Karyvian-Vodorian War

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The Karyvian-Vodorian War was a war fought between the Empire of Vodorium, the Republic of Karyvia and the Third Republic of Quickstead. It is the only war to have happened to this day. The war happened in the 28th of December 2023, as a response to the assassination attempt of Michael Mare by the hands of Amarok Kaldwin and Neon Maxlight, although the eventual war against Karyvia and Quickstead was already a plan of Vodorium before it. 
5 out of the 9 combatants died during the events of the Battle of Torres, one of them being the leader of Quickstead, Oscar EMN, a loss that shook the quicksteadian stability, resulting in the collapse of the nation in the following years. Vodorium sustained large casualties, with every single one of their combatants, who were also the only official vodorian citizens, being killed in the conflict. That resulted in the immediate fall of the Vodorium Imperis.
== Background ==
❝ This is going to be fun❞
- Neon Maxlight
=== Territorial interests ===
Since his rise to power, Michael Mare always aimed to bring back Vodorium to its prime. In the apex of its power, the Empire of Vodorium controlled most of the land that today is divided between other nations. Before the war, Vodorium had claims on karyvian, meladonian, norvichian and quicksteadian territories.
The area in south-east Valerinia, Vodorium's capital city, was for a very long time theme of discussion between the leaders of Vodorium and Quickstead, as they both claimed that region. That, combined with the fact that it was very likely for Quickstead to be the next target of the vodorians, which was later proven to be true by Michael Mare's diary pages, is what made Quickstead join the war on the karyvian side.
Karyvia never had any claims of vodorian territory, and that lack of interest for vodorian lands was shown when, after the war, they decided to divide the empire between all its neighbours, while only taking the area of Nova Sprucia, later renamed by Karyvia to Nevassa.
=== Political situation before the war ===
The tension between Karyvia and Vodorium was always high, as Vodorium was allied with Norvichia, and Karyvia with Meladonia, the world saw itself divided in two. It all peaked when Empress Diana Sidra of Meladonia found out that Michael Mare, the Emperor of Vodorium, had a plan to take over every nation that controlled any territory owned by the empire in the past, and to bring former empress, Shadow Mare, back to life through strange rituals.
It was all proven true after the war ended, after Michael's diary was taken by the Republic of Karyvia, where he wrote the plan in details. Karyvia would be first, as the newly founded republic was seen as a weak, followed by a war against Quickstead, which was also seen as a massive underdog compared to the empire, which even outside of its prime, was still very powerful. After the two were taken care of, Michael would declare war on the Kingdom of Norvichia, conquer the land, and then begin the preparations for a war against the Empire of Meladonia, as the meladonians were seen as the only ones who could stand a chance against Vodorium.
Shortly after the discovery of Michael's plans, Diana invited the leaders of Karyvia, Moonfall and Norvichia for an emergency meeting. 2 ideas were brought up, Vicktor Mare, King of Norvichia and Diana stated that the best course of action is to call Michael for a meeting, while Amarok and Neon Maxlight, leaders of Karyvia and Moonfall respectively, stated that relying on persuasion is too dangerous, and that Michael should be assassinated in order to stop havoc from taking over the world.
A compromise was made, and the 4 leaders decide that Vicktor and Diana would invite Michael for a meeting, while Amarok and Neon would wait on the upper floor, and should Michael not agree to put an end to his quest, the karyvian and the moonfallian leader would drop from the ceiling and kill the Emperor.
They were both attentively listening to the conversation. Michael refused to stop, so Amarok and Neon waited for the right moment, and dropped on the table. But the assassination attempt was a failure. Michael managed to escape, though badly wounded. Neon Maxlight died shortly after from the plague. The lands inside Moonfallian borders were given to the Kingdom of Norvichia before Neon's death.
Vodorium closed its borders. Nothing was heard from them for months, but the silence was broken by the loud news. The Empire of Vodorium had declared war on the Republic of Karyvia.
== Opposing forces ==
❝...We know that they won't stop here.❞
- Amarok Kaldwin
=== Vodorium Imperis ===
The Empire of Vodorium had 3 citizens before the war. Michael and Echo Mare, and Ryan West, but shortly before the war, Shadow Mare was summoned from the dead, bringing the total count to 4 soldiers. Both Ryan West and Shadow Mare were well trained in combat, Michael chose Ryan to train him and Echo in the prior months to the war.
