War for The West

## Independence Movements

### Gwanoi

Though it has only been a member of @Otino for a short time, Gwanoi has strengthened ties with other native countries it previously only had sporadic contact with. The nations of @Squidco [Calai of Three Lakes] and @Slippery Nick [Kjeropan][CFOP] had prospered under Otino, and had begun sharing such prosperity with Gwanoi through trade and the Keieropani Military Academy. Still, among the old Western Community Council @The WCC, Gwanoi—along with Sverrir—was among the nations least inclined to tolerate colonial presence, and so Gwanoi's admission into Otino has always been controversial. Still, with one of the two remaining stable nations on the New South Sea and many former WCC members joining Otino, it seemed the only sensible decision.

Now, however, the situation has changed. Strong nativist voices in the Janpeto of Kjeropan are calling for stronger ties within the west and the west alone, and the spread of Sikeranic faiths across the west have made Doqnokarri culture irreconcilable with western philosophies. With the authority of the Mownahan waning and growing cultural and religious nationalism turning against them, the Mownahan has sent messengers by ship and þalakoka to all the cities of Gwanoi and the capitals of the West.

The time has come for Gwanoi to leave Otino.

### Kjeropan Election

Pim-Lip bellows out in rage and Mishrin seems to have suddenly disappeared into an alley, as a civil servant loudly announces the final tally over the soft beat of a band of Masati drummers.

"The new Janpeto is as follows:

1. Fabrice Charrier @Squidco [Calai of Three Lakes]

2. Amijak

3. Snillah Snus @Strieff [Iskelkla][CFOP]

May both the sun and Sikerana light their path!"

Koso Xawsri, a faithful servant to Kjeropan whose full ambitions never saw the light of day, is surrounded by hugs, gifts and well-wishes as she announces her return to colonial Yonange. Maybe one day, Koso will return — regardless, she fostered strong ties between Yonange and Kjeropan. @nyzak [yonange - otino]

The results give weight to the recent wave of anti-Otino sentiment, brought up from the shock of sudden technological change and widespread criticisms regarding cooperation with @SC | Otinëkä, whose values and ways of life are regarded as deeply conflicting with those of most Kjeropani. The new Janpeto is expected to further Western interests, with Amijak and Snillah Snus bringing a distinct traditional, animist majority voice in Kjeropan's leadership.

On the night of their election, the new Janpeto proudly makes its first decree. See spreadsheet-actions soon...

## Declaration of the Coalition of Free Oeumani and the Peyapos

### Declaration

Following the shared seccession from Otino, Kjeropan holds a diplomatic summit to found the Coalition of Free Oeumani and the Phoenix (CFOP) representing a wide coalition from the Northwestern Western Continent.

On a sunny day in Sunsleep, representatives from nations from across the Western Continent of Delthoria signed the Oeumani Charter, formally creating the Coalition of Free Oeumani and the Phoenix. Bonded by shared culture, geography, religion and foes, the Coalition’s mission is to bring light back to a world dimmed by unjust violence.

A grand diplomatic summit is held outdoors, on a large pink-marble square of the city’s Kapawa district, also housing most embassies, government offices, and former Otino offices, already repurposed for organizing this summit. Facades are decorated in white and orange — the colours of the Oeumani flower and the Phoenix. Individual representing the nations of @Scoopz [Anseme Gabanga][CFOP] @[Noveos] @Strieff [Iskelkla][CFOP] @Squidco [Calai of Three Lakes] @Colin [Gwanoi-CFOP] @megu [Meglandia] @Tío Daniel [Tzitlasen][CFOP] @HawkerIV [Astra] sit on pillows and chairs at a large white table in the center, signing the Oeumani Accord and binding each other into a close union. Despite the shared optimisim, a shadow of worry hangs over the delegates as they silently ponder the uncertain future on the continent...

A number of other nations will work alongside the Coalition for various purposes. These are: Drua, Dtakatto, Nacafi, Plo Tbrov, Shkegjonje, Shrivipahit, and UNO.

