Erve Tola

The Erli Tola was a Religious Crusade in the Korlenten Sarinzerilin in Abexilas fought between the Volorastrean Church and The Kerdiz and the warriors of Aestadia. Conflict brewed upon the Ornvanor, a ceremony where Arvia appeared and ended the Tolen drought, bringing back the ability for Tolen farmers to feed themselves and the Regency as a whole. In The Great Valley of Tola, people worshipped the Aestadia faith and refused to take on the Volorastrean religion, leading Astilor Bela to launch an invasion with Veidrar's approval where they raided a ceremony and killed a priest, resulting in Aestadia launching a counter invasion.
== Prelude ==
Sarinzerilin was formed after the Simulami Empire's original holdings in Rathnir and Eldham were destroyed, most people were against all religions as the idea that the Soleannen, Ni'Us and Stormgovan gods all abandoned them upon their world's destruction was common. That was until Maestro Veidrar discovered several abandoned temples and cities underneath the land they had settled on, sparking an interest in understanding their writing. Through this, The Book of Volor was discovered, and upon the Ornvanor the religion was renewed. The Vanor Arvia appeared to the people and showed her powers by lifting the drought which had cursed Tola for two decades.
The faith spread through all land within the Korlenten and Astilor Bela followed in his father's footsteps, quickly taking on the position of Kerdiz Vezir, the leader of the Erli Kerdiz Order, a group of holy warriors who fought to protect the faith. After touring through the Tolen landscape and being disgusted that people still worshipped old gods despite being directly affected by Arvia's grace, Bela grew a desire to take the land for himself and convert people to the Volori faith through conquest.
Bela travelled to Varrenvar where he met with Greva Korlent Maestro Veidrar, the Tolperlyn at the time. He explained the situation and requested that he may intervene in Tola to get rid of the heretics. Reluctantly, Veidrar agreed knowing that the chance of victory was almost certain in this.
== Break of War ==
Istvan and a group of 15 dedicated individuals marched all the way from Schmaktol to The Great Valley, where the heretics of Aestadia would be worshipping in a garden. His army ambushed the priest and demanded that they convert to Volorastrean on the spot, which they declined.
The priest in question, [NAME PLACEHOLDER] refused this ultimatum, even at the edge of a sword. The Kerdiz did not hesitate to kill him in front of all the Astadia followers to prove that they were serious about these demands. Some of the Great Valley citizens picked up swords and fought back against the Kerdiz, but due to their superior gear and experience, they were quickly chopped down by Bela's army. A total of 20 Astedia worshippers were killed at this massacre.
Following the massacre, The Kerdiz retreated to an old fort on a hill and occupied it for themselves, this fortress would be renamed to "Ilkerdiz" in the following years to remember the battle. They added new defences and a garden along with a system of defence where soldiers would take shifts to overlook the battlefield for potential counter attacks. More and More soldiers flocked to the Ilkerdiz in a promise to serve the Volorastrean Church, within a week their numbers grew to 300.
A letter arrived at the Ilkerdiz that was messy and clearly written in a hurry as ink was spilled on the paper. It was the transcript of a speech made by [NAME PLACEHOLDER], the leader of Tolipia and high member of the Astedia church."The corrupted servants of Eralitor dared to desecrate our sacred rally, spilling the blood of our priest and innocent people in cold, merciless cruelty. This atrocity cannot and shall not be forgiven. Pherophenos, in all his divine glory, shall lend us his strength as we rise to strike back against these vile offenders. With the full might of our angels, we shall stand united once more to drive out the foreign invaders who seek to shatter our spirit. We have done it before, and we shall do it again! Justice will be served, and their crimes will be repaid in kind!"