First Great Theda Civil War

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The First Great Theda Civil War was the 25-year-long conflict that lasted from 4455 B.T.C. (Before Thedian Calendar) to 4430 B.T.C. between several warlords, generals, mercenaries, and many others in a fight for control over the continent of Theda. In the end, there was no true winner, even though almost all the belligerents had been killed by each other besides the 5 strongest of them all: Vesper Noves, Solenne, Sylvanna, Mercenia, and Mercius (it should be mentioned that Mercenia and Mercius were on the same side and unlike what many believe, were actually husband and wife and were from totally different areas of the continent).

It resulted in the creation of 4 of the countries which existed during Alia and her sisters' era of Thedian history, the eventful 1540s. Some of these countries, specifically the Sovereignty of Sylvanna, Vesper Empire, and Kingdom of Solenne, collapse or split into whole new countries century(s) after the Second Great Theda Civil War of 1545 - 1547 T.C.

It should be noted that the Mermaidic Republic split off from the Vesper Empire and was founded by Destiny Elia Bellevue approximately 5,000 years after the First Great Theda Civil War, the war which led to its creation starting in 566 T.C. and ending in 571 T.C.

The war which succeeds it though in every way except length and number of belligerents is known as the Second Great Theda Civil War.

4456 B.T.C.

 * King Sol of the United Kingdom of Theda is murdered by an assassin hired by Nymeria due to the annoyances he had caused her (specifically the incident where he refused to allow her to hold any power over him due to his misogynistic beliefs and hatred of the goddesses because of their magical power, and the incident where he attempted to rape her which caused him to gain a huge burn scar on his stomach). Due to him having managed to manipulate his sister into marrying a commoner (which was something highly looked down upon during those times and still was until the 1700s T.C.) which according to him was enough to eliminate her from the line of succession and to make the public despise her so that if she ever tried to organize a coup against him, the people would stop her or overthrow her if the coup was successful.
 * This led to a succession crisis which led to the rise of Vesper Noves, a powerful warlord who was said to be descended from the ancient kings and queens of one of the ancient collapsed civilizations which once ruled Theda. Or at least that is what he claimed, as much evidence over the years seem to suggest he was actually descended of elves who lived in the tundra of Drasilia in the continent of Astoria and was actually more foreigner than native to Theda.
 * No matter what Vesper's roots were, one thing was for certain: he was powerful, both physically and politically, and was a tactical genius. His plan was to conquer Theda and destroy anyone and anything that tried to stop him. And many people chose to side with him in fear of being killed by him if they so much as slightly disagreed.
 * Seeing the entire country, which was (because she was the last survivor of their family) rightfully hers to rule, being taken over by Vesper before her eyes, Solenne decides to take it upon herself to stop Vesper's conquest.

4455 B.T.C.

 * Solenne begins to gather soldiers over several months, and soon in the middle of 4455 T.C. declares war on Vesper by attacking one of his military camps.
 * Seeing this unfold, already many people decide to enter into the war, and only a month after Solenne declares war, a princess of an unknown collapsed nation who fled to Theda after her family's slaughter becomes involved: Sylvanna. She happened to be a charismatic person who despite her intentions only being to restore her titles and status as royalty, managed to inspire people to her side with her words. However, she is noted to not engage in any battles with other belligerents until 4453 B.T.C. due to being severely outnumbered compared to Vesper and Solenne and was forced to gather more soldiers until that year.
 * The first battle took place as recorded by Vesper, on Day 19 of Month 8, in what is now New Sovereignty of Sylvanna territory, when Vesper engaged Solenne's troops and caught them off guard. Several other people who had decided to join the war also engaged in the battle, but several were wiped out very quickly due to arrogance and lack of understanding of battle. Others survived that battle. The victor turned out to be Vesper after he wiped out over 100,000 of Solenne's soldiers (of the 120,000 she had brought) through a large scale magic attack by his best mages. Due to this, there were no more battles between the two that year because of Solenne avoiding battles so she could recover the soldiers she had lost.

4454 B.T.C.

 * Mercenia and Mercius, two nobles from different sides of the continent (Mercenia was from the northeast, Mercius was from the southwest) who had married 3 years before this year begin planning to enter the war, having the least selfish intentions of all of the other belligerents, and many historians consider that if there had been a real winner of the war, that them winning would have been the best result for Theda. They would not enter the war until later on this year.
 * Vesper begins to capture key cities mostly in northern Theda.
 * Solenne recovers half of the soldiers she had lost from her previous battle with Vesper and soon afterward immediately captures some towns in southern Theda.
 * Sylvanna hires many tacticians and military geniuses so that she won't have to do much in the planning battles department, as she puts it: "So I don't have to worry my pretty head about anything that is beneath me."
 * Solenne and Vesper's troops clash at the Battle of Port Nobis in what is now the Mariah Empire in a fight for the port city so they could use it to import supplies. The battle turns into a siege (with Solenne being the besieger) not too long after the battle began which would last a bitter 3 years due to both sides not backing down.
 * Sylvanna has several affairs with many of her war personnel instead of focusing on the war plans and this only caused many of her staff to consider her a "spoiled little princess who would likely bring stability after the war, but certainly not good leadership." Sylvanna ignored everyone who told this to her face.

