War of the Galador Coalition

## Bellingerents

GaladorㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAustermall ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤGeoxen ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ Litlyium ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ Shagat ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ Supporters: ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ Epckranㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ Mercenaries

## Strength

Galador:ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤCoalition:ㅤ- 71.000 menㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ- 78.000 men

## Casualties and Losses

Galador:ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤCoalition:ㅤ- 21.500 menㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ- 31.600 men

The **War of the Galador Coalition** was a war between the Kingdom of Galador under Typras the Great, who by then made it the dominant power in all of Europe, and the coalition against him consisting of the neighbouring countries Austermall, Geoxen, Shagat and Litlyium, as well as the Clan of Epckran.

## The War

### Background

Galador was a powerful kingdom that ruled Europe during the Age Of Ascension (an age where many new kingdoms were being formed between around 50 A.D and 140 A.D) It was ruled by a great and powerful leader that the people of Galador adored and idolized, Typras, who became known as Typras 'the Great'. However, Galador's neighbours did not like him and his kingdom due to this aggressive conquests and religious/cultural reforms.

Many assassins tried killing Typras and attacking Galador, however every single one failed since Galador and their great king had impeccable security. The assassins knew they had to come up with another way of destroying the empire they hated so much, so one night a group of assassins created a new clan: Epckran in a large city of the Republic of Austermall and set up their base there.

### The Skirmish of Yushen (137 AD)

Four neighbouring countries of Galador who had hated the empire for decades decided to form a coalition against Galador, along with help from Epckran. Together, they decided to form a plan and officialise their alliance in the Council of Austrecht.

Their plan was to attack Galador (well Epckran wouldn't attack, only the other countries along with hired mercenaries), so they did. In the cover of the night of the 25th of April, 137 AD a skirmish happened: the coalition of the four neighboring countries of Galador (Austermall, Geoxen, Shagat, Litlyium) attacked the Galadorian city of Yushen also known as the "City of Minerals" (which gained its name due to the large amount of mines and mineral deposits under it), which hit Galador hard, due to it being a major city and economic center.

### Galadorian Response (137-138 AD)

In response to the Skirmish of Yushen, Typras ordered Galador to rally up the retinues and raise levies after suffering minor losses from the garrison in Yushen due to being unprepared.

With the Coalition having captured Yushen, Typras (despite now being an old man) led his professional army to Yushen to recapture it. The two armies met on a major road leading to and from Yushen in the now Battle of the Yushen Trail, which was won by Galador. Galador pushed them further back and eventually the two armies met once more at Yushen, beginning the Second Battle of Yushen around early February of 138.

Typras and his men would eventually win the battle and force the coalition out of the city, recapturing Yushen in late February.

### Battle of Victoria Road (138 AD)

Victoria Road was an important Galadorian road leading towards the city of Typrassenburg, a major city founded by Typras around 110 AD which held an important route towards the capital city. The Coalition realized it was a priority to capture the road and sever connections from the capital city through Typrassenburg.

The coalition began moving up the road, and so while Typras was fighting in Austermall, his son and heir would lead the Army of Typrassenburg and meet them on the road. The two armies met on Victoria Road in late June of 138 AD at an important crossroad.

After clever manoeuvring by the present army of Geoxen led by an Epckranian, Typras' son was defeated and Galador lost a major road, and would continue to be losing battles off Victoria Road until the Battle of Typrassenburg in September of 138 AD. when they finally managed to push the Coalition back.

### Typras' Campaign into Austermall (138-140 AD)

While Typras' son and a coalition army were fighting, Typras himself would be leading a massive army for a campaign into Austermall. Typras knew he had a much too large army to command all by himself, so he split it into three divisions: the central division would be led by himself, and the other divisions would be led by his other children.

Typras ordered the second division to capture the Austermall border city of Ussen, and it would be captured after a small battle in July of 138 AD. After that, he ordered a three-pronged charge towards the important Austermall city of Pyro, which would prove successful after a month long battle and siege of the city in late December of 138 AD.

#### Battle of Tiger Hill (140 AD)

Typras then knew that if he could threaten the capital of the coalition and Austermall, the coalition would be forced to surrender, and began making plans to capture the city of Austrecht.

He realized that the coalition held an important stronghold on Tiger Hill, which may prevent him from capturing the city. Typras decided he would need to capture the castle on Tiger Hill, and moved towards it.

The coalition thought the castle was impenetrable: it was built all the way back in 20 BCE by Imperator Augustus to defend the region from Germanian attackers, and it held out until the fall of the empire. However, Typras was prepared to breach it's walls and fortified hill position. He knew that the hill they were on had tunnels underneath it, and so sent a regiment of men to scout for an opening, enter it, and sabotage the castle.

Typras' plan worked, however the castle still stood strong despite it. To combat this, he ordered Galadorians from the closest city to bring him torches. When the torches arrived, the coalition was confused: "What is Typras going to do? Try to light a stone castle on fire?" However, Typras ordered his bowmen to use the torches to heat up their arrows and set them on fire, shooting them at flammable features of the castle. Due to this, coalition forces had to retreat from the burning areas allowing Typras to charge at those positions and capture the hill.

### Coalition Surrender

With Austrecht exposed, and Typras' son pushing them back from Victoria Road, the coalition decided that they had lost and surrendered on the 1st of February, 140 AD and entered negotiations with Galador. Both sides took massive damage in the nearly 3 year long war, but Galador was still able to win greatly, a week before their king's 61st birthday.