Lore Summary

This article serves as a summarized version of the overall lore of Kodiak. As such, it will not be including many details that not relevant to Kodiak (i.e events outside of Kodiak) and will focus entirely on the major events occurring on the island. 
=== Kodiak Prior to Invasion (1867-1987) ===
Kodiak prior to the events of the Great War of 1987 was a center for commercial fishing, making up the primary export of the community. In addition, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced many new species to Kodiak in order to facilitate the creation of wildlife reserves and game hunting. The outbreak of World War Two caused a boost in infrastructure to the island as fears of Japanese invasion reached America. The government sought to turn the town into a fortress, and thus created further roads, the Kodiak airport and Fort Abercrombie. These infrastructural developments greatly assisted in the boosting of Kodiak's economy, causing the population to increase. When Alaska became a state in 1959 Kodiak received further benefits, including government assistance in housing, transportation and education. Kodiak's economy was rising amidst these benefits and the local community flourished. There was a brief disruption to the growth during the 1964 Alaska earthquake, permanently altering the geography of Kodiak.
=== The Great War of 1987 ===
Beginning in May of 1986, the Soviet Union made many aggressive moves including invasions of Turkey, Germany as well as Italy and Austria. Hungary and Romania join in the fight, invading Yugoslavia, as a result NATO mobilizes to fight the threat. However revolutions in Bulgaria, Romania and a decree by Poland cause a breakdown in the Eastern Bloc, resulting in a Soviet withdrawal as the new year of 1987 dawned. As they fallback the Soviets warn NATO to not provoke the Eastern Bloc, amidst revolts by Hungary, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
In late January of 1987 the Soviets invade Syria, establishing the Socialist Arab Republic in Damascus. Seeing retaliation from NATO as inevitable, the Soviets launch an invasion of Alaska in February of 1987. A Spetznaz invasion of Kodiak was followed by the Battle of Old Harbor and the subsequent Battle of Kodiak, resulting in total Soviet occupation of the island of Kodiak. From Kodiak, Spetznaz teams invade the rest of Kodiak, taking Anchorage on the 7th of March. As the world descends into nuclear war, the Soviets transport chemical weapons to Kodiak. Beginning on the 9th of March, nuclear weapons are fired against several locations, starting with Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Ankara and Cairo, resulting in American retaliation in the form of nuclear strikes on Moscow, Leningrad, Vladivostok and Kiev. After this the remaining nuclear arsenals are released onto remaining NATO countries and then onto the Soviet Union. China invades Japan, Korea and Taiwan, resulting in nuclear strikes on China. 
On the 27th of March 1987, foreign minister of the Soviet Union Andrei Gromyko surrenders to the United States. Unaware of the surrender, Soviet nuclear submarines release their nuclear arsenals onto major American cities, causing a near complete collapse of America. NATO and Eastern Bloc governments collapse amidst the destruction, as well as the Chinese government facing mass revolts. In April of 1987 EO, developed in 1963, contacts military remnants in San Francisco and gains control of San Francisco. 
=== The Kodiak Uprising (1987-1995) ===
As early as January 20th 1987, civilian groups formed in opposition to the Soviet occupation, declaring their intent to rid the island of the Soviet occupiers. However it would not be until March that actual armed resistance began. Various civilian militias would band together under the organization known as the Kodiak Citizen's Resistance or KCR. The KCR's militia groups would wage a guerrilla war against the Soviets, however as they gained power they would shift from irregular warfare to open engagements in an attempt to drive the Soviets from the island. During this period the militia leaders Chuck Temple who would go onto found the Church of Yelloman as well as Stephen Lukes who would go onto found Only the Hated would make a name for themselves. 
In 1994 the massive Battle of Pillar Creek would occur between various KCR militia groups under the overall command of Chuck Temple and two Soviet companies. The battle was a nail in the coffin for the Soviet occupation force, who had been continuing to defend the holdings in Kodiak unaware of the surrender of the Soviet Union. After this battle the militia leader Chuck Temple, a former priest, would radicalize and claim to the leader of a new religious movement known as 'Yelloism.' Temple accumulated followers and from 1994-1995 would attempt to consolidate territory that would be under his direct control.
