Frostmarch Civil War

The **Frostmarch Civil War** was a conflict lasting just over a month long period, wherein the combatants consisted of the de facto reigning 'Jarldom of Frostmarch' (commonly referred to as "Voskemarch" for its leader, Sir Voske av Aldver) and the Lorent-backed 'Jarldom of North Frostmarch' led by Sir Reginald av Temsyod.

## Frostmarch Civil War

### Result

Jarldom of Frostmarch surrenders to the Jarldom of North Frostmarch

## Beginning of the Civil War

The appointment of SirVoske to the position of Grand Jarl in late July 2022 was met with very negative reception by other Tortugan captaincies. Voske was immensely disliked by Soumere-Serenus and the Featherian Federation. Conflicts in the west arose and Frostmarch began to shift from it's passiveness to an aggressive region. SirVoske was eyeing up Featheria, which split off from Frostmarch during the collapse of the Grand Jarldom, and Neo-Kronesia, which Serenus also annexed during the collapse of the Grand Jarldom.

Frostmarch joined the Lorentish Empire on August 13th 2022, in promise that the Featherian Federation would be invaded and given to them. However, this never happened. A few weeks go by and Lorent declares war on Soumere-Serenus, forcing their annexation. Frostmarch and Serenus were now in the same nation again, with more ruthless leaders. Conflict immediately erupts and Frostmarch begins a mass industrialization campaign in the country, spawning and developing new towns left and right. They begin to form a military and begin training. Conflict didn't seem inevitable until October 31st 2022.

On October 31st 2022, an argument between Jarl Rose and some ministries members caused her to resign and leave Frostmarch. Grand Jarl Voske replaced her with a new Jarls: Jarl Twinky. The Luths Cole and Lindorm decide that Grand Jarl Voske is not fit to be the ruler of Frostmarch anymore, and replace him with Temsyod in the hopes that they can get Featheria into the Lorentish Empire. This immediately backfires and the Jarldom of Frostmarch declares independence from the Lorent.

## The First Half

### Before the First Battle

Jarl Rose, despite leaving Frostmarch, still controlled the important towns of Erovald, Vesturperla, and Havardr Harbor. She reluctantly declared support for Temsyod based on believing Jarl Voske was driving Frostmarch into the ground with the independence war. This would later become full-on support for Temsyod after Frostmarch raids on Erovald and Vesturperla.

The rest of Lorent was seeking gain out of the civil war. Soumere-Serenus wanted to take everything Frostmarch had outside of the snow biome (excluding Illuc and Edenville), while the new region that was formed out of the city of Fjordmont in Frostmarch, De Manteau, wanted Illuc and Edenville. The stakes in the civil war were high, if the Temsyod won, Frostmarch would be a wasteland and a war zone, and Lorent would strengthen it's control on the continent. If Voske won, Frostmarch would become a dominant power and Lorent would likely collapse.

The biggest problem Lorent faced was an adequate military. Frostmarch spent millions on mercenaries to help them. Lorent also didn't have a very good commanding force, and their army was a disorganized mess, while the Frostmarch army wasn't much better.

### The First Battle

On November 27th 2022, the first battle of the war would take place in Hafnarfjoll...except the war plugin broke, nobody could place blocks, kills didn't count, and you could retrieve your angel chest even if you died. The war was canceled after around 15 minutes and everyone retreated to fight another day. Frostmarch declared victory while Lorent declared the war didn't count due to the war plugin breaking. After some debate, it was declared that the battle was void and another one would be hosted later.

### Intermission

Frostmarch continued grinding gear and supplies and hired more mercenaries to fight in the war. Lorent kept trying to get as many people as possible to come to the war, realizing that the war was a lot more difficult than originally thought. Even more people were going to come to the second battle to fight Lorent, and even more were going to go to fight Frostmarch. New Jarls (Jarl Gunnar and Jarl Eagle) were installed into Frostmarch by Voske during this period (The appointment of Eagle to the position of Jarl led the previously neutral region of Jrunmarch to formally announce themselves for Temsyod, this had little impact on the war beyond minor propaganda purpose as Jrunmoor was the last of the 3 oldest cities to side with Temsyod).

