IT IV Update 3 - Years 410-415 AD
Non-Military Events:
Nihon's Aleut settlements have been lost to neglect and storm. By contrast, Hawawai[1] are integrated into Nihon more directly, and a small, but expanding trickle of colonists had already allowed the construction of this colony's first true cities. Meanwhile, in the south, first contact with "Huancac" has been established...
Meanwhile, after a rigorous journey, a Hong Kee expedition has made contact with Olmecia and set up a trade outpost there. Another such outpost was established in the north, in Kayiawa.
As the recovery from the epidemics continues and the early shock of the Nortuguese encounter passes, the somewhat troubled, uncertain Algonquians had begun forming loose tribal coalitions. Of these, the largest, the strongest and the most united is the one created around the large "city" of Mohegan. It is very much unclear as to what should be made of it; perhaps it shall be a footnote in history, perhaps - something far greater than seems even distantly possible now.
Nortuguese colonization and exploration efforts continue as well, and go just fine; Nortuguese ships have already entered the Carib Sea to find, of all people, the Carthaginians - and also, Upper Adena, a native state more advanced than any tribe encountered here previously. Missionary efforts in this "New Portugal" are more complicated - most of the times the tribes just don't understand what are the Nortuguese talking about.
Utterly defeated in the Carib Sea, the Olmecs decided to cut their losses and signed a peace treaty with Carthage, recognizing all their territorial losses, paying a one-time tribute, pledging a mutual protection pact with Carthage and agreeing to cooperate with the Carthaginian physicians on the cures to the various exchanged diseases (though that clause is unlikely to have much of an effect). Though this was undeniably better than the likely alternative, the Crown Prince's authority is considerably shaken and is in particularily poor state in the frontier feudal regions, which seem to increasingly ignore orders, levying more troops instead of disbanding their levies (-1 Confidence, Efficiency).
On a sidenote, a combination of clever government policies, cooperation with the Carthaginians and some other factors boosts Olmec science somewhat (+1 Education).
Comparative newcomers to the exploration of the New World, the Phoeniceans have however been doing nicely; the trade outpost in Maraja lands had evolved into the town of Karbyblos, while an expedition to the Carib Sea made contact and started trade with Olmecia.
First outbreaks of the "Carib Plague" have been noticed in the Carthaginian provinces of Alisubbia and Elvas (ancient Lusitania). Despite all efforts, there have been over ten thousand deaths already and the plague seems to be spreading all over Iberia...
With the help of Tarunist Monks, Solists in Norge were eliminated... well, those of them who didn't flee on first notice, at least (for their fates, see military events...).
After a decade of growing tensions, Jutland's religious strife reached a rather anticlimatic resolution. As Kopen II finally died, his son Olaf, a closet Solist, inherited the land. Gathering the highest Tarunist clergy of Jutland and the Tarunist Monks dispatched from Tarunia to root out Solism, he declared himself a Solist, taking the name "Judikel" (Jutlander-corrupted form of "Judicaelous"), and demanded that they pledge allegience to him, in exchange for being allowed to keep their faith and lives (but obviously not power). The Monks naturally refused and were slain by Judikel's hand-picked guards; after that example, most of the clergy proved more complacent, for now at least. By this point Solism had gained strong positions in Jutland, and now that it came to power, crypto-Solists came out of the hiding and conversions increased further. Naturally, there was considerable resistance still - conspiracies in Ribe, military mutinies, peasant revolts in the countryside (-3 Jutlander thousands) - but for now Judikel remains in control of things (although in an ominous setback, the Tarunist fleet defected in its entirety - after all those opposed have been silenced - to Norge). His enemies however are yet to make any DECISIVE move - when they do, all will be decided, but not earlier (-1 Confidence). In the meantime, Solism has a foothold in the Baltic Sea for the first time since the Svear Wars...
The Church of Sol officially backed Cimberland, giving a much-needed morale boost (+1 Confidence).
The Nortuguese African expedition had made contact with Dukunnugeya (right after establishing some trade outposts of their own in Southern Africa)!
In the southern Bantu lands, Nevasanghism was becoming prevalent, or at least significant, in lands stretching from ocean to ocean, though mostly to the south from the Congo Basin.
Dukunnugeyan colonies in South Africa have been set up and expanded. To the initial panic of Tissapura, however, the Aryavartans had set up a fairly large outpost of their own in Namibia. Their intentions there remain unclear (however, now Aryavarta is in contact with Nortugal - both via the South African trade and exploration and due to a Nortuguese squadron that journeyed through the northern Indian Ocean to Tissapura).
