Resistance of the North

Military: War

The Resistance of the North refers to the first period of global war with the northlanders. In a race to seize the riches that lay beneath the surfaces of the snowfield, many nations--Elzveiran and otherwise--came to battle against the so-called primitive gaians. Despite their smaller numbers and lesser technologies, the gaian people were successful in beating back the advances of their enemies, until, one by one, the nations gave up in their attempts and agreed to leave the gaian people alone... for a time.

---

After the discovery was made that the gaians had built their tribal communities atop mountains of untapped wealth, nation after nation took up arms to attempt to conquer the gaian people, who had been accused of being "primitive" and "barbaric" for well over a millennia. These nations would soon learn that the gaian people were not so easily defeated--certainly not in their home turf.   With the snow and winter serving as a strong advantage, the gaian people beat back the advances of their enemies, who were often waylaid or even killed by the harsh environments of the northlands before even reaching a gaian settlement. The war raged for just over three years before the final nation decided to step back and leave the people of the north alone, deciding that whatever riches were to be had were not worth the effort needed to seize the land from the gaian folk.   It was Akiir Roydrson who successfully beat back the advances of what was very nearly the full force of Aen itself during this three-year conflict, and he became a renowned and celebrated tactician after the fact for his ability to adequately defend such a vast swath of land in the northern region of Elzveir. Under his leadership, there was just under one casualty for every hundred enemy soldiers slain, and the families of those few gaians who experienced loss during Akiir's leadership amid the Resistance of the North were compensated more than adequately with gold, land, or even titles.

Participating Nations

Below is a list of the participating nations and who led them during the Resistance of the North.

Zukei

(Character Here)

Fainarr

Hafiz Basaran II

Aerdis

(Character Here)

Miliim

(Character Here)

Kathaya

(Character Here)

Copari

(Character Here)

Suorr

[specify which of the Free Cities of Suorr participated in the war] (Character Here)

Olsclav

(Character Here)