The Genocide Wars

The genocide wars are a set of battles that took place between the years 1928 and 1940 PU (between 5211 to 5223 AS) As the horde invaded Terrasol and conquered the island. The wars were named as 92% of the celestial elf population was killed by the ravaging horde. The population went from ~1M elves to ~80k elves who scattered across the continent proper.

## The fall of Terrasol

The horde landed on the island nation of Terrasol on November 18th 5211 AS, the horde landed on the south eastern side of the island after the horde has scouted out the southern shoreline and attacked the area of least resistance. It took 2 weeks until the capital was notified of the Horde's existence and quickly gathered and army to respond.

### Battle of the fallen spears

The battle of the fallen spears was the first battle between the Solian army and the invading horde. The Solians were served a massive defeat as they had to retreat. The horde was stronger and more advanced than The Solians. dozens of small towns were wiped out on the way to the battle.

### Battle of fort Traggal

This battle occured near the fort Traggal, the closest fort to the Solian capital. Most of the army had been defeated multiple times and were retreating to protect the capital. While this started as expected, the sun elves (lead by General Gladiosol of Civitasol) was able to outflank the horde army and use a wide array of mages and mercenaries to defeat the horde army and capture their commander. Hopes were high.

### The fall of Fort Traggal

Fort traggal had received reinforcements after the success of the previous battle with the horde. Although the elves thought they could spare the reinforcements to fight the horde, the horde had sent an army to flank the fort and raid the capital. This caused the reinforcements to retreat in defense of the capital city and the horde took the chance to invade and destroy the fort. general Gladiosol was killed while trying to save some fleeing refugees.

### The fall of Civitasol

The capital city of Civitasol was guarded by the remaining armies of Terrasol in preparation for the upcoming battle. The city had been raided twice by horde skirmishers and most of it was falling apart. While the armies were quite ready to die for their people, they didn't expect horde spies to set the city on fire as the horde started bombing the city using cannons. Terrasol suffered a crushing defeat and had to abandon the destroyed city. Historians for the following decades would wail about the cultural history that was destroyed.

### The battle of Dier

Dier was the final standing sun elf city not destroyed by the horde. Hundreds of refugees were trapped inside the city as the surrounding nations of Givilith and Alalsasaria refused to accept the refugees. The city was sacked by the horde and thousands of sun elves were killed. The remaining population had to either pay exorbitant taxes to the governments to allow passage or sell themselves into slavery. A large number of people had to flee into the shattered lands.

## The fall of the shattered lands

The shattered lands is known for it's anarchy, which served them well to escape from the other governments but a lack of organized government meant that they weren't ready for the influx of sun elves and the amount of Horde soldiers to follow. most of the towns surrendered or fled at the sight of the horde, as the entire chain of islands completely fell.

## The close of the war

After the fall of the shattered lands, the only way to go was north. Unfortunately for the horde, the bigger players in Presia weren't quite as squishy. While the horde still was able to advance into the continent, they had to do it at a much slower pace and met heavy resistance. Unfortunately for Alalsasaria, the capital city was almost reached by the horde's soldiers. The city's saving grace was it's ability to teleport away. Unfortunately for the horde, the nearby Dwerelith was able to back up Alalsasaria in time and save the nation from falling. The horde was pushed back and the treaty of Foedsol was signed.

## The treaty of Foedsol

The treaty was the nations attempt to put an end to the war as most of the big players lost large parts of their lands and the horde was thinned out and exhausted. The treaty had 3 terms

* The horde gets to keep the lands that used to belong to Terrasol
* The horde has to forfeit any lands gained on mainland Presia.
* The nations were to cease fire against the horde and not attack.

Dwerelith, who were new players in the conflict refused to sign the treaty, claiming that they were close to driving the horde out and defeating them. The human council member got up and left, where a prepared navy of Dwerelith soldiers stormed the shattered lands, taking the western half away from the Horde. While the other nations signed a peace treaty, the conflict continues between Dwerelith and the Horde in a long battle to control the shattered lands for it's strategic position.