Tuber Crusades

The Tuber Crusades are a series of battles that started in Summer of 294 Te. In the Tuber Crusades, Onionists and Beetrootists joined forces to defeat Tuberists.

They started because roots appeared infront of Port Solanaria. The citizens of Port Solanaria received a message that the roots were deadly, caused blindness and would kill all nearby plant life. Farmers in the nearby swamps lost their entire crop and fled into the city, bringing along rumors. The most popular of these theories was that these were beetroot roots, as beetroots are looked down upon by Tuberists, and most the citizens of Port Solanaria were Tuberists. After the Elder Potatoes declared them as beetroot roots and that they would be destroyed, the news spread to Beetrootists who declared the battle of the roots to protect what they thought were sacred roots.

The Battle of the Roots
In the Battle of the Roots, Beetrootist forces initially were winning but after a loss of momentum they were pushed pack, although some still stayed in the roots. These stranglers were slowly defeated 1 by 1, making it a overwhelming Victory for the Tuberists. After a overwhelming victory, the tuberist forces decided to declare a crusade to destroy all beetrootist's, starting the Tuber Crusades officially.

The Battle of White Cliffs
After their defeat at the roots, Anti-Tuberist forces took control of a fort near the white cliffs. The Tuberist forces also took control of a nearby fort, starting the Battle of White Cliffs.

In the battle of White Cliffs, it started with most of each army charged at the other's fort, howether some Anti-Tuberist troops snuck through the local forest, sieging the Tuberist Fort and pulling down the Tuberist Flag. As a result of this Tuberist Morale dropped significantly, causing many of their soldiers to flee. The remaining Tuberist Soldiers tried to counterattack the Anti-Tuberist forces but their dwindling numbers caused them to be easily defeated.

Kegor Eaglemore's Vision
In Spring 297 Te Kegor Eaglemore had a vision were he met with Michael Greenfell. They met each other in burning stones near Lobopolis. Michael told Kegor that he used to live in a Dandelist temple long ago, when the Astorians built their cities of stone.

Michael then stated “Blood shall be spilled. Farnau’s ghosts will rise from Hell. Angfang shall be rebuilt. “

Dark spirits split the earth open. They ate every living soul. Armies of men tried to stop them, Annunor Bay was being destroyed. Fire consumed everything.

Michael Greenfell disappeared, and Kegor was left alone in a field of Beetroots.

Aljana Greenfell's Vision
In Summer 297 Te Aljana Greenfell had a vision of war. In the vision, onions and beetroots spoke in fields that once were full of dandelions.

Aetho showed her the past. They showed her a glorious Empire. Aetho showed her the blood that was spilled on Riverrine by the Medici Dynasty. And he showed her the blood that her ancestors spilled at Anfang, when it was obliterated.

She was shown that Aetho gave birth to almost all living beings with his song, and that with his wings he protected them.

She was shown that Aetho created all food, however he was betrayed by his creations by turning to false beliefs and that they worshipped beings that weren’t created by him. She was shown how people from Solanum, long ago, turned from Aetho’s ways and started worshipping potatoes.

She was shown that when Aetho gave food, he said to never eat potatoes because potatoes would make things sick. She was shown that Aetho's followers started worshipping Beetroots and onions, for they Aetho’s gift to people. She was shown how people harvested them in fields, while being blessed by Aetho.

She then heard "the Solanum scum have insulted us"

In response, she said “Yes. They have spoken against us. In their swamp cities, they plot our destruction. They hate us because we’re superior. They hate us because we’re right. They want to take our Holy Mountain, Mount Sylwesterrock. And we won’t let them do it. We shall defend our motherland! We shall stay together!”

In response to this vision, she headed to Virothen to meet Kegor Eaglemore to train armies to respond to any Tuberist Aggression. She also feared that Aetho wanted then to end Tuberists pernamently.