The Phoeniceans continued their hyperactive diplomatic dealings, signing a trade agreement with Dukunnugeya and, as already mentioned, seeking one in Olmecia (no final reply there yet).
Most remaining Caspian Alan tribes have accepted Onoghurian rule in exchange for protection from Luca.
With remarkable efficiency, disloyal and/or corrupt Israfanid officials were purged (+1 Efficiency).
The Aryavartans sold Cocos Islands and the Chagos Archipelago to the Khmers. This decision was somewhat controversial - if only because it guaranteed Khmer predominance in the Central Indian Ocean and greater Khmero-Dukunnugeyan contact.
In a surprising move, Luca and Parhae conclude a separate peace, the latter recognizing the former's gains. As the tide was already turning, many Parhaens are upset (-1 Confidence), but most understand that killing Israfanids is far more important than petty rivalries as this. Plus the Caucasus at least was far more trouble than it was worth.
Dissent against the Khagan and his centralizing policies amongst the various more distant Turanese tribes increased (-1 Confidence).
A series of Nevasanghist and Sanghist theological debates occured in Suzhou. Although occasionally the Sanghist accussations of heresy and overexpressed Nevasanghist scorn for "Suzhouan narrowmindness" have caused some conflict, they were mostly carried through civilly. Sadly, as tends to be the case in such debates, little actual achievement had been made, or so it seems anyway. Some of the most hardline Suzhou Sanghists have been suggesting that Nevasanghism is banned, but the Suzhou government is yet to make a stance on the issue of those debates.
Nihon signed trade agreements with Choson, Tieh China and Suzhou.
Seeking to avoid any conflict with Khmeria, the Dukunnugeyans have handed over their New Khmerian possessions to the Khmers. Being distant and not all that important, they weren't really missed. Khmer expansion in New Khmeria continues, not always peacefully (see military events). Also the Khmers have captured many islands to the east.
Military Events:
The ascendancy of Aztlan ended as abruptly and at precisely the same moment when Emperor Namacuix disappeared, never to appear again dead or alive. Startled, his sons soon begun the traditional power-struggles, but this time they were combined with Nahuan and Hokan revolts and revanche invasions. Quitlatuix came out on top in the dynastic strife and defeated a Hokan horde, but Aztlan remained unstable and weak - and thus, easy prey for the 413 AD Nihonese invasion. A huge task force arrived after a lenghty storm-cursed journey across the Great Ocean, and landed troops in Kayiawa and on the Hakatai River. The far superior Nihonese forces quickly and easily cut through the surpriseed Aztlanese defenders like knife through butter in most early engagements, and the Hakatai valley had been secured before any more significant resistance could be organized. Although Quitlatuix died in battle and the Aztlanese armies were shattered, the survivors actually fared better, waging a crafty campaign of hit-and-run attacks in the mountains and deserts; ultimately however the Nihonese succesfully took advantage of the ethnic strife, getting many collaborators from the Hakatai majority who were all too happy to help against their Aztlanese masters and the other ethnic groups alike. Aztlan was mostly in Nihonese hands now, though some parts fell to the neighbouring peoples and the rebel groups.
(-Aztlan as an independent nation, -8 Nihonese thousands, -1 Nihonese Samurai thousand, -2 Nihonese ships (do note that storm and disease casualties are included))
There have been some clashes between the Nortuguese and assorted Tuniit and Algonquian tribes, resulting in the annihilation or flight of some of the latter.
