Great Gintem War

Great Gintem War
Date 4327 – 4375 CY (48 years) Location Gintem Confederation and neighboring countries Result Grand Coalition victory, outlawing of Kunwidya in the Gintem Confederation.
Belligerents
The Grand Coalition Tschintiessteiss Küüztschüüsches Non-Gintem participants Dhimrai Soderon	The Heavenly League Kingdom of Skiischüüschi Kingdom of Gistetschö Kingdom of Hinzgööss Kingdom of Üü Grand Principality of Wütschööss ??? Non-Gintem participants Rirshei

The Great Gintem War was a military and religious conflict that engulfed the modern day Gintem Confederation from 4327 CY to 4375 CY. The conflict was mainly centered around Kunwidya religious uprisings and reforms brought to the Gintem Confederation, and TSC efforts to control them.

Background

Kunwidya missionaries had been arriving on the shores of North Yazland since the Xth century, however their doctrine only began to grow in popularity near the Xth century. In particular, one state within the Gintem Confederation that emerged as the leading stronghold of Kunwidya thought was the Kingdom of Skiischüüschi. Having converted in the Xth century CY, King x of Skiischüüschi used Kunwidya doctrines to justify his strengthening hold over the traditional nobility of his kingdom, and used his newfound internal strength to posture himself as a new threat to the two rising powers of Tschintiessteiss and Küüztschüüsches. The success of x caused numerous other Gintem rulers to convert for the newfound political independence gained from the opposition to the old order, such as the Kingdom of Üü, the Kingdom of Hinzgööss, and the Grand Principality of Wütschööss. As more states began to convert, conflicts arose between the new Kunwidya states and the original X ones. Within the Gintem, the Heavenly League was formed as an informal alliance between Kunwidya states to protect their political interests, and began to push for reforms that would change or dissolve the systems of the Gintem Confederation. By 4324, numerous reforms had been passed through that lead to the weakening of traditionally TSC and KSC power structures, by which point the King x of TSC declared the Kunwidya religion to be a threat to Gintem culture as a whole, vowing to have it removed from the confederation as a whole. He was quickly joined by KSC and numerous other non-Kunwidya states in the Grand Coalition, an alliance of non-Kunwidya states intended to halt the spread of the Kunwidya religion within the Gintem. The Grand Coalition also obtained support from numerous other non-Kunwidya states who were struggling with the political effects of its spread, such as the kingdoms of Soderon and Dhimrai. By the eve of the war in 4327, nearly the entire confederation was split between the two factions, and internal politics had completely broken down.

The initial conflict

Gistetschö succession crisis

In 4326, the reigning King of Gistetschö, x, died, and he was succeeded by his son x. In a surprising move, x announced his official conversion to Kunwidya following the strict traditionalist rule of his father, enraging the Grand Coalition and causing panic amongst the non-Kunwidya nobility. Fearing the potential fall of the south to Kunwidya influence, the kings of TSC and KSC had forged documents circulated within the confederation that revealed x to be illegitimate, and thus ineligible for the succession. Propping up his brother, x, as the legitimate heir, KSC demanded that x yield his illegal authority, or be subject to a military intervention. He denied, and so KSC began its invasion of Gistetschö. Since Gistetschö was not part of the Heavenly League, no initial large scale war broke out between the two sides, X.