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* [[Battle of Rankrau  (Pacifica)|Battle of Rankrau]]
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* [[Siege of Saltzemarkt (Pacifica)|Siege of Saltzemarkt]]
* [[Battle of Ammel (Pacifica)|Battle of Ammel]]
* [[Battle of Heckel (Pacifica)|Battle of Heckel]]
* [[Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire (Pacifica)|Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire]]
* [[Fourth Battle of Sundasval (Pacifica)|Fourth Battle of Sundasval]]
* [[Battle of Marianna (Pacifica)|Battle of Marianna]]
* [[Siege of Zwei Konig (Pacifica)|Siege of Zwei Konig]]}}
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*Unification of Weisserstein
*[[Unification of Weisserstein (Pacifica)|Unification of Weisserstein]]
*Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire
*[[Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire (Pacifica)|Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire]]
*Dissolution of the Elbonian Empire
*Dissolution of the Elbonian Empire
*Waißwasr Accords
*[[Sundasfall Peace Accords (Pacifica)|Sundasfall Peace Accords]]
*Occupation of Elbonia by the coalition
*[[Occupation of South Elbonia (1815-1853) (Pacifica)|Occupation of Elbonia]] by Algaria, Riverion-Armonia, Sunland, and Weisserstein
*Independence of Cadiz
*Beginning of the [[Elbonian conflict (Pacifica)|Elbonian conflict]]
*Overthrow of the Theoproprides Dynasty in Thalapadis
*Reestablished independence of Yttria, the Moellian states, and the Sugovian states
*Reestablishment of Stoinian Cordilia
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'''Algaria''' <br>
'''Riverion-Armonia''' <br>
'''Sunland''' <br>
'''Saltzemarkt''' <br>
'''Aldental''' <br>
'''{{flagicon|Weisserstein}} Lichtenburg-Prussia''' <br>
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'''{{flagicon|Ikaranara}} [[Ikaranara (Pacifica)|Triangular Empire]]''' <br>
Ateemara <br>
Yttrian Liberation Corps <br>
Major Rhaynan state (name pending)
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'''Tzara''' <br>
Qaweritoyu
<hr> <small>Elbonian vassals:</small><br>
[[File:Flag of the Yttrian Empire.png|22px|alt=Flag of the Yttrian Empire]] '''Yttrian Empire''' <br>
'''Theoproprides Dynasty''' <br>
Easten Free State <br>
Union of Sunland
 
 
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The '''Elbonian Wars''', sometimes referred to as the '''Great Coalition War''' or the '''Two Hundred Years' War''', was a series of military conflicts fought between the [[Elbonian Empire (Pacifica)|Elbonian Empire]] and its allies, namely the [[Ikaranara (Pacifica)#The Triangular Alliance|Triangular Empire]], against various military alliances formed to end Elbonian, and to a lesser extent [[Ikaranara (Pacifica)#The Triangular Alliance|Triangular]], domination in the region. The roots of the conflict were laid down following Hecklian victory in the [[Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)|Heckel-Cleves War]] (1624-1688), in which the victorious Lœtviek I proclaimed the formation Elbonian Empire and beginning the period of Elbonian domination, which would last until 1815, when the coalition would put an end to the Elbonian Empire. The war lasted 191 years, 8 months, and 8 days.
The '''Elbonian Wars''', sometimes referred to as the '''Coalition Wars''', the '''Wars of the Elbonian Empire''', or the '''Two Hundred Years' War''', was a series of military conflicts fought between the [[Elbonian Empire (Pacifica)|Elbonian Empire]] and its allies against various nations in Pacifica. The roots of the conflict were laid down following Hecklian victory in the [[Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)|Heckel-Cleves War]] (1564–1568), in which the victorious Lœtviek I proclaimed the formation Elbonian Empire and beginning the period of Elbonian domination, which would last until 1815 with the signing of the Treaty of Rodenne which ended hostilities between all warring parties. The wars lasted 247 years, 8 months, and 7 days, making the Elbonian Wars one of the longest conflicts in history.
 
Upon the unification of Elbonia and the proclamation of the Elbonian Empire, the ambitious Lœtviek I wanted to expand the fledgling empire into a regional power player. This expansionist attitude saw the Elbonian Empire invade and annex many of its neighbors, securing its position in the region, as well as saw rivalries develop with several other regional powers, including the Triangular Empire, the Gianlucian Empire in their province of Almannia, and the Stoinians with their holdings in Cordilia.  


