Great Interran War

The **Great Interran War** was a major military conflict that was fought across Interra from 11 to 17 RA and saw every nation participate militarily and/or economically. The war featured two primary factions; the Brotherhood, led by the Republic of Virwoldam, and the Committee, co-led by the Kingdoms of Greenwood and Pluie until the latter's collapse two years into the war as well as smaller factions in specific theatres of the war.

The war remains the deadliest war ever fought on Interran soil, totaling at \_\_ million deaths, and third overall after the War of the Fifth Continent and the Dwarven-Orcish Conflict in Lismodoth. Starvation, massacres, and disease outbreaks were a common occurrence across the continent during and after the end of the war.

The Great Interran War brought about many changes to Interra following its conclusion. The Committee successfully transformed from a war-time alliance to a peace-time organization that strives for mutual cooperation and security that between the Heartlandic nations. Additionally, the Gorukan Empire became the undisputed superpower on the continent and saw increased immigration from other devastated nations. The war-weary people of Interra would begin to cooperate more, and companies such as the Interran Fleet were founded, ushering unprecedented economic prosperity in southern Interra and exploration that helped lead to the discoveries of multiple other continents.

## Background

### The Elven Kingdom

Following Freiwolmar Eronil's successful conquests of the Great Forest, the Serene Coast, and the Birghian Kingdom, he proclaimed himself the Emperor of the Elves and founded the Elven Kingdom in 2543 PRA. The new kingdom became an immediate superpower on the continent and was the main economic and military rival to the human Gorukan Empire down south. During the nine years Emperor Freiwolmar ruled, the kingdom's metropole, Virwoldam, rapidly grew into Interra's largest city in both area and population as well as the premier center in Interra for art, fashion, commerce, education, science and technology. The other constituent countries in the kingdom saw increased prosperity as well during Freiwolmar's rule. Following his unexpected death in 2552 PRA, his daughter Ziechlel Eronil inherited the throne.

The Elven Kingdom's resources began to decline around 2565 PRA and discontent from the mainland countries grew as Freecloud City (renamed from Virwoldam in 2558 PRA), began to take a larger share of resources from the mainland. For example, the Iron Decree by Empress Ziechlel dictated that 70% of ores and metals mined from Greymount had to go Freecloud City directly, stunting growth in the other countries. Soon similar decrees were made for wood and grain coming out of Greengrove and the Serene Coast respectively. Ethno-nationalist sentiments began to rise among the Essenic, Serenic, and Roughic elves against the Tranquilic which culminated in the Tranquilic-Roughic War in 2568 PRA that saw Greymount's independence and the steady decline of the Elven Kingdom.

The remainder of Empress Ziechlel's rule was marked with near constant ethnic riots in Greengrove and the Serene Coast, and to combat this, more decrees were made that segregated and favored the Tranquilic elves over the Essenic and Serenic elves, as well as any humans living within the kingdom. By the time Queen Reimine took the throne in 8 RA, the Elven Kingdom was in a state of disarray; the Essenic Revolutionary Organization had been waging an insurgency for decades in Greengrove and the Sentinel Mennor Kvalsal owned and led Serenia, a mercenary company that was viewed as the Serene Coast's unofficial standing army and an existential threat to the kingdom by Tranquilic nationalists in Freecloud City. Hoping to alleviate tensions, Queen Reimine controversially granted Greengrove nominal independence by reclassifying the country as a dominion. Greengrove immediately abolished its diarchy, the system where an Essenic Harbinger and a Tranquilic Harbinger from House Eronil co-ruled the country, putting Reimine's brother, Prince Onegomar Eronil out of power.

Onegomar returned to Freecloud City and founded the Broran Kalm, a Tranquilic supremacist fraternity on the 86th of Snowfall, 8 RA. The Broran Kalm's popularity began to skyrocket through the use of public speeches and marches on the streets of Freecloud City and the Tranquilic Sector in Zonodam. Essenic elves were characterized as primitive and unsophisticated, Serenic elves as simple-minded and naturally subservient, and Roughic elves as brutish and violent. Additionally, humanity was often referred to as "the horde" down south who posed an existential threat to all elves.

**Casualities:**

Elven Kingdom (Freecloud, Serene Coast, and Greengrove combined):

Within the Kingdom of Freecloud, ethno-nationalism had been growing slowly for several decades under the rule of Queen Zeichlel. She had inherited the throne in 9 1A and turned Freecloud from a small village into a rich kingdom with multiple overseas colonies by 32 1A. Many Tranquilic elves began to believe that the speed that Freecloud was able to achieve prosperity was proof of the ethnic superiority of the Tranquilic people.

Queen Zeichlel, who was a believer of Tranquilic supremacy herself, began to implement racist laws in 39 1A, when she barred all humans from entering Freecloud City, Greengrove, and the Serene Coast. She pressured Duke Zerlos of Greymount to do the same, but he refused, setting off the Tranquilic-Roughic War. Greymount won the war with the help of the Empire of Gorukai and had effectively cut off any connection that was left with the Tranquilic elves or Freecloud, creating a distinct identity known as the Roughic elves. This loss infuriated Queen Zeichlel and her supremacist supporters, and signaled that even non-Tranquilic elves could not be trusted. Racist policies against humans, the Essenic, and the Serenic would become the hallmark of Queen Zeichlel's reign.

Following her death in 205 1A, Reimine inherited the throne in spite of Prince Onegomar's popularity. Reimine controversially granted independence to Greengrove just three days into to her reign, to show that she would not continue her mother's racist policies. Onegomar founded the Tranquilic Brotherhood in response to this, and began to make plans to depose his sister and take back Greengrove. The Tranquilic Brotherhood operated under the shadows for decades before finally revealing themselves during a failed coup in 248 1A. Onegomar would be punished with 14 years of house arrest for his role in the coup, an unusually weak punishment. After serving his time, Onegomar returned to Freecloud City with the support of the majority of the populace and initiated another coup, this time successfully, and murdered the entire Eronil family and took power in the kingdom. Queen Reimine and Princess Meseryn were the only survivors of their family's massacre and fled to the Kingdom of Greenwood. The Tranquilic Brotherhood quickly re-implemented all of the late Queen Zeichlel's policies that Reimine had abolished.

### Heartlands

The Heartlands had been a war torn region since before the first age. Initially made up of hundreds of kingdoms, it took only until 44 1A for these kingdoms to coalesce into seven kingdoms; Avanzante, Eben, Greenwood, Montana, Pluie, Taiga, and Thalassia. These seven nations all had serious mistrust towards each other, and border skirmishes or all out war would occasionally break out between them.