Second Great War

### Cause

Assassination of Emperor Alder III at the hands of a Solitudean CommunistGarmanese interference in Gretian Eudeon and Solitude-Arcadia

Loss of prestige to the Empire

### Battles

Bombing of Solitude April 4th-Invasion of Solitude April 6th-

Battle of the Helios Channel April 10th

### Result

Allied Victory-Gretian forces withdraw from Garman, Eudeon, and Arassia

-Gretian Empire is split into several smaller states

### Combatants

Gretian-Tyretian EmpireHybro-Gorathic Empire (Withdrew 268)

Grand Duchy of Kolangrad (Withdrew 267)

Kingdom of Setacolina

Sidonian Empire

Empire of Cordolva

Kingdom of Varreny

Templari'i Republic (268-switched sides)

Novac (Support)

vs.

Imperial Commonwealth

Kingdom of Solitude

Confederation of Garman

Rigdenship of Pandora

Cardolan

Novac (Switched sides 269)

Drekheim

Lirrachan Republic

Cholobagh

Empire of Terra de Areia

Selizuyukstan

Nichibotsu Shogunate

Neo-Kygonese Empire(269)

Inaria(269)

Hybro-Gorathic Empire (271)

**The Second Great War** broke out on April 2nd, 266 (1310) following the Solitudean Rejection of the Daris Ultimatum, issued by Sidonian Foreign Minister Storn Daris. The Confederation of Garman demanded Sidonia back off, which it refused.

The Gretian Empire declared war on April 3rd and began bombing the city. On April 4th, the Imperial Fleet blockaded Solitude.

On April 10th, the Gretians destroyed a Garmanese fleet attempting to reinforce Solitude at the Battle of the Helios Channel.

In mid April, the Rigdenship of Pandora invaded the region of Union Trans-Arassia, claimed by the Hybro-Gorathic Empire, as well as Sidonian Pandora. This triggered Article 3 of the Quintuple Alliance, and before long the Imperial Union and Grand Duchy of Kolangrad were dragged into the war with Garman.

Gretian forces invaded and seized several northern counties of the Confederation of Garman forming the puppet Kingdom of Naomh Dubhí with nationalist figurehead Caiomhe ó Mhuirneacháin as Queen by 267. The move failed when in 269 the Kingdom collapsed and the Gretians withdrew to homewaters. They were aided by the Novacian's, which sparked unrest and ultimately the Novacian Civil War.

270 marked a turning point in the war as several nations opted to pile onto the Allies in order to carve out some of the remains of the Empire. Terra de Areia invaded Gretian Arassia and Setacolina, the latter of which reached a peace settlement as Kygonese and Garmanese forces moved to invade from the south-east and the Areians moved in from the west. Cordolva attempted to invade the Commonwealth, but were pushed back by Commonwealth forces and invaded by they and the Selizuyuks. The Varrenians attempted to invade the Selizuyuks, but were repulsed and invaded by the Templar, eventually and completely collapsing to the Allied forces.

In late 270 the Allies moved forces to the Old World to assist the entrenched combatants, bolstering the tired out forces of the Pandrosi, who had been invading Tyretia for three years. The Allies refused to coordinate with the Templari'i, who formed their own league with the Nichibotsu and Selizuyuks. The Templari'i and Selizuyuks invaded from the south, bolstering the Apexine Revolt and the Seylistines. The Nichibotsu invaded the Confederation of the Horsch, committing massive war crimes and atrocities against Prisoners of War and civilians alike.

By late spring 271 the war was rapidly being lost across the empire. A communist state was declared in Whitewood and a Republic declared in Greyborough, splitting or pinning several armies needed for the Templari'i front, which snapped and split the empire in half. Garmanese forces invaded Sidonia, procuring a surrender by April.

Hybretian mercenaries lead by Emperor Daelin I supported the Lirrachan invasion of Hollandis, but were captured and executed by the Gretian Army in early May. The Hybretians declared war on their former ally in response. By mid June the situation was greatly deteriorating. With no more allies, crumbling fronts, and more and more enemies, Empress Adelaide quietly sponsored a legislative coup which dissolved the Parliament and removed the Prime Minister, allowing her to surrender the Empire to the Allies.