Uldarash Civil War

The Uldarash Civil War (November 5, 2021 - January 2, 2022) was a conflict fought in Uldarash, between the states of Second Empire of Uldarash loyal to the Empress Nikephoros (Aurora, Boulderov, Chevkri, Mithusu, and Alokhrad) against Loyalist Uldarash loyal to the Empress Caterina, consisting of Alfheim, Montroig, and briefely Nullaria. The war eventually turned into an international conflict through foreign support for both sides of the war, even including troops from as far as Eldham.

The war ended in the signing and ratification of the Treaty of Terroja by the Loyalist Uldarash High Council, and the leaders of both sub-nations, Alfheim and Montroig. The Uldarash Civil War was the longest war in both Rathnir and Eldham's history.

Causes of secession
In the Empire of Uldarash there lay two separate Emperors in the Dual-Monarchy. Upon the death of the First Empire of Uldarash, it was generally stated that the dynasty would live on through the Aurorans, a migratory state that originated from the Eastern side of Rathnir after fleeing Escharien. This will partially come into play later. The second Emperor was decided to be an elected one, elected by the High Council of Uldarash, comprised of representatives of the Uldarashi states. Roughly sometime in June, Empress Caterina (or Qwaser) was elected to be the Empress of Uldarash, with a fair majority. Sometime later, the Hereditary Emperor Aurelian, was replaced by Empress Nikephoros.

However, Empress Caterina went on to establish several Democratic reforms that were unsavory to the Uldarashi government. After a couple of months of these reforms, an unknown amount of council members, military officers and members of various pro-monarchist organizations, such as the Talawan Academic Society (TAS), had decided enough was enough, and in an event called "The Orange Night"— Empress Caterina was deposed. This was done largely without consulting the majority of the Uldarashi Government, which spiked internal tensions. In response, Caterina's legal team shot back with an accusation of treason against former Emperor Aurelian, Rakia Knight son of former Emperor Tequlia, and Lakka Viueli, leader of the aforementioned Talawan Academic Society (TAS). Several, particularly from the Democratic state of Montroig, supported these accusations, and called for a fair trial of Caterina. This trial never came to be. Montroig held their own trial, though this is recognized by nobody besides those who were already supporters of Caterina, and changed nothing. Eventually, tensions fell, but after another sudden call for a fair trial sparked tensions once more. After a consistent lack of response from the Uldarashi government, Caterina declared herself the sole, true Empress of Uldarash. Thus began the Uldarashi Civil War.

Domestic reaction
Every single one of Uldarash's sub-nations immediately issued statements either supporting or condemning Caterina and the Loyalist states secession. ScotchKnight, and Gamerblox2077, Queen of Sanctuary and King of Alokhrad, respectively, immediately stating that the secession was simply a "power grab", which the leaders of Savernia, Chevkri, and Boulderov quickly responded in agreement to and pledged their support to the Second Empire of Uldarash and Nikephoros. Outside of Montroig, only TheAsianAimbot, Prime Minister of Alfheim, pledged her support and the support of her nation to the Loyalists, being the only other direct-democracy in Uldarash.

International reaction
Upon hearing of the Civil War, many nations went to take sides, whether against Caterina, for Caterina, or neutral in all regards. Escharia, Huitca, Bardonia, The Confederacy of Ummarnu, and the Grand Sorgliste Federation all made national announcements backing Caterina, whilst Nikephoros gained support from the South Seas pact, a new alliance consisting of Tortuga - a historical ally of the Uldarashi state before the war, as well as Aldovir and Aatyeli.

Eldham Entente Intervention
Following the Boardwalk robbery and subsequent scandal perpetrated by the Kingdom of Aurora, the Eldham Entente declared the beginning of the Auroran-Entene War, and declared neutrality in the ongoing Civi War. The Entente invaded mainland Aurora in the Battle of Fornost on November 27th, 2021. On November 29th, 2021, the Entente officially announced their support for Empress Qwaser_ of Loyalist Uldarash, and denounced the Second Empire of Uldarash calling it the "Auroran Empire". Most of the Entente's fighting has been overseas, in Eldham colonies of Uldarash nations, including Chevkri and Boulderovian colonies.

Economic impact
The economy of both Loyalist states nearly collapsed during the war. There were multiple reasons for this: the blockage of major roads and supply lines by fortifications, nearly all money being spent on war materials and supplies for the armed forces, and supplies being stolen by soldiers on both sides. By the end of the war, it was estimated that the Loyalists lost nearly 5,000,000 dollars in armor and weapons alone, not even counting loot stolen during the Battle of Terroja and the money lost from scrapping Montroig's plans to build a large market in Tiatua on the Hapatmitas highway, a highway that runs from Boulderov all the way up to Hapatmitas, through half of the countries in Uldarash.