Upon the unification of Elbonia and the proclamation of the Elbonian Empire, the ambitious Lœtviek I wanted to expand the fledgling empire into a regional power player. This expansionist attitude saw the Elbonian Empire invade and annex many of its neighbors, securing its position in the region, as well as saw rivalries develop with several regional powers, including the Triangular Empire, as well as the Gianlucian Empire, which had interest in the region.  
Elbonian victories were decisive in cementing Elbonia's regional power, and early on in the war, Elbonia remained undefeated thanks to its early adoption of the arquebus and other gunpowder-based weapons for the infamous ''Dødskall'' shock troopers, added with cunning tactics and strategies. At its height, the Elbonian Empire controlled large portions of Central Cordilia, spanning from Moellia to Castemura. However, entering the 17th and 18th century, Elbonian grip on power slowly fell apart as the cost of the wars slowly mounted, burdening the Elbonian economy. Its use of mercenaries and pirates also heavily increased the cost of maintaining the ''Storhære'' (Grand Army).


Elbonian victories were decisive in cementing Elbonia's regional power, and early on in the war, Elbonia remained undefeated thanks to its use of cunning tactics and strategies. However, the Second Algarian War (1728-1751) would end in a stalemate, the first war to wield such results, and the later War of the Eastern Hall (1754-1759) would see Elbonia for the first time be defeated in combat. Its defeat in the War of the Eastern Hall and the failure of the Easten Islands' Campaign (1731-1759) would prove decisive in shattering the image of Elbonian invincibility, as well as the later victories of the coalition in the war.  
The nail to the coffin of the Elbonian Empire would come in 1806, when it declared war on Lichtenburg-Prussia as retaliation for the latter's involvement and support towards Sunland in the Seventeenth Sunlandic War. This declaration of war would see other nations who were former Gianlucian province of Almannia join the war in support of Lichtenburg-Prussia, sparking the Weissersteiner-Elbonian War. While the forces of the former Almannian states didn't change the frontlines at the beginning, the pressure became much worse for the Elbonians with their defeats at Karlsdorf, Kurzweise, and Wien.


The nail to the coffin of the Elbonian Empire would come in 1806, when it, with the backing of the Triangular Empire, declared war on Lichtenburg-Rhineland as retaliation for the latter's involvement and support towards Sunland in the Seventeenth Sunlandic War (1762-1815). This declaration of war would see other nations within the Weissersteiner Commonwealth, a commonwealth of nations who were in personal union with the Gianlucian Empire, join the war in support of Lichtenburg-Rhineland, sparking the Weissersteiner War of Unification.  
The Elbonian Wars would come to an end on 11 November 1815, when the Treaty of Rodenne was signed between the coalition forces and the Elbonian Empire, ending hostilities in the frontlines. The Sundasfall Peace Accords, signed in 1 December 1815, would dismantled the Elbonian Empire completely, reducing Heckel to its pre-1564 borders. The map of the Elbonian-occupied territories were redrawn by the victorious coalition powers. The end of the war saw the reestablished independence of Yttria, independence of the Moellian and Sugovian states, the unification of Weisserstein, the overthrow of the Theoproprides Dynasty in Thalapadis, the reestablishment of Stoinian control over Castemura, among others. Elbonia would be occupied by a joint coalition of Weisserstein, Riverion-Armonia, Sunland, and Algaria, which established Congress Elbonia.  


The Elbonian Wars would come to an end on 11 November 1815, when the treaties of X and Y were signed between the coalition forces, the Elbonian Empire, and the Triangular Empire. These treaties ended both nations' domination in the region and hailed the beginning of Weisserstein's domination. The Treaty of X dismantled the Elbonian Empire, reducing it to the pre-1624 borders. The Treaty of Y saw the Triangular Empire be forced to pay a $30,000,000 war reparation, which would be divided among the victorious allies and nearly bankrupted the Triangular Empire. The treaty also proved vital in the rise to power of the Father States in Ikaranara, which saw the treaty as a humiliation and uses it to justify overthrowing the Triangular Empire's ruling monarchies of Ikarn, Narus, and Ranaras in 1895.  
The wars had major consequences to the balance of power in the Cordilian continent. The unification of Weisserstein under the House of Lichtenburg-Hohenzollern established a new empire which would play a major part in central Cordilian politics, the beginning of the Concert of Sugovia, the rise of the Shataran Dynasty in Thalapadis, and the long-running Elbonian conflict.  


