Trostau-Sunset Great Axolotl War

The **Trostau-Sunset Great Axolotl War**(June 28, 2021-June 30, 2021) was an ideology (religious) war involving the nations of Finvalla and the Tsardom of Trostau and the town of Covera versus the Sunset Empire.

## Conflict

### First Battle of Mänvesi

After the war's declaration, territories of Jordbruk and Ratburg invaded Mänvesi, the capital of Finvalla’s capital. Before the battle, FlabbyDrip84 created fort Kickass outside the walls of Finvalla as a base of operations. Jordbruk and Ratburg attacked, outnumbering sweeber21 and jermu21. They kept retreating, so Ratburg and Jordbruk claimed Manvesi. They pillaged the city and eventually left. The result of the battle was a Jordbruk and Ratburg victory.

### Second Battle of Mänvesi

When the invasion of Mänvesi began, the Sunset Empire erected two forts, dubbed Fort Punchdick and Fort Kickass. The Empire intended to use them as recon field bases, allowing them to oversee most of Mänvesi's land. Their utilization throughout the entire war saw no challenges.

After not seeing any enemy movement, Sunset's army advanced and hid within the walls of Mänvesi. However, this decision would prove fatal as Finvallan forces ambushed them. The ambush was able to kill 2 of Sunset's soldiers, ggasos23 and KidRojas. Despite the losses, Sunset forces were able to corner the Finvallan leader, sweeber21, in his house. Fortunately for Finvala, the nation oversaw the merger with the Tsardom of Trostau, effectively prolonging the war.

After Imperial Sunsetese forces surrounded sweeber21, they retreated underground, to which sweeber12 gave chase, now with supplementary forces from the Trostaun Royal Navy. The battle had shifted into a close-quarters-battle, maximizing the effectiveness of Sunset's advantage in numbers. The advantage would shift odds into Sunset's favor, as the Trostaun Navy had significant difficulty fighting against Sunsetese forces, which led to the lost jermu21 during the skirmish. Despite having the numerical advantage, the Imperial forces were ill-equipped compared to Trostaun forces, which resulted in considerable losses.

After the prolonged skirmish, Sunsetese forces attempted to escape via mining to the surface. However, they could not outrun sweeber21, who gave chase, effectively bottlenecking them. This prompted KidRojas, a Sunsetese, to turn and battle sweeber21 and give time for the others to escape. KidRojas in the attempt, forever martyred by the Sunset Empire. sweeber21 attempted to pursue the Sunsetese, but they ultimately evaded defeat. The Second Battle of Mänvesi resulted in a Trostuan victory.

### The Trostaun Front

#### The Siege of Fort Noname:

After the Second Battle of Manvesi, the leader of Jordbruk, FlabbyDrip84, erected an outpost on an island that connected the Bridge of Trostau, which separated the Capital from Trostau's southern island. Trostau's Sheriff, RescuePatrol, discovered it during its construction and confronted FlabbyDrip84. During the argument, the Jordbruk leader fired one arrow at the Sheriff, causing RescuePatrol to use a tree as cover and call reinforcements. Knowing full well that he cannot beat FlabbyDrip84 in combat, he stayed his ground while he waited for sweeber21 and G\_W\_ to arrive. Upon their arrival, they began their siege. G\_W\_ and RescuePatrol stormed the fort around its flank as sweeber21 took the high ground via a trident and trapped FlabbyDrip84 inside. Effectively making a siege, the three stood their ground as FlabbyDrip84 went underground and mined for resources. The siege was held for 2 hours until two of the attackers disengaged to attack Jordbruk and Kyusoku.

