Allium-Coalition War

High ranking Uldarashi soldiers storming the roof of the Bardonian Senate building and planting their banner in a painting made by Discord user Laranja.

### Result

* Decisive Coalition Victory
* Bardonian loss of territory
* Numerous Bardonian provinces declare independence
* Bardonia becomes a republic
* Treaty of New Dorasterrock

The **Allium-Coalition War**, also referred to as the **Bardonian War**, **Dandelion War** or simply the **Allium War**, better known in Bardonia as the **War of Southern Aggression,** was a conflict between the Allium Alliance led by the Third Bardonian Empire and the Third Rathnir Coalition *(informally called the Southern Coalition)*, a series of allied states led by the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa.

At the time that the war had broken out, it was the largest conflict of any kind in the history of not only Rathnir, but the entire server, as it involved two-thirds of all Rathnirian nations and over four hundred combatants. The war began with the onset of the Bardonian Spring, as nations seceded from Bardonia and formed an alliance with Viodoxa and their respective allies, causing an otherwise internal revolt not uncommon to many nations into an outright massive world war unlike any the world had ever seen prior.

## Background & Causes

The Bardonian Empire was a very expansionist power before the war, conquering almost the entirety of its home continent. Such conquests made Bardonia's position very tenuous, as they quickly drew the attention of many of the more established major powers. The actual war almost started several times before the final date, and by July 26th, all knew that the war was going to happen one day or another.

#### Beginning of the war and rise of the Bardonian Spring

Bardonia was not only facing problems from outside its own borders. The large number of conquered peoples in the Bardonian empire meant that many of its people were not exactly the most loyal subjects, and certainly not ready to fight a war to preserve their own oppression. Facing so much external pressure, the Bardonian empire buckled, and on the 26th of July, Kringal, Lennox, Ryzan, and Baykonia declared independence, while at the same time, Viodoxa, Uldarash, Tortuga, Plagatéa, Alamayn, The Aldovir League, Simulami and Yimmu-Audal declared war on Bardonia. The war had begun.

#### Battle of New Dorasterrock

Main article: Battle of New Dorasterrock

The main battle of the Allium-Coalition war was fought at New Dorasterrock, the Bardonian capital. Bardonia initially gave orders to abandon the city, however, the player Slickfull refused to go and prepared a last stand. This show of bravery prompted more soldiers, including the commanding officer of the Bardonians, Crezy, to return. They amassed around 20-30 soldiers and fortified the senate building for an assault. Nearby, the coalition had amassed an incredible force of an estimated 130 fighters, though estimates vary owing to the large number of different nations they came from. The following assault was a largely disorganised mess, but a preliminary strike against the archers on top of the senate building, combined with sheer weight of numbers, completely overwhelmed the defenders. In fact, the main battle was over out before some coalition units even arrived on the battlefield, a testament to either the strength or chaos that was the coalition army. A few minor attempts were made to counterattack using invisibility potions, followed by a more concentrated effort by the hands to retake the city following the Battle of the Pillars of the Sun, but nothing could displace the attackers. The Bardonian capital had fallen, and the war was all but over.

#### Battle of the Pillars of the Sun

Main article: Battle of the Pillars of the Sun

At the same time as the battle of New Dorasterrock, a group of coalitions fighters attacked the Pillars of the Sun. The Pillars were nominally independent, and thus neutral, but it was attacked anyway in an attempt to draw away The Hands. The attackers were slaughtered - 33 Coalition soldiers were killed and not a single Bardonian died. Though a tactical catastrophe, the battle was still a strategic victory for the coalition, as the hands were stuck fighting in a city that wasn't even supposed to be part of the war, whilst over a hundred soldiers stormed the capital with ease. However, it is worth noting that many of the Pillars defenders were Hands members who had already resolved not the fight, only defending the neutral city due to friendship with HimoS401, and disgust that the coalition would assault a neutral city.

## Outcome

Upon the end of the war many nations succeeded from Bardonia becoming independent states. As well as treaties established among nation's.

#### Bardonian Reconstruction

The Empire of Bardonia was restructured into a republic with no single head of state, not even a chancellor, with specific people restricted from having any power within the government. Bardonia was also given the right to defend it's lands, but can not act in any way deemed aggressive by the Coalition members. The Coalition also reserved the right to interfere with the Bardonian government should in the event that an imperialistic, or expansionist government would take power. The overly oppressive terms of the treaty would result in Bardonia's decline and eventual integration into Escharia