==Background==
==Background==


=== Elbonian ambitions ===
===Elbonian ambitions===
 
==Series of Wars==
 
===Heckel-Cleves War (1624-1688)===
{{Main|Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)}}Tensions between the two Elbonian kingdoms of Heckel and Cleves, not helped by their growing rivalry, turned into a 64-year long war between them. After both sides mobilized their forces and negotiations broke down, the Kingdom of Heckel declared war and invaded Cleves. The war would see constant back-and-forth between Heckel and Cleves, as both are of similar strength. The tides of war would shift for the first time following the Battle of Aldenborg (1634), where the Clevian army would use much lighter cavalry and infantrymen to charge and route Hecklian forces. The next few years saw the favor of the war turn towards the Clevians until the Second Battle of Rodenne (1638) and the rise of Normann Hosse into the chain of command of the Hecklian army.
 
Hosse's campaign proved decisive in shifting the war's favor to the Hecklian side, exploiting key weaknesses in Clevian strategy. However, his exploits would meet its end when he was killed by an arrow to the neck during the Battle of Nassoben (1655), which was a Clevian victory. After the battle, Vilhemm I became king of Cleves and began what is now known as the Seven Years, which saw Cleves dominate with near impunity throughout the war. [Placeholder lore].
 
The forces of King Adolp I would face the Hecklian forces under Lœtviek I/II in Bissenne (1688), where the former was resupplying. Caught off-guard by the Hecklians, king Adolp and his men made a valiant last stand before being captured ''en masse'' by the Hecklian army. Lutvig II proudly proclaimed victory and both sides signed the Treaty of Rodenne, which saw Cleves annexed into Heckel. After the treaty, Lœtviek proclaimed the Elbonian Empire and styled himself as Lœtviek I/II (as in Lœtviek I of the Elbonian Empire and Lœtviek II of Heckel). Remaining loyalists rallied under prince Erwin, who was the son of King Adolp I, and made their way to Hohenland, where they would continue their struggles against the Elbonian Empire via guerilla warfare. This decision to hold out in Hohenland would be the clause of an Elbonian invasion 8 years later.
 
=== Prince Erwin's War (1688-1715) ===
Following the occupation of his kingdom, Prince Erwin and what remained of the Clevian army snuck into Hohenlander territory in the cover of night, just days after the signing of the Treaty of Rodenne. The loyalist force would begin conducting cross-border raids against the Elbonian Empire from their bases in Hohenland. Hohenlander authority had attempted to quell these holdouts, which was in part because Hohenland's own rivalry with Cleves, the fact that the Clevian loyalist are pillaging and scouring Hohenlander villages for food, and fear of possible Elbonian retaliation, which would come in the form of an invasion in 1696.
 
Despite fighting the same enemy, Prince Erwin's forces and the Hohenlander forces did not cooperate against the invading Elbonians until 1700, when Prince Erwin and King Josef I Adolp signed the Treaty of Naoschlatt, where the animosity between Cleves (represented by Prince Erwin) and Hohenland would be put aside to fend off the Elbonian invasion. However, this newfound cooperation was a little too late and did little in deterring the invasion into Hohenland. In 1701, the Elbonians and Hohenlanders signed the Treaty of Bassl, which saw the annexation of Hohenland into the Elbonian Empire. Prince Erwin and his men would be forced to move to neighboring Bitteborg following the signing of the treaty.
 
After he and his men were kicked out of Hohenland, the loyalists established a new base of operations in neighboring Bitteborg. Unlike in Hohenland, the loyalists were hesitant to attack and provoke Elbonia into invading Bitteborg for fear of heavy retaliation. Nevertheless, this hesitancy didn't stop Elbonian forces from marching into Bitteborg and Noordemaarke following the discovery of Prince Erwin's forces in Bitteborg, which would spark the Seventeen Years' War.
 
During the Seventeen Years' War, Prince Erwin and his men fought alongside Bitteborger forces, fighting under the banner of the Free Clevian Army. Prince Erwin would be killed during the Battle of X (1715), when he and his men were surrounded by Elbonian forces.
 
Prince Erwin's War remains controversial in contemporary Elbonia, as it broke against Elbonian traditions, whereby any tribe conquered must willfully be subjected by the victorious tribe. Prince Erwin's War saw Prince Erwin and his men back away from this tradition, which shocked both the Hecklian and Clevian courts.
 