They were all very well equipped, with enchanted netherite sets, totems, golden apples and food, as they had a lot of time to prepare for the conflict. It should also be told that the practice of slavery, praised by the V.I, helped them become even more powerful from the work of the enslaved Villagers.
=== Karyvia and Allies ===
Both Karyvia and Quickstead were very weak before the war, with Quickstead having long-lasting economic problems and Karyvia being a very young nation. Their ammount of netherite items could be counted in one's fingers, with the rest being diamond and iron items. Amarok Kaldwin knew that Karyvia would not survive alone, so he went to every nation's representative to ask for support.
==== Alliances ====
The first nation Amarok visited was the Empire of Meladonia, due to its strength and good relations with Karyvia. The meladonians refused to help, but they allowed Amarok to pay the meladonian citizen, Axel Gen, to work as a mercenary fighting in the karyvian side.
The second nation was Norvichia, who agreed to aid Karyvia with netherite and potions, but not to fight directly on their side, as neither Vicktor or Butters Mare could make the decision of fighting their own son.
The third nation was Quickstead, who agreed to fight with the karyvians, and declared war on the Empire of Vodorium, as they could see that joining the conflict was their best shot at survival.
The fourth nation was Saorland, who decided to maintain their neutral status and indiference towards foreign matters.
==== Karyvian strength ====
Karyvia managed to stack 5 warriors against 4, and was able to gather totems and netherite, that added with the aid received by Norvichia, made them much more of a threat, but until the end of the period of preparations, and the start of the combat, Karyvia remained a huge underdog.
== Course of the war ==
❝ It is time for us to make history; and it is time for us to put an end to their history.❞
- Amarok Kaldwin
=== The Battle of Torres ===
The Torres Manor was raised in a small island, it is the place where Karyvia was founded, and was set to be the place where it could end. Amarok waited at the entrance, on top of a staircase, for Michael, as Amarok wished to face him one-on-one, the others waited inside the building. As the 5 warriors waited, so did the world, as they watched fate decide their destiny.
The vodorians arrived, 3 of them made holes in the manor walls to enter, combat then started. Amarok saw Michael only a few meters away from him, the two rivals in a legendary face off. As Michael slowly walked towards the karyvian, Amarok pressed a pressure plate, and Michael saw the ground around him fall, it was a trap. Below Michael's feet there was a 30 meter deep hole with dripstone on the bottom. The Emperor died, without being allowed to take even a single drop of blood.
Amarok went back inside where he saw Chrisguy fighting Shadow, so he immediately went to the quicksteadian's aid. The two together were able to overwhelm the former Empress, with Amarok landing the final blow, adding one more royal to his kill count. Oscar and Axel were fighting Echo, Ryan was fighting Christopher, but before Oscar could realize, Ryan was right behind him swinging his axe. The blow killed the quicksteadian leader on the spot.
Having lost half of their men already and being surrounded by their enemies, the 2 vodorians dispersed, running to the outside of the Manor, in the grass around it and in the port of the island. It took time until the next head rolled, but it did, and it belonged to Echo Mare, ended by the hands of Christopher Wenceslas.
Ryan West showed his abilities with a blade, managing to survive for a long time even while highly outnumbered. But his helmet and boots eventually broke, and he surrendered. Christopher allowed him to say his final words, and he used the opportunity to throw a memorable line: 
"FUCK KARYVIA, HAIL VODORIUM!".
As the last vodorian took his last breath, as Chris' axe swinged, humanity cheered in relief.
=== The afterparty ===
Once all of the enemies were taken care of, the warriors marched to Valerinia. Once there, they placed karyvian flags all around, painting the city in black and yellow. Shrines for Shadow were destroyed, vodorian flags and Shadow symbols were burned. 
The city that once was the capital of the world, a beacon of culture, a display of power and glory, was now under the banners of another nation, one that should have never defeated the great Vodorium Imperis, but against all odds, they did.
The karyvians shouted and sang through the streets of Valerinia, but eventually every soldier went to their homes, and slept knowing they were the ones who stopped the history of the world from going into a much darker chapter, knowing that their names would be in the history books forever.
== Territorial changes and treaties ==
❝ Long live peace!❞
- Diana Sidra
=== Territorial changes ===
The war was over. Most expected Karyvia to double in size, but they were up for a surprise when Amarok Kaldwin in the international meeting chose to only take the lands of Nova Sprucia and divide the rest between their allies.
Meladonia got to expand their lands in the city of Valerinia, Quickstead got all their claimed territory and other areas that surrounded them, and Norvichia was given a lot of land, altho most of it was empty. Further on, Karyvia also claimed the lands between Nova Sprucia and the rest of the nation.
