Beluaterran Observer/Issue 2
| Beluaterran Observer November 1010 |
| The Greater Folly...? |
| Over the course of the invasion, the prophets have given us many gems of wisdom, from the initial murmurs at the start of the invasion, advising us to chose a faction, to the recent prophecies, warning us that the time of reckoning, the time of blood has arrived. Victory and defeat our our only two options now. |
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| A Historical Introspection: Southern Politics at the Dawn of the Invasion |
| The relations between Riombara and Enweil have always been cold, both realm have opposing ideologies, Riombara embracing pluralism, and Enweil believing in strict path and system. Their conflicts often erupted into full scale war. We could go back to the First and Second ages to finding arguments to support our theories, yet today we mean to delve deeper into their latest conflict, and how it impacted politics during the Fourth Invasion of Beluaterra.
The seeds for war were planted decades ago, during the Third Invasion of Beluaterra, during the Avalon- Republic of Fwuvoghor war. Five Avalonian lords changed allegiances to Fwuvoghor, after which both sides sought a peace treaty, with Enweil acting as the guarantor, swearing to attack either party if they violated the treaty. The treaty was signed by Galvin Blackfeather for Avalon, Mordred Lefanis for Republic of Fwuvoghor, and Handkor Zotral for Enweil. In a few years, Dead Angel was elected to the chancellorship of Avalon, and he decided that as the original treaty had no time given to ceasing of hostilities, announced that Avalon was pulling out of the agreement. Enweil did not step in at that point. Meanwhile, in Enweil, a referendum was held to decide their future course of action. Enweil chose to fight the Republic of Fwuvoghor, yet did not make its intentions clear right away. The editors recently discovered a true copy of this referendum, a very interesting read. It is enclosed here for your convenience. A number of Southern realms, including Riombara, Kingdom of Alluran and Irombrozia condemned the actions of Enweil after a mole leaked the referendum details to them. A few weeks later, Avalon went to war against the Republic of Fwuvoghor. As Fwuvoghorian forces went north to defend Zod, Enweil brought its armies into Fwuvoghor, declaring war against the Republic of Fwuvoghor, in support of Avalon. Riombara had meanwhile been convinced to support Fwuvoghor, and was marching its armies north as Enweil invaded the city. As fate would have it, Enweil declared war after its forces entered the city gates under the guise of neutrality, thus the defending militia were slaughtered, and the walls taken from Fwuvoghor. Riombaran forces arrived half a day later, and were defeated outside the gates of the city. While King Dimian ruled Kingdom of Alluran, it seemed the Kingdom would march in support of Riombara, however with his death and the election of Queen Annaej, they took a neutral stance, while denying Enweil passage through their territory. The war saw the death of the Republic of Fwuvoghor, the capture of Zod by Avalon, and Fwuvoghor by Enweil. Yet Riombara continued the war against Enweil, engaging their armies time and again. Avalon joined the battle against Riombara, Enweil took some regions on the islands, and Xerolco, a theocracy to the Blood Cult was formed in Athol Margos. However, after it was revealed that Enweil was planning a colony in Rines with the help of Bara'Khur, Duke Quinn of Bara'Khur changed alleigance of Dyomoque to Hetland. Thus the war expanded, bringing Hetland and Bara'Khur into the fray. Xerolco was destroyed shortly, and more realms started taking sides. Sint, Mesh, and Heen sent some forces down south to engage Enweil, and Irombrozia resumed its old conflict with Riombara. Riombara took back the Islands, successfully defending itself from smaller raids by Enweil. At this time, a schism developed in Kingdom of Alluran, civil war ensued, resulting in the formation of Holy Empire of Alluran and the Dominion of Alluran. The Old Kingdom of Alluran came to and end, and Dominion of Alluran emerged as the victor of the civil war. The Dominion took a different stance from the Kingdom, and agreed to an alliance with Riombara, and to march against Enweil. Meanwhile, Irombrozia agreed to a surrender, ending the Riombara- Irombrozia civil war, and Riombara took over Irombro. Thus the strength of Riombara began to wax, and it decisively defeated an Enweilian Invasion force at Mio Dupaki. Riombara then mounted a counter-attack into Lopa, yet its forces were defeated, and retreated back to Grehk. Later, after the victory of the Dominion in its civil war, The Southern Alliance of Dominion of Alluran and Riombara met, pushing back another incursion in Elloranaal. Finally we come nearer to the days of the invasion. Enweil had mobilised its entire force to strike at Riombara's new found allies, the Dominion, marched through Thromegor, preparing to strike at the Southern armies in Elloranaal. However, this attack failed, and Southern forces won another victory. Jidington had gone rogue after the Alluran civil war ended, and a few days after the battle in at Elloranaal, scouts reports told of a new banner flying on its towers, a banner of three sharp red scratches- The Monsters had arrived. Similar banners were sighted over Hep Monga, Shifgrethor, and Rinqen. They declared war upon the Dominion, pushing back the Southern forces and beginning an offensive that would devastate the Southern regions in a little under three weeks. Enweil, perhaps still angry about its repeated losses in the South, declared a truce with the monsters, handing over a few rural regions in exchange for a period of peace. Enweils chancellor, Alex Kidd went on to urge the monsters to attack the Southern realms, who were in his words, insidious and sly- "... the people of the south are evil and sly, and deserve to be punished." Soon, Dominion of Alluran was pushed back to Eno, the defending Southern forces had been badly bruised. After a few grueling battles in Eno, The Dominion prevailed after the monster mobile force left Eno. The King of the Dominion, Celyn, agreed to surrender the realm, if the monster helped them find a new home. Thus Dominion of Alluran was annexed, and Monsters turned their attention towards Riombara. Meanwhile, a monster force lead by First of Gilgamesh attacked Enweil, to test their might. First's army was defeated, and First himself was slain. We all know what happened in the coming months. Riombara's South was ravaged by the monsters, their endless debates over an alliance with the monsters leading to the formation of the Meridian Republic in Rines. Monsters then turned on Enweil, fighting both Enweil and the Netherworld, who had then joined into an alliance. Enweil lost over a dozen nobles in the bloodbath to follow. Today, both Enweil and Riombara are barely en route to recovery after being ravaged by the invaders. Will they be willing to stand together and fight for humanity, or will they look the other way, and let history repeat itself? |
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