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[[Ethalria (Grand Matriarchy)|Ethalria]] had the Marislian lands and [[Kaltariezh]] as a whole set out to re-establish their naval supremacy on the world stage. Vakhudan wanted the Marislian lands, but with a powerful ally able to fend off Morstaybishlia, he allowed Ethalria free reign. In March of 1795, the first coalition came to fruition and the war began.
Ethalria at this point still had a formidable fleet based in Kostörsdel, and immediately rallied it at
Just after the Invasion of Marislia, Vakhudan’s forces moved through the Ethalrian-occupied Marislia and around the Kalivian mountains, and began their push southwards towards the fractured Salovian territories, who at this time had formed a number of different nations and city states in the absence of a unifying presence, most notably the city states of Shagonar and Novosibirsk, and the Nelic States.
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During the time in which a new draft of conscripts from Axdelia was called upon to aid the Morstaybishlian war efforts, multiple secession movements took the opportunity to declare themselves independent from the empire. The most prominent and powerful were the Andel City State which declared itself independent in 1798, and the Jilkania Republic in the south east.
Seeing significant losses on the left and right of the empire within less than a year, the Morstaybishlian Empire called on forces from its colonies. The Viceroys from
Ethalria leagued with the newly independent Andel City State and Jilkanian Republic, and began invading the Valerian lands of Morstaybishlia. The new city state blocked off the Morstaybishlians from entering the Valerian lands via Axdelia, forcing them through the mountain passes. Morstaybishlia was forced through the Zycannes’ narrow mountain passes, and to the knowledge of Ethalria, was fought back and beat them back beyond the [[Zycannes]]. Ethalria made enormous territorial gains after three long years of sieges to Morstaybishlian cities.
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By April 1800, the South Ethalrian city states reached an agreement with Morstaybishlia. This treaty between the two nations would see Morstaybishlia recognise an independent and unified South Ethalria (later to be named Asilica) if they could use their lands to port and invade the Ethalrian occupied territories. As the Morstaybishlians were sailing past [[Valerica]], their enemy who had leagued with the Ethalrians; they were ambushed by a fleet from its capital, and the ensuing battle was known as the Battle of Baecca Strait. Morstaybishlia suffered losses, but they were strong enough to repel them back and continue with their mission. Doing so gave a massive element of surprise to Morstaybishlia, and at the same time in the Zycannes, Morstaybishlia broke through via a previously undiscovered route. Having a huge force north and south by the latter months of 1800, the Morstaybishlian and South Ethalrian forces encircled and starved out the Ethalrians.
Meanwhile, Ethalria ignored their losses and by February 1801 began a huge coalition invasion with Biramura for Kaltariezh. Their plan was to divide Kaltariezh between Biramuran and Ethalrian territories and so they pushed towards the coast but the Morstaybishlian forces emerged victorious in all of their battles except Lamburnum and Novenum. As part of a greater plan to invade and conquer [[Rouanezkador]], the Ethalrian and Biramuran fleets amassed and sailed under the helm of Admiral Maria Valtruda from the port of
In a fierce battle, 44 Morstaybishlian ships of the line fought 58 Ethalrian and Biramuran ships of the line. Although the lead ships of the Morstaybishlian columns were heavily battered, with Redmund’s flagship MBS ''Superior'' nearly disabled, the greater experience and training of the Imperial Navy overcame the greater numbers of the Ethalrian and Biramuran navies. The Ethalro-Biramuran fleet lost 42 ships; the Morstaybishlians lost only two. The Battle of Mortagra was a decisive victory for the Morstaybishlians. The victory confirmed the naval supremacy Morstaybishlia had established during the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and it was achieved in part through Redmunds’ departure from the prevailing naval tactical orthodoxy of the day.
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