===Hohenlander War (1696-1701)===
{{Main|Hohenlander War (Pacifica)}}


===Great Alanian War (1700-1701)===
==Timeline==
{{Main|Great Alanian War (Pacifica)}}The weakened First Alanian Hetmanate had been relegated to the sidelines of regional politics, as new kingdoms came to dominate the region and stripping the Hetmanate from what relevance it had. The weak state of the Hetmanate was viewed opportunistically by the Elbonian emperor Lœtviek I, who wanted to consolidate Elbonian control over the lands of Alania, which would also give Elbonia a land border with the Kingdom of Riverion-Armonia, who's lands have been eyed by the Emperor since Elbonian unification. Another reason was the ousting of Gorgjo Stepanje, who was considered a close ally of the Elbonians, by the Hetmanate's council, which deemed him as a puppet of Elbonia. He would be replaced by Mehmet Alje.


Elbonian forces numbering about 80,000 and led by Berend Stroman would march into Alania in June 1700, facing off against the much more numerically superior Alanian army which had around 232,000 men at their disposal in early June. This difference in numerical strength was due to the ongoing Hohenlander War, which was the primary focus of the Elbonian army. Nevertheless, Stroman was able to use his much smaller force to his advantage by small skirmishes that drained the Alanian army's supply line. By August, Alania had lost 16,200 of their men, while Elbonia had only lost 4,200.
==Belligerents==


In late August, Elbonian forces began a large scale offensive into the Alanian cities of Mare, Astor, and Mittelfeld, which saw these cities fall between September and January. In late September, 20,000 Elbonian reinforcements would arrive into Alania to help Stroman's campaign. By December, Elbonian forces besieged Frankstaadt, placing the Hetman, Mehmet Alje, and the entire Hetman Council, in effective hostage. An Alanian army, around 55,000 in strength, attempted to relieve the besieged city, only to be heavily defeated outside the city's walls. The Elbonian besiegers, numbering around 21,000, destroyed nearly half of the Alanian army sent to relieve the siege through an ambush, with the rest of the Alanian force either wounded, captured, or fled, with Elbonia sustaining 7,800 total casualties. Frankstaadt would fall the next week, ending the campaign in Alania. Alanian representatives led by Ali Josef negotiate a peaceful transition of power into the hands of Elbonia and Stepanje
===Coalition forces===
The term "Coalition" is often used as an umbrella designation for belligerents who fought the Elbonian Empire.  


Originally, Alania became a crown dependency and retained its entire original border, and with Stepanje as the Hetman. However, Stepanje would turn his back on Lœtviek I following rumors that Lœtviek wanted to annex Mare and fought for Alania's liberation, dragging the war further. By February, all effective resistance had been defeated, and Stepanje was removed as Hetman of Alania by Lœtviek I and later executed for treason. Following the prolonged conflict, Alania would be carved into several baronetcies, which would later be standard practice in Elbonia's expansions.  
==== League of Guldenkap ====
The League of Guldenkap was one of the primary coalitions during the Elbonian Wars. It was founded by the remaining Sugovian states as a reaction to the Elbonian siege of Saltzemarkt. It was later joined by the Almannian states which would eventually form Weisserstein.


Before the fall of the city, Mehmet Alje and several high-ranking Alanian generals loyal to the Hetmanate escaped, with most to Riverion-Armonia while others into Algaria, Sunland, Oostgao, and the Leiyern lands. Mehmet's son, Iskandar Alaoddin Alje, would later lead the Alanian War of Liberation and founded the House of Alje, which would rule the Second Alanian Hetmanate as hereditary monarchs following Elbonia's defeat in 1815.
===Elbonian Empire===
 
===Seventeen Years' War (1701-1718)===
{{Main|Seventeen Years' War (Pacifica)}}
 
===First Algarian War (1702-1718)===
{{Main|First Algarian War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== First Underground War (1702-1705)===
{{Main|First Underground War (Pacifica)}}
Following the invasion and annexation of Hohenland into the Elbonian Empire, the Hohenlanders were subjected to a heavy occupation. However, the Seventeen Years' War and the First Algarian War saw Elbonia pour vast amounts of resources for the frontlines, which emboldened local Hohenlander loyalists to take up arms and attempt to restore the rule of the House of Hohenstaufen into the Hohenlander throne. In 1701, locals would rise up, beginning the First Underground War.
 