### War in the West

A dark cloud hangs over Kjeropan. Following a sequence of turbulent events, the powerful nation of Doqnokarr declared war on Anseme Gabanga, triggering the first article of the newly-founded Coalition of Free Oeumani and the Phoenix and putting much of the Western Continent at war. The new Janpeto maintains contact with Coalition members and discusses on what to do, inclined to hand control of the still largely untrained Kjeropani armies to the regiments of Calai. However, as news spreads, the recent surge of Western nativism gradually transforms into a collective anger, and for the very first time, many Kjeropani seem inspired enough to break from their pacifist past...

## Initial Responses

### Doqnokarr

the doqnokarrians thought the hostilities of calai by saying "i see u on the battlefield" was a war declaration and so declared it themselves by accident

after the brutal murder that happened in anseme gabanga, which, according to the doqnokarrians, was uncalled for and not needed, bc of this doqnokarr declares war on them entirely

### Othenia

In response to the declarations of war between Otino and CFOP, the Othenian leader Jarl Golmar announces that any displaced people's fleeing from the conflict may find refuge in Othenia. Golmar states that "travel by road to Othenia is nearly impossible, so I have instructed some of my trading vessels to wait in port in the sea of hope. Those who are unable to make it can find their nearest HCC outpost and obtain safe transport there. I make this statement independent of NEIA and maintain Othenian neutrality in the conflict"

### Nacafi

His Holiness H. G. Cotsono I. addresses the People of Nacafi:

My blessed People - sons and daughters of the divine Kings. I have come in front of you to address a serious and urgent matter. Our great nation has its eyes and ears in every place under the Guardian, so we know what happens in the prairies no centaur has ever roamed, in the seas no viking has ever troubled, and in the cities no chieftain has ever pillaged. Our knowledge makes us able to shed light on the past - every day in this age of discovery, we find remnants of the deeds of our ancestors. We know that they purged the land of all evil a long time ago. We know that we all stand in the center of the holy land-- it's right here, this city, in this very country, between the rivers. Now, we have found the edges of the sanctified world. Eternal abominations of the past rule this unholy rim. The great lizards are real.

The civilized world, our partners in trade, our brothers and sisters in blood, they all stand unified to let no evil pour in our holy circle. No vicious beast shall stain the soil of the sacred land. You will be asking - what do we do about it? How do we save ourselves? Of course, we will send no child of our nation to the end of the world to fight some monsters. I do not believe - and I feel that it is the divine kings speaking through me here - that it is our duty nor our right to eliminate those horrors. If our wise and powerful ancestors did not purify those places, they did it for a reason. The lizards are a counterweight to the blessed world, an example of evil, a proof that our gods are all powerful and benevolent. They defined this border. It is a matter of balance, a defensive equilibrium - we shall, and must, destroy all evil that enters our grounds.

Nacafi stands with its allies of the Haven Chain. Every attack against them is a disturbance of our own peace, and we will support them fighting off all evil.

### Vienta

Smoke over the Horizon

Word comes to us - rumors, honestly - of the Alligatorians being seen on Northern shore. We were delighted at first. The Alligatorians were to us almost like legend. Mighty warriors, a beacon among nations, people worthy of their place in the world, under whose feet empires tremble...

But when empires tremble, small nations are crushed. With further knowledge of them spreading to the North West, more stones get added to the mosaic of our understanding of the Doqnokarr. But the image they build is not the one we had in our minds. A nation of aggression. Of enslavement. Of conquest.

With the recently achieved feat that is the Great Liquor Road, everything moves faster, news, rumors, people. We heard about attacks against the peoples of the north eastern plains. And even though contact with them was sparse in the last decades, we feel the pain that is brought over them.

Now we get word that a troop of Alligatorians were seen in Reatrami, a quiet nation, though an immeasurable partner in The Northern Stars, who - if not with open arms - accepts the blessing of Negates. Some even say there were skirmishes, battles. Some voices can even be heard that Doqnokarr ceded part of their rightly land.

We do not know yet what to make with all this. Vienta has always considered itself a cautious people, we do not jump to conclusions. We never saw stepping to arms as a legitimate way of diplomacy. Only in the most dire situation the sword has to save us and our allies. So we first send a delegation eastward to Reatrami, to get first hand information on what exactly happened. We are glad of our newly constructed road for this.

We sincerely hope that all this is a misunderstanding, stories blown up by wandering merchants. But let it be known, that if the rumors turn out to be truth, any trespasser shall feel the wrath of The North!