4453 B.T.C.

 * Sylvanna, Mercenia, and Mercius officially enter the war.
 * As soon as they enter, in a march towards the City of Macherie (located in today Kingdom of Minaea territory), Mercenia and Mercius's forces clash with Sylvanna's led by a general named Amadeus in the Ambush of Elos Cliff (Mercenia and Mercius being the ambushed), located in today State of Mercenia territory. General Amadeus turns out to be pathetic at strategy and prefers to just "run in and kill everything in sight" (which according to her far more talented and qualified generals, is a terrible idea no matter who your facing) and he dies in the battle, leading to the decimation of his forces, with over 5,000 casualties (of the 10,000 men there) because of Mercenia's powerful magic which could cover large areas which nobody was prepared for nor knew about. Due to the fact many of the soldiers were close together, she could cast large area of effect spells and decimate large numbers of enemies at the expense of her own energy, which eventually led to her passing out in Mercius's arms after the battle. She was passed out for an entire week after that battle.
 * The bitter rivalry between Solenne and Vesper continues as they clash once again over one of the largest cities in Theda, Sara, which would become the capital of the Vesper Empire, and later the Mariah Empire, 6,000 years later. This time Solenne has a card up her sleeve: Magic. After hearing of General Amadeus's defeat at the hands of Mercenia's magic, she decided to do the same trick she did, however, this time with many mages doing the spells instead of one which would make sure no mages would be incapacitated. During the battle, mages cast large scale spells ranging from icicles to boulders raining down on enemy groups in large numbers. Vesper was soon forced to retreat as he suffered major casualties (which historians are still puzzled by as he could have done the same thing Solenne was doing as he did in the first battle of the war, and yet he did not) which rounded up to about 90,000 dead of his 140,000 soldiers. This was the first battle that Solenne won against Vesper.
 * In Month 9 of 4453, Sylvanna and Solenne run into each other and clash, Sylvanna being forced to actually use her magic to defend herself, showing tremendous success in at least slowing Solenne down and allowing Sylvanna to, as Solenne put it, "Run away like a coward." This is one of the only other times where Solenne and Sylvanna have ever fought each other personally, the other taking place at the last battle of the war, but thats not relevant right now.
 * It is recorded in one of Vesper's diaries that around Month 10 of 4453 was the time where Nymeria officially announced her complete neutrality towards the war, having neglected ever announcing that until now. However, in several of her diaries she records that she is rooting for Sylvanna because she was easily manipulatable and would likely gladly let Nymeria make all the decisions. Also, Nymeria didn't completely stay neutral despite what she said, instead sometimes traveling to military camps and learning things like plans for battles, tactics, and other things that she spilled to whoever their "target" was, and constantly betraying anyone she helped EXCEPT Sylvanna. However nobody knew that she was betraying anyone as she never told anyone their target's plans or tactics or other key information verbally, she always sent anonymous letters signed "NA" (the first and last letter of Nymeria's name). Until 1545 T.C. nobody knew those letters were sent by her and many people debated who had sent the letters until everyone finally gave up around 3439 B.T.C. and the debates stopped overall.
 * All 145 belligerents have joined the war at this point and this is the only time during the war where all belligerents are alive at the same time.

4452 B.T.C.

 * Barely anything happened this year, besides a few skirmishes between several belligerents occurred that killed about 50~ of the belligerents over the course of the year (most of which were the weaker ones anyway). Most were killed by the bigger and more powerful belligerents, though others died because of mutinies or other causes (e.g. illness being spread throughout some camps because of contaminated water, some of the plagues which were burning through some towns spread to military camps, etc). The belligerent number now is 95, most consisting of the stronger ones now, though there are still a few weaker ones who have yet to be destroyed.

4451 B.T.C.

 * It is recorded in Nymeria's diary that she has a sexual affair with Vesper in this year, in her words "For the heck of it. He was handsome anyways- so why not? I'm bored as heck going ____ camp __ camp __________ letters ___ making people win or lose ____ by giving __________, so this is the perfect opportunity for some ____ ____!" Some of the diary entry has become illegible due to wear and tear.
 * A battle between Sylvanna's troops and Vesper's troops breaks out as Sylvanna decided to wanted to "show the world that she wasn't so weak" (directly quoted from her according to many soldiers' diaries) as many people thought she was going to eventually get killed by a stronger belligerent because of her recklessness (as displayed by her battle with Solenne and some of the skirmishes between her and Solenne's troops). The battle took place on a bridge (which it's name has been lost to time as it no longer seems to exist today) in future Mermaidic Republic territory. Her troops were led by her most talented generals, General Lucifer de Sochez. Vesper's troops were led by him personally (as usual). The battle was a difficult one for both sides as they fought on the narrow bridge. Eventually General Sochez managed to force a lot of Vesper's troops to squeeze together on the bridge (because Vesper refused to