The result of Chuck Temple's radicalization would come to a head in Spring 1995 as he came into conflict with militia groups less inclined to join him. In May of 1995 the Fluke Creek Bus Massacre would occur, seeing Temple and his followers massacre a bus full of refugees as well as their militia escort. A survivor of the attack was Stephen Lukes, who in response founded the militia group Only the Hated in the town of Anton, a force made up of militias who opposed Chuck Temple's attempts to gain total control. In response to the Fluke Creek Bus Massacre, Chuck Temple formally declared the foundation of the Church of Yelloman, based in the Monaska Mountains North of Kodiak City. These two opposing factions would spend the rest of 1995 building up their forces, as well as continuing combat against the Soviet occupiers. The Soviet occupiers, realizing that communication with Moscow had been lost and responding to rumors about the collapse of nearly every government, would rally under leader Anton Vardayn and establish the Kodiak Oblast from the former Soviet holdings. 
=== The Kodiak Civil War (1996-2007) ===
Almost immediately following the conclusion of the Kodiak Uprising with the conversion of the Soviet Occupation Zone to the Kodiak Oblast, the Kodiak Civil War began between the Church of Yelloman and Only the Hated. The Church of Yelloman had territory spanning from Southwest Kodiak to the East Kodiak peninsula, as well as their primary holdings in the Monaska Mountains. Only the Hated and the Kodiak Oblast signed an agreement for military collaboration in the effort to destroy the Church of Yelloman, and would combine forces to force the Church of Yelloman back to the Monaska Mountains.
Beginning with the Battle of Anton, the Church of Yelloman was pushed from their Western Kodiak territories, as a result cutting off their Southwestern holdings, resulting in the Southwest Pocket Siege. The Southwest Pocket would hold out against Only the Hated and Kodiak Oblast forces until 1997 when it finally collapsed due to starvation and lack of ammunition. Meanwhile the Kodiak Oblast would engage the Church of Yelloman in the First Battle of Borough, resulting in a Church of Yelloman victory. The Kodiak Oblast would strike back in the Second Battle of Borough, succeeding in pushing Church forces from the area, and as a result cutting of Church forces on the East Kodiak peninsula.
The East Kodiak Disaster saw a small Church of Yelloman garrison brutally resist a prolonged siege by Kodiak Oblast forces, lasting into 1998 when East Kodiak finally collapsed under the weight of the Kodiak Oblast forces. After the end of the brutal struggle for East Kodiak, the Kodiak Oblast would further push the Church of Yelloman from the Borough area North towards the Monaska Mountains. Only the Hated would undertake a similar effort as well, pushing Church forces from West Kodiak to the Monaska Mountains. The two factions had at that point decided it be more beneficial to completely remove the Church of Yelloman from Kodiak rather than just contain them to the mountains. As a result, the Church forces retreating to the Monaska Mountains were pursued by Only the Hated and Kodiak Oblast forces. At the Battle of Bear Creek in April of 1998, Church forces launched a minimal counter attack against Only the Hated resulting in a breakdown of their advance, giving the Church forces a week respite to regroup in the Monaska Mountains. 
The final stage of the Kodiak Civil War is what is known as the Monaska Expedition, a campaign by Only the Hated and Kodiak Oblast forces to enter the Monaska Mountains and eliminate the Church of Yelloman entirely. The Monaska Expedition would last from 1998 until 2007. Beginning with the Battle of Pillar Point, Church of Yelloman forces were at an obvious disadvantage and had little chance to hold onto the mountains. However at the Battle of Fort Fides and the later Battle of Eastern Reach, Church forces managed to halt the combined forces from their advance into the mountains, resulting in an uneasy deadlock on the front. Further Church defeats in combat like the failed advance on Pillar Point would create much discontent in the Church, especially among the up and coming Robert Collins, who in April of 1999 would declare himself to be Prophet Robert Collins and begin the April Coup which deposed former leader Chuck Temple and saw Robert Collins gain complete control over the Church of Yelloman. As soon as Collins took power the war shifted to a guerrilla war by the Church of Yelloman against the allied OTH and Oblast forces. For years the guerrilla war would continue, causing mounting casualties among Only the Hated and the Kodiak Oblast and leading to increased hatred and exhaustion over the continuing combat. Larger engagements such as the Battle of Van Dyke Pass and the Battle of Virginia Creek would see the Church of Yelloman strongly oppose coalition attempts to enter the interior of the Monaska Mountains. 
In January of 2007 the United Commonwealth under 'The General' would make contact in Kodiak with a brief engagement between Commonwealth troops and Kodiak Oblast troops on Near Island, resulting in the Commonwealth landing near Death Road and bombarding Near Island. Seeing the arrival of the United Commonwealth, Prophet Robert Collins reached out to The General to propose an agreement for their mutual benefit. Robert Collins under heavy guard would travel to White Sands Beach to meet with The General. From this meeting the White Sands Beach Agreement was signed, promising mutual support between the Church of Yelloman and the United Commonwealth, promising the United Commonwealth territory in Southern Kodiak and the Church of Yelloman material support in the war. After this agreement, the South Kodiak Incident between troops of the United Commonwealth and alleged militiamen from Only the Hated, the United Commonwealth would declare retaliation against Only the Hated, leading to the Battle of Gibson Cove. After the Battle of Gibson Cove, the Kodiak Oblast would lose the will to continue efforts against the Church of Yelloman.