Every nation got happy with what they got: Meladonia always wished to have more lands in Valerinia, Quickstead was too small, and with their territory tripled, defending what they had was now much easier. Norvichia inherited the lands of Moonfall, and now with much more land down south, their new lands could be further integrated into the country and culture.
Karyvia's choice for only taking Nova Sprucia was not as simple as it sounds. Yes, it was the only territory close to the nation, but Nova Sprucia also had the only mob farm in the server, giving Karyvia an edge against any other nation until others build their own farms. The usage of the mob farm could also, and was, used as diplomatic leverage. Since the other areas were far away from the mainland, had a well stabilished culture and long history, it could become a problem in the future of the nation, and that prediction was proven to be right when the communists of Monterouge claimed the lands of Valerinia, which was also claimed by Meladonia, and destroyed the city when kicked out by the Meladonian Parliament.
=== Treaties ===
Karyvia's alliance with Quickstead was officialized, the two countries became very close diplomatically, with Karyvia constantly aiding Quickstead, helping them through their crisis. 
The Republic and Norvichia also improved their diplomatic ties, even to a personal level, with Vicktor Mare being invited many times to drink with Amarok and Chris.
Meladonia on the other hand, distanced itself significantly from Karyvia. It is speculated that the rapid growth of karyvian strength made it a threat to the meladonian power hegemony, as it was by far the most powerful country at that time. The official reasons involve accusations of slavery, as Karyvia had not yet built houses for their villagers, and only planned to. While that didn't happen, the villagers were kept in a single big house with many beds.
== Consequences of the war ==
❝ You better be good, or the history books won't be so nice with you.❞
- Amarok Kaldwin
=== Vodorium ===
The Empire of Vodorium was destroyed, their reputation, in ruins. All of their wealth was plundered was plundered by the karyvian soldiers once they got to Valerinia. These items and blocks alone were able to move the karyvian economy for many months.
The people that were once seen as gods were reduced to maniacs, and most nations still do the best to erase their culture, but while never forgetting about their history, so the things that they did are never repeated.
=== Quickstead ===
With the death of Oscar EMN, Chris Mande was made leader. Every nation that aided Karyvia was paid twice of what they gave, and that, added to constant aid of Karyvia, kept the quicksteadian economy standing for around 3 years.
Eventually, instability and economic crisis put an end to Quickstead, their citizens all died of the plague. Their territories were left unclaimed for years, but after the meladonian alliance with Karyvia, called The Ships and Dragons Pact, Meladonia claimed the region formerly owned by Quickstead, as it was fully surrounded by their territory.
=== Meladonia ===
The meladonians cheered for Karyvia after their victory was announced, but it is speculated that the fast growth in power of Karyvia pressured the meladonians to take measures against it, as it challenged the meladonian hegemony. After only a couple of days, their relations took their first step back. During the international meeting, Diana Sidra called out the karyvian leadership for having villagers all living in the same building, Amarok stated that they are working on building more houses, but as time passed Meladonia kept the accusations of slavery, which made the karyvian leader go inside meladonian territory and share the images of a massive work camp inside meladonian territory. Diana said she didn't know about the camp and their relations continued to spiral down. 
As time passed Karyvia was growing faster and faster and Meladonia continued stagnated, eventually Karyvia had double their population. This Cold War between the countries ended with the fall of the Empire of Meladonia and the birth of the Republic of Meladonia.
=== Karyvia ===
Before the war, Karyvia was a weak, hamless. After the war Karyvia was rich, powerful, legendary. Karyvia had promised to pay double of all the aid they received, and it was expected that it would break their economy, at least for some time, but the vodorian wealth was underestimated. With the plundering of Valerinia, Karyvia easily paid their aid back in less than a week and still had so much stolen wealth to carry their economy on its back for months.
The question was: Would this golden age last? It did. Karyvia had a boom of population. It became rich in netherite, diamonds, food, and many other valuable products. The lack of taxes was very appealing to new people that came, and many said it would make people lazy, not wanting to work, but the opposite was proven true as karyvians seem to always be happy to work for their nation.
The karyvian golden age continues, even with slightly stagnated population numbers, the karyvian economy couldn't be better. Although the war and cold war were the reason for its rise in power, Karyvia made an effort to establish alliances all over the world to keep a state of global peace and specially karyvian peace, even though that strategy has been questioned as of recent.