Lupaaria
21-07-2005, 19:48
OOC: For those who remember me, or rather my old states, hello. Just to jog your memories, I played with the State; The Great Celtic Empire of The O Faolains. Old member of the Victoria Alliance.
Lupaaria, formally the Empire, formely Luparia, has returned, raising itself from the ashes, so where has it been these last 6 months? Well here you go...
IC:
Four years of Civil war has ravaged the country. Why it started was actually very simple.
The Emperor, Teige, married the wrong girl. As throughout history, a woman caused major friction between two men. Her husband, the second Emperor, and his cheifs of staff.
Trouble had flared as Empress Mara was confronted by a High Counsil Commision as to her infidelities. At first it appeared as though these charges were made up, a fiction to get rid of her. In fact they were very real. The fac her daughter looked nothing like any member of their family was a bit of a give away. DNA tests revealed she was indeed the Daughter of an Arkala.
Calls were made for an annulment of the Royal Marriage, calls that fell upon deaf ears. The Emperor, encouraged by his wife, disbanded parliament with the force of his Army, and personal Bodyguard. Martial Law was declared and Civil War looked certain.
The Army, re-affirming its oath of allegiance backed the Emperor and threatened to destroy all those who opposed him. It made up a fifth of the armed forces, two-fifths were held by the Marines, and the other two shared equally by Air Force and Navy. The split was equal, The Marines went with the People, its Grand-marshalls gathering their strength in the capital Lupagrad. The Navy went with them, naturally, whilst, for what ever reason the Airforce went with the Army.
At first it look set to be a massacre. The Arkalas, evenly split between King and Country, fought amongst themselves, in an almost private civil war in the mountains of Heimdal. The Marines moved inland, with popular support towards the Imperial stronghold of Gasarachi, columns of Marines marched north, many in Saxons and Ostrogoths, many on foot. It was a massive target, one the Airforce wasn't going to give up easily. Air flights by the Naval Air arm Protected the columns as best they could from day and night attack, flying 24 hours each day. But the speed of the columns, mixed with the full height that Iron Bears can fly meant that the Naval Planes became virtually useless the further in land they flew. Some Black Hounds were taken, but not enough to defend the Marines at height.
The Armada, as happens so often in history, was wrecked. The Army followed the German Blitz-kreig model and swept south cutting off the majority of teh Marines. A Valiant Van Guard action, smashed through on the now Infamous Road to Kerak. The Company in questions leader was one Marshal Antatolé von Herschberg now Grandmarshal and our new Premier and Leader.
In a bizarre twist, it was now the time of the Typhoon and Jaguar. The Naval Air-arm, flying of CSS Hera and CSS Athena, now attacked Army conoys carrying supplies. in the Midlands, resistance began to build to the Imperialists, posters crying "The South Will Rise Again!" were spotted on street corners, white paint marks over black shields, Emperor Michael's symbol for victory, were found on lamp posts, under beer glasses and behind doors. before long the resistance took on a Guerilla role, attacking supply depots, convoys and train lines. One ambush killed 50 Soldiers when a Railway Bridge was blown up with a train of Tanks on board. Imperialist then took to ghettoising all citizens, in order to "Protect them for the Greater Good", Thousands were put to the post for target practice, young and old. Thousands more were forced into slavery, young girls were "used", young boys became un-willing foot soldiers. Old men and women were of no use anymore, niether were in infirm or the mentally disabled. Official figures are still only approximates, and mass graves still turn up from time to time.
The fighting in the Midlands was stagnant, broken only by daring raids. It was such a raid that broke the stagnation. A joint Arkala-Marine Raid launched against a telephone installation at Bull Creek, resulted in a battle. The 1,000 strong Raiding force, backed by Air power from Black Hounds, Jaguars and Typhoons, found themselves in control of an abandoned tele-communications aray. The counter-attack happened to no avail, the Parliamentarians (or Southerners) being too well entrenched, having modified most of the defences. More Southern Troops broke through the lines, before long the raid had turned into a full blown seige. Dogfights lit up the night and dusk skies, Attack and counter attack, left thousands of ment injured or killed. The bloodiest fighting Lupaaria had seen in over a generation flooded into the valley of Bull Creek, then over those ridges as more troops were sent to the fluid front.
The end was as swift as the begining. The Emperor, believing he would find a greater Empire ahead, shot himself. Mara was captured but commited suicide, or at least that is the official version, rumours talk of Lynch mobs.
The Army turned on itself, the young boys refusing to fight as slaves anymore. And so the North was defeated.
