First Amarillian Civil War

The Amarillian Civil War is a conflict currently occurring in Eldham, within the Republic of Amarillo. It was started on the 10th of April 2022, when Kawaii Poliorcetes-Kyani started an armed coup in Amarillo, and Soronaca called to the Amarillian people in resistance. In this war two sides fought one another, the Military Junta, led by Kawaii Poliorcetes-Kyani, and the Imperilanos, led by Soronaca Aulian. There was also a third faction, the Republicans, who wished to restore the state of Amarillo in it's previous form, but they were quickly absorbed by the Imperilanos.

Context and Beginning of the Civil War
"Amarillo lies in a state of political limbo. There is no one whom the people can look for reassurance in, no figure who can be seen as a saviour. Such conditions are the beginning of the end of a nation."

- Lhytt Poliorcetes, to one of his advisors

After a long period of instability following Lhytt Poliorcetes' exit from Presidency, Amarillo looked more divided than ever. The Impeachment of Salazar Van Den Green, Amarillo's first Chancellor was the first step towards instability, followed by the sudden death of President Urubis, leaving the Presidency vacant, which led to a lengthy period of political limbo, until the pre-term elections, when controversial politician McBabwe was elected. He did not last long in the Presidency, however, as he was impeached just 10 days into his term due to a public scandal. This brought Amarillo right where it started before the election. However, due to a new piece of legislation, The Vice President would inherit office until a new round of elections. This happened to be Kawaii Poliorcetes-Kyani, the son of Juniper Kyani and Lhytt Poliorcetes. Kawaii quickly moved to restore order in what he and many others saw as a chaotic situation. Calling an emergency senate meeting, Kawaii declared an end to the Republic of Amarillo, and a temporary Military Junta was established. Those who opposed this Junta were rounded up and arrested, though many evaded the grasp of the Junta, including Soronaca Aulian and many of his allies from Porphyropolis. Both sides consolodated their forces and prepared for war, thus marking the beginning of the Amarillian Civil War.

Context
Soronaca Aulian had gathered his forces at Porphyropolis, with the immense majority of the Amarillian fleet. After a successful landing, met with no resistance at all, he took control of Verdesburg. As soon as they heard the news, the Juntistas forces gathered at Alefpamohadi attacked the town, having an enormous numerical advantage, since even though Soronaca himself was in Verdesburg, most of his troops weren't.

The battle
At the beginning of the afternoon, the Juntistas forces attacked Verdesburg from the East, and were met with strong republican resistance. Soronaca himself fought, along with his son Gaius and Logui Fielinya, who volunteered to defend his democratic ideals. The Juntistas forces consisted of Kawaii's Juntista army, and of a some Arktanians, including Kawaii's mother, Juniper Kyani. The first wave of Juntistas soldiers was quickly repelled, as they retreated before suffering too much casualties.

The Republicans stayed on the lookout, as they knew a second wave would come sooner or later. The Juntistas, having lost the effect of surprise, but also the disadvantage of attacking without taking enough time to prepare, launched the second wave around the middle of the afternoon. Battle raged for way longer than for the first wave, and casualties were higher on both sides. Though it became quickly clear that no matter who was to win, the Republicans did way more casualties than their opponents, despite their substancial numerical inferiority. The combats lasted until the evening. Juntistas casualties were impressively high considering the number of opponents they had to face, so they retreated. Republican losses were rather small. The soldiers present that day would remember the heroic attitude of Soronaca Aulian and Logui Fielinya, who distinguished themselves by their courage and strength on the battlefield.

Out of character, the first wave was quickly repelled by Soronaca and Yay, and the second took way longer, but was also repelled by Soronaca and Logui, outnumbered 2 to 5, Yay having been killed at the very beginning of the combat.

Aftermath
Not only did the soldiers see Soronaca's courage in battle, but also his qualities as a leader. He was proclaimed by his soldiers as Amarillian Imperilan. The Republicans from now on fought not for the Republic as an institution, but for its ideals of democracy, freedom, and tolerance.

Reluctance
Some former Republicans, deceived by what they perceived as Soronaca taking power as a monarch, created the Republican party, aiming the restore the Amarillian state in its previous form and reform it, while Soronaca wanted to restart from scratches. Soronaca's camp was now more commonly known as the Imperilanos.

Meanwhile, Kawaii too tried to manipulate the masses into thinking Soronaca's title was about him taking monarchist powers, while it was, according to Soronaca and his troops, only a military title given to honour his victory at Verdesburg and confirm him in his role of leader and figurehead of the Republican (now Imperilano) camp.

What is sure is that, despite what the Juntistas and Republicans said, Soronaca didn't proclaim himself Imperilan, but was proclaimed by his troops.

Some times after the Republican camp was created, Kawaii transformed the Junta into a Kingdom, and, ironically seeing what he reproached the Imperilan for, proclaimed himself King.

