Cornflower War

====Day of war declaration ====
On the 17th of September 2022, King Cassius Potentia officially declared war on the Imperial Federation of Aldovir. Aldovir knew that something was up, but they didn't expect war. The war stemmed from the failure of North Aldovir federation, a union between Sironia-Carn and Gladonn whose collapse strained the relations of two nations. This prompted Sironia-Carn and Adavia to merge into the Imperial federation of Aldovir. Delta Bakura was the first one to react from the Aldoviri side, but still acting after the nations of Swagistan, Bardonia and Vallia declared their support for Galadonn. Communications would go back and forth between Galadonnians and Aldoviris debating the legitimacy of the casus belli.
====Events leading up to the first battle====
The shouts of "Suwi Galadonn" and "Shirn Vir Aldovir" echoed throughout multiple nations as both sides rallied their allies and hired mercanaries. In the early stages, a rescue mission was made to rescue, Benton, a wolf belonging to an aldoviri citizen, from Galadonn controlled lands. This was met with success. Additionally Galadonni marauders attacked towns of Arkal and Bogdanic in order to damage Aldovir and create distractions. Galadonn, being the aggressors in this war prepared their full force to attack the cultural capital of Aldovir, Praestenia. Praestenia was massive with a lot of free space they could capture. The Government building they had to capture though, the "evil looking tower" standing on a giant hill above Praestenia. It was a hard to capture build, with the defensive experts of Paragon, Aldovirs allies prepping the way up with traps and making the entire city better to defend. While Aldovir relied heavily on their Allies, only sending few of their own citizens to fight, Galadonn send around 7 of their citizens to the war they declared.
===First Battle of Praestenia===
As the day of the Battle, the 25th of September 2022, came, one of the leaders of the Galadonni forces and main propagandist that was constantly seen trashtalking Aldovir, odarium, was nowhere to be found. Galadonn had decided to launch their attack in the evening. Paragon was scattered around the outkirts of the tower hill while the main force of Aldovir was concentraded on the hill. When the Galadonni forces arrived at 2:30pm EST, they began doing some terrorism and looting on the outsides of Praestenia, blowing up civilian buildings and looting whatever they could find. First contact was made when some Paragoni squads picked of Bardonian and Galadonni soldiers away from the tower. The first sword clash echoed throughout the streets and started Galadonns assault on the main part of the city, where they met an even greater amount of traps and Paragoni soldiers. Many of the first casualties were felt on Galadonns side and Paragon did what they promised they would. Apparently, some of Galadonns forces had moved to the political capital of Aldovir, Illeviane, which was located north of Praestenia. After hearing that, Aldovir reinforced the southern and northern sides of the mountain, where both of the main forces of Galadonn were located. The first of Galadonns forces started to use Enderpearls to teleport up the hill when the first of Paragons soldiers fell to the elite leader of BMW. As the first ally of Galadonn, seemingly from Ulfaeng appeared on the hill, Aldoviri forces made quick work of him by using the terrain and kicking him off the hill. All Aldoviri forces held out for around 20 minutes defending the staircase and combat bridges built by Galadonn on all sides. Around 30 minutes into the battle, the Galadonnians coordinated an attack, with multiple of their best soldiers enderpearling up the hill, distracting the Aldoviri until a safe combat bridge could be built for the main force to walk up to the hill. It took a while, but the bridge was constructed and the Galadonni and Aldovrir forces looked at each other, preparing for the deciding all out battle. From the tower, arrows rained on the bridge, kicking attackers off into the thorny and spiked ground below. 33 minutes into the battle the grand attack came, and the battle on the hill lasted around 5 minutes, when the Aldoviri forces had to retreat into the tower. The hill was captured and, unfortunatly for Aldovir, communication with the Paragoni forces were severed, and therefore they came too late to prevent or defend the impending attack on the tower. Arrows were still raining down from the archers on the tower, but a few of the Galadonnians quickly teleported up with Enderpearls, killing a few and kicking some into the crowd of attackers below. The remaining defenders skirmished inside the tower, contesting the attackers victory until Paragon forces arrived, which contested the tower until the war ended. Unkown of everyone in Praestenia, a single paragon mercenary captured the galadonnian government building, however it was at the very end of the war.
