Kai Aphmyarkaiph

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The last days of the Elwynnbrigaden
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
Eliriaregemente: 2,500 archer-grenadiers Rifles Regiment: 2,500 riflemen Rustayisarbazi: 4,000 militiamen, 196 armoured vehicles Fedayeen Ardashir: 350,000 militiamen

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.