Diplomacy
During the beginning of the war, the Imperials were backed by three nations, Tortuga, Aldovir, and Aatyeli while the Loyalists were backed by four nations, Escharia, Bardonia, the Huitca Federation, and Yimmu-Audal. This caused major anger within the Second Empire of Uldarash, who believed the Loyalists would allow the nations to colonize Haven if they won. Three of the nations, however, pulled out all support following the massive defeat at the Hapatmitas-Chevkri Campaign on November 21, 2021. Escharia continued aiding the Loyalists until December 8, 2021, due to a civil war breaking out in their own nation forcing them to withdraw all support to quell their own conflict. The Eldham Entente and Ardat Azael also briefly aided the Loyalists, however they left as soon as they received what they wanted from Aurora.

Eastern theater
The Western theater refers to the original offensive military operations launched by Imperial Uldarash into Loyalist territory to quell the rebellion, due to most the nations being in eastern Haven, and east of every Uldarashi sub-nation besides Chevkri and Alokhrad.

Loyalist forces
The Loyalist forces defending Montroig were led by Foubrac who was serving as the General-in-Chief of the Armies of Loyalist Uldarash along with the Empress Caterina who was regarded as the de facto overall Commander-in-Chief of Loyalist Uldarash. All allied forces, including those coming from the Huitca Federation, Escharia, and Yimmu-Audul were placed directly under the control of the Loyalist leadership.

Imperial forces
The offensive Imperial Forces were commanded directly by the Empress of the Second Empire of Uldarash, Nikephoros. Canine14, Xrelious, and Ted Hastings served as commanders during battles, but the forces were led overall by the Empress.

Battles
The opening battle of the Uldarash Civil War, the Battle of Canine ended in a massive defeat for the Loyalists, with 42 Loyalists deaths to merely 4 Imperial deaths, which some believed was a sign for what was to come later in the war. Despite this, morale remained high within the Empire with many citing how the Battle of Canine did not actually count towards anything in the war, and was merely for fun.

The Battle of Terroja was the first official battle of the civil war, which ended in the exact same way as the Battle of Canine, with a massive Loyalist defeat. Much of the defeat was credited towards poor communications from the leadership, which would be shown time and time again to be a major issue within the Loyalist leadership, one they would never learn from. Again, the battle only served to increase the morale of Loyalist soldiers, who now wanted to get back at the Imperials for attacking the capital city of Montroig and the de facto capital city of Loyalist Uldarash.

The Battle of Northport occurred at the same time as the Battle of Terroja, and took place on a much smaller scale. A small detachment of troops from Alfheim clashed with Auroran soldiers in the city, killing one armed civilian for the loss of their entire force. The armed civilian was the only Uldarashi death of the day, and they quickly became a hero of Auroran propaganda & folklore as the iron warrior, a selfless hero who bought enough time for the Aurorans to redeploy to Northport and repel the attackers. This validity of the story is debated, with some believing the civilian was killed instantly and a small platoon of imperial troops simply happened to be passing by at the same time by sheer luck, although a memorial has been constructed in honor of the "iron warrior" outside the town.

Western theater
The Western theater refers to the offensive military operations launched by Loyalist Uldarash, due to most of the battles taking place west of Loyalist Uldarash with the sole exception of the Second Battle of CoolioCity.

Loyalist forces
The primary Loyalist forces in the Western theater were commanded by Montroig Minister of Defense Bukharin "BuckTootha" Turrin, with other commanders including Argon Retter and Qwaser who both commanded divisions deploying into CoolioCity, and TheAsianAimbot who commanded the main assault force on Hapatmitas.

The Eldham Entente's expeditionary force were led by their own commanders from Eldham, and not placed under the command of the Loyalist military. These commanders included Neo, ElKool, Creamy, Imperius, and others.

Imperial forces
The Imperial Uldarash forces were led chiefly led by Ted Hastings and 6alaxxy, who commanded the defense at the Battle of Hapatmitas and the Battle of Fornost, respectively. Empress Nikephoros was also the chief commander during CoolioCity's defense.

Battles
Although the last three battles ended in massive defeat for the Loyalists, their confidence, at least in their command, remained. They were so confident, in fact that their next plan was a grand offensive on both Hapatmitas, the de jure capital city of the Second Empire of Uldarash located outside of any of Uldarash's sub-nations on the Hatanimitas Peninsula, as well as CoolioCity, a relatively small Bordertown in Chevkri that was the sight of of a previous battle during the Chevkri-Montroig border dispute. Large numbers of elite fighters, including the first troops from the Eldham Entente, were assembled on both sides, and up until the last minute of preparations, it seemed the battles could have gone either way, with an extremely high belief that the Loyalists would win on at least one front.