(-1 Nortuguese thousand)
Shaken by the pandemics and the horrible defeat in the war against Carthage, Olmecia was however not at its worst until 412 AD, when a civil war begun. Lord Tzapatjama, who had gradually concentrated power in the Northern Frontier in his hands (and those of his close collaborators), proclaimed that the aforementioned woes were result of Tlictato's decadence and that a return to the righteous Olmec way was necessary. Taking advantage of the fact that after the Carib campaign, the largest army in Olmecia was the Northern Frontier's one (and that it outnumbered the regular Olmec troops even in the Core, which the 30th Crown Prince had foolishly garrisoned with levies), he decided upon an ambitious plan. While some new levies in the Frontier itself tied down the rather large regular Olmec forces on the northern border, Tzapatjama's best troops prepared to take over the Olmec heartlands. To assure his victory, Tzapatjama infomred the lords of the Southern Frontier of his plan, and promised them power and plunder if they join him. Though the lords refused, they did agree to humour Tzapatjama's request of their withdrawal from the Core. Yet even as they withdrew, the Southern lords alarmed the 30th Crown Prince of Tzapatjama's plans, and assisted him in transporting the regular Olmec troops out of the Southern Frontier (allowing the lords to break away quietly and without any fighting soon after - but also giving Tlictato a fighting chance). The 30th Crown Prince himself decided to rely on urban militias. As the news of the war's beginning spread and the northern lord's forces ambitiously moved to secure city after city, they encountered organized and prepared resistance. The militias were cut down in most cases, but the casualties were annoying and the campaign took more time than expected. Also, the assault on Tlictato itself was repulsed by the Olmec regular garrison; and to make things worse, the Coronoprincipal reinforcements arrived from the south just in time to break the siege, demonstrating their generally superior quality quite aptly. That was a very serious setback, but there was no going back now as far as Tzapatjama was concerned. Rallying his forces, he repelled an Olmec counterattack at Bonampak, though failing to regain the initiative afterwards. Back in the north, the demoralized, supply-less Olmec regular army begun falling apart, some units defecting to Tzapatjama. Despairing, the local commander, Tuwangpin, snapped, rallied his remaining forces, massacred just about anyone who stepped out of line or was generally suspicious, and with his much-shrunken, but desperate and angry force launched an ambitious, risky campaign, capturing and ransacking several northern cities, sacrificing all the people there and routing all levies sent to stop him. This genial madman isn't in contact with Tlictato at present, and some suspect that he is too, well, mad to follow orders, but his actions have been most productive for the Crown Prince. Meanwhile, the foreign powers are beginning to eye Olmecia curiously, while the Southern Lords remain frustratingly neutral (or, rather, they are still sitting on the sidelines and waiting for the highest bidder)...
(-11 Olmec thousands, -10 Northern Frontier thousands, -11 Northern Frontier levy thousands)
After the satisfactory conclusion of the war with Olmecia, the Carthaginians did not cease military operations in the New World. A series of northwards expeditions drove the Apalachee tribes further inland, while in the south the Orinoco delta towns of the Baranco culture were captured as well.
(-3 Carthaginian thousands, -1 Carthaginian Imperial Stormtrooper thousand)
After the failure of a last-ditch attempt to restore the Coalition of Two Valleys, the Guangalan resistance continued its free-fall, the Huanc free to divide and conquer. Resistance - at least, in the valleys themselves - was nearly at end by 415 AD (although the campaign wasn't as easy as it sounds - there was some fierce resistance in the Valleys at times, although the Huanc managed to minimize their casualties due to cunning flanking tactics and Guangalan interfighting).
(-6 Huanc thousands)
Annoyed by the continued Mojo raids, the Tiwanakans procurred some native guides and launched a major punitive expedition. Though only a few major Mojo settlements were actually taken and razed, a large buffer frontier area had been occupied; from there, further punitive expeditions have been launched, and the raids have mostly ended now. The Mojos are reeling from the defeat. In 415 AD several Mojo tribes formed a tribal confederacy with the goal of military coordination...
(-3 Tiwanakan thousands)
The Nortuguese terror against the sea routes continued, its opponents coming farcically short of coordinating their efforts - this is especially farcical because many of them actually tried to, or so it seemed at first. Thus the Iceni for instnace fought their way through Nortuguese-dominated waters to Aberdeen, where they linked up with their Caledonian allies. While the ships were being repaired and the crews rested, letting their guard down, the Caledonians suddenly struck at night, massacred the sleeping - or, at best, drunken - soldiers, sailors and officers, including Lord Iarlaith, and captured most of the Iceni fleet, burning the rest (20 ships from Iceni to Caledonia, -1 Naval Quality). The Caledonians themselves naturally made no move against Nortugal - while the Nortuguese have begun specifically avoiding Caledonian trade routes... Meanwhile, the Gauls curtailed missionary activities and recalled all of their fleet from its faraway holy duties - but as all the routes back to Gaelic ports lied through heavily-patrolled, comparatively-narrow, Nortuguese-dominated areas, the Gaelic fleet was wiped out in its entirety. The only dark spot for the Nortuguese came not from the Solists, but from the Tarunist Norge who had built up their fleet and merged it with the defecting Jutlander one. This formidable naval force used the Nortuguese overcommitment to the Gaul-hunting missions to defeat their North Sea squadrons one-by-one, sinking or expelling them and thus, at least temporarily, taking control of the North Sea. Magnus V took for himself the title of "Nortubane"; Norge seems to be on the rise, although perhaps that's just because the Nortuguese are yet to strike back in force.
