Struggle for the South

The Struggle for the South, beginning in 1649, was a series of inter-related disputes and conflicts following the Elwynnese confiscation of Mishalan and the collapse, demotion and or dissolution of the Lich Realms of Lichbrook and Minarboria, ending the dominion of the dead over the lands of southern Benacia. The disputes saw an increase in anti-Elwynnese sentiment and the first semblance of opposition to the Ayreon-Kalirion dynastic succession to the Mango Throne.

Fall of Lichbrook

Loss of Statehood

• Cessation of government as defined by Imp. Charter
• Nostalgia's revolt/exile
• Reconstituted as Imperial Dominion

Partition

• Recreation of Duchy of Brookshire as Imperial Dominion

Into the Lichlands

Operation Erebus

• The suppression of Communist Mishalan
  • Detention of senior officials and party functionaries
  • "Epistle of Warranty": Relations between III Corps of the Frontier Army and Elwynnese occupation forces
• Protection of southern Tellia
• Pursuit of Mishalanski Refugees
• Annexation of Karalakh
• Inner Benacian Quarantine Zone

Operation Credulity's Edge

• Kalgachi Defence Force occupation of Sansabury for purposes of securing international recognition as successor to moribund Minarborian Empire.
• Establishing "line of contact" with Shirerithian Imperial Forces

Protests in Shirekeep

• Appeals for leniency towards Mishalan regime, preservation of autonomy, cultural identity
• Concerns notable amongst non-Elwynnese citizenry at perceived Elwynnese "high-handedness"
• Regent holds firm on irrevocable transfer of Mishalan to Elwynnese control

Foreign reactions

• Kalgachi concern over "Froyalanic homogenesis" leads to offer of asylum for Mishalanski refugees