=== Bitteborg Uprising (1720) ===
 
=== First Eastern Coalition War (1720-1722) ===
{{Main|First Eastern Coalition War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== War in Armonia (1722-1731) ===
{{Main|War in Armonia (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Elbonian-Spaninol War (1723-1727) ===
{{Main|Elbonian-Spaninol War (Pacifica)}}The end of the First Eastern Coalition War saw the annexation of Morhaven into Elbonia, making the Elbonian Empire the first and only Elbonian state to have had sea access. However, Morhaven also had another significance, that being the Spaninol-controlled Cadiz to the north. In order to expand its influence and project its power further, the Elbonians invaded Spanolian Cadiz, beginning the Elbonian-Spaninol War. Another major target for the Elbonians was the Spanolian armada stationed in Cadiz, which would prove vital in establishing a fleet following the Morhavenian navy's escape to the Easten Islands.
 
The war ended with the Treaty of Huelva (1727), which saw control of Cadiz transferred over to the Elbonian Empire, as well as having the Spanolian armada stationed in Cadiz transferred into Elbonian hands. This would greatly expand Elbonia's naval and maritime capabilities, as it now has a sizeable fleet.
 
===Sixteenth Sunlandic War (1725-1729)===
{{Main|Sixteenth Sunlandic War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Second Algarian War (1728-1751) ===
{{Main|Second Algarian War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Easten Islands' Campaign (1731-1759) ===
 
=== Drunk Man's War (1739) ===
{{Main|Drunk Man's War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Loebekk Rebellion (1741-1742) ===
The Loebekk Rebellion, also known as the Sailors' Rebellion, was a rebellion led by disgruntled sailors in the Morhavenian port city of Loebekk in early October of 1741. The rebellion was mostly by the killing of a local Muslim cleric, Uthman Shihab, and the desecration of the Loebekk Mosque by Elbonian soldiers, which saw several killed or injured and was seen as sacrilegious by Loebekk's majority-Muslim population, the stalemate and costly endeavor of the Easten Islands' Campaign, especially with regards to the Morhavenian sailors' low pay, as well as the general unpopularity of the Elbonian Empire in Morhaven.
 
While a large portion of the Morhavenian fleet settled in the Easten Islands, which was what started the Easten Islands' Campaign among other things, a small part of the fleet was successfully captured by Elbonian forces in the final days of the First Eastern Coalition War. This small fleet would be reinforced by the recently-captured parts of the Spanolian Armada stationed in Cadiz, as well as pirates who were hired to bolster the strength of the Elbonian fleet. From the onset, pirates, who were stationed mostly in Loebekk, caused problems to the locals of the city. The pirates regularly disregarded local laws and there were reports of assault from pirates to the city's population. The Baron of Loebekk, Ehsan Noor, called on the local garrison to quell misbehaving pirates in late September. This action however did not sit well with the Elbonian Emperor, Lœtviek II, who needed the pirates to support his campaigns in the Easten Islands. Ehsan Noor was sacked from his position and was replaced by Samir Mosa, who preferred to keep a blind eye on the pirates in return for his position.
 
Sometime in early October, a local Muslim cleric known as Uthman Shihab gave a Friday sermon in the Loebekk Mosque. While the content of the sermon remained vague, the local Elbonian garrison commander thought that the content was offensive. Shihab was said to have criticized the Emperor's decision to sack Noor and pushed forth the ongoing problem between the city's inhabitants and pirates. The commander and his garrison stormed the mosque, killing many Muslims who were attending for Friday prayers. Shihab was captured and sentenced to death by the commander, who had him killed by firing squad right outside the mosque in front of an audience made up of Muslim attendees. This event caused major uproar amongst the city's population, who retaliated by burning the Elbonian garrison. Several sailors in Loebekk's port decided to use the chaos to board and take control of several pirate ships, declaring their support to Shihab and marking the beginning of a full-scale rebellion.
 
The seizure of the port by the rebels immediately disrupted Elbonia's naval capabilities. Not only were large part of Elbonia's pirate fleet were captured by the rebels, which took a toll on the Elbonian navy, but also because Loebekk was a major transit hub for supplies, meaning that now, Elbonian forces in the Easten Islands were cut off from their supply lines. The rebels held the city despite being surrounded on all sides by the Elbonian forces. The news of the seizure was devastating to Lœtviek II, as it threatened his plans for the Easten Islands exponentially. He then held talks with Noor, who led the rebellion after the rebels declare him their leader in mid October, to settle the rebellion peacefully.
 