Galadonnian perspective: A weaker force was to defend Lagos, only notable event for this team was when a empty armory got blown up, they also failed to spot the attacker in galadonn's government building. During the offensive, 10 players would not listen, and immediately go of north early and engage the Aldoviris early while suffering high casualties. When the main force arrived at the huge dropper trench, it did not go well and Skinnyee ordered a retreat south to place Capture blocks. Only two out of the three capture blocks would work, while Howert and a few others would purposely grief buildings made by a pedophile they we're victim to. During the placing of capture blocks, the Galadonnians would catch up and exceed in kills number. A order was given to take over the hill the government building was built on. This attack would be successful, and Galadonn would occupy the government building for around 15minutes while allies we're being picked off by paragon outside the government building. At the end 2 paragon would be in the government building as a last ditch effort to contest the government building, which worked. 
====First battle results====
Points: Aldovir 45 - 59 Galadonn 
Kills: Aldovir 39 - 44 Galadonn 
Succesful Capture blocks placed by attackers: 2 
Defender Government Building: Contested (nearly captured) 
Attacker Government Building: Contested 
Ending result: Tie siegepoint/galadonn win (galadonn was suppose to win, attackers needed 33% more, to win siege point. Which galadonn did have, but admin mistake made tie)
=== Second battle of Praestenia ===
After the first battle was tied, both sides knew a second battle would follow. Nearly two weeks after the first battle was faught, the Galadonnian forces had barely re-armed themselves enough to deal the finishing blow to Aldovir. But, Galadonn did something that decided the fate of the second battle. They chose wrong time, and bought a mercenary group that would bring free volunteers for Aldovir. This left Galadonn outnumbered, and it's main general absent. On the seventh of October, the Galadonni forces were approaching Praestenia for the second time. All the Aldoviri forces were disorganized without any real commander present. For the only high ranking person of Aldovir present, seeing their men struggling to get geared, he thought that this would be a blowout loss, and already started writing apology letters to his higher ups. But, fate had other plans. When the Galadonni approached the Cornflower Citadel, a Aldoviri fort located next to the Galadonnian city of New Kasrin, one soldier of Aldovir heard the armies marching, and now knew, the attack would come from the south. Bringing message to the main force and redirecting to scout out the enemy claim of Lestria. He got valuable information at all ends. As soon as the swords of both armies clashed outside the walls of the Praestenia Market, the first of the Galadonnians fell like flies. One after another died to the now surprisingly overwhelming Aldoviri forces. As Aldoviri scouts left Lestria, the new city Galadonn was attacking them with, and fell back to the Cornflower CItadel they saw the fight shifting more towards the south, out of Praestenia and more into the direction of Lestria. Aldoviri forces were chasing after retreating Galadonnians and followed them all the way back to the gates of Lestria. Both sides now preparing for an all out attack on the Galadonni city, the first attack was made by the Paragon forces storming into the city, slaying whatever was in their path. Approaching the towns square, the supply stash of the Galadonni forces was blown up, and the defenders were now attacking the throne room of Lestria, where the Caeron once sat. Moving into the throne room was just as much of a challenge as kicking the Galadonnians out of Praestenia, and even if a small sneak attack on the tower of Praestenia was launched at the end of the battle, it was fended off easily. The second battle of Praestenia had turned more into a battle of Lestria, and was a overwhelming victory for Aldovir.
====Second battle results====
Points: Aldovir 54 - 9 Galadonn 
Kills: Aldovir 54 - 9 Galadonn 
Succesful Capture blocks placed by attackers: 0 
Defender Government Building; Uncontested 
Attacker Government Building: Held by Defenders 
Ending result: Siege victory for Aldovir.
====White peace====
On the 18th of October, both sides agreed on signing a white peace.
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