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

Under the cover of night, tens-of-thousands of Kythiran troops from all over the Empire were brought to the Mediori Fleet and boarded onto the many ships the Empire had to offer. Being able to ship around 3000 soldiers per crossing, the ships began their first journey out into the Southern Sea. Part of the fleet went south-east, bringing Kythiran soldiers as far as the east coast of Imperius. The rest of the fleet went north, and split into two attacking forces. The first place to fall under Kythiran fire was the City of Chesterfield. Under heavy bombardement, and totally outnumbered and outgunned, the city watch quickly hoised a white flag above their walls. The Kythirans had their first foothold in Imperius. Quickly, ships began to ferry soldiers from the Mediori Fleet and unloading them in Chesterfield.

A Fjellsoldat soldier who had survived this first attack however had managed to mount his horse, and began an exhausting ride across the entire Imperius western coast, warning all settlements and forts along his way about the incoming Kythiran invaders. Eventually, he confiscated a boat, and managed to reach and warn Dorwall about the incoming invaders.

The City Guard of Dorwall reacted swiftly. They arrested all foreigners, mostly traders, who were still in Dorwall at the time. These hostages, together with the women and children of Dorwall, were put into all the ships docked in Dorwall at the time, including some confiscated trade ships from Kythira, and began to evacuate them north towards Imperia.

As the last ship with refugees left the docks, the first Kythiran Imperial Navy warships could be seen arriving in the horizon. In Dorwall they met with relatively little resistence from the remaining populace, and Dorwall became an important port for the Kythirans as a means of transporting more troops, this time from Helmira, into Imperius.

When the Kythirans wanted to move their fleet further north, towards Imperia however, they were ambushed. First, a large field of sea mines were spread over the Redstonian Strait. The ships that managed to pass these fell under heavy fire from coastal batteries operated by troops warned by the Fjellsoldat soldier. Then, in the Northern Sea, the Kythiran Imperial Navy met most of the Imperius Royal Navy, and the largest sea battle in history unfolded. Over the course of an entire day, tens if not hundreds of ships on both sides fell and sunk into the ice cold sea.

This stalemate destroyed most of the Imperius Royal Navy, and created extremely heavy losses in the Kythiran Imperial Navy. The remaining Kythiran ships, still under extremely heavy bombardment from the Imperius coast, retreated back to Dorwall and Chesterfield. Admiral Amedeo, who led the Kythiran Imperial Navy, send a letter to the White Gold Tower, requesting that the Province of Ardoragh would send its navy, the world's most advanced at the time, to aid in the war. Meanwhilst, with the sea no longer a viable route towards Imperia, the Kythirans began their full land invasion.

Crossing into Imperius was easy at first, and the Kythiran armies marched quickly. A poignant moment was when they entered the ruins of Lotric. At the same time, this quick advance of the Kythirans warned the warring factions of the Monarchists and the Republicans that they needed to work together to stop the Kythiran war machine, or they'll have nothing left to fight for.

So they united their forces against the Kythiran invader, who at the same time ran into another obstacle.

The Imperius mountain ranges are the largest and most complex in the world. They spread high and long, and are covered with freezing tops and dangerous cliffs. There are few routes that allow for easy passage, and most of these were under heavy guard or