Clash at Valkoria

The Clash at Valkoria was a small standoff between a small assembled navy of Scotlorian, Eredwak, and Tanishatown ships and Phoenix ships. There was no actual fighting, but the Valkoria Prison was wrecked at the end of the standoff.

# Timeline

## Pre-Clash

### Mistybane War Effects

The islands of Mistui were still feeling the effects of the Mistybane War which had ended 2 years earlier. Many were attempting to rebuild, and new scientific developments were being made. The Bloom generation was also born between 2015 and 2020, 2016 was right in the middle, many new Littles were setting records as some of the first to be born in Mistui. However, the threat of bandits and criminals had increased after Mistybane War especially with the 10% population increase (the entire population was now 1,329, mostly in Phoenix). The destruction of Mordal had shocked the Mistians. To deal with the bandit threat, led by chaos agent and Dark Elf Blake Rider, Lord Jason ordered significant increases in tech to be made.

### The Valkorian Prison

As tech increased, Lord Jason ordered the construction of a high tech prison on Valkoria Island, an island which housed many dragons. This came to the outrage of Scotlorian chief John Kane. John was a vivid spokesperson for dragon rights, which was (and still is) a big problem in Elven society. He claimed Lord Jason's actions were despicable towards the dragons who lived on Valkoria. Lord Jason, who was appalled that his friend would call him such things, began to have second thoughts about the prison, but once Blake Rider was captured, he figured it would be best for him to be placed on Valkoria since it was across the spikerock strait from the rest of Mistui. Blake was escorted there and imprisoned on the island under the watch of four Phoenixian guards.

### Tensions About Valkoria

While Jason continually changed his priorities away from the dragon disturbance on Valkoria, notable people such as Tanishatown chief Cooper Blanket, Scotlorian chief John Kane, and Dragon Federation leader Pledd Hoykens, repeatedly called Jason out on the decision to imprison Blake on Valkoria. The Elvish disturbance on the island had caused an entire flock to migrate out of Valkoria and into the outer rim of Mistui, which sparked dislike in the Elves because too many dragons is not something they like. Eventually Jason could not deal with the stress and called a meeting, however, the others were not able to convince him to move Blake because he didn't want him to be imprisoned inside of Mistui, even when Fluffy Blanket, the chief of Gautamtown, offered to keep Blake in his dungeon.

### The Towns Decide to Act

In an unprecedented event, the chiefs of the outer rim towns met on their own without Jason's approval, inviting Pledd and other prominent Dragon Rights members in Mistui in mid-2016. They voted to extract Blake and physically wreck the Valkorian prison. In September a small fleet of Eredwakian, Scotlorien, and Tanishatown ships set off to Valkoria Island and prepared to destroy it, but a Phoneixian ship managed to intercept, and it called for backup.

## The Standoff

### Blake's Extraction

No one wanted to fight so they stayed at a standoff with weapons primed but no firing, eventually, a helicopter arrived and soared over into Valkoria. They attempted to extract Blake from the prison as well as the guards, but Blake was unwilling, so they eventually had to force him on board using a magic spell.

### Destruction

Then one of the Eredwakian ships suprisingly raised its cannon and fired on the prison. It crumbled and remained standing mostly but is now disused.

## Aftermath

### Jason Relents

Afterwards, the chiefs were nervous about Lord Jason's reaction. Even though they actually expected to be berated, Jason was very proud of their effort and realized that they had done well. The Valkorian prison was never used again and Blake was moved to the Phoenixian prison at the Phoenix Gate.

### Dragons

Once the prison had been wrecked and Elvish presence completely removed from the island, dragons once again moved back to Valkoria, and the prison proved useful for a certain flock of Terrors...