### Noveos

As part of its obligation to CFOP, the Coalition of Free Oeumani and the Phoenix, Noveos has raised its largest army in history

The sunlight glitters, splinters of light cast onto the walls of the amphitheater, moving like the sea illuminated at high noon. But before Ohun Heao-len is no vast stretch of water; nay, it is but a sea of steel.  Thousands of warriors from the Seven Tribes, representing tens of thousands more, united under the eoseulum banner gaze solemnly at him, their faces darkened by the visors of their helmets, unrecognizable yet discernable. Thus is the future; its precise form unclear, yet its outline knowable to those that seek it out. And as surely as the sky turns that sacred eoseulum color, that shade of night illuminated by the promise of dawn, Noveosians shall seize the future.

Ohun looks to his left, at the face of his beloved. Strength fills him. And so, he gazes at the masses before him, and takes a deep breath.

"Look around you, and feel your might. Know what we, now united have accomplished. In just a few short centuries, we have risen to great heights, shaped the land around us, and have begun to expand far beyond our horizons. We do this because of the promise that was given to us by our Anointed Founder as he descended the Holy Mountains to bring our forefathers to the Aurornala. And we have kept and protected that promise ever since, even from those among us that would sow discord. But we cannot face solely inwards, true wisdom gazes outwards. Many of you gathered here today have begun to suspect as much; in our successful interventions against Rinngard and Mors, you've heard whispers of hostile foreign powers."

He shifts his weight, and raises the back of his right hand, extending his index finger. Priddeum. His next words would be the most important.

"And as we, Noveosians, pride ourselves on wisdom, we too must look outwards. The world will not wait for us, and those who wish us harm, those who pursue avarice and know only the excess of violence, will welcome complacency. We must rise against them; for it is only strength that they will respect. They, in question, are that despicable Doqnokarr. They have laid waste to a multitude of nations, subjugated every man, woman, and child who have dared to oppose them.  And they have advanced like fire on the lands of our allies. No more! Thousands of you are gathered here today; our allies have hundreds of thousands more within their ranks. With our combined might, we will strike against Doqnokarr, and cease their influence on our continent. We will reign eternal, as gloriously as the rising sun. Warriors, to arms!"

The twilight blue Stag Banner flutters, its streamers rippling in the air. But today they are not the only colors to fly. Fiery orange and whitish-blue undulates against the sky, the banners of the Council of Free Oeumani and the Phoenix joining ranks with the Noveosian colors. The mobilization of all CFOP members is in effect. Continental war looms on the horizon

### Argenta

With the rumblings of war on the horizon, Argenta felt it was prudent to offer their services. Argenta is willing to offer mercenarys in exchange of for goods. Those who wanted to discuss business should send diplomats to Argentas capital

### Drua

The New King's obligations to the CFOP, is The Frog happy?

Following a letter coming from an old friend the king became knowledgeable of the situation on the far west, has come upon the council to debate how to proceed, most instantly they agreed to comply to the feeling of rebelling and joined the coalition, leaders near Drua have also done so.

News of the upcoming war entices the hot blood in most of the populace heart, with many asking to be sent to battle even before it was waged.

Noticing the sudden eagerness of the usually peaceful people when war is near, he wonders if The Frog is onto something and so the king took it upon himself and created 6 Legions, and sent 3 to the allied forces.

### Shkegjonje

Alike to the vientainis, the kjedystx people of shkegjonje detest this so called rise of doqnokarr. we see it as a thinly veiled grab for power over the world stage, to claim dominance over all others! this, we cannot allow and so the time has come to stand with our siblings in arms and fight off the alligatorian domineers! (shkegjonje declares war on doqnokarr).

### United Nations of Oestia

It has been long since the foundation of the United Nations of Oestia, and just as long since we made clear our stance: the west will not be the vacation home of the eastern powers. Even though the conflict happens far from our lands, we stand with our brothers and sisters in far away shores, and will provide all the support we can in the war effort. This is our mission, and we will emerge victorious along with them.

The United Nations of Oestia declares war on Doqnokarr.

