Wánna war

Belligerents	
Elleadhi
Rúbagh   	Raidhsénia
Timeline 	Start- 6 RFD 	
End-c 15 TFD
Result 	No overall decisive victor 	
Consequences	Rubagh amalgamated into Elleadhi. Wánna corridor split between Raidhsénian and Elleadhi control	
==Background==
The Wánna War was a conflict which broke out in the years just preceding Dhiagal Abhainnia, not long before the time that Ard-Greimne recieved his epiphany from the three angels. The war raged for around a ten year period. It was a very bloody conflict with heavy losses on both sides.
In the pre-Dhiaga Land of the White Horses, A brute of a man, by the name of Ghruough Ghrugarrach, suspected of not being entirely human, seized the throne of Ebéall from his brother by killing him and ordered the elimination his army and of all who opposed him. Encouraged by his lover Céllegead, a strange and paranoid dark haired individual with odd clothes that claimed to come from the west, the pair ran a campaign with a view to conquering as much land as possible and to propagate their own interpretation of the Wánna religion. Their forces killed and slaughtered many tribes, even other Wánna worshippers who refused to pay fealty to Ghrugarrach and the the Elleadhi kingdom. Also, Céllegead specifically vows the genocide of the Raidhsénians, Solastics and Houmites. Furious at these claims, the Raidhsénian government decideds that these threats could not remain unchallenged so is left with no recourse but to declare war on the Elleadhi, which signals the beginning of a long and bloody campaign leaving the Wánna corridor is a violent stalemate that sees the deaths of thousands on both sides.
==Battles==
===Sesélléassanacábaedh===
For six years, the Wánna war had  pretty much been a stalemate, with raids and assassination missions back and forth through the woods. However, following a successful covert Raidhsénian campaign, the Elleadhi fronts are starting to collapse, which makes the Order of Light opt for a massive counter-offensive, especially as 8000 volunteers have arrived. They press west and manage to secure many woodlands, but are locked in a series of front battles with Ghrugarrach's army led by Belúgh. For many months, both armies fight one another to exhaustion.
King Belugh had constructed a huge stone wall at the eastern side of the northern mouth of the Wánna corridor in an attempt to thwart a Raidhsénian invasion of the land of the White Horses. Raidhsénian leaders had given the order for two stone walls with guard towers to be built in response to this but before it could be carried out, Ghrugarrach suddenly appears  with 4800 men inside Raidhsénian territory (having marched over the mountain and lost 1200 men in the process), or at least the newly acquired territory. He defeats the local forces and move on to kill all Eaglais and Solastics in the region, killing 3000 of them by impalement. His army takes the westernmost settlement. The Raidhsénian main army, which is encircled, returns east to battle Ghrugarrach, harassed by Elleadhi forces. They meet Ghrugarrach at the Battle of Sesélléassanacábaedh, which is a large round hill sticking up in the forested landscape. Ghrugarrach's forces took a defensive posture on the hill, aiming to fend off Raidhsénian incursions and wait for Belúgh's forces to come. Thus, Ghrugarrach opted to prevent being encircled and dragging out time.
However, Belúgh's forces were late by rain, and on the thirteenth day of the campaign, Belúgh himself was killed by three elite covert Order of Light operatives, putting his entire army into disarray. Ghrugarrach held out for another nine days, but massive losses demanded him to retreat with the 900 men he had left. Sesélléassanacábaedh was however costly for both sides, with a total of 7000 deaths.
So the Elleadhi retreated, and the Raidhsénians did not pursue them offensively.
===Lúos Léathar===
Raidhsénia's reaction to Enneadh Greatabh manifests during Lúos Léathar. This part of the war is the most brutal, with two armies consisting of 4000 men each scaling westward on the northern and southern edges of the corridor, trapping the Ebéall armies between the two advancing armies. The Ebéall retreat, and Cellégead was nearly captured. Over 3300 Elleadhi were killed in the Battle of Lúos Léathar, with those taken prisoner impaled. Also, a lot of the civilian population is massacred by impalement, to avenge Ghruogh Ghrugarrach's massacres of Raidhsénians. At the ruins of Sérrach, the Order of Light  impales 3688 men, women and children alive, leaving them to bleed.
===Cáthal Cáthalas===
This climactic phase of the war  lasts for fifteen months, and sees to the end of it that all of the Wánna corridor is under Raidhsénian control. However, the Elleadhi initiate a counter-offensive, under the leadership of Belúgh's son, Thengwáin Belúghach. The exhausted and overstretched Raidhsénian armies are swept aside from the north-west and threatened to be cut off. Even though reinforcements arrive, the battle of Cáthal Cáthalas sees the Raidhsénian armies, which are split by a brook, being routed and Cáras Céathan Cáradolan; a government leader and scientist stationed on the frontline is killed after  having his chest pierced by three arrows and falling down the brook, crushing his body against the ground twelve metres below.
==The death of Ghrugarrach, Ascension of King Thengwáín and peace==
Ghrugarrach's party began a expedition to meet the queen of Elábda, to divide the tribal kingdom of Némar between them. However, after eating some rancid meat, the following day he complains of awful stomach pains. He later discovers a large wound and the stench of his own rotting flesh around the hole in his belly, as greenflies had laid their eggs in his food and their maggots had eaten their way through his abdomen. After repeated attempts by his medicinemen to treat him which he violently refuses because of the pain, he dies. Céllegead, overcome by a fit of paranoia, has all of Ghrugarrach's priests executed, accusing them of treason. Very quickly she finds herself without supporters. The death of Ghrugarrach allow's Belugh's son, Thengwain to seize the throne and he quickly amalgamates Rubagh and Elleadhi into one territory. The Elleadhi, as fatigued by the war as the Raidhsénians tire of the war and Thengwain is keen to agree on a peace deal. He does so, which involves gifts of silver, Ghrgii studs and a promise of a military pact in the future. As the war draws to a close, Cellegead, who is not on best terms with Thengwain fears for her life and flees Elleadhi permanently. However the Raidhsénian state, still seeking justice and retribution, send agents to pursue and hunt her.
==Legacy==
The end of the war and death of Ghrugarrach sees a significant thawing of relations between the Solastic Protectorate of Raidhsénia and the Kingdom of Elleadhi, and the Wánna corridor over which so much blood was spilt over was amicably split between the two sides. However contentious cults that on one side, glorify Ghrugarrach and on the other, mock him,still persist even after the war.
Thengwáin renames Elleadhi  Ríocha Geata Wéeanne, and a huge temple is started to be constructed in the capital city to glorify Wánna. Also, he accepts the gift of literacy from Raidhsénia and he brings the Raidhsénian alphabet back to his kingdom.
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