(-23 Nortuguese ships -2 Iceni thousands, -11 Iceni ships, -15 Gaelic ships, -8 Norge ships)
Meanwhile, back on Alba... After butchering the Iceni fleet, the Caledonians made a diplomatic revolution and declared war on the Iceni "heretics", derecognized Llywelyn as brenin of Cymru, recognized Owain V as such instead and most controversially allied (well, not really, but that's how most people perceived and perceive it) with Nortugal (-1 Prestige, Confidence). And immediately, the operations against the stunned Iceni commenced. Mael Coluim personally led a large Caledonian force to the borderlands, engaging Lord Soltan's forces. By this moment the words of the betrayal at Aberdeen had reached the Iceni troops; fired by rage, they combatted the numerically-superior Caledonians to a standstill in a series of border skirmishes, culminating at Deva. By then reinforced by Lord Bensol's reserve troops, the Iceni advanced into Brigantea, but there they were stopped by the hilly terrain and the Brigantean conscripts in Caledonian employ. Meanwhile, in Cymru, the Owainist (northern and coastal) clans rose up, as did the Druidists, and Owain V himself arrived with his retainers and Caledonian allies; and even though Llywelyn had prepared for this and raised a large army, it was defeated just outside of the northern city of Llangynog, where Llywelyn had to take refuge and was besieged. Although Solist uprisings behind Owain's lines threatened him, victory seemed secure until Lord Aedan, who had led the first invasion of Cymru, went there again with a reduced but powerful corps, spearheaded by the Sons of Sol. In the second Battle of Llangynog, Llywelyn sallied out of the city, while the Iceni charged into the midst of the enemy troops. This time Owain's troops didn't break and run as they did in the previous war; they stood their ground, and inflicted some casualties even on the elite Sons of Sol. Pitched fighting ensued; Llywelyn was repelled; bleeding and unconscious, he was brought back to Llangynog, and his Cymrese had to fall back. But Owain V himself was not spared by the battle neither; while leading a dismounted charge (having already lost two horses) he was cut down and slain. The tide turned soon after; the Owainists shook, then fell back, then fled in panic, and the Caledonians were inclined to follow them too. Virtually noone escaped, though - the Sons of Sol were tired, but wrathful and chased down their enemies, taking no prisoners. Llywelyn's rule was barely preserved (-1 Efficiency, Confidence), and the rebellion against it crumbled. But even as the Iceni celebrated victory, their east coast came under attack. First, Scandinavian Solist tribes and clans went a-raiding, taking the defenders here by surprise. Now, they struck again - but this time they came with a vast Caledonian host under Mael Coluim's cousin Artuir. They landed at the mouth of Tamesa, and then split up; Artuir and the main force secured the Tamesa, and from there struck at the defenseless southern cities, capturing and plundering as much as possible (-1 Iceni Economy, Trade, +1 Caledonian banked eco.). The Iceni, alarmed by the previous Norge raids, did shift forces southwards - but they were tied down by the one third of Artuir's army that tried to attack Caer Bechet. The attack was repulsed, but the Iceni had heavy casualties and this, in combination with the re-intensification of skirmishes in the northern theatre and the threates elsewhere, prevented them from launching a real counterattack against Artuir's forces, limiting themselves to blocking the main directions for his advance. Although the Iceni did frustrate the Caledonian plans on numerous occassions, it is hard to say who is winning right now - and impossible to predict who will in the end.
(-17 Caledonian thousands, -4 Caledonian Galloglaigh thousands, -8 Caledonian levy thousands, -7 Iceni thousands, -2 Iceni Sons of Sol thousands, -7 Iceni levy thousands, -8 Cymrese thousands, -3 Cymrese levy thousands)
The Cimbrian War ended... the Fifth Transpoenic War had begun.
