Third Andorn Crisis

Not to be confused with the Andorn Crisis, which took place in April 2021 or with the Second Andorn Crisis, which took place in August 2021, and with the Fourth Andorn Crisis, which took place in April 2022.

The 3rd Andorn Crisis, also known as the Third Andorn Crisis, was a conflict that took place between the Third Empire of Andorn and the Military Order of Black Andorn for the control of the state of Andorn in Syltör.

Oranje Takes Control of Andorn
Following Crezyman's abdication of Autarch in Bardonia during December 2021, Lucius Von Savras was elevated to Sole Autarch in the Empire of Bardonia. Due to this, Lucius Von Savras transferred the control of Andorn within Bardonia to his daughter Oranje Von Savras.

Unpopular Von Savras Leadership in Bardonia
While Lucius Von Savras was a long time Bardonian Autarch, many viewed his leadership as inadequate for leading the Empire of Bardonia and preferred another Autarch or leader to take control. In Andorn, the transfer of power to Oranje Von Savras was equally controversial with many viewing Oranje as a foreigner and many Andornians disliked that she was chosen over other long-time Andorn government officials. (ex. duel123abc, Patchr, server724)

Rise of the Military Order of Black Andorn
Including the rising unpopularity of the Von Savras leadership, the recent Annover-Casul War in January 2022, which led to an Annover victory emboldened the old noble family of Annover, led by Bingo Bon Annover, to have a resurgence in Andorn. This rise allowed Annover to secure land for its own province and the future staging ground for its future coup.

Planned Andorn Coronation
With the transfer of Kaisership to Oranje, a coronation was planned on February 6th, 2022. This coronation was announced about a week in advance allowing Black Andorn to prepare to sabotage the event to remove Oranje from Kaisership.

Coronation Attacked
On the day of the coronation, the Military Order of Black Andorn along with the support of Hands interrupted the coronation preparations seizing the Andorn regional capital of Savras.

Black Andorn Proclamation and Coup
With the capital secured, Bingo Bon Annover proclaimed to be the new Kaiser of Andorn and the deposition of Oranje Von Savras. Due to the suddenness of the coup, the Third Empire of Andorn with its divided state could not adequately raise a force to combat the insurgents in Savras.

Hands Coup
The Hands, helping with Black Andorn, also deposed Lucius Von Savras as the Autarch of Bardonia declaring a new Bardonia. With the coup, Lucius declared Bardonia dissolved and abdicated.

Uni & Duke Counter Coup
With the Hands coup of Lucius, the Military Order of Dandelions formed against the Hands and counter couped, declaring Black Dandelion as the new Bardonian State. This new state forced the Hands out of their attempted power grab and negotiated for Lucius to retain control of Savras as a city-state. This effectively removed the Hands as a support for Black Andorn.

Black Andorn Alliance with Black Dandelion
With the coups and the seemingly collapse of the Bardonian Empire as the union between Andorn, Bardonia, and Ryzan crumbled, the Black Dandelions negotiated to remove itself from any involvement as Bardonia in the Andorn region, focused on resecuring the Bardonian region. (Ryzan also declared independence during this period) While Black Dandelion didn't actively aid Black Andorn in removing the Third Empire of Andorn, it also did not aid the Third Empire in suppressing Black Andorn which left both sides in Andorn with no support to eliminate the other.

Collapse of the Third Empire
Not wanting a long drawn conflict against Black Andorn, Oranje dissolved the Third Empire of Andorn and released all provinces as independent states. While this did not prevent the elimination of Black Andorn, it did separate the region and completely prevented Black Andorn from any sort of regional offensive across multiple Andorn territories.

Domain of Wivamovia Independence
With this declaration of dissolution, The Domain of Wivamovia, led by Benjamin Casul, was released as an independent state for its first time in its history. Although Wivamovians were largely in support of their new independence, they were not able to gain control of Nothrook from this dissolution causing a massive internal push for annexing the city in a variety of means all of which were unsuccessful in the following months.

Nothrook, owned by Ard Avondale who would later join the Andorn Confederation (and later Ryzan after Fourth Andorn Crisis), would largely be contested by the Wivamovians as their territory for the following months after their independence in the Nothrook Dispute.

Goblin Empire of Askonia Independence
The Goblin Empire of Askonia would form from the collapse of Andorn, led by server724. This state would immediately move to secure itself with an alliance with Viodoxa a few days after the crisis and would become one of the most powerful states in the Andorn region.

Formation of the Confederation of Andorn
As the Third Empire collapsed, duel123abc would form an Andorn successor state called the Andorn Confederation which included Ardena, Falken-Obrithyll, Orilin, Kendalis, Krakovia, Avondale (Nothrook), Areska, Savras and Pillars of Sun.

Annover integration into Askonia
As Andorn collapsed, Black Andorn largely disbanded back into Annover due to its lack of support to secure the the regions and provinces outside of its control. This disbandment led to Annover into joining the Goblin Empire of Askonia as a province due to its close relationship pre-crisis (marriage of Goblin Official, Copedog and Annover, Bobo) and Askonia's powerful military for security.

Debatable End of Crisis
It is debated whether the crisis is still going on to this day because any following Andorn state has never reunited all lost land from this crisis. Some debate that the crisis ended with the foundation of the successor Andron Confederation while others argue that the crisis encompasses all events (including the Fourth Andorn Crisis) until the reformation of Andorn in August 2023.

Aftermath
The Empire of Askonia would grow into a massive regional power following the crisis with its large formidable Goblin Army comparable and even debated to supersede the Third Empire of Andorn and be a key state in the Fourth Andorn Crisis. The Domain of Wivamovia would continue its persistence for the control of Nothrook nearly sparking a war and causing the Nothrook dispute. The newly formed Andorn Confederation and successor Andorn states would suffer from the instability leading to the multiple Andorn crisis' in the following weeks after until it collapsed completely after the Fourth Andorn Crisis.