Agoge Raid

The **Agoge Raid**, or the **Atlechian Invasion of New Moon**, was a conflict that took place on the 21st of November in the nation known as the New Moon Company. The war is known for it's complete disorganisation and cowardic upon the New Moon Company's behalf. Because there was no battle and no territorial changes were made, the war became known as the Agoge Raid.

## Prelude

### Disappearance of the New Moon Company

The New Moon Company were a band of elite mercenaries that performed in various wars throughout Eldham. They situtated themselves in a land known as **Agoge** and set up an island fortress they named **Crescent Bay**. From their on, they continued their work as freelancers, but slowly stopped answering orders for military work, and then stopped recieving them. This would be alerted to the neighbouring Kingdom of Ahalia, who saw the vanishing of the group and sought out an opportunity. They would plan to annex the lands for their overpopulated state, but just before they properly organised a plan, the neighbouring Kingdom of Atlechia, part of the Zamotz Union, announced their intentions to incorporate the New Moon lands as provinces.

### Period of Silence

Following the announcement, the Kingdom of Ahalia backed down from their claims, and allowed the Zamotz Union to annex the territories. But for a while nothing happened. Zamotz made no further attempt to occupy the region and Ahalia merely watched. This continued for a month's time, until Ahalia decided it would ignore the Atlechian ruling and invade Agoge. Upon hearing this news, **King Swenking of Atlechia** would rush to organise a war effort, and would contact the second in command of the New Moon Company, who still lived as a shadow in the abandoned fortress. Swenking demanded his submission, but the commander, **Primev11**, refused and sent the King away. Enraged, Swenking started organising his army, and announced that he would invade on the 20th November.

### The Bombing of Agoge

For the next two days, Atlechia and Ahalia both mobilised their forces in preparation for a war. Atlechia would expect a total military conflict, while Ahalia understood that this would be a simple raid, and prepared it's troops for loot-gathering rather than combat. The day before the war, the Ahalian Ekprosopos, Wambold O'r Cymoedd, was scouting the area, looking for prime storage spots, when he spotted the New Moon commander, Primev11, placing tnt in the town of Agoge, destroying the town. Many structures were obliterated in the explosion, but miraculously, the storage areas survived. It appears that Primev11 was attempting a scorched earth tactic to prevent his home from falling into foreign hands, but he arguably failed in that regard as much of the structure still stands today.

## The Battle of New Moon

The war was delayed one day further because of strategic reasons, so the battle date ended up being the 21st November. Upon the day of the battle, a total of 7 Ahalians met at **Jepola docks** to prepare a march on Agoge, a decent number considering this was merely a small raid. They waited for hours, but no Atlechians turned up, even Swenking. Confused, a couple Ahalians travelled to the Atlechian town of **Corusant**, where they met two Atlechian footsoldiers who had no idea where their king was. The two armies would meet together and chat for a while, until Swenking finally arrived, being an hour late to the initial war time. All in all, Ahalia (a secondary party in the conflict) brought 7 soldiers, while Atlechia (the primary aggressor) brought 3. Unfortunately, Primev11 had decided to flee from the battle, meaning that no official war declaration could occur. Evnetually, the invaders got tired of waiting, and decided to charge into Agoge. Upon reaching the town, the Atlechians immediately began swimming to Crescent Bay to capture the capital. Upon reaching it, they discovered that Theo Zevedos and Fousas Zevedos had already breached the walls and had looting many of the more valuable items. Meanwhile, the rest of the Ahalian force were looting the town of Agoge, but finding little worth in the items. Eventually, all fighters conglomerated at Crescent Bay to entirely empty it of it's worth. Once the Atlechians grew tired, they left, leaving the Ahalians to keep most of the valuables.

## Aftermath

Following the battle, nothing official has actually occured. The Zamotz Union has made no further attempt to annex the land or launch a second invasion, while Ahalia has been forced to stay silent, for fear of Zamotz intervention. The New Moon lands continue to stay silent, and no sighting of Primev11 has occured. While Atlechia officialy claims the lands and treats them as their own, it seems that the ruins of Agoge will stay silent, perhaps for a long time.