## The Second Half

### The Second Battle

On December 4th 2022, the second Battle of Hafnarfjoll commenced. Once again, like the first battle, the war plugin broke, kills didn't count, and angel chests could not be opened. The admins decided that this battle was still able to be fought, even with the broken war plugin. The Lorentish army was able to breach into the Hafnarfjoll castle early on in the war and held their ground there up until the last minutes of the war. TherAfe was fighting everywhere in the city in all directions.

After the battle concluded, a very frustrating battle between Lorent and Frostmarch occurred based on Lorent holding the castle until the final minutes of the war. After a heated debate, it was decided that Frostmarch won defensively against the Lorent, but did not get a siege point from the battle. A third battle would have to happen to see who would get the first siege point.

### Second Intermission

The Frostmarch side was beginning to drain their pockets of resources. While they still had the mercenary advantage, they could not garner the resources needed to mount a battle against the Lorent. The morale had fallen after a very close second battle, while the Lorentish morale kept rising after a somewhat successful second battle.

Just in time for the war, Frostmarch gathered enough resources to fight a third battle. Less people were going to show up on the Lorent's side, which meant it looked like there would be another close battle. But unexpectedly, the mercenaries Frostmarch had were hired for a war at the exact same time. The problem was that Frostmarch did not pay for these mercenaries, and they would prioritize a paid battle over a non-paid battle. It looked like it would be a clean sweep for Lorent without mercenaries helping Frostmarch

### The Third Battle

On December 18th 2022, the third Battle of Hafnarfjoll commenced. This time the war plugin did not break and angel chests could be opened without needing admin assistance. What was expected to happen, happened. The Frostmarch mercenaries didn't show up except for a few, while most of the Horde and Lorent showed up for the battle. The battle was almost a clean sweep for Lorent outside of a few deaths. There were no arguments about who won the battle

The morale for Frostmarch was looking dim with no more resources being available, and all of the grinders being exhausted from playing constantly. Nobody wanted to see the capital a dysfunctional mess anymore, and so the Grand Jarl Voske began peace talks with Lorent.

## End of the War

### Negotiations

On December 20th 2022, the Jarldom of Frostmarch gave up their government positions to North Frostmarch. Two new Jarls are put in place, Grand Jarl Temsyod and the former jarl Rose. Voske decided that the war wasn't worth it anymore, and that Frostmarch could not survive another battle.

Jarl Rose was given ownership of the historic Frostmarch discord, North Frostmarch became the Jarldom of Frostmarch. The jarls Twinky, Eagle, and Gunnar were removed. The new government of Frostmarch negotiated a peace deal with Lorent. Twinkycome was forced to give Edenville to a new mayor, and Voske was no longer Grand Jarl.

## Aftermath

The peace deal was absolutely against Frostmarch. The towns of Nature's Peace, St. Istanvar, Sysha, and Syvansia were all given to Soumere-Serenus. Lorent denied giving Serenus the city of Vesturperla. The city of Fjordmont would stay as the new region of De Manteau, and the cities of Illuc and Edenville would be under their jurisdiction (though this was never followed). All the thanes were replaced by Temsyod (or in the case of Jrunmarch/Eaglesdom the former thane Thomas Marshall restored) and ministries were removed.

Frostmarch lost its entire population. Most of the cities were ghost towns and Hafnarfjoll was a wasteland. The only active towns were the ones who supported Temsyod, Erovald and Jrunmoor. Over the coming months Frostmarch would become the punching bag of Lorent. the capital, Hafnarfjoll is still unfixed to this day.

*Fact Checked by Twinkycome!!*

Early in 2023 after Frostmarcher independence was regained and Jarl Twinky returned as the King of Ederia (an autonomy under Frostmarch), SirVoske would announce his return to the server. After a period of tension where many feared there would be a second civil war as the Ederia region and Whitemaw (two of the most active regions at the time) were politically dominated by his former supporters. Crisis was avoided as Voske and Temsyod came together signing the May Constitution outlining them both as heads of the nation. At present most tensions from the civil war have ended with most Frostmarchers (especially those of influence) desiring to leave this dark chapter in the nation's history behind them.