And that dear freinds and dignataries was how the North was won. How Lupaaria raised itself again...
Lupaaria, formally the Empire, formely Luparia, has returned, raising itself from the ashes, so where has it been these last 6 months? Well here you go...
IC:
Four years of Civil war has ravaged the country. Why it started was actually very simple.
The Emperor, Teige, married the wrong girl. As throughout history, a woman caused major friction between two men. Her husband, the second Emperor, and his cheifs of staff.
Trouble had flared as Empress Mara was confronted by a High Counsil Commision as to her infidelities. At first it appeared as though these charges were made up, a fiction to get rid of her. In fact they were very real. The fac her daughter looked nothing like any member of their family was a bit of a give away. DNA tests revealed she was indeed the Daughter of an Arkala.
Calls were made for an annulment of the Royal Marriage, calls that fell upon deaf ears. The Emperor, encouraged by his wife, disbanded parliament with the force of his Army, and personal Bodyguard. Martial Law was declared and Civil War looked certain.
The Army, re-affirming its oath of allegiance backed the Emperor and threatened to destroy all those who opposed him. It made up a fifth of the armed forces, two-fifths were held by the Marines, and the other two shared equally by Air Force and Navy. The split was equal, The Marines went with the People, its Grand-marshalls gathering their strength in the capital Lupagrad. The Navy went with them, naturally, whilst, for what ever reason the Airforce went with the Army.
At first it look set to be a massacre. The Arkalas, evenly split between King and Country, fought amongst themselves, in an almost private civil war in the mountains of Heimdal. The Marines moved inland, with popular support towards the Imperial stronghold of Gasarachi, columns of Marines marched north, many in Saxons and Ostrogoths, many on foot. It was a massive target, one the Airforce wasn't going to give up easily. Air flights by the Naval Air arm Protected the columns as best they could from day and night attack, flying 24 hours each day. But the speed of the columns, mixed with the full height that Iron Bears can fly meant that the Naval Planes became virtually useless the further in land they flew. Some Black Hounds were taken, but not enough to defend the Marines at height.
The Armada, as happens so often in history, was wrecked. The Army followed the German Blitz-kreig model and swept south cutting off the majority of teh Marines. A Valiant Van Guard action, smashed through on the now Infamous Road to Kerak. The Company in questions leader was one Marshal Antatolé von Herschberg now Grandmarshal and our new Premier and Leader.
In a bizarre twist, it was now the time of the Typhoon and Jaguar. The Naval Air-arm, flying of CSS Hera and CSS Athena, now attacked Army conoys carrying supplies. in the Midlands, resistance began to build to the Imperialists, posters crying "The South Will Rise Again!" were spotted on street corners, white paint marks over black shields, Emperor Michael's symbol for victory, were found on lamp posts, under beer glasses and behind doors. before long the resistance took on a Guerilla role, attacking supply depots, convoys and train lines. One ambush killed 50 Soldiers when a Railway Bridge was blown up with a train of Tanks on board. Imperialist then took to ghettoising all citizens, in order to "Protect them for the Greater Good", Thousands were put to the post for target practice, young and old. Thousands more were forced into slavery, young girls were "used", young boys became un-willing foot soldiers. Old men and women were of no use anymore, niether were in infirm or the mentally disabled. Official figures are still only approximates, and mass graves still turn up from time to time.
The fighting in the Midlands was stagnant, broken only by daring raids. It was such a raid that broke the stagnation. A joint Arkala-Marine Raid launched against a telephone installation at Bull Creek, resulted in a battle. The 1,000 strong Raiding force, backed by Air power from Black Hounds, Jaguars and Typhoons, found themselves in control of an abandoned tele-communications aray. The counter-attack happened to no avail, the Parliamentarians (or Southerners) being too well entrenched, having modified most of the defences. More Southern Troops broke through the lines, before long the raid had turned into a full blown seige. Dogfights lit up the night and dusk skies, Attack and counter attack, left thousands of ment injured or killed. The bloodiest fighting Lupaaria had seen in over a generation flooded into the valley of Bull Creek, then over those ridges as more troops were sent to the fluid front.
The end was as swift as the begining. The Emperor, believing he would find a greater Empire ahead, shot himself. Mara was captured but commited suicide, or at least that is the official version, rumours talk of Lynch mobs.
The Army turned on itself, the young boys refusing to fight as slaves anymore. And so the North was defeated.
And that dear freinds and dignataries was how the North was won. How Lupaaria raised itself again...