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I dunno, BC, I'm making this all up on the spot. Ye probably wrote it down somewhere yourselves.
I dunno, BC, I'm making this all up on the spot. Ye probably wrote it down somewhere yourselves.
==Background==
[[Valle Crucis]] had first been settled by Exponential colonists in the early fourteenth century. It was granted near total autonomy on condition that it pay taxes to the imperial court and allow imperial warships to dock in its ports. It functioned thereafter effectively as an independent city-state. This arrangement which was largely uncontested by any of the southern Teudallic maritime powers, excepting some unsuccessful attacks by [[Kelonna]]n forces in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In 1614, the city-state of [[Monsa]] was attacked by [[Cadenza]] as part of the [[War of the Magpie and the Dragon]], a tumultuous conflict between Cadenza. This, and the failure of Exponent to protect its colonies in [[Scottopia]] and [[Imperial Kamalbia|Kamalbia]], led to Monsa and Valle Crucis deciding to withhold taxes from the imperial exchequer. Relations between the colonial and imperial courts quickly deteriorated and, after some back-and-forth, in 1660 (unless this year doesn't suit) Valle Crucis was reoccupied by Exponent. Direct rule was forcibly imposed on the island, which was thereupon governed as a colony. This greatly disturbed the balance in the region, and led Exponent's ambitious rivals to consider Valle Crucis as a target for conquest.


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The Austral War
AustralNaval.JPG
Oil painting of a clash between the navies of Exponent and Cassonne
Date1812-1814
Location
Result Status Quo Ante
Territorial
changes
Exponent cedes the island of Valle Crucis to Cassonne
Belligerents
Template:Country data Seraphic Empire
 Cadenza
 Empire of Exponent
Commanders and leaders
Template:Country data Seraphic Empire Frédéric I
Template:Country data Seraphic Empire David Quebodeaux
Template:Country data Seraphic Empire Julien Reaume
Template:Country data Seraphic Empire Gaston Amirault
Empire of Exponent Titus VI
Empire of Exponent Octavius Greenbranch
Empire of Exponent Marcellus Bracchus
Empire of ExponentTiberius Fletcher
Casualties and losses
Template:Country data Seraphic Empire 12,250
Cadenza 304 dead,
793 wounded
Empire of Exponent 15,780

The Austral War was a major war of the early nineteenth century which pitted the Empire of Exponent against the Seraphic Empire. The war was largely fought at sea and came to centre around possession of the island of Valle Crucis, first settled by Exponential colonists in the first millennium. Cassonnaise military strategists saw the eviction of Exponent from the island as essential to achieving dominion in southern Astyria.

Cassonne was aided in this war by its circumstantial ally the Republic of Cadenza, the expertise of whose commanders was vital in the conquest of the island.

I dunno, BC, I'm making this all up on the spot. Ye probably wrote it down somewhere yourselves.

Background

Valle Crucis had first been settled by Exponential colonists in the early fourteenth century. It was granted near total autonomy on condition that it pay taxes to the imperial court and allow imperial warships to dock in its ports. It functioned thereafter effectively as an independent city-state. This arrangement which was largely uncontested by any of the southern Teudallic maritime powers, excepting some unsuccessful attacks by Kelonnan forces in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In 1614, the city-state of Monsa was attacked by Cadenza as part of the War of the Magpie and the Dragon, a tumultuous conflict between Cadenza. This, and the failure of Exponent to protect its colonies in Scottopia and Kamalbia, led to Monsa and Valle Crucis deciding to withhold taxes from the imperial exchequer. Relations between the colonial and imperial courts quickly deteriorated and, after some back-and-forth, in 1660 (unless this year doesn't suit) Valle Crucis was reoccupied by Exponent. Direct rule was forcibly imposed on the island, which was thereupon governed as a colony. This greatly disturbed the balance in the region, and led Exponent's ambitious rivals to consider Valle Crucis as a target for conquest.