Segra war

The segra war, also known as the fourth coalition war, the horde imperium war and the war of misguided souls is an ongoing war raging across rathnir and eldham.

Background
Some time prior, a being known as segra had been contained within a top secret facility, however, in mid may, she managed to breach containment and storm the rattican, which was soon overrun by her skeleton hordes. However, a distress signal was sent out and picked up by many in rathnir and eldham. Many began to realise the situation at hand, and shortly afterwards, tortuga followed by a string of nations decided that it was time to denounce segra. Some individuals, corrupted by their lust for control, power and their thirst for blood, however, decided to join segra in this. Due to the situation developing, an international band of people from across rathnir and eldham banded together to form the kokeodoshi resistance, while segras forces fell under the banner of the chaotic lotus. As time began to go on, more joined each faction with both sides becoming stronger.

Battle of Fornost
The start of this war however was undeniably the battle of fornost, where cultists and undead warriors attacked the very heart of aurora, the battle resulted in immense casualties on both sides and in the end, both ended up claiming victory

The clash at Axel
the next large scale battle would occur at axel, alfheim, and would primarily include cultists. During the battle, cultists attacked several buildings, including an asitir temple, resulting in the deaths of many civilians and non aligned individuals. However, the kokeodoshi was able to mobilise and drive the cultists out of axel. It was a much needed victory for the kokeodoshi and would result in lirgal, an asitir state, joining the war on the side of the kokeodoshi.

Battle of Viodoxa
Shortly afterwards, an attack was launched into the nation of viodoxa by cultists and others, this battle would be crucial for alliance members, and the attackers were met on prepared defenses, which, although there were casualties on both sides, the viodoxans were able to drive the cultists and undead armies out, thus winning another battle

The wolfs paw
The nation of carn was once neutral in the war, however, after an attempted coup, it was annexed by tortuga, which the next day decided to let go of it and split it amongst 4 different nations, one of which was part of the then predominantly pro segra conglomerate known as the horde. However, the residents werent quite impressed and one of them, Jecten, the former mayor of bentonia whose town was now under the control of the horde and who from the very start had shown a strong stance against segra, especially due to a recent incident where someone under the influence of segra almost murdered his wolf Benton in cold blood, but robbed the wolf from his family. Realising he had to make a stand, jecten approached ulifer asking for permission to start a resistance movement within the horde in order to combat segra, and he agreed. Thus, the wolfs paw was founded and although it was small in number, it soon attracted some attention. It would sit through a lot of the second phase but during this phase, it made its goal clear to remove the horde from segras influence, a goal it achieved some time later. This resistance movement, though small, was enough to help turn the tides of battle

Kokeodoshi Wedding
As chaos began to ramp up and the war entered its second phase, the leadership of the kokeodoshi hosted a wedding between kasper and urayami, with various members attending the ceremony. However, this wedding was not without uninvited guests and soon enough, things went awry when duke and segra joined in and started causing chaos, joined by cultists and howertt, who had defected from the kokeodoshi upon realising he was segras own son and thus betraying many of his own friends. Several guests were slain and the entire wedding hall had turned into a massive battleground with carnage occurring on both sides. During the fighting, kasper was killed, slain by duke himself. Urayami herself was also caught up in the fighting, but barely managed to escape with her own life. The kokeodoshi was devastated by this, however, this lead to several nations taking a stronger stance against segra and her forces, thus allowing the second phase to reach its culmination.

The bounty
due to the chaotic lotus requiring segra pieces in order to have segra manifest, they started a bounty. The kokeodoshi however also placed a slighly larger bounty upon knowing the costs. In the end, the lotus gained 2 pieces and the kokeodoshi 1, however the one piece was later auctioned off, which set up another accidental crisis in of itself.

Battle of ardat
Hoping to gain the crystals necressary to either manifesting or stopping segra, both sides made the discovery that 3 of the 4 crystals in rathnir were located in the bathhouse at ardat. A battle was soon waged with both sides giving it their all, however, some members of the kokeodoshi were barred and the lotus somehow had better coordination despite being outnumbered and constantly smited. However, mainly with intervention from duke himself, the lotus was able to defeat the kokeodoshi, which ended up being a slight blow to their strength. However, with only one crystal and 2 parts separating them from manifesting segra, this battle resulted in the lotus becoming more arrogant, while the kokeodoshi decided that this battle, which many felt was another yestanbul, was an immediate wake up call. This battle had been lost, but the war was far from over