Lamion War

The Lamion War was a military campaign fought by the Nirvan Republic and the Elves from the city of Lamion in the Varadin Forest. It was one of Vibius Calenus's campaigns.

## Background

After the Plague of the 5th Century came to an end worldwide in **507PR**, Vibius petitioned the Senate to let him lead an army to take the Elves of Lamion, officially finishing his quest to conquer everything close to Nirva.

In the Senate, it was Caius Grumio who stood as Consul, a friend of Vibius’s and one of his commanders during the Thurim War and the Second Lorenzen War, and more importantly, a member of the Calenus Faction. With such a close ally in the government, Vibius was approved for 4 Legions, raising more soldiers with allies from the Lorenzen Kingdom, Vagh Thurim and Zela, bringing him to a force of 19,000 men. Vibius chose Decimus Auxilius as his right-hand man.

On the Lamion side, the Elves pledged their loyalty to King Mirion, who would lead the defence of their forest against the Lamion.

Once he was accepted, Vibius spent the rest of the year building up his forces, picking some of the best men he could and then training them in forest warfare.

## Course

In Caesan 2 **508PR**, Vibius, Decimus and the Nirvans marched into the Varadin Forest, prepared for battle. Immediately, the Nirvans came under attack, getting hit with archers and traps set in the forest by the Elves.

Moving slowly and always on the defensive, the Nirvans eventually reached a small opening, where the Elves waited for battle.

### Battle of Mudon Hill

*See: Battle of Mudon Hill*

The Battle of Mudon Hill was a good victory for the Nirvans, gaining the early advantage both strategically and morally. Despite their losses, they were able to find out a few things about their enemy, learning they had only a small command structure that could be abused in the future.

Mudon Hill would become the Nirvan base of operations in the forest, and later a memorial for the Elves that lost their lives in the war.

### Battle of Lamion

*See: Battle of Lamion*

After his success at the Battle of Mudon Hill, Vibius would march directly on the city of Lamion, meeting the Elves on another field, this time facing up against a much larger force, numbering 25,000.

The battle ended as a defeat for the Nirvans, even though Vibius entered the battle at one stage, exhausting all his magic.

Back in Nirva, the defeat caused public support of the war to dwindle a little, allowing two conservatives to become Consuls. Despite that, the Calenus Faction still had enough influence in the Senate to continue their support of Vibius, who returned to his base on the Mudon Hill.

### Mudon Hill

On Mudon Hill, Vibius began to plan new ways to defeat the Elves, despite his recent loss. First, he would leave the army in the hands of Decimus, ordering him to split up the legions and begin conquering the surrounding area, similar to what he had done before. If they were to unfortunately run into a major Elven force, he ordered they retreat back to the camp, where it was fortified.

Now that the army was dealt with, Vibius returned to the Nirvan Republic and began gathering soldiers on his own dime, getting enough reinforcements to replace most of what was lost and gaining more soldiers from Vagh Thurim.

### Outer Campaign

When Vibius returned, he split his army into two, spreading out and conquering the forest. Still bitter about his defeat and wanting the Elves to react, Vibius ordered that any settlement the Nirvans came across was to be burnt and looted, capturing all Elves they find.

The tactic began to work, and soon the Elven numbers began to dwindle while the morale of the troops continued to rise. Once the campaigning season ended, Vibius ordered the Nirvans to return to the hill, planning to finally conquer the Elves in the next year.

### Battle of Lamion II

*See: Battle of Lamion II*

At the start of **509PR**, Vibius would march on the city of Lamion with his army, significantly depleting the Elven force of soldiers after his campaign in the previous year. Once again, King Mirion would ride out to face him.

This time the battle would be vastly different, Vibius leading from the front and single-handedly killing hundreds of Elves, before killing King Mirion himself. It would be remembered as the time that Vibius truly earned the nickname the Demon of Nirva.

### The City of Lamion

Now that the Elven resistance had been defeated, Vibius and his Nirvans marched into the city of Lamion, leaving it intact to keep them as allies later. However, another problem occurred. Now that the King was dead, there was no one to formally surrender the city.

Annoyed, Vibius called for an election, naming a Pro-Nirvan elf called Grodir as King. When writing the document, he found that Grodir lacked a last name, so gave him Abdera instead, starting the Abdera dynasty.

Similar to Vagh Thurim and Aren, the city of Lamion and the Elves in the forest would become allies of the Nirvan Republic, having a garrison stationed nearby and required to send soldiers when required, but not for the next 20 years due to their costly defeat.

## Legacy

The Lamion War would end Vibius’s unofficial war of defence, securing the original Nirvan border and protecting it from all threats. This would later usher in the new era of the Nirvan Republic, called the modern era.