### Northeastern Imperial Alliance (NEIA)

As the conflict on the western continent escalates, NEIA reaffirms its neutrality stance. Irinoslwen in particular declares their stance on the matter. “This is a conflict in which we have nothing to gain nor lose. However, no matter who shall win, this war shall leave many homes burned and thousands of innocents displaced. Right now, Irinoslwen formally declares that it will accept any and all refugees fleeing from this war. It doesn’t matter if they are Alligatorians, or natives of the west continent, or even if they’re humanoid. Irinoslwen and the rest of NEIA will be a balancing force to this humanitarian tragedy. A small one but a force for good nonetheless.”

## Invasion of Rhebbid

### The Fall of Rhebbid

The Technocracy of Rhebbid had seen conflict before. The Union Nation was formerly a territory of Poursoi, however the Student’s Revolution led to their independence within the divisions of Calai, being upgraded from a seconded territory to a full Union Nation. From Eth Bâtibore Hadaeidatalu Amun, the Grand University City, to the Ixa Diel markets of Ur-Odhera and it’s Economics College, to the old capital of Ur-Rhebbid and it’s artificial jungles for the Okuma population hosting the School of Flesh, Rhebbid is the centre of learning in Calai, and in the eyes of The Pent at least, the West. What matters is that over a million people are in some area of Rhebbid, even if most are students passing through.

Then war was declared. On the border of Doqnokarr in Tzoytek, the armies of Calai’s former Otino ally moved to siege the Technocracy’s three cities. Diplomats desperately tried to gather armies to save the nation and it’s many foreign students, but they could not work in time. It was due to the student population that the Sial Dry Stilters, the battalion garrisoned in the city, had to retreat. They led to enemy to believe they would put up a valiant fight, however, to ensure that the universities, their students and their knowledge would not be damaged, they went to fight another day. The Sial Dry Stilters now wait on behest of the technocracy in exile to reclaim the library state of Calai.

A reckoning is coming.

## The Conference of Gip'Gero

### The Conference of Gip'Gero

The ultimate goal of all attendees was the same: end the war without more bloodshed. A simple goal for a complicated matter. Representing the nations of the Coalition of Free Oeumani and the Peyapos (CFOP) were Fabrice of the Kjeropan Janpeto; Pre Benana, merchant prince of Anseme Gabanga; General Poshami of Gwanoi; High Priest Hkasht of Iskelka; Eolchi Sheon Moondeok, the general from Noveos who led Kjeropani legions; and former Pentsynd Sebastian Vertig of Calai of Three Lakes. The Northern Stars sent Abenak Hetfonür—Pretor of the armies lend to Shkegjonje—and Imjavenoh ruvjem, military advisor to the High King of Shkegjonje himself. The Northeastern Imperial Alliance (NEIA)—a neutral party—is represented by Kormalro Nelliros of Irinoslwen. On the part of Doqnokarr, the "King" khüündázünke himself attended with his okënoozünkisí.

The CFOP members desired freedom for Anseme Gabanga, indemnities for the damages dealt there and on other fronts—namely to the Universities of Rhebbid—and complete restructuring of the southwestern political sphere. Doqnokarr’s colonies were to be reduced to some of the original settlements, with the rest of the land freed to the nations that once ruled them or ceded outright to members of CFOP or their state corporations. The Northern Stars (TNS) demanded nothing short of the total seizure of all Doqnokarr’s lands in the North of the Eastern continent, including the homeland of the Alligatorians. For Doqnokarr, these conditions were seen as the destruction of their nation.

The hosts were accommodating, and provided all sorts of exotic foods to their guests. Unbeknownst to the guests, however, they were expected to at least sample each dish presented to them. Such strange, newfangled foods provided an odd backdrop for the tense negotiations.

### The Treaty of Gip'Gero

After several, relatively short meetings, the parties came to an agreement on a treaty. The majority of Doqnokarr's land was to be ceded, and Doqnokarr was to be reorganized into a new nation called "Otinëkä". Otinëkä would retain some of Doqnokarr's oldest colonies on the western continent—with the oldest city becoming the new capital—but lost all lands in the East. Indemnities were to be paid out to The Northern Stars and the Coalition, seeing Doqnokarr's treasury substantially reduced. Despite the vast amount of territory to change hands, peace was finally won, and all parties left in brighter moods than they entered. The inhabitants of Gip'Gero picked up on the mood, and more lavish feasting of exotic—perhaps even inedible—foodstuffs was hefted upon the already bloated and queasy conference attendees.