Kai Aphmyarkaiph
Kai Aphmyarkaiph | ||
Date: | 1542-1543 (Elw Calendar) | |
Place: | Duchy of Elwynn, Raikoth | |
Casus belli: | The secret submission of Kaiser Hasan I as vassal to the Shahanshah of Babkha | |
Outcome: | Conquest of Elwynn by Yyiji Tonkothion. Ardashirshahr renamed Tielion Loki | |
Participants | ||
Duchy of Elwynn | Raikothlin Paladins - Rays Fern - Rays Clover - Rays Dandelion - Rays Birch - Rays Grape - Rays Apple - Rays Nightshade - Rays Lily - Rays Rose | |
Commanders | ||
Duke Ardashir (Fled), Steward Rai Avon-El (House Arrest) |
Yyiji Tonkothion | |
Strength | ||
Elwynnbrigaden: 1,571 infantry, 40 armoured vehicles, 4 Fajr Ballistic Missile Launchers, 240 OAH Leviathan Attack Helicopters, 20 OAH F3 Karkas Light Strike Aircraft Eliria Guard: 500 guardsmen |
Paladins: 27,000-45,000 1 iceberg ship 'Queen of Night's Repentant Children' Volunteers: "Unknown" | |
Casualties | ||
Civilians: 239 dead or missing, 957 wounded
Combatants: 167,976 dead or missing, 63,064 captured, 5,572 wounded |
Unknown | |
Notes | ||
Raikothin interdiction of Babkhan Merchant Navy convoys to Vijayanagara damaged 546 commercial vessels and killed about 430 civilian sailors |
The Great What-We-Are-Becoming (Kai Aphmyarkaiph) was a Hyperborean holy war and in effect marked the commencement of the second Babkhano-Boreal conflict for control of the then Duchy of Elwynn.
The campaign was a decisive, albeit short-lived, victory for Raikoth which saw the political power of the Babkhi destroyed for a generation. The Babkhi community however endured and would go on to play a fundamental role in the declaration of Elwynnese independence and the creation of the Coordinated State of Elwynn and thereby reaffirmed their place as one of the foremost of the Twelve Peoples of Elwynn.
Prelude to the Kai Aphmyarkaiph
The second Babkhan Era in Elwynn began in 1542 and came about as the consequence of the accession of Count Hesam Jahandar of Hyperborea to the Imperial Throne. In this he was bitterly contested by the adherents of Loki who always rejected Babkhan influence in Shirekeep. Nonetheless, having gained the backing of the Hyperborean Council of Elders - who, at the urging of the genealogist Taksi Kamheinion, recognised him as a descendant of Authi Kalirion - was able to secure his title as Kaiser Hasan I Kalirion.
The War of Jeremy's Nose (1539-1542) marked the highpoint of Babkhan influence and glory in Shireroth. With the able assistance of the Haraldian Huskarls, the Babkhan led and organised Elwynnbrigaden was instrumental in a blitzkrieg that overran the Kingdom of Bosworth and saw the seating of Kaiser Hasan I on the Throne of Bosworth by Duke Harald of Froyalan (as Elwynn then was called) - but magnanimousness from the side from Shireroth allowed Bosworth a return to status quo ante bellum.