Duscadorian-Sevician Wars

The Duscadorian-Sevician Wars were a series of wars taking place between 648 and 708 A.S, fought between the Empire of Sevicia and Duscador.
== First War ==
The first of the the three wars was a Sevician war of aggression in Duscadorian territory, with the military objective of annexing land south of the Candar Line, as far south as Arar and the Neck. Sevicia used a minor naval dispute in the South Lothor sea, off the coast of Duscadorian territory, as the impetus for war, citing a Duscadorian trade blockade that never officially existed. Fought on land and at sea, the war lasted two years. Despite superior numbers, the Sevician Empire suffered a catastrophic defeat that resulted in the annexation of approximately 40 miles of territory south of the city of Candar. Under the rule of Presidian Gorigo Marca, Duscador reached its greatest extent in the year 650, immediately after the end of the war.
== Second War ==
The second war began in 691, 41 years after the end of the first, and witnessed a Duscadorian offensive campaign aimed at establishing Duscadorian continental hegemony and the creation of a northern Duscadorian state that extended as far north as Adanaea. The majority of the fighting was contained to land battles, though the Sevician grand navy, having learnt from its defeat in the war 40 years prior, won a decisive naval skirmish at the Battle of Cartesium, effectively ending Duscadorian naval operations off the coast of the Neck and around the island of Resh for the foreseeable future. Duscador saw the support of the Duchy of Seham for the first three years, until a truce was called with Sevicia that ended their involvement in the conflict. The war ran for six years, and ended in a decisive Sevician victory which resulted in the annexation of land lost 40 years earlier and Duscadorian political embarassment. The most significant impact was arguably that on the Duscadorian navy, which was reduced to little more than a skeleton fleet, a shadow of its former self.
== Third War ==
Duscador contrived a political reason against ten years later (in 707) to declare war on Sevicia for a second time, in the Third Duscadorian-Sevician War. Using a number of ongoing tensions that had flared in the southern Sevicia region, such as the Feather Tree Massacre, Duscador launched a pre-emptive, surprise offensive campaign that aimed at re-establishing the Candar Line and capturing the city of Candar. Though it saw initial success, including a prolonged siege of the city of Candar proper, Duscadorian strategic and logistical issues ultimately led to a Sevician counter-offensive that saw decisive victories at the Battle of August Bridge and the Battle of Brenner's Ford. 
The war, which lasted just over a year, resulted in the annexation of Duscadorian land just north of the Candar Line in the Treaty of Candar, and the acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the Duchy of Hobury in the Treaty of Hobury. It was the first of the three wars to be fought solely on land and, despite its length, was the bloodiest continental war in four decades.
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