The Noxist Crusades

The Noxist Crusades were a series of minor conflicts occurring mainly on the Helmian subcontinent of Rathnir. Championed by followers of the Noxist religion, these Crusades aimed to dethrone or displace the ruling powers in the ancient home of the Noxists. 
== History and Crusades ==
=== The First Noxist Crusade (92 TE) ===
The first Noxist Crusade was called for by a descendent of the ancient Fievleii dynasty, who once ruled Noxnorr (darkoblade_t2). Motives for the crusade lay in Daelyrian dominance over Helmia under the nation-state Varandoy-Aesteryia (Later Mithra). Noxism by the year 92 TE had been reduced to a relative minority in Helmia, with the sole exclusion of the city of Sovdal. Noxist refugees in Yimmu Audal led by darkoblade_t2 were the main driving force behind this crusade after darkoblade_t2 received a vision from the Dyvrechi. This vision promised the return of Noxist rule to Helmia and a new Noxist state. Darkoblade_t2 was later reborn as a man named Aulvraeld, claiming to have demigod-like status."I received a vision, a message from above while i was a sleep, in that message the great Dyvrechi promised a return of a king, an heir to the throne, a king of silver and gold. Reborn as Dyvrech, as the second son and he will conquer the ancient Noxist lands. i received orders on where and how to bring him back. All Noxists and volunteers come, join me in [x780 z-1030]. under a new banner we will crusade north to Helmia! we will kill any heretic and any who chose not to convert and a new Noxist Gildrich will be formed under the name of Aulvraeld! join me brothers and sisters for our homeland awaits!"
-AulvraeldFollowing assurances from Tortugan Pirates and various international mercenaries, Aulvraeld set north with several hundred Noxist refugees in full war gear. Landing in Southern Helmia in early 93 TE, the Noxist crusaders were quickly overwhelmed by a much larger Aesteryian army, never receiving the support that was pledged to them from foreign powers.
The battle concluded with the execution of the Noxist agitators, including Aulvraeld. Their heads were impaled on spikes and later further defaced during the Noxist Genocide.
The First Crusade was a catastrophic failure for Noxists everywhere and it quickly turned a relatively indifferent Daelyrian monarchy against the nation's large Noxist minority. Autonomous rights granted to the city of Sovdal were revoked shortly after the Crusade. Loreth Gilroch, the Noxist Mayor of Sovdal was found guilty of conspiring with the crusaders and revoked of his titles. This paved the way for the city to be handed over to Lightfish, a self-proclaimed prophet of the Domusist Church. He enacted a great genocide against the Noxist people, destroying artifacts, executing or forcefully converting citizens, exiling Noxists, destroying the Aftonsal and other Noxist temples, and creating a ghetto in Sovdal where Noxists were placed.
==== Planned Second Crusade (99 TE) ====
In light of the First Crusade and it's failures, and of the Noxist genocide, Noxist noble houses began talks with the Neubaykonian monarchy in order to orchestrate a second crusade. These talks began in the year 99 TE and lasted for some several months. The plan relied on military support from the Eldhamite superpower, Zamotz. Upon success, the crusade would entail the division of Helmia upon North-South lines, with Noxist and Baykonian states being set up both in the north and south under Zamotz vassalage. The plan failed when information got leaked to Daelyrian officials who opted to negotiate, instead placing the Kingdom of Mithra under Zamotz Vassalage.
=== The Second Noxist Crusade (314 TE) ===
In the aftermath of the Northern Collective Wars, there were several repeated measures made by Luelwyn Gilroch, Gildrichvraeld of Noxvyvras and Empress of the Northern Crowns, to wage a religious war against Daelyria-Synderia. Daelyria-Synderia was created following the first instances of collapse regarding the Northern Crowns, specifically with the independence of Credia. In retaliation mainly for what Noxvyvras viewed as war-dodging, Luelwyn Gilroch drafted an essay with dozens of theses explaining why Noxvyvras and the Noxist people at large should wage one final war against the faux Helmians.
One drawback of this Crusade is that it was not endorsed by Noxvraeld Noja. This did not dissuade it from carrying on. The city of Silverhill (formerly Cliffton Castle) was recently inherited by Luelwyn Gilroch as part of a subdivision set up in Daelyria-Synderia called Nox-Helmdel of which Luelwyn was made Queen. These territories were declared to be in support of the crusade, though they remained de facto Daelyrian due to the relatively nonexistent population as a result of the impending doom of the Comet.
As the days grew shorter in the final years of Rathnir, a small fleet carrying a few hundred veterans of the Northern Collective Wars set out from the recently fortified city of Vrod Lor. All was going well, the fleet even successfully made it through Silver Citadel's narrow canal network. Tragedy struck when the whole Helmian Sea was plunged into chaos and gale-force winds through a rather large storm. This storm unfortunately blew the majority of the small fleet into the shallower parts of the narrow channel between Cliffton and the island of Jardine. What ships were not wrecked were forced to turn around back to Noxvyvras, never having the chance to land in Sovdal. 
In the time that the fleet was gone, Owydd Aurnynbern, the new Capital of the Northern Crowns and Noxvyvras, had been ransacked in a bandit raid which overwhelmed the remaining garrison. The Second Noxist Crusade was over all another massive logistical failure in light of things.
== The Crusades in regard to Noxist Theology ==
Noxist theological teachings have for most of Noxist history been indifferent or neutral to the idea of crusade. It was only following Aulvraeld's vision in 92 TE before the idea of a religious war was really placed in the minds of the Noxist people. Noxism continued to allow crusading for several more centuries before the founding of the Dariien Noxist Dyvrechsal which forbid crusades or other religious wars.
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