(see spotlight)
(-1 Gaelic Trade, +1 Carthaginian banked eco., -1 Dacoillyrian Prestige, -2 Carthaginian Trade, +1 Cimbrian Confidence, -1 Carthaginian Confidence, -1 Carthaginian Efficiency, +1 Lucan banked eco., +1 Dacoillyrian Confidence, +10 Carthaginian levy thousands)
(-40 Gaelic thousands, -14 Gaelic levy thousands, -7 Cimbrian thousands, -5 Cimbrian levy thousands, -4 Cimbrian Royal Guard thousands, -1 Cimbrian ship, -5 Dacoillyrian thousands, -7 Dacoillyrian ships, -48 Carthaginian thousands, -18 Carthaginian Imperial Stormtrooper thousands, -3 Carthaginian levy thousands, -26 Carthaginian ships, -16 Lucan thousands, -9 Lucan Companion Cavalry thousands, -2 Lucan ships)
At first it seemed as if peace will come to Central Europe, as Frankreich - and Gaul - acknowledged the Wenedian reclamation of "Ostland". But soon after the peace treaty, the Wenedians declared war on Frankreich AGAIN and AGAIN attacked in full force, beating the poor Frankish army into a bloody pulp in a series of battles. Brenburg, Hektor the Foolhardy's capital, was besieged and capital, Hektor died in battle, his son Kedorich rallied the Franks and led a suicidal counterattack in which he perished, and after that the country simply fell apart into squabbling principalities and tribes. However, even as the Wenedians celebrated, consolidated their gains and fought off the uncoordinated "lash-out" attacks of the nearby Franks, they themselves came under attack - Vladimir I of Cernorus has, after pondering his options, decided to unite all the Slavs and gathered up his hordes on the eastern Wenedian border. The glorious invasion nearly ended there, though, as the Wenedians had thoroughly fortified their border areas. Fortunately the Chernorusians had some Dacoillyrian siege specialists with them; the fortifications were sapped, the Cernorusians rushed into the breach, and, despite all the enemy efforts, broke through (although with crippling casualties). The defenders tried to retreat to the left bank of the Vistula, but the berzerk Druzhina men charged on, turning the retreat into a panicked rout. Thus high morale and good luck allowed the Cernorusians to advance into the Wenedian heartlands, though further progress was more problematic. Fortunately, blind luck intervenned again; Todor Doroslaw, leader of the Wenedian opposition, took the opportunity to stage a rebellion in the trade center of Gdansk, with undetermined kind of foreign support; although his march to Kruml was repulsed, this proved a potent distraction, especially as he had somehow managed to hire enough mercenaries to fight back an assault on Gdanks itself. Thus distracted the Wenedians and allowed the Cernorusians to raid and loot almost freely (1 plundered eco. point). The assault on the Vistula and Wenedia's political nucleus had backfired badly, though - by then reinforcements came in from the west, and the Cernorusians were routed at Radom, falling back beyond the Vistula. Somehow dazzled by all this, the Wenedians are yet to react properly, but it would seem that Vladimir's plan had backfired, as had Todor's. Then again, it would seem that there is more to this all then can be seen on the surface...
(-Frankreich as an independent nation, -17 Wenedian thousands, -4 Wenedian levy thousands, -27 Cernorusian thousands, -8 Cernorusian Ljuta Druzhina thousands, -7 Cernorusian levy thousands)
Using stereotypical carrot-and-stick and divide-and-conquer methods, the Mordvins forced many of the less advanced northeastern Mordvins into one or another degree of dependancy. People weren't quite sure as to why Vald III wanted to conquer these barren lands so badly, but hey, it didn't take all that much of an effort. In fact, it was suspiciously fast and easy, but the Tarunians are mostly just happy that the Mordvins seem to be looking in the opposite direction now.
(-1 Mordvin thousand)
The Wagadou expansionism resumed with the conquest of the young Mande city-state/kingdom of Kaedi and some other borderlands.