#### The Battle of Trostau:

After defending Jordbruk and Ratburg, the Jordbruk army attacked the city of Trost from Fort Noname. The leader of the attack, FlabbyDrip84, attempted to infiltrate Trost via a wall covered in vines. However, RescuePatrol had already taken notice beforehand and cut down the vines to prevent his infiltration. After spotting him at the wall, RescuePatrol fired his bow, hitting FlabbyDrip84, prompting him to fall back and the rest of Jordbruk's army to advance. RescuePatrol and KingofTower defended the Capital from its castle-like towers along its walls. Both sides exchanged fire at the gates while FlabbyDrip84 flanked walls along the stone slopes and found a way to enter the city. This caused RescuePatrol to fall back and seal up an entrance as Castle Island. Unbeknownst to RescuePatrol, however, the attackers had already captured the city. Running back, he was immediately ambushed, which caused him to jump off the bridge in an attempt to escape. RescuePatrol continued to be shot by arrows during his escape to the port. RescuePatrol attempted to get a boat from the port but was thwarted off by KidRojas. RescuePatrol fled into the nearby swamps, where he remained for the remainder of the occupation. FlabbyDrip84 successfully killed KingofTower, who was hiding inside of Trostau and waiting to ambush the invaders. Jordbruk then occupied Trost until FlabbyDrip84 negotiated a peace deal with Trostau's Deputy Tsar, kraugel13, and former High Priest, wizard\_of\_cheese. This treaty led to an armistice and the cease to the occupation of Trostau.

### Battle of Covera

The town of Covera did not play a prominent role during the war; nonetheless, Imperial Sunsetese forces invade as it was an opposing belligerent. However, upon arrival, the town had been abandoned. As the town's leader, Nickornah decided to lure the Imperial forces out of it by claiming he was on his way to Kyusoku. The deception tactic worked as Nickornah and sweeber21 recaptured the town and used Covera Tower as a defensive position. After realizing the deception, Sunsetese forces returned but were unsuccessful in recapturing it, despite having a six to two advantage. It is believed that the cause of defeat was that sweeber21 and Nickornah took advantage of the Sunsetese Forces' disorganization and leadership arrogance. The battle of Covera was considered a terrible misunderstanding on both sides as sweeber21, a significantly strong fighter, should not have participated in the battle as he had already surrendered earlier that day. The battle's outcome marked the end of the war.

### The Treaty of Jordbruk-Trostau

 4. Fort Noname is to be repurposed as a Jordbruk Embassy to Trostau

 4. The Tsardom of Trostau may not intervene in any conflict that will involve war against the Sunset Empire.

This treaty officially ended the war. Any skirmishes that take place after the treaty's effect will be considered acts against the interests of governments will be investigated closely not to provoke war. Many Trostaun citizens were furious about the terms set by Sunset, causing a rise in nationalistic pride for revenge within Trostau.

The result of the Trostau-Sunset Great Axolotl War was an Imperial Sunsetese victory. The first nation to surrender was Anarchy Army's only member, KingofTower. They surrendered after FlabbyDrip84 killed him in the Battle of Trostau. The second nation to surrender was Trostau, which included the Finvallan citizens that merged with Trostau shortly before the war. Rather than surrendering, the town of Covera reached a truce settlement. All of these nations had very generous terms. The peace deals were just end of war treaties, with no reparations paid to anyone. The forts Jordbruk created remained in place.

After the Armistice was declared, the Tsar of Trostau, bennymaster, ordered Fort Noname to be surrounded. RescuePatrol was then prompted to test for accessible chunks, which led to the discovery that he could place and destroy blocks within the claimed chunks. The discovery soon led him to destroy as much of the fort as he could as he saw it as a desecration of Trostaun land. After being unable to destroy any more blocks, he realized he was able to build and break blocks whenever KingofTower was given permission to build within Jordbruk. He took advantage of this new fact and reported his findings and actions to the Tsar. Bennymaster was so pleased by RescuePatrol's loyalty to Trostau that he rewarded the Sheriff the Esteemed Medal of Destruction for National Interests, much to RescuePatrol's disapproval of the choice of name.

Much to RescuePatrol's surprise, the leader of Jordbruk, FlabbyDrip84, was not furious about the outpost's destruction. The Sunset Empire removed the claim from the Bridge of Trostau but still maintains sovereignty over where the fort used to stand. In which a memorial will be erected in the name of the lives lost in the war.

Fort Noname was demolished after the war by Trostau and rebuilt by Jordbruk to serve as a memorial site for the war.