The German-Corvarian War

UnderscoreMason
 GrunksPromise
 InkTea
 LukeOrSomething
 VoiceOverPete

The **German-Corvarian War** was a conflict between the German Empire and the Corvarian Empire.

## Background

On Day 6, KaraCorvus was found illegally mining 2 veins of diamonds somewhere under the Alps region, part of the lands claimed by the German Empire.

On Day 7, Jawsh confronted Kara and demanded reparations for her trespassing. But Kara denied such accusation and refused to pay, stating that evidence is required to press charges against her. Krinios and Sylvee, protectorate members of the German Empire, urged Jawsh to pursue a more diplomatic approach to the issue but negotiation at the time has reached a stalemate. It is interesting to note that Krinios and Sylvee themselves conspired to steal Kara's dragon egg, but failed and later engaged in a dogfight with Kara herself. They fled to the safety of the German Empire where Jawsh questioned Kara about the shots fired against his countrymen. This was not a direct cause of the war but shows one of the first hostilities between the two empires.

On Day 8, Jawsh continued his endeavor to make Kara pay for her illegal activities. The term was either 30 diamonds as reparation or war. Again, Kara claimed it was indeterminate, but this was dismissed when Jawsh reviewed the VOD. Then, he decided that time for peaceful negotiation has passed and filed a lawsuit against the Corvarian Empire on charges of "usurpation of [his] resources, and denial of doing so when faced with evidence".

## War

Kara, now allied with VoiceOverPete of the Antarctic Empire, proceeded to claim the entire western border of the German Empire, stating that she was merely trying to claim France.

This instigated a dogfight all over Central Europe and the Middle East with the German Empire (Jawsh and Mason) and the Inquisition (Grunk, InkTea, and Luke) in hot pursuit of the Corvarian allied force (Kara and Pete). Kara hastily turning on auto-claim, which accidentally added territories belonging to the German Empire, Newfoundland, Burren Empire and Marioloogi to her faction claims, which led to numerous cases of critical "border-gore".

## Resolution Attempts

After the dogfight had dismantled, Kara began cleaning up her previously rushed claims. In the meantime, Sp00n attempted to act as a mediator between Kara and Jawsh.

* Sp00n voiced out his distress after knowing the German Empire has settled in Virginia, North America, therefore in close proximity with his faction base Arkansonia.
* Jawsh argued that Kara should not have both Turkey and France whilst her faction only has one member. He also argued that one faction should not make an overclaim, e.g. Antarctic World Domination.
* Kara countered the argument by comparing her claims with other one-person factions with larger landmass such as USSR, Yukon and Marioloogi's claim over North Africa (South Loogi).
* Pope Sneeg responded that the newly-acquired region was necessary as it is part of the faction's main exports (sugarcane and sand).
* Kara asked why Jawsh did not press charges nor wage war against Italy
* Jawsh pointed out that South Loogi is not as lucrative as France, for the region has several dark oak trees which are quite rare in the server. This information was previously unknown and surprised a few players tuning in to the conversation.
* Pete, on the other hand, supports Kara's justification saying that such action was possible due to the absence of clear border laws.
* Kara clarified that her claim on France was done as a hit, paid by one of her viewers. Mason said she let herself became a pawn to others by doing so.

Sp00n suggested two alternatives to solve the conflict:

* Forming an alliance known as "Friendly Union" (F.U.)
* Establishing an inter-factional accord managed by an unbiased authority (presumably the UN) that would act as the arbiter for future border disputes and land acquisitions

Claiming that Sp00n himself is a biased mediator, WilburSoot intervened as a second mediator and asked both faction leaders to present their respective demands prior to the dogfight:

* Jawsh had previously offered Kara an ultimatum which was rejected: 30 diamonds as reparation, or the desolation war upon her empire and the Corvarian capital given to Greece.
* Kara wanted a piece of southern France, particularly the French Alps, but accidentally laid claims on entire France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland when she was being chased.
* Both of them held accountability of their actions in the dogfight: Kara for turning on autoclaim and creating inter-factional border disputes, and Jawsh for instigating a dogfight all over Central Europe and Middle Eastern airspace.

Finally, Wilbur decided that "aggressive expansion" of any faction is too much, and preferred democracy over bureaucracy. Therefore, new border laws would be drafted and amended to the Worldwide Laws to prevent future mishaps. A trial was held on Day 9, at the newly-constructed Brittanic House of Law at the site of Saint-Malo Trials, with Wilbur acting as the arbiter. At the moment, the contested French region has now been split into three factions:

* The German Empire had expanded to the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg;
* The Corvarian Empire took over southern France and parts of northern Italy including Milan;
* Newfoundland claimed parts of western France, particularly Brittany.

## Post-Intervention

After the intervention, Wilbur jokingly suggested to Jawsh that they should make France into a void and carpet-bomb the Corvarian Empire, and also suggested to Kara that she should embrace the "hatred" persona and declare an all-out war for good content. When CaptainSparklez logged in, Kara praised him for being the voice of reason and appreciated his opinions better, which indirectly insulted Sp00n and Pete who acted on her behalf. This resulted in Sp00n proclaiming neutrality with her faction and in the war. Later, both Jawsh and Kara had a meta-chat about the nature of roleplaying, toxicity in their chats, and who was in the right. Meanwhile, Sp00n defended his stance as a neutral bystander to the issue, stating that he regards both Jawsh and Kara as equally guilty and at fault at the matter, bringing up the element of "powergaming" in the role-play situation.

## Trial

*Full article: KaraCorvus v. Its\_Jawsh*

On Day 9, only one of the trials deciding the outcome of the German-Corvarian War has occurred. In court, Jawsh argued that Kara stole diamonds from land that was claimed by the German Empire and insisted that Kara pay him 30 diamonds as reparations. He also argued that Kara initially denied evidence of her ever mining the diamonds in the first place. Kara defended herself by saying that she wasn't intentionally ignoring evidence; rather, she simply did not see the parts where she stole diamonds. She insisted that the two should call it even due to her own land being terrorized by one the members of Jawsh's faction. It was decided by the judge, Krinios, that this should be discussed in a separate trial. The resolution of the trial was that Kara was made to pay Jawsh back 12 diamonds, the exact amount she had mined from the land. The border disputes were agreed to be argued in a separate case.

As of Day 14, no subsequent trials have yet to take place, and Kara herself had confirmed in the Discord server that the war was over.