First Coalition-Ellysian War

A group of Ellysian forces awaiting the arrival of the First Coalition in Lichterfelde

### Result

First Coalition Victory

The **First Coalition-Ellysian War**, uncommonly referred to as the **Great Eldhamite War**, was a military conflict that took place mere days after the opening of the Eldham server. It was fought between the Ellysian Empire and a group of nations aptly named the Coalition, often aptly called the First Coalition in retrospect.

## Background

Not long after the opening of the Eldham server, the Ellysian Empire was created by the House of Ellas and swiftly took over large masses of land in the Northern sections of the server. This stoked the many fears that people had in regards to imperialism in the new world, and as a result discontent towards the Ellysian nation began to quickly brew as their lands expanded.

These fears were further promoted as many smaller nations had received threats from the Ellysian Empire that they would be destroyed if they did not let themselves be annexed. Eventually a coalition was created with the intention of dissolving and dismantling the Ellysian government and liberating any nations and people under their control.

## Declaration of War

On June 4th, 2021, the First Coalition as it had now been organized sent a declaration of war and de-facto ultimatum to the Ellysian Empire which stated two major demands, the first being that Thas, the leader of Ellysia, must abdicate and cede any claim they have to the Ellysian throne and government. The second was that the Ellysian Empire would remove any claims of their land and an implication of their government's dissolvement with the destruction of their military and communication channels via Discord.

## Fort Oarai Conflict

Almost immediately after the declaration was delivered, Thas agreed to abdicate with the intention of protecting their people and ensure peace as they knew they likely could not win a war. The First Coalition promptly agreed that war was no longer necessary because of the abdication and peace had been established. A player known as Valerion would take Thas's place as King of Ellysia.

Very shortly after this, Miho, a Minister of War and Field Marshal of the Ellysian Military had grown discontent with the Ellysian government and declared independence with the settlement of Oarai, now sometimes called Fort Oarai, as the land's Capital City. The Ellysian Empire was greatly infuriated by this and surrounded the fort. The King of Ellysia, Valerion, declared that a declaration of independence would be a simple declaration of war.

After the news of the conflict spread internationally, an independent group of angered players unrelated to the First Coalition decided to attack an Ellysian town and threatened to declare war against the Ellysians. They were promptly defeated by the Ellysians in the short conflict. After this, YinTheGhost whom was one of the players that participated in the attack began to discuss peace with the Ellysians. It was agreed that Miho would relocate and that the conflict would cease immediately. Unknowingly to YinTheGhost however, this peace was not accepted by Valerion.

One hour later on the June 5th, 2021, Valerion demanded a total surrender in addition to a non-aggression pact from Avala as they had participated in the assault. Fuel was only added to this fire as the Ellysian Empire suddenly stated that war would be declared within two hours if their ultimatum was not met.

## Massacre and The Five Minute War

Main article: The Battle of Lichterfelde
A member and representative of the United Natives Alliance by the name of DireWolf57 had kept a watchful eye on the conflict and would declare war against the Ellysian-held town of Lichterfelde during the night of 5 June 2021. He swiftly came to slay three Ellysians all by himself. This promptly terrified the Ellysian government and as a result they joined a Discord voice chat with the intention of improving diplomatic discussions. At no point in the call was the leader of the Ellysian Empire present, and when contact was finally reached with Valerion, he told them to ignore DireWolf57 and his allies. This was followed by the communication channels being deleted and diplomats being banned.

This turbulent hostility from the Ellysian Empire prompted the First Coalition to unite in preparation for war again and join DireWolf57's war. The forces that were swiftly assembled by the Coalition were incredibly overwhelming to the outnumbered and out-armed Ellysians, many of which were still in iron armor. In less than five minutes in the city of Lichterfelde was completely taken over by the First Coalition, and as a result the Battle of Lichterfelde was dubbed the "Five Minute War". Almost immediately after this an armistice had been arranged and a treaty was signed which saw the forceful relocation of the Ellysian government and people to the Northeast corner of the map.