The Battle of Arak-Kapharat
Soronaca's forces planned to attack the town of Arak-Kapharat, South-East of their base in Verdesburg, in order to take full control of the desert of Ragdon. They were accompanied by foreign volunteers as well as Catanian forces, led by king Rodnim Reach himself. Juntistas forces prepared a strong force to counter the Imperilanos, composed of the majority of the Juntista army, and a significant number of Arktanian soldiers. Even though it would in the end be less important than the battle of Verdesburg, this battle involved more soldiers than the previous one.

The Imperilanos forces circumvented the city of Arak to attack unexpectedly from the North East, though, they were eventually spotted before the first clashes of the battle, nullifying the advantage of their effect of surprise. The defenders held their positions pretty well, inflicting significant losses to Soronaca and Rodnim's forces, which eventually retreated.

Unsigned truce
The following days were more calm. All three sides did some diplomacy, prepared for other fights, but no fighting actually happened in this period. The Republicans, probably fearing to have to fight on two sides, signed a truce with Soronaca, who accepted even though he despised them, because they were in his opinion not his enemies, but rather potential allies misguided by misconceptions about his new title. Soronaca even called for every Republican to join him in every public address he made, angering some Republican leaders.

"However, the leaders of these "Republican" Forces proposed to do a truce with me until Kawaii is defeated. I wish to underline their courage, coming almost alone in enemy territory, where they could have been killed at anytime. As I do not wish to harm those people, who fight for the same cause than me, but are just blinded by the way they see me, I accepted. I hope it will, eventually, lead them to rejoin my Army fully to fight for the only opposition leader who really stands a chance against the dictatorship."

- Soronaca Aulian, in a public letter addressed to his citizens and to the Republicans

The Republicans held elections, naming SSiTon president. Though considered illegitimate by both the Monarchists and the Imperilanos, he became the main figurehead of the Republicans, and their main spokesperson during the talks with Soronaca. Those talks, which continued after the truce, led the Republican and Imperilano camps to merge again, as the Imperilan wanted. The agreement was that while at war, Soronaca would be the sole leader of the Republican and Imperilanos forces, and when the war would be over, him and SSiTon would form a temporary government, with the goal of making a new Constitution for Amarillo. This event caused a lot of excitement among Imperilano-Republican Forces, and boosted their morale a lot.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Verdesburg had declared support to the Junta, mostly because of their Mohadi culture, and was placed under house arrest by the Imperilanos. This caused some Verdesburgis to go underground and make sabotage operations against the Republicans.

Battle preparations and forces involved
Now that their forces were united, the Republicans wanted to try to take the capital, Puerto Amarillo. They prepared for battle. The highest officers took several days to come up with a proper plan of operation, while the soldiers got prepared, training and receiving the adequate equipment. Imperilano scouts even built hidden tunnels to go in the city without being seen. The Imperilanos could rely on most of their army and their fleet, along with some international volunteers and part of the Catanian army.

The Juntista side, thanks to its spies and to the Verdesburgi resistants, quickly learnt about the incoming attack. Though, they never knew exactly when it was to be launched. They prepared, and mustered their troops, but not with the same effectiveness than their foes. No Arktanian soldiers was even present in the capital during the battle, and the royalist troops weren't ready yet.

The Battle of Puerto Amarillo
On the decisive day, the Imperilanos gathered mostly in Etruia. In the other towns were left only the strict minimum amount of soldiers necessary to impose order. Even troops stations in places where they didn't have a safe terrestrial path managed to arrive there without trouble thanks to the Republican's immense naval superiority, which allowed them to be transported by boat. Some boats though didn't stop or stay in Etruia, but brought soldiers to the Drakaen sea, to attack the port of Puerto Amarillo while the land troops were storming the walls.

When they arrived at Puerto Amarillo, they caught the Juntistas off-guard, as they didn't expect to be attacked that soon, nor from the North Eastern part of the city. Some Republican soldiers, led by Soronaca himself, entered in the city through the tunnels dug during the preparations, that had miraculously not been discovered by the Monarchists, and opened the gates of Puerto Amarillo from the interior. At the same time, the fleet soldiers disembarked in the port, where they met no serious resistance.

The fact that the Juntistas couldn't rely on the external defenses of the city, combined with their surprise and their disorganisation, led to a complete disaster for their forces. First, the port and the Pantera district fell into the hands of the Republicans. The entire eastern half of the city quickly followed, as royalist troops retreated into the western half, in an attempt to reorganise themselves quickly. Fights were more intense and lasted longer for the western half of the city, but the Royalists couldn't catch up and were eventually defeated, suffering enormous casualties, and inflicting very low casualties to the Imperilanos. Most of the Royalist leaders present at the battle were killed or captured, with the notable exception of Toast. The King was captured too, and instantly put in jail.

The Royalists who managed to escape went in the desert, to the mohadis cities, which became their last bastion until the end of the conflict.