In February of 2007 Robert Collins was approached by Anton Vardayn to reach an agreement that would end the hostilities between the Church of Yelloman and the Kodiak Oblast. After a few days of negotiation the Collins-Vardayn Pact was signed, promising an end of hostilities between the Church of Yelloman and the Kodiak Oblast, safeguarding the retreat of the Kodiak Oblast as well as the return of the previously lost Sazanov Company. Seeing the withdrawal of the Kodiak Oblast, it became clear to many in Only the Hated that further efforts against the Church of Yelloman would be pointless, especially given the new threat in the South of the United Commonwealth. Stephen Lukes refused to consider negotiation with the Church of Yelloman and insisted that hostilities continue, leading his right hand man Johan Basel and a few other officials from Only the Hated to reach out to Robert Collins for negotiations. Johan Basel and his delegates would succeed in creating a ceasefire on the frontlines for the delegation to travel to Fort Fides, where an agreement would be signed. Meeting with Robert Collins and his inner circle, over the course of a few days the Agreement of Fort Fides would be signed, seeing an immediate end to continued combat between the Church of Yelloman and Only the Hated. The Agreement of Fort Fides would come into effect on the 13th of March, marking the end of the Kodiak Civil War.
=== Arrival of the United Commonwealth (2007-2014) ===
The arrival of the United Commonwealth coincides with the end of the Kodiak Civil War, and was the greatest factor for the end of the civil war. Beginning in January of 2007, rangers from the Commonwealth would began exploration of Kodiak. First contact was reached on Near Island, where a firefight between the Commonwealth rangers and Kodiak Oblast troops would lead to further hostilities between the two factions. Following the realization that there was resistance from Kodiak, The General made the decision to sign an agreement between the United Commonwealth and the Church of Yelloman which at the time was in a long standing war with both the Kodiak Oblast and another faction, Only the Hated. The White Sands Beach Agreement would see the Church of Yelloman and United Commonwealth pledge mutual support, and importantly give the United Commonwealth a free hand in South Kodiak. The staged South Kodiak Incident which saw Yelloman saboteurs disguised as militiamen from Only the Hated engage United Commonwealth troops before retreating into the wilderness. The incident was used as justification by the United Commonwealth for retaliation against Only the Hated, leading to the Battle of Gibson Cove which facilitated the breakup between Only the Hated and the Kodiak Oblast. 
After the end of the Kodiak Civil War, the United Commonwealth would embark on further efforts to gain territory in Kodiak, gaining Near Island as well as later the Kodiak Airport. Further combat between the United Commonwealth and the Kodiak Oblast would occur, but nowhere near the scale of combat during the Kodiak Civil War. The United Commonwealth's efforts to expand in Kodiak would however be impeded by the arrival of EO in 2014. 
=== Arrival of EO (2014-Present) ===
In 2014 the forces of EO would arrive in Kodiak, inspired by the discovery of an operation radio communicate base in Kodiak in 2009. From that point forward, EO made preparations for a naval force to invade Kodiak, which would conclude in 2014 with the restoration of 5 warships and the raising of an invasion force known as E9. 
At the battle of Kodiak Station in 2014, E9 engaged United Commonwealth forces occupying Kodiak Station and succeeded in obtaining the US Coast Guard Base, and making contact with the Valdez communication bunker. A war between EO and the United Commonwealth would be sparked by this, but combat would be limited to engagements between E9 and the United Commonwealth forces in Kodiak. The Valdez Communication Bunker and the US Coast Guard Base would become EO's footholds in Kodiak, from which further operations would be carried out.
E9 made contact with other factions inside Kodiak, including Only the Hated who assisted them in the Battle of Kodiak Station and the Church of Yelloman. E9 forces attempting to secure a radio tower in the Monaska Mountains were engaged by forces from the Church of Yelloman, who despite being driven off made E9 wary of further expeditions to the Monaska Mountains. E9 would encounter the Kodiak Oblast when troops of the Oblast had a stand off with an E9 scavenging party, however the tension would subside and result in a treaty creating free trade between them. With Only the Hated, E9 would sign the Free Paradisus Accord, guaranteeing military cooperation between EO and Only the Hated.
=== Present ===