Alamayn-GoonGuard War

The Alamayn-GoonGuard War was fought between the Constitutional Republic of Alamayn and the Empire of GoonGuard. Several mercenary groups were hired by Alamayn to participate in the war. GoonGuard also brought its allies. The war started when GoonGuard made a national announcement declaring war on Alamayn.

Declaration of War
The Alamayn-GoonGuard War officially began on April 21st, 2022. The war began after GoonGuard declared war on Alamayn, stating this "The Empire of GoonGuard officially declares war on the Constitutional Republic of Alamayn after several months of transgressions against GoonGuard and her people." Their four transgressions were as follows: Alamayn supported the old Helmian government, Alamayn harbored Helmian refugee's, Alamayn has fought against GoonGuard in several battles, and lastly Alamayn has been a roadblock to the success of GoonGuards future. However, Alamayn proved many of these claims to be false. So, each side prepared for a very bitter conflict. So began the Alamayn-GoonGuard War.

Cold War
For eight days each side prepared for war. During those eight days, GoonGuard called upon its allies to help fight in the war. Meanwhile, Alamayn took to hiring mercenaries as a way to get a greater army. An Alamayni spy, St4tic, attempted to infiltrate GoonGuard, however he failed at the attempt.

The First Battle of Arkalis
On April 30th, 2022, the first battle of the war was fought. It was fought at the southern Alamayni city of Arkalis, a medium sized settlement ravaged by its past owners. Less than twelve Alamayni soldiers garrisoned the city, with berry bush fortifications and walls surrounding the settlement. About twenty GoonGuard soldiers stood outside the town on all sides, preparing for an all out assault. Outside the walls, an innocent fisherman was killed by the oncoming GoonGuard army. Before the battle began, several Goon scouts wandered into the city and started looking at the Alamayn defenses. Alamayn combated this by encasing the scouts in cube structures. A few minutes after this scouting attempt, the Goons got on top of the Arkalis walls and surged forward. There was no fight, all less than twelve Alamayni soldiers died in a few minutes.

At the enemy war claim, Meteora, a few Alamayni infiltrators attempted to cause havoc there. One soldier took down three Goons, the only Goon casualties of the battle. They attempted to capture the Goon claim, but failed. The soldier who killed the three Goons retreated. Back at Arkalis, Alamayn sent several bonzai charges to try to cause some damage. These charges consisted of two-to-three iron armored Alamayn soldiers who charged in and tried to kill some Goons. This did not work and the battle soon ended. The First Battle of Arkalis had been a devastating victory for the Empire of GoonGuard.

Intermission
Another Alamayni spy, MrDerpyman, attempted to infiltrate GoonGuard, but again, the spy attempt failed. A few days after the initial battle, 1Taxed the governor of Polikos, a GoonGuard vassal, made a land grab on the abandoned city of Valhiria. It was a medium sized settlement in south east Alamayn. This took a decent sized chunk out of Alamayn's land. It also expanded Polikos' land.

The Second Battle of Arkalis
On May 14th, 2022, the second battle of the war arrived: the Second Battle of Arkalis. Again, the battle was between the city of Arkalis and Meteora. Alamayn had a garrison of about 40 soldiers defending the city, whilst GoonGuard had about the same, 40 or so soldiers. Goonguard forces comprised of a mix of soldiers from allies and allied mercenary groups including Kartek while Alamayn had mercenaries from Drackar. Arkalis was much better defended this time than the last battle. It contained three defensible sections: the outer section, riddled with berry trenches, murder holes, and mine fields, the inner wall, protected by a massive wall with pretty much a barren flat grassland, and finally the city streets. The city streets contained mini berry fields and a battlements on top of a house. It also was protected by a thin wall.

The GoonGuard forces approached the city on the south and western sides, forces split, though more heavily focused on the southern side. The battle abruptly began with Goon walking toward the west side. A few Alamayni archers kept them at bay, though not causing any death. On the south side a massive Goon force pushed forward met by an equally massive Alamayni force. The two armies clashed in a stone pit, with Alamayn trying to knock some enemy soldiers into a pit trap to use their murder holes. Alamayn suffered about five casualties, and the Goons lost about three soldiers. The west side was holding well with the Goons having suffered a casualty. GoonGuard then retreated to replenish their supplies. As GoonGuard pulled away Alamayn also replenished their supplies.

