War of the Coalition

Also known as the ***Coalition war***, the ***Dominion war***, the ***Özgürlük*** (by the Göçebe) and the ***Allt Stríð*** (by the Skärgåd).

The War of the Coalition began in the year 210 when the Dominion suffered an alleged raid from the long dormant Kingdom of Skärgåd. Soon after the Kingdoms of Richnoy and Bergland denounced the Dominion's capture of the Skärgåd settlement of Hingerfjord but it wasn't until 212 that the Göçebe Khaganate struck back at the encroaching Dominion that the two Kingdoms realised it was now or never. Now the Rischnoy hold the line at Greater Ephissa Lake, the Berglanders and their mercenary armies strike at strategic and logistic targets while the Göçebe ambush and cause trouble deep behind DSPR lines. The Skärgåd have not yet shown any significant retaliation.

With the Richnoy's highly armed and skilled heavy infantry, Bergland's tenacious and cohesive veteran mercenaries, the Khaganates elusive and deadly accurate mounted archers pitted against the Dominion's overwhelming numerical superiority and military culture, it is anyone's guess at the moment who will come out on top.

### Skärgåd motivation

It is the official narrative of the Kingdom of Skärgåd that no such raid on the town of Aegos ever took place, and to them the Dominion's incursion into their territory and annexation of Hingerfjord was wholey unprovoked. It is anyone's guess as to why they haven't attacked, but their numerical inferiority is definitely a factor.

### Göçebe motivation

Since foreigners have been arriving on the Continent, the Göçebe have been ceding territory. Once spanning the entire Continent they are now confined to little further than the Göçebe peninsula and the Kyzyz plain. When the Dominion began settling Göçebe territory north of Greater Ephissa Lake, a civil war broke out over what to do next. Zehran Horde leadership decided enough was enough and slew the settlers in a surprise attack, while the Deryans and Israns wish for peace.

### Bergland motivation

Berglander's are a traditional people and prideful of their culture, and though they share a close bond with the Dominion they are able to see where unchecked DSPR aggression will lead. Unwilling to allow the Dominion to change the balance of power in the realm any more than they already have, along with their sister kingdom the Rischnoy, they declared their first war in decades.

### Rischnoy motivation

The Rischnoy are largely unmoved by the goings on in the east, confident in their ability to hold their native territory against any foe. However their leadership is still able to see the benefit of a weakening of the militaries of the realm, especially in humbling the swaggering Dominion. Maybe by the end of the conflict a new order will be established, one with the Rischnoy in a better standing than before.

### Dominion motivation

Since the Tumult and the Dominion's separation from their motherland a mantra has gained a foothold in DSPR politics, that of conquering the entire Continent. They believe that one day the Great Current will wane and when it does they will be able to show their progenetors that they were the superior people, and they will be able to gift them a unified Continent.