Second Battle of Vermilion

The Second Battle of Vermilion was the third battle in the Morladron-Sylvania War.

Morladron had perhaps grown too cocky by the third battle and a slurry of bad press led to the termination of destruction of a lot of positive international relations (primarily with Scylding, Vanshire and Helsia). Morladron hired the Brotherhood of Ulfaeng to aid in their offense of Vermillion and aimed to seize the town entirely; meanwhile, Sylvania invested in the Aragotha mercenary company alongside gaining the support of the Eldham Alliance to defend them.The battle was another devastating defeat for Morladron. The Morladron Air Force once again proved themselves by obliterating Vermillion's government outpost and exposing the traps laid beneath it, however the disorganisation of the other attacking forces (led by Ulfaeng and Vatiraia) led to a tactical retreat into the desert. Both sides clashed for vast duration of the battle, with General Secretary Lethe of the USSE making a surprise appearance to attack Alsarya. In just the last 10 minutes of the battle, the Sylvanian forces made a giant push towards Alsarya. They were halted at the wall however a small group rotated around to the back wall, infiltrated and occupied the pyramid of Alsarya. With the government building of the town occupied, Morladron forces withdrew as Sylvania moved in to finally occupy it.

The occupation of Alsarya was, surprisingly, not a massive morale blow to Morladron with citizens still wildly supporting the government and decrying Sylvanian actions. Pringles and Alvertex were, once again, invited to Sylvania to negotiate; they met Logui Fielinya Olmero, Aaronx4b (who had been personally responsible for a sizeable part of Sylvania's war effort) and GenSec Lethe in Pompaelo and, though multiple plans were discussed, Morladron's leaders ultimately refused any of the Sylvanian peace agreements. Instead, they enraged the Sylvanians by proposing a joke agreement in which they would pay a total of $3,250,000 in payment of $100,000 every three weeks, which would have meant receiving reparations over the course of 1.875 IRL years. Lethean's presence at the battle and negotiations led to a total breakdown in Morladron-U.S.S.E relations and the end of their long friendship.

Sylvania saw a huge increase in foreign support, morale and supplies after the liberation of Alzaria from Morladron, which had previously taken Alzaria from Nexus and almost faced a proxy conflict with Lunaris, a Sylvanian ally.

The Sylvanian government quickly began reconstruction efforts in the devastated town, and renaming it to "New Collister". However, the name of "Alzaria" (old name of the region) is still used to this day, however, the Morladronian word for the town, "Alsarya", is prohibited in the region.