Nieseatian War: Difference between revisions

The seeds of the Nieseatian War were sown months ago, with Nieseatian Annexation of Gaia. This precipitated the beginning of Archon [[Macadier Maldore]]’s push to occupy all of [[Orlan]]. Many events took place before the annexation proper as Nieseatian officials floated the idea to Duchess Floria Aster, who ruled Gaia at the time.

[[File:Erendellen Ball.png|thumb|Folkmod Erendellen's Masquerade Ball|350px]]

Nieseat first contacted Duchess Floria during [[Folkmod Erendellen]]’s masquerade ball in the middle of December. Captain [[Drace Latimeer]], leader of the [[Ordenza]], sowed the seeds of Gaian rebellion in Floria’s mind, encouraging her to throw Gaia’s lot in with Nieseat. What words exactly were spoken is unknown, but Latimeer’s persuasion worked - Gaia would ally with the Nieseatians. This much was clear during a post-ball Council of the Bay, wherein the Gaians wore the distinctive blacks and yellows of Nieseat’s flag, encouraged by Duchess Floria. Drace and Floria’s machinations of a Nieseatian Gaia were unknown to the population of Gaia as a whole. They followed their leader, as they’d done for a decade prior, but they did not know what was to come.

January 7th, 911  was the beginning of the end of Season Three. A special parliament was hosted, in honor of the then Lord Mayor, [[Ulysses Mountbatten]]’s 911th birthday. This particular session went mainly without any trouble, with plenty of fun bills and bits presented. As the end neared, Archon Macadier Maldore - who had previously not been in attendance, entered the Parliamentary Chambers. With some previous knowledge that the Archon was planning something, tensions began to rise.

With whispers and talk moving through the various groups, the Archon began to speak, claiming that there was so much wrong with the world, yet not enough time. As those present began to prepare, the Archon continued, “As of this moment, I am declaring the State of [[Stone Bay]] dissolved,” and with that, many people stood, and the panic of many seemed to bubble to the surface.

At this point, much of the Parliamentary Chamber had emptied or gone invisible - leaving the armoured Nieseatians and the trapped people of Stone Bay. As the Archon took his seat in the Speaker’s chair, he welcomed everyone, invited those who were left to speak with him, and announced Lady Elmes Nord-Nie as the Governor of the Colony of Orlan. He attempted to keep the remaining members of Stone Bay calm, “You have nothing to worry about, your lives will improve.”

And with that, the Occupation of Stone Bay began.

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After the events of January 7th, a month-long occupation of Stone Bay ensued. With the main leadership across the world, the people of the Bay had to step up in secret. Synarch Fafnir Towerlord, Lord Benjamin Lascelles, and Lord Rowan Umber took it upon themselves to begin meeting in secret, as they were those with the highest status and experience left. Though the rest of Stone Bay did not sit idly by and began to “play the game”, integrating themselves into the rest of Nieseat- planning to turn it inside out.

Upon the return of the three leaders, the people of Kara began to get to work. A siege on the Ehrtfort was planned during an emergency session of Parliament that night.

While The Siege of the Ehrtfort was planned quickly, it was done in extensive detail - even using information gathered from defectors from Nieseat.

After mustering, the people of Kara marched north, towards Fort Latimeer. The road there was long and dangerous, with many bandits and monsters alike. The trek was long, but the people of Kara remained resilient regardless.

A half-hour passed before the second half of the siege ensued. The allied forces of Kara had gained more soldiers and backup during the stalemate, and the Nieseatian forces took the chance to recover the loss. The Karans began to push forward more, heading even more north, towards the Ehrtfort and through the colony surrounding it. With Metinos now unleashed, this march was much more dangerous. Now the allied forces faced contracted bandits, the Ordenza, Metinos, and now the hundreds of undead that the necromancer had raised. Despite the increased danger, the people of Kara pushed forward - remaining resilient.

The rest of the night went without progress on either side, a stalemate where the end would not be fully known.

— Ulysses Mountbatten, ''Declaration of War - Macadier Maldore''

The next day a House of Lords was called by King Sillas Deepcreek, for the people of Kara to come together and discuss the plans for the upcoming fights later in the day.

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[[File:Battle in the Battery.png|thumb|Archon Macadier Maldore, pre-battle|350px]]

The Battle in the Battery was the final conflict in the Nieseatian War, happening concurrently and ending shortly after Metinos’ Final Stand. It was here that Archon Macadier Maldore and his Nieseatian loyalists made their defense against Kara’s ten warriors chosen to defeat the Archon by any means necessary.

Standing in halls of deepslate, massive pillars flanking his sides, was Macadier Maldore. Behind him were his final loyalists. Macadier asked each member of the ten to identify themselves and offered to parlay. With fervour, the ten refused, and the Battle in the Battery officially commenced.

After several minutes of fighting, the various artifacts brought by the ten wore down Macadier’s defensive wards and left him vulnerable to physical harm. Upon noticing that he was cut and bleeding, the Archon rested against a wall, surrounded by the ten. The battle ended then, as Nieseatian resistance was little to none. Macadier’s final words were - “Kill me or don’t.” After which, he was killed by Danika Lockhorn, one of the ten.

Many Nieseatian defectors, such as Hixan Firwen and Danika Lockhorn, went on to live successful and or peaceful lives as residents of the Kingdom of Stone Bay. The Arcane Battery was locked away and eventually lost when [[Felanah]] sunk into the seas surrounding Orlan.

* Metinos' Final Stand is, at the moment, incomplete, but these are notable events that happened during the battle

** Arthur Justice was killed by a power word uttered by Metinos

** Haitch Nikolov, a future Warlock of Rot, was the individual who killed Metinos

** Metinos' soul was trapped in a crystal and is kept in captivity