(-4 Wagadou thousands)
The robust health of the Khoisan Warlord Kamarera, sapped by age, stress and assassination attempts, had finally given way - in 411 AD, the Warlord fell ill, briefly got better and killed his son for allegedly poisoning him, and then finally died. By this point his great empire had already rotted as well; and upon his death, it simply fell apart, all efforts to set up a more stable governing structuce going to waste. City-states reasserted their independence, often under lesser warlords of their own who had kept their private armies. Soon enough, border disputes and old feuds caused the area to explode into anarchic bloodshed. Tivekara, the warlord who took over the old capital of Majuba, briefly threatened to reunite the area, but he was assassinated before the crucial battle, which consequently was a rout for the Majuban forces. And then, external forces jumped in as well - the Bantus, rallying and vengeful, struck back, and though eventually stalling, they pushed the Khoisans out of many of their new gains, eventually taking back almost all the lands north of the Limpopo and raiding further south. As all this occured, Tivekara's successor in Majuba, his Nevasanghist lieutenant Heteraru, pleaded for Dukunnugeyan intervention. In exchange for him pledging allegience to Dukunnugeya, the Dukunnugeyans helped him assert control over Majuba against all enemies (ofcourse, he became a completely powerless puppet after that...) and moved forward to secure the coastal provinces as well. The resistance to the Dukunnugeyans thus far was, in most cases, poorly-planned, uncoordinated and rather weak; meanwhile, the Nevasanghists in the area did all they could to assist the Dukunnugeyan advance.
(-Khoisan Empire as an independent nation, -2 Dukunnugeyan thousands, -1 Dukunnugeyan Ekadaahalokumiiyaa)
The Lucans, having signed peace with Parhae, moved to consolidate their gains by fighting the resistant Caucasian tribes. It was far more difficult than expected due to harsh terrain and the Caucasian insistance on avoiding any direct fighting; eventually the Lucans worked out a single methodic of gradually capturing the mountain settlements and killing everyone inside, but even then it cost them much. Eventually the southern rebels have been defeated, but in the north, due to Lucan concentration on southern issues, the only military action thus far involved a Lucan punitive expedition being massacred in the mountains.
(-4 Lucan thousands, -2 Lucan Companion Cavalry thousands)
Abandoned by Luca, Israfanidia braces itself for the Egypto-Parhaen onslaught. Its worst fears were not to be disappointed. On the sea, a desperate effort to turn the tide or at least hamper enemy logistics via privateering and piracy ran into enemy numerical superiority. Though managing to cause considerable damage and avoiding a total naval defeat, the Israfanid attacks were mostly repulsed and ultimately their naval efforts had little or no effect on the land campaigns, in which, too, the enemy employed far superior numbers, countered once more by Israfanid cunning, innovation, zeal and terrain usage. As the Israfanids focused on the Hejjaz theatre, the Parhaens attained such overwhelming advantages that - in combination with Zoroastrian uprisings in the Israfanid territories under attack - allowed them to steamroll through the lands of Upper Ur, while crossing the Persian Gulf to land troops in the Lower one as well. The Israfanids fought bravely, but their efforts to mobilize the populace here had failed, and they mostly had to resort to hit-and-run attacks after being pushed out into the desert. In the west, the Egyptians were doing far more poorly at first; supply ships were harassed by pirates at sea and saboteurs in dock, rebellions sprung up without end, and the Egyptian offensive towards Yamama ended in an utter disaster in 412 AD with the Battle of Khasira, in which the Egyptians were routed with huge casualties and barely retreated to Hejjaz. However, reinforcements arrived just in time to defeat the Israfanid attack on Yir[2]. After that, the Israfanids continued raiding enemy positions and probing for opportunities, and launching occassional attacks. Left alone and given time, the Israfanids may have defeated the Egyptian invaders, but as it was, they were not left alone at all. The Parhaens gave them no time to rest; seeking to retake Arabia, they moved from city to city, from oasis to oasis, by good old reliable desert routes. Although harrased by enemy raiders, the Parhaens countered that with their own excellent camelry - as for the fanatical defenders, they were simply slaughtered by the huge Parhaen hordes. The Israfanids desperately diverted forces to the defense of Yamama, but that simply wasn't enough; the Parhaens came in from several directions and slaughtered everyone inside, including most of the Minyan. After that, resistance continued, but coordination disappeared. The surviving Israfanid forces in Hejjaz did launch a desperate offensive that came quite close to victory, but in the end the collapse of the supply situation and the degradation of the morale gave Egypt a hard-fought victory. The Parhaens meanwhile are in control of the non-Hejjaz Arabia - at least nominally. In truth, scattered resistance is far from over; Israeli pirates still strike at their enemies whenever possible, and so do the desert raiders, many of whom have remained simply out of their enemies' reach. But Israfanidia itself is over.
(-Israfanidia as an independent nation, -22 Egyptian thousands, -3 Egyptian ships, -15 Parhaen thousands, -1 Parhaen Eternal Legion, -3 Parhaen levy thousands, -2 Parhaen ships)
(not on you thought, grandmaster)
