The Northic-Oscon war

"*There's only one way this clash between empires ends, Last one standing*"

-Oscar Ødenberg 9 BBS

Its 51 BBS and things in Eneric are getting a bit tense, why? Well there are multiple reasons. A few of which being: a group of military alliances between the great powers meaning that the next war wouldn't be a fun one and a Northic-osconian rivalry mainly in the colonies that could spark a war at any time. And oh yes about 31 years earlier the New Sargonic empire had lost their war they had chosen to fight against the world. After this defeat a group of countries came together to form a new country in place of the empire and by a group of countries I of course mean only Northland who were the Prominent power in the region. This of course pissed of the Osconian empire because of course it did and a new powerful Northic ally wasn't really in their favour. With these tensions in mind you would think the great powers of the world would keep it cool and try to prevent any wars from breaking out, But you'd be wrong. The Northlanders colonized the Red cliffs area and the island of Zamibia because of which forming an alliance with Ardelistan which as usual pissed of the Osconians. Also Northland was spreading propaganda and misinformation in the Fjallstec region, you'd be surprised but this actually pissed of the Osconians.

But when James Ødenberg (the king of Northland) declared himself the protector of all Naraganan people (that is the Northlanders, fjallsen, Runickians and Osconians) it was a step to far. The Osconians handled this recent development by rage quitting and mobilizing their army. Northland at this point wasn't really united yet as the Kingdoms of Fjeland and Fjordene weren't incorporated into the kingdom yet and were independant while the Herredømme of Fjälldren was in the Kingdom of Ilsatia. You'd expect the Northlanders to keep it cool trying to negotiate peace, but you'd be wrong. In fact the Northlanders were quite intrigued by the mobilization since it's what they needed to fully unite as the Ilsatians would join the Osconians. A war with the Osconians and Ilsatians would result in Northland uniting and could possibly lead to a Fjallsen revolution which if supported could leave a powerful ally for Northland.

Further there wasn't really anything interesting happening in 51 BBS. Except of course a Northic warship that had "accidentally" crossed into Osconian waters in a "navigation failure". Naturally the Osconians responded to this recent development by filling it with lead.

When James the Ist heard of the sinking he was understandably furious and mobilized his armies. A few border skirmishes and miss understandings later the Northlanders are at war with the Osconians the ilsatians of course joined as expected. Runick joined in as well not really because of friendship but more because the Northlanders promised them they would get some land, The Northlanders had lied though they did give the Runickians some money for their trouble.

The Northland together with the Runick Kingdom invaded the kingdom of Ilsatia by sea and all seemed to go well until "W I N T E R" now everything’s white and the roads turn to mud. The Ilsatians had calculated this but it seems they made a slight miss calculation, Northlanders don't bloody care about your shitty winter defense. Northland had a professional army with the most modern equipment available while the Kingdom of Ilsatia had an army of conscripts with low morale that quickly surrendered to the Northlanders taking The Kingdom of Ilsatia out of the war and of the map.

Meanwhile in the south the war was more complicated since the Osconian empire was just that an "empire". The Osconian empire pushed far into Northland at first but then something happened the Osconians hadn't acounted for, what happened? The Fjallsen Revolution happened. The Fjallstec revolutionaries were spread out throughout the empire predominantly in the Fjallstec region which they split of from the Osconian Empire starting a civil war. But despite all these mild "inconveniences" the Osconian empire was still pushing into Northland and The Fjallstec region taking kilometers of land in just a few months though at the end of 10 BBS something happened the Osconians hadn't accounted for, what happened? the Monzig Reich and Wanamans happened. The Monzig Reich was at first an ally of the Osconian empire but because this wasn't a defensive war they weren't obliged to do anything, so they didn't. Later on though they were approached by Northland with a boat load of money and land promises so they were like "sure" and joined on the side of Northland. Meanwhile the Wanamans is another story Northland had approached the Wanamans promising them they could have the entire Wanaman region if they revolted, The Northlanders had lied.

In 11 BBS James Ødenberg the First Passed away of Lung cancer making way for Oscar Frederick William Ødenberg III to Ascend to power. the first thing Oscar did was piss of the Konidium Kingdom by Blockading the routs to the colonies because of the war. This lead to war with the Kodium Kingdom though this was a separate war since the Osconians also kind of Pissed of the Konidians. To quickly sum it up the Northic-konidium war of 1688 (12 BBS) was quickly won by Northland who outclassed The Konidians on litterally every field.

But back to the Northic-Oscon war the second thing Oscar the IIIrd did was put General Kristian Obenheim in charge of the main forces. This proved to be one of the best decisions Oscar would Make during the war since Obenheim quickly reformed the outdated strategies and replaced them in favor of the Obenheim line. This strategy involving a long defensive line which would attack in critical weak points was the straw that broke the camel's back putting to much pressure on the Osconian armies eventually breaking through to the Capital.

The Northic-Oscon war is quite an interesting period in Northic history to look at. It was a time where the Royal Ødenberg family was able to completely unite the Kingdom of Northland. While it also created the circumstances necessary for a Fjallstec revolt. Besides it was also the First real war in the Runick Kingdom's history while also giving way for the creation of Boterland which would eventually break apart due to operation Ren-Sorg. This caused Beetaly to take all of Boterland which created the circumstances necessary for tensions to rise once more this time in the form of the December crisis but that's a story for another time.

In the end the war caused the death of hundreds and the rise of probably the most influential empire ever while causing the downfall of another.

Type: war

Countries involved: Kingdom of Northland, United Kingdom of Northland, Osconian Empire, Fjallsmarken, Runick Kingdom, Kingdom of Ilsatia and The Monzig Reich.

Time: 15 BBS (1685 in Nystic calender) till 7 BBS (1693 in Nystic calender)

Linking events: Operation Ren-sorg and The December Crisis

Important People: James Ødenberg, Oscar Ødenberg, Kristian Obenheim, Anthony frànen