After about a ten minute period of no fighting, the soldiers engaged again. This time however, Alamayn spotted a lone soldier and about fifteen Alamayni's pursued him. They chased the soldier to the Cusilvanian town of Portvgalia. Cusilvania is an Alamayni vassal. The lone soldier was killed and Alamayn pulled back to Arkalis. A spy amongst the Goons warned Alamayn of a final assault and Alamayn was prepared. The entire GoonGuard army pushed on the southern side of Arkalis. They got all the way to the inner wall where Alamayn held them off. A few explosions occured, ravaging the Arkalis landscape. After a few minutes of intense fighting, and some Alamayn and GoonGuard deaths, GoonGuard was pushed out of Arkalis. The battle ended soon after. Alamayn had lost twenty soldiers, while GoonGuard had suffered twenty-two casualties. Twenty of those causalties were caused by Alamayn soldiers, one was caused by friendly fire, and one was caused by fire damage. Even though the Goons were pushed out of Arkalis and Alamayn was successfully defended, the battle ended with a draw.

Downfall of Alamayn
On May 20th, 2022 Rubrum Tenebrae declared Kharis' dependence from Alamayn. A few hours later, Nerva, the leader of Axum, declared Axum an independent nation. Following this, Bolivar, the Grand Sultan of Alamayn died of unknown conditions. BlackAdder, the old Grand Sultan declared that the remaining Alamayn territory would be dissolving, effectively ending the nation of Alamayn.

Alamayn Land Disputes
Following the downfall of Alamayn, all Alamayni province governors claimed their lands as independent. However, GoonGuard would not have that, so they swooped in and disputed the land, the threat of their army keeping the governors at bay and compliant. The Empire of Simulami, Daelyria, the United Kingdoms of Kažan, and the Holy State of Viesten all came to get land they deserved or wanted for helping GoonGuard in the war. These disputes lasted from May 19th to May 24th. Most of the land disputes had ended, with many new nations rising from Alamayn's rubble.

Although BlackAdder had dissolved Alamayn, he did not want Adwa to fall into GoonGuard's hands. So he gave Adwa to Drackar so they could defend it. Another city that would not be given to GoonGuard was the Silver Citadel. Its owner, Rubicundus Aurelianus, was intent on not letting GoonGuard get the city. So to demonstrate the lengths she was willing to go, she bombed important sites of the city. However, before the Goons would invade the historical city of the Silver Citadel, they wanted to capture Adwa. Thus paving the way for the next battle of the war: the Fourth Battle of Adwa.

The Fourth Battle of Adwa
On June 4th, 2022, a GoonGuard army approached Adwa. The Goons had an army comprised of no less than eighty soldiers, but no more than one hundred. Defending Adwa were the combined forces of Drackar, the Grand Castell, and several Alamayni soldiers. They numbered no less than thirty-five, but no more than fifty. The battle began when the Goon forces pushed into the city from the farm district of Adwa. There the Adwa forces engaged the Goons. Archers fired from rooftops into the invading army. Both sides took several losses in this fight, the Goons taking more. The fighting pushed from the farm district towards the inner city, but the defenders held them at bay at a line of houses.

All around the city there were traps and heavy defenses. The defenders also had many ender pearls, making escapes and tactical retreating easier. The pearls saved many lives. They also made the defenders more durable. Fighting soon spread to other areas and each side continued to take heavy losses. Some of the bloodiest fighting took place in a open corner of the city. It was a rectangular area, surrounded by houses and a massive palace structure. Many defenders died there, as did many attackers. However, after an hour long slugging match, the attackers were pushed out of Adwa. The Fourth Battle of Adwa was a victory for Alamayn. Ten Adwa defenders had fallen in the battle. However, twenty-six GoonGuard soldiers had died. This battle had been the largest of the war so far.