First Stonish Invasion of Hoterallia

Stonish Invasion of Hoterallia
Two Daiki warriors with a dead Stonish soldiers at their feet.
Date 1327-1334 Location Flatstone, Hoterallia Result Inconclusive Treaty of Jyo-daika Flatstone forced to pay war reparations to Hotellaria
Belligerents
Flatstone	Hoterallia
Commanders and leaders
Bjarn II Von Stone Bas Pumice  † Jonob Sidian  † Rhyo Lite Jonas Steinherre	Emperor Gon-Suda Taichima Oirune Hosu Kazuyuki Fujimoto  † Junkichi Hori Iwata Toyoto Noguchi Bunshi Higuchi Ueda
Strength
23,000	45,000
Casualties and losses
17,500	6,700

The Stonish Invasion of Hoterallia, or the Stonish War on Hoterallia was a small naval conflict between the Kingdom of Flatstone and Hosu Taichimate.

Outbreak of War

War between the two nations had initially started after King Bjarn II of Flatstone announced an ultimatum to the First Hoterallian Empire, demanding that the nation cede Flatstone concessions in exchange for naval protection. This demand was denied without hesitation by Emperor Gon-Suda of Hoterallia, and thus the Kingdom of Flatstone issued a declaration of war.

War on the Water

Battle of Stoheпopt

Flatstones fleet, under the command of Bjarn II, had rallied in the port of Stoheпopt, a Stonish-controlled archipelago north of it's capital that had served as a launching point of the Stonish campaign against the Hotellarian navy in the Southern Sunadic. Bjarn II and his men departed from the port in 1327 shortly after the declaration of war, engaging in a skirmish on open waters with a small detachment of Hotellarian ships that had been stationed near the island in order to prevent Stonish forces from reaching mainland Hoterallia. These efforts proved to be fruitless, however, as they hadn't prepared themselves for the battlefleet constructed by Bjarn II just two years prior. Hoterallian forces failed to match the naval experience posessed by the Stonish forces, soon finding themselves to be overwhelmed by Stonish galleys and barque's. The Stonish fleet had managed to encircle the contingent of Hoterallian ships, preventing them from deserting the battle. After inflicting a considerable amount of losses on the Hotellarian ships, Stonish forces began to board enemy ships, partaking in melee combat with one another. Stonish forces were met with fierce Hoterallian resistance, unable to break their morale. Instead, Bjarn II ordered for the Hoterallian fleet to be burned and it's crew left to die. Dozens of ships were set ablaze, their crews forced to abandon ship and drown as the Stonish fleet made it's withdrawal back to Stoheпopt.