Third Kin War

The Third Kin War was a conflict which took place between Faneria and Fiannria in 1820-23. It was waged over control of the Fiannrian Vandarch Regions (?) and to force the concession of the isles of ______ and _____ along the Nordskan coast.

Third Kin War
Part of Fanerian-Fiannrian Kin Wars
Fhainnin and Fiannrian regulars clash in Srathlann, 1821
Date April 1, 1820 - March 28, 1823 Location Northern Levantia Result Fanerian victory Parts of Sorhaithe ceded to Faneria Fiannrian Vandarch(?) ceded to Faneria
Belligerents
Faneria	Fiannria
Commanders and leaders
Name (5th Army) Name (8th Army) Name (10th Army) Name (12th Army) Name (14th Army)
Units involved
Royal Army 5th Army 8th Army 10th Army 12th Army 14th Army	Army of Fiannria (?)

Background and Causes

Second Kin War and the Saelish Issue

FIannria and Faneria had mutually agreed to break up the crusader state of Saelin in 1745 as part of the Saelish Partition. In this deal, Saelin had become a neutral rump state along the Nordskan coast, while Fiannria had taken parts of the more heavily populated and forested eastern coast and Faneria had annexed large swathes of less-desirable territory in the drier continental interior. After the Second Kin War, the two nations had accepted a white peace, but Faneria had annexed the remainder of Saelin immediately thereafter. Faneria reaching the Nordska coast was a strategic coup, as it allowed some measure of bypassing Caeric taxes on the Kilikas-Nordskan Straights and effectively cut Fiannria off from integrating the region as planned. After the Second Kin War failed to counter Faneria's annexation of Culriocha, Fiannria had suffered two major geopolitical setbacks in the Eighteenth Century at Faneria's hands.

For its part, Faneria continued to grow as a regional power, with Fhainnin expansion seemingly unstoppable and pro-war politics at a fever pitch. The major target of the Kingdom's ire at this point was in the eastern Vandarch-bound territory of Costbán. Costbán was the last part of the northern Vandarch not controlled by Faneria and a sore spot in Fhainnin culture as far back as its annexation by Great Levantia in the Gallian Wars. While Fiannria had since assumed control of Costbán, Faneria still considered it theirs by right both through a large Fhainnin minority and by geographic sense.

Commonwealth of Fiannria

The second major cause of conflict was more telated to the nature of Fiannria itself. Having reformed into a more united Commonwealth, Fiannria posed a significant challenger to Fhainnin security and expansion, and breaking this new state in psyche or fact was considered a key step to continued Fhainnin ascendancy in northern Levantia.

Northern Campaign

Southern Campaign

Ships of the Royal Navy bombard Fiannrian positions, 1820

Siege of ______, 1820

Battle of _____, 1820

Fiannrian cavalry counter-charge, First Gwynneathsglen 1821

First Battle of Gwynneathsglen, 1821

Arrival of ships purchased by Fiannria from Burgundie in _____, 1821

Fiannrian cavalry charge at Saelaer, 1821

Battle of Saelaer, 1821

Illustration of the Battle of ______, 1822

The Last Charge of Gawaen's Curiassiers, 1822

Second Battle of Gwynneathsglen, 1822

Royal Guards engage the Southern Free Corps at Second Gwynneathsglen, 1822

Royal Army engages Derian Volunteer Legion, 1823

Battle of Marlin, 1823

Battle of Suttersdun, 1823

Aftermath

In Culture

The Third Kin War was a high-water mark for the Royal Army and the Fhainnin state in general, breaking it out from a rising regional power to the ranks of the major empires. It also inspired the first tentative attempts at overseas Fhainnin colonies and made retired Royal Army officers a highly-sought source of military aides and attachés.

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