Kythiran Invasion of Imperius

Kythiran Invasion of Imperius
Part of The Raggisar Revolution
Date Late Fourth Era Location The Imperius Reich Result Kythiran defeat due to not receiving reinforcements from the province of Ardoragh. Annexation of the city of Chesterfield into the Kythiran Empire. End of the Dragesteiner Dynasty and birth of the Raggisar Republic.
Belligerents
Raggisar Republicans Dragesteiner Loyalists Civilian Resistance Fighters	Kythiran Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Von Wolfswald Senator Meyer	Emperor Viromaro Grand Marshal Agricola Admiral Amedeo
Units involved
Imperius "Old Guard" Local city guards Republican Armies Monarchist Armies Imperius Royal Navy	Kythiran Imperial Legion Army of the Riverlands Army of the Heartlands Army of the Peninsula of Peril Army of Alcanzar Army of Camuria Kythiran Imperial Navy Corps of Volunteers
Strength
Minecraftia's largest army, leadership splintered into monarchist and republican factions.	Minecraftia's largest navy. Large army united under the Crown.
Casualties and losses
Near-complete destruction of the Imperius Royal Navy Major civilian casualties Massive military losses	Massive military losses Undocumented number of prisoners of war

The Kythiran Invasion of Imperius was a war fought between the forces of the Kythiran Empire and the united forces of the Imperius Monarchists and the Raggisar Republicans. It was fought fully in what at the time was the Imperius Reich, which today is the Raggisar Republic.

Pre-War Events

At the closing days of the Dervich Incident, the Emperor of Kythira had ordered the arrest of the visiting Kaiser of Imperius and his Grand Marshall, who were visiting for peacetalks in the Kythiran city of Helmira. The intend by the Kythirans had been to negotiate directly with the Imperius Senate, using the Kaiser as leverage, but instead republican undercurrents in Imperius, which had begun to form ever since the Lotrican Genocide, exploded, causing a civil war in Imperius between the Monarchists, who wished to have Kaiser Von Dragestein return to Imperius, and the Republicans, who wished to establish a full Republic, inspired by the Aqumis Republic and the ancient Federation of Provinces from the Second Era.

Cause

The Kythirans did not want a republican government in charge. Preferring a monarch and a system more like their own, they immediately began preparations to restore order in Imperius, end the civil war and return the Kaiser as the leader of the Reich, although with considerably less powers than before. The Kythirans hoped that, in return for helping the Kaiser regain his throne, they would be able to annex large swaths of territory of the Reich.

The War

As the raids upon the Riverlands continued, a group of Riverlanders fled east, under the guidance of Lord Whazajottom, one of the First Men.