Corrapaison Civil War

The **Corrapaison Civil War** (61 Spring, 81, 475—Autumn 82, 475) was the armed conflict between the Enlightened Domain of Corrapaise and the Kingdom of Corrapaise over which established government had the claim to the Corrapaise state and territory. The civil war was a result of the Migration as the entire war was fought in the territory claimed by the Domain following their departure from the Kingdom in 77, 475. Despite the Domain's initial claim to the territory, the Kingdom asserted the territory had been established by Corrapaisons and was therefore still under the control of the Kingdom's government. The two governments simultaneously claimed the territory, with the Kingdom not recognizing the Domain's claim of independence and the Domain accusing the Kingdom of being a foreign power laying claim to its land. Citizens living in the territory followed the laws of the government they individually recognized and supported, which lead to civil unrest and further escalated the tensions between the two governments. The first open conflict between the Domain and the Kingdom began on 61 Spring, 81 475.

## Warfare

### Asymmetrical Forces

The Domain and Kingdom forces differed in a few key ways that strategically impacted the war, most notably of which was their numbers and use of magic in warfare. The departing Corrapaisons that made up the Domain, while a significant proportion of the population of the Kingdom, were still greatly outnumbered by the Kingdom which they left, and it reflected in their militaries. Throughout the course of the war, the Kingdom's Army Legion significantly outnumbered the Domain forces. However, in most conflicts the Army Legion found themselves greatly outmatched on account of the Domain's use of magic at every position in its military, a tactical difference that more than made up for their lack of numbers. This was not an unforeseen aspect of the war, and it was well known by King Cyprus IV and his advisors as the Kingdom's losses to Wistergradt following the Migration were in part to their sudden lack of arcane soldiers and their abilities. Yet the dramatic disparity of military might between a magicless Army Legion and the Domain's forces was underestimated by the Kingdom's leadership.

## Kingdom Surrender and Aftermath

### Surrender

The Kingdom's only advantage throughout the war was dwindling as their superior numbers faced repeated total defeats. Cyprus IV saw no alternative to the course of the war than his army's complete destruction and his and his entire government's eventual capture or execution, and on 19 Autumn, 82 475 he and the Kingdom's army surrendered.

### Negotiations and Treaty

As part of the Kingdom's surrender, they would only do so on the condition of the pardoning and fair treatment of Kingdom soldiers, the Arceneaux Royal Family, and the Kingdom's government. The Domain only agreed to pardon the Kingdom's soldiers and the Royal Family, and on their condition that the Kingdom of Corrapaise be permanently dissolved. Cyprus IV agreed, knowing he would not get a better offer, and Domain forces captured Cyprus IV and Kingdom's government. Many in the Kingdom's government would be imprisoned or executed for their part in the war over the following years. The Treaty of the Lake was drafted and signed to solidify these agreements and formally end the war.

## Legacy

Much of the culture in the Domain of Corrapaise following the war would celebrate their victory against the much larger army of the Kingdom and attribute it to what they saw as their innate intellectual and cultural superiority, which would contribute to the discrimination against Nocasters that would follow.