The Great War of Vlahs

The war started during the Fourth Medieval Era, in the year 278 and ended in the year 281.

## History:

In the year 278, Heltros caught word that Baetha had been kidnapping and enslaving the newly created race, the Nevdand. The king of Heltros, King Atawlf, had been on a good streak with the new race, trading heavily with their people.

Heltros's king sent a message to Baetha's king, King Fróviita, questioning the rumors. King Fróviita sent a message back practically joking about the whole ordeal. King Atawlf didn't find it funny, and neither did the Nevdand ambassador in the kingdom.

Meanwhile, King Fróviita started to get worried that King Atawlf would wage war on them because of the enslavement. So, he geared the empire for war and within a week had the entire border lined with armies. Because of the tension that was caused from this, Heltros took it as if Baetha was going to attack them and did the same, lining the borders.

For the next two months the two empires engaged in diplomatic warfare, putting trade sanctions on each other, sending diplomatic insults and war threats. A war didn't start though until Enim Valley tried to step in to try to ease the tensions, and prevent a possible war. Instead, they accidenitly made thing worse by accidentily offending Baetha and their king. Baetha, in retaliation, declared war and had taken all but the northern tip in a matter of days. But Enim Valley had an allyship with the Great Northern Alliance and so they were called in, basically being the reason Baetha was unable to take all of Enim Valley. GNA soldiers also made several attempts to take the northern beaches of Vlahs, but to no avail.

Heltros saw an oppurtunity in this and declared war for liberation of the Nevdand peoples. The pushed east, piticuarlly south east.

Baetha had held off the attempted beach landings by the GNA, but lost a lot of territory in the east to both Heltros and Enim Valley/GNA.

In a surprising move though, Kitlirix offered Baetha condottieri. Baetha agreed and Kitlirix sent troops, supplies and trade. With this new help, Baetha was able to hold back Heltros in the east, but GNA was proving to be a challege that couldn't be squashed and they continued to take land, forming a border with Heltros and taking many northern beach kingdoms and towns.

Hearing that Kitlirix had given condottieri, Rettus also offered it as well. Baetha, again accepted.

Further to the east of the war, in southern Heoin Rost, a small but economically strong empire, the Empire of Srunth, saw the war going on and in hopes of getting the GNA and Heltros on their side to help with the ever growing Me-Ock Protectorate, they granted condottieri to both Heltros and GNA. They both accepted.

By the year 280, it looked as if both sides had depleting numbers. In a lucky chain of victories Baetha managed to push back in the souther eastern border almost back to it's previous position, but the north east was held firmly by GNA/Enim Valley.

In early 281, Baetha proposed the Treaty of Azóna, in which Baetha seceded some land to both Heltros and Enim Valley, and was allowed to keep their current slaves, but was forced to stop enslaving more Nevdand.