In February, a settlement was reached between the rebels and Elbonian authority, in which the locals would put down their arms in return for Elbonia to respect Muslim traditions and values in Muslim-majority regions of the Empire (which would also be extended to other religious minorities), the reinstating of Noor as Baron of Loebekk, higher wages for Morhavenian sailors, as well as having the pirates respect laws intended to curb crimes by the pirates. A covenant would later be signed between the pirates and the rebels, known as the Loebekk Agreement and overseen by Elbonian authorities, which saw the pirates agree to pay a collective $2500 fine, the respecting of laws, and trying many of the pirates who were caught for crimes, in return for their fleet. The pirates begrudgingly accepted after immense pressure by Elbonian authorities. This agreement would later be the cause of a revolt by some of the pirates in 1758, which would be crushed by loyalist pirates and the Elbonian fleet.
 
Following the rebellion, Lœtviek II would personally donate $150 (or $7,675.78 today) for repairs of the mosque. He later decreed that all religions in the Empire must be treated equally to the Elbonians' Gereonic Christianity. This decision made Lœtviek II more popular compared to previous and the subsequent emperors. Many in the Elbonian Empire began to slowly have a positive image of the emperor. This decree would be overturned by his successor Lœtviek III over dispute of religious freedom, which caused massive unrest amongst Elbonia's Muslim, Catholic, and other minority populations.
 
===War of the Eastern Hall (1754-1759) ===
{{Main|War of the Eastern Hall (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Mittelfoort Revolt (1758) ===
After the Loebekk Agreement was signed, the pirates were split into two blocs: those who wanted to respect the agreement and follow the newly established rules (known as the loyalists), and those who wanted to enact their vengeance upon the Morhavenian, and to lesser extent the Elbonians (known as the rebels). Originally, the two sides remain relatively underground, confined only to their own and with no real conflict between the two parties despite the shifting back-and-forth between loyalists and rebels. The Loebekk Agreement also saw the pirate's base of operations change from the bustling port city of Loebekk to the relatively small port town of Mittelfoort, in northern Oostgao.
 
The failures of the Easten Islands' Campaign was seen by the rebel pirates as an opportunity to increase their foothold of strength in Elbonian political society. The pirates were confident that if they were to rebel, the Elbonian Empire would be forced to annul the agreement with the people of Loebekk. In February 1758, the rebel pirates, led by [placeholder], began a successful revolt in Mittelfoort for special rights for pirates within the Elbonian Navy, which they considered themselves the back bone of. The revolt however wasn't universal, as many pirate leaders disagreed with the methods and goals of [placeholder]'s revolting rebel faction, and many pirates remained loyal to the imperial government in Heckel.
 
The rebels seized important buildings and demanded the Elbonians to annul the agreement, threatening to cut the supply lines between forces in Easten Islands with the mainland, a parallel to the move made by the rebels in Loebekk. However, unlike the Loebekk Rebellion, the Elbonian emperor clamped down hard, with backing from loyalist pirates and the Elbonian navy.
 
===First Clevian War of Independence (1760-1774)===
{{Main|First Clevian War of Independence (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Second Underground War (1760-1768)===
{{Main|Second Underground War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Alanian War of Liberation (1761-1815)===
{{Main|Alanian War of Liberation (Pacifica)}}
 
===Second Eastern Coalition War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Second Eastern Coalition War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Seventeenth Sunlandic War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Seventeenth Sunlandic War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Elbonian-Riverian War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Elbonian-Riverian War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Third Algarian War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Third Algarian War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Zokkerkonn Revolution (1772) ===
{{Main|Siege of Zokkerkonn (Pacifica)}}
In the midst of heavy fighting in the frontlines, several local revolutionaries, led by republican advocate Ebbe Seidel, stormed the city of Zokkerkonn, capital of the baronetcy of Zokkerkonn-Aalstaadt, in March of 1772. The revolution established the People's State of Zokkerkonn, an unrecognized quasi-state in and around the city of Zokkerkonn, promising to create a new, democratic state in the areas of the former Bitteborg. Elements of the Elbonian Army of the Northeast were sent to quell the uprising, beginning the lengthy siege of Zokkerkonn, which lasted until the fall of the People's State in September 1772.
 
