Great Gintem War
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The Grand Coalition Tschintiessteiss KüüztschüüschesKingdom of Gistetschö 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 in 4627. Since Gistetschö was not part of the Heavenly League, no initial large scale war broke out between the two sides, and the war stayed localized mostly to KSC and Gistetschö. By 4628, the last of x’s forces had been retreated, and he was forced into exile in Skiischüüschi.
X incident
With x’s exile, and x now crowned as King of Gistetschö, TSC and KSC demanded that x be overturned and imprisoned for illegally stealing the throne of Gistetschö. King X of Skiischüüschi agreed to overturn x on the condition that the Grand Coalition be disbanded, and that TSC and KSC stop blocking x’s proposed reforms to the confederation. These terms were blatantly unacceptable to TSC and KSC, leading to a deadlock of negotiations throughout 4628 and 4629, time which x used to correspond with the King of Vrishia. X promised that if Vrishia intervened and restored him to the throne, he would secure them wealthy land on the east coast of the confederation. When these letters were intercepted by KSC soldiers, the member states of the Grand Coalition became outraged, and demanded that x be overturned immediately. When the King of Skiischüüschi refused, the entire Grand Coalition formally declared war on Skiischüüschi for housing traitors within the confederation. The Heavenly League followed suit, and in 4630 declared war on the Grand Coalition.