Orixtal Crusade
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| Orixtal Crusade | |||||||
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 Qabóri Woqalate Alstin Midlands Company Kiravia Duchy of Martilles |
 Varshan | ||||||
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Sokhar IV Sokhar V Julius I Demarcus of Śerrsea Admiral-Sergeant Eimile-Gascoun Henri l'Aixville |
Zali-Kili VIII Ilia-Kemminna III | ||||||
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Peak strength: (combat troops) a lot |
Peak strength: (combat troops) a lot | ||||||
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| quite a bit | fuck ton | ||||||
The Orixtal Crusade (1650–1656), somewhat referred to as the Six Years War, was a major conflict which occurred in South and Central Crona. The war involved numerous Occidental powers, including the Qabóri Woqalate (present-day Tierrador), the Midlands Company colonies of West Crona, and the Kingdom of Alstin with significant naval support from Kiravia, and the Maritime Duchy of Martilles, fighting against Varshan. The war lasted for six years, and was a decisive victory for the South Cronan Coalition, fighting off hostile Varshani invaders. The war was believed to have begun with the attempted expansion of the Worshipful Realm into south and central Crona, in a yearly tradition known as the Hunt, which were usually small invasions of the neighboring states of Varshan. However, when the hunt season for the year 1650 arrived, Žurg Zali-Kili VIII sought a broader goal: the end of growing Occidental influence in South Crona.
For the first phase of the 1650 Hunt, Varshani warriors were sent into modern Kelekona, then pushing in south to the northwestern portion of the Qabóri Woqalate (present-day Istrenya).
Background
Aster's expedition in the 1380s inaugurated Occidental-Cronan interaction which had previously been impossible. The exposure of Varshan to the Occident precipitated a very large number of social, political, and religious changes known as the Žuqulid Revolution. During and after the Žuqulid Revolution, Occidentoskepticism and paranoia regarding the Occident became a central feature of Varshani life. This paranoia and hostility grew significantly with the beginning of Occidental colonization of southern Crona and the establishment of Alstin, modern Asteria, the Veraise colony, and various Kiravian colonies, as well as the gradual Occidentalization of the Qabóri Woqalate. As Varshani influence and power in central Crona grew (partially as a result of the Hunt), there was growing desire in Anzo to destroy the foreigners once and for all, pushing the colonists into the sea in addition to subduing the Qabóri Woqalate.