Emerald War

Background
The Emerald war was an RP war between Osterion and Einsiedeln that happened at around 107BFC.

Legend:

BFC - Before Frea Coronation

History
After the independence of Østerion, about 500BFC and the collapse of the Empire, at about 400BFC, large lands, once settled and funded by the Empire, lay now uninhabited and destroyed. Many of these places could be reclaimed or settled by other tribes/nations but a peninsula at the very north east of the continent remained untouched…

At 150BFC Einsiedeln explorers went north and came across a vast snowy land. Disappointed at first that much of it was already inhabited, they looked further east and came across a large peninsula covered by gigantic mountains. In those mountains, the explorers found large emerald veins.On the peninsula, only a few native people who called themselves “Østerian” lived. Unaware that Østerion was a larger nation and driven by the dreams of riches, the Einsiedeln Explorers established multiple settlements on the island and integrated the native population which, at first, were happy with their new home because of the bad economic state Østerion was in.

At 130BFC, new enforcements were placed over the people living on the peninsula, who were mainly Østerion. Most notably growing taxes and forced labor in the emerald mines because of worker shortages. This brought unease over the Østerian population and made the Einsiedeln overlords largely considered as oppressors. Only a decade later, calls for independence from the people were heard. In the first first Arenburg rebelion, the city was retook for a brief few days and renamed into “frenior” which in Østerian means “ Free City“. The city was quickly retook by Einsiedeln reinforcements from the mainland and more and more soldiers were sent to suppress the local population.

At 110BFC, the now thriving Kingdom was in an immense emerald shortage because of its own growth. At that time, the Kingdom didn't have the resources to mine diamonds on a large level so it relied on Emerald tools. Østerion opened contact with the Empire of Einsiedeln to discuss the trading of Emeralds but they were promptly ignored. The Østerian people inside the Empire heard of the rumors of their thriving homeland and like ten years ago the people stood up. At 108BFC multiple cities rebelled with Østerian support under the second Arenburg rebellion. After taking multiple cities, the Einsiedeln elite force arrived with orders to reestablish order at any cost. And the price was high. Hundreds of people are Estimated to have died in the following slaughter which led to the capitulation of the rebels. When news spread to the Østerion Kingdom, the King decided to no longer watch the horrors which the Empire committed but to take action. An Ultimatum was sent to the Einsiedeln empire which said that they should leave the peninsula immediately or they will face war.

The Empire of Einsiedeln rejected the Ultimatum and in the summer of 107BFC the Østerion Kingdom declared war.

The Østerion army moved into Einsiedeln land with little to no resistance. The østerian forces split into 2 Parts, with the elite scouts going north over the mountains and the rest of the army south on the way to Arenburg.They took Arenburg in a small fight to take the main Emerald exporter of the province and proceeded to lay siege on the port town of Richesser. With the might of the Østerian army advancing at Hesen, the province capital, and the scouts coming from the north, the Empires situation was bad. Østerian scouts would take Emmindear Port and Ulisan in 2 bloody battles in the fall of the year. The first of the 2 battles, was the battle for Port Ulisan, where the Østerian scouts advanced from the north to the heavily fortified city. The scouts split into multiple groups, surrounding the town while the Østerian navy cut off the towns supply lines with 3 frigates. After the towns garrisons noticed that they landed in a trap, they put all their energy in a last push trough the main gate to create a way for the people to Ulisan, but in Vain. The scouts managed to defeat the Garrisons but with high casualties on their side. Ulisan was quickly taken as ur was lightly defended. The city of Richesser was taken in the winter of the same year by storming into the city trough an underground canal network and now the entire Østerian army was encircling Hessan. Only a small gap was left south of the town with a road leading to a small port. In a last desperate attempt, the province leader ordered an attack on that weak point with his entire army but the Østerians were planning for that to happen. With a surprise attack setup near the port, but it didn’t go as planned. The østerian scout regiment performing the ambush, was completely decimated in a battle against the Einsiedeln elite forces, but it buyed the main østerian forces time to fully encircle Hessen and push the rest of the Einsiedeln army back Into the town, which they would breach in the same winter. After the major defeat at Hessen, Einsiedeln sued for peace with the terms being that they withdraw from the peninsula and have to pay a large sum of money for the slaughter of the Østerian people, in return the Østerian government will let the many Einsiedeln prisoners of War go back to their home country. The war left the peninsula in shambles and today there are only a few of the many towns left but it did secure the Emerald supply of Østerion, mark the beginning of an new era for both Østerion and Einsiedeln.