The First World War (1832-1838 CR)
Theaters of Operations
Eastern Galendor (Yamato, Rukilia, Quenardya)
Sundering Sea (Whales, Espaku)
Irombi (Whales, Metamor, Espaku)
Alliance of Nations Central Powers
Empire of Metamor Yamato
Quenardya Espaku
Rukilia Irombian satellite states
Republic of Whales
Outcomes
Cease-fire, with terms heavily favoring Allies
Rukilian occupation of Yamato & Khumar
Economic punishment of Espaku & Irombian client states
Formation of Republic of Telvar

In the early 1800s the island nation Yamato changed from a feudal shogunate into a military dictatorship where the generals used the Emperor as a figurehead. This junta knew that Yamato required more raw materials, especially iron ore, than could be found in Yamato itself, if they were to compete with other nations in and around the Central Sea. Yamato launched a period of imperialist expansionism, annexing vast tracts of the Galendor mainland including the Oriental Range, the Oriental Coastlands, Khumar, and some parts of the Eastern Regions. Settlements and garrisons were established in northern Fan Shoar, as well. This expansion took place over the course of years, and attracted little attention from the rest of the world — other great nations were engaged in their own territorial expansions, and Kyia resolved to be cautious and see how Yamatoan rule developed in its new acquisitions.

Things came to a head in the early 1830s, though, when Yamato began taking steps toward annexing regions allied with Quenardya and Rukilia. Neither the Elves nor the Nagas were prone to military aggression against outsiders, but neither would they allow those nations whom they looked upon with friendship (or as valuable allies) to be taken under Yamatoan control without their consent. Yamato decided to try to prevent any action against them through a preemptive strike, and in 1832 it launched vicious surprise attacks against the major military bases of both nations. (Whales was not considered to be a concern, since the island nation was already dealing with a naval war of its own against Espaku and its satellite states in Irombi, which had an alliance with Yamato.)

The war that followed (1832-1838) was long, vicious, and bloody, and was considered by most to be the first true "world" war. The conflict was marked by a slow, grinding land war between Quenardya and Yamato, and by a naval war between Rukilia and Yamato's island holdings. Metamor kept out of the war in the Central Sea, but supported Whales's side of the war by committing Imperial troops and air forces to the conflict in Irombi. The Elves and their human allies drove the Yamatoan army off of the mainland, and Rukilia finished the job in 1838 by taking Khumar and parts of Yamato itself. Yamato was forced into an inequal peace that left the Nagas in control of a good chunk of its homeland. Aggression in Irombi was contained, but Espaku and the other aggressor nations were not conquered outright, being saddled instead with heavy demands for reparations toward the nations they had attacked.

From the ashses of several smaller nation-states of Irombi from this war the Republic of Telvar was born, which would then become a major player in world politics.


Original Source: Yamato, Telvar

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