Great Rebellion of 184
The Great Rebellion of 184 was a large conflict where the combined forces of the Dominion of Poitevine, The Gragelplace and Fionnbryn openly revolted against the rule of Karaz Wyr. The rebellion would see every single significant and populated settlement of the Karaz Wyr Empire damaged or destroyed in a display of brutal total-war mirroring that of The Calamity. The outcome of the war is debated however it is generally accepted that the rebels achieved their goals of independence from the Empire at the cost of their current claims, titles and possessions. Following this war, the empire fell into an inactive state.
Beginning of the Conflict
By the turn of the 150's, dissent within the [[Karaz Wyr] Empire had reached a boiling point. It had become an open secret that the inhabitants of Fionnbryn and the other forest nations which were forcibly absorbed into the Empire were now plotting for their independence. This plotting was only exacerbated by the fact that flufyking, the Sovereign of the Empire, had lost the Mandate of Mund to all who served under him. Coupled with the risk of rebellion of the southern forest tribes, Poitevine began seeking assurances that the Empire become more democratic and decentralised. Seeing as Poitevine had so rapidly expanded in second century, the point of swearing allegiance to a crown it viewed as increasingly distant was now being questioned.
Southern Theatre
The southern theatre of war encompassed the entirety of the Great Forest from Mrag to Fionnbryn. The sole Imperial force in the region was the personal retinue (5 recruits, fully equiped) of bcfoss, who was the acting viceroy of Mrag at the commencement of hostilities. The Rebel forces were comprised of the garrison of Fionnbryn Keep, overseen by local landowner kjolt947 of Kjahog Gruppel.
When jusipat leaked the imminent Rebellion of the Great Forest, bcfoss immediately removed his retinue from Fionnbryn and proceeded posthaste eastward towards Mrag, the sole loyalist settlement in the region. By the time hostilities started, he had only made it as far as the outskirts of The Gragelplace.
Siege of Gragel
After conferring with Emperor flufyking, bcfoss promptly laid siege to Gragel despite being in a state of unpreparedness. Fearful of possible garrisoned rebels, bcfoss requested support in order to maintain the siege while he got supplies from Mrag. Saucy_Tacos arrived soon thereafter on a dragon, though he was delayed somewhat by being unfamiliar with the local geography, landmarks, and place names. After collecting supplies in Mrag and bringing them back to the army, bcfoss's retinue was ready to attempt an assault. By this time Gragel had been under observation for several days and it was clear that no garrison was present, so Saucy_Tacos returned to Karak Wyr in order to assist in the razing of Poitevine.
Gragel was thus sacked, by bcfoss, while offering no resistance, for the second time in it's history. The main complex was burned out after token looting and a TNT minecart was set off in the iron factory. Some effort was made to protect the Library from the flames, and in the aftermath few literary works were lost to the fire.
Having informed flufyking of his successes, bcfoss was ordered to move on to Fionnbryn. The fabric of reality had become unstable by this time (it was really laggy) so the viceroyal retinue's march on the Rebel Capital was slowed to a crawl.
2nd Battle of Fionnbryn
Arriving on the western side of Fionnbryn, bcfoss performed only a cursory inspection of the city before concluding that it too was not being overseen by a player. Birch ramparts were erected near the empty gatehouse and the Imperial army entered the outskirts of the city unmolested. Advancing from the sugarcane fields at a measured pace, bcfoss likewise occupied the town square without facing any resistance. An ad hoc defensive position was constructed here.
Advancing southward down main street, the first signs of resistance were detected when archers stationed on the walls of the keep began taking potshots at the army. bcfoss fell back to the defensive position at town square.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Eastern Theatre
The Eastern theatre comprised a large part of the rebellion. Poitevine, with all of its tributary settlements and infrastructure posed a great threat due to its proximity to imperial authority.
Siege of Poitevine
Poitevine was destroyed from flying players at this time. Many NPC's were killed, and builds in the city were destroyed. The chaos was exacerbated by the fact that Poitevine's defense force took time to join the rebellion's NPC faction, flufyking took advantage of this by lavaing passive Poitevine soldiers in faction limbo, to the consternation of jusipat.
It was at this time that jusipat elected to pursue a dirt war strategy in reaction to the severity of the attacks against Poitevine. To him, it was obvious that the rebellion would be destroyed so thoroughly, proving reconcilliation impossible with the loyalists. He therefore believed this arbitrary destruction of such a large portion of the Empire's economy would consquently cause the empire to collapse and that this process should be accelerated by engaging in total war. During the total destruction of Poitevine, jusipat managed to sneak into the empire's mountain and destroy everything he possibly could. This began the trend of total war which would marr the server until its closure.
Assault on Brenlois
Following the destruction of Poitevine, the remainder of Poitevine's strength reorganised at Brenlois. flufyking arrived to assault the settlement.