Five Lord’s war
The Five Lord's War (1824-1844) was a war fought in present day Alba Di Dio. The war was fought between the alliance of Lord Albano and Lord Toscani against Lord Cutolo and the alliance of Lord Casanova and Lord Esposito. The five lords had all lived near each other's settlements peacefully until the discovery of gold and silver in the area. When Lord Albano's mines began to run dry, he began searching to dig elsewhere when his mining operation crossed the lines of Lord Cutolo's property. Although Lord Cutolo had asked Lord Albano to cease operations on his property, Albano continued. The resulting Albano Mine Massacre became the starting point of the war.
| The Five Lord's War |
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| Date: September 11, 1824-June 19, 1844 |
| Location: West Thuadia, Present day Alba Di Dio |
Result: Lord Casanova Victory
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| Territorial Changes: The lands controlled by Lord Casanova, Lord Albano, Lord Cutolo, Lord Esposito, and Lord Toscani merge into Alba Di Dio |
| Belligerents | |
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| Alliance of Lord Albano and Lord Toscani | Lord Cutolo
Alliance of Lord Casanova and Lord Esposito |
| Commander and leaders | |
| Lord Albano Lord Toscani |
Lord Casanova Lord Cutolo Lord Esposito |
| Strength | |
| 14,000 | 30,000 |
| Casualties and losses | |
| 2,000 | 1,201 |
The war began on September 11, 1824 when Lord Cutolo's men fired upon unsuspecting workers of Lord Albano's mining operation and their security detail that was located within the borders of Lord Cutolo's land. This event later became known as the Albano Mine massacre or the Battle of the Mine. Because Lord Albano was a much less rich and powerful lord than Lord Cutolo, he allied himself with Lord Toscani promising land and riches in return for his help. The combined force overwhelmed Cutolo in a lightning fast attack later called the Battle of Cutolo and forced Cutolo to surrender within a month since the fighting began. Cutolo was executed along with his family on his property on August 14, 1824. On February 26, 1835, Lord Albano and Lord Toscani wanted to also take the land of Lord Casanova and Lord Esposito to the North for more fertile farmland to help feed their growing cities. Casanova and Esposito knew this and formed their own alliance to combat the rival lords. The first conflict between these opposing alliances took place on March 1, 1835 at the Battle of Narrow Creek where a joint force army of Albano and Toscani were ambushed by Lord Casanova while crossing the Narrow Creek bridge resulting in massive casualties. Albano and Toscani would launch another offensive this time against Esposito with greater success. The resulting First Battle of Yam (April 9-11, 1836) resulted in the capturing of the city of Yam from Lord Esposito.
Lord Casanova launched a counter offensive against the alliance of Lord Albano and Toscani at the Second Battle of Yam Casanova used artillery barrages along with a daring charge that caught Albano's forces off guard cuasing them to surrender control of the city. Casanova and Esposito pushed Albano and Toscani back to their original border in 1837. The following period became known as The Great Nothing where both sides built many fortress and reinforced their border while waiting for the other to attack. The great nothing lasted from July 12, 1837 to June 8, 1841. Lord Albano decided to begin another offensive and invaded Festeria. Albano and Toscani fought their way through Esposito's territory looking to take him out quickly then focus their attention on Lord Casanova. The Third Batte of Yam was the bloodiest battle of the war that took place on July 19, 1841 and resulted in 600 casualties combined. The momentum of the war began to swing back in Casanova and Esposito's favor during the Battle of Esposito when Casanova launched a massive artillery volley on Toscani's men forcing them to get close enough to Albano where artillery could pound both armies at the same time. The Casanova offensive led to the surrender of both Albano and Toscani at the Battle of Albano who were promptly executed.
With the threat of Albano and Toscani removed, Casanova saw the weakened state of Esposito's army and knew he could not handle Casanova's. Casanova forced Toscani to sign the Unification Accord causing the two kingdoms to merge into Alba Di Dio on January 1, 1844.