Fialta-Shantine War

The **Fialta-Shantine War**, as the name implies, was a war between the Shantine Empire and the Fialta lasting from 351 to 357 A.U. and resulting in the seizure of most of the Shantine protectorate worlds by the Fialta warlords, the devastation of Shantine shipping and the eventual formation of the Second Fialta Imperium. It ended in 357 A.U. with the Treaty of Korinth.

## Background

Beginning in 351 A.U., a coalition of the Church of Valdos, several great lords of the Thalranese Marches and various princelings, adventurers and mercenary captains of The Fialta States invaded the Shantine frontier worlds.

In the war with the Fialta, the Shantine Empire deployed a mix of religious militants (e.g. The Knights of Adarnum and the Idolmar Hospitallers, usually as cavalry and heavy infantry), semi-professional imperial infantry (part constabulary-turned-army, part foreign legion) and auxiliary forces from the border protectorates. Conscription was later introduced for the defense of certain worlds. The Shantine fleet had a strong core of warships supplemented by refitted cargo vessels from The Bishant Trade Company.

## Theaters and Battles

The war had several major planetary theaters:

### Milgar

*Main article: Milgar*
Milgar is a resource-rich world that had recently been added to the Shantine Empire as a protectorate before being overrun by the Fialta. A fighting retreat by the Shantine Imperial Army (supported by the larger local militia) delayed the Fialta advance, but put significant strain on the defenders. While Milgar held, the Fialta were required to defend a considerably longer supply line to Zanevuela, vulnerable to attacks by Shantine privateers and freelance pirates.

### Zanevuela

*Main article: Zanevuela*
*See also: First Battle of Zanevuela*
Zanevuela is strategically important world with an etheric gate connecting into the core region of the Shantine Empire (two weeks travel from Bishant). Its shipyards were also the foundation of The Shantine Navy along the Fialta border. A large aetheric battle left the Shantine warfleet crippled and the Fialta in control of an etheric gate, but the Fialta were still months away from plausibly seizing the gate in the heart of the Shantine Empire, and Zanevuela remained staunchly defended. The Shantine hoped to hold against the Fialta here and simply outlast the unity of the enemy coalition through a strategy of mutual exhaustion, however, the end of the war did ultimately see the world ceded to the Fialta.

### Korinth

*Main article: Korinth*
*See also: First Battle of Korinth*
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### Hybern

*Main article: Hybern*
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### The Kartak Passage

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## Conclusion

The Shantine Empire was defeated, and the Fialta-Shantine War ended in 357 A.U. with the Treaty of Korinth. The Shantine ceded the Shantine Protectorates to the Fialta warlords, along with the Shantine gateworlds of Milgar, Zanevuela, and Korinth.

### Aftermath

Fialta victory and territorial gains allowed the Fialta warlord Mithranatus to consolidate power in the Fialta States, renaming himself "Tiel'Fialt" (meaning "Fialta Reborn") and establishing the Second Fialta Imperium in 359 A.U..

Tensions between the Fialta Imperium and the Shantine Empire remained high after the war, and were an important factor in the lead-up to the First Coalition War in 447 A.U..