Cydonia-K'arthen conflict

* K'arthen's armies unite to defend Cydonia during the Battle of Meridian, reconciling both Kingdoms.

Commanders| * Hasan

Strength| * Cydonia armies

Casualties| * Many Cydonia soldiers
* Many K'arthen soldiers

„*Magnorites tend to act a bit like sheep… no offense. They’d rather fit in with everyone else than stand apart. When Malakai rose to power and attacked Cydonia, everyone followed willingly.*”
— Maxwell to Igneous↑

**Cydonia-K'arthen conflict** is an armed engagement initiated by K'arthen.

## Prelude

The kingdoms of K'arthen and Cydonia have long had a good relationship and traded with each other. Cydonia provided K'arthen with food and provisions, as K'arthen's rocky and volcanic terrain is unsuitable for agriculture, and in return K'arthen shipped minerals from his mines to Cydonia. But at one point, Cydonia began raising food prices without notice, so K'arthen had to do more to exploit his meager resources.

## History

Then, a Magnorite named Malakai rose to the power of K'arthen and decided to stop trade with Cydonia. He had the resources used to forge weapons and armor and sent the armed forces south. K'arthen's armies attacked Cydonia and salted the fields so that they cannot cultivate. After this K'arthen withdrew from the union of the Kingdoms. But some time later, the Magnorites' enthusiasm for the conflict waned and they began to complain about the food shortage, and in addition, some individuals like Maxwell began a secret campaign to end the conflict. About six months before the start of the Second Great War, a peaceful Magnorite born outside of K'arthen named Igneous, set out on a journey south to stop the conflict between the two Kingdoms and stop the oppression of the Magnorites in Ardonia. He sailed to Meridian to find a man named Aren the Fletcher, who helped him smuggle K'arthen from southern Cydonia. Once he was already in the city of Tartarus, Igneous met Borgen, who was secretly against the conflict, and sent him with Maxwell, who explained everything about the conflict. Igneous eventually discovered that Malakai had dug a tunnel across the border and intended to plant hundreds of explosives to destroy the city of Phaethon, fueling conflict between the inhabitants of K'arthen. Igneous avoided this by activating the mechanism before all the explosives were finished, causing minor damage to Phaethon and killing Malakai, but also dying himself. Borgen took control of K'arthen and attempted to negotiate with Cydonia's leader Hasan, but Hasan did not agree to end the conflict. Soon after, the Second Great War began, and one of the greatest battles was fought in the city of Meridian between the Knights of Ardonia, and Cydonia's armies against the forces of the Nether. Near the end of the battle, K'arthen's armies came to Cydonia's aid and helped end the battle to free Meridian, ending the conflict between the two Kingdoms.

## Trivia

* Hasan told Borgen that K'arthen's attack at the start of the conflict had caused Cydonia to be a desert. However, during the prologue you can see the Dunes of Cydonia. Furthermore, Port Kazu was under attack from the Nether, and the landscape around it was desert dunes.
* The beginning of the conflict must have been less than thirty years before the Second Great War, since Malakai had started the war between kingdoms and was still alive towards the end of it, and considering that the Magnorites only have a lifespan of thirty years, you can make the count.