shores of Borktress. Solisian troops climbed down from the ship and used boats or swam to the beach of Borktress. Solisian soldiers were met with heavy bow fire, but quickly overwhelmed the Huitcan soldiers guarding the west tower, capturing it.

Solisian soldiers then began the costliest phase of the battle by attacking the fortress itself. Due to the heavy casualties being sustained, they became disorganized, but eventually regrouped and captured the fortress. The remaining defenders were killed either making a last stand or attempting to retreat. Only approximately half of the defenders were able to successfully withdraw from the fortress. The battle shockingly ended in a Solisian victory after only around 30 minutes of fighting.

After the major success of the Battle of Borktress, Solisian forces began conducting offensive operations deep into the Huitcan mainland, especially attacking farmlands in order to starve them out.

On 18 December, 2021 at 16:30 UTC, the Solisians finished organizing their forces and began marching. After only five minutes, however, they were unexpectedly met by heavily armed Huitcan forces who opened their attack by barraging them with arrows. Solisian forces became extremely unorganized, leading to many attemping to flee, only to be picked off. Of around 20 Solisian soldiers, only eight survived, with just seven of them actually making it to Elkanfeldt. A couple of survivors would attempt to go back to search and rescue any of their own who were left behind, but to no avail.

The Battle
The battle began when Solisian forces stormed the town en masse, and managed to quickly overwhelm the defenders. The Solisian forces then split up to attack the key sectors of Elkanfeldt, which resulted in fighting being scattered throughout the town. After more than an hour of fighting, the Huitcan forces, after suffering heavy casualties and dwindling in resources, surrendered.

Aftermath
In Elkanfeldt, surviving general, Warendrop met with Beast_Killertje, in which the terms of surrender were discussed. The two then came to the agreement that the Huitca Federation would become a vassal under the Shahdom of Solisios. After this agreement, the Sece Pemuwe delivered an announcement declaring victory in the Second Relic War:"DISPATCH FROM THE SECE PEMUWE OF SOLISIOS""VICTORY IN THE SECOND RELIC WAR!""Not too long ago, our brave military, empowered under the watch of both Lux and Tenebris, captured the agricultural town of Elkanfeldt. This victory not only meant that the Huitcans would no longer be able to supply themselves with enough nourishment, but this also meant that they would have to cease fighting in order to prevent themselves from suffering due to starvation. As per the instrument of surrender, the Huitca Federation is now to be a vassal of the Shahdom of Solisios, effective immediately! May the Huitcans prosper under the gazing eyes of Lux.""Praise Lux! Praise Tenebris!"A fellow Luxite state, the Kingdom of Lennox (part of the Three Thrones) wrote an announcement congratulating Solisios in their victory:"Kingdom of Lennox Statement Regarding the Relic War""It is with pride in our hearts and praises to Darakon and Lux upon our lips that we heard tell of the victory of the combined Luxite forces at the Battle of Elkanfeldt.""Upon the beginning of this prolonged conflict, as Luxites, we felt honour-bound to aid our Solisian brothers in seeking to rectify the sacrilege committed in the theft of the Sword of the Sun, a sacred Luxite artefact. While the artefact remains missing, the country that enabled this sacrilege has been soundly vanquished.""As this proclamation is published, we hear tell of our triumphant Khōpesh and the Khōpeshi warriors returning home victorious. The Huitican warriors proved the toughest engagement our desert-hardened forces have ever faced, and we provide our weary troops with heroes welcomes.""Let it be known that justice was done this day, and sin in the face of the glory of Lux, the might of Tenebris and the valour of Darakon has been soundly extinguished. Our Solisian brothers are avenged. Let it be known we would avenge them as many times over as there are grains of sand upon our deserts.""Glory to Lennox! May Lux shine upon the faithful this day, and evermore!"On behalf of the Huitca Federation, Warendrop wrote an announcement regarding the battle:"End of the Second Relic War""The War between Huitca and Solisos has come too a formal end at the Battle of Elkanfeldt. Huitcan forces despite being heavily outnumbered fought valiantly but were forced too retreat as the wear and supply of armor fell dry for the forces fighting and they were not able too hold the city and the fields around it. while the battle and war is a loss it still proves Huitca Forces are strong and dignified in retreat as being outnumbered 3 to 1 and not folding immediately is a testimate too our strength as a people and nation. many friendships have been forged because of this war and we will prosper on as friends and partners in battle as we realize the strength of our two nations."