Reconquest

The Reconquest of the Empire of Trynser (1283-1301) was the name given to the struggle by the kingdoms of Karninia and Kasteban and Trynsern rebels from conquered lands against the Sanassian Empire, which had conquered much of the territory and caused the demise of the First Empire of Trynser. The struggled led to the victorious Trynsern army commander Duke Reginald Galderon to be declared first Emperor of the Second Empire of Trynser in 1297.
== Background ==
In the 9th and early 10th centuries, the Sanassian Empire had conquered much of southern Tressindilvia and would soon impact the territory of the First Empire. In the meantime, the Dominions of the First Empire endured the ruinous War of the Kings, a terrible civil war among the kingdoms of the Empire which effectively wrecked any Imperial authority and left it divided and vulnerable. Kingdoms were still at war when the Sanassians crossed the border with Ardegon (an Imperial land in those times) in 921. Few rulers saw the need to aid their neighbors, and many Imperial lands were picked off one-by-one. Finally Trynser City, and whatever vestige was left of the First Empire, fell in 956. It wasn't until 987 when the few surviving territories of the Empire saw the sense in working together and stopping the Sanassians at the Battle of Arfella.
At this time, Garrus, Landagar, Askordia, Suledaria and all of the Trynsern Peninsula (aside from Syran Vale) were completely conquered, and the Sanassians had reached deep into Casterria, Manebia, Kasteban, and Karninia. The vigor of the Sanassian invasion spent, the realms fell into a stalemate. The three kingdoms resumed skirmishing with one another and other minor Dominions that rose and fell in the interim. 
In the early 12th century, a vigorous new ruler started gearing his Sanassian armies up for a new offensive. However, the remaining kingdoms of Casterria, Karninia, Kasteban and Manebia signed the mutual assistance Treaty of Paladast in 1134 to deter Sanassian aggression. It worked for a while. However, in 1195 Sanassia invaded Manebia. By secret agreement, Karninian King Jirgen voided his kingdom's involvement, allowing Sanassia to finish their conquest of Manebia in 1198. In 1203 shamed knight Sir Johann Galderon deliberately struck King Jirgen's head off in a joust. This led to succession wars in Karninia that lasted until 1228. The Sanassians took advantage of the chaos to sack Paladast in 1221. 
== The Conflict ==
In the third quarter of the 13th century, the Sanassian emperor Malazabor started drafting his Trynsern thralls for another Seular War, where they threw thousands of people at the then demon-infested Seular Island in an effort to cleanse it, an effort that always ended with the Trynsern invaders massacred. Unwilling to be marched into certain death, the drafted troops started to mutiny in 1283. Several cities were taken over by the rebellious troops. Predictably, Malazabor sent his troops to crush them. Sensing the opportunity, Duke Reginald Galderon sent his troops (without even notifying his king Cedric Anador of Karninia) south to meet the Sanassian forces, and crushed them at the Battle of Caprezia. The kingdom of Kasteban quickly launched an attack to clear their own territory of Sanassian invaders.
In early 1285, the kings of Karninia and Kasteban and the rulers of liberated territories signed a declaration that they were fighting to renew the Empire of Trynser, with Duke Reginald Galderon the military leader. The Reconquest was a long, brutal war marked by years of entrenched stalemates and months of intense campaigning. Finally, in 1297, rebellious riots rocked Trynser City and Duke Galderon swept down from the Habertius River and smashed through the western side of the city. The pitched Battle of Trynser City (1297) caused immense destruction and appalling casualties on soldier and civilian alike, but led to capture and execution of Malzabor and the liberation of the entire city. In the meantime, Casterria on the southern continent of Dantenna struck out to the east and fought to liberate Suledaria and Askordia. Sanassian resistance crumbled bit-by-bit and the Trynsern armies reconquered all First Empire lands that were lost, aside from Ardegon, which was a later battle. In 1298, Duke Reginald Galderon was crowned Emperor Reginald, the first of the First Galderon Dynasty.
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