The revolutionaries stormed several key buildings during their takeover of the city, namely the local police headquarters and a small army barracks north of the city. The city's 14th century defenses were used to its maximum extent, setting up cannons and firing positions, turning the city into a fortress. Seidel became the first Lord-Minister of Zokkerkonn when the recently established People's State Congress voted him for the office unilaterally, while local sympathetic police chief, Gerrit Vogt, became Head of the People's Militia. Vogt began training the militia, a force barely 600 men strong, into a capable fighting force, while Seidel focused on rallying the people to join the militia and managing day-to-day legislation. By early April, the 600 men force had doubled to 1,200, all of which had mixed fighting capabilities.
 
The Elbonian Army would arrive and set up camp around the city in late April, where the commander demanded Seidel to surrender the city, but he refused. Following the refusal, the Elbonian Army began firing cannons into the city's medieval walls, which were answered by the militia's own sets of cannons. The ferocity of the militia inspired many locals in Zokkerkonn to fight against the Elbonian Army and liberate their city. Vogt continues to manage the defenses, despite being outnumbered by the 7,500 men strong Elbonian force. This also saw the sudden influx of locals into the militia helped fill the defenses of the city.
 
Despite their determination, Elbonian forces still outnumbered and outgunned the local forces. Seidel and many within his inner circle knew that there would be little to no chance of victory. Nevertheless, Vogt and the militia continues to put up stiff resistance against Elbonian forces. Seidel attempted to contact the House of X, housed in Y, a member of the coalition, but due to Zokkerkonn's distance from the frontlines and the siege itself, no communications between Seidel and the coalition was securely established. In his personal notes, Seidel stated that he was willing to abandon his liberal republican beliefs if it had meant freedom for Bitteborg.
 
Elbonian reinforcements would eventually break the siege in September, ending the People' State after 6 months of it being established. Local leaders such as Vogt and Seidel were executed for treason. The city itself would be looted by Elbonian forces, damaging large parts of the city's infrastructure. After receiving words of unsuccessful revolution, [placeholder] called them "among the bravest of Bitteborgers."
 
===Aldenborg Uprising (1785)===
{{Main|Aldenborg Uprising (Pacifica)}}
The Aldenborg Uprising, also called the Second Battle of Aldenborg, occured when Clevian loyalists stormed the city and proclaimed it free from the claws of the Heckel-led Elbonia. The uprising was inspired by the relative success of the Alanian War of Liberation, the romanticized Zokkerkonn Revolution, and inspired others within the Elbonian Empire to revolt. The uprising was led by a disgruntled commander of Clevian origin, Lothar Feldt.
 
Unfortunately for the Loyalists, Elbonian forces would besiege the city for the next 3 months. The siege saw Elbonia deploy heavy cannons against the city's defenders, which caused nearly 40% of all buildings in the city to be destroyed or damaged, and 1/3 of the city's defender dead or wounded. The siege ended the uprising, with the total death toll being 1,200 from the loyalists and around 340 from the Elbonians. However, the uprising had caused several other rebellions, all vying for independence from Elbonia. The massive rebellions would prove decisive in the later years of the wars, as a good amount of the Elbonian army's resources were used to quell rebellions and uprisings in their occupied territories.
 
===Leiyernian War of Independence (1785-1815)===
{{Main|Leiyernian War of Independence (Pacifica)}}
 
===Morhavenian War of Independence (1787-1815)===
{{Main|Morhavenian War of Independence (Pacifica)}}
 
===Second Clevian War of Independence (1789-1815)===
{{Main|Second Clevian War of Independence (Pacifica)}}
 
===Third Underground War (1791-1815)===
{{Main|Third Underground War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Cadisian Revolution (1803-1815)===
 
===Bitteborger War of Independence (1805-1815)===
 
===Weissersteiner War of Unification (1806-1815)===
{{Main|Weissersteiner War of Unification (Pacifica)}}
 
===Norddemaarker War (1811-1815)===


==Legacy of the war==
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===In modern culture===
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Elbonian Wars

(clockwise)
Date4 March 1568 - 11 November 1815
Location
Cordilia
Central Islands
Result

Coalition victory

Main belligerents

Continental allies:
Algaria
Riverion-Armonia
Sunland
Saltzemarkt
Aldental
Weisserstein (Pacifica) Lichtenburg-Prussia
 Stoinia
Ikaranara (Pacifica) Triangular Empire
Ateemara
Yttrian Liberation Corps
Major Rhaynan state (name pending)

Anti-piracy operations:
 Frost Empire

 Elbonian Empire

Elbonian allies:

