Acacid war

## Precursor events

As Acacia grew it reached a moment where its population had ot be thrown out to not collapse the tribe, when Acacia met a tribe made of those who were thrown out their were told "Join me or you will have problems" so they answered as "go to hell". The chief of Acacia, Mighuts the Minotaur seeing this decided to raise its armies and march to war with the Catheans

## War

### Stage 1

YEAR 5 (SPRING)

The Acacids had been trying to annex their son tribe of the south, however due their poor departure with little to nothing they grew despising their home tribe, when the Acacids came in winter asking them to join they refused.

Calling the levies to annex them forcefully, the chief Mightus called levies and marched to the south entering in the southern lands with little to no opositon.

#### Battle of the souther swamp forests

The day 1 of April as he marched thoguth the forest he noticed many sounds around him, rapidly he ordered his troops to form around him forming  a romboidal formation. As their troops did with some degree of confusion several volleys of arrows came from the trees killing many. With a order from Mightus the melee troops rapidly deployed and charged towards the ambushing forces as well as did the ambushing army rapidly clashing in a fast melee of spears and swords.

The spears and swords meet eachother, however the battle rapidly shows what will the the outcome, the tired Acacids met with fresh defenders which rapidly broke the south lines in a mass assault of infantry while the flanks covered by mercenary spearmen holded the might of minotaurs and fauns alike. Noticing rapidly its surrounding the chief Mightus, not wanting to risk more casualties called to retreat, in order to allow the retreat of most tribesmen the mercenaries formed rapidly in the middle of formation clashing against most of the contrary forces.

APRIL

The Acaccids succesfully retreated and as doing so to the last of the Acedonians and Antiquitans fought to the last breath to buy time to the Acacids. The Acadis ran for their lives thought the deep swamps and forests trying to leave behind the enemy force which closed their distance every day and every night. Finally as they reached the border so did it the oposing force now at their backs and in open field.

The Acacids deciding to not surrender the male fauns were ordered to gain time for the rest to retreat. As the minotaurs and remaining fauns retreated the Bargaan mercenaries and Sworn protectors of Bargaan unleashed 3 volleys annihilating most of the fauns then rapidly the melee forces throw themselves ina freenze charge to the fauns killing many end enlsaving the few survivors that remained.

MAY

Exhausted and decimated the Acacids arrived to their capital, wounded in spirit and in a all time morale low, all the females had lost their husbands, sons, brother or cousins in the faun last stand, only remained in the capital the old, the sick, the wounded and the children. The sacrifice of the fauns as mere pawns made the remaining survivors look with absolute despise the minotaurs.

As the war dragged on in its early months, the southerners annexed the southern territories of the Acacids while the Acacids healed its wounds and prepared for a counter-offenisve

#### Stage 2

YEAR 5 (SUMMER)

JUNE

As soon as the Acacids summoned their reinforcements they marched south again, after 31 days they entered again the now occupied lands

JULY

The acacids advanced deeper into occupied territories, and deciding to gain the upper hand Mightus layed a ambush place, however little to his knowing a small warbard of southern fauns had got to the Acacid capital capturing it the 4th of July. The 6th of July the Acacid army noticed that there was a army behind them, trying to get a upper hand they aproached and slinged them causing many casualties, the next day the enemy army had retreated a few hundred meters, when the Acacids advanced some men fell onto pits.

Knowing their time was short they continued to advance with precaution, but the enemy slingers then started to skirmish their firs line troops, as the moment passed the chief became impatient and ordered a blind charge, as they were aproaching the enemy position they fell into a giant pit with spikes killing even more than before. Seeing how a second army appeared from behind them they presend onto the first weakend army getting to defeat them at great cost.

Wishing to kill his enemy counterpart he ordered his remaining troops to reorganize and from around him to charge the enemy faun army, as he did volley after volley less guards remained around the chief, as he was reaching the faun chief their troops opened in half and started throwing to the chief their javelins slowing the chief before he could get to the faun leader.

With the body full of javelins piercing its flesh Mightus fell to the ground and with a last breath he said "I wished for a warriors death but had a foolish one"

With the dead of the minotaur chief the remaining minotaurs were spared and the wounded healed and sent back to their homes along the prisoners under the condition they would now serve their new King.

## Effects

The Cathens with capital in Bagaan ended annexing Acacia and releasing its prisoners of war forming a large tribe, howveer the support of the minotaurs to the war after the bad decisions made them being looked badly by the fauns.