Both battles of the campaign ended with the defeat of the Loyalists, and caused most foreign nations backing the Loyalists to withdraw their support, leaving only Escharia as their one sole foreign ally. The failed campaign destroyed nearly all faith in the Loyalist's military leadership and many Loyalists began to adopt a defeatist attitude towards the war.

Following the intervention of the Eldham Entente into the war, the Loyalists gained their only victory of the entire war at the de facto capital city of Imperial Uldarash, Fornost, which coincidentally, would be the last large-scale conflict fought in the war. The battle resulted in the Treaty of Hakkinza which essentially removed all support of the Eldham Entente from the Loyalists, greatly weakening the already weak nation.

Ceasefire and fragile peace
The Battle of Fornost was officially an Uldarashi defeat, and certainly dealt damage to the previously unwavering Uldarashi morale - Two states, Savernia and Nullaria, seceded from the empire in the period following the battle, and calls for peace with the Eldham Entente (though not the Loyalists) were growing louder day by day. The appointment of a new Empress, Scotchknight followed, and peace talks were initiated. Eldham's support for Caterina was already shaky. Though they fully supported Caterina after the Battle of Fornost, their official position had already changed twice regarding the civil war, so when a treaty was signed stating that Aurora would pay double the original price of reparations, their support for Caterina's war was quickly retracted. The Eldham Entente were one of the last groups to aid Caterina after the disaster of the Hapatmitas-Chevkri Campaign.

Escharia ended up withdrawing all support to Loyalist Uldarash due to their own civil war breaking out which did not allow for them to spare any forces or equipment to the Loyalists. With the loss of their support, the Loyalists were officially on their own in the conflict.

No other battles were scheduled following the Battle of Fornost, and on December 15th, server administration initiated a two-week forced peace period due to the Christmas season, effectively banning all conflicts until after the start of the New Year. These two weeks of peace were widely regarded as squandered by the Loyalists, who didn't ramp up training until the last few days and used nearly none of it to rebuild their shattered economy, foreign relations, or civilian government.

End of the war
About a week after their secession, Savernia rejoined the Second Empire. Nullaria initially declared support for the Loyalists, but decided to withdraw their support and withdraw from the empire completely under Entente protection, seemingly noticing the writing on the wall. Uldarash was back up to full military strength (Nullaria had no soldiers in the Uldarashi army that saw combat), and though the Loyalists had been training to create a powerful force that could have stood on par with many other nations in Rathnir, there was nothing they could do to match the strength of the Uldarashi army, especially the Order of Aurora, mostly due to their incompetent leadership. Following the end of the server wide forced-peace, peace talks and negotiations began between the two empires. Terms were dictated to the Loyalists and, after a long period of deliberation, accepted fully. The Treaty of Terroja was signed on the 2nd of January, 2022, reabsorbing Montroig and Alfheim back into the Empire, forcing Caterina to renounce her claim to the Uldarashi throne and banning her and any descendants from serving as emperor, and placing the former loyalists states under military governorship. None of the Loyalist's military leaders were exiled or even tried following their defeat, and only two people, Jack F. Kennedy and TheReaperTDM were banned from Uldarash, neither of which held senior command positions in the armed forces nor were they tried.

Aftermath
The war had utterly devastated the Loyalist states, mainly Montroig, economically, politically, militarily, and activity-wise. The war decimated both nation's military supplies emptying all reserves and nearly rendering both bankrupt. Many of Montroig's farms and artifacts were stolen during the Battle of Terroja, and both nations were banned from having any say on the Imperial High Council for a period of one month after they were re-absorbed. The latter half of the war, essentially all the time following the forced-peace, also greatly diminished activity in both nations, with much of the focus being put on the war, but no actual battles occurring allowing for very little resources to be dedicated to other projects, which turned many players, new and old, away from the nations.

Alfheim returned to prosperity far quicker than Montroig, gaining a massive economy and beginning to mass-produce enchanted armor to sell to other nations. Alfheim also surpassed Montroig in population, nearly doubling its population, which was a huge blow to the already crumbling Montroig, which had been Rathnir and Eldham's largest democracy for nearly half a year at that point. Montroig continued down a spiral until mid-February 2022, where things began to stable out far more, however the nation was considerably smaller and weaker than it had been prior to the Civil War.

Uldarash Civil War

 * Second Empire of Uldarash
 * Loyalist Uldarash
 * Army of Loyalist Uldarash
 * Uldarashi Schism
 * Montroig
 * Alfheim
 * Aurora
 * Eldham Entente

Other civil wars

 * Escharian Civil War
 * Simulami Civil War
 * Akratian Civil War
 * Aristii Civil War
 * Heldrak Civil War
 * Ahalian Civil War