Tzara
Qaweritoyu

Elbonian vassals:

Flag of the Yttrian Empire Yttrian Empire
Theoproprides Dynasty
Easten Free State

Union of Sunland
Commanders and leaders
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Strength
Weisserstein (Pacifica) 320,000 Elbonian Empire (Pacifica) 900,000
Flag of the Yttrian Empire 220,000
Casualties and losses
X killed
Y wounded
Z captured		 X killed
Y wounded
Z captured

The Elbonian Wars, sometimes referred to as the Coalition Wars, the Wars of the Elbonian Empire, or the Two Hundred Years' War, was a series of military conflicts fought between the Elbonian Empire and its allies against various nations in Pacifica. The roots of the conflict were laid down following Hecklian victory in the Heckel-Cleves War (1564–1568), in which the victorious Lœtviek I proclaimed the formation Elbonian Empire and beginning the period of Elbonian domination, which would last until 1815 with the signing of the Treaty of Rodenne which ended hostilities between all warring parties. The wars lasted 247 years, 8 months, and 7 days, making the Elbonian Wars one of the longest conflicts in history.

Upon the unification of Elbonia and the proclamation of the Elbonian Empire, the ambitious Lœtviek I wanted to expand the fledgling empire into a regional power player. This expansionist attitude saw the Elbonian Empire invade and annex many of its neighbors, securing its position in the region, as well as saw rivalries develop with several other regional powers, including the Triangular Empire, the Gianlucian Empire in their province of Almannia, and the Stoinians with their holdings in Cordilia.

Elbonian victories were decisive in cementing Elbonia's regional power, and early on in the war, Elbonia remained undefeated thanks to its early adoption of the arquebus and other gunpowder-based weapons for the infamous Dødskall shock troopers, added with cunning tactics and strategies. At its height, the Elbonian Empire controlled large portions of Central Cordilia, spanning from Moellia to Castemura. However, entering the 17th and 18th century, Elbonian grip on power slowly fell apart as the cost of the wars slowly mounted, burdening the Elbonian economy. Its use of mercenaries and pirates also heavily increased the cost of maintaining the Storhære (Grand Army).

The nail to the coffin of the Elbonian Empire would come in 1806, when it declared war on Lichtenburg-Prussia as retaliation for the latter's involvement and support towards Sunland in the Seventeenth Sunlandic War. This declaration of war would see other nations who were former Gianlucian province of Almannia join the war in support of Lichtenburg-Prussia, sparking the Weissersteiner-Elbonian War. While the forces of the former Almannian states didn't change the frontlines at the beginning, the pressure became much worse for the Elbonians with their defeats at Karlsdorf, Kurzweise, and Wien.

The Elbonian Wars would come to an end on 11 November 1815, when the Treaty of Rodenne was signed between the coalition forces and the Elbonian Empire, ending hostilities in the frontlines. The Sundasfall Peace Accords, signed in 1 December 1815, would dismantled the Elbonian Empire completely, reducing Heckel to its pre-1564 borders. The map of the Elbonian-occupied territories were redrawn by the victorious coalition powers. The end of the war saw the reestablished independence of Yttria, independence of the Moellian and Sugovian states, the unification of Weisserstein, the overthrow of the Theoproprides Dynasty in Thalapadis, the reestablishment of Stoinian control over Castemura, among others. Elbonia would be occupied by a joint coalition of Weisserstein, Riverion-Armonia, Sunland, and Algaria, which established Congress Elbonia.

The wars had major consequences to the balance of power in the Cordilian continent. The unification of Weisserstein under the House of Lichtenburg-Hohenzollern established a new empire which would play a major part in central Cordilian politics, the beginning of the Concert of Sugovia, the rise of the Shataran Dynasty in Thalapadis, and the long-running Elbonian conflict.

Background

Elbonian ambitions

Timeline

Belligerents

Coalition forces

The term "Coalition" is often used as an umbrella designation for belligerents who fought the Elbonian Empire.

League of Guldenkap

The League of Guldenkap was one of the primary coalitions during the Elbonian Wars. It was founded by the remaining Sugovian states as a reaction to the Elbonian siege of Saltzemarkt. It was later joined by the Almannian states which would eventually form Weisserstein.

Elbonian Empire

Legacy of the war

Political impact

Impact on Elbonia

Impact on the Triangular Empire

Impact on the coalition

Military legacy

In modern culture

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