Redstone Alliance
The Redstone Alliance, known also as the R.A. or simply The Alliance, was a supranational secret military order that was founded during the Second Era. Its primary goal was to maintain peace between the kingdoms of Helmsdeep, Redstonia and Kythira after the War of the Valley Lands.
The secondary purpose of the Alliance was to coordinate the raids in Attica, and ensuring that the other former Overlords from Attica would not be able to unite against the Kingdoms.
At the end of the Second Era, the Alliance began to fall apart, soon after which the Ancient World was destroyed by the Great Grief.
Founding
During the War of the Valley Lands, knights from both the Kingdom of Redstonia and the Kingdom of Helmsdeep had cooperated on the battlefield,
After the War of the Valley Lands an alliance was forged between the three kingdoms. The negotiations for which were held in the Sverdpalass, and were initiated by King Hurdræber and King Von Roterstein.
Anti-R.A. Movements
In response to the actions of the R.A., the remaining Overlords of Attica began uniting in various groups to fight the Alliance. These counter movements were the Federation of Provinces, the Rebel Alliance, and the TNT Alliance.
Although being a founding member, after the raids began the Kingdom of Kythira started to covertly aid groups that were fighting the R.A. through financing, intelligence and supplying weapons and armour.
Ultimately the resistance movements had varying succes.
- The Federation led by the Overlord R. Agricola managed to partially unite Attica against the Alliance, but a large scale attack on their headquarters by the combined armies of the Alliance resulted in the death of Agricola and the dissolution of the Federation.
- The Rebel Alliance, led by the Overlord J. Vinkhuys always focused on guerrilla warfare against the Alliance. With Kythiran financing they were able to construct the Spawnfort, which was soon conquered by the armies of Helmsdeep and Redstonia. Overlord Vinkhuys survived, his identity remaining hidden, through a series of secret tunnels installed by Kythiran engineers. After this defeat the Rebel Alliance remained in the background, dissolving during the Minecraftian Dark Ages.
- The TNT Alliance, led by the Overlords Von Dragestein and Mace, managed through familial relations with the Kythiran royal family to evade conflict with the R.A. After the founding of the Imperius Reich in the Third Era, the TNT Alliance was reformed into the Unific Order.
The Federation of Provinces attempted to unite the Riverlands under one banner, but ultimately collapsed when their castle was taken by the Redstone Alliance and their president was executed.
The Rebel Alliance operated in secret, fighting a guerrilla war against the Redstone Alliance, whilst their leader, Lord Vinkhuys, always managed to evade detection, maintaining the appearance of a wealthy Riverlander farmer. For a short time they held Fort Spawnkeep, but a force of Helmsdeep soldiers managed to capture the fort, although the Rebel Alliance members managed to escape through a secret tunnel.
The TNT Alliance never openly clashed with the Redstone Alliance, being too distant for the Redstone Alliance member states to consider worthwhile.
The Alliance managed to maintain an unstable peace between the three kingdoms, until it was disbanded shortly before the Great Grief.