War for Driftmas

In 340ai, Banor, led by Archbishop Usla Mosofhicarn, waged an invasion of Kryia, across the narrow Algid Ocean, to claim Morozz's holiday, Driftmas, for Numiel: the War for Driftmas.
Though Banorite forces had to cross Dovyelan land to reach Ilya's territory, the Dovyelan High Chief, Angelika II Ferinix'gul "the Tracer", ordered Dovyelo's traditional method of territory defense -- vanishing into the forest and waiting for the aggressor to get bored and wander away -- which permitted Banor's armies to reach the Ilyan border and every important holy site of Morozz in Dovyelo.
At the time, the defending Ilya, ruled by the Senate, had no unitary executive, so the High Priesthood of Morozz was left to rally the defense of Ilya. The High Priests at the time included the brothers Naiisiio and Najso Zerciv, Smicula Zderzanyja, and Nusemela Zhvikova "the Flag-Blower".
The Zerciv brothers initially offered appeasement and concessions to Banor, gifts which were accepted by the Numielites, but which did not slow the advance of the Banorite armies, for reasons historians in future centuries would ascribe to miscommunications because of language differences.
In an unprecedented move, the embodiments of Driftmas, Babushka Barranca "Glyph-Feet", Onkel Bacadee "Knife-Tusks" Romptrull, and the six Argles Get, personally came from the Driftmas Demiplane to defend Kryia. Unfortunately for them, Archbishop Usla struck them each down in battle and claimed their power for herself.
Banor laid claim to all the Morozzite holy sites in Kryia, including what had been the most important holy site pertaining to Driftmas, Temple Zamet, in Dovyelo, near the icy coast. They built a permanent fortress around the temple, crewed it with constructs, installed a new altar of Androsian goldstone, and